A Swell Background

Sometimes you just have to take your scissors to a stamp set and do some

 snipping to make it more versatile!! Come and see what I've done...

I've used the fairly new background stamp called Swell from Avery Elle

and I just had to perform a little stamp surgery to remove the boats from the background.

They can easily fit back in but by doing this it means I can use different colours 

for the boats as I've have for this card.

I've used a circle to cut the centre portion and inset the circular piece to add the 

sentiment to... I felt the Mama Elephant bunting went well with the nautical theme.

With the option of removing the boats means you can add other images instead, like this 

seagull from a smaller beach hut set from Avery Elle...

I've made another inset aperture to accommodate this gaggle 

of gulls, one of which is the birthday 'Gull' !!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Swell, Peek-a-Boo Summer Pals, Beside the Sea - Avery Elle

Swinging Borders, Lots of Letters - Mama Elephant

Seaside Gulls - MFT

Hooray, Yippee

Here's a bunch of happy kids... you can feel their excitement jumping off the card!!

I've used the new big alphabet dies from MFT to give them something to be happy about :)

I can't resist an alphabet die set... and this one is a good size.

I went with a retro colour palette and didn't fuss much with the colouring

There are more details about this card on the Seven Hills Crafts blog HERE

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Impact Alpha & Numbers die - MFT

Yippee Stamp - Waffleflower

Banner Bits - Avery Elle

Ship Lap Stencil - Echo Park

Kiwi Lolly

Vellum makes a great Ice Lolly... not so much in real life but definitely 

for a fake one on a card and especially when you add some fruit slices 

between the layers too....

I couldn't wait to use this Concord & 9th set to make the Kiwi slices... 

that seed die is just the cutest!!

To add the white line detail I used an orange slice stamp in the same set 

and partially inked it with white pigment ink before stamping and 

rotating the image a few times.

You can find more details on this card on the Seven Hills Crafts blog HERE if needed.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Cool Treats Die, Cool Treats Turnabout, Orange you Sweet - Concord & 9th

Stick It Adhesive Sheet

Swim Team dies (discontinued) - Avery Elle