Avery Elle summer release blog hop!

Hi there!

Welcome to the Avery Elle summer release blog hop!

I'm showing off the new hilarious/adorable set, Legendary:

I mixed it in with images from Pool Party - the sun-bathing girl looks undisturbed by the kraken coming out of her wading pool! ha!

I stamped and die-cut all of the pieces, and just snipped off a bit of the bottom of the kraken image to make it fit better. The seams were covered by strategically-placed water droplets! Everything was colored using copic markers.

I framed out the images with a new die, the Dotted Frame - I love it too much! To finish up the card, I used a white gel pen to add accents to all of the images, and little white dots to the blue background. I like how that breaks up an otherwise plain layer. The sentiment was broken up into 2 parts, heat-embossed and added to either side of the card.

I hope you like it! Now, onto the fun stuff!

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate the summer release blog hop, Avery Elle is giving away a stamp set of their choice to 3 winners. To enter, comment on this post! You can also increase your chances of winning by:

1. Commenting on the Avery Elle blog post
2. Following/tweeting Avery Elle on Twitter (@averyellestamps)
3. Follwing/sharing Avery Elle on Facebook (www.facebook.com/AveryElle)
4. Following/commenting on Avery Elle's instagram (www.instagram.com/averyellestamps)

You have until midnight on Sunday, May 26th to enter. The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle blog on Monday, May 27th. All products are available for purchase in the Avery Elle store right now! You can check them all out HERE.

Check out the full blog hop at these stops:

Avery Elle  

Caryn Davies

Heather Campbell

Yainea

Melania Deasy

Katie Gehring 

Amy Kolling 

Ashley Marcu

Elena Roussakis

Nicky Meek

Bloom (with Ellen Hutson)

Hi there!

I just love the Mondo flower series from Ellen Hutson's exclusive line, don't you? The newest Mondo Wildflowers bouquet is so sweet.

I colored the bouquet using copic markers, and added a bank of grey and white striped patterned paper to the left to balance the sentiment stamped on the right.



I flicked on some soft brown in for added interest before adhering the large flower image.  I just love that sentiment! Isn't it the sweetest? My eldest daughter got this card for her April birthday, and it perfectly celebrated her on her special day.

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

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thank ewe! (with Neat and Tangled)

Hi there!

I have a simple and sweet card to share today, on my last day as part of the Neat and Tangled design team:



I used images from Barnyard Buddies and G.O.A.T., from our newest release, and added a little sign to house the sentiment (from Beach Day.)

The sweet blue and white gingham on the card base set the tone for the soft card I wanted to create. I colored the images with copic markers, and filled in the gaps between images with tufts of green grass.




A huge thank you to Danielle for allowing me to part of her Neat and Tangled team for the last 3 years, and to everyone who has brought my designs into their craft rooms - I am so grateful!

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Piece of cake (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

Hi there!

Lawn Fawn's summer collection is available for right now at lawnfawn.com, and we have a bonus day of projects to show you while you wait for your happy mail.

I'm so excited to have a little cake slice box! It petite, just like Lawn Fawn's other favor boxes, and very easy to put together. I fussed with the little flower on top for longer than it took me to assemble the box.

I layered 4-5 flower die-cuts, shaping and scrunching them into a 3D flower. For the flower's center, I balled up a piece of white cardstock and played with it until it was soft and all of those paper fibers broke down.



With the lid off, you can see how the strawberry filling got in between those chocolate layers.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

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