Winner

I just realized that this post didn't go live on Wednesday!  Ack, sorry about that!  Anyways, I'm here to announce the winner of a copy of  Paper Crafts 350 Cards & Gifts.   Using Random.org   which means... Congrats Amy Kolling!  I'm off to email you now!

Avery Elle Cupcakes

Hi friends!  I'm super excited to be sharing this card with you today!  It's featuring the Avery Elle Cupcake stamp set, which I love!  I had a ton of fun playing around with this set before finally making a card!  Do you ever do that?  It's something I find myself doing more and more!
Anyways, to the card... 

Can I just say how much I love having matching dies?!?!  I do - it's amazing!  

Okay friends, that's all for now!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  XOXO!

Supplies: Avery Elle Clear Photopolymer Cupcake Stamp set, Kraft cardstock.

350 Cards & Gifts Blog Hop

Hello, Hello!  Welcome to Paper Crafts Magazine 350 Cards & Gifts blog hop!  I've been excited for this issue to come out for a long time.  See that little welcome to the neighborhood house on the cover? That's mine!  Yep, I'm on the cover!  :) 

Hopefully you've already picked your copy up, as it's full of paper crafted goodness!  Volume 1 of this special issue was a favorite for me and I already can't seem to put Volume 2 down.  It's nice and meaty - perfect for those upcoming summer vacations.

For the hop, you should have arrived here from Chan Vuong's blog.  We were asked to create a paper crafted birthday item.  

I used my trusty Silhouette Cameo and patterned papers from Echo Park's latest Bundle of Joy Boy kit to create this adorable little bag, perfect for a 1st birthday gift.  I think it's the perfect size to hold a gift card and small toy!

Here's the entire hop list, just for your reference!
Chan Vuong
Heather Campbell <-- that's me!
Kimberly Crawford
Amanda Coleman
Kelly Griglione
Nina Yang
Alice Wertz
Emily Branch
Jocelyn Olson
Kalyn Kepner
Lori Tecler
Meghan McMillan
Piali Biswas
Vanessa Menhorn

To celebrate the release, thank you to the wonderful team at Paper Crafts Magazine, I have one copy of Paper Crafts 350 Cards & Gifts to give away!  To be eligible to win, simply comment of this post!   You have until Tuesday, May 14th to comment to win, as I'll announce a winner on Wednesday, May 15th! 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!  

Next along the hop, you're off to the adorable and ever so sweet Kimberly Crawford's blog!

Be sure to make it back to the Paper Crafts Connection blog too, as they are giving away more fun prizes there!

Supplies

Cardstock: Avery Elle White

Patterned Paper: Echo Park Bundle of Joy Boy - Journaling and Pat A Cake; Studio Calico Classic Calico Kraft Chevron

Tag Die: Paper Smooches Scallop Tag Die

Stamps: Banner stamp and die - Papertrey Ink Bountiful Banners, sentiment - DC Airplane Greetings

Chevrons

Hi friends!  

I'm back from Utah and I think I might finally be caught on sleep but, wow, was that ever fun!  I met some of the sweetest, most fun ladies and was able to tour a few really awesome craft places. 

Anyways, I'm up on the Avery Elle blog today and I'm sharing cards using the new Avery Elle chevron dies.  For my first card, I used the Chevron Bits die.

To make this card I stamped the sentiment first, which is from Handwritten Notes Clear Photopolymer stamp set and then die cut the chevrons from Avery Elle cardstock.  After adhering the chevrons where I wanted them, I cut out the chevron shape again.   Then, I simply used scor tape in the negative spaced and poured glitter into the negative space.   To finished the card off, I went a little crazy and adhered a bunch of enamel dots.  Yeah, I bought a few packs while I was in Utah!

Next up, I used the Chevron Border die and stamps from To The Point Clear Photopolymer stamp set, along with a sentiment from Handwritten Notes.  I used sequins in the negative space and simply adhered them with scor tape.  

Lastly, I have a card to share using The Man clear photopolymer stamp set.  Obviously, I was in a very rainbow mood and decided to carry over the feeling and creating something that has nothing to do with Father's day (or for a man, in general!  Whoops!)   The sentiment is from Celebrate Clear Pholopolymer stamp set. 

That's all from me right now.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Avery Elle May Release Blog Hop

Hello, hello!  Hopefully you have arrived here from Nina Yang's blog.  If not, you might want to start from the top at the Avery Elle blog. 

It's time for the Avery Elle May Release blog hop! I'm here sharing a project using Handwritten Notes. 

This set was hard for me to put down.  I have a feeling I'll be getting a lot of use out of it.  :) Love sets like this! 

Anyways, I was able to create a few cards pretty quickly. 

This card uses that stripe from Celebrate and I stamped it repeatedly to create an ombre effect. The arrows are from Airmail. 

Next up, I have this card that I created with my all time favorite Avery Elle stamp set, Petals and Stems. 

Here's the hop order:

Avery Elle / Jamie

Chunyuan Wu

Nina Yang 

Heather Campbell <-- You are here

JJ Bolton

Amy Kolling

Donna Mikasa

Kasia Curry

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)

Now it's off to JJ Bolton's blog!  

Thanks for stopping by and see you again soon!

with love

Hello friends!  Just popping in really quick to share a card I created just for fun!  I love it when I can share just-for-fun cards.  That really needs to happen more often around here. :) I'll try!

I'm loving all the water color artwork I'm seeing everywhere and so when I saw Typically Teen from The Craft's Meow, I had to have it!  I love that it has so many versatile elements all in one set.  I can't wait to play with this set again very soon!  
For the sentiment banner, I stamped the background from Avery Elle's Celebrate and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Mini Blooms. 
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monkey Baby

Hi friends!   It's my day on the Avery Elle blog and Jamie is sharing this card of mine.

  

 I combined that adorable monkey from Funky Monkey with some leaves from Petals & Stems. Sentiment is from Oh Baby.

That's all for now!