Hello! Today is a special day here on the Avery Elle blog.  On the first Thursday of each month we will be featuring a previously released product of ours in a #TBT post.  We will be having a fun giveaway too so be sure to read all the way to the bottom of this post.  This month we are featuring our Write It Stamp Set.  Just check out the amazing projects!!

Katie Gehring stamped the pen image from our Write It Stamp set repeatedly in our Pigment Inks to create this fantastic card.  I love the way the pretty colors look all together.  From the top left of the card the colors she used are Sapphire, Fog, Raspberry, Sea Glass, Fizz, Mermaid and Magenta. 

Caryn Davies created a soft rainbow water color effect behind one of the sentiments in our Write It set.  I love the pretty look.

Karolyn Loncon created a bold white, black and gold card using this same images.  Karolyn shows that by using different color combinations you can create a totally different look.  I love it!

Heather Campbell created a fun ombre sentiment by using our Mermaid, Aquamarine and Sea Glass ink colors on the main sentiment.  I love it!

Yainea combined the sentiment from our Write It stamp set with the floral images from our Fabulous Florals stamp set to create this next card.  I love the way the images pop off of that pretty blue background!  The flowers are stamped in our Lemon Grass, Celery, Cherry, Magenta, Strawberry, and Pixie ink pads. This is just gorgeous!

Melania Deasy stamped the sentiment from our Write It stamp set above the cityscape stamp from our Super stamp set.   I just love the pretty sunset that Melania created over the black and white buildings.  It is so fantastic!

It's giveaway time!  Comment on this blog post between now and Midnight EST on Sunday, April 5th, 2015 and tell us what your favorite stamp set of ours is. One lucky person will win a Write It stamp set. You must be 18 years or older to enter to win.  We will announce the winner here on the blog on Monday, April 6th.  

Good Luck!

I also wanted to let you know that we are sponsoring a blog hop to support autism awareness over on our friend Veronica Zalis' blog today.  There are fabulous projects to see and prizes to be had so be sure to check it out here.

Thanks so much Heather, Karolyn, Melania, Katie, Caryn and Yainea for sharing with us today!  You are all amazing!  Thank YOU for stopping by to take a peek.

Inspiration from Kasia & Chunyuan

**I will be at Stamp Fever in Orange, CA this Saturday, May 31st from 12-3pm.  We will be making a fun card and I would love to see you if you are in the area to craft and chat.** 

Today I have three cards to share with you.  Kasia used our Write It stamp set to create this fun watercolor card.  I love the way she framed the sentiment by only painting on the top and bottom of portion of the card.  Be sure to stop by Kasia's blog for more details...

Chunyuan created this card using our Custom Panels dies and our Write It stamp set.  I just love the modern arches that she created with the dies!

Here is another card by Chunyuan.  She used a sentiment from Red & Goldie along with our Custom Panels dies to create this great look.  Super fun!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

Inspiration from Kasia & Chunyuan

Today I have some cute cards to share with you that were created by Kasia Curry & Chunyuan Wu.

Kasia used our Weather It stamp set to create this first card.  I love how she used the fox from Red & Goldie and sentiment from Aim High.  I never thought of combining these sets!  This is sure to cheer someone up!

Chunyuan used our Write It stamp set to create this fun card.  I love how she paired the sentiment with the "&" from our Count On It set.  So clever!

I love how Chunyuan repeated the pen image to create a fun border behind the sentiment in this next card!

I also wanted to announce the winners of the Mary Arts, UmWowStudio and Avery Elle blog hop last week.  They are Amy C., Carol Doggett , Rebecca Ednie,

Please contact bethney@mayarts.com so that we can get your prizes to you.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

May Arts, Avery Elle and UmWowStudio week - Day 3

It's Day 3 of May Arts, Avery Elle and UmWowStudio week!  This week the Avery Elle design team is playing with some ribbon from May Arts and fun products from UmWowStudio.  After visiting here, be sure to check out the May Arts blog and UmWowStudio blog!

