Winners–Challenge #19!

Hello Avery Elle Challenge Fans!!

Phew!!  Our last challenge was a tough one, but you all ROCKED it!!  Your entries were amazing, so we had a really hard time choosing our two winners.  But we did, and here they are!

Miriam Prantner

Angel Johns

Aren’t they brilliant?!!  Huge congrats to our two winners, Miriam and Angel!!  You two really brought your best work, and we were thrilled to little bits with your projects!!  You’ve both won an Avery Elle $25 gift certificate – please watch your inboxes for an email from me with the details about your prize!

We really had some outstanding entries, so we wanted to give a shout out to our three runner ups!

Jill Hawkins

Amy Kolling

WeiWei

Beautiful work, ladies!!  Thank you everyone for playing in our last challenge!  I hope you’ll drop by again tomorrow for our next challenge!  You’re not going to want to miss this one – I promise!!

Wishing you all a Happy New Year – 2015 is going to be a great year . . . I just know it!

AEI♥U Challenge #19–Inlaid Die Cuts!

Hello Again!!

We’re back with the next AEI♥U Challenge!

That’s right, friends!  Inlaid die cutting is a super fun and unique way to use die cutting in a way that gives the appearance of depth and dimension, without the bulk – mail friendly die cutting!  LOL  NOTE:  You do NOT have to use Avery Elle dies in order to win – you DO, however, have to use an Avery Elle stamp in your entry!  The amazingly talented Jennifer McGuire shared a video on YouTUBE demonstrating this technique, for those of us that are “visual” learners.  You can find her video HERE.  And here’s what the challenge team has created for your inspiration!

Heather Hoffman

Simply Said: Hello Stamps, Simply Said: Hello Elle-Ments,
and Pinked Elle-Ments

 

Lorraine Marasigan

Weather It Stamps and Weather It Elle-Ments

 

Lindsay Amrhein

Be Jolly and Be Jolly Elle-Ments

Karolyn Loncon

Avery's Alpha's Elle-Ments, Holiday Fill In the Blank Elle-Ments,
Joy to the World, Season's Greetings Elle-Ments, and Dotted Elle-Ments

We’re so excited to see what you all will come up with for this challenge!  Here are the rules and regulations:

1.  Avery Elle stamps or our free digital stamps must be used in each entry.  To use our digital stamp, right click on the image and save it to your favorite photo editing program. You may re-size it slightly if you wish.  Please note that our free digital stamps are copyrighted and are for personal use only.  Please credit Avery Elle when using them.

2.  You may enter as many times as you wish, but they must be posted to the InLinkz tool separately.

3.  Please enter a NEW, not previously posted, project that fits the challenge theme.  Your project must fit the theme to be eligible to win.

4.  You can link your project to Flickr, Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery if you don’t have a blog.

5.  If you have a blog, please include the challenge graphic in your post, with a live link to the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.

6.  Winners will NOT be chosen randomly.  We will be looking for entries that include great use of color, design & creativity.

7.  You have until 12:01 AM (Pacific Time) on Friday, December 26, 2014 to enter.  TWO WINNERS and three runners up will be announced on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 6:00 AM (Pacific Time) on the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.  THE TWO WINNERS WILL EACH BE AWARDED A $25 AVERY ELLE GIFT CERTIFICATE!!

Happy creating!!

An InLinkz Link-up

Winners–Challenge #18!

Oh my goodness!!  You all just knocked our socks off with your entries for the Holiday challenge!!  So much lovely creativity and inspiration!  We have two clear winners of the challenge, and they are:

Piali Biswas

Lyndal Higgins

Congratulations, Piali and Lyndal!  Your entries were absolutely gorgeous!!  Please watch your inboxes for an email from me with the details about your prize!  Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creations with us!  We’d like to give a shout out to these three amazing entries, as well!

Yoonsun Hur

Amy Kolling

Jessica Frost

As I said, we loved drooling over all of the entries for this challenge, but these ladies really knocked it right outta the park!!  Congratulations ladies!!

Well, friends – that’s it for today!  We’ll be back tomorrow with our next challenge, so I hope you’ll drop by then!!

AEI♥U Challenge #18–Holiday!

It’s time for the next AEI♥U Challenge - we’re so excited to share it with you all!!

The day after Halloween is the perfect day to start your holiday cards, don’t you think?!!  Let’s see what the design team has created for your inspiration!

