Avery Elle May Release Blog Hop

Happy May People!!!   Are you enjoying the Avery Elle May Blog Hop?  So many fun things are coming out this month!  

My first card today uses the awesome new Father's Day set called The Man!  I can always use more masculine sets, and I love the style of this one.  Modern, fresh, and loving without being sappy:)  You laugh, but that combo is hard to find!

I knew that I wanted to use the bubbly bottle for my card but instead of beer, I went "pop"!  First I stamped the bottle and soda in a yummy orange. {Just a tip, it's easier to stamp the soda part first and then the outline}  I used my Silhouette to cut out the simple "pop" and glued it over the bottle with some foam tape.  I added a bit of colorful paper at the top (October Afternoon Midway) and some orange "bubbles" (My Minds Eye enamel dots).  I really love how this turned out!  Colorful and still masculine:)

My second card is a quickie that I made using one of the new dies I introduced earlier this week in this post.  For this card I used the Chevron Border in a slightly different way! 

To get this look, I layered 3 chevron borders in 3 different colors.  All 3 layers were glued together and glued to the card base under a circle cut out.  A simple and compact sentiment from All Squared Up was the perfect sentiment to finish it off!   Are you thinking how you could do this other colors?  Fun, right?  

That's it for me today!  I won't hold you up because there's so much more to see!  Just remember, the new release is available in the store now!  No teasing for weeks here;)  

Before you fill up your cart, you may want to check out all the amazing projects in store for you today!  Here's the blog line up if you've just started...

Jamie Gracz (Avery Elle blog)

 Chunyuan Wu
Nina Yang
Heather Campbell

JJ Bolton (you are here:)

Amy Kolling (guest designer)
Donna Mikasa

Kasia Curry

Don't forget, to celebrate the May Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one winner!  You have until Sunday, May 5th midnight EST to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle blog on Monday, May 6th.  All products are available for purchase in the Avery Elle store right NOW!!!

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• Comment on any of the design team's posts and the Avery Elle blog
• Tweet the contest (we are @averyellestamps)
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Mahalo and Aloha,

jj