Avery Elle Fall 2020 Release and Blog Hop!

 

Hello friends!

I am so excited for Avery Elle's Fall 2020 Release. It's full of all kinds of stamps and dies perfect for celebrating and crafting the most wonderful time of the year! All of the new items are available for purchase now in the Avery Elle shop and retail partners. 

I have a couple of projects to share using the new Holiday Circle Tags clear stamps and dies. 

I used the Santa Tag image to create a simple card. I used a die to cut a 2" circle in a panel of white card stock and nested the tag in the opening. I stamped the snowflakes on the panel and added a sentiment from the Jingle clear stamp set. A few sequins and a strip of patterned paper add a festive finishing touch. 

I also used the Santa Tag, coordinating Holiday Circle Tags Elle-ments dies and the Peek-a-Boo tag to decorate a small gift bag. I covered the gift bag with papers from Avery Elle's Holiday Collection paper pack. I stamped and colored the Santa Tag, die cut the tag and added the outer scalloped circle. It's the perfect size to create a focal point on a small canvas. I added a tag created with the Peek-a-Boo Tag Elle-ments. I tied the tag with twine and used a tiny clothes pin to attach the tag to the bag.  

The Avery Elle Design Team will be showcasing projects using the new release today in a fun blog hop! Be sure to stop by all the team members' blogs and show some love for the new products and designs.  

Avery Elle  

Caryn Davies

Heather Campbell

Yainea

Melania Deasy

Katie Gehring 

Amy Kolling 

Ashley Marcu

Elena Roussakis

Giveaway! 
To celebrate our Fall 2020 Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a stamp set of their choice to 3 winners.  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.  You have until midnight Sunday, September 27 to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Tuesday, September 29.  

Thanks for stopping by! Good luck!

Katie

25 Days of Christmas Tags

Hello friends, 

I am excited to be participating in Tracey McNeeley's annual 25 days of Christmas Tags today. Avery Elle is one of the event sponsors, so I am delighted to share a little Avery Elle tag inspiration with you!

My tags feature some of the cuties from the Snow Fun and Polar Playtime stamp sets.  This particular penguin and snow person happened to be leftover from a card-making session. They were too cute to discard. I am glad I held onto they because they found new life on these tags!

To make the tags, I cut the tag layers from the Shaker Tag Elle-ments die and I blended the base layer with some Distress Ink and stamped a few small snowflakes on the background. I was careful to leave the bottom third of the background white so that the the images would be grounded in snow.

I adhered the top frames to the tags followed by the stamped images. The "oh joy" die cut is from the Scalloped Mat Elle-ments die. I added some hemp twine and these tags are ready to go!

Please check out Tracey's blog for more tag inspiration from Avery Elle and the other event sponsors!

Supplies:

Snow Fun Clear Stamps

Die- Snow Fun Elle-ments

Polar Playtime Clear Stamps

Die- Polar Playtime Elle-ments

Die-Scalloped Mat Elle-ments

Die- Shaker Tag Elle-ments

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

25 Days of Christmas Tags

Hello friends, 

We are getting closer to the holidays and things are definitely taking a festive turn around here.  The kids have written their Christmas wish lists and my favorite radio station made the switch to all holiday music!    

Tracey McNealy's 25 Days of Christmas Tags is a fabulous way to jump start my holiday crafting and I have a pair of fun shaker tags to share today featuring products from Avery Elle.

I stamped the sentiment and a few snowflakes onto the back panel of the shaker tags before filling with clear sequins and assembling them.  I stamped and colored the Snowmen images with Copic Markers and tied a bit of Midnight Hemp Twine at the top of each tag to finish them off. 

I think these tags turned out pretty cute and I can't wait to attach them to some special gifts this holiday season. 

Supplies: 

Die: Shaker Tag Elle-ments 

Frosty Friends Clear Stamps

Die: Frosty Friends Elle-ments

Midnight Hemp Twine

For more information about the 25 Days of Christmas Tags, check out Tracey's blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

25 Days of Christmas Tags 2016 {Avery Elle}

Hello everyone!

