Avery Elle - Carolers Shaker Snow Globe

Hello there,

I'm so happy to share with you this new holiday shaker card showcasing the adorable Carolers stamp set by Avery Elle. I created a snow globe that I filled with a million iridescent confetti, and colored those lovely critters in bright tones to make them pop on the blue background and make the card even more festive.

I started off by creating the bottom of my snow globe. I white heat embossed my sentiment on a piece of kraft cardstock, and used the largest arch die from the Outside the box level-up die set by MFT to trim it and get a rectangle that will go right below the snow globe.

Next I worked on the front of the card and on the inside as well. For the front, I cut a 5,5" x 4,25" bristol panel that I colored using blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire and black soot oxide inks. And for the inside, I cut another 5,5" x 4,25" bristol panel that I colored using a Birch tree stencil by LF along with salvaged patina oxide ink. And next I cut an arch window out of the front panel.

I wanted to add a frosty look to my snow globe, so I used the arch die again to cut a window out of some copy paper to create a template, I attached that template on an acetate panel using washi tape, and used copic opaque white ink with a sponge dauber to create frost on the acetate, all along the edges. And I also added a few drops of that same white ink all over the acetate.

Once the acetate was dry, I attached my window panel on top of it using liquid glue, making sure to line up the window with the frosty arch. I added the base of the snow globe below the window, as well as a simple wavy white border that I attached at the back of the panel.

And then I created room for the shaker accessories by adding foam strips at the back of the panel and all around the window. Added powder inside the window all along the foam strips to make the edges non sticky, cleaned the excess of powder with a microfiber cloth, I added a million confetti inside the window, and finally attached the birch tree panel on the foam strips to totally close and complete the shaker panel.

Next I stamped my images, cut them all using the coordinating and colored everything using my alcohol markers. And once they were done, I attached all the images on the shaker panel using foam squares. And always I finished my card by adding white highlights and details on everything using my white gel pen.

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AVERY ELLE SUPPLIES

- Carolers stamp set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Outside the box level-up die set by My Favorite Things

- Birch tree stencil by Lawn Fawn

- Oxide inks: blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire, black soot

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel

- Confetti by Studio Katia

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Extreme black ink by My Favorite Things

- Paper bag cardstock by Lawn Fawn

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (panels)

- Transotype perfect coloring paper (images)

Lawn Fawn + Avery Elle + Newton's Nook - Shaker Bookmarks

Hey there!

Today I'm showing you five bookmarks I made a while ago using three of my favorite brands.

Here is the process for one bookmark (they were all made the same way). I first started by cutting the pattern papers twice (dimensions of each side: 13,5 x 5 cm). I chose each paper so it would match nicely with a stamp set.

I heat embossed my sentiment on vellum, and attached it to the front panel using double sided tape at the back. Then I stamped my name on the other panel and glued it at the back of the front one using my tape runner.

I put my panel into a plastic sheet, used my fuse tool to close three sides, filled it with sequins and beads, closed it and draw a tag shape at the top still using my fuse tool. I punched a little whole and tied a piece of twine.

To decorate my bookmark, I stamped my images on watercolor paper using black waterproof ink, colored them with watercolor pens, cut them using the coordinating dies, and glued them to the bookmark using liquid glue.

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SUPPLIES

- Tweet tweet stamp set & coordinating dies from Avery Elle

- Newton dreams of London + Newton dreams of New York stamp sets & coordinating dies from Newton's Nook

- Blue skies + Life is good stamp set & coordinating dies from Lawn Fawn

- Dual-tip watercolor pens from Santoro

- Bikini season pattern paper from the Summer Party Collection by Echo Park

- Surfs up pattern paper + Paradise pattern paper + Flying High pattern paper from the Sand & Surf Collection + United We Stand pattern paper from the All American Collection by Bella Blvd

- Watercolor paper from Canson

- Craft paper from Hero Arts

- Black cardstock from Simon Says Stamp

- Vellum from my stash

- Twine from Doodlebug + my stash

- White + silver embossing powders from Aladine

- Antique gold embossing powder + Watermelon flower sequins from Simon Says Stamp

- Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh + Lucy's Cards

- Plastic sleeves from my stash

- Fuse tool from We R Memory Keepers

Avery Elle - Birthday Parade

Hey there!

