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Thursday, 2 July 2026

Day 4 STAMPlorations Celebrate 13 years....

for STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Bash!

Time for COFFEE!


using STAMPlorations - 


and softly does it - 

Another day full of fabulous creations
from the STAMPgirls.
Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog
and check it all out once more.
Thanks for visiting


It's a 'REAL' Oldie!

Welcome to today's post for  
I'm Hosting this week's Die Week Challenge
and thought it time we dust off an 
old favourite die and show it off again.
I knew when I chose this weeks theme just whch 
OLD set I would use.

A big WELCOME to our 
July Guest Designer Bonnie Klass.
We are in for a treat this month as we all know
how talented Bonnie is.


Yes you guessed it - 
Tim's famous Tattered florals. I googled it and
it came out in 2010!
Would have to be one of his best sellers and
most likely my first Tim Collection.
I die cut a bunch and inked them up in various pinky tones
with Lindy's Magical's, Tim's inks and stains.
Scrunched them up and adhered them in front of
some leaves twigs and flourishes, Sisal straw and art stones.
Background is DP.
Added pearls to the centre of the flowers.

and a close up!




Head over and see what our Guest Bonnie and the Team
 chose as their OLD FAVOURITE
and dig out one of yours and add to our Gallery.


Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Day 3 STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebrations!

 Welcome to Day 3 Celebrations for our
STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebrations.


 
Softly does it again today for the card above usng
STAMPloratios products - 


and a fun one -

A Recap - 

"It's our STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! Head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see all of today's gorgeous team projects. Leave a comment letting us know which of the new featured products is your absolute favorite for a chance to win it! 🎂🎉"

"To celebrate 13 years, shipping is FREE on all US orders of $25 or more this week only – and you'll get the Freebie of the Month automatically included in your order! Happy shopping! 🛍️✨"

Thanks again for visiting



Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Day 2 STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebrations...



On to Day Two Cards
with a bit of paper tearing!


STAMPlorations products are - 
Fairy tale Forest Stencil

and pretty flowers to go wtih that creamy coffee.



FYI if you didn't catch yesterday's post.

"It's our STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! Head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see all of today's gorgeous team projects. Leave a comment letting us know which of the new featured products is your absolute favorite for a chance to win it! 🎂🎉"

"To celebrate 13 years, shipping is FREE on all US orders of $25 or more this week only – and you'll get the Freebie of the Month automatically included in your order! Happy shopping! 🛍️✨"

And the fun continues - Check it out!


Monday, 29 June 2026

Party Time at STAMPlorations!

Here we are for our 13th Birthday Celebrations Day 1
Our STAMPlorations Owner Shery has been
going full stop to be able to celebrate this SPECIAL OCCASION.
Without her dedication this milestone 
would not have been possible.
 Her STAMPgirls have been given an enourmous amount of
fabulous products to play with and showcase them for you
as you will see daily over on Our Blog



Here are my makes for Day 1
Each day I will have two cards
completely different.

A girl needs her carry bags!


STAMPlortions Products used are - 

and iced coffee with all the trimmings...



If you haven't been over to Our Blog to check everything out
you need to read the important info below!

"It's our STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! Head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see all of today's gorgeous team projects. Leave a comment letting us know which of the new featured products is your absolute favorite for a chance to win it! 🎂🎉"

"To celebrate 13 years, shipping is FREE on all US orders of $25 or more this week only – and you'll get the Freebie of the Month automatically included in your order! Happy shopping! 🛍️✨"

And the fun has just started! 
Don't miss out...




Thursday, 25 June 2026

Just Hello!

The Lovely Lisa is our Host this week at Just Us Girls
and it is our popular Anything Goes Stencil Challenge


I went with a CAS design here 
stencilling lightly with white texture paste
onto kraft card stock cut on an angle for interest.
The flower is die cut several times and
 layered for depth in white 
to match the background.
Added a textured die from Kaisercraft
behind the flower.
STAMPloration sentiment is torn 
and popped.
Head over and see what our Guest Kellianne
and the Talented Team chose to 
showcase their stencils.
As this is the last challenge of the month
I want to thank Kellianne for sharing her talents
with us this month as our Guest.


Sunday, 21 June 2026

STAMPlorations 13th Birthday is just around the corner!

 Hey there! 
Be prepared for what's coming for


Head over and check out ALL THE INFO above
and it all starts on 29th June till 3rd July.
The STAMPgirls have been so very busy
creating so many fabulous creations with
some awesome and fabulous new products
and using some old ones as well.
You won't want to miss out by not
dropping in to our blog daily to be 
in awe of how beautiful and how easy
these products are to create with in no time at all.

So this is a teaser - now head over and
pick your favourites and add to the Wishlist.
You could just be one of the lucky ones.

I will be back then too to showcase my selection
so hope to see your comments daily.