I am so excited to be participating in Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags on behalf of Avery Elle.  For me, Christmas crafting is all about VOLUME!  Lots of items for lots of people means mass production in my world.  When in mass production mode, I like to keep it simple. With the help of the Comfort and Joy stamp set from Avery Elle's 2016 Holiday collection, I made a whole rainbow heap of Christmas Tags.

I die cut card stock in a variety of colors using Avery Elle's Circle Tag Elle-ments, stamped the sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Since I am mass producing the tags, I kept the rest of the tag decoration pretty simple using up some items from my holiday crafting stash including silver jingle bells and tiny cookie cutter charms which I tied to the tags with Avery Elle's baker's twine.   These were super simple to make and I love how they look together! 

Here's a closer look at the tags: 

Well that's it for me today, but I'm well on my way to having my 2016 Holiday Tags completed!  Be sure to stop by Tracey's blog for more Christmas tag inspiration from the Avery Elle team! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

25 Days of Christmas Tags with Waffle Flower Crafts!

Good morning!

Welcome to the 25 Days of Christmas Tags with Tracey McNeely!  This is such a fun event and it's now in its 5th year!  Every day this month (through the 25th at least) you will find inspiration on Tracey's blog from lots of your favorite stamp companies!  Tracey's blog can be found here:  In My Creative Opinion.

Today, I'm sharing a few tags as part of the Waffle Flower Crafts day for the 25 Days of Christmas Tags using the Good Stuff stamp set and coordinating Good Stuff dies.

I just LOVE this little jars and decided to fill them with all kinds of holiday goodness- including some images and sentiments borrowed from the Holiday Labels- Merry stamp set. 

Once the jars were stamped, I colored the lids with Copic markers and wrapped each jar with red and white baker's twine. I punched a hole at the top of each tag and added a loop of twine. 

Well that's all for me today, but be sure to check out even more tag-spiration from the Waffle Flower team today! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Snow Globe Shaker Tag {Avery Elle}

Hello friends, 

I am on the Avery Elle blog today with a shaker tag I made featuring the Naughty or Nice and Snow Globe stamp sets. 

I stamped and die cut the snow globe and created the night sky by sponging Sapphire ink onto the white card stock added the sleigh and sentiment from the Naughty or Nice stamp set. Once the layers were complete, I added some white microbeads as the shaker element. 

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie   

Oh What Fun- a gift card tag {Avery Elle}

Hello again, :)

I am popping in again today to share a fun gift tag using Avery Elle's Pocket Tag Elle-ments dies and Oh What Fun stamp set and coordinating Elle-ments dies.

I die cut the tag from red card stock and made the pocket by folding up the bottom of the tag and securing the sides with red-line tape.  The pocket is the perfect size for a gift card.  I love that!  

I used the Santa stamp from Oh What Fun to decorate the front of the pocket.  Santa almost looks like he is juggling the snowflakes.  I created the snowdrift behind Santa using the Custom Panel Elle-ments dies.   I also added a little texture to the tag using a snow marker on the trim of Santa's coat. 

Well, that's it for me today.  Be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration from the Avery Elle design team!

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Lots of Avery Elle Inspiration

Hello and Happy Friday, 

Just popping in today to share some Avery Elle cards.  

First up is the card I made for the latest AEI{heart}U challenge.  This week, we are following a sketch designed by our talented teamie, Yana Smakula and here's my take: 

My card uses the new Joy to the World and Noel stamp sets plus the fun Circle Tag die. 

Please pop over to the AEI{heart}U blog to check out all the challenge details and check out even more amazing cards from the Design Team.   This is my last DT card for the AEI{heart}U challenge.  We are making way for a new and fabulous group of ladies who will be taking over and providing Avery Elle Challenge inspiration starting October 1. 

