Jawsome Birthday Card

Hey friends, I'm back today with a super fun boyish birthday card featuring the Avery Elle Jawsome Wishes stamp set. This one is especially perfect for those summer birthdays! I stamped these images in Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink on Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth White Cardstock, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies. All of the coloring was done to match my patterned paper from the Simple Stories Summer Lovin' 6x8 pad.

For the focal panel I die cut some MFT Sno Cone Cardstock with one of the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables. Then I cut down more Lawn Fawn Cardstock in Blue Jay, Peacock, and Mermaid with the Stitched Wave Borders. I stamped a sentiment on the bottom one with Blue Jay Ink. I popped my focal panel up over the patterned paper, glued down my images, and added a few Clear Droplets for a finishing touch.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click below or watch on YouTube, and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe! Your support means the world. I hope you're all having a happy summer! Thanks so much for watching.

Creating Cards Using Pre-colored Images

Hello my friends! Have you ever found yourself with some leftover colored images and are stumped with how to create a card around them? If so, then today's video is for you! I keep a little dish on my desk for extra colored images, but I rarely get around to using them. Some of them have been in it for years! But I'd had enough of them sitting there, begging to be used, making me feel guilty. Lol. So I asked my YouTube viewers if they were interested in a video like this, and the overwhelming response was YES! It turns out many of you have a dish or container of leftover images like mine. Today I've got a process video, showing you in real time, start to finish, how I make each decision of which images to use, where they should go, what supplies to pair them with, etcetera. If you enjoy this one, let me know, and maybe I'll make it an ongoing series!

The first card I made was using leftover images from Hello Bluebird Best Days combined with some gifts from Christmas Is Coming. I also had a few leftover colored backgrounds, including a Pathway Background, that these images just seemed perfect for. I wanted this to be a birthday card, so I used a sentiment from Party on the Farm. The color palette was almost a complete match with the Doodlebug Designs Great Outdoors 6x6 pad, so I brought those in too, trimming things down with the Lawn Fawn Large and Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables.

The second card I made features the Avery Elle Astronauts, which I combined with Speech Bubbles to make it another birthday card. I had a leftover background that was meant to be a rainy day scene, but I decided it could work just as well for outer space. This one I matched with the MFT Stars and Stripes 6x6 pad to tie in their red, white, and blue space suits.

I really hope you guys enjoy the video and find it helpful! Click below or watch on YouTube and please, please don't forget to leave me a comment on how you liked it! I would really appreciate your feedback, so I know if this is something I should continue to do in the future. I still have a lot of images left over, and they're giving me the stink eye! Haha! Have a great day!

2021 Holiday Card Series #11

Hey friends, welcome to Day 11 of my Holiday Card Series! Today I'm featuring the sweet Avery Elle Christmas Critters. This was the very first Christmas stamp set I purchased for my series this year, so I'm so happy to finally be using it. I stamped all the images in Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

Then I mixed patterned papers to my heart's content! I used the DCWV Holly Jolly 6x6 pad, which is just so pretty. I cut the two base prints with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables and gave the red plaid a rounded edge with one of the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders. The two I used for the focal panel I die cut with the Large Cross-Stitched Square Stackables and used another one of the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders for the snow drift. I popped my focal panel up with foam tape, adhered my images and Everyday Sentiment Banner, and finished with a few Sequins and some Christmas Red and Stardust Stickles.

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Look for Rainbows Card

Hello friends, happy Friday! Today I'm excited to share a card with you using this sweet little bunny from Avery Elle's Look for Rainbows stamp set. That little grin just makes me smile! I colored the images with Copic markers and added some detail to the bunny's raincoat with a White Gelly Roll Pen, then trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For the background, I blended Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide Inks onto a Bristol Smooth Surface panel, and die cut it with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Frames. I stamped a sentiment on the left in Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I popped this up on foam tape over a piece of Sunny Studio Spring Fling patterned paper and finished off the card with some Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click below or watch on YouTube. If you enjoy it, and you want to help my channel, please consider hitting the like button and subscribing. It means so much! Have a wonderful day! 

