03.09.2015

Avery Elle Fall Release Blog Hop

03.09.2015 by 59 Comments

 

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Hello and welcome to the Avery Elle August Release Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from my chum Karolyn Loncon’s awesome blog but if you’re lost and want to go back to the start then head over to the Avery Elle Blog and start from there!

So ……. YAY!  The day is finally here when I get to share, not just an AMAZING new release from Avery Elle (my favourite yet) but also I get to premier my very first stamp set called Pick ‘n’ Mix that I actually designed MYSELF!!  Wait, WHAAAAAT!  I know – unbelievable!!

I can’t express how grateful I am to Jamie and Avery Elle for giving me this opportunity!  What started as a desperate need to find a gummy bear stamp (which I just couldn’t find anywhere) and a poke in the right direction from my sweet friend Heather Campbell I ended up taking the plunge into stamp designing!  Fast forward a few weeks and a few late nights learning the technicalities of Adobe Illustrator and I created my first set which grew from the first image of a little gummy bear to a whole candy shop!  I only had time to create a couple of cards before I left for our trip to Australia but this first card is pretty much what I had in my head from the very beginning.  Each of the bears is coloured with Copics and then coated in Glossy Accents (but you can’t really tell from the photo!).  I had so much fun designing this set and I really hope you all enjoy it as much as I do!

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Your next stop on this amazing hop is my gorgeous, sweet friend Heather Campbell.  She has some fantastic new stamps in this release too!  Happy hopping!

Avery Elle / Jamie
Karolyn Loncon
Caryn Davies (that’s me!)
Heather Campbell
JJ Bolton
Yainea
Melania Deasy
Katie Gehring 
Amy Kolling
Maska Vanacker 
To celebrate our Fall 2015 Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one random winner.  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, 4, 5 or all 6 of the following to increase your chances of winning. You have until midnight Sunday, August 30th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, August 31st .  All products are available for purchase in the Avery Elle store right now.

To enter to win you can do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6 of the following to increase your chances:
  1. Comment on any of the design team’s posts and/or here on the Avery Elle Blog
  2. Follow us on Twitter and tweet the contest (we are @averyellestamps )
  3. Follow us on Facebook (we are www.facebook.com/AveryElle ) and share us with your friends – make sure they tell us you sent them.
  4. Follow us on Pinterest
  5. Become a blog follower through email (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already follow us)
  6. Join our Flickr group (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already belong)

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22.06.2015

Avery Elle / Cardmaker Magazine Blog Hop

22.06.2015 by 39 Comments

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Today is a fun day because the Avery Elle design team is teaming up with our friends over at CardMaker Magazine for a fun blog hop.   Be sure to stop by our company and designer blogs to be inspired and enter for a chance to win a prize.  One lucky commenter will be drawn at random and will win a $30 Avery Elle Gift Certificate.  You have all week to enter to win.  The winner of the Avery Elle Gift Certificate will be announced on the Avery Elle blog on Monday, June 29th.

You should have arrived here from the gorgeous blog of AJ Otto but if you’ve wandered in here and want to go back to the start of the blog hop then please scroll down for the full schedule.

I’m featuring the fabulously unique “Geek Love” stamp set today designed by my mega-talented teamie, JJ Bolton.  This is the most adorable set, I just love how you can change the look of the little peeps with different hair styles, clothes etc.  For my card I started with a piece of water-colour cardstock and used distress inks to create my background.  I die cut this using the Burst die and then used the pierced circles to create a frame.  I stamped, coloured (Copics) and fussy cut the boy and girl and speech bubbles and then assembled the card.

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The next stop on this super fun hop is the lovely Anita Mulcahey so off you go and enjoy the rest of the inspiration along the way.

CardMaker

Katie Gehring

AJ Otto

Caryn Davies (that’s me!)

Anita Mulcahey

Yainea

Lisa Lahiff

Melania Deasy

Lois Bak

JJ Bolton

Patti Gilliam

Karolyn Loncon

Sarah Ashley Posch

Jamie Gracz


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04.06.2015

Avery Elle Summer Release Blog Hop

04.06.2015 by 54 Comments

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HELLO!  You should have arrived from the lovely KAROLYN LONCON blog but if you’ve stumbled in here and want to go back to the beginning then click HERE!.

I’m SUPER excited to be joining in with the hop today – this release is just amazing!!!  Wait until you see what’s coming – your mind will be BLOWN!!  I am struggling to come up with a favourite but have to say this pineapple set called Stay Fresh is high up on the list!  I went all water-coloury for my card using my Kuretake Gamsai watercolour paints – you can almost taste the tropics with these colours, they’re so JUICY!  The aloha die is sold separately and I just love it – I cut it from black and white cardstocks and overlaid the white with just a wee tiny peek of black showing to give a little depth.  You can’t see it too well but I smothered it in glossy accents after that.

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The next stop on the hop is my lovely friend (and sometime mentor, lol) HEATHER CAMPBELL 

To celebrate our Summer 2015 Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one random winner.  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, 4, 5 or all 6 of the following to increase your chances of winning. You have until midnight Sunday, June 7th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, June 8th .  All products are available for purchase in the Avery Elle store right now.

To enter to win you can do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6 of the following to increase your chances:
  1. Comment on any of the design team’s posts and/or here on the Avery Elle Blog
  2. Follow us on Twitter and tweet the contest (we are @averyellestamps )
  3. Follow us on Facebook (we are www.facebook.com/AveryElle ) and share us with your friends – make sure they tell us you sent them.
  4. Follow us on Pinterest
  5. Become a blog follower through email (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already follow us)
  6. Join our Flickr group (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already belong)

Filed Under: Avery Elle, Avery Elle Blog Hop, Avery Elle Cardstock, Avery Elle Dies, Avery Elle Stamps