Avery Elle Spring Release Blog Hop!

Hello friends!

It's time for Avery Elle's spring release, and I have a card to share with you today using the Pure Magic stamp set and coordinating dies.

I spattered a panel of white card stock with yellow ink and die it with the Pierced Banner Layers Elle-ments dies.  I stamped the sentiment onto one of the small banners included in the die set.  Next I stamped bunny and stars with Avery Elle's New Moon die ink and colored them in with Copic markers. I die cut the images using the coordinating dies and adhered them to the panel.  Finally I adhered the completed panel to an A2 notecard from the Midnight Collection. 

To celebrate our Spring 2016 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, February 28th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, February 29th .  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)

Here's a list of the Design Team members participating in today's hop. 

Avery Elle / Jamie

Karolyn Loncon 

Caryn Davies

Heather Campbell

Yainea

Melania Deasy

Katie Gehring 

Amy Kolling 

Elena Roussakis

Maska Vanacker 

Good luck and happy hopping!

Katie

I Whale Always Love You {Avery Elle}

Hello friends, 

I am on the Avery Elle blog today with a fun shaker card featuring the Whale Hello stamp set and coordinating dies. 

I stamped and die cut the whale and colored him using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.  I also stamped and die cut the tiny hearts and stamped the sentiment onto a flag die (sneaky peak of a die set that will be released next week.) :)  

I set aside these items and created a shaker card using the Burst Ellements die and some pretty blue and aqua sequins.  I watercolored a panel of watercolor cardstock using Distress Ink (Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch and used that panel to seal the back of the shaker.  Once the shaker was complete, I adhered the whale, hearts and sentiment flag to the front of the card.

Supplies:

Whale Hello Stamp Set

Die: Whale Hello Ellements

Die: Burst Ellements

Well that's all for me today, but be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog from the Avery Elle design team!

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Happy Easter {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends, 

Release week continues at Waffle Flower Crafts, and today Nina is introducing some adorable stamps and dies perfect for all your springtime crafting. 

My card uses the Egg Hunt stamp set, Egg Hunt die and the Chunky Grass die to create this sweet Easter card.  Nina designed the basket liner with a slit so that you can tuck the eggs or other Easter goodies inside the basket- I love that detail!  The scalloped rectangle was die cut with the Lacey Layers die set which will be introduced tomorrow.

Be sure to stop by the Waffle Flower blog for the full introduction and all the details on these cute new products. All the products previewed this week will be available for purchase on February 24.

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

You're Amazing {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends,  

It's new release week at Waffle Flower Crafts, and today Nina is introducing word dies that coordinate with some of Waffle Flower's popular sentiment sets and the Chunky Chevron die.  

I made a card using the Amazing word die  and Chunky Chevron die along with the In Every Way stamp set to create this encouragement card.  

I die cut the Chevron from yellow, mint, melon and gold card stock.  I love the piercing detail in this die.  Plus it's long enough to span a card front horizontally or vertically.  

I die cut "Amazing" from gold card stock and adhered it above the Chevron stripes.  I stamped and heat embossed "you're" from the In Every Way stamp set to complete the sentiment.  

Well that's it for me today, but be sure to stop by the Waffle Flower blog for the full reveal of these new dies. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

A Fairy Happy Birthday {Avery Elle}

Hello lovelies, :)

I am on the Avery Elle blog today with a fairy sweet birthday card- perfect for anyone who believes in magic. 

I stamped and die cut some clouds along with one of the little fairies from the Pixie Dust stamp set.  I colored her using one of my favorite coloring mediums these days, the Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush Zig markers.  I've had these markers for a few months, and we got off to a rough start.  After experimenting with a few different types of paper, I am happy to report that we are finally getting along better.  My favorite paper for these Zig markers is the Strathmore Bristol smooth surface pad. 

I adhered the fairy and clouds to a piece of patterned paper from The Every Day collection pad, stamped the sentiment and attached the panel to a Silver Fox notecard from the Midnight Collection.  As a finishing touch, I added some sequins and a bit of sparkle to the fairy's wings using a Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen. Additional supplies are listed below. 

Pixie Dust stamp set

Die: Pixie Dust Ellements

The Midnight Collection A2 Folded Cards

The Everyday Collection Paper Pad

So that's all for me today.  I do hope that you can take a minute to stop by the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration for the Avery Elle Design Team. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Sending you a bear hug {Avery Elle}

Hello friends, 

I am on the Avery Elle blog today with a card featuring the Beary Sweet Wishes stamp set and coordinating dies. 

I stamped the gummy bears on card stock with VersaMark ink and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder before die cutting them.  I arranged them on a panel of white card stock that I die cut using one of the new dies that will be released later this month. ;)

I stamped the sentiment in gray ink and adhered it to a card base that I covered with a piece of patterned paper from The Everyday Collection paper pad.  My supply list is linked below. 

Supplies:

Beary Sweet Wishes Stamp Set

Die: Beary Sweet Wishes Ellements

The Everyday Collection Patterned Paper Pad

Well that's all for me today, but be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog from the Avery Elle design team! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Year of the Monkey {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends, 

Next Monday, February 8, 2016 is Chinese New Year and the start of the Year of the Monkey.  To celebrate, I pill out some of my Waffle Flower Stamps sets and combined the Willy and Friends stamp set with the Calendar Numbers stamp set to create a Chinese New Year card. 

I stamped and die cut the Willy monkey, but I exchanged his expression with Claire's. Did you know that all three monkeys in the Willy and Friends stamp set have the same size face- so you can mix and match their facial expressions.  

 I stamped the remainder of the calendar numbers with red ink and added a small sentiment from the Doily Circle stamp set under the year.  I added a bit of gold and white washi tape (which is reading as black and white in my photo) to the panel and adhered it to a red card base.

Well that's it for me today.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Katie