Avery Elle Blog Hop

Hooray and Happy Halloween!  

It's Avery Elle blog hop day!  You should have arrived here from Nina's blog, if not head back to the Avery Elle blog so you don't miss a step! 

For the hop, I worked with Avery Elle's Fill in the Blank Holiday.  

Disclaimer: if you visited my blog yesterday, you got a sneak peek of my blog hop card...  I've been battling severe abdominal pain for a week, complete with two trips to the ER, and I have seen my general practitioner dr as well as the gastroenterologist.  It's been fun! :)

To create this card, I first partially die cut the MERRY from Cherry card stock.  Then I heat embossed the sentiment in white and adhered it to the card at an angle.  Lastly I adhered some sequins to give the sentiment a little extra meaning and called it good.  


Here's a helpful tip - if you wonder how to adhere sequins, I love using glue dots!  They're absolutely easy to use and stick great!

Here's the entire hop list:

Avery Elle / Jamie

Chunyuan Wu

Yainea

Nina Yang

Heather Campbell <-- that's me!

JJ Bolton

Donna Mikasa

Kasia Curry

Maska Vanacker 

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, November 3rd to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, November 4th .  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)

Supplies:

Avery Elle Fill in the Blank Holiday dies

Avery Elle Fill in the Blank Holiday

Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White

VersaMark Inkpad

Glue Dots, Micro (1/8"")

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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Holiday Tag Alongs

Hello!  Today the Fresh Squeezed Stamps DT is sharing projects using the newest release, today's product set is Holiday Tag Alongs.  Be sure to get over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog to check out the rest of the DT cards! 
Here's mine!

When I saw these tags, I knew they'd be perfect for handing out homemade treats and attaching to presents!  I love sets like this!  So, I cut out a candy box on my Silhouette and stamped a tag to match!

Today is my last post on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps design team.  It's been such a treat to work with such amazing ladies!  Thank you so much for the opportunity!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Go-to Gal Designer Challenge: Avery Elle

It's the last Wednesday of the month and that means it is time for another Paper Crafts magazine Go-to Gal Designer Challenge.  This month, we're focusing on products from Avery Elle!
For my card, I worked with Avery Elle's Fill in the Blank Holiday.  I love all the possibilities with this set! 

To create this card, I first partially die cut the MERRY from Cherry card stock.  Then I heat embossed the sentiment in white and adhered it to the card at an angle.  Lastly I adhered some sequins to give the sentiment a little extra meaning and called it good.  

Here's a helpful tip - if you wonder how to adhere sequins, I love using glue dots!  They're absolutely easy to use and stick great!

Now it's off to check out the other Go-to Gals to see how they've used products from Avery Elle.

Teri Anderson

Heather Campbell <-- That's me!

Kimberly Crawford

Kim Kesti

Betsy Veldman

Laura Williams

Thanks for stopping by and sharing a bit of your day with me!  Have a great one!

Inside Scoop

Hello!  Today the Fresh Squeezed Stamps DT is sharing projects using the newest release, today's product set is Inside Scoop: Holiday.  Be sure to get over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog to check out the rest of the DT cards! 
Here's mine!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Hello December

Hello!  Today the Fresh Squeezed Stamps DT is sharing projects using the newest release, today's product set is Hello December.  Be sure to get over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog to check out the rest of the DT cards! 
Here's mine!

I heat embossed each of the hashtag sayings on speech bubbles and popped them up on dimensional foam.  The polka dots are from You Said It, Sister. 

Weather Together

It's the weekend!  Yahoo!  I'm over on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog with some inspiration for you.  

Today, I'm sharing a card that was very fun to make.  I found this inspiration on Pinterest and had to bring it to life in a card. 

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I loved the sweet rainbow of rain drops.  Had to recreate it - so here's my card. 

I used Weather Through to create this card.  This is seriously one of my favorite Fresh Squeezed Stamps sets ever.  

Hope you have a great day!

Holiday Bread Wrap

I have to be honest, I am pretty excited to share today's project.  I make a lot of non-card projects.  Especially when it comes to holidays.

You might remember the wine bottle tags I posted earlier here.  Well, here's the project:

 

After I was done with this wine bottle tag, I was playing with an extra wreath from Avery Elle's Winter Wreath and thought it would make the perfect bread wrap.  So I grabbed some delicious patterned May Arts ribbon and baked some banana bread.  My kids love when my crafting requires props, since generally that means freshly baked bread, cookies, or cupcakes. :) 

I had to change up the colors of the ribbon and berries to match the ribbon, but isn't this a great bread wrap?!  I used a basic circle die behind the wreath to stamp the sentiment.

I will definitely be making more of these and handing them out at work and in the neighborhood. :) 

Supplies: 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

 

JFF: Penguin Pal!

Surprise!  I'm back with another just-for-fun (JFF) card.  
Have you seen the amazing Technique Tuesday releases lately?  Um, yeah - adorable stuff there folks!  I seriously squealed when I saw Penguin Pals and now that I've finally had some time to play, I had to put it to use!  

I used the new Technique Tuesday Story Card die to create my own journaling card.  Journaling card shaped dies are my favorite because it allows me to create a scene on a card without overtaking the entire card.   

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 

Supplies: 

Technique Tuesday Penguin Pals	Technique Tuesday Story Card Dies	My Favorite Things Die-namics, Wonky Scallop Border	Lawn Cuts Dies, A Birdie Told Me	Lawn Cuts Dies, Hearts
Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste 6x6 pa	Lawn Fawn Petite Paper Pack, Peace Joy Love	A Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Ream	Hero Hues Dye Ink: Black

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JFF: Pretty Congrats

Hello everyone!  I've had a little time to play lately so I have a card to share today that uses a bunch of my favorite stamps. 

This card uses lots of my favorites!  I've been on a roll lately with the Avery Elle Build a Banner, the stitched rectangle mat dies by Lil' Inker, and pretty much every Wplus9 set that I can possibly get my hands on! 

Do you have any favorite go-to items? What are they? Leave a comment because I'd love to know!

Supplies: 

Avery Elle Build A Banner

WPlus9 Design Studio Clear Stamp Set, Fresh Cut Florals

*Simon Says STAMPtember�® Clear Stamps HANDWRITTEN GREETINGS SSS101349

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Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Shining Stars

Happy Saturday!  Just popping in to share my card that's over on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog today!

I have a thing for stars.  I love them.  LOVE!  I'm just drawn to them.  Logically, when I saw the 'shine brightly' sentiment from Say Anything, I had to pair it with one of the stars from Weather Through. 

I hope you shine brightly today!  Thanks for stopping by! 

Warm Wishes

Hi friends!  Hope you are doing well!  I have a fun little card ready to share! 
This card uses Avery Elle's Let It Snow.  As always, the sentiments are gorgeous and those little birdies are just too cute. 

I combined Let It Snow with Laurels branches and the bow is from Winter Wreath.   Supplies:    

Avery Elle Let It Snow

Avery Elle Laurels

Avery Elle Winter Wreath

Avery Elle Laurels Dies

LawnFawnPeppermintCord

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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!