Congratulations Shery!!

It's a super happy time at the STAMPlorations Headquarters... A huge congratulations to the Russ family on the arrival of their lovely little daughter, "Catherine" Wohooo! I am super happy and can't wait to see her pics :)

This is such a happy news and we all wanted to celebrate this special day... what could be better than a blog hop for Shery and her sweet little one :) Our entire team has made some adorable cards to show our love for Shery and STAMPbaby :)

Here is my card...

I masked and stamped the baby carriage and them stamped the little flowers all around it. It's more like a floral shower for little Kathryn :) 

We've all made baby-themed cards and will be sending them to Shery. Would you consider doing the same? If so, link up your creations at the STAMPlorations blog HERE! Feel free to use the blog hop graphic in your post.

If you'd like to mail Shery your card (totally optional) you can send it to:

The Russ Family

PO Box 883

Strathmore, CA 93267

Catch up with all the baby theme cards on the STAMPlorations blog, HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

ATCAS #71 - Blue

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is very talented Joanna and she has chosen the code word... BLUE. I think this theme brings a ton of possibilities, you can work with colors, theme like water and sky :). I would like to welcome back our very creative and talented Guest Designer for the month of August Linda of PaperCutting kind of day, with another adorable card :)

Our winner will win $10 gift voucher from our amazing sponsor CAS-ual Friday's Stamps

 

I went with CAS design using shades of blue to construct my panel. Here's my card...

To make this card, I used a stamp from our sponsor CFS called "Bold Wishes" and stamped the panel in shades of blue and grey. I cut this panel and a black panel in different angles and layered them on my card base. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment and tied baker's twine on top. Also added the stitched lines.

Our DT has come up with some amazing projects this week. Pop over to our ATCAS challenge blog here and take a peek. I am looking forward to the challenge this fortnight and am very excited to visit your blogs.

Have fun in creating CAS card :) and thank you for visiting my blog.

STAMPlorations Inspiration - Aug 28th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the September 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or your choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my fourth inspiration card for the month of August...

This is a fun and simple card. To make this I stamped the sentiment from Fond expression 2, stamped and fuzzy cut the Eiffel tower cake, flowers and leaves from World's birthday cakes and frames and flowers respectively, I also stamped some hearts from Balloons and banners set.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

STAMPlorations Inspiration - Aug 24th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the September 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or your choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my third inspiration card for the month of August...

This is a fun and simple card that used a water color card base, involves some colorful strokes and simple stamping of the sentiment as a focal piece. I used the Fond expressions

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

STAMPlorations July Stamps Spotlight Week - Day 5

Hello friends! Welcome to Day 5, the final day of July Stamp Spotlight Hop at STAMPlorations and I am so excited about this hop. We are showcasing some of the new amazing sets, two from Shirley, two from me and a fabulous sentiment set from Shery :)

Be ready to be inspired and don't forget to comment here on my blog and rest of the stops in the hop to win loads of prizes. Commenting closes on August 23. Winners will be announced on August 24.

PRIZES to be won -

• FIVE (5) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win the stamp set featured for the day.
• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $25 gift certificate

So today we are throwing the spotlight on Dee's Artsy Impressions FRAMES AND FLOWERS, I made this set again keeping in mind the versatility of using a set.

Let me show the card I created...

To make these cards, I did simple masking and stamping on card two and pure stamping by using a pencil guide for the heart on my first card. I am sharing my second card at City crafter Challenge blog #275 - Around the corner  and at AAA cards #46 - Maskerade

 

Don't forget to leave a comment and visit rest of the stops in the hop for your chance to win this set. Click HERE for rest of the stops.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

STAMPlorations July Stamps Spotlight Week - Day 4

Hello friends! Welcome to Day 4 of July Stamp Spotlight Hop at STAMPlorations and I am so excited about this hop. We are showcasing some of the new amazing sets, two from Shirley, two from me and a fabulous sentiment set from Shery :)

Be ready to be inspired and don't forget to comment here on my blog and rest of the stops in the hop to win loads of prizes. Commenting closes on August 23. Winners will be announced on August 24.

PRIZES to be won -

• FIVE (5) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win the stamp set featured for the day.
• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $25 gift certificate

So today we are throwing the spotlight on The Bee's knees HOUSES EXTRAS, aren't those fabulous for creating a whimsical scene :)

Let me show the card I created...

To make this card, I stamped the trees in water color panel creating a landscape look. I then water colored them in grey and the base in some yellow to create the illusion of sunrise :)

Don't forget to leave a comment and visit rest of the stops in the hop for your chance to win this set. Click HERE for rest of the stops.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

STAMPlorations July Stamps Spotlight Week - Day 3

Hello friends! Welcome to Day 3 of July Stamp Spotlight Hop at STAMPlorations and I am so excited about this hop. We are showcasing some of the new amazing sets, two from Shirley, two from me and a fabulous sentiment set from Shery :)

Be ready to be inspired and don't forget to comment here on my blog and rest of the stops in the hop to win loads of prizes. Commenting closes on August 23. Winners will be announced on August 24.