My Copic Favorites: Jungle & Safari Critters Part 1

Hey friends, welcome back! Today I've got another installment in my Copic Favorites Series, where I share my favorite color combos for different kinds of images. This time I'm doing Jungle and Safari Critters, using the Avery Elle stamp set, A Head Above. I will have all the color combos shown in the video tutorial, so check that out if you're interested in what my personal favorites are. After I colored the images, I trimmed them out with the matching dies.

To assemble the card, I die cut some Simple Stories Birthday Blast 6x8 patterned paper with the Sunny Studio Slimline Scalloped Frame and Slimline Basic Borders. I die cut some white cardstock with the scalloped frame and mounted it all to a Lawn Fawn Blue Jay slimline card base. Then I adhered my images with liquid glue, and finished it off with a Speech Bubbles sentiment and a bit of Stardust Stickles.

I also finished off the inside, which you can check out in the video as well. I hope you enjoy it! If you do, please consider hitting that like button and subscribing to my channel. It helps more than you know! Thank you so much for stopping by today!

 

Valentine Card Series 2021 #1

Hello friends! Welcome to Day 1 of my 2021 Valentine Card Series! To kick things off, I just had to use the sweet little pup from Avery Elle Frenchie stamp set. Isn't he the cutest? I colored all the images with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For my background, I masked off a sidewalk on a piece of Bristol and blended on some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink. Then I used Speckled Egg for the sky. I stamped a sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black Ink and framed the focal panel with a Sunny Studio Fancy Frames Rectangle. I popped this over some Simple Stories Cozy Days patterned paper, which I trimmed down with a Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables. To finish things off, I added a bit of sparkle with Stardust Stickles.

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1 Set 4 Ways - Episode 9 - Avery Elle Llamazing

Hey friends! Today I'm happy to bring you another episode of my popular series 1 Set 4 Ways. This is Episode 9, where I'm showcasing the absolutely adorable Avery Elle Llamazing stamp set. I think these cheeky llamas are so much fun! I colored them all with Copics and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

You might notice that one of the llamas appears twice in this set. That's because there are only three llama's in the set, but I wanted to make four cards. So to make him look slightly different than his twin, I gave him one of the other blankets for his back. And I also stamped the little curly lines to give him some texture. And gave him an entirely different color palette too. See if you can spot him on one of the cards below.

For the backgrounds, I took four panels of Bristol Smooth Surface Cardstock and watercolored the backgrounds with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens I did two in warm tones, using pink and orange, and two in cool tones, with turquoise and purple. After they were dry, I did some splatter effect, and after that was dry, I stamped my sentiments with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.

To frame up each card, I adhered the background panel to a different colored card base, then die cut the Avery Elle Arrow Mat out of White Cardstock and popped that up with foam tape. I popped up my images as well, varying the arrangement on each card. Then I finished things off with a little Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how these four cards came together, click below or watch on YouTube. And don't forget to like and subscribe! Your support truly means the world. Thanks so much for watching! Have a llamazing day!

Holiday Card Series 2020 #12

Hey friends, welcome to Day 12 of my 2020 Holiday Card Series! Today I'm featuring the adorable Avery Elle Santa Jaws stamp set with these smiley sharks! I absolutely love them. I colored them with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

I chose two patterns from the Photoplay Not a Creature was Stirring 6x6 pad. On the solid teal paper, I stamped the sentiment and some bubbles and a few snowflakes from Lawn Fawn Mice on Ice with Noble Fir Ink. I adhered that directly to my MFT Sno Cone card base. The striped print, I trimmed out with the MFT A2 Rectangle Frames and popped up over top with Foam Tape. As a finishing touch, I added some sparkle with Stardust Stickles.

To see how this card came together, click below or watch on YouTube. And if you like it, don't forget to hit the thumbs up button and subscribe! It means the world. Have a great day!