Heather Hoffman

More Stories, Let It Snow, Noel

Lorraine Marasigan

Noel, Birch Woodgrain White Heavy Cardstock

Lindsay Amrhein

Noel

Karolyn Loncon

Noel, Fabulous Florals

We’re super excited to see what you all create in answer to the Holiday challenge!!  Here are a few rules to keep in mind:

1.  Avery Elle stamps or our free digital stamps must be used in each entry.  To use our digital stamp, right click on the image and save it to your favorite photo editing program. You may re-size it slightly if you wish.  Please note that our free digital stamps are copyrighted and are for personal use only.  Please credit Avery Elle when using them.

2.  You may enter as many times as you wish, but they must be posted to the InLinkz tool separately.

3.  Please enter a NEW, not previously posted, project that fits the challenge theme.  Your project must fit the theme to be eligible to win.

4.  You can link your project to Flickr, Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery if you don’t have a blog.

5.  If you have a blog, please include the challenge graphic in your post, with a live link to the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.

6.  Winners will NOT be chosen randomly.  We will be looking for entries that include great use of color, design & creativity.

7.  You have until 12:01 AM (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 to enter.  TWO WINNERS and three runners up will be announced on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 6:00 AM (Pacific Time) on the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.  THE TWO WINNERS WILL EACH BE AWARDED A $25 AVERY ELLE GIFT CERTIFICATE!!

Stamp away, friends!

An InLinkz Link-up

Winner(s)–Challenge #17!!

 

Hello AE Fans!!

 

Yes, friends – you read that right!!  WINNERS, plural!  I totally forgot to mention that Jamie, the owner of Avery Elle, has very generously upped the ante for our challenge!!  She’s offering up a $25 Avery Elle gift certificate for each of the top two vote getters!  How sweet is that?!!  So let’s get to the challenge winners, shall we?

 

 

WINNER # 1

Melania Deasy

 

WINNER #2

Jennifer Ingle

 

Congratulations, Melania and Jennifer!!  Your projects are absolutely brilliant!!  Every detail captured our hearts and the true spirit of the tag challenge!!  Please watch your inboxes for an email from me with details about getting your prize!!

 

 

RUNNER UP #1

Marina Johan

 

RUNNER UP #2

Rachel Izakowicz

 

RUNNER UP #3

Tenia Nelson

 

These three projects are lovely and showcase the use of tags perfectly!!  Congratulations, ladies!!

 

Well, that’s it for today, friends!!  We’ll have a brand spankin’ new challenge tomorrow, with two more chances to win a $25 Avery Elle gift certificate!  We hope you’ll drop by again tomorrow!

AEI♥U Challenge #17–Tags!

Hello Again!!

We’re back today with the next AEI♥U Challenge, some lovely samples from our new challenge team, and a few changes to the format of the AEI♥U Challenge!

Let’s start with the changes – as of October 1st, the AEI♥U Challenge will be a once-a-month challenge in an effort to give you all more time to play along!  Each new challenge will go live on the 1st of every month.  They’ll close a few days before the end of that month, and winners will be calculated and announced the day before the next month’s challenge.  If you have any questions at all about the new challenge schedule, please don’t hesitate to let us know!

Our October AEI♥U Challenge is Tags!  Fun, right?!!  You don’t have to use an Avery Elle tag to play along!  You simply have to use Avery Elle stamps and dies in some way in your design.  Let’s see how your new challenge team interpreted the challenge for your inspiration!

Lindsay Amrhein
 
Gift Tags Stamps and Elle-Ments,
More Stories Stamps, Fabulous Florals Stamps

 

Karolyn Loncon

Gift Tags Stamps and Elle-Ments, Avery's Alphas Elle-Ments,
Everyday 6x6 Collection DP

Lorraine Marasigan

Look Up and Everyday 6x6 Collection Paper Pad

Heather Hoffman had a family emergency and was unable to participate with the challenge team this month.  But we look forward to her sharing her lovely talents with us next month!  Hurry back, Heather – we miss you!

Now it’s your turn to play!  Here are the rules and regulations!!

1.  Avery Elle stamps or our free digital stamps must be used in each entry.  To use our digital stamp, right click on the image and save it to your favorite photo editing program. You may re-size it slightly if you wish.  Please note that our free digital stamps are copyrighted and are for personal use only.  Please credit Avery Elle when using them.

2.  You may enter as many times as you wish, but they must be posted to the InLinkz tool separately.

3.  Please enter a NEW, not previously posted, project that fits the challenge theme.  Your project must fit the theme to be eligible to win.

4.  You can link your project to Flickr, Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery if you don’t have a blog.

5.  If you have a blog, please include the challenge graphic in your post, with a live link to the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.

6.  The winner will NOT be chosen randomly.  We will be looking for entries that include great use of color, design & creativity.