Maska created this cute layout using chipboard from UmWowStudio, red & white twine from May Arts and our Write It and Simply Tags Christmas stamp sets.  I love the color combination and the circus feel!!

We have our guest designer Melania Deasy with us today too.  She created this modern and fresh card using our Brushed stamp set which is back in stock.  Hooray!  I just adore this card.  How cool is that background?  I could look at it all day long!!

Don't forget that we will randomly pick 3 winners from the blog comments throughout this week to win the following prize package on this blog, the UmWowStudio blog and the May Arts Blog!

• 1 spool of May Arts Ribbon – winners choice!
• 1 Stamp Set from Avery Elle!
• 1 Mask, 1 set of Flair and a set of layered chip from UmWowStudio!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

Inspiration from Melania & Maska

I am so excited because today is our first day with our May guest designer, Melania Deasy.  I have the pleasure of sharing this gorgeous card that she created using our Weather It stamp set.  I love the bright colors and shading!

Maska created this layout using the awesome sentiment from our Write It stamp set.  She shows that large sentiment stamps can be used on more than just cards.   I love how she added additional texture using the images from our Brushed and Woodgrain & More stamp sets and all the small details she has tucked onto the page.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

Hello & You Make The World Better

Today I have two cards to share with you.  Heather created this first card using a sentiment from our Write It stamp set and the ink splatters from our Brushed stamp set.  I love the little gold stars, stenciling and combination of patterns.

 JJ created this card using a sentiment from our Brushed stamp set and created the modern rainbow using our Custom Panels die set.  I love the combination of the two.  For more details on how JJ created this rainbow check out JJ's blog post here.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

Two Inky Cards!

Today I have the pleasure of sharing two fun and inky projects with you.  Maska created this card using our Weather It stamp and die set.  I love the layers and fun colors!!  This is sure to cheer someone up!

Today is our last day with our fabulous guest designer Brenda Weaver. It has been so wonderful to have her with us this month.  Thank you Brenda!!! Her projects were all terrific and today's is no exception!   Check out this bright and cheery card she created using our Write It stamp set.  Be sure to stop by Brenda's blog for more details and let her know how awesome she is!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

Write It with JJ

I have this fun card by JJ to share with you today. She used our Write It stamp set and new Custom Panels die to create the "sheet of paper" and our Bottle It Up die to create inkwell.  The background scoring creates such a fun texture and background.  I just love this!!

Have you checked out our latest AEI♥U Challenge?  There is still some time left to enter to win a stamp set of your choice.  You can check out all of the details here http://aeiheartuchallenge.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

Two Cute Projects!!

Today I have the pleasure of sharing two cute projects with you.  Maska created this page using our Storybook clear stamps.  I love the way she has all of the cute critters gathered around the baby picture! It is simply adorable!

Our fabulous guest designer Brenda Weaver created this inky card using our new Write It clear stamps.  I love the way she stamped the sentiment multiple times to create depth and interest.   The ink splatters and stars are the perfect touch.  Be sure to stop by Brenda's blog for more details!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

A Winner & Two Gorgeous Projects

Thank you so much for all of your enthusiasm and kind comments and notes last week. We have the best customers and are so thankful for all of you!  Today I have a winner from our blog hop last week and two terrific projects to share with you.

The winner of our April/May Release Blog Hop is Heather Hoffman for her comment on Maska's blog. 

GORGEOUS layout! What amazing layers and textures!!!

Commentaire n°7 posté par Heather Hoffman il y a 4 jours à 18h1

Congratulations Heather!  Please contact us at customerservice@averyelle.com so that we can get your prize to you. 

Now let's get to the projects.  Yainea created this gorgeous card using our new Write It clear stamps.  I love the way the sentiment is highlighted by the pretty watercolors.  So pretty.

Caryn created this project using our Storybook clear stamp set, polka dots from our Woodgrain & More stamp set and the angle and label die in our new Custom Panels die set.  She shows how well our new stamps and dies mix together.  I love it!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

It's Our April/May Release Blog Hop

I am so excited because our April/May Release is finally here!!  We have an amazing blog hop full of inspiration today and we are so glad that you are here.  We are especially fortunate to have our Guest Designer Brenda Weaver with us today and throughout the month.  I know that you are going to love her projects as much as I do.

