Friday, March 21, 2014

Challenge #3–Ombre/Gradient

 

Hello!


Once again, you all blew us away by your amazing entries for the last challenge!!  We love seeing your interpretation of the each challenge, so please keep those extraordinary projects coming!!  We are so exited to see what you all will come up with for this week’s challenge, which is

 

Challenge 3

 

So fun, right?!!  Ombre/gradient, for those that aren’t familiar with these terms, is the incredible look of color going from dark to light, in an even manner.  There are lots of ways to obtain the ombre/gradient look, and our amazing team of ladies have shown you a few below.

Yana Smakula

 

Diana Fisher

 

Katie G.

 

Donna Mikasa

 

Karolyn Loncon

 

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, March 30th to enter.  The winner will be announced on Thursday, April 3rd at 6:00 AM (Pacific Time) on the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.


We can't wait to see what you create!

 

Thursday, March 20, 2014

WINNER–Challenge #2!!

 

Seriously, people!!  You all blew us away with your entries for this challenge!!!  It made it so hard to pick a winner because you created some amazing entries!  Here is our winner!

 

AEIheartUChallengeWinner

 

Challenge #2 Winner

Melania Deasy

 

Isn’t Melania’s project amazing?!  Awesome, awesome, awesome!  Melania, I’ve sent you an email with instructions for getting your prize!!  Congratulations!!

 

We also chose two runner ups, and they are:

 

AEIheartUChallengeRunnerUp

 

Challenge #2 Runner Up #1

Houses Built of Cards

 

Challenge #2 Runner Up #2

Love Lydia Brooke

 

Again, these two ladies blew us away with every detail of their projects!  Congratulations, ladies!  Please feel free to grab the blog blinkie above for your blogs!

 

Well, that’s it for today, friends.  We’ll be back tomorrow with the next challenge, and I just know you’re going to loooove it!!  Thanks for stopping by – see you tomorrow!

Friday, March 7, 2014

Challenge #2–Embellishments


Hello!

Let me start by saying that we were blown away by all of the amazing projects that were submitted for the last challenge!!  We are so exited to see what you all will come up with for this week’s challenge!

Challenge 2

It’s a good one, right?!  So dust off those unloved buttons, sequins, pearls, gems, wood veneers, enamel dots, and anything else that you consider to be “embellishments” and go to town!!  Once you’ve done that, check out the amazingness that our design team has created for your inspiration and viewing pleasure!

 
 
 
 

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, March 16th to enter.  The winner will be announced on Thursday, March 20th at 6:00 AM (Pacific Time) on the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.
We can't wait to see what you create!











Thursday, March 6, 2014

WINNER–Challenge #1!!

 

Oh my goodness!!

 

We were THRILLED to little bits with all of the amazing projects that were created for our first challenge!  You all made it very difficult for us to choose a winner!!  As much as we’d like to declare you all the winners, we had to choose only one.  The winner of the first AEI♥U Challenge is:

 

AEIheartUChallengeWinner

Challenge #1 Winner

 

#19. Elena Roussakis

 

Congratulations, Elena!!  We loved your project!!  I’ve sent you a message as to how to claim your prize!  The design team also chose two runner ups, so we wanted to give those two ladies a shout out for a job well done!  They are:

 

AEIheartUChallengeRunnerUp

 

Runner Up #1

#11 – May Park

 

Runner Up #2

#4 Lori Barnett

 

Seriously, people!!  What an amazing selection of Avery Elle deliciousness!!  Thank you so much for playing with us!  Please join us again TOMORROW for the next Avery Elle Challenge – you’re going to LOVE it, I promise!!