Avery Elle Blog Hop

Good Morning!

Today is also the Avery Elle March release blog hop!!

There are 4 fabulous new sets being showcased today.

Sadly mine haven't arrived in the mail yet, so I have no card to share today.

But the rest of the DT and some fabulous guests do.

So I will pass you over to them but also share some of the details on how you can win yourself some of their amazing stamps!

To celebrate our March Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one winner.

You have until midnight Sunday, March 3rd to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, March 4th.  All products will be available for purchase tonight at midnight EST.

To increase your chances of winning:

1. Comment on any of the design team's posts & here on the Avery Elle Blog
2. Tweet the contest (we are @averyellestamps )
3. Share us with your friends on Facebook (we are www.facebook.com/AveryElle ) and make sure they tell us you sent them.
4. Pin one of the March Release projects from here or the design team’s blogs to Pinterest
5. Like us on Facebook (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already like us)
6. Become a blog follower (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already follow us)
7. Join our Flickr group (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already belong)

If you have just happened to come here, here is the list of participating blogs!

Avery Elle / Jamie

Chunyuan Wu

Heather Campbell

JJ Bolton

Donna Mikasa

Kasia Curry

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

TAWS March release blog hop

Good Morning!

Oh my goodness how time flies.

My little man is one month old today!!

In other news....Today is the day we get to share the new TAWS March release with you!!

I used the new sentiment set Words To Live By for this card.

Now on to the fun part...you can win yourself some TAWS stamps.

Here are the deets:

One person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!!  So if you want that person to be you.. all you have to do is comment on the hop! 
Here are ways you can win.. You can pick and choose which ones you want to do.. but the more you comment, the more chances you have to win.. 

1-Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog

2-Comment on the DT girls blogs (below)

3-Post about it on facebook or your blog

4-Like us on Facebook
(leave a seperate comment for each that you do)

 

You should now be off to see Kim!
(click on her picture above or her name!)

 You have until tonight, February 28th by 10:30 PM TAWS time (MST) to leave comments.

Be sure to stop by all of the blogs, not only do you have more chances to win, but they contain some AMAZING inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

TAWS Sneak Peek Day 1

Good Morning!

It's almost March, WOW!!

Crazy, but it means I get to share a sneak peek of what's to come next month over at The Alley Way Stamps.

My card today features one of the new sets being released called Ka-Pow!

This set will be perfect for those boys in your life, or anyone who loves the comic book super hero look.

Head on over to the TAWS blog to check out what some other DT members have to tempt you!

THank so much for stopping by today. :)

my sources say no!

Good Morning!

I have another Avery Elle release card to share with you.

This one is a trip down memory lane, 

it's called Good Fortune.

Do you remember those crazy, shakeable 8 balls that you could ask a question and you would get an answer that floated up out of the abyss?

Well then you will like this set!!

I used one of the sentiments to stamp in a rainbow of colours asking the question, then used the triangle and another sentiment for the answer.

Head on over to the Avery Elle blog to see what Heather created to share today as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

P.S. today was supposed to be my little man's due date, 

so I thought I had better post a pic or 2!!

He weighed on today at 7lbs 5oz, he's gained 1lb 4 oz since birth.

I just LOVE his little feet! 

It's your day!

Good Morning!

It's a beautiful Saturday morning here, finally. :)

It's time for a new RetroSketch challenge, and this week's is fabulous as always!!

The sketch is based on a card by our fabulous headliner, Kim.

You can see her original here.

Super cute!

I wanted to try to keep to the square card theme but for some reason, when I do them, my eye just isn't happy!

I used an image from the new TAWS set Spring has Sprung and the sentiment from All About You.

Head on over to the RetroSketches blog to see Kim's new take, plus what Arielle and Laurie have for you as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

TAWS Be Inspired #22

Good Morning!

I'm here today to share the newest TAWS Be Inspired challenge.

I picked up on the wood (from the fence) and the coloured flowers on the chair.

I used All About You (from the February release) and Awesome Blossom for this card.

Here are the rules to play along:

1) You MUST use an image from The Alley Way Stamps (you can find freebies here!) Projects will non-TAWS images will be deleted.

2) You must mention this challenge and link to it in your blog post. If you link from a gallery, please paste the challenge addy into the description of your pic.

3) - The challenge linky closes on Jan 3rd at Noon, TAWS time (Mtn)!!!

There are prizes to be won, 2 stamp sets of your choice are up for grabs.

So I hope you will play along. 

Check out the TAWS blog for more inspiration from the DT!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Oh Baby!!

Howdy!!

I am so excited to share an absolutely adorable set,

 that is one of Avery Elle's new February releases,

Oh Baby.

So many adorable images!

I immediately fell in love with that saying, so much so I actually put it on a onesie for the little man!!

All of the images are so cute, and there are plenty of sentiments too.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Have a great one!!

RetroSketches #50

Good Afternoon!!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far.

It's Saturday...yay!!

So I have another RetroSketch to share with you.

This week's sketch is based on this stunner by Laurie.

Gorgeous!!

I used the TAWS sets, Tiny Treasures and All About You 

to make this super simple card.

Head on over to the RetroSketches blog to see Laurie's fabulous retake, along with creations from Arielle and our headliner Kim.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Avery Elle - What's Up?

Hello!

So between sleep deprivation and baby brain, I'm not getting much done in a timely manner!!

I completely forgot to put this post up yesterday.

I have a new card to share using one of the new Avery Elle releases,

 What's Up?

I just love that giraffe!

I used the glasses and bow tie from Hipster-Potamus.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

P.S. and because I'm a proud mama, 

I've added a couple more pics of my little man!

all about you

Good Morning!

I have a bright and sunny card to share with you today.

I made it using the new TAWS set "all about you".

This set has some super sweet sentiments.

I cut this one up so I could place it how I wanted. 
I love that you can do that with clear stamps!!

I am also loving playing around with this messy distress ink technique.

Just stamp the pad onto a waterproof sheet, spritz it with water then smoosh a clear block into it and smoosh it on your card.

So easy and lots of fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

RetroSketches #49 with TAWS & some news!

Good Morning!

This will be a super quick post,
 but I have a super easy card for this week's RetroSketches.

It's based on a card I made here.

I am still in baby card making mode, 
so I whipped up this quick card using an adorable image
 from the most recent TAWS set release.

This one is from Tiny Treasures.

The sentiment is actually from another set in the release, Spring has Sprung.

Head on over to the RetroSketches blog to check out the fabulous creations by Arielle, Laurie and our new headliner, Kim Singdahlsen.

I also have a little piece of news to share......

I had a baby!!

Ewan Jackson Curry was born at 225am on Monday January 28th.

I am so in love with this little man.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

I'm off to try and catch a little nap. :)