Thursday, June 18, 2020

Camping critters! (Avery Elle new release blog hop)

Hi there!

I'm so excited to have you stop by my blog today, to celebrate the new Avery Elle release! I illustrated 2 sets in the mix, Unicycle, and the one I'm showing off right now - Camping Critters. Strap in, I have 4 cards to share with you!

Camping critters! (Avery Elle new release blog hop)

My first card is a completely 1 layer panel. It took awhile to get the dies to me across the border, so I started playing around with just the stamps. I ink-blended a night sky, and did some masking to build my scene. Everything was colored using copic markers. Only the sentiment was stamped separately and set on top.

Camping critters! (Avery Elle new release blog hop)


For my second card, which is similarly 1 layer for the most part, I wanted to create a daytime look. Only the tent and the sweet bear, but this time, with a little bunny friend, from Santa Bear, and some little butterflies, from Wheelie Great. I added the sentiment as a skinny strip in the middle of the rolling hills, to cut into all of that solid green.

Camping critters! (Avery Elle new release blog hop)


Once I got the dies, I couldn't help but make another couple of cards! This one features another night scene. I hand-cut an oval shape out of green cardstock for the grassy area, making sure to keep the edges jagged so it really looks like grass. Then, I used a blender brush to spread a black-inked sky, keeping the edges lighter and in line with the grassy piece. I added a blue tent, little critters making s'mores and fireflies in the night sky.

Camping critters! (Avery Elle new release blog hop)


This last card is the simplest. I really wanted to feature the raccoon on a card, I love him holding the little lantern! I added the heart-in-speech-bubble image from Wheelie Great, as well as a few mushrooms from Falling For You. The Star Scene die provided the perfect backdrop.

There are more projects to see today! Here is a full list of blog hop participants:



To celebrate our Summer 2020 Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a stamp set of their choice to 3 winners.  To enter to win just comment on this post.  There is no purchase necessary and you must be 18 years of age or older to enter.  This giveaway is void where prohibited.  You can also do options 2, 3 and 4 of the following to increase your chances of winning. You have until midnight Sunday, June 21st 2020 to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Tuesday, June 23rd .  All products are available for purchase in the Avery Elle store right now.  You can check them all out here
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19 comments:

  1. Such amazing camper scene cards, I am in love with them. You are too good at making night sky.

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  2. Your cards are a campers dream! All such fun scenes and full of great details! I really like the coloring you did on the first card and that is just a great one layer scene! The fireflies in the third card are sweet and so is that owl! I like the raccoon with the lantern and the cute lil' shrooms! Congrats at having two of your designs released; that is amazing and they are both superb! I have really enjoyed this release and the unicycle set is one of my favs! Cheers!

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  3. Oh my, these are all like little mini paintings that any one of us want to hang in our home! Awesome cards, gorgeous coloring & fun new stamps.

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  4. Your wonderful cards transport me to our summer cottage, which we can't travel to this summer, so thanks for bringing the lake life straight to me!

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  5. Fabulous scenes with this sweet new set! I love the critters.

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  6. So many wonderful camping cards. They are delightful. Your critters are amazing and I love the backgrounds.

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  7. I ADORE your illustrations, and I beamed with absolutely joy (which is hard to come by these days) When you “liked” one of my Avery Elle cards!!! Thanks for that!!! I’m a huge fan and love these cards!!! I was crossing my fingers to win a set, but I’ve ordered from Impress most of them (especially yours)!!!! And I adore your creations!!!

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  8. This is such a cute stamp set, but wow, i love the variety of cards you made!! Great job!

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  9. These camping critters are there best! I ordered them straight away! Wonderful card inspiration!

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  10. Adorable camping scenes with fabulous coloring and details! Love your cards with these cute critters!

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  11. I like the backgrounds to the camping scenes. Nice mix of elements.

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  12. Camping Critters is by far my favourite set in this release..amazing cards. Love the cute variety of images.

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  13. This is so cute. I CAN'T WAIT TO GO CAMPING, so this is just precious to me. I LOVE how they are toasting marshmallows. This release if my all time favorite. ALL TIME!!!

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  14. These are adorable. I just love that owl and mouse roasting marshmallows. Great use of the best with the mug. It shows that the mug could be holding cocoa or coffee (or in my case hot tea). I love these.

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  15. Elena I'm OBSESSED with the new sets you've designed for this release! Your illustrations are just so cute I love them all. These cards are so fun, too! Makes me want to go camping and I don't even like the outdoors haha :)

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  16. Such a cute set!!! Love the critters roasting marshmallows

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  17. Love this variety of cute camping scenes.

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  18. You card layout are just AMAZING... I would love tutorials. I think the camping set is my favorite and the way you have showcased it so many ways, WOW, I am still just in amazement. Such talent, I love them all... EVERY one! Thank you so much!!!

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