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Finallly the BIG day arrived!!!! Shery, the owner of STAMPlorations delivered her precious and healthy baby girl!! So the STAMPlorations girls decided to celebrate the occasion with a blog hop in Shery's honor! Congratulations Shery - I am so happy for you! Big thanks to Becca Cruger, who organized the hop! And here Shery is your card - hopefully soon it will arrive in California: The cute Teddy and the sentiments are from the set Heaven Sent . The background I made with the Retro Circles  stencil     I mounted the teddy with foam tape. All the best to you Shery and that wonderful addition to your family. So happy I could be part of journey from far away and I will looking forward seeing your little mini-you growing up!  You probably don't want to miss all the other wonderful creation from your talented DT girls - keep hopping! We've all made baby-themed cards and will be sending them to Shery. Would you consider doing

Hi Everyone, its INSPIRATION day again at  STAMPlorations !  Again our wonderful DT made some beautiful cards to entice you playing with your stamps or stencils - STAMPlorations or otherwise. And perhaps I can also inspire you to play along with us!  I used the flowers from  the  Blooming Buds  set. Did some no line water coloring ans masked them off. Stamped the background using  Mixed Media Grunge . The sentiment is made with the   Bold Sentiments: Hello set.  Its heat embossed and mounted with foam tape.  Added silver embroidery thread. So, are you  up for some CASEing??? CASE my card or any other card and link it up  HERE  over at STAMPlorations. The InLinkz gallery  will be open until the 5th of September - gives you plenty of time! One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate or their choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils. Linking up with: Shopping our stash - Splish/splash - used watercolor

Hi Everyone, its INSPIRATION day again at  STAMPlorations !  Again our wonderful DT made some beautiful cards to entice you playing with your stamps or stencils - STAMPlorations or otherwise. And perhaps I can also inspire you to play along with us! I used the  Christmas Reindeer stencil  fro this card - doodled the reindeer and then masked it. Stamped the Poinsettia in grey around it and then sponged it in red, since I thought it needed more color. Holiday Sketches: Christmas Flower Lastly stamped the sentiment and added some Stickles to the center of the Poinsettias. So, are you  up for some doodling??? CASE my card or any other card and link it up  HERE  over at STAMPlorations. The InLinkz gallery  will be open until the 5th of September - gives you plenty of time! One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate or their choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils.

Hi Everyone, I am back from vacation and totally out of practice - could not get into my card room yesterday - no inspiration, whatsoever....but today with a looming deadline over at  Freshly Made Sketches  - would not want to miss their fantastic celebration!!!!! Yeahh for  Freshly Made Sketches - BIG CONGRATS!!!!! So  I finally got an idea... Still drawing on Jennifer McGuire's  fab faux metal technique and getting the colors from Color Throwdown So pleased with the outcome - its just an amazing  technique . Using my  new  WRMK ( We're Memory Keepers)  embossing folder. Inked with distress inks and Perfect Pearls. The sentiment and die cut are by Papertrey. The little butterfly is a punch by  Martha Stewart. Used  some  Washi tape and glossy accents.  Here is another view - just love the way it looks. Also linking up with   the  Snippets Playground  - use a snippet - butterfly and die cut So, wanna know what I did on vacation? Guess -

Hi Everyone, today is day 5 and the last day of our week long blog hop  at  STAMPlorations  featuring 5 new stamp sets. Today we are featuring   FRAMES AND FLOWERS Those tiny stamps are perfect to create your own background. Just fill up all that white space! I also love that elegant font! Die cut the border with a Simon Says die and added a thin black strip. Linking up with: Pinterest Inspired - see graphic below Don't forget to leave a comment on this post and the rest of the team's blogs for a chance to win one of the prizes. Commenting closes on August 23. Winners will be announced on August 24. Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects  here . Happy hopping!

Hi Everyone, did you have fun so far? Now onto DAY 4 of our week long blog hop at  STAMPlorations  featuring 5 new stamp sets. Today we are featuring  HOUSES EXTRAS It complements the HOUSES set by Shirley and you can create cute little scenes with both sets! The sentiment is from the new set Fond Expressions 2           My card does not need much explanation  - paper pieced the house and the rest is stamped and colored with pencils.  Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects  here . Linkin up with: Night Shift Stamping - Paper piecing

Hi Everyone, did you have fun yesterday? Now onto DAY 3 of our week long blog hop at  STAMPlorations  featuring 5 new stamp sets. Today the Spotlight is on  FOND EXPRESSIONS 2 I also used the set  WORLD BIRTHDAY CAKES   - since its such a wonderful set :))) Stamped the leaning tower of Pisa, the Eiffel tower and the Chrysler building and colored them. Did some sponging in yellow and added splatters. and an enamel dot.  I just LOVE the Fine Tech Pearl colors - such wonderful metallic colors! Don't forget to leave a comment on this post and the rest of the team's blogs for a chance to win one of the prizes. Commenting closes on August 23. Winners will be announced on August 24. Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects  here . Linking up with   AAA cards - masking Happy hopping!

Hi Everyone, Its challenge time at  ATSM ! For the next two weeks the theme is Holiday - isn't it time to start making those Christmas cards? But it does not have to be Christams - any Holiday qualifies. And your wonderful Sponsor is - drumroll....!!!!! Prize is a $10 gift certificate I pulled out my all time favorite Christmas set  Oh, Christmas Tree!   and inked up one of the trees with Kaleidocolor ink, stamped ans masked. Added red Stickles stars and a red enamel dot. The sentiment is from the set Joyful .    Really easy and quick! Linking up with: One Layer Christmas challenge  - anything Christmas Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge- Sparkle Merry Monday - Green, dark Green and red      Happy Stamping!

Hi Everyone, did you have fun yesterday? Now onto DAY 2 of our week long blog hop at  STAMPlorations  featuring 5 new stamp sets. Today the Spotlight is on  BALLOONS AND BANNERS Such a cute and versatile set! I used a border die to draw the lines and added the banners in rainbow colors. Stamped some of those swirlies and the sentiment and added Stickles. Linking up with: Happy Little Stampers - sketch - see below Seize the Birthday - anything birthday, anything that flies Don't forget to leave a comment on this post and the rest of the team's blogs for a chance to win one of the prizes. Commenting closes on August 23. Winners will be announced on August 24. Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects  here . Happy hopping!

Hi Everyone, today is the day you have been waiting for - DAY 1 of our week long blog hop at STAMPlorations featuring 5 new stamp sets. Today we are showing you  WORLD BIRTHDAY CAKES  - designed by Shirley Bampton. I just love those whimsical stamps - they may just be my favorite from this  release ! I choose the Sydney opera house and used one of my favorite color  combinations  - pink and gold on water color paper. I just LOVE the gold here (Fine Tech Pearl colors)- beautiful shimmer and saturation of those German water color paints.  I did  a light color wash around the sentiment. And of  course  - splatters.... Don't forget to leave a comment on this post and the rest of the team's blogs for a chance to win one of the prizes. Commenting closes on August 23. Winners will be announced on August 24. Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects  here . Linking up with: Seize the Bi