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18.09.2017

Avery Elle … Winder Woodland Wonders

Hi, it’s Caryn here kicking off a week of Winter Woodland Wonders inspiration! This set is packed full of cute festive critters and makes scene-building a breeze!

I started with a cream card base and cut a panel using the larges of the Double Pierced Rectangles Elle-ments. I blended my background using Distress Oxide inks and then splattered a little shimmer spray on it for some subtle texture.

I stamped the robin, polar bear and trees in New Moon Dye Ink and coloured with Copics and added a few details here and there with Nuvo Glitter Drops in White Blizzard. Finally I stamped the sentiment in black and popped my die cut pieces onto the card using foam tape.

Supplies:

Winter Woodland Wonders Stamp Set

Winter Woodland Wonders Elle-ments

Double Pierced Rectangles

New Moon Dye Ink

Thanks so much for stopping by, make sure you pop in to the Avery Elle Blog every day to check out the rest of the design teams amazing creations.

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04.09.2017

Avery Elle … Holiday Bouquet

Hello Avery Elle fans! This week on the blog we’re sharing our creations featuring a stamp set designed by lil ‘ol me – Holiday Bouquet. Who doesn’t love a festive, floral stamp set? This set isn’t JUST for those who celebrate Christmas either. Poinsettia became a tradition originally in Mexico when a young boy couldn’t afford to buy a gift so gathered wild plants from the road side. It is also the birth flower for the month of December (which happens to be when my birthday is, yay!).

Anyhoo, on to my card. I started with a white card base and die cut the Horizontal Stripes Elle-Ments from white and adhered it to the base. I stamped some of the images from the set in Versamark onto Bristol smooth white card then heat embossed them in white. To colour the images I used Zig Clean Colour markers and water to give a pretty water-coloured effect. Finally once all the elements were adhered where I wanted them I stamped the sentiment in Fog dye ink in the centre.

Supplies :

Holiday Bouquet Clear Stamps

Holiday Bouquet Elle-ments

Horizontal Stripes Elle-ments

Fog Dye Ink

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21.08.2017

Avery Elle … Warm Wishes

Hey there Avery Elle fans. I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog today sharing a card using this week’s featured stamp set from the latest release. All this week the design team will be sharing what we’ve created using the Warm Wishes stamp set and dies along with many other fabulous products from the Avery Elle arsenal!

The Warm Wishes stamp set contains 2 jar images which would make great gift tags but for my creation I went with a card. I decided the North Pole image from Frosty Friends would fit perfectly inside the larger jar so with the addition of the snowbank and little tree my winter scene came together in no time.

I used to really struggle with trying to colour something that’s white or clear (snow, glass, polar bears, etc). I would overcomplicate things trying to shade with different colours and depths but then I decided to chill out (pardon the pun) and discovered that it’s actually really easy to get the feeling of snow or ice very simply. For the glass jar and snow in my card I chose a pale, aqua Copic marker (in this case BG11) and just added highlights here and there around the edges of the images. This gives the hint of light that is reflected from something bright white like ice. To make it even frostier I used a Quickie glue pen on the snowy parts and sprinkled over them with some very fine crystal glitter. In this case the background patterned paper panel (from the Sorbet Collection paper pad) acts brilliantly to draw the eye in to the focal image and add even further to the winter colour scheme.