Thursday, August 29, 2013

Avery Elle Inspiration Blog Hop!

Hi friends!

Happy Friday Eve! I am super excited to be guest designing with Avery Elle in September, and to kick things off, Jamie was so sweet to invite me to participate in the Avery Elle August/September Inspiration Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from Chunyuan's blog, but if not, head over to the Avery Elle blog and pick up the entire hop from there!

My hop project features a set from the new release earlier this month, Suzani, and lots and lots of embossing powder. ;o)

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Suzani is a super versatile set and I can't wait to share more ideas in the coming weeks.  For this card, I used Suzani to replicate a folk art floral look. I stamped and heat embossed the flowers and medallions one at a time on a panel die cut from Avery Elle's Sapphire cardstock. Between colors, I wiped the panel with an embossing buddy to keep any stray powder in check.  In fact, I used the embossing buddy so much, I am going to refer to it as my "embossing bestie" from now on! 

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As a final touch, I embossed a sentiment from Oh Happy Day in white Filigree powder.  I think the Filigree powder does a great job of capturing the details of this pretty font.

You can't have a blog hop without prizes! To celebrate AE's August/September Inspiration Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one random winner.  To enter to win just leave a 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 have until midnight Sunday, September 1st to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, September 2nd .  

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 of winning:

  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 Feedly or Blog Lovin' (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)
Your next stop on the hop is Nina!  And just in case, the entire hop order is below:

Katie Gehring - you are here :)


Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!
Katie

Supplies:
Cardstock: White, Sapphire (Avery Elle)
Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko)
Stamps: Oh Happy Day, Suzani (Avery Elle)
Embossing powder: Grapefruit, Mustard, Lavender, Wave, Rouge, Butter, Leaf (American Crafts Zing embossing powder), White Filigree powder (Stewart Superior)
Dies: Stitched rectangles (Lil' Inker Designs)

50 comments:

  1. First of all congratulations Katie on your GD spot! That's a very bright and cheerful card indeed.. :)

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  2. wow this is gorgeous and love the embossing.. congrats on the GD spot..

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  3. Love the bright colors and the embossing.

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  4. Gorgeous card, love the vivid colors!!

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  5. gorgeous way to use this stamp set! the bold colors are perfect :)
    -Rachel w k
    rwkrafts.com

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  6. Great colors on your fun card... love it!

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  7. Congrats on your guestie spot!!! YAY! Love your card! All of that colorful embossing is sooo pretty!!

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  8. Congrats on your guest DT!
    Wonderful card. Love your embossing. TFS.
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    dmcardmaker (AOL)

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  9. I can see endless possibilities for this stamp set!! Beautifully done.

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  10. Such gorgeous colors! Very pretty card!

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  11. I love the folk art look to your card - your embossing is amazing!

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  12. Love the colors and embossing on this lovely card!

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  13. So pretty, Katie! It looks exactly like true Suzani!

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  14. I love it. I looks Scandinavian!

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  15. love the bold colors. such a pretty card, Katie!

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  16. Wow!! Such Awesome Inspiration!! THANKS for sharing and have a Fabulous Week!! ;)

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  17. Wonderful card,
    great job on the
    embossing and
    colors used.
    Carla from Utah

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  18. Wow! Love the bold colors on dark cardstock, amazing card!

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  19. Beautiful card, the embossing is fantastic, loving all the bright colors!

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  20. FABULOUS embossing Katie - CONGRATS on your Guest Designer gig - can't wait to see what other goodies you have in store for us this month :)

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  21. fun card! congrats on your guest designer spot!

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  22. very colorful and I like the embossing.

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  23. Oh...this is so beautiful!! Wonderful job of embossing, especially with all of the different colors!! I LOVE IT!

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  24. This is a beautiful card. I love your stamping on the dark background. TFS

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  25. I love embossing powder! great card!

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  26. Embossing bestie. I like that. I love how you've used different colored embossing powders instead of inks.

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  27. Congrats on your GDT spot! Love all the beautiful embossing on your card.

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  28. This is gorgeous!!! I love this set!

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  29. A bright, cheerful card. The embossed flowers are so pretty.

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  30. No surprise they chose you for the guest designer spot...this card is amazing! Love the colors and contrast.

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  31. I adore the bold colors and the embossing! So pretty!

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  32. BEAUTIFUL Katie! LOVE the flowers embossed in those pretty colors on the dark cardstock!!!

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    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  33. what a gorgeous card!! all of that embossing is so pretty! i love all of the colors! wow! no wonder you're now besties with the embossing buddy! lol! :) so cute!

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  34. This is a beautiful card. Love how the embossing just adds so much to this card!

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  35. So striking ... gorgeous embossing! Anita (in France) :)

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  36. So happy for you! - GD at AE!! Very cool. Love the bright and happy colors of your card, and all the wonderful embossing. Great card. Bev

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  37. Such a fun card. Love the bright embossing on that gorgeous blue card.

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  38. wow the colourful embossing on a dark cardstock looks amazing.

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  39. Katie, what a gorgeous card. I love the colors, texture and design. The folk art look is spot on. Thanks for sharing.

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