Avery Elle - Avery's Alphas

Hey folks!  Today's Avery Elle project uses the fabulous Avery's Alphas!  I only used the stamps today, but if you hopped with us last week, you saw me using the matching dies!  So much fun to create custom cards with these sets:)  

My card today is super quick and easy which is a good thing because I seem to be running out of time this holiday season.  My goal was to create something fun and colorful (it's for a young girl) that could hold a gift card and here's what happened!

I stamped "ENJOY" onto vellum (using Stazon ink so it wouldn't smear) and colored the letters in with Copics.  I love that the alpha stamps are made to line up end to end so they line up so easily!  Copics can look streaky on vellum, but I thought the streakiness worked well with the card.  I cut another piece of vellum and stitched up a small pouch with different sized sequins inside.  To keep it fun, I used two different colors of thread and I wasn't all that careful with my sewing (as you can see, lol!).  How's that John Legend song go?  Perfect imperfections:) 

I usually don't show the insides of my cards but I wanted to show how I attached my gift card.  My awesome and talented friend Nina of Waffleflower designed these dies.  Well, I'm not sure if Nina had this in mind, but the small carat-shaped die (the arrowhead one) works perfectly to create tabs that can be used create a custom gift card holder.  It always makes me nervous when a gift card is loose inside a card and this is an easy solution to that problem.   

That's it for me today!  Heather's got a card to share today too, so click over:)  

Mahalo and Aloha,

jj