Friendship is Made With Love

Today, the following members of the Avocado Arts Pit Crew are inspiring you with more projects made with the April stamp set, Sew Nice:

Emily Branch

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Kelley Eubanks

Savannah O'Gwynn

I stamped the large bloom from Sew Nice three times on sticky-back canvas and cut out all the layers. I applied multi-medium gloss to all the layers, lifted the petals and allowed them to dry before assembling the flower. I used the whimsical stitches as a stem, added a flag from Avocado Type and stamped a sentiment from Sew Nice. Chomping a corner and adding a rhinestone was all that was needed to finish this card!

I love the friendship theme of this set. The fun flower, buttons, spool, clipboard and stitches provides so many design possibilities! You can grab this set for yourself HERE.

I hope you are all having a wonderful Easter weekend! It's a long weekend here in Canada. My sister and her family are here from the U.S. so we are spending time with her and our parents.

Sources: Gina K Designs pure luxury white cardstock; Avocado Arts Sew Nice & Avocado Type; SU Real Red, Old Olive & Island Indigo inks; Claudine Helmuth white sticky-back canvas; Claudine Helmuth Studio multi-medium gloss; We R Memory Keepers corner chomper; SU Basic Rhinestones

It's Happy Hour Somewhere

Kim is sharing this card on the Paper Smooches Blog today. I giggled the whole time I was making this card. As I've said many times before, there are two stamps that are necessities when it comes to my Paper Smooches stamp collection - the squirrel from Hang Ups and the professor from Smarty Pants. If you have these two, you can make any scene! LOL In our backyard, we are constantly entertained by the squirrel antics. I think I have a fondness for squirrels because they are the worker bee type, always scurrying about getting things done.

The sentiment and island drinks being hogged by the squirrel are from the new release Get Outta Town. I stamped the squirrel from Hang Ups three times so I could create new tail and arm positions for this scene. The juke box is from Perpetual Bliss and the shadow is from Vogue Abode. Thanks for stopping by today!

Sources: Gina K Designs pure luxury white cardstock; Paper Smooches Get Outta Town, Hang Ups, Perpetual Bliss & Vogue Abode; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Tim Holtz for Ranger Pumice Stone distress ink; Copic markers; foam tape

Pink Cat Studio ~ Apr 3rd Digi Release!

Welcome to Pink Cat Studio's April 3rd Digi Release! Melissa asked me and Mariska van der Veer, another Pink Cat Studio alumna, to join her design team for this release. Of course, I had to say yes! Pink Cat Studio was my very first design team and remains very near and dear to my heart. I have to apologize for the delay in posting though. My son was in the emergency room for several hours last night but all is well now and hopefully it will be tomorrow and beyond!

I didn't realize how much I missed colouring these cuties 'til I got my hands on these new digis. They are adorable! I am featuring Flower & Ladybugs Party which I printed on white cardstock, die cut and coloured with Copic markers. To finish, I added a strip of die cut grass and a banner which has a Lil' Inker Designs sentiment. The banner was sponged with distress inks and adhered to the card with foam tape.

Thank you so much for joining me for this release! 12 new digis are available for purchase today but if you make any purchase today, April 3rd only, you will receive the Star Fairy free. Head on over to the Pink Cat Studio Digi Store now and grab some of these cuties for yourself!

Sources: Gina K Designs pure luxury white cardstock; Pink Cat Studio Flower & Ladybugs Party; Lil' Inker Designs Flags & Tags sentiment; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Tim Holtz for Ranger Wild Honey & Rusty Hinge distress inks; Copic markers; Spellbinders Nestabilities Reverse Wonky Rectangles & Ribbon Banners; My Favorite Things Die-namics Fresh Cut Grass; foam tape