Avery Elle Release Blog Hop

Well Hello!!!

I've returned from my month-long "holiday", spending time with my family and starting back to work after my partial maternity leave!

I get to start off with a bang and share with you the newest release from Avery Elle.

Click here to see all of the gorgeous new sets available now!

For today, I am showcasing a new little background or accent set called Texture Tiles:Be Cute.

Aren't polka dots FABULOUS???!!!

I made a couple of cards using the dots and the more solid background.

The die and sentiment are from an earlier release, Fill In The Blanks.

Here are the details on how you can win yourself a $25 Avery Elle gift card!!

To celebrate our October/November 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, September 29th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, September 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 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 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)

Now it's time to HOP!!

here's the hop order, please head back to the beginning to check out all of the fabulousness if you are just starting now. :)

Avery Elle / Jamie

Chunyuan Wu

Kim Singdahlsen

 Nina Yang

Heather Campbell

JJ Bolton

Donna Mikasa

Kasia Curry *you are here*

Maska Vanacker 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TAWS release blog hop

Hey there!

I am officially on holidays for the month,

but please make sure you hop along with the ladies this month.

The DT creations are incredible, and so are the sets.

Enjoy!!

 
 
  

TAWS sneak peek Day #1

Good Morning!!

Today is the first day of TAWS release sneak peeks, and I have the pleasure to share with you the new set Treasure Island.

Which goes wonderfully well with Black Beard's Loot and Land Ho by the way!!

There are some great sentiments too! 

Be sure to check out the TAWS blog for more info on how you can win yourself this fabulous set.

Thank You

Hey there!

I'm excited to share this card with you today, 

it was made using the Avery Elle Aim High stamp set 

along with the Aim High dies.

Fabulous hey?

I used the dies to cut out some arrows in this fabulous striped paper, and raised some of them for some dimension.

I also used some of the Citrus, Carribean, and Lucky blends sequins.

Head on over to the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration today.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

cool digs!

Good morning!

I hope everyone's week is going by smoothly so far.

Today I have a card to share using one of the new fabulous Avery Elle sets called Home Sweet Home.

Soooooo super cute!

I absolutely ADORE that camper image, and just had to put it all over my card. ;)

It's hard to tell but I used a bit of glossy accents on the window and the door.

I would love to own one of these retro campers.

I've had my eye on a sweet little Boler for a while!!

Head on over to the Avery Elle blog for more inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

RetroSketch 76

Morning!

I'm here today to share the newest RetroSketch.

My card is an odd one of sorts. 

A friend who's favourite holiday is Halloween, just finished updating her nursing to a degree!

It's been a work in progress for a few years and now she's done. 

I am SO proud of her.

Since she's such a smart cookie, and has big brains, I thought this would be appropriate. :)

She'll love it, I'm sure!!

I used one of the sets from the new TAWS release called Bump in the Night.

The word brains is from that set as well. I wanted the mmm part too and ended up using and upside down w from the word arrow in the Good Point set.

Hey, ya gotta do what ya gotta do!!

Please stop on over at the RetroSketches blog to check out what Arielle. Laurie and our headliner Claire have to share with you.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

p.s. for those that asked, my little man is doing great thanks! 

We had a couple firsts lately, his first tooth has broken through and we tried solids. (Mom has been super chicken to start them!!)

Here's his 6 month photo.

I can't wait to see them all together and see how much he's changed.

He was a bit of a grump that day!

Avery Elle release blog hop!

Good morning!!

It's time for the Avery Elle relaese blog hop.

Have you SEEN the AMAZING sets and dies that Jamie has put out????

I am loving them.

You can check them all out here.

The set I am showcasing today is Happy Camper.

Cute huh?

I had so many ideas that I got completely overwhelmed and ended up with two really simple cards.

I just love the punny sentiments in this set. :)

To celebrate the August/September 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, August 11th to enter.  

The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, August 12th.

  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.
4. Follow us on Pinterest
5. Become an Avery Elle 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)

Here is the blog hop order:

Avery Elle / Jamie

Chunyuan Wu

Suzanne Dahlberg

 Nina Yang

Heather Campbell

JJ Bolton

Donna Mikasa

Kasia Curry *you are here*

Maska Vanacker

Click on the Avery Elle/Jamie link to get back to the beginning!!

Be sure to check out all of the gorgeous inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

RetroSketch #75

Hello, again!

I have the newest RetroSketch to share with you!!

This week's sketch is based on this beauty by our lovely Laurie.

So simple and gorgeous, as always.

For my card I was inspired by the sort of swooshing effect of those leaves.

And used my newly acquired Papertrey ink watercolour set, by Maile Belles.

Be sure to head on over to the RetroSketches blog to check out the amazing inspiration the rest of the DT have waiting for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

:)

hey friend

Morning!

It's been a crazy week for posts for me and I have two today!!

First I have this card that I made using one of the new TAWS background sets, Stack'em high.

I found this cool technique, showcased by Laurel Beard, that I came across while searching my Pinterest inspiration board.

So much fun!

Try it, you'll love it.

On a side note yesterday was my 4 year anniversary and last night we got a date night, my MIL looked after the dude.

We went to this great dive called Boogie's Burgers.......soooooo good.

My favourite part though......I had an absolutely FABULOUS milkshake called the young elvis. It was peanut butter and banana and it was heavenly!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Be sure to check back later for the new RetroSketches challenge. :)

TAWS Be Inspired Challenge

Howdy!

It's Friday (Yaaaaaaay!!) which means it's time for a new TAWS Be Inspired challenge.

So fun right?

I would LOVE a mug like that. So fun a cheerful.

Here's my take on the challenge.

I used the new set Stack'em High for the sentiment and one of the older digital freebies Alison offers. 

Now unfortunately this one is no longer available BUT have no fear, there are plenty of other FABULOUS ones to choose from. 

You can access them here.

The Rules to play along are as follows:

1) You MUST use an image from The Alley Way Stamps (you can find freebies here!) Projects with 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..!!!

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

The Top Pick will be hand picked by Alison, and will receive 1 free stamp set of

their choice along with a badge to proudly display on their blog. 

One Random winner will receive 1 free stamp set of their choice, and a winner's badge to proudly display on their blog.

Now that you have all the info you need, go get your craft on and play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by. :)