Thursday, 18 June 2026

It's All About The FLOWERS!

It's Just Us Girls Mood Board Week
and our Host is Denise with a 
beautiful array of Summer Flowers.



 

I cut out and coloured a bunch of Tim's Wildflowers
in all sorts of colours. Tied together with wax twine.
Background is from my bits box and added white gesso through
an AALL&Create stencil, die cut and popped with my arch frames.
Finished with a STAMPlorations sentiment
and adhered to green base.
This is flying over the other side of OZ for
my daughters birthday which happens to be Thursday.
There's flowers a plenty over on our blog
so check out what our Guest Kellianne
and the Design Team created and
I am sure to see our gallery in full bloom.
Hope to see you there.


Thursday, 11 June 2026

Summer Screams Ice Creams!

You all know the saying
I scream you scream we all scream for ICE CREAM! 
  so that's the way I headed for our
WORD Week at Just Us Girls and
choosing this 'cool' word is our Host VICKI!

It was fun creating this 'cool' card'.
I die cut a few ice creams from
STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings and
 using the kraft one and the white as a shadow.
Added colour, texture paste
and topped it with coloured sand paste and glitter.
Background is smooched with distress inks
sprays and spritz with a touch of Magical's.
Sentiment is cut up from Kaisercraft.
Piece of bark from the back yard grounded my 
ice cream cone.
Framed with white on to kraft card base.
Our Guest Kellianne and the Talented Team
have created a fabulous variety of 'SUMMER'
for you so we are looking forward to seeing
your take on our WORD challenge in the Gallery.
PS it is winter here in Australia but
living in the tropics doesn't stop us from
eating ice cream - but then lots do 
in the cold of winter eh!
See you there.


Friday, 5 June 2026

My Creative Artiste Mixed Media Make...


Today's post is for our New Challenge at
where we use multiple mediums on our
Mixed Media creations.
Here's mine!
 
An outside and inside shot!
I have used a heap of products on this 
and to name some - 
Kaisercraft bird cage die
Tim Holtz stamps/inks/sprays/crackle paste
Liquitex Texture Paste
Stencils -Zyneri and AALL&Create
Versafine Inks
and other bits from my stash
you will see from the photos.
and it all started here -
a 5/7 canvas panel corrugated cardboard
with gesso and inks




and the start of the stamping with Tim's Ledger Script


adding more stampng from
Tim's Fading Type and stencil work from
AALL&Create


onto the next layer with more script
and inked edges 
Birdcage is coloured with Lindy's Vintage Caravan Caramel
and attached to a different background as I messed up the first one..


As you can see there is a lot going on here - 
flowers scattered all over my desk, some old ones
from my stash and a few from the punch.
Added a die cut, tags stamped from
AALL&Create, twine and a key.
A little bird and a heap of pearls.
Finished with Wink of Stella on the flowers
and Tumbled Glass Distress Glass in the centres.

A few close ups - 



and as they say "That's a wrap"
If you haven't been and checked out 
what our Talented Team have created 
better head over to be inspired and
then it's your turn to 'wow' us.
Thanks for hanging in there for my long post.

PS - this piece headed over the other side of Australia
for my long time friend who is celebrating her 80th Birthday.








Thursday, 4 June 2026

A Birthday Butterfly!

It's Die Week at Just Us Girls
and our lovely host is Carol M choosing
BUTTERFLY
How easy is that for us?
Just got to choose 'which'
and - a new Month sees a New Guest Designer
Welcome Kellianne. Lovely to have you on board.



My background was made some time ago just
never got finished so now it has.
Smooched colour on w/c paper and
stencil from AALL&Create is highlighted
with Apricot Metallic Gilding Polish.
Die cut my butterfly with metallic c/s
and added the polish to the wings and centre.
Oh yes there were 'splatters''
Added inked cheesecloth for interest
and finished with a die cut birthday sentiment.
Adhered to very pale peachy metallic base.
 Head over and check out what our June Guest Kellianne 
and the Talented Team created with beautiful 
die cut butterflies and hope to see yours in our Gallery.


Thursday, 28 May 2026

It's a Twofer Stencil-ing

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls 
and Hosting for the first time is our
Newest Designer Denise.


As you can see I have made two CAS cards
using the same AALL&Create Lotus Clusters stamp 
including the sentiment inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne
with the one on the left heat embossed clear.
Stencils are from STAMPlorations Foiled Again
BeeArty White Wash
and AALL&Create Moc-Croc
in Saltwater Taffy Ox ink and stain
with different backings.
Easy as to make two while I had the stamp set out
as I wasn't sure which stencils to use.


All the Design Team with our Guest Kerry
have created an abundance of creativity
using their stencils and now it's
your turn to share with us in the Gallery.
You could be our Winner of the Week
and go on to be a future Guest.