7.  You have until 12:01 AM (Pacific Time) on Saturday, October 25, 2014 to enter.  The winner and two runners up will be announced on Friday, October 31, 2014 at 6:00 AM (Pacific Time) on the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.

Stamp away, friends!

An InLinkz Link-up

Winner–Challenge #16!

Hello Friends!!

Wow!!  We didn’t get a ton of entries for the sketch challenge, but the entries we did get were phenomenal!!  Good work, people!!  So we have some amazing winners to announce, so let’s get to it, shall we?!

Amy Tsuruta

Wow – look at all of those lovely details!!  Amy was clearly inspired by the sketch, and we’re so in love with her interpretation!  Congratulations, Amy!  You’ve won a free Avery Elle stamp set of your choice!  Please look for an email from me with instructions as to how to obtain your prize!

Jenny M.

Therese Calvird

Keren

Aren’t they amazing?!!  These three ladies truly knocked it out of the park with their interpretations of Yana’s sketch.  I am in awe of their creativity!  Thank you ladies, and to all who played along with the last challenge!

Please pop in again tomorrow, as we’ll have our very first challenge with the new Challenge Design Team.  We’ll have a few more changes to the format of the AEI♥U Challenge that I think you’re really going to love!  So, until then – toodles!!

AEI♥U Challenge #16–Sketch!

Hello Again!!

Before we get started with our newest challenge, I wanted to let you all know that today is the last challenge for our current design team – Donna, Yana, Katie, and Diana will be passing the baton to the next team starting October 1st.  I want to take this time to thank you amazing ladies for your endless dedication to bringing our players some of the loveliest and most inspirational projects anyone could ever ask for!  I am in awe of your brilliant talents and am ever so grateful for the brilliance that you all shared with us challenge after challenge!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being our dream team!!

Okay, so we have a super fun new challenge for you today, and I just know you all are going to create some deliciousness in response to it!

We have a fabulous sketch design created by our uber talented design team member, Yana!  Thank you for providing us with a really great sketch, Yana!  Wait until you see what the team created in response to the challenge!

Karolyn Loncon

Boo Stamps and Dies, Finished Frames Die, and  Circle Tag Die

 

Diana Fisher

Brushed Clear Stamps, Knotty Photopolymer Stamps, Die: Rounded Diamonds Elle-ments, Die: Simply Said: Happy Elle-ments

Yana Smakula

Merry & Bright

Katie Gehring

Joy to the World, Noel and Circle Tag Die

 

Donna Mikasa

Petals and Stems, Brushed (splatters)

 

Here are the rules and regulations:

1.  Avery Elle stamps or our free digital stamps must be used in each entry.  To use our digital stamp, right click on the image and save it to your favorite photo editing program. You may re-size it slightly if you wish.  Please note that our free digital stamps are copyrighted and are for personal use only.  Please credit Avery Elle when using them.

2.  You may enter as many times as you wish, but they must be posted to the InLinkz tool separately.

3.  Please enter a NEW, not previously posted, project that fits the challenge theme.  Your project must fit the theme to be eligible to win.

4.  You can link your project to Flickr, Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery if you don’t have a blog.

5.  If you have a blog, please include the challenge graphic in your post, with a live link to the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.

6.  The winner will not be chosen randomly.  We will be looking for entries that include great use of color, design & creativity.

7.  You have until 12:01 AM (Pacific Time) on Saturday, September 27th to enter.  The winner and three runners up will be announced on Tuesday, September 30th at 6:00 AM (Pacific Time) on the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.  PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGES – THIS CHALLENGE WILL END ONE DAY EARLIER THAN NORMAL, AND THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THE DAY BEFORE THE NEXT CHALLENGE (October 1st)!

Stamp away, friends!

An InLinkz Link-up

Winner–Challenge #15!

Hello, friends!!

First let me start by saying how incredibly thrilled we were with all of your entries for the last challenge!  You all ROCKED the Clean & Simple challenge!!  Thank you so much for playing!!  So, let’s get to the winners, shall we?

Kim Singdahlsen

How darling is this?!!  Seriously, Kim’s vision is spectacular and I adore her interpretation of the challenge!!  So, so very sweet and perfectly executed!!  Kim, please watch your inbox for a message from me with more information about obtaining your prize!

Vanessa Menhorn

Lin Brandyberry

Lynn Reloza

How brilliant and amazing are these projects?!  I laughed out loud that each of them used either Storybook or More Stories . . . clearly many of you are inspired by those stamp sets – as well you should be!!  These designs are awesomely cute!!

Thank you again to everyone who played with us during this last challenge! I hope you’ll come back tomorrow for the next challenge – you’ll be glad you did! *wink*  Have a great day!