Here is a birthday card I really enjoyed making! This stamp set is absolutely beautiful, I had a lot of fun coloring the images and creating the brick wall.

I first started by stamping all the images (I used the turtle die to make sure the flag would be perfectly aligned) on watercolor paper using my Misti tool so I can stamp everything multiple times to get crisp lines. While I was at it, I gold heat embossed my sentiment using my new favorite embossing powder.

I colored the image using watercolor pens, and cut them using the coordinating dies.

In order to create the pavement on my card, I masked a part of my watercolor paper and applied grey distress ink. Then I masked that part, and applied white embossing paste using a stencil to create my wall. Once everything dry, I applied dark red distress ink on it to make it look more realistic.

I attached my images on the panel using foam squares, applied clear glitter and glossy accents here and there, and added some clear sequins to finish the card.

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SUPPLIES

- Band Camp stamp set + coordinating dies from Avery Elle

- English brick wall stencil from My Favorite Things

- Dual-tip watercolor pens from Santoro

- Hickory smoke + Fired brick distress inks from Tim Holtz

- Black dye ink from Hero Arts

- Watercolor paper from Canson

- Embossing paste from Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi

- Versamark ink from Tsukineko

- Ultra fine antique gold embossing powder from Simon Says Stamp

- 110lb solar white cardstock from Neenah

- Wink of stella clear glitter pen from Zig

- Glossy accents from Ranger

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Holidays in Paris

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Here is a new city skyline holiday card I made using a die I found at my local craft store and a thing I had never used before: masking paper.

I first started by cuting different things: a rectangle from watercolor paper, and three Paris skylines using a die from Marianne Design. I love this die so much, I think it's so beautiful!

I die cut a circle from masking paper and attached it where I wanted the moon to be placed. Then I applied my distress inks to create my night sky, and splattered my paper with silver liquid ink to make the illusion of falling snow.

Removing the masking paper was my favorite part during the process, I really love how it turned out!

I glued together the three skyline pieces and attached the whole piece to the background, and as the background was a textured paper, I used my Misti tool to stamp Santa twice to get a nice result.

I glued together three black stitched scallop border and cut a black glitter one using the same die to build the frame. I attached everything on black cardstock, and finally silver heat embossed my sentiment into the card.

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SUPPLIES

- Paris skyline die from Marianne Design

- Joy to the World stamp set from Avery Elle

- Comfort & Joy stamp set from Avery Elle

- Stitched scallop edge frame from My Favorite Things

- Distress inks from Tim Holtz: salty ocean, chipped sapphire, black soot

- Black cardstock from Simon Says Stamp

- Circle die from my stash

- Masking paper from Simon Says Stamp

- Black dye ink from Hero Arts

- Silver color mists from Mister Huey's

- Black glitter paper from Rayher

- Metallic platinium sparkle embossing powder from Wow!

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Glittery Poinsettias

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Here are two very glittery cards, because as I always say: glitter is life, made on the same base but using two different color schemes: gold & red and silver & white.

Here is how I proceeded for each card.

I first started by cutting a circle in a square base that I embossed using a snowflake embossing folder and my Big Shot.

I cut another square to put behing the embossed one and heat embossed my sentiment in the middle.

Again, with the help of my Big Shot I dit cut poinsettias from glitter paper and pine cones from mirror cardstock. For the branches, I used white cardstock for one card, and green distress ink for the other.

Then I build my poinsettias using glue dots, and started to assemble mycard. I attached the embossed cardstock to the base using fun foam to add some dimension. And glued everything (poinsettias, branches, pine cones and thread) in place around the sentiment using a bunch of glue dots. And to finish the cards I glued some sequins to add a little more sparkle!

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SUPPLIES

> both cards:

- Comfort & Joy stamp set from Avery Elle

- poinsettias + branches + pine cone die from Rayher

- snowflake embossing folder from Toga

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- circle die from my stash

- fun foam

> gold and red card:

- 110lb desert storm cardstock from Neenah

- red glitter paper from American Crafts

- gold glitter paper from Heidi Swapp

- distress ink from Tim Holtz: mowed lawn

- gold mirror cardstock from Maildor

- gold thread from my stash

- 4mm + 6mm gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

> silver & white card:

- 110lb solar white cardstock from Neenah

- white glitter paper from Heidi Swapp

- silver glitter paper from Heidi Swapp

- silver mirror cardstock from Maildor

- silver thread from my stash

- 4mm + 6mm silver sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Festive glass

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Here is a quite simple but kind of classy card I made using the Holiday Glass stamp set from Avery Elle, a brand that I like more and more over the years!

