Avery Elle Fall Release Blog Hop!

Good morning friends!

It's Avery Elle Release Day, and I am so excited to share with you a few cards that I made featuring the Fa La La stamp set and coordinating Elle-ments dies. 

First up, a rustic holiday card with lots of dimension and texture.  Starting with a kraft note card from the Natural Collection, I wrapped the notecard with some twine and secured it with a strip of washi tape that would be hidden by the scalloped banner layer.   

Next, I stamped the wreath using Celery pigment ink and the berries using Cherry pigment ink onto a piece of Rustic card stock that I had die-cut using the Scalloped Banner die set. I adhered the stamped banner to the notecard using foam tape.  I stamped the Merry Christmas banner onto rustic cream card stock using Cherry ink and die cut it using the coordinating Fa La La dies. 

I stamped the sentiment onto an American Crafts chalkboard label with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I found the chalkboard labels at TJ Maxx a few months ago and couldn't resist picking them up.  They are also available online here.  I layered the banner with the label and adhered it to the card with foam tape. 

I have another take on this stamp set with a card that is perfectly flat and great for mailing. 

I heat embossed the wreath and the sentiment onto black card stock with white embossing powder.  I allowed the embossing to cool down and then I sponged some Avery Elle white pigment ink onto the card stock to give it a bit of a chalkboard look.  

I adhered the stamped panel to a notecard from the Midnight collection.  

Funny story: Sophie came into my craft room as I was working on this blog post, and I asked her if she thought the card looked like chalkboard and she advised "not really.  It looks more like a stormy sky."  This is the kid whose classroom has a smart board- not a chalkboard, but I just love her honesty!  LOL! 

Giveaway!

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, September 6th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, September 7th .  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 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)

For your convenience, below are links to the Avery Elle Design Team members' blogs:

Avery Elle / Jamie

Karolyn Loncon 

Caryn Davies

Heather Campbell

JJ Bolton

Yainea

Melania Deasy

Katie Gehring - you are here :)

Amy Kolling 

Maska Vanacker 

Happy hopping and good luck!

Katie