I'm guest designing this month for Avocado Arts- a great company offering lots of fun stamp sets, printables, digital die cuts, card kits and a stamp club! They sent me their latest release, Future's So Bright to play with- it's lots of fun! I created two cards to share with you today featuring this set. Here is the first:
For this card I started by stamping the rays using Versamark in the background of my kraft card base. I went over the image with my clear Stardust glitter pen to give it a little shimmer. Next, I added my tag and paper strip and created the faux stitching. I stamped my light bulb and my sentiment onto colored cardstock and cut them out. I adhered the sentiment first and finished my card by adding the light bulb with foam adhesive dots for dimension.
I so wish it had been sunny out when I took this photo so that you could really see the sparkle from that glitter pen! At least you can see the other details. :) I chose Jet Black Archival Ink to stamp the lightbulb and sentiment. This ink is the blackest of blacks and I love the way it looks on colored cardstock! I used a Signo White Gel pen to create the faux stitching.
For my second card, I used the little camera image as well as the photo frame. I thought it would be fun to use the frame to create a window in my card:
I created a card base out of red cardstock and adhered a strip of striped cardstock to the bottom. To create the window, I stamped the frame onto my cardfront and cut out the center. Next I stamped the frame and the camera onto white cardstock and cut them out. I cut the center of the frame, this time leaving a little bit of an edge. I adhered it over the other stamped frame, covering up all my lines.
You can see that I did add a little bit of color to the camera- I used some markers to color the stripes and grabbed my Stardust glitter pen again for the center of the camera lens. I adhered the camera using foam dots. I stamped the sentiment onto the frame and added just a bit of twine to finish off the look.
On the inside, I stamped the frame again, this time adding a picture of my sweet nephew and his trophy to the center. I added a little sentiment to finish it off. I can't wait to write a little note in this one and send it off to my nephew! He recently won this trophy for having the fastest little pine derby car around! I think he'll get a kick out of seeing himself on the card!
I really enjoyed creating these cards for Avocado Arts! If you'd like to see what other products they offer, check out their online store- there are lots of cute stamps including the Future's So Bright set that I got to use. I'll be back on May 8th with another post featuring this fun set, as well!
Thanks for stopping by today!
-tessa
super FUN!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute Tessa!! Love these!
ReplyDeleteThese are great Tessa! I love the technique you used for the rays on the first card, and I totally didn't get that the second was a window card until you opened it, so cool!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. I love these, Tessa! The way you stamped the sunburst in the background and went over it with a glitter pen was so clever. I love the window in the second card.
ReplyDeleteReally cute.
ReplyDeleteTessa, YOU ROCKED the Avocado Today! Thanks so much for joining us this month! LOVE your style Girl-Lisa Hetrick, Avocado Arts
ReplyDeleteThese projects are totally RAD, Miss Lady!!! Yayness!!!
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