Friday, April 18, 2014

AEI♥U Challenge #5–Color Combo!

 

Happy Friday!!

 

We’re back today to share the next AEI♥U Challenge with you all, and we hope you like it as much as we do!

 

Challenge 5

 

Isn’t this a great color combo?!!  It’s so sweet and soft and it really could be used for masculine or feminine projects!  I hope you’re as inspired by this color combo as our team was.  Let’s see what they created, shall we?!

 

Yana Smakula

 

Karolyn Loncon

 

Diana Fisher

 

Katie Gehring

 

Donna Mikasa

 

Aren’t the design team samples awesome?!  We’d love to see what you all would create in answer to this fun color challenge.  Here are the specifics of the challenge rules:

 

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, Two Peas In A Bucket, 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 Sunday, April 27th to enter.  The winner will be announced on Thursday, May 1st at 6:00 AM (Pacific Time) on the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.

We can't wait to see what you create!

 

Thursday, April 17, 2014

WINNER–Challenge #4!

 

Well hello!!

 

I knew you all would love our last challenge, and boy was I right!  You all inspired us as a team beyond measure with your brilliant uses of water color in your projects!  We loved seeing all of the fun water color techniques being shared!  Oh my goodness!!  So, as always, we had such a hard time deciding.  But we tried really hard, and finally came up with a winner and two runner ups.  And here they are!

 

AEIheartUChallengeWinner

 

Challenge #4 Winner

Houses Built of Cards

 

Isn’t this fabulous!!  We loved those brilliantly vibrant chevrons and the pop of black in the sentiment – absolutely amazing, Heather!  Congratulations!!  I’ll be emailing you with information about how to choose your prize!

 

AEIheartUChallengeRunnerUp

 

Challenge #4 Runner Up #1

Lin

 

Challenge #4 Runner Up #2

Jennifer Ingle

 

So now you all can see why we had such a hard time deciding, right?!  All of the entries were spectacular, and we had such a great time checking them all out!!  Thank you to everyone who played!

 

We’ll have the next challenge available for you tomorrow, and it’s another goodie!  So we hope you’ll drop by to check it out and play along!!  See you then!

Friday, April 4, 2014

Challenge #4–Water Color

 

Well hello again!

 

We’re back today with the next AEI♥U Challenge, and I feel pretty confident that you all are going to LOVE it!!  Check it!

 

Challenge 4

 

Water color is an enormous trend in card making and scrapbooking these days, and I have to say it’s a pretty amazing trend, don’t you think?  Let’s see what the team has prepared for your viewing pleasure and inspiration.

 

Katie

 

Yana Smakula

 

Diana Fisher

 

Donna Mikasa

 

Karolyn Loncon

 

Did they inspire you?  We’d love to see what you would create in answer to the new AEI♥U Challenge.

 

Here are the challenge details:

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, Two Peas In A Bucket, 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 Sunday, April 13th to enter.  The winner will be announced on Thursday, April 17th at 6:00 AM (Pacific Time) on the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.


We can't wait to see what you create!

Thursday, April 3, 2014

WINNER–Challenge #3!!

 

Well, friends . . . all I can say about last week’s entries is WOW, WOW, WOW!!  You all interpreted the Ombre/Gradient challenge with such creativity and flair!  As a team, we had such a difficult time deciding who to pick.  But in the end, we had to choose, as hard as it was.  The winner of Challenge #3 is:

 

AEIheartUChallengeWinner

 

Challenge #3 Winner

Virginia Lu

 

Congratulations, Virginia!!  The gradient rainbow that you created on those banners is absolutely stunning!!  I’ll be contacting you with the information as to how to receive your prize!

 

Again, because we had such a hard time choosing, we actually chose THREE runner ups for Challenge #3, and they are:

 

AEIheartUChallengeRunnerUp

 

Challenge #3 Runner Up #1

Ashley

 

Challenge #3 Runner Up #2

Ashley

 

Challenge #3 Runner Up #3

Nadine

 

Aren’t they fantastic?!!  All of the entries for last week’s challenge were truly brilliant, and we are thrilled that you all are being inspired by the challenges!!  I think you’re REALLY going to like tomorrow’s challenge, so I hope you’ll come back to find out what it is!!

 

Congrats to our winners, and thanks so much for stopping by today!!  See you tomorrow!