I started by embossing the long sides of my watercolor paper using stitched lines. Then I used my Misti tool to stamp the three images and the sentiment using versamark ink, gold heat embossed them, and painted everything using distress inks and gold shimmering paint.

At the beginning I wanted to use black vellum for my background but I thought gold would be better. We never get enough gold!

To avoid any mark of glue, I attached my vellum at the back of my white cardstock using double sided tape. I glued some gold mirror cardstock on top of that vellum base, and then attached my watercolor pannel on top of that gold mirror paper. Adhered everything on some heavy white cardstock again using double sided tape, and glued some clear sequins to finish my card.

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SUPPLIES

- "Holiday glass" stamp set from Avery Elle

- vellum from Stampin Up!

- gold mirror cardstock from Maildor

- basic stitch lines die from My Favorite Things

- watercolor paper from Canson

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- gold embossing powder from Aladine

- distress inks from Tim Holtz; festive berries, lucky clover, tumbled glass, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, dried marigold

- gold pearl iridescent shimmering watercolor from Creative Expressions

- 110lb white cardstock from Neenah

- sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Holiday Card Series 2016 - 'Tis The Season

Hello there!

Here is a new shiny holiday card using one of my favorite sets of this year: "Retro Ornaments" from Avery Elle. I love vintage decorations, especially Christmas one, so I was thrilled when I received this set!

I knew I wanted something very very very glittery and shiny so I decided to use violet and pink to color the ornament.

I started with a stitched rectangle cut into watercolor paper. I treated it with my antistatic powder tool to avoid any embossing powder to stick where it shouldn't. And then I stamped the images using versamark ink. I applied some glittery silver powder on top and heat set everything.

I painted my vintage ornament using distress inks and shimmering silver watercolor paint and then, because we never get enough sparkles, I added a touch of clear glitter.

To make the illusion of a hanging ornament, I pierced two little holes and used silver thread to tie a knot. And again, I thought that it wasn't shimmery enough, so I adhered my pannel on silver glitter paper. Then I glued and secured everything using double sided tape.

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SUPPLIES

- "Retro Ornaments" stamp set from Avery Elle

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles die from Lawn Fawn

- watercolor paper from Canson

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- metallic platinium sparkle embossing powder from Wow!

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: wilted violet, picked raspberry

- iridescent shimmering watercolor paint from Creative Expressions: silver lustre

- silver glitter paper from Heidi Swapp

- silver thread from my stash

- 110lb white cardstock from Neenah

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Joy to the World

Hey there!

Starting my Holiday Card Series 2016 with these cute little caroling critters from Avery Elle.

First I used my Misti tool to stamp all the characters on watercolor paper with waterproof black ink, colored them using a bunch of distress inks, and then die cut everything with my Big Shot using the coordinating dies.

To frame my little scene I used the largest die from the Avery Elle Postage stamp die set on some Lawn Fawn paper, and to add interest to the background I die cut a forest border and two hillside borders from Lawn Fawn.

I used distress inks to create the sky and then adhered my borders. I used regular adhesive and foam dots to glue my little characters in place.

Then I adhered the whole pannel on a white base. I stamped my sentiment and musical notes in black ink and glued some sequins to finish the card.

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SUPPLIES

- Caroling Critters stamp set from Avery Elle

- Postage stamp die set from Avery Elle

- Forest border die set from Lawn Fawn

- Let's bokeh in the snow stripe paper from Lawn Fawn

- Distress inks from Tim Holtz: candied apple, weathered wood, black soot, scattered straw, antique linen, picked raspberry, vintage photo, hickory smoke, squeezed lemonade, broken china, rusty hinge, salty ocean, tumbled glass

- watercolor paper from Canson

- 110lb white cardstock from Neenah

- black dye ink from Hero Arts

- memento tuxedo black ink from Tsukineko

- sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Avery Elle Be a Unicorn - Magical Birthday

Hello there!

Here is a new card using the "Be a Unicorn" stamp set by Avery Elle. Had so much fun using these cute images for the first time!

