Stempel Spass

Hi Everyone, we have another b log hop at STAMPlorations - this one is all about the new stencils, designed by Sanna Lippert. I just love them all. But you know that stencils are just my thing.... I am showcasing two of them: The first one are those little trees - so perfect for Christmas. But if you put them sideways, they look like arrows, so lots of options to play around with them. Since I never have too many Christmas cards I used them as trees.... I used embossing paste, mixed with a bit of red ink and gold. The parcel (from the set  Joyful ) I stamped and heat embossed onto metallic paper and colored it with Copics and added Stickles for extra Sparkle. The sentiment is from  Christmas Reindeer . I stenciled twice - fist in black and them I moved the stencil a smidgen and used gold embossing paste. It almost give you a 3D effect - looks like the gold is floating. I die cut the  Holiday word die  in gold and black. Glued them together with a little

Hi Everyone, this is the last Challenge of the year for  Muse Christmas Visions ! All the designers made a card and you can CASE any one or all of them if you'd like! You have the entire month to play along with us! This is my card: I just got on of the new release stamps from Katzelkraft  and had to ink it up. Now that is one cool Santa with his reindeer gang! Colored them with Inktense pencils. The die-cut is from CUTplortions. Mounted it with fun foam. You can go with the colors, the layout or - whatever you like! I hope you all want to play along . You'll have until the end of December to do just that! Be Jolly! Linking up with: Simon Says Stamps - anything goes

Hi Everyone, So Suzy is going on a Christmas break and this is the last post for this So Suzy year.  My So Suzy supplies: Snowman Joy,   Chill I also used an embossing folder and a die. I first die cut the circle and stamped the snowman on it. Colored it with Stabilo markers - they are water soluble and they reactivate with water. I added distress Stickles at the bottom.  I embossed the white card stock and then ran it through my Big Shot to cut it.... You better do that the other way around, 'cause the Big Shot flattens the embossing....But I simply lined it up with the folder and embossed it again.    You should also stamp the sentiment first and not last....That is my usual haphazard way of making cards. But in the end, it usually works out somehow.... .....as you can see. I used foam tape to attach the circle. Now go and chill, before all Holiday madness starts! Happy Stamping! Linking up with: CASology

Hi Everyone, its inspiration time at  STAMPlorations ! This week we are featuring Shery's stamp line  Shery Russ Designs . My stamp supplies:    Warm Hands, Warm Hearts  and coordinating dies , Winter Chill I die cut the opening for the slider element. Stamped and water colored. Splattered. Fiddled it all together - took a while to lined it up so that the sentiment is hidden when the slider is in and shows completely when the slider is out. A short sentiment would make things easier....Added Washi tape. From November 28 to December 4, all Shery Russ Designs stamps are 15% off (no coupon needed)  Or even better use  code STAMPGIRLCORNELIA to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies on all regular- and sale-priced items in the store. All our   Inspiration Project posts have a monthly random drawing - 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate. So look at all those  fabulous cards the Inspiration Girls  made and leave them some love! It may pa

Hi Everyone, I got inspired by a T-shirt I saw on Pinterest and I immediately thought of Cecil the Cow from Stampotique. I figured it would make a fun card. Cecil is super cool - he also has a couple of "brothers and sisters" - you can see them HERE I stamped Cecil, colored him and sprinkled Brushos around him, after I masked him to prevent the Brushos to take over.  Spritzed with water and let it dry. Stamped the alpha stamps onto strips of paper and added them to the dried card.  One strip of striped PP on the left and a black stripe on the right, to balance things out. What are you in the moooood for? Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Crafting with an Attitude - anything goes A bit more Time to Craft -  anything goes Crafty animals -  anything goes Simply Papercraft - anything goes

Hi Everyone, I am playing with the STAMPlorations October/November stamp Club set  Feathery  over at STAMPlorations with my Spotlight feature. My stamp supplies: Feathery , Feathery dies Curious to find out how I did this? Visit the  STAMPlorations blog  for a full tutorial! Remember if you try out any of the techniques from our Spotlight posts and  hook your project up at our  Spotlight Project Showcase   you have a chance to win a $15 gift certificate (random drawing) OR your choice of 5x7 stamp set + a Spotlight Project guest designer spot (randomly drawn from the Top 3 picks). Use  code STAMPGIRLCORNELIA to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies on all regular- and sale-priced items in the store. Happy Stamping! Linking up with: ATSM - CAS

Hi Everyone, we at Stampotique have a  brand new challenge starting  - the theme is " Thankfulness ".     I went right to my favorite stamp - Nina's Heart and colored that sweet little girl with my Inktense pencils. Fuzzy cut her and put her on one of my gelli plate backgrounds. The sentiment I stamped with the Alpha Background stamps onto white card stock and cut it as well. Mounted it all onto black card stock.  Stampotique Challenges run every TWO weeks...... Please remember you can use any stamps for our challenge and you are allowed to have 2 entries per challenge. From all the current months entries we will draw 2 random winners who will each win a 30.00 gift certificate on the first week of the following month. Hope to see you at  the  challenge !  You can link up your creation HERE Linking up with: Stinkin Inkers - Thankful City Crafters Challenge blog - autumn colors Paru's card making challenge - Thank You Alwa

Hi Everyone, its inspiration time at  STAMPlorations ! This week we are featuring Deepti's stamp line  Dee's Artsy Impressions . My stamp supplies: Yuletide Deer This card is super easy - stamped and colored the deer and then die cut it with one of those stitched round dies. The PP is from my stash and ancient, as is the Washi tape. Added gems, a little gold bell and gold string. Because we're doing the Giving Thanks hop this week, all our stamps, stencils, and dies are  40% off  with the BIGTHANKS coupon, until November 30 .  (Coupon could be used only once per customer/shipping address; coupon does not apply to products in the New Release and Retiring categories; coloring books; and gift certificates). But you can use my 20% off DT code  STAMPGIRLCORNELIA   an unlimited number of times to purchase stamps in the New Release category. All our   Inspiration Project posts have a monthly random drawing - 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate.

Hi Everyone, we are halfway through the November  CUTplorations challenge  ! And here is my inspiration card - I hope it inspires you to play along. This is our wonderful picture: image source:  livingathome My STAMPlorations supplies: Christmas Tree #2 ,  Warm Winter Wishes die   Here is another view of it: Our rules and prizes: Players can link up as many projects as they want (1 project per blog post) Players must use at least 1 STAMPlorations product (stamp, stencil, die, or coloring page, or digi stamp) Prizes: $10 GC for the winner; $5 GC each to the 2 top picks If there are more than 25 entries: 1 player will be randomly drawn to win her choice of CUTplorations dies worth up to $15 And don't forget: Use  code STAMPGIRLCORNELIA to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies on all regular- and sale-priced items in the store Sounds enticing? I sure hope so! See you  at the challenge

Hi Everyone, I made this card using the pretty gems from the Stampotique November release - they are on the Treasure Cube  . I first heat embossed the gems in gold. Then I used Color Burst for my background and move the colors around a bit with a paint brush. Added embossed gold splatters - for that you splatter water on your card and add embossing powder. Heat it up until it melts. Easy. I heat form the back, so the powder doesn't fly away. The sentiment I gold embossed as well. It's from Quotes 1 . Love all those sentiments on there... I hope you are keeping your sparkle!!!! Linking up with: Crafty Catz - Anything goes Color Crazy Challenge -  Anything goes Craft Stamper TIMI -   Anything goes