I am also on the Avery Elle blog today sharing a card and a tag I created using the Fabulous Florals stamp set.  I LOVE this set- it's so amazing!   

I die cut a piece of Rustic Cream cardstock using the Finished Frames die.   I stamped the sentiment from Noel in red ink and added some florals from the set in blue, green, and red ink.  I then attached the stamped panel to a kraft cardstock base. I have to say, I think the Fabulous Florals set pulls off Christmas quite nicely.

I also created a tag using Fabulous Florals and the Circle Tag die.  This time, I stamped the images around the rim of the tag in shades of red, yellow, purple and green ink.  Once the images were stamped, I added the sentiment in black ink and tied a simple cord to the tag. 

Well that's all for me today!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

Katie

Holiday Tags with Character + giveaway {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends!

Last week, Nina introduced the August release at Waffle Flower Crafts.  Among the offerings is a darling holiday set, A Homemade Christmas stamp set and a CLEVER addition to the Surface- Tag Die series, the Santa Add On.   All of these Christmas products inspired me to create some fun Holiday Tags with Character that I would love to share with you today.

First up, the Santa Tag.  For this tag I used the Surface- Tag Die Starter Kit, the Santa Add On and the Scallop Add On.   I cut apart the scalloped frame to create some trim for Santa's suit.  The long side of either the inside or outside scallop frame will work for this.

Next up is a tag inspired by one of my favorite holiday movies, Elf. I die cut the Surface- Tag Die on green card stock and adhered another strip of green card stock.  I die cut another Surface Tag from white card stock and used the Santa beard die from the Santa Add On to create the curved collar.   I also moved the belt from the Santa Add on up the tag a bit to give the elf tag a different look from the Santa tag.

Finally, I was really thinking outside the box, and I used the tag dies plus a few stamp sets to create a Nutcracker or Toy Soldier tag.

I die cut the Surface Tag Die from red card stock and added the frame using the Scallop Add On. Next, I punched a 1.5" circle from card stock to use for the Nutcracker's face.  I used the belt holes from the Santa Add On die set as eyes and stamped a nose from the small tree included in A Homemade Christmas stamp set.  The cheeks were stamped from the small thatched circle from the Flower Circle stamp set.  I trimmed the bottom edge of the circle and adhered it to the tag.

I die cut the smaller rounded top tag included with the Surface- Tag Die- Starter Kit from black card stock.  I kept the tiny circle that is cut from the tag to accommodate string/twine and replaced it in the tag to create the hat.  Finally, I die cut the tag holder (also included in the starter kit) on gold card stock and added a bit of gold tinsel as trim for the hat.

Giveaway alert!
So what do you think about these tags?  Can you see them adorning your holiday gifts?  I am giving away a $10.00 credit to the Waffle Flower Crafts shop to help towards your Waffle Flower wish list! Just leave me a comment on this post by midnight ET on Friday, August 15.  I will pop in on Saturday morning and announce the winner!

Here's one more picture of the tags all lined up and ready to go!

That's all for me today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Surface-Tag Blog Hop {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello, hello friends and Happy Saturday!  

Welcome to the Waffle Flower Crafts Surface-Tag Blog Hop!  Today the Waffle Flower Design Team is featuring the new Surface Tag stamp set and coordinating dies.  

Surface-Tag is no ordinary tag set, it is super versatile and the addition of the coordinating dies means there are even more possibilities.  In fact, I have three cards to share with you today using the following: 

Surface – Tag Stamp Set

Surface – Tag Die – Starter Kit

Surface – Tag Die – Scallop Add-on

First up, a simple card using the Surface-Tag stamp set only:

I stamped the stars in shades of blush, apricot, yellow and mint on a piece of white cardstock.    Next, I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the set 10 times down a strip of white card stock.  I matted it with orange card stock and adhered it to the star panel.  I round the bottom corner of the stamped panel and adhered it to a mint card base featuring a strip of orange card stock at the bottom. 

