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Hi Everyone, its INSPIRATION day again at  STAMPlorations !  The DT girls made some beautiful cards to entice you playing with your stamps or stencils - STAMPlorations or otherwise.  For this post we are all using older stamp sets - to entice you to pull out yours and start playing! For this card I am using the set  Bloom Sketches . Stamped those gorgeous poppies once on card stock and once on a scrap piece of card stock. Colored them with water colors. Cut out the blooms on on the scrap paper piece and mounted them with foam tape, to give it some dimension. Added some gold wash and splatters.  The sentiments are from  MOM Subway Art Builders #2 - Grace in Each Step . Remember - Mothers Day is coming up..... So, if you are up for it - CASE (preferably- wink, wink) my card or any other card and link it up  HERE  over at STAMPlorations. The InLinkz gallery  will be open until the 5th of April - gives you plenty of time! One ...

Hello my friends,  the New Year has started and we have an exciting new challenge for you, here at  STAMPlorations ! the theme is: What do you think of that? Don't we always use inks when we are stamping - there is no other way....so that got me thinking to do something different. and here is my take on it: For this card I played with alcohol INKS, have ing them drip down on glossy card stock (by Ranger). The ink kind of seeps into the paper giving you those fuzzy margins (not happy about this, but nothing I can do about it....) - I wanted clean margins. Guess I have to hunt for different paper....but regardless I loved the way this turned out.  Added some black strips on the side and the wonderful sentiment is by STAMPlorations - Subway Art Builders: Create . The pink twine of the side does not look quite as pink in real life - it is closer to the alcohol ink color... For my second card I used    VIGNETTE: Eat Drink Be ...

Just a quick post for now - its late and my bed is calling..... Friday Mashup has a fun technique, that I have done before - quite a while ago  (you can see that card HERE )- its ink blowing. We actually did that when we were kids.....So of course I could not resist and had to make a card: Its super fast to do. You need glossy paper and some ink and a thin straw. One drip of ink is plenty and the patterns are really fabulous. It takes some time to dry.... Added some black splatters. The sentiment is from STAMPlorations:   Subway Art Builders: Create . Since its glossy paper you need to use Staz-on ink. This is so much fun - go and blow some cards!

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...

I have exciting news to share with you - I am now part of the Addicted to Stamps and More DT! It is just wonderful to be part of this fantastic team!  This weeks challenge is themed "Make your Mark", which I interpreted as using your markers. So I pulled out almost all my Copics for this. I used a Sizzix embossing folder and then colored in the valleys of the striped pattern. I added the black border on the left - the card needed some definition. The sentiment panel I sewed onto the card base. The sentiment is by STAMPlorations from the Subway Art Builder series - Create . I used the left over thread to string up some sequins.  Our generous sponsor for this challenge is  The winner will receive 5 free digis of her choice! So come on over to the ATSM challenge blog   and get some  inspiration from our wonderful DT   and we hope you find time to join in the fun!

This is my second post today. P lease scroll down f or the Simply Create Too  challenge post. Its a new monthly challenge at STAMPlorations ! The theme is: I used three STAMPlorations sets for this card:  Subway Art Builders: Create ,  Distressed Floral Swirls ,  Vignette Retro Mod Shapes I inked up the little square from my all time favorite Retro Mod set, stamped it and then swooshed it side ways to get those smears. I just love how this came out! And those Subway Art builder sentiment fits perfectly - right? Nothing like padding yourself on your own shoulder.......Added the swirl stamp and some sequins. Now hop on over to our blog and get inspired by our fabulously talented guest designer Kim from Art Keeps Me Sane  and our wonderfully creative DT! And here is our prize: 2 stamp sets of choice is STAMPlorations stamps were used, if not then one stamp set. The challenge ends June 30; the winner will be announced Jul...

BEFORE WE START--we'd like you all to know that this blog hop is also a DT CALL!!!    If you're interested in working with us a HOC for a six month term from July 2014 through January of 2015 please put DT at the end of your entry name when you link up!!!    We're looking for crafters comfortable in any card making style and it might just be YOU!  You will be contacted by June 18th  to know if you've made the team. :)   Each DT member will just be in charge of one or two cards/projects per month plus commenting.  Please email Mynn at onastampageATyahooDOTcom if you have any other questions!  And now... Hi friends!  Can you believe we've come to the end of our second term here at House of Cards?!  We are saying a fond farewell to some of our DT members and feel so grateful to those staying on.  To say goodbye and thank you, we're celebrating with a blog hop!   This hop  will run   FROM JUNE 2ND UNTI...

I got my mail today and boy there were a lot of surprises in there - about some I'll tell you later, since I don't have a lot of time right now, but I also got some more stamping supplies - yeahhh - as if I would need more ...... I had to try some of them right away - using my new STAMPlorations set  SUBWAY ART BUILDERS: Create (this is a sneak preview of part of the set - the set will be released in Ma y)  and the  VIGNETTE: Artful Flutters The circle lines I created with a brand new stencil from Memory Box - Radio Waves - I sponged that - it was a bit tricky, because the stencil is so delicate.... The butterflies I made with a scrap piece of acetate - a leftover form some packaging, which I colored with alcohol inks and stamped the butterflies with Staz On ink. All the ink is on the backside of the butterflies to protect the colors. I added some Stickles to the bodies of the butterflies - love the sparkle... the curvy line is from Papertrey Happ...