It's a 'Spring Fling Thing' at STAMPlorations

We are having a SPRING FLING
with a blog hop and linky party
at STAMPlorations

Welcome to my post for this special event.

Check it all out HERE

There are a bunch of us STAMPGIRLS participating

so you will want to go over and check them out and

get involved by entering your projects as there are

prizes (see below) to be won and also a

Spring Fling Discount over on the
Spring Fling Section at the Store.
By using my code STAMPGIRLINA
you can get up to 35% off.
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I stenciled my blooms (this is the new 6x6 size stencil)
with texture paste and lifted the wet texture
with my fingers to get a raised effect.
I then did lots of waxing with Nuvo Mouse -
Aloe Vera and Coastal Surf.
For more colour I used
Art Alchemy Mermaid Sparkle Sparks
on the biggest bloom.
More colour was added with Art Alchemy Waxes in
Vintage Gold, Mink Sparkle and Peacock.
As I was going to use the black clear stickers I
inked the edges with Mixed Media Grunge
with Tim's Black Soot Oxide Ink.
Finishing with the fussy cut stickers
as you can see below using the sentiment
from two of the clear stickers.
Added black pearls to the centres of the blooms,
a black mat backing and on to metallic card base.

Here are the products I used
ARTplorations Bloom-Doodled-Trio Stencil
STAMPlorations Mixed-Media-Grunge
April-Showers-Clear-Stickers



and the Prizes:

- THREE (3) winners of $10 gift code drawn from comments
left on the main blog and designers' blogs

- TWO (2) winners of her choice of STAMPlorations product
with a value of up to $10 drawn from comments left
on the main blog and designers' blogs

- TWO (2) winners of her choice of STAMPlorations product
with a value of up to $15 drawn from entries in the linky party

- ONE (1) winner of $25 gift code drawn from entries in the linky party

Commenting and linking up end on Sunday, May 31,

 with winners announced on June 10 in the May winners post.

Better get cracking after you have seen what us
STAMP GIRLS created!
Hope to see yours there.

We are 'Focusing on Sentiments' for April at STAMPlorations.

Time is just flying by and now April is here!

Hi and Welcome to today's post.

It is all about Focusing on Sentiments over at

STAMPlorations

Checkout all the details Here

I thought the STAMPlorations Large Hellinium 

was 'Simply Gorgeous' so used that as part of my card.

To start with the background I inked white card stock

all over with Tim's Peacock Feathers

sprayed it with water then placed my

ARTplorations Ethnic Organic One on top

lifting that to take a bit of colour away

then placing it back to add

Tim's Mermaid Lagoon for a bright effect.

It was slightly damp when I heat embossed the

Large Hellinium (sorry it is out of stock)

with Lawn Fawn White Embossing Powder

and some stuck to the stenciling which

I was kinda happy with the effect.

I then added the heat embossed 'simply' sentiment

STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments Gorgeous

cut out my 

CUTplorations Gorgeous Die

and heat embossed it also to blend in.

Finished with corner rounding

attaching it to my white card base.

That's it for my part

BUT

there is so much more to see over at

Our Blog

Off course there are prizes to win so 

don't forget to leave a comment here

for your chance to be a winner...

and why not create something

with your sentiment as your focal point

and add it to the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

We're painting it RED at STAMPlorations.

It's February and you know what that means

'Love' is in the air so we are
Painting the Town Red so to speak
at STAMPlorations
 All the details are  HERE!

Here's what I made 

I had a bit of fun with the ARTplorations Zen Hearts
but you can't see a lot of it as I cut it down after the tape
I used to hold down the stencil left a mark.
(that's because I used glossy photo paper)
I watered my paper then added Brusho's
in Brilliant Red letting the colours
run slightly behind the stencil.
Don't you love how I worded my sentiments?
They are from STAMPlorations Trendy Feather 2
heat embossed in black
and CUTplorations Love Word Die 
  in black for a shadow effect behind the white.
Cut my card stock from 2
 CUTplorations Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies
and adhered to red pearlized paper.

Here are most of the products I used



Don't forget to pop over to our Blog and
Check out all the
 RED  LOVE THEMED creations
from the STAMPlorations Team
and leave them some love.
# You will have read of a few changes
when you checked out all the details above
but a quick rundown -
We will have just one challenge
for a few months for you to join in. As long as you
stick to the Theme! any project is Welcome.
So GO FOR IT! 
Of course there are prizes to be won
 and Shery is giving a 10% discount on all products
from February - April.
So WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???

Thanks for taking time to pop in today.

It's simply a 'Deer'

Hey there Crafty Ones - today post is for

the new Challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More

and I couldn't be happier when I saw the beautiful mood board

for our Photo Inspiration Challenge.

You will know what caught my eye as

you will have seen me using this gorgeous deer from 

ARTplorations Christmas Reindeer Stencil 

a few times now and what got me excited also was

the amazing ribbon I used which came all the way from Scotland

with my Christmas card - how perfect.

This was a simple card to make using black card stock and 

gold paper to frame my deer.

 I simply smotheredthe black card with Versamark  

and heat embossed in gold.

Added some Inka Gold splatters,

that beautiful ribbon and some 

Starform strips down either side.

