Ellen Hutson 12 tags of Christmas with a feminine twist

Hi there!

Have you been following Ellen Hutson's 12 tags of Christmas? We're on day 7 of the 12 day hop and I am paired with my friend Heather Campbell to bring you a set of pink, mint and gold colored tags featuring Avery Elle products.



Paired up with Heather, of course I had to use some of her illustrations! Polar Pals is still my favorite Avery Elle Christmas set - those little girls are so cute!

I used the shaker tags to create a layered scene, minus all the mess of anything that would actually give it a shake.

I used the Falling Snow die on a piece of mint-colored cardstock, and then layered white nuvo snow-drops on the top. I love the texture that it gives to the background!

The girls' snowsuits bring in our pink color and keep the tags extra girly. If the soft pink isn't your thing, these tags could be changed dramatically by swapping out the pinks for holiday reds.



To finish off, I borrowed a sentiment from Brring On The Joy and heat-embossed that with a gold embossing powder.

I hope you like these sweet little tags! Visit the EH blog to check out all of the tags so far - click!

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Sledding Critters (Avery Elle)

Hi there!

I have a fun card to share today, featuring Avery Elle's Sledding Critters.

I loooved the critters found in the previously-released Birthday Bus, and this one features a few of the same characters. I was so excited to ink them up and start coloring! The bear with the snow goggles? I die.

I colored and die-cut the main image and stamped a greeting from Brring On The Joy directly onto the sled.

To back the critters, I grabbed a sheet of minty cardstock and ran it through the die-cutter using the Falling Snow die. I used it a ton last year and don't see myself putting it out of reach for this holiday season either. 

To frame the snow and sledding animals, I layered a Horizontal Stripes die-cut over my white card base. The tone-on-tone isn't busy, but is so much more interesting than just layering onto a plain folded card.

Finally, I stamped a few strings of lights to go across the top, and in the center, a wreath (from Brring On The Joy.)

I hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

♥.

sledding in a winter wonderland (Avery Elle)

Hi there! I'm back with Avery Elle for a closer look at the new falling snow die.



I used the sledding critters from Snow Much Fun as the only real pop of color on my card-front. Aren't they adorable? The goggles are the bear are too much.

For the background, I used the Falling Snow die and layered a light blue cardstock behind it so that it would show more. Can we talk about the genius of that die? The irregular snow circles are amazing, and you can use it to die-cut a strip of snow, or a full sheet - with no weird overlap. I will be using it again and again for Christmas cards and tags this year. It's a must-have.

I used cloud border dies to mimic the mounds of snow everywhere. It looks like Montreal in the winter, for sure!

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

♥.