Happy Birthday Avery Elle - June release blog hop

Good Morning!!

Today is a special day, it's the Avery Elle June release blog hop. 

It's a bit more special today because Avery Elle is turning 1!!!

Here are the deets on the blog hop.........

Avery Elle is turning one year old in June so this is a very special month for us.  We will be hosting fun activities on the blog throughout the month for all to enjoy.   To kick off the festivities, every stamp order placed through our website, www.averyelle.com, between now and June 30th will receive our Party Animal mini set for free (limit one set per customer)!  We are so excited to celebrate with you!!

To celebrate our June Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is also giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one winner.  You have until midnight Sunday, June 2nd to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, June 3rd .  All products are now available for purchase in the Avery Elle store.

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 & here 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 Google Reader or 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)

My card features the new set Simply Tags. 
So many fun little images and sentiments for you to create a little gift tag, card etc.

Another cool thing....there is a die set that goes along with it, featuring 2 different size tags.

Here's the blog hop list for you to follow in case you are starting here.

Avery Elle / Jamie

Chunyuan Wu

Jennifer Rzasa

 Nina Yang

Heather Campbell

JJ Bolton

Donna Mikasa

Kasia Curry

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

TAWS June release Blog Hop

Good Morning!!

Welcome to the TAWS June release blog hop.

There are some fantastic sets being showcased today. :)

Here are the details on how you can win yourself some sweet TAWS stamps.

One person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!! YEP!! So if you want to be that person.. 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 separate comment for each that you do)

You have until May 31st at 9:00PM TAWS time to leave them.. 

This is a fun mini set that is yours FREE when you spend $40.00 or more during the month of MAY!! Nothing to do but shop.. this little guy will be added to your package.

My card is featuring the set Bot Time. 

So ADORABLE!!!

I totally cased the design/sketch from Debbie Hughes at Lime Doodle, I absolutely LOVE her cards!!

Here is the blog hop order in case you are starting here.

Make sure you hit all of them, they are awesome.

Click on the pictures to take you to the next blog. :)

 

 
 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Retrosketch #65 - one of a kind

Morning!

I hope you are having a great Saturday so far.

It's time for me to share another RetroSketch with you.

This fabulous sketch is based on this amazing card of Arielle's that you can visit here.

My card uses the sketch but on a typical card base (for me anyway!!) and not a square. I really do need to branch out!!

I used some fun digital papers and a sentiment from TAWS Deep in the Woods set.

Be sure to head on over to the RetroSketches blog to find out all of the challenge details and to peruse some wonderful inspiration by Ariell, Laurie and our headliner this month, Danielle.

Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

Be Inspired

Hey there!

It's inspiration day today over at the TAWS blog.

And this.........

is your inspiration!

RULES:

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  at Noon, TAWS time (Mtn) on Thursday before the next challenge starts..!!!

 

For my card I used some rhinestone stars, embroidery floss, and TAWS set Wish Big.

Don't forget to head on over to the TAWS blog to check out the prizes and to see more fabulous inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by today. :)

just a note

Hey there!

I'm just popping in quickly to share a card I made using the awesome new Avery Elle Air Mail clear photopolymer stamp set.

Cool huh?

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

love birds

Morning!

Everyone knows a few of them.......love birds!

It's new RetroSketch day, and this week's challenge is based on this gorgeous card courtesy of our FABULOUS headliner Danielle.

For my card I was inspired not only by the sketch but the contents of Danielle's card.

I decided to pull out my TAWS Bird Brain set, and found two of the most adorable love birds. :)

I also used Framed and Tag Alongs.

Head on over to the RetroSketch blog for more details, and to check out what neat-o cards Arielle, Laurie and Danielle have to share.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

thankful for all you do

Good morning!

I'm finally posting something not for a challenge or release!!

How crazy is that? 

:)

Today I'm just sharing a card I made for my MIL for Mother's Day.

I used the same design as this card.

I used Avery Elle's Handwritten Notes from this month's release

and Petals & Stems.

I also used some of Tsukineko's gorgeous chalk inks in Pink Petunia and Malted Mauve.

I hope you are having a great week.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

cupcake wishes

Morning again!!

I have another card to share with you today,

using the new cupcake set from Avery Elle.

This set is so much fun, so many wonderful cupcake possibilities!!

Another great thing is there is a die cut set too!!

Head on over to the Avery Elle blog to check out some more DT inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

doilies everywhere

Good Morning!

I have a quick and simple card to share with you today that I made using TAWS

delicate doilies.

The sentiment is from jibber jabber.

I really like experimenting with colour and these doily stamps. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

RetroSketch #63 wild thing

Good morning and Happy Mother's Day weekend to you!

So it's Saturday and I get to share another 

Retrosketch challenge sketch with you today!

This beauty is based on a card made by the fabulous Laurie, that you can see here.

I wanted to play around with my Deep in the Woods set by TAWS, I just love that sasquatch!!

Isn't he so cute?

I used the smaller frame from the Framed set.

Please stop on over at the RetroSketches blog to see the gorgeous creations that Arielle, Laurie and our May headliner Danielle have created for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great weekend.

Be Inspired - baby love

Morning!!

Today is the start of a new Alley Way Stamps Be Inspired challenge.

RULES:

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  at Noon, TAWS time (Mtn) on Thursday before the next challenge starts..!!!

PRIZES:

 We have to have prizes for all the effort put into it right?

The Top Pick will be hand picked,and will receive 1 free stamp sets of their choice, plus a badge to proudly display on their blog. 

One Random winner will receive 1 free stamp set of their choice, and 

a winners badge to proudly display on their blog.

I was inspired by the ruffles and the colours. So when I saw this adorable digital paper I had I thought......baby card!

 I used the onesie and "little one" sentiment from tiny treasures and the "welcome" is from tag alongs.

Hop on over to the TAWS blog to check out more inspiration then play along with us.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

And for all of your sweet comments about my cards and my little man. :)

The Man

Good Morning!

I hope you are having a great week so far. :)

I'm kind of excited because this will be my first Mother's Day as a mom.

So crazy!!

And I think my gift has been that the colic has finally passed.

He's still pretty high needs but there isn't nearly as much crying.

Anyway, today I am sharing with you a card made using the new Avery Elle set, the man.

FAB-U-LOUS!!

There are so many fabulous sentiments in this set.

Hit up the Avery Elle blog for some more DT inspiration!

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

have a great day!

p.s. just a quick photo of my little man at 3 months.

such personality!!

RetroSketches #62

Good Morning!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far.

It's time for me to share the new RetroSketch with you.

Super super simple!

For my card I used the new TAWS release Bird Brain, for the bird, and a sentiment from Deep in the Woods.

I hope you will take some time to pop over to the RetroSketches blog to se what Arielle, Laurie and our new guest designer Danielle have prepared for your enjoyment this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

Avery Elle May release Blog Hop

Good Morning!

I'm excited today because it's time to showcase all of the fabulous sets that Avery Elle is releasing for May.

Not only are there new stamp sets, 

there are some new dies as well.

You are gonna LOVE them!

Chevron Border

Chevron Bits

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

You have until midnight Sunday, May 5th to enter.

The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, May 6th.

  

All products are now available for purchase in the Avery Elle store.

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 May 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)

For my card I used the "Handwritten Notes" set, for that awesome sentiment, and "To the Point" for the chevron images.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's blogs along with our AMAZING guest Amy Kolling.

Avery Elle / Jamie

Chunyuan Wu

Nina Yang

Heather Campbell

JJ Bolton

Amy Kolling

Donna Mikasa

Kasia Curry

Thanks so much for stopping by today!