04.06.2015

Avery Elle Summer Release Blog Hop

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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)

27.05.2015

Simon Says … Anything Goes

 

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Stencil It Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

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This week the challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing AVERY ELLE PRODUCTS this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

I’m excited that we’re featuring Avery Elle this week but it was tough to choose which products to use!  I love them all!  I finally decided to ink up wee Ellie – a fantastic little set designed by my friend Heather Campbell.  I also grabbed some extra images from the Storybook and More Stories (also designed by Heather coincidentally, lol).  I created the sky background with some Avery Elle pigment inks and used the new MFT grass border dies inked up with more pigment ink for a bit more dimension.

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So now it’s YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

InstagramDo you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too !

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

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18.05.2015

Avery Elle – Furry Friends

Hello – I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog today with a card I made for my neighbours who recently added the CUTEST puppy to their family.  She’s a Labradoodle called Amber and although she’s getting a bit fluffier as the weeks go by, this cute little dog from Furry Friends is a close representation of her.  I coloured her with Copics (she’s not quite that orange in real life but artistic license and all that!!) and used the Custom Panels dies to create a curved edge to my card base.  I then cut her name using the Avery’s Alpha’s Dies and placed some orange cardstock behind it to create the full card base.  I stamped the “Welcome to the neighborhood” sentiment from Home Sweet Home in a curve and finished off with a few paw prints here and there.

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Of course the downside to any new puppy activity is the inevitable “mum can we get a dog … mum can we get a dog …..mum can we get a dog….”  you know how that goes!  Sadly the answer is always no (we work all day and go away quite a bit) so it wouldn’t be fair.  It is very tempting though!