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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)!  Please do not add this set to your shopping cart, it will be automatically added to every qualifying order.  We are so excited to celebrate with you!!

In addition to celebrating our birthday, we are now going to be releasing new products every other month.  We will still average the same amount of new product as we do now so no worries!  Our next release will take place at the end of July.   With this in mind, we are going to be featuring four of our eight new stamp sets this month during our hop and we will be featuring the other four sets during next month's hop with inspiration using all sets all month long!  Sweet!

Be sure to check all the way at the bottom of this post for information on how to win a $25 gift certificate to the store.

Here is a summary of all of the products available right now for purchase in the Avery Elle store.

Party Animal 2" x 3" Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set & FREE matching cut files- Retail price $4 

 *Free with every stamp order placed now through June 30th (limit one per customer)*

Oh Yeah 4"x6" Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set - Retail price $15

 Oh Yeah Elle-ments Custom Die - Retail price $17

Ikat Additions 2" x 3" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $4

Modern Leaves 4" x 3" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $8

Modern Leaves Elle-ments Custom Dies - Retail $12

Oh Happy Day 4" x 6" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $15

Simply Tags: Everyday 4" x 6" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $15

Simply Tags: Everyday Elle-ments Custom Die - Retail $11 

Texture Tiles: Be Cool 4" x 6" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $15

Papel Picado Banners 4" x 6" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $15

Papel Picado Banners Elle-ments Custom Dies - Retail $12.50

Petals & Stems Elle-ments Custom Dies - Retail $18

Whipped Cream Heavy Cardstock / Grosgrain Ribbon

Truffle Heavy Cardstock / Grosgrain Ribbon

Jungle Heavy Cardstock / Grosgrain Ribbon

I created this card using our new Ikat Additions clear photopolymer stamp set and a sentiment from Modern Leaves.  Ikat Additions is a great stamp set for those of you that want to try Ikat images without investing a lot of money or those who LOVE Ikat and want even more fun pattern making options!  I used Versafine Smokey Gray and Fresh Ink Silver Lilac ink on our Speckled heavy cardstock.  I just love the combination.

Let's get to the hop shall we?

We have a very special Guest Designer on our hop this month.  Jennifer Rzasa won our June Guest Designer Challenge and I am thrilled that she is joining us. I know that she is going to be such an inspiration.

Avery Elle / Jamie - You Are Here
Chunyuan Wu
Jennifer Rzasa
 Nina Yang
Heather Campbell
JJ Bolton
Donna Mikasa
Kasia Curry

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 .

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 for all of your amazing comments this week.  It has been a treat to read each one of them. Have a great day!

Introducing Simply Tags:Everyday, Texture Tiles:Be Cool & Papel Picado Banners

*Edited to add a project by Amy Kolling, our fabulous guest designer, at the end of this post.  It is an amazing card so be sure to scroll down!*

Hello!  Thank you so much for all of your enthusiasm and kind words so far this week.  Today I have previews of three more sets that will be available for purchase tomorrow, May 30th.   We will also be having our Designer Blog Hop tomorrow to celebrate this release so you will want to stop by for a fun giveaway and a LOT of inspiration!

If this is the first time you are visiting us this week, be sure to check out these two posts to see previews of the rest of our June/July release here & here.

Today is an especially exciting day because I get to introduce two new stamps sets illustrated by.... Nina Yang!  We have been keeping this secret for a while and I am so happy to finally tell everyone about it!!  Nina has packed her Simply Tags: Everyday & Texture Tiles: Be Cool stamp sets with so many fun possibilities.  They are versatile, modern, fresh and fun!!!  Just check them out to see for yourself.

Simply Tags: Everyday 4" x 6" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $15

Our 4" x 6" Simply Tags:Everyday clear photopolymer stamp set (designed by Nina Yang) is exactly what you need to create the perfect gift tag .  With sentiments for handmade, store-bought and homegrown gifts this set is a must have staple in any stamper's collection.  Measurements: Large Tag - 2 3/4" x 1 1/2" ; Small Tag - 15/16" x 1 12/16"; Thanks sentiment: 2" x 9/16"

Simply Tags: Everyday Elle-ments Custom Die - Retail $11 

Our Simply Tags: Everyday Elle-ments Custom Steel Dies are exclusive to Avery Elle and designed by Nina Yang.  These premium steel dies coordinate with our Simply Tags: Everyday clear photopolymer stamp set and are proudly made in the USA. Measurements: Large Tag - 2 3/4" x 1 1/2" ; Small Tag - 15/16" x 1 12/16

Texture Tiles: Be Cool 4" x 6" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $15

Our 4" x 6" Texture Tiles: Be Cool clear photopolymer stamp set (designed by Nina Yang) has so many possibilites .  Stamp the textures and patterns onto a tag, card, journal card to create your own custom background.  "Kiss" your solid image stamps with these stamps to create even more depth and interest on your projects.  Measurements: Tiles measure approx 1 6/8"  x  2 3/4"

Be sure to check out Nina's blog today.  You will not want to miss all of the incredible ideas that she has for these stamp sets and dies.  This is just a little peek of what you will see!