Puppy Party Birthday Card

Are you a fellow dog lover? If so, this card should be right up your alley with these partying pups from Avery Elle's Hot Dog! Gah! These guys are just too cute! I saved one of them for the inside and stamped everybody else out and colored them with Copics, then trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For my focal panel, I cut one long strip of MFT Sno Cone Cardstock and a Grassy Border using Lawn Fawn Noble Fir Cardstock. I adhered the grass with foam tape and added my images with a mixture of foam tape and liquid glue. Then I stamped my sentiment on a Spring Showers cloud with Peacock Ink. I layered the focal panel over top of Pebbles Happy Cake Day patterned papers and finished off the card with some Crystal Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click below or watch on YouTube. And don't forget to help a girl out by hitting that like button and subscribing! Thanks so much! Have a great day!

Holiday Card Series #16

Well hello! Welcome to Day 16 of my 2019 Holiday Card Series! I'm so excited to bring you this card today, because I absolutely love this Santa Bear stamp set by Avery Elle! I think this illustration is just the cutest, and it was actually the very first holiday stamp set that I purchased this year. So much fun!

I colored all my sweet woodland critters with Copics and trimmed them out with the matching dies. I framed up the scene with the Arrow Mat die and put some Echo Park My Favorite Winter patterned papers behind to make up my night sky and to cover my Speckled Eggshell card base. I finished up with a white heat embossed sentiment and a little Crystal Stickles.

I really hope you enjoy the video! If you do, please be sure to hit that thumbs up button and subscribe. It really means a lot! Thanks for watching, everyone! I hope you have a great day!

Holiday Card Series #9

Hi friends! Today I'm happy to bring you Card #9 in my 2019 Holiday Card Series! This time I wanted to showcase one of my favorite holiday pastimes -- baking! And the adorable Neat & Tangled Holiday Baking stamp set was perfect for that. These cute critters just make me smile!

I colored them up with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies. Then I adhered two coordinating prints of patterned paper from the Pebbles Merry Little Christmas 6x6 to my card base. Over top of that, I popped up a white panel using the Avery Elle Oval Burst die, and adhered my images with a mix of foam tape and liquid glue.

To finish the card, I added a white, heat embossed sentiment trimmed down using one of the banners from the Neat & Tangled Scalloped dies and some Crystal and Christmas Red Stickles. And of course, I also finished off the inside, which you can check out in the video. If you enjoy it, I would love for you to click that like button and leave me a comment or subscribe! Yours support means the world. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Party Fox

Hello there! I thought I'd pop in to share a colorful birthday card using Avery Elle Party Fox. This set has been sitting on my desk for the longest time, just waiting to be inked up! I'm so glad I finally got the chance to play with it.

I colored my images with Copics and trimmed them out with the matching dies. Then I created a background for them using an MFT Elegant Rectangle STAX Die-namics and blended on Distress ink.

The Echo Park Happy Birthday Boy 6x6 patterned paper pad has so many great, fun patterns. I chose a couple that I thought would go well together and layered them onto my card base. The star print was trimmed down with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables to give it that nice, stitching detail, and the navy blue pattern was trimmed on one end with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Party Banners die. 

I adhered my images with foam tape and popped up the focal panel for some added dimension. As always, I did some stamping on the inside as well to finish up the card.

Click the video below to see how this card came together, or watch on YouTube! Don't forget to like and subscribe while you're at it. I'm so close to 20k and every bit of support helps! :) Have an amazing day!

2018 Holiday Card Series #6

Hello and welcome to Day 6 of my 2018 Holiday Card Series! Today I'm bringing you a card so cool, you'll feel like bundling up! Lol. My arctic setting centers around the gorgeous background image from Avery Elle's Starry Scene.

But before I get to that, I stamped out all my images, including the polar bear from Winter Woodland Wonders, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

I inked up the background image with Lawn Fawn Merman, Peacock, and Blue Jay ink. Then I die cut the Starry Scene opening out of some plain white cardstock, added foam tape to the back, and popped it up over the stamped background to create a little window and give the scene some depth.

I stamped my sentiment with Lobster ink onto a snow bank die cut with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Hillside Borders and adhered that to the bottom of my scene. I tucked my mountain range inside the window and arranged the trees and polar bear on the outside.

