Avery Elle June Blog Hop - Oh Yeah!

YAY!  
I can't even begin to tell you how excited I have been for this day to come!  It's Avery Elle's June blog hop and it's also Avery Elle's 1st Birthday!  Hooray!  This hop is also very special to me because I get to showcase a set that I worked with Jamie, from Avery Elle, to create! Jamie brought my ideas and sketches to life and I am so excited to have the stamps in hand.  So, let's meet Oh Yeah, shall we?

Cute, huh?!?!  I wanted a set where I could create my own journaling cards and add little accents to them!  I love the idea of being able to connect the sentiment to the arrow or speech bubble.  The open ended arrows (shown on either side of love in the picture above) are designed to be added to the sentiments so the arrow spells the word.  

Which is exactly how I used them in this card here:

The lines I used on the background of the card are from Texture Tiles: Be Cool and the circles are from Bright Days. 

Next, I used the arrows to create a background patterned paper.  I stamped them once and then filled them in masking the other area and stamping again to create the 'fill' using Texture Tiles: Be Cool.

 

Now let's get to hop business... There's some super cool stuff going on so make sure you follow along on the entire hop.  

Here's the hop order:
Avery Elle / Jamie
Chunyuan Wu
Jennifer Rzasa
Nina Yang
Heather Campbell  <-- You are here!
JJ Bolton
Donna Mikasa
Kasia Curry

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)

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

Supplies:

Sweet Card

Avery Elle Stamps:
Oh Yeah Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set

Texture Tiles: Be Cool Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set

Bright Days Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set
Cardstock:  Kraft, Speckled.

Accents: Avery Elle Sequins, Bella Blvd Washi Tape

Hello Card

Avery Elle Stamps:
Oh Yeah Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set

Texture Tiles: Be Cool Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set
Cardstock:  New Moon, White

Accents: My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots

Air Mail

Is it Friday yet?  Gosh, I'm ready for the weekend!  Lots of fun planned for me this weekend and I'm hoping to get some crafting time in too! 

Anyways, today I'm sharing my Air Mail card over on the Avery Elle blog. 

 

Super easy, super fun.  I wanted it to look kinda like an brown paper package or letter with that label and the twine.  The sentiment is from the Handwritten Notes Clear Photopolymer stamp set. 

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

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.