My good friend Rebecca Sanders of RASCAL STUDIO designed our Papel Picado Banners set. From the first day that we discussed the idea for this set I *needed* it ASAP!!  This is one of those sets that makes this San Diego girl happy just looking at it!!

Papel Picado Banners 4" x 6" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $15

Use the banners in our 4" x 6" Papel Picado Banners clear photopolymer stamp set  (designed by Rebecca Sanders) to create fun and festive invitations, thank you notes or scrapbook pages.  The classic banner images used in bright colors are perfect for your next fiesta! Measurements: Banners average - 1 5/8" x 1 1/8" ; Muchas Gracias sentiment - 3" x 1/4"

Papel Picado Banners Elle-ments Custom Dies - Retail $12.50

Our Papel Picdo Banners Custom Steel Die are exclusive to Avery Elle.  These premium steel dies coordinate with our Papel Picado Banners clear photopolymer stamp sets and are proudly made in the USA. Measurements: Banners average - 1 5/8" x 1 1/8"

When I asked the design team if they had a preference on which previously released stamp set they would like dies for first, the answer was unanimous.  That made it easy on me! LOL.  So, we are also releasing a custom die set that coordinates with our very popular Petals & Stems clear photopolymer stamp set.  

Petals & Stems Elle-ments Custom Dies - Retail $18

Our Petals & Stems Elle-ments Custom Steel Die are exclusive to Avery Elle and coordinate with our Petals & Stems clear photopolymer stamp set.  

I have a fun project to show you using our new Papel Picado Banners stamp set.  I love that I can stamp the images first and then cut them out with the dies for perfect placement every time! 

I also have this FABULOUS card by our May Guest Designer, Amy Kolling.  While getting everything together for the release festivities, I completely slipped and didn't include this card in the post.  A big heartfelt apology to Amy for my goof!  It has been such a pleasure having her with us this month.  I have been so inspired by her amazing talent. Amy created this card using our Handwritten Notes and Cupcakes clear photopolymer stamp sets.  See those distressed stripes on the right hand side?  She flipped the Happy Birthday To You sentiment over and stamped with the reverse side.  So clever!  Be sure to stop by Amy's blog for all of the details.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. I hope to see you at our hop tomorrow.

Have a great day!

Introducing Oh Happy Day, Modern Leaves & Ikat Additions

Hello!  Today I have previews of three more sets that will be released this Thursday, May 30th. 

Oh Happy Day 4" x 6" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $15

 Use the sentiments in our 4" x 6" Oh Happy Day clear photopolymer stamp set  to create gorgeous tags, gifts, cards and scrapbook pages.  With cute and fresh sentiments such as " oh happy day" and "oh shoot" as well as classics like "congratulations", this set will be used time and again.  Measurements: oh happy day sentiment - 3 5/8" x 3/4" ; bravo sentiment - 2" x 1/2" ; arrow image - 1/4" x 2 1/2"

 

Modern Leaves 4" x 3" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $8

 Our 4" x 3" Modern Leaves clear photopolymer stamp set (designed by JJ Bolton) may be small in size, but is a versatile and classic set.  Stamp the "leaves" to make flower petals, leaf images, a retro background and more.  Measurements : Largest leaf - 2 1/4" x 1 1/8" ; Smallest leaf - 7/8" x 3/8" ; Hello sentiment - 1 3/8" x 1/2"

Modern Leaves Elle-ments Custom Dies - Retail $12

 Our Modern Leaves Elle-ments Custom Steel Die are exclusive to Avery Elle and designed by JJ Bolton.  These premium steel dies coordinate with our Modern Leaves clear photopolymer stamp set and are proudly made in the USA. Measurements: Largest leaf - 2 1/4" x 1 1/8" ; Smallest leaf - 7/8" x 3/8"

Ikat Additions 2" x 3" clear photopolymer stamp set - Retail $4

Our 2" x 3" Ikat Additions clear photopolymer stamp set may be mini in size, but it packs a lot of punch.  This set allows stampers to create even more Ikat patterns when used alone or with the coordinating Ikat clear photopolymer stamp set.   Measurements : Chevron image - 1/2" x 3/4" ; Stem image - 3/4" x 1/2"

I created this wine tag our of our Speckled card stock using our new Ikat Additions and Modern Leaves stamp sets.  I cut a 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangle and then punched a 1 3/4" hole out of one end.  I scored a small fold beneath the circle and stamped and embossed the images with gold embossing powder.  It didn't take long and I really like the modern look.

Be sure to stop by JJ's blog today.  She has a fun project for you featuring her new set Modern Leaves. 

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Tomorrow we will be previewing our final THREE sets.  Hope to see you then.

Happy Memorial Day & Previews!

Happy Memorial Day!  A big thank you to all of those who have served our country now and in the past as well as the families that have made sacrifices for the benefit of us all.

Today I have some previews of our upcoming release this Thursday.   Woot Woot!