First I painted stripes on watercolor paper using pink distress ink, and then cut it with a scalloped border die. I stamped the images on another piece of watercolor paper with waterproof black ink, colored them deliberately roughly and die cut them using the coordinating dies.

Added my sentiment using my Misti tool to be sure to get a crisp result on the watercolor paper and then adhered my images on the striped paper: the rainbow with regular adhesif and the unicorn with foam dots.

Adhered the whole scene on some pink watercolored paper from my stash. Stamped a few stars and a heart, glued some clear droplets here and there, and added glossy accents on the unicorn's horn to finish my card.

Supplies I used:

- the "Be a Unicorn" stamp set from Avery Elle

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: candied apple, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, mowed lawn, salty ocean and weathered wood for the rainbow - dried marigold, vintage photo, weathered wood and picked raspberry for the unicorn

- watercolor paper from Canson

- clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh

- scalloped rectangle stackables from Lawn Fawn

- pink watercolor paper from American Crafts

- white cardstock from Neenah

- black die ink from Hero Arts

- glossy accents from Ranger

- wink of stella clear glitter from Zig

Avery Elle Tweet Tweet - Tropical birdies

Hello there!

Here is a new card using this cute little guys! They're so fun and any color combo is possible, there's no limit!

I started with my background. I wanted a bright and kind of fluffly sky so I die cut a cloud border in some random paper to make a stencil and applied distress ink to form the clouds, repeating the same thing up to the top. And I die cut a rectangle in the cloud pattern I had just created.

Then I stamped with black ink all the images I needed to build my scene and colored them with copic markers. Again, I'm not very comfortable with copic markers but I think my little birds look cute anyway! :-) Applied some glossy accents on their beak and draw white dots on their belly.

Glued the branches with some strong glue and adhered the birds on top with 1mm foam dots. And added some sequins to finish the card.

SUPPLIES

- the "Tweet Tweet" stamp set by Avery Elle

- copic markers: R35 - R46 - YG06 - YG11 - YR15 - Y15 - Y17 - B000 - B02

- watercolor paper by Canson

- white paper by Neenah

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles by Lawn Fawn

- puffy cloud borders by Lawn Fawn

- distress ink by Tim Holtz: tumbled glass

- glossy accents by Ranger

- white gel pen by Uniball

- sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

Altenew Way Too Sweet - Birthday Card

Hello there!

Here is a card I made to celebrate the National Ice Cream Day. Again with my favorite technique: heat embossing + watercolors.

First white heat embossed the popsicles on watercolor paper and framed them with a scalloped die. Rainbow colored the images with distress inks and added coordinated enamel dots.

Adhered my watercolor paper on a cute polka dot paper, and added the die cut word celebrate.

And finally stamped my sentiment with black ink inside the card.

SUPPLIES

- the Way Too Sweet stamp set by Altenew

- happy birthday sentiment by Simon Says Stamp

- distress inks by Tim Holtz: seedless preserves, salty ocean, mowed lawn, spices marmalade, candied apple

- watercolor paper by Canson

- black & white polka dot paper by Simple Stories

- celebrate die by Waffle Flower

- enamel dots by My Mind's Eye

- versamark ink by Tsukineko

- white embossing powder by Aladine

- scalloped stitched borders by Lawn Fawn

Avery Elle - Rainbow birds

Hello there!

I've been seing a lot of rainbow themed cards lately, so I wanted to give it a try too! So here is a card I made using the fun Tweet Tweet stamp set by Avery Elle.

I heat embossed the birds with translucent powder, then I colored them using distress inks. It was so much fun making them in rainbow colors, I think they're very cute!

On each one I added a dot of black gel pen to make their eye pop a little more, and also added some  clear glitter to make their little belly shine!

Glued the watercolor paper on some pretty black & white paper and glued everything on a green cardstock. Then I added some sequins to finish the card.

SUPPLIES

- the Tweet Tweet stamp set by Avery Elle

- watercolor paper by Canson

- ultra fine translucent embossing powder by Hero Arts

- distress inks by Tim Holtz Ranger: seedless preserves, salty ocean, tumbled glass, mowed lawn, mustard seed, spiced marmalade & fired brick

- black & white paper by Basic Grey

- green cardstock by Bazzil

- memento tuxedo black ink by Tsukineko

- sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

- black gel pen by Sakura