And because I simply don't seem capable of making a holiday card without at least a little bit of glitter, I finished things off by adding Crystal Stickles to the snow caps and trees, and Christmas Red Stickles to the polar bear's scarf.

And now for the video! Click the YouTube icon at the bottom right to watch it there in HD, and don't forget to like and subscribe! Consider it my Christmas gift. ;) I hope you enjoy the video! Thank you so much for watching!

Swell Birthday

Hey friends, happy Friday! Today I'm excited to bring you a cute card using Avery Elle Sea-Prise! All three of my sons, plus my brother and nephew are super into sharks, so this set was a must have for me! I, personally, am terrified of sharks, but this one here is just about the friendliest one I've ever seen. I colored him and his puffer friend with Copics and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

I die cut the Avery Elle Oval Burst out of some white cardstock, and three shades of blue cardstock with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Wave Borders. I stamped the school of fish on each wave panel, plus a sentiment on the lightest one using Lawn Fawn Mermaid, Merman, and Deep Sea inks. 

I layered the darker two waves, plus a strip of pale blue for the sky behind the Oval Burst using foam tape for some added dimension, and adhered the lightest wave on top of the panel with Scor-tape. I added my images to complete the scene, then finished the card off with some Pretty Pink Posh 4mm and 6mm Clear Droplets.

I included a clever sentiment and some more stamping on the inside of the card, which you can check out in the video. Click the YouTube icon at the bottom right to watch it there in HD, and don't forget to like and subscribe! I really appreciate it!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Love Like No Otter - Valentine Card Series #2

Hello friends, welcome to Day 2 of my 2018 Valentine Card Series! Today I'm playing with the utterly adorable Avery Elle Otterly Fantastic stamp set. I actually stamped out four of these guys and colored them with Copics in either browns or grays, just to keep them a little different.

Then I created background with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink, and stamped a sweet sentiment with Lawn Fawn Plastic Flamingo ink. I added a strip of MFT Hearts & Stripes patterned paper die cut with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Borders down the side to tie back in to the seashells and fish. Simple but cute!

All of these cards will be going to the Cards From The Heart Card Drive benefitting St. Jude's Children's Hospital. This is such an amazing cause! I would love it if you would consider participating. Check out my Valentine Card Series Day #1 post for all the information.

And now for the video. Clink on the YouTube link at the bottom right to watch the video in HD and don't forget to like and subscribe! It means so much! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Magical Day Fairy Tale Scene

Hey friends! Happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a great start! Today I'm sharing a dreamy, fairy tale card using the Avery Elle Be A Unicorn  stamp set. Isn't she a cutie? I brought her to life with Copic markers and created a fluffy land in the clouds scene for her to live in with the Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud Borders. Then I stamped a few little stars and hearts Lawn Fawn Sunflower, Merman, and Plastic Flamingo inks to keep with that magical feel.

To see how this whole card came together, check out the video below, or click on the YouTube icon at the bottom right to watch it there in HD. And don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe! I'm hoping to get to 25K subscribers by the end of this year, and I know that might sound crazy, but I'm determined to dream big!

Thank you all for your wonderful support. I couldn't do it without you! Have an amazing day!

2017 Valentine Card Series #9

Hey crafty friends! Today I have a sweet card to share with you for Day 10 of my 2017 Valentine Series. Aren't these mice just darling? This is the Moonbeam Meadow True Love set by Crafter's Companion, and I just happened to notice while grabbing the link, that this and ALL their EZ Mount Stamp Sets are now 75% off! That, my friends, works out to $2.49 per stamp set, which is CRAZY cheap! So if you love this image as much as I do, you may want to strike while the iron's hot. ;)

I watercolored my panel with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and all colors used are listed at the top left of the screen in the video. I hope you enjoy it!

Click on the YouTube icon at the bottom right corner to watch it there in HD and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe! With all the changes YouTube has been making it's more important than ever. And I so appreciate it! Have a great day!