Saturday, September 22, 2012

{Avocado Arts} Hi



Today, the Avocado Arts Pit Crew is sharing projects using the September release, Grateful Season. For this card, I used several stamps from this set including the diamond border, filler square, two circles and a sentiment.  I combined these stamps with a bunch of other borders and a tiny heart from three other sets including Sweet Treat Sweetie, Sew Nice and Thoughts and Smiles!


I picked four colours to work with and started stamping the borders from the bottom up. When that was done, I randomly sprinkled the filler square inside the diamond borders. Then I stamped the circles, punched them out, stamped a sentiment on one and randomly adhered them over the borders. Something seemed missing so I added two little hearts from Sweet Treat Sweetie and added glossy accents to them.


Hooray for fall, my favourite season! Sweater weather is upon us and I'm loving it. If you'd like to purchase Grateful Season, just click on the graphic above. Avocado Arts would love to see you using their stamps! Remember, there's a publication incentive, too. ;) Don't forget to check out the following posts for more inspiration:


It's my birthday weekend and I'm turning a big __. I think I would rather not think about it. LOL! I hope to celebrate with loads of crafty time and some shopping. ;)

Sources: Gina K Designs pure luxury white cardstock; Avocado Arts Grateful Season, Sweet Treat Sweetie, Sew Nice & Thoughts and Smiles; SU Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Certainly Celery & Pool Party inks; Memento Tuxedo Rich Cocoa ink; SU 3/4" & 1" circle punches; SU Crystal Effects; We R Memory Keepers corner chomper

28 comments:

Laurie said...

Emily this is so pretty! I love the CAS design and the colors you used! Beautiful!

snappy scrappy said...

So pretty!!! Love it! Lee-Ann :)

Dawnll said...

Just popped in to say HI...this is a wonderful design as usual...love the clean look and wonderful colors.
Hugs my friend

Lynn said...

Happy, happy birthday! Hope you are spoiled rotten! And you know how much I love all those borders! Divine!

Jamie said...

I absolutely LOVE this card:)

Annette Allen said...

Emily you are so amazing with patterns...this looks awesome...great color combo and great design...

Oh...HAPPY BIRTHDAY...have a wonderful weekend...woohoo...eat lots of delicious cake.. :)

Miriam Prantner said...

Happy Birthday! Have a wonderful day! And I LOVE this card!

Mary-Anne V said...

love the different stamped images coming off the side.. .great design. Happy Birthday this weekend!

Aimes said...

What a super sweet design!!! Wishing you a wonderful birthday weekend! Remember: Age is just a number! ;D
Hugs!
x

Unknown said...

Have a wonderful birthday Em! Hope your family spoils you on your special day! Love your gorgeous card with the sweet hearts and color combo.

Cornelie said...

Really great stampwork I see here!Nice colors too!

Bethany Stellpflug said...

wow Emily! This is one gorgeous clean and simple card. I love the fun fall color scheme you used!

mamawcindy said...

Love your Card! Happy Birthday! Fall is my favorite time of year to. Thanks for Sharing! :0)
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Cheryl said...

Fabulous card! I love your design and mix of colors.

alexandra s.m. said...

What a beautiful contemporary card!
TFS Emily!

Wendy ten Hove said...

This is so pretty, Emily! Love the colors and the layout you created with these stamps! Just true perfection!!!
Hugs & happy Sunday,
Wendy

Kim Mraz said...

Happy Birthday sweet girl!
Your card is beyond fabulous!!

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

Happy Birthday Hope you got all your crafty fun in!!! Love this card, the designs remind me of washi, love it!

Julie said...

This is GORGEOUS!!! I love these colors together and the CAS layout!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY weekend!!!

Glenda J said...

This is so funky! Love the colours and patterns.

Rachel said...

amaaaazing. the colors are such a good match and i love all those patterns combined together! i love this

Lindsey said...

Beauty colours! Amazing card. Happy __th birthday, too!

Monika Wright | I Love It All said...

Your cards are always so appealing {and amazing}!

Jingle said...

Wonderful card! I hope you had a super fantastic birthday weekend!

Jen W. said...

I LOVE this! Such a fun way to use all those borders . Really really cool!

Wish it was sweater weather here! It suddenly got all humid again today. Blerg!

donna mikasa said...

What a graphically cool card, Emily! LOOVE the colors and the designs are reminiscent of washi tape!

I hope you had a wonderful birthday celebration....with lots of cake!

maria f. said...

Oh, man. Never heard of these stamps, but I would say that they are quite versatile. So much possibility in that one set for creative stampers...

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

LOOOOOOVE these colors! I had a similar card created for some background stamps that I received....it def. doesn't look as amazing as THIS!! LOVE:)