CAS(E) this Sketch 56

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Here's CAS(E) this Sketch 56 by Chrissy Larson.

Isn't that a fun sketch?  And here's my take on it.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the sketch inspired the rest of the design team
and play along with us if you can. Be sure to link up your card(s)
by Thursday, December 12th.

Thanks, always, for stopping by!

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Avery Elle's December/January Release Hop

 

Welcome to Avery Elle's December/January Release Hop!

I hope you arrived here from JJ's blog. If not, start at Avery Elle because you'll want to leave
 comments along the way and see the projects from the rest of the design team!

And joining us as guest designer this month is Kristen Foreman
who won the current AEI♥U challenge.

First, here's my card using Avery's Alpha dies.

I love a good set of alphabets and Avery's Alphas fit the bill perfectly.
This is such a clean, classic font. You'll have so much fun creating your own sentiments
or personalizing a card. The possibilities are endless!

I die cut JOY, LOVE and PEACE from Avery Elle's colored cardstock
and fashioned them into a Christmas tree shape on birch woodgrain cardstock.
The star is from Ornament: Simply Tags Christmas.

For my second card, I die cut alphabets from scraps of cardstock
and arranged the colorful letters to form the sentiment.
See what I mean by "endless possibilities"?

There's an awesome set of matching alpha stamps, but I was having way too much fun
with the dies. I'll be sharing cards using the stamps in a future post, so stay tuned!

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To celebrate our December/January 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, December 8th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, December 9th .   

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 Feedly or Bloglovin' (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)

Now hop over to Kasia's blog to see her Avery Elle project

and leave a comment for another chance to win!

Happy Hopping!

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a sneaky peek...

Have you seen Avery Elle's December/January release?

All this week, Jamie has been showing previews of the NEW stamps and dies 

and I may be biased...but it's an AWESOME release!

Here's a peek of my card which you'll see here tomorrow in its full reveal

for our December/January Release Hop.

Yes, alphabets are involved.

You'll want to hop along because one lucky commenter will win

a $25 Gift Certificate to the Avery Elle store and the more you comment,

the better your chance of winning!

Hope to see you tomorrow, and be ready to hop!

CASual Fridays--Create With 8

CASual Fridays latest challenge is to create a clean and simple project
that uses 8 of something. And it's a two weeker--love those!--so I created two cards.

For my first card I die cut the Mod Tree three times and layered them
for a bit of dimension. Eight sequins were added and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

 

For my second card I white embossed 8 snowflakes and ink distressed a bit
to define them. A clear sequin was adhered in the center of each one.
The sentiment is also from Papertrey Ink.

And that's a wrap. Thanks for stopping by!

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Washi Tape Inspiration

What inspires you when you create a card? I was inspired by washi tape.
As soon as I saw Hero Arts' new Tiny Flags Background stamp,
I knew that it was going to be gold embossed and ink distressed.
 

Here's the inspiration, given to me by a sweet friend.

It's so gorgeous that I'm still hoarding it.

And here are my cards.

My daughter's reaction to both cards:  "Wow....it's so......so......"

She had no words.

I'm entering both cards in Paper Crafts Connection November Gallery Challenge
of SEQUINS since I used a few on both cards. Because they needed more bling....

Thanks, always, for stopping by!

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Snowflake Cards

This month's challenge at Hero Arts has several categories.

I've decided to enter these snowflake cards under Favorite Things--

ink distressing technique on shaped cards.

The snowflakes were white embossed, die cut and ink distressed.
The sentiments were done the same way and I tucked in a silver banner by Avery Elle.

Here's a shot of twelve cards that I sent to Vera's Caring Hearts Card Drive
to bring some cheer to folks in nursing homes. Such a good cause!

I'll be taking a little blog break to spend Thanksgiving on Kauai.
I'm so thankful for your visits to my blog and for your kind comments as well.
Wishing all of you in the US who celebrate the holiday, a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

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