Stempel Spass

Hi Everyone, come and CASE with us here at  STAMPlorations ! Our guest designer for this month is going to be the one and only Donna Mikasa. I am sure you all know her blog Three Umbrellas  and if you don't - go and visit, its a real treat! This is Donna's fabulous card : You see my CASE is pretty close. Took that pretty rose  from the set Blossom Overture , stamped it 5 times and heat embossed it in white. Water colored it. Added black splatters and a little striped PP at the bottom. The sentiment is also heat embossed in white. Our amazing DT has made quite some amazing inspiration cards! Go and check it out! So you want to play along? Case  Donna's card  (this is a change from the prior rules) and link it up  HERE  - you have the whole month to join in! And of course - there are prizes to win! And don't forget - there is a sale going on at STAMPlorations! Linking up with: Seize the Birt...

Hi Everyone, its inspiration time at  STAMPlorations ! My stamp supplies:     Blossom Overture ,   Fond Expressions 2 I just love this rose and with Valentine's Day coming up I had to use it. Heat embossed in gold, water colored around it. Some Washi tape and an enamel dot. What's new for our Inspiration Project posts? We'll 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! I may pay off :) Linking up with: Addicted to CAS  - Bloom Just us Girls  - Valentine Daily Marker - 30 day coloring challenge  (day 5 for me) CASology  - Valentine Time Out  - Love is the flower you got to let grow  

Hi Everyone, its inspiration time at  STAMPlorations ! My stamp supplies:    Blossom Overture , Floral Bliss I stamped and masked the frame, stamped the dogwoods around it and loosely colored them with watercolors. Added splatters and Stickles and also fuzzy cut one flower and mounted it with foam tape to add some dimension. What's new for our Inspiration Project posts? We'll 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! I may pay off :) Linking up with: Simon Says Wednesday challenge  - anything goes Daily Marker - 30 day coloring challenge (day 2 for me) Snippets Playground - use a snippet - little flower Keep 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, 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, this is my second post already for today - for the House of Cards post scroll down or click  HERE come and CASE with us here at  STAMPlorations ! Our guest designer for this month is going to be Virginia Lu from  Virginia ! Virginia is amazingly creative and creates stunning cards. I am so happy CASEing this card of hers - a stunning beauty! In case you don't know Virginia (almost impossible to not know her....) - go and pay her a visit - its well worth it! So here is my CASE of Virginia's wonderful work of art: My supplies: Sentiment Builders: Celebrate   Blossom Overture   vellum, WOW gold embossing powder, Washi tape, die cut sequins left over from another project, gold string This is Virginia's delicious card : Isn't it AMAZING? The vellum gives it such a different quality, almost like porcelain.  We invite you to CASE with us and link it up to the   ...

Hi, Everyone,  I have a tutorial over at STAMPlorations to share with you  how to make this card: Stamps used:  Blossom Overture ,  Artful Flutters Interested? Go and check it out! Also linking with:  Craft Stamper  - Take a stamp Bizzy Bec's May challenge   - anything goes Retro Rubber - Anything Goes - the butterflies are fairly old STAMPlorations stamps Shopping our Stash - Big/Bold/ Beautiful - went with the bold colors Happy Spritzing! Also don't forget about the fabulous sale going on over at STAMPlorations - grab them while you can!

Hi Everyone, this is my second post already for today - for the House of Cards post scroll down or click  HERE come and CASE with us here at STAMPlorations ! Our guest designer for this month is going to be Kim Makortoff from  Art Keeps Me Sane ! Kim is amazingly creative and creates stunning cards. I am so happy CASEing this card of hers - a stunning beauty! In case you don't know Kim - go and pay her a visit - its well worth it! So here is my CASE of Kim's wonderful work of art: Again, you see I did not deviate much from the original. Put the flowers on the left instead of on the right and went with Kraft and white. I sponged around the flowers with distress ink - similar to what Kim did, just all a little bolder. Heat embossed the sentiment in white and added little pearls.  Here is Kim's card : All stamps I used are form the  Blossom Overture - Feb/March 2015 stamp club set Here is another view of my card: We invite...