Happy 6th birthday, Neat and Tangled!

August is Neat and Tangled's birthday month!

To celebrate, there are mini blog hops going on every day this week. AND, you don't have to wait until Friday to purchase the new goodies - they are in the store right now! There are also some big giveaways going on this week - check out the NT blog for all of those details.

I illustrated one set this month, and am sharing it here and on the NT blog this morning:

I designed Floral Frame so that I could have stamps for when my mom says: I need a grown-up card, please. haha.



You can have the middle of the frame cut out or not, depending on your preference. And, there are extra florals that you can stamp and fit around the frame, if you want to have a fuller look.



I am obsessed with this gift box that Miriam designed. Mostly because she designed a matching stamp set, Thanks So Much that features sentiments to fit on the front of the box, and lots of fun art-deco-ish touches. I added some of my florals so that it could match the birthday card.

I created a second card to share with you today:

Instead of stamping the frame in black ink like I did for the first card, I gold heat-embossed it. I love both looks! I then did the simplest watercoloring, and fit it over a bright pink paper layer.

I hope you like what you see so far! Be sure to celebrate with Neat and Tangled all week long!

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Avery Elle spring release blog hop!

Hi there! Welcome to my first-ever blog hop as part of the Avery Elle team!

The spring release is so fantastic, and I am showing off the new Floral Frame set:



I created a card and tag set, just for mom. I like that this means I am ahead of the mother's day game!  My 10 year old daughter asked if she could have them to give to me, haha.



The pictures aren't the best, I think I was having a weird lighting day. But that frame! I stamped, die-cut and colored 2 floral garlands, and overlapped them a bit to form this circle-ish, square-ish frame. Whatever it is, I love it.  I used our Burst die to mount the frame to, and inside the aperture I stamped "to Mom" from another new set, called Best Ever



I used the same set to create the greeting on my tag (which is giant-sized, and new to AE,) as well as a floral garland.  Here, I rubbed blue ink in a circular motion to mimic the look of the card. I finished off both the tag and card with a bit of black ink splatter.

I hope you like it!  Hop along with us today:

Avery Elle / Jamie

Karolyn Loncon

Caryn Davies

Heather Campbell

Yainea

Melania Deasy

Katie Gehring 

Amy Kolling 

Elena Roussakis

Maska Vanacker 

To celebrate our Spring 2016 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, February 28th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, February 29th .  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 email (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)

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