Dino-mite Day {Avery Elle}

Hello friends,

Stopping in today to share a card featuring the adorable and fierce dinosaurs from Avery Elle's Rawr Clear Stamp set.

These dino pals are ready to celebrate, so I set the scene using Avery Elle's Leafy Frame Elle-ments die. I die cut the frame twice, once from green card stock and the second time from patterned paper. I inverted the green card stock frame before glueing the layers together for some added interest and dimension.

I stamped and colored the dinosaurs and party hats with Copic Markers and die cut them with the coordinating Elle-ments dies. I adhered the die cut frame and dinos to a panel of watercolor card stock blended with a bit of Distress Oxide ink around the edges.

For the sentiment, I borrowed the frame from the Peek-A-Boo Jungle stamp set. I stamped the banner and sentiment on black card stock with Versamark ink before heat embossing with white embossing
powder. I die cut the banner and added it to the card.

Supplies

Rawr Clear Stamps

Die: Rawr Elle-ments

Peek-A-Boo Jungle Clear Stamps

Die: Peek-A-Boo Jungle Elle-ments

Die: Leafy Frames Elle-ments

The Spring Collection Paper Pad

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a dino-mite day! 

Katie

Peek-A-Boo Fair Double Feature {Avery Elle}

Hi friends,

Katie here with a Double Feature video for Avery Elle! Two cards using the Peek-A-Boo Fair stamp set.  This set makes an adorable backdrop for the Peek-A-Boo pals. I just couldn't decide between bumper cars and ferris wheel, so I bought the extra ride ticket and made two cards!

I really love the "I miss bumping into you" sentiment paired with the bumper car images. I know many of us miss bumping into our special friends right now.

The dragon from the Peek-A-Boo Scary Pals joined the unicorn for a fun day at the fair. The dragon looks so festive in a party hat while the unicorn snacks on cotton candy.

I hope you will take a peek at my video to see how the cards came together!

Supplies: 

Peek-A-Boo Fair Clear Stamps

Die: Peek-A-Boo Fair Elle-ments

Peek-A-Boo Scary Pals Clear Stamps

Die: Peek-A-Boo Scary Pals Elle-ments

Die: Oval Burst Elle-ments

Die: Wonky Scalloped Frames Elle-ments

The Holiday Collection Paper Pad

Liquid Glue Adhesive

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Beary Good Friends {Avery Elle}

Hello friends,

Popping in today to share a card featuring Avery Elle's sweet Beary Good Friends stamp set.

I wanted to create a simple background for these adorable images, so I did that by blending Distress Oxide ink onto a panel of watercolor card stock. The top two-thirds of the card is the sky and the bottom third of the card is the grass. I left a small area between the sky and grass clear so that the colors wouldn't bleed together. For a little extra interest on the simple background, I spattered the sky portion with a coordinating ink color.

I stamped, colored and die-cut the images. Before adhering the stamped images to the card, I stamped some of the tufts of grass onto the bottom third of the card. Once all the elements were in place, I stamped the sentiment and the butterfly trail with black ink.

Supplies: 

Beary Good Friends Clear Stamps

Die: Beary Good Friends Elle-ments

Thanks for stopping by to say hello! 

Be well, 

Katie

Sweet Swines {Avery Elle}

Hello Avery Elle friends!

Stopping by today to share a festive card featuring Avery Elle's Sweet Swines clear stamps.

This little piggy is ready for a party, so I set a celebratory scene using the Ray Elle-ments die. I blended some yellow ink and added some ink spatters before cutting the white card stock with the Ray die. I also created a little shaker window by sandwiching some flat sequins and glitter between two panels of clear acetate. I adhered the shaker element behind the circle opening.

I stamped the pig and party accessories, colored them with Copic Markers and colored pencils and die cut the images using the coordinating Sweet Swines Elle-ments die. For color inspiration I looked no further than Avery Elle's red and aqua logo. Along with the yellow background, a color scheme featuring primary colors is always a winner.

I adhered the stamped images to the Ray background to set the party scene and tucked a sentiment from the Speech Bubble clear stamps behind the party pig's ear. As a finishing touch, I added some of the small stars included in the Sweet Swines set.

Supplies:

Sweet Swines Clear Stamps

Die: Sweet Swines Elle-ments

Speech Bubbles Clear Stamps

Die: Speech Bubbles Elle-ments

Die: Ray Elle-ments

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you week is off to a great start!