Party Animal 2" x 3" Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set - Retail price $4

Our 2" x 3" Party Animal clear photopolymer stamp set is mini in size but oh so fun.   I designed this mini set in honor of our First Birthday coming up in June.  Even better....this set will be included for FREE with every stamp purchase between Thursday, May 30th and Sunday, June 30th to help us celebrate (limit one free set per customer - please do not add this set to your cart, it will automatically be included in each qualifying order).  Measurements : Balloon Animal - 1 15/16" x 1 1/2" ; Happy Birthday - 1 1/2" x 1/4" 

 Oh Yeah 4"x6" Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set - Retail price $15

Our 4" x 6" Oh Yeah clear photopolymer stamp set  (concept created by Heather Campbell) is perfect for fun and fresh cards, project life or scrapbook pages.  Stamp the sentiments inside the speech bubble or arrow frame for a neat look.  The arrow image has a square base to make it easy to line up.  It can be stamped on either side of a sentiment to create an arrow with a message!  Use the negative speech bubble image to create your own journaling cards.  The possibilities are endless.  Measurements: Arrow Frame - 1 7/8" x 1" ; Speech Bubble - 1 7/16" x 1" ; Negative Speech Bubble - 3 5/8" x 1 5/8" ; Love sentiment - 1 1/4" x 5/8"

 Oh Yeah Elle-ments Custom Die - Retail price $17

Our Oh Yeah Custom Steel Dies are exclusive to Avery Elle.  The largest speech bubble is the perfect size to fit into a 3 x 4" page protector pocket or to create your own journaling card.  These premium steel dies coordinate with our Oh Yeah and Picture It clear photopolymer stamp sets and are proudly made in the USA. Measurements: Largest Speech Bubble Die - just under 3 " x 4"

I created this little tag (another preview of something to come later this week) with our new Party Animal set.   It was quick and easy and a lot of fun to make.  It is a little difficult to see, but I embossed the balloon animal with clear embossing powder multiple times to give it a thicker, balloon like appearance.  I love the effect.

 I hope that you like what you have seen today.  Stop back tomorrow for previews of THREE more sets. 
Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

Hi everyone. I hope that your week has gone well. Just a friendly reminder that there is one more week to enter our latest AEI♥U Challenge and create a project base on the photo below.

Hi everyone.  I hope that your week has gone well.  Just a friendly reminder that there is one more week to enter our latest AEI♥U Challenge and create a project base on the photo below.

I absolutely love seeing new entries pop up in the contest.  Thanks to all that entered so far. If you have entered before and have been discouraged because you haven't been picked, please don't give up.  I cannot even begin to tell you how difficult it has been to choose just one person each month.  I really appreciate the effort that each entry takes from creating it, to taking pictures of it, to uploading it online and then to linking it to our blog.  You guys are THE BEST and I am honored that you choose to spend your time entering our challenges!

Next week is THE week for our June/July Release.  Starting this month, we will be having larger releases every other month.  We will average the same amount of new product per month that we have had in the past.  We have EIGHT new stamp sets, FIVE new die sets and 3 new card stock/ribbon colors coming out that will be available for purchase on Thursday, May 30th.  Did you know that June is Avery Elle's Birthday month?  We will be turning one year old!!  There are A LOT of fun festivities planned throughout the month that you WILL NOT want to miss.  Giveaways, free stamp sets with purchase and more!  

I hope to see you next week to help kick off  a release that is very special to us!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! 

Inspiration from JJ & Heather

Today we have JJ with this modern and graphic thank you card.  I love how she combined both the Chevron Border Die and Chevron Bits die to create this ombre arrow.  It is the perfect compliment for the Thankful sentiment from our Handwritten Notes clear photopolymer stamp set.  Don't those Lemonade sequins look great against our Fog card stock too?  Love this color combo!!  Be sure to check out JJ's blog for more details.

Heather created this sweet card using our Air Mail and Handwritten Notes stamp set.  I really like the mix of patterns and textures.  I just love how she framed the I Miss You sentiment with the paper airplane and trail images.     

Well, that is all for me today.  We are very busy preparing for our release next week.  We have a LOT to show you and I cannot wait!  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Have a great day!

Happy Father's Day!

Today we have Amy Kolling with this clean and simple Father's Day Card using our The Man clear photopolymer stamp set.  I really like the way she gave the card depth by stamping the liquid in the bottles in three different complimentary shades.  What Dad wouldn't love to receive a card like this along with a nice cold one?!? ;) 

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

A Birthday & Note Card

Today we have Chunyuan with this AMAZING card using our Handwritten Notesand Rounded Diamonds clear photopolymer stamp sets.  What a happy and cheerful card. Simple and beautiful.  Just the way I like it!  Be sure to stop by Chunyuan's blog for more details on this project!!

Kasia created this bold note card using our Air Mail clear photopolymer stamp set.  Don't you love how she inked up a part of the striped frame to make those red and white stripes?  Kasia showcases how many fun possibilities this set has!

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