Avery Elle & IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko Blog Hop

Today is a fun day because Imagine Crafts / Tsukineko & Avery Elle have paired up for a blog hop!  There are going to be a lot of amazing projects on the hop today showing how well Avery Elle and Imagine Crafts / Tsukineko products work together.  We also have a fun giveaway, so be sure to visit all of the blogs participating.  Here's the list of all the fantastic folks hopping today!

Avery Elle / Jamie
Chunyuan Wu
Nina Yang 
Heather Campbell
JJ Bolton - you're here!
Donna Mikasa
Kasia Curry
Linda Lucas (Lovely Linda)   

Eric Ericson     

Taylor Usry
AJ Otto  

Renee Zarate   

Tenia Renee Nelson  

Kazuko Kocho  

Emily Lanham     

Debbie Gaetz     

Maureen Cronin     

Jennifer Ingle     

Naghma Husain     

John Creighton Petersen

For my hop cards, I used the new Avery Elle release Ikat Additions.  Jamie has given us some really cool new ikat images that you can use with the original set or alone.  With these ikat stamps it is so easy to create your own custom background which is exactly what I did with this card!

First, I stamped my design with Versamark ink (watermark ink) and heat embossed it in clear.  I have to say that Versamark is one of my favorite Tsukineko supplies!  I don't think I've gone a week without using it.  After heat embossing, I gathered up a handful of colorful Memento inks.  To be exact, I used Dandelion, Morocco, Rose Bud, Lilac Posies, Sweet Plum, and Elderberry.  I used my handy dandy sponge daubers (can never have too many of these things) to blend the ink over embossed design.  Don't you just love how rich the color turned out?  I didn't have the heart to stamp a sentiment over the design, so the card has no sentiment:)  The next card I made has a slightly different look but just as colorful!

As you can see, this card uses only one ikat stamp, the chevron.  I stamped chevrons in multiple colors and then cut out three strips.  The strips are attached with a bit of foam tape so that I could feed the twine behind them.  For this card, I used a bunch of the yummy new Memento colors including Morocco, Teal Zeal, Gray Flannel, Lulu Lavender, Expresso Truffle, Nautical Blue, and Pistachio.  I even slipped in a bit of gold in the chevrons (who me?) with some Delicata Golden Glitz ink.  The "hello" sentiment if from the new set Modern Leaves.  

That's it for me today and now it is time for our giveaway!  Leave a comment below and/or on any of the posts in the hop to be entered to win.  There is no purchase necessary and you must be 18 years of age or older to enter.  This giveaway is void where prohibited.  We will be selecting two random winners.  One will win a $50 Avery Elle gift certificate and the other will win $50 worth of Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko product!  You have until midnight PST, June 14th to comment for a chance to win!  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle blog on Monday, June 17th.

Thanks for hopping with us!!

Mahalo and aloha,
jj