Blooming - Avery Elle

Hello everybody, I have a pretty floral card for you today.  'Blooming' is part of the new summer release by Avery Elle and it is so useful as it is, or to pair with your other sentiments or little characters you might own.  It would work great as the basis of a shaker card too!  It comes with coordinating dies.



My card started with a panel of smooth watercolour cardstock that I ink blended with distress inks in Worn Lipstick and Squeezed Lemonade and then splattered on a little pink paint.  I adhered this panel to the card base.  Next I stamped and die cut the floral hexagon.

 

I watercolour painted it then die cut and adhered it to the card using dimensional foam tape.  The sentiments were stamped in the centre and a few assorted toning sequins were glued into place to add a little twinkle for the finish.



I thank you for stopping by the blog today.  I do hope you like the card and feel inspired.

Nicky x

Peek A Boo Pals - Avery Elle

Hi!  Are you ready for a dose of cuteness?  Look no further than these Peek A Boo Pals by Avery Elle and their coordinating dies.



For this card I started out by die cutting a panel of smooth watercolour cardstock.  I die cut it twice using two of the dies from Dotted Border Elle-ments and ink blended with distress inks and distressed each of the 3 portions created with water and paint splashes.  I adhered the sky piece directly to the card base, the middle section with one layer of foam tape and for the lower portion I doubled up the foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment in archival ink.



I took more watercolour cardstock, stamped my images and using an archival pen, I drew in some glasses for the bear and dressed him and the monkey up.  Next I watercolour painted them and die cut them out.  Everything was adhered into position with foam tape for lots of dimension.  I highlighted a few areas in white and I gave each of their cute noses and the eye glasses a dimensional glossy accent for the finishing touch!



Thank you for stopping by the blog today and I hope you enjoyed the card and are feeling inspired.

Nicky x

Springtime - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello!  Thanks for swinging by the blog today to read about this card made using Springtime by Hello Bluebird Stamps.



To make this card I created two A2 panels of Bristol Smooth cardstock.  I ink blended each of them to match one another using Distress Ink in Cracked Pistachio and blending it to a fade.  I distressed the panels with water splashes that were blotted up after a few seconds.  I adhered one panel to the card base and the second panel was die cut using the Gallery Frame Die #1 I only used the outer portion for this project and this was adhered to the other panel using dimensional foam tape.



The next step was to stamp out my images using Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black onto more Bristol Smooth.  I die cut them and then watercolour painted using Kuretake Zigs and highlighted some points with a Uniball Signo White Gel Pen.   I had some negative offcuts from die cutting the frame and I used a piece that had some of the minty green on it to stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment and applied this to the top of the scene with foam tape and decided on a layout for the animals and flowers and adhered them the same way.



At this point I considered the finishing touches.  For this card I decided to use a toning Kuretake Zig and add by hand some texture in the form of subtle strokes to give a look of grass under the feet of the lamb and frog and then I grabbed Liquid Pearls in Mint Green and dotted in some dimensional 'blobs', setting the card aside for those to dry completely for a couple of hours.

Hope you enjoyed the card, see you next time and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Nicky x

Rainy Day - Hello Bluebird

Hello!

I've probably said it before and I'll probably say it again but I'm just so deeply in love with the illustrations by Hello Bluebird Stamps.  I am sharing a card with you today made with Rainy Day one of my favourite stamp sets from their May release.




The card also uses many dies from Grassy Knoll.  This die set is so useful for all your scene building what with the choices of clouds and grassy edges.



First job was to die cut my cloud form and grassy edges using Bristol Smooth cardstock and I ink blended them using Distress Inks starting out with some intensity and then blending it out to a faded or ombré finish.  I took another A2 panel of Bristol Smooth and again ink blended it then stamped on the rain with white pigment ink and adhered it to my 110lb white cardstock base.



I stamped my sentiment from Rainbow Script and then layered the cloud and grassy edges into the scene using dimensional foam tape.  Next, I turned my attention to the adorable characters.  Taking more Bristol Smooth I stamped my images with Archival Ink in black then watercolour painted them using Kuretake Zigs.  I highlighted a few points with a Uniball Signo white gel pen then die cut and adhered them with more foam tape.



I didn't feel the card required any further embellishment other than to put a little jewel for the tag on the puppy's collar.  Project complete!

Thank you for stopping by and reading here for a couple of minutes, I appreciate it!

Until the next time then .....

Nicky x

Banner & Wreath

Such a pretty stamp set, I just wanted to share this simple card with you for a classic but sweet anniversary card featuring Banner & Wreath but Avery Elle.



The card base is made of 2 die cuts using Large Pierced Scallops Elle-ments by Avery Elle.  I scored near the top of the back panel and adhered it at the top to the other panel so that it would self stand.



I cut a smaller panel of white cardstock and adhered it to the base with a layer of craft foam in between.  On Strathmore Bristol Smooth Watercolor Cardstock I stamped all the images with Ranger Archival Ink in black.  I watercolor painted everything with my Kuretake Zigs and then die cut everything out.  I stamped the sentiment onto the banner and adhered everything to the panel with varying amounts of dimensional foam tape.



I finished out the card with a few crystal clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh and voila! ... a simple and pretty timeless anniversary card.



Thank for coming along to read today, see you next time!

Nicky x

Glittery, Congratulatory Goodness!

Hello all!

I'm sharing what is a relatively quick card to make and yet it is so impactful and beautiful.



All the fun is basically care of Nuvo Glitter Paste.  If you haven't bought any yet I urge you to treat yourself.  It is sold in delicate little pots but I just want to put it out there into the universe that I believe it should be sold by the pint .... like Haagen Dazs ice cream!!!

This card starts with 110lb solar white cardstock by Neenah and then a panel of the same was created and stencil embossed using Distress Oxide inks in 3 different colours and using the 'Folk Dance' stencil by Simon Says Stamp ... so pretty!  Keeping the stencil in place I then applied a generous amount of Nuvo Glitter Paste for a highly dimensional look.  I removed the stencil carefully and left the design to dry and I find this paste dries pretty rapidly which is good - maybe 20-30 mins.



Once the paste was dried to sugar encrusted perfection I was able to attach a die cut MFT frame using dimensional foam tape.  I then stamped the word 'CONGRATULATIONS' in black on white cardstock and attached this also with foam tape and the final touch was to make several die cuts of the word 'Smile' with the cute heart for the dot of the 'i'.  I did about 5 in white and a final one in yellow 'foil' cardstock and then glued each together to make a neat stack finishing with the gorgeous yellow and then attached this to the card using Ranger Multi Medium Matte.



I didn't feel this particular card needed any further embellishment since the whole thing is dazzling when it is handled and moved.

That's all for this time, thanks for stopping by and please do leave me any comments and questions if you have them!

Nicky x