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Thursday, 15 January 2026

Simply 'HELLO'

Our Host Vicki has found a Mood Board that is
just full of fun inspiration at Just Us Girls 
and yes it's our Mood Board Week.





and you guessed what caught my eye - 
yes those arches!
I heat embossed my AALL&Create flowers
with Wow Caramel Powder
and die cut my first arch.
Added sentiment from STAMPloration Skinny Sentiments
Backed arch with metallic paper and a bigger white one to the back.
Adhered to embossed background
and on to kraft card base.
Head over and check out what caught the eye of 
our Guest Laurel and the Team.
What caught yours? Play along by
joining in by adding yours to our Gallery.
You could be our 
Winner of the Week and a future Guest.



Showcasing STAMPlorations 'Flower Market'

Today it is my turn to showcase my creations from
the New card Front Sets from STAMPlorations
You will have seen amazing beautiful cards from
the STAMPgirls over on Our Blog
showcasing the other sets.
My cards are from  Flower Market
As you will see there are 4 card fronts and
you receive 2 of each design.
I made three cards - 


For this card I used 
popped and attached to SU C/S
Die cut the Sweet Spring Wishes
(unavailable atm) and layered for depth.
Brushed some Sand Texture Paste to the walls
and watering can.
Brushed Nuvo Glitter Gloss for some sparkle
and finished by attaching to Kraft card base.

Next

I had a lot of fun playing with this one.
I cut an extra watering can and popped on top of
 the original card base. 
Three yellow flowers were also cut shaped and added
Stampendous Aged Copper to the centres.
Glossy Accents dripped from the spout.
Distress crackle paste applied to the watering can.
Flicked lots of white paint and attached the Sentiment
corner rounded and attached to S/U card stock.

and something different - 

and opens up to 
Added Art Alchemy Art Stones to ground the pot
and Patina Green Matte Wax inside.
Tim's Small Talk for the add on sentiment.


Head over to our STAMPlorations Blog
where you will see a wealth of information on
how you can subscribe, purchase these goodies and
join us for our New Monthly Anything Goes Challenge
which by the way is already live.
So much for you to have lots of creative fun. 


and you will also see the 
created by MariLynn.

Thanks for hanging in for my STAMPlorations reveal



 

Thursday, 8 January 2026

It's 'WORD' Week at Just Us Girls

Elizabeth is Hosting again this week for
our Word Week at Just Us Girls 
and picked that one word that can lift
anyone's spirits in such a simple way.
Of course an Encouragement card can do the trick!



I went with a light hearted way with the 
WORD - ENCOURAGEMENT.
STAMPloratons has a bunch of 
great encouragement word stamps and
while I was flipping through them
I came across the one I used here
and a few others, not sure at that stage
where this card was heading.
My background is from my bits box. 
You never know what didn't work out
at the time comes in handy for times like this.
Added a flicker or more white paint then
heat embossed the feather in white.
Looking rather lonely I decided to heat emboss
a seconed one on vellum and used the die
that comes with the 
Feathery Set from STAMPlorations.
Inked the appropriate sentiment in black
and decided to tear around the edges
giving it a little left.
Added a small frame to blend in with the background
and adhered to white base.
Pop over and check out what our Guest Laurel
and the Team created as an
Encouragement card to show they care.





Wednesday, 7 January 2026

It's All Happening at STAMPlorations!

Things are moving fast over at STAMPlorations
After a long hiatus we are back with loads of
New Ideas/ Challenges and Products of all kinds.
You will want to check it all out 
over on our home page above.

To start the ball rolling we have our 
First Challenge going live today.
 It is a monthly challenge and is Anything Goes!
Check out what the STAMPgirls created

 

STAMPlorations items I used are
others - Tim's OX Picked Raspberry
Kitsch Flamingo and Spritz
Lindy's Alpine Ice Rose, Bisque Liquid Pearls
VersaFine Clair Nocturne, Clear EP.
Coloured randomly as I like the messy type look.
Added a few coloured circles from the Lindy's lid,
corner rounded and attached to SU retired DP

Prizes:

- winner of $25 gift code chosen by a STAMPgirl from entries that use STAMPlorations products

- winner of $10 gift code randomly chosen from entries (need not feature a STAMP product)

Simple rules:

- Anything goes, any type of project, any style

- use of STAMPlorations products not a requirement

- link back to the challenge post (if blog entry) or tag @stamplorations if joining via IG

- multiple entries per crafter allowed

- challenge ends january 31.

Head over and check out all the NEWS! 
and start the New Year with us 
with your contribution to the Gallery.
As you see above there are PRIZES to be won.

Thanks for visiting





Thursday, 1 January 2026

We're Back at Just Us Girls!

 It's our first challlenge for the year at
Just Us Girls and we begin with 
Die Week hosted by Elizabeth and looking to use
A Coverplate (die, letterpress, hot foil)
We welcome our First Guest for 2026
Talented Laurel Seabrook 




I went soft and subtle with my background coverplate
as I wanted to showcase the pretty soft flower.
It was coloured with a few Magical's and
 Nuvo Shimmer Powders.
I die cut several old Spellbinder dies
 arranged and popped behind my flower.
A simple Happy Birthday sentiment
and liquid pearls to finish.
Head over and check out how
our Guest Laurel and Team chose to 
show off their first JUGS cards of the year.
Come join us with yours!
Love to see you there.