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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 got inspired to make this card by my teamie Kim from Art Keeps Me Sane , who had that brilliant idea to use STAMPlorations stamps for Halloween! I used the wonky houses  by Shirley and the trees from the Vignette series .     Did a lot of sponging with distress inks (and some masking). The bats are a Martha Stewart punch. 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 November - 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, 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 have not used my favorite STAMPlorations set in ages, so time to dust it off......Sponged the background, added the squares in different shades of green and once it was all dry I added the white squares - heat embossed and the rust colored squares to give it a bit more interest. I used a stitched frame to die cut the cardstock and mounted it onto fun foam.The sentiment is also heat embossed and mounted with foam tape. VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes ,  Fond Expressions 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 November - gives you plenty of time! One winner wi...

Hi Everyone, Connected through our love for card making, blogging and being from Germany we (Tanja from   Little Art Cottage   and I) decided to create a monthly project within predefined requirements. We are going to show you the result every 3rd Sunday of the month and this is our fifth transatlantic get-together! This time it was my turn to pick the requirements : And I choose to imitate a famous piece of art I am sure you have seen this before - it is by  René Magritte  and is called  The Empire of Lights  ( L'Empire des lumières ). I love this painting and ever since Shirley Bampton did her little series on recreating art work with stamps I wanted to make this.      All my  supplies are by STAMPlorations, including the cloud stencil. It took me forever to make this - I'll keep it short - lots of masking and sponging. Next time I'll pick an easier topic, ha! Linking up with  Happy...

Hi Everyone, Its challenge time at  ATSM ! For  the  next 2 weeks we want you to play along with us - the topic is Anything Goes! The paint tubes are fuzzy cut from a PP by the Renke Manufaktur ( a sweet gift from my friend Elisabeth ). I mount with foam tape. A also gave them more vibrant colors.....the paint coming out of them is watercolor. The sentiment is by Papertrey - Happy Trails and the butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch. http://www.sweetpeastamps.com/ Prize is 4 digis from the store Come on by and get inspired by our talented DT! I hope to see you all over at ATSM! Happy Stamping!

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 on of my favorite sets - the  Blossom Overture  for this card - watercolored the rose and fuzzy cut it. My other supplies are distressded gold card stock, happy die by  Papertrey - Wet Paint and sequins - My Favorite Things dies.  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 November - 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: Inspired by Stamping  - see inspiration picture below Happy st...

Hi, Everyone, I have a tutorial how I made this card over at the STAMPlorations blog .  I got my inspiration from Kelly Latevola from  You and Your Big Dreams . All stamps are by STAMPlorations. Linking up with: The Male Room - autumn Pinspirational  - see picture below     Happy Fall to all of you! 

Hi Everyone,  this post today is for A2zScrapbooking  - an online store for Hero Arts products with the main mission  of bringing great deals on scrapbooking supplies since 2001 while supporting worthwhile causes in the autoimmune disease area. As we are into October now I thought a fall themed card is in order..... I love this new stamp set by Hero Arts, called Color Layering Fall Trees (Cl886). It offers so many options.  I took the little tree and stamped it repeatedly to make one big tree.  Smoothed the tree out with colored pencil. Then I inked up various leaf stamps in different distress inks, spritzed them with various amounts of water and stamped. Quick and easy and I love the effect! Lastly I added some watercolor to make the ground and the sentiment. Die cut it with a stitched frame die an mounted it onto colored card stock. I hope you will get a chance to join our  monthly challenge  - its all about ...

Hi Everyone, I fairly recently won a blog hop candy from Skipping Stones design and was dying to play with those adorable stamps.  So I made a card for their current challenge . I water colored the adorable elephant and fuzzy cut it. The background stencil is by iStencil - quite cool, I think.  Added some splatters. This is the inside of the card: Here is the inspiration picture: Linking up with: Simon Says Work It Wednesdays  Virginia's view   - all things colored    Happy Stamping!

Hi Everyone, this is my third post for today - for the House of Card challenge post click  HERE   and for the A2z Scrapbooking challenge click  HERE  or scroll down. come and CASE with us here at  STAMPlorations ! Our guest designer for this month is going to be the creative Greta from GG Creations  and her card is a fun one! Here is my interpretation: And this is Greta's gorgeous card: I love the mix of graphic elements with that beautiful rose and the stark contrast.  My materials: Blossom Overture  ,      Mixed Media Grunge I heat embossed all elements on black car stock. Turned it into a sympathy card. Added little white dots with gel pen around the roses. And here is another view of mine: How about you  play along, CASE with us and link it up to the   CASEplorations gallery , which will be open for a whole month. Everyone is welcome to play using whatever sup...

Hi Everyone, its challenge time at  A2Z Scrapbooking ! The theme this month is all about fall. I love this new stamp set by Hero Arts, called Color Layering Fall Trees (Cl886). It offers so many options.  I took the little tree and stamped it 4 times. Then I inked up various leaf stamps in different distress inks, spritzed them with various amounts of water and stamped. Quick and easy and I love the effect! Die cut it with a stitched frame die and mounted it onto Kraft card stock. I hope you will get a chance to join our  monthly challenge .    Remember - Hero Arts Products are required.  This challenge runs though the end of the month. You have a chance to win a $25 gift card to the a2z Scrapbooking Store. The  a2z Scrapbooking store   takes care of all your Hero Arts needs. You can also custom order just about all your crafting supplies from the store and the best thing - if you use code ...