Thursday, May 26, 2016

Avery Elle Summer Release Blog Hop!


Hello friends, 

Today's the day where we are celebrating Avery Elle's Summer Release.  I'm featuring the Tough Guy stamp set and coordinating die.  This set is so much fun and inspired me to make a retro circus strongman card: 


I stamped and colored the Tough Guy with Copic Markers and die cut him with the coordinating die.  Once he was colored in, I settled upon the anchor as his chest tattoo- how fun is it to customize his tattoos?  Seriously- such a cool feature of this set. 


I wanted to create a retro circus tent surrounding for the strongman and created that using the Custom Panel Elle-ments Dies. I stamped the star tattoos included in the set in what's supposed to represent the audience.  Finally, I stamped the sentiment onto a banner die included with the Pierced Banner Layer Elle-ments set and adhered all the pieces and parts to the note card.

Supplies

To celebrate our Summer 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, May 29th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, May 30th .  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.
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  5. Become a blog follower through email (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already follow us)
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The party gets started over on the Avery Elle blog, but just in case, the entire hop order is included below:



Well that's is for me today, but happy hopping and good luck! Thanks for stopping by!
Katie

54 comments:

  1. What a super fun card. My boys would love this stamp set!

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  2. Love the use of paper! Well done! :)

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  3. OMG! The muscle guy and that uniform! OMG! too funny!

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  4. Guy cards made easy...Great idea.

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  5. I love all of your layering and the swell looking guy!

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  6. Fantastic card. The stamp set is so cute.

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  7. Fantastic card. The stamp set is so cute.

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  8. Great card! Perfect set for the masculine cards.

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  9. So fun, I like your color combo.

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  10. Fun background and patterns to go with your image. Thanks for sharing

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  11. FUN! Love the colors and the background you've crated.

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  12. Fun , card. Thanks for sharing it.

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  13. Super fun card!!! I love this stamp set!!

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  14. He just makes me giggle....so cute! Wonderful card ♥

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  15. Very nice card. This Avery Elle release seems to have something for everyone! Funny things. Serious things. Things children would like and things the "young at heart" would appreciate! Congrats to everyone at Avery Elle and thanks to all the designers!

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  16. I just said on the blog before yours that The Scoop was tied for one of my favorite new releases. Tough Guy is my other favorite. He's so fun and it's something totally different for men. I can't wait to get it so I can use it for this year's Fathers Day card. It will be much better than a card with ties on it! Hee Hee

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  17. Such a fun card, love this tough guy!!!

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  18. Cute card Katie and a great release!

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  19. Love all your layering - and what a super cute stamp and die!

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  20. What a fabulous "manly" card - that image is super!

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  21. The strongman was made even better with your amazing color scheme!

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  22. Katie, this is such a cute card! My hubbie would love it!
    Take care!
    Michele

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  23. Love the addition of the tattoo. I'm sure he would
    have had a lot of them.
    The coloring is great.
    fun card.
    thanks for sharing.

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  24. Great coloring on your tough guy!

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  25. This card just makes me smile!

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  26. I think this stamp set is so versatile, can be used for a lot of occasions!! Love how you colored your card!

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  27. He's so much fun! Cute card!

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  28. What a buff guy! Love the circus theme & this whole release!

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  29. What a buff guy! Love the circus theme & this whole release!

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  30. Love, love, love your Tough Guy card! The retro circus vibe is great!😊

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  31. Love, love, love your Tough Guy card! The retro circus vibe is great!😊

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  32. What a great bold mix of colors and line, such a striking card!

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  33. Very cute! Love the colors and the concept. Great job!

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  34. Love you layout and your colour combination

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  35. That is a cute card! The little tattoo cracks me up, and the sentiment is great.

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  36. That is a cute card! The little tattoo cracks me up, and the sentiment is great.

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  37. Perfectly awesome and that background of layers is so wonderful behind this tough guy!! Katie - your cards always delight me!!

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  38. That guy just cracks me up. Why do I think boardwalk type movies when I see him?

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  39. Very fun--I like the background you created for the strongman.

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  40. What a fun stamp set, great card.

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  41. Great card & layered background!

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  42. What are funny masculine card. I love the very interesting background you created with the pattern papers.

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