Katie

Happy Birthday {Avery Elle}

Hello friends,

Hot Dog! It's Hot Dog inspiration week on the Avery Elle blog. I have a card to share with you today featuring the pups from this adorable stamp set along with some of the patterns from The Spring Collection paper pad.

I wanted to feature as many of the dogs from the Hot Dog set as I could on my card, so I set a scene using the Party Tags Elle-ments dies. I used the second largest die to cut tags from some of the fun patterned paper in The Spring Collection paper pad. After die-cutting the tags, I trimmed off the top of each tag creating a straight edge at the end to align with the edges of the card. 

I stamped the dog, bone and balloon images onto white card stock and colored the images with Copic markers before die cutting the images with the coordinating Hot Dog Elle-ments dies.

I place the main images onto each of the tags that I arranged on a white A-2 card base. I added polka dots with a white gel pen to one of the party hats and stamped the sentiment onto the purple tag with black ink.  I chose to keep my card flat for easy mailing, but you could totally add some sequins or enamel dots to really amp up the party fun!

Supplies:

Hot Dog Clear Stamps

Die: Hot Dog Elle-ments

Die: Party Tag Elle-ments

The Spring Collection Paper Pad

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Katie

Peek-A-Boo Jungle {Avery Elle}

Hello lovelies,

Katie here with a little Peek-A-Boo Pals: Jungle inspiration to share with you today from Avery Elle's latest release. I love all the Peek-A-Boo Pals and I am just WILD about this latest addition.

For my card, I blended some Distress Ink around the edges of a panel of water color card stock and spattered it with an orange spray stain. I stamped, colored and die cut all the pals along with the banner and sentiment.

To set the scene, I die cut the Leafy Frames Elle-ments die from green card stock and tucked all the pals and the banner among the leafy fronds. I arranged the paws and hooves so that the Pals really look like they're playing Peek-A-Boo in the jungle setting.

Supplies

Peek-A-Boo Pals: Jungle Clear Stamps

Die: Peek-A-Boo Pals: Jungle Elle-ments

Die: Leafy Frames Elle-ments

Thanks for stopping by! 

Katie

Avery Elle Spring 2020 Blog Hop

Hello friends! 

I am very excited to be participating in a blog hop today in honor of Avery Elle's Spring 2020 Release! 

I have two card to share featuring the new Loads of Happy Clear Stamps. If you loved the Hooray Clear Stamps in the last release, Loads of Happy uses the same style font plus a coordinating die! It really makes a bold impact! I chose to make birthday cards with Loads of Happy, but the set covers all the happy occasions. It's definitely a go-to set that you'll reach for often. 

For my first card, I paired Loads of Happy with the new Peek-a-Boo Jungle Clear Stamps and Leafy Frames Elle-ments die. 

I ink blended a panel of watercolor card stock with a few shades of Distress Oxide ink. Next I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Loads of Happy with white embossing powder.

I die cut the Leafy Frames Elle-ments die from green card stock, cut it in half and adhered it to the bottom of my card. I stamped and colored the leopard and giraffe from Peek-a-Boo Jungle and tucked them behind the leafy frame.  I borrowed the party hats from the Rawr Clear Stamps. As a finishing touch, I added a few clear sequins and small white pom-poms. 

 My second card pairs the Loads of Happy Elle-ments die with the Hot Dog Clear Stamps. 

I used Avery Elle's new Spring Collection Paper Pack and a frame from the Fairy Ephemera Pack.  I stamped and colored one of the pups and loads of confetti from Hot Dog. 

I die cut "happy" from the orange star paper included in the Spring Paper Pack and layered it on top of white card stock. I stamped "birthday" onto white card stock and trimmed out the word with scissors.  A few clear sequins add a little extra sparkle to the finished card. 

All of the new products I used on my cards are available for purchase in the New Release section of the Avery Elle shop. 

To celebrate our Spring 2020 Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a stamp set of their choice to 3 winners.  To enter to win just comment on this post and on the post of the other designers participating in today's hop. I've included a list below for your convenience. The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, February 10. 

Avery Elle  

Caryn Davies

Heather Campbell

Yainea

Melania Deasy

Katie Gehring - you are here :)

Amy Kolling 

Ashley Marcu

Elena Roussakis

Thanks for stopping by! Good luck!

Katie