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Hi Everyone, its inspiration time at  STAMPlorations ! This card was fun to make - take a stamp, do some generational stamping, add  color accents with another stamp and a sentiment. I don't think it shows, but I also put glossy accents on the color dots.  A simple one layer card! My stamp supplies:       Mixed Media Elements Mixed Media Grunge Bold Sentiments 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: Cards und More - one layer Keep Stamping!

Hi Everyone, its inspiration time at  STAMPlorations ! I am still in Christmas card mood.  Here are my supplies:      Holiday Sketches: Christmas Flower Mixed Media Elements WOW black embossing powder I stamped and heat embossed the poinsettia onto water color card stock. Sprinkled some Brushos around and spritzed it. I made sure to not spritz the inside of the flower. Added the sentiment, the frame and the sequins once everything was dry. I was inspired by Sandy Allnock , who made some fantastic cards using that technique! Linking up with: Craft Stamper TIMI challenge   - take a technique (watercolors ) Wow embossing powder challenge - winter 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, guess what - my Crazy Bird obsession continues....I did not tell you I actually made 4 of those things...so here is number 2: What shall we call her - Miss Timid? She is standing in the rain - thanks to Ryn Tanaka, who is the creator of those fabulous water bubbles Same as the last one....First I gessoed, then I stamped the bird, masked it and spritzed with Dylusion spray. Colored the bird with Copics, stamped the bubbles  and treated them with some white highlights. Lastly I added water drops to give the background more interest. So this one likes the rain I think....The whole thing has a summer color scheme and that why I'll be linking this up with a couple of summer challenges, see below. I was asked to do a tutorial about how to get those droplets to really shine - I will, but in another project - I did not take any pictures while I made this.  Linking up with: Designs by Ryn   - June customer gallery Vintage Stamping Challen...

Hi Everyone,  today is the second day of our blog hop at  STAMPlorations  featuring those fabulous stencils Shery keeps designing!!!! Here is my card: Started out with yellow card stock and the stencil, sponged with black soot distress ink. Added the newsprint stamp from the Mixed Media Grungs set. Then stamped the daisy (the stencil was designed for it) and added white highlights. The sentiment is heat embossed and added some color to the word "SUN".    Daisy Dance        TYPOGRAFIA: Encouragement      Bloom Sketches: Daisy 1 Mixed Media Grunge Here is another view of my card: Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects  here . And of course there are prizes to win - the details you find on the STAMPlorations blog Linking up with: Stampotique #194  - Stencils Simon Says Wednesday challenge - stencil it The Pink Elepha...

 This weeks  Papercrafting Inspiration  immediately made me think City Girl  - the fab set from STAMPlorations by Shirley - you probably know about it, she has been popping up in blogland over and over again. I gave her a PP dress, colored her with Copics, masked her and stamped the background with one of the stamps in the Mixed Media Grunge set , also by STAMPlorations. Added glossy accents to the belt.  Here is the inspiration picture:   You think I captured it? Does she live up to to VOGUE? By the way - STAMPlorations has a sale going on right now: You may want to take advantage of that :) Have a stylish Sunday :)

Hi Everyone -  sorry for the late posting, but here is our new sketch challenge at STAMPlorations - don't worry  you'll have two weeks to link up: Simple and pretty! Here is the card I made for it: I used    Trendy Butterflies   and  Mini Mixed Media Backgrounds  to make the side strip, but before I stamped the butterflies I directly applied metallic ink and chalk in to the paper to get abase coloring for the strip. I like the shimmer of it. For the sentiment I went with  Bloom Sketches  . Here is a closeup, where you can see that shimmer better: I also added tiny gems to the antennae.         So, go and visit the STAMPlorations blog - great inspiration there to find and we also have a talented guest designer for this challenge - its Maria from Bulgaria , who shares a delightful card with us. I won't be part of the challenge team any longer at STAMPlorations, so this ...

Just a quick card for today - I have been quite busy making card for upcoming DT assignments, since my vacation is coming up and everything has to be in place by then... but I found a little time to play in two challenges. Just Us Girls has some of my favorite color combination this week - I had to play...and then CASology got me thinking about their theme "RUN".... So that's what I decided to do: A little different from my usual style...running colors - I kind of like it - just very different - I guess all those STAMPloration stamps are just begging to be used in mixed media projects..... So I took some of those sprays that I have and put drops of liquid onto watercolor paper. Used a brush to spread the color around a bit and then had it run down the paper. I also spritzed the paper with water, to make the color more runny. Stamped some other stamps on top once the card was dry. Added colored Scotch tape on top and the sentiments.  I also think it...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANDIE!     I wish you a great day, filled with lots of fun and hope your next year will bring you everything you hope for! Since Sandie is one of my lovely teamies on the STAMPlorations team I made her card with all STAMPlorations stamps and we also have a little celebration for her on the blog! (You may want to visit, if you have time...) You can also visit Sandie on her fabulous blog - London Days  and wish her a Happy Birthday! And Nonni from Korttikarkuri has a linky party for Sandie for the next two weeks for all of you who want to wish Sandie a Happy Birthday! --X-- I am linking this card with Addicted to CAS - off the edge  Something happened to my brain in between looking at the inspiration photo from this weeks   Paper Players  challenge until I reached my card room and started working on this card - my brain distorted those colors - they turned out more bluish than in the picture - oh well - I am...