Showing posts with label Avery Elle Bunting dies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avery Elle Bunting dies. Show all posts

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Champagne Shaker

Happy Valentines Day!

Today I'm sharing a card that I think would work for many different occasions - valentines, engagement, wedding, anniversary, even a special birthday.


I'm using the new Wine Service and Cheers die-namics from MFT. I love all the wine related items from the February MFT release. They work so well together with the wine bottle tag, but also look great on cards.

I die cut two of the largest Stitched Traditional tags, set one aside and from the other I die cut the two wine glasses.

I added acetate behind the tag and a double layer of foam tape around the die cut windows and over the back of the tag. Before adding my gold sequins, I dusted on some talc around the edges of the foam tape. This removes some of the adhesive, meaning your sequins are less likely to stick and can move more freely. I used some sequins I found in my stash, but I've linked below to a pretty store option that I like.

Once I'd added the sequins, I stuck down the other die cut tag at the back to create a shaker tag. If you wanted to make just a tag to use on a present, don't forget to add a punched hole to both tags before putting it together. That way you can add some twine or ribbon.

To add some detail to the card base, I used the Basic Stitch Lines die-namics across the middle. I then added my shaker tag at a slight angle on the card.


On the positive die cuts of the wine glasses, I added some pink ink before trimming them down to just the stems. I added these stems back on the card, then added some gold glitter bows to the glasses.

I die cut a gold glitter 'Cheers' - the font is so pretty! I used stick-it adhesive at the back so it was very easy to attach to the card.

To finish, I added some gold glitter and pink sequin hearts above the wine glasses.

Have a wonderful day,
Gemma


MFT Wine Service
MFT Cheers

MFT Stitched Traditional Tags
MFT Basic Stitch Lines
Stick-It Adhesive

Pixie Dust Sequins

Avery Elle Bunting







Monday, 30 January 2017

This Little Piggy

Hello there and happy Monday to you.... the last of January!! Wow, where did that month go??

Today I'm back with another Reverse Confetti stamp set and this one is called Cured.... I love animals but pigs are a definite favourite and I love this range of stamps from Reverse Confetti using Dawn Machell illustrations too :)

So for this card the "little piggy" is coloured using the no-line water-colouring technique and distress inks...


I stamped him in Tattered Rose and then used that, and Victorian Velvet to colour him and I'm quite chuffed how he turned out. To make him look in the birthday mood I gave him a party hat which is a banner flag from the RC Leaping Lions set. I stamped it and added a bobble before blending the colours and adding shading with a water brush.


The banner background on the card base are die cuts made using the Avery Elle Bunting dies which are cut using the same colour card as the base so they add a texture but don't distract from the focal image.... It almost looks like embossing :)


If water-colouring isn't your thing and just to show the versatility of these stamps, I used them for a paper pieced scene too....


I think the style of the images really suits patterned paper, almost like stuffed toys :)
They're not too fiddly to cut but you could easily use the dies too and have a small border with patterned paper :)
To complete my piggy scene I added a muddy wallow which is actually a puddle from Weather it Together and I used the sun and cloud from that same set too :)

So here are the sets I used for these two cards:

              

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x