Friends Are Like Stars

Hello crafty friends, Julia here!

Today I'm going to play with to stamp set by Avery Elle. I also had this idea that I wanted to make a card were not everything is visible at once, so I opted to do some vellum magic today.

As you can see, it doesn't look like much when you look at it for the first time. I heat embossed the sentiment on the vellum with embossing powder. I also added a few gems just for some dimension and sparkle.

In order to attach the vellum to the card, I cut a slit right into the fold at the very top of the card. On the inside of the card, the vellum reaches about 1 inch in. I cut a piece of card stock that is about 4 1/4 inches wide and 2 inches high and scored it down the middle. I then adhered it into the card at the very top. Not only does that hide the vellum, it also gives the entire card more stability since I almost cut it apart at the top :-)

And just in case you're wondering where the friends are, there they are :-) I stamped the images on some scrap pieces of Copic friendly card stock and colored them with my Copic markers. Thanks to the matching dies, I was able to quickly cut the critters and then mount them with foam dots onto my card base. I used very thin foam dots so the layers wouldn't stack up too much.

I used some light gold embossing powder to emboss stars onto the card and then used a dauber and a light blue distress ink to create a very light halo around each star. I intentionally did not cover the entire sky blue because I wanted the card to remain as light and clean as possible.

I hope you enjoyed the card and give this versatile and super cute stamp and die set a go. Products used in the description below.

Cheers!

Storybook

Storybook Elle-ments

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Create a Quick and Easy Set of Cards

Have you started on your Christmas cards yet? The holidays might seem far away, but if your life is like mine, December gets pretty hectic and making cards becomes a chore between work, family and preparations for Christmas.

For that reason I'm showing you four slightly different card designs today. All of them are perfect to mass produce, either to send out yourself or to give away as a gift.

There's a video over at my blog showing you all the detailed steps, but all you really need is a mask, some white pigment ink, and silver or gold embossing powder. Since pigment ink needs some time to dry, you could sponge all the front panels first, then set them aside to dry while you either cut mats for the panel or decorate the card bases. As a greeting, I went for Mama Elephant's Merry Greetings, but really, any greeting would work here.

If you want to go all CAS and not have any more work, you could stop after putting the cards together, but I decided to use some gems and some sequins for added interest and bling. I mean, it's the holidays! When are we ever going to get away with a lot of bling again (until next year)?

I hope you enjoyed the video and the idea. Let me know which design you like best. I have to admit that the blue and black are probably my favorites :)

Supply List

• Wplus9 Stag Trio Dies
• Mama Elephant Merry Greetings – alternatively, use Jolly and Merry or Holiday Fill in the Blanks or Winter Wonderland
• Mama Elephant Basic Set Creative Cuts
• Mama Elephant On Point Borders
• Gold embossing powder
• Silver embossing powder
• Versamark
• Hero Arts Green Hills
• Hero Arts Red Royal
• Hero Arts Unicorn white pigment ink
• Sequins

Watercoloured Embossing

In lieu of spring, maybe some fresh spring blooms are what we could do with. I thought I'd give Rustic Spring a little embossing and watercoloured treatment. I was going for the 'berry' look but maybe if I'd used purple or raspberry red, they'd have been more convincing.

Here's the set

You can see from the closeup that I've spritzed the image with a white spritz ink to give a softer look with a little shimmer too.

I need to 'shimmer' off (chance would be a fine thing!) to go and do some more stampy work. It's a hard life huh?!! Don't forget to check out ALL the new sets & suppliers here.
See you next time,


Keren xx