I just love the whimsical look of the scattered stars. My daughter is turning 10 next week, and I think she would love to get this birthday card!  

Next up, a graphic and bold use of the ensemble using the Surface-Tag stamp set and the Starter Kit dies:

I made a card from white card stock and cut a card front from blue card stock.  Next, I die cut the tag from yellow, orange and pink card stock.  I stamped the stitched tag outline onto the die cuts taking card to not ink up the tag hole.  By selectively inking the tag stamp, I was able to get this super cute stitched rectangle look.  I adhered the rectangles at an angle and trimmed off the excess with a paper trimmer. 

I stamped Happy Birthday on the pink rectangle.  As a finishing touch, I stamped and heat embossed the stars from the set with gold embossing powder on blue card stock, punched them out with a circle punch, and adhered them to the card. 

Finally, my last card uses the Surface-Tag stamp set, Surface-Tag Die Starter Kit, and the Surface-Tag Die Scallop Add on.  I used these items to make a shaker birthday card. 

I started by die cutting the rectangle tag from a panel of patterned paper.  I die cut the scallop frame from white card stock and covered the opening with vellum.  I edged the die cut opening with foam tape and added some confetti made from the leftovers of a few edger punches.  You could also use a hole punch to create the tiny confetti.  I adhered another piece of card stock to contain the confetti and attached the shaker panel to a light gray card base. 

I made a banner by trimming a piece of pink card stock and notching the ends with a square punch. Some clear sequins add just a little more sparkle and shine. 

Nina was so sweet to convert my last two cards into sketches in case you would like to pin them for future use: 

You will want to be sure to check out all the fun ideas for this set that the Design Team is sharing today!

Nina- Waffle Flower 

Joni Andaya

Katie Gehring– You’re Here!

Kim Kesti

Lorena Cantó

May Sukyong Park

Suzanne Dahlberg

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Neat and Tangled Tag Hop

Hello there!

Did you hear the news? Neat and Tangled has received Moxie Fab Stamp of Approval!  We couldn't be more excited and decided to celebrate by doing a little tag hop.

I have a confession, I am not much of a tag maker.  I usually resort to the adhesive variety that you can purchase at Target, so this was a bit of a stretch for me. Funny thing though about tags, once you start, it's kinda addictive.  You know, like potato chips, and it's hard to stop at one, so I created four to share with you today.

First up is a tree tag that I created using Little Bear, Elves at Work and the little Star is from Sweet Home.

I added some googly eyes and a smile using a 3/4" circle punch to animate the tree.  He's happy to be a Christmas Tree after all! 

Next up is a Santa Bear tag using Little Bear.  The Santa Hat is from Hey Cookie.

Again, I added googly eyes and a bit of baker's twine to make a scarf for the little guy- hey, it's cold outside! 

Now, a super simple tag using Santa's Notes. 

I stamped the Naughty or Nice frame onto the tag and then again on white cardstock that I trimmed and adhered to the tag.  I thought the red checkmark would be most visible on a plain background. Some red gems accent the frame.

Finally, and elegant tag using Fresh Blooms and Elves at Work: 

One of the things I love most about working with Danielle's stamps it their versatility.  Stamped on red cardstock and doubled up, the blossoms from Fresh Blooms positively look like poinsettias.  The sentiment is from Elves at Work that I stamped onto a Martha Stewart doily die cut.

All of the tags today were made with circle dies from Spellbinders.  I cut two circles for each tag, the second circle is to write the recipient's name without marring the tag.  The patterned paper is from the Winter Wonderland Collection by My Mind's Eye.

Well that's it for my team of holiday tags today.  Here's one more group shot. 

Hope you decide to treat yourself to a little holiday fun and try your had at making some tags!  If you haven't already, stop over at the Neat and Tangled blog to the fabulous tags the other girls created. Thank you for stopping by!

Katie