{SSSC) Anniversary Dance

Time for a new sketch this week from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! You can check out that sketch by clicking on the link!

I've used one of my Avery Elle sentiment stamp sets, So Happy. I love AE's fonts...I think they are so elegant...like old school calligraphy. I paired it with some vintage looking paper from Chickaniddy. I added some enamel dots and shapes. The sentiment strip is popped up on foam squares and the die is MFT. This  card was so simple to make and even though it's far from my usual style, it was really fun to make! Relying on a gorgeous sentiment and perfect paper to create a card was a nice change!! ;)

{PPC} Avery Elle Hop

Today I'm participating in a fun joint Blog Hop between one of my fave paper crafting tools companies, Perfect Paper Crafting, and a stamp company that I've recently found and fell in love with~ Avery Elle! 

For my card, I've used the Storybook set and matching dies. Isn't it exciting when stamps have cute lil matching dies? No more fussy cutting- this is fast and easy and PERFECT! And lemme tell ya, these stamps STAMP like a dream! Look at the gorgeous font here…love the various fonts that AE uses.

You'll notice a lot of matted layers on my card today. On the front I have used the Perfect Layers Mini and Perfect Cutting Mat, using the 1/16 edge on my double white and kraft CS mats. Both of these  products are on sale right now as a combo for an unbeatable price of only $22!! But for a limited time, offer ends in just a few days! Use code Jenny5% to receive a discount on top of this already crazy low price!

 Here's the inside…I used one of the leafy stamps, a sentiment and another butterfly stamped and die cut.
I also used the PPC Perfect Layers Mini, using the 1/8 measurement this time. 

Check out the Avery Elle Blog and Perfect Paper Crafting Blog every day from now til August 1….each company will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to two lucky commenters!

The other designers showcased today are Caryn Davies and Yainea. 

{Avery Elle} Late Father's Day

Hey there! I know this is coming a few days late, but I really lost my stamping mojo last week and did nothing and it was a little hard to get back in the groove, KWIM?

But I have been wanting to use this stamp set, The Man, by Avery Elle for, like, a YEAR or so!! LOL! I saw my friend Sarah (here's her card) use it once and I thought, OMG I need that! And it took me awhile to order it, and then it was out of stock for a bit, yada yada. Anyway, I did receive it a few months ago and looked at it quite a bit, admiring the new glassy clear polymer in it's perfect packaging (what? no one else does that?). Finally I cracked the seal and opened that baby up!!! Now, I think I drink more beer than my husband, but what can I say? He still enjoys it and I thought this would be a perfect stamp to use on a card for him!

So here are some deets. I used a sketch from Viva La Verve (I think this is from MAy) for the layout. I am kind of a scaredy cat with CAS cards and honestly, colouring line art images are more my comfort zone, so I cannot push the envelope when I'm dealing with these graphic stamps…I must not overdo it, you see ;) Stick with one thing I know, and that's a lot of layers and embellies. Junk it up, if you will. 
The dies are all from MFT. I fussy cut the bottles and popped one up on foam. The sentiment was stamped on vellum. Memento Luxe is good for that, and I used Expresso Truffle. I added in some gold enamel dots (not the same gold as the star die cuts, but I think the variation is nice). I see that they are no longer available at I{heart}papers at the moment. I used the last of my MFT twine (GASP!) on this card….and I did some distressing and machine stitching….It was a fun one to make! 

Okay, here's the inside, using another sentiment that comes with the set, again stamped in Memento Luxe in Espresso Truffle. I added more of those gold enamel dots as well.

Here's that sketch for ya! It's a gooder to keep in the archives!