My Merry Christmas sentiment was also

heat embossed and from Gina K Designs.

Yay! my first Christmas card for 2018.

I love looking to see what others pick out

for Photo Inspiration Challenges and

the Team have created a gorgeous variety

for you to oooh and aaah over so

go check them all out Here

and come join us. 

Love to see you in our Gallery!

Thanks for dropping in.

I Scream You Scream...

It's the middle of the month and that means

A Reminder for the October CUTplorations Challenge

at STAMPlorations

I decided to go with Happy and chose

 STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings

and CUTplorations Matching Die for my focal point.

You know the old saying - 

I scream - you scream - we all scream for ice cream

A perfect Birthday Card. 

There are lots of yummies here - 

I decided to add a bit of interest with so many

party stamps and cut my card stock on an angle.

My ice cream cone was heat embossed with

Zing Brown Sugar then of course I had to add

toppings - Nuvo Drops in 

Violet Galaxy/Wisteria Purple/Pumpkin & Blue Lagoon

and you have to have sprinkles!

I let that dry and continued on adding

some stenciling from ARTplorations Square Dance

stamping from STAMPlorations Balloons & Banners

STAMPlorations Groovy Shoes

STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments

STAMPlorations Party Time

with CTMH Thistle, Memento Lulu Lavender

TH Carved Pumpkin 

and die cut CUTplorations Happy Die

So you see - so many fabulous party stamps/stencils/dies.

Hope you enjoyed licking your lips and drooling over

that yummy ice cream. It's certainly ice cream weather here in Oz.

Thanks for dropping in and hope you will go check out what

my Team Mates created Here and come join us.

You still have plenty of  time.

Till next time Cherrio from

We're Distressed at Just Us Girls

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and Sue is our Host choosing a Most Popular Trend
using Inks as a background.

As I write this post I haven't yet had the experience of
trying the TH Oxide Inks but will remedy that
before this post goes live Yay!
So I am still playing (and lovin' them)
with Tim's Distress Inks for this challenge.

I did have another card in progress but time is
running out and needed to schedule this post
before heading off to spend time with family.
***
As a lot of you will know I love playing with backgrounds
so this challenge was such fun. I could have made so many more.
I started my base with a metallic card stock.
The background was made with
TH Distress Inks in Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon
then I got out some Pearl EX Powder  and
smeared it with a paint brush which has given it
a lovely shimmer. I keep forgetting I have them.
Added my featured flower from
ARTplorations Rose Duet stenciled with
Pearl White Acrylic Paint. while that was wet
I sprinkled with Elizabeth Craft Cool Diamonds.
My sentiment is from
STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2
Finished with some gems.


I will add this card to the following Challenges at
STAMPloratons for their

Details - Here and

Details - Here

You need to pop over to our Blog and check out
what our May Guest Kathie Durgan and the
Team have made for your inspiration. I know there will be
lots of beautiful distressing for you to envy.
Hope you are so inspired that you will join us this week
as I know we all love Tim's Distress Inks.

Thanks for dropping in

STAMPlorations Things with Wings Blog Hop Continues

We are into the 3rd week of our 

Things with Wings Blog Hop & Linky Party

Hope you are all enjoying the fabulous creations

made for you by the STAMPlorations Girls.

I went all out grungy and distressy for this weeks card.

Lots going on here.

Kraft card stock as base inked with

ARTplorations Flutterby Stencil

This was also used on the corrugated cardboard

but was painted with colorburst paint.

Attached some inked mesh before  adding the distressed cardboard.

I then added another layer heat embossing the butterfly from

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

Did a bit of random stamping from 

ARTplorations Dots All Over and

STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge



then some Inka Gold.

Sentiment stamps are STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

and STAMPlorations Vignette Artful Butterflies

Inks were from Memento & Tim Holtz

As you can see LOTS to look at.

Here are the Prizes you could win - 

- (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive Trendy Butterflies 2

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive the

 Spring Blooms Plate die

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new phrase dies (Sweet Spring Wishes, Bloom & Grow, Hello Sunshine, Be Kind)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of die set (Flutter Zen 1 layering dies, Flutter Zen 2 layering dies, Dragonfly layering dies)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive a

 $15 gift certificate to the store.

*Winners announced on May 10 in the April Challenges & Hops winners post.

You have a bit more time to join in. Hope you get the chance to play.

Thanks for dropping in to check out this weeks 

Things with Wings posting.

Next week is the last one so be sure to come back

and see how I inked up my Things with Wings!

Don't be afraid to leave me a comment - love reading them.

#Popping this over to

HERE

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's Challenge #5 at Season's Greetings

We are already up to Challenge #5 at Season's Greetings

and it is Team Kangaroo's turn to post.

Using the colours above as a guide

I used Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers

and Victorian Velvet for my background smooching.

I simply inked up my mat sprayed lightly with water

and blended with acetate till I got my result.

I then got out my stencil from STAMPlorations

 ARTplorations Dots All Over using Acrylic Paint

and sprinkling glitter while still wet.

This was cut with a stitched die and attached to 

my card base of white.

The Merry die cut is from Memory Box

and the Christmas is unknown.

Hope you can join us for this fun colour challenge

and check out what my Team Mates have created.

Thanks for dropping by today.