For a summary of all of our new products that are available for purchase right now check out this section in our store .  Be sure to scroll all the way to the end of this post to read about the fun giveaway we are having too.

We have included a summary of the new release below for your reference.

Woodgrain & More Clear Stamp Set - Retail $15

 Brushed Clear Stamp Set - Retail $15

For more ideas using our Brushed Clear Stamp Set check out the video below.

Red & Goldie Clear Stamp Set & Matching Elle-ments Dies

Stamp Set Retail - $15

Dies Retail - $17.50

 Write It Clear Stamp Set - Retail $15

Weather It Clear Stamp Set & Matching Elle-ments Dies

Stamp Set Retail - $15

Dies Retail - $13

For more ideas with our Weather It clear stamp set you can check out the video below.

Custom Panels Elle-ments Dies - Retail $28

For more ideas with our Custom Panels Elle-ments Dies you can check out the video below.

Storybook Clear Stamp Set & Matching Elle-ments Dies

Stamp Set Retail - $15

Dies Retail - $17.50

For more ideas with our Storybook Clear Stamp Set you can check out the video below.

Let's get to the hop shall we?

I created this card using our new Write It clear stamp set.  When I illustrated this set I had an idea that the pen could look like it was writing the sentiments and that is the look that I created here.  I love the results.  Super quick and easy!  The ink splats are from our new Brushed stamp set.  I love how the two sets compliment each other!

You are off the Chunyuan next!

Avery Elle / Jamie - you are here
Chunyuan Wu
Brenda Weaver
Caryn Davies
Heather Campbell
JJ Bolton
Yainea
Kasia Curry
Maska Vanacker 

To celebrate our April/May 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, April 13th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, April 14th .  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)

Tomorrow is the day - Final April/May Previews!

Thanks so much for your kind messages this week regarding our new release.  I can't wait for you to see what the design team has in store for you during tomorrow's blog hop.  All products shown today as well as those from Monday and Tuesday will be available for purchase tomorrow!  Woot Woot!

Today I have three stamp sets to show you.  The first one is our new Brushed clear stamp set.  When I created this set I wanted to include some fun sentiments as well as a large brush stroke border image that could be used to make modern backgrounds.  Just wait until you see the design team's projects using this set!

Brushed Clear Stamp Set - Retail $15

Our 4" x 6" Brushed clear stamps are a bold and fun way to create a watercolor / inked look to your projects. Stamp the border images to create fun backgrounds. Use the ink splatters around the sentiments to add more interest. Largest border image measures: 5/8" x 5 9/16", Largest Ink Blot measures: 5/8" x 1/2", Happy Birthday sentiment measures: 2 1/4” x 1 7/8” 

Our Woodgrain & More stamp set is a great basic that will add dimension and "texture" to your projects.  All of the images will create fabulous seamless backgrounds when stamped repeatedly.

Woodgrain & More Clear Stamp Set - Retail $15

Our 4" x 6" Woodgrain & More clear stamps are sure to be one that you reach for over and over again. Complete with woodgrain, polka dot and cross hatch borders this classic set is a must have. Create your own backgrounds . Polka Dot border image measures: 5/8" x 5 5/8", Cross Hatch border measures: 1 3/8" x 5 5/8", Woodgrain border measures: 1 5/8” x 5 5/8”

I love this next stamp set.  It is quick and easy to use and the results look fabulous.  Be sure to stop by the blog tomorrow to see a project I created using this gorgeous set!

Write It Clear Stamp Set - Retail $15

Our 4" x 6" Write It clear stamp set contains fun calligraphy sentiments! Stamp the sentiment and pen to make it look like the words are being written on the page. You Are Seriously Awesome sentiment measures: 3 1/2” x 1 3/4”; Pen measures: 3 3/4" x 3/8"

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. We hope to see you tomorrow for tons of inspiration using all of these new sets!  Have a great day!