PRIZES to be won -

• FIVE (5) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win the stamp set featured for the day.
• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $25 gift certificate

So today we are throwing the spotlight on Shery Russ Designs FOND Expressions - 2, aren't those sentiments the prettiest ones..

Let me show the card I created...

To make this card, I used the fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches 200th bash as my inspiration, STAMPlorations is one of the sponsors at the FMS 200th bash and I wanted to be a part of this celebration. I embossed the sentiment on water color paper and water colored the base in grey with wash technique. I stamped, water colored and fuzzy cut the banners from my Balloons and Banners set and adhered them on the base with some glue and foam dots, To finish the card I added some sequins.

Don't forget to leave a comment and visit rest of the stops in the hop for your chance to win this set. Click HERE for rest of the stops. Also, don't forget to play along and celebrate with FMS

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps feature and a Farewell!!

Well it's that day of my life when I have to say farewell and move on! About an year ago, I was incredibly happy to join this fabulous company "CAS-ual Friday's Stamps" as their design team and look how the time flies... my one year term is over!!! Perhaps, life goes on.

All I wanna say that it was one of the most amazing experiences for me to work for Michele :) She is an amazing leader, I love her stamp designs, very unique and so very RAD. I loved the awesome team of CFS and I am so gonna miss you all :( sob! sob!

But of course my farewell will not be complete without a card :) So here you go!
I have this pinterest board on Color Inspiration and this card is inspired by one of the palettes on this board :) and also by the fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches Challenge blog. They are celebrating their 200th birthday bash and CFS is one of the sponsors.

Here is the fabulous sketch that inspired me :)

I have a little tutorial on how I created it on the CFS blog, head on over HERE to check it out.

In the end all I want to say is that I hope I was able to inspire you in this one year :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

STAMPlorations July Stamps Spotlight Week - Day 2

Hello friends! Welcome to Day 2 of July Stamp Spotlight Hop at STAMPlorations and I am so excited about this hop. We are showcasing some of the new amazing sets, two from Shirley, two from me and a fabulous sentiment set from Shery :)

Be ready to be inspired and don't forget to comment here on my blog and rest of the stops in the hop to win loads of prizes. Commenting closes on August 23. Winners will be announced on August 24.

PRIZES to be won -

• FIVE (5) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win the stamp set featured for the day.
• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $25 gift certificate

So today we are throwing the spotlight on my set Dee's Artsy Impressions BALLOONS AND BANNERS, it is a fun set to create a variety of birthday and celebrations cards.

Let me show the card I created...

To make this card, I used some acetate card base. Die cut the focal panel and frame using some rectangle stitched dies. Stamped the balloon by masking and then colored them with markers. To finish the card I added a Patterned paper panel on the inside.

Don't forget to leave a comment and visit rest of the stops in the hop for your chance to win this set. Click HERE for rest of the stops.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

STAMPlorations July Stamps Spotlight Week - Day 1

Hello friends! It's the July Stamp Spotlight Hop at STAMPlorations and I am so excited about this hop. We are showcasing some of the new amazing sets, two from Shirley, two from me and a fabulous sentiment set from Shery :)

Be ready to be inspired and don't forget to comment here on my blog and rest of the stops in the hop to win loads of prizes. Commenting closes on August 23. Winners will be announced on August 24.

PRIZES to be won -

• FIVE (5) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win the stamp set featured for the day.
• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $25 gift certificate

So today we are throwing the spotlight on Shirley's WORLD'S BIRTHDAY CAKES, wow isn't this set fabulous!!

Let me show the card I created...

To make this card, I used Artplorations Old rose print stencil to add white embossing paste. I took a water color panel, stamp the cake image and did some water color wash on it, next I adhered some butterflies and enamel dots to finish my card.

Don't forget to leave a comment and visit rest of the stops in the hop for your chance to win this set. Click HERE for rest of the stops.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

ATCAS #70 - School

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is very talented Barb and she has chosen the code word... SCHOOL. I think this is perfect code word for this time of the year, we all need a ton of cards on this theme :). I would like to welcome back our very creative and talented Guest Designer for the month of August Linda of PaperCutting kind of day, with another beautiful card :)

Our winner will win $10 gift voucher from our amazing sponsor STAMPlorations

 

I went with a really cute design and all I wanted was to make it CAS and colorful. Here's my card...

To make this card, I masked and stamped the cute kid images from Mama Elephant In the heart set, colored these with Spectrum Noir markers added a strip of patterned paper and die cut the word teacher using MFT Little lowercase alphabets. I want to share this card at Color Q #303, ATSM #157 - Make your mark, Happy Little Stampers August - CAS challenge and Freshly made sketches #199

 

Our DT has come up with some amazing projects this week. Pop over to our ATCAS challenge blog here and take a peek. I am looking forward to the challenge this fortnight and am very excited to visit your blogs.

Have fun in creating CAS card :) and thank you for visiting my blog.

STAMPlorations Inspiration - Aug 14th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the September 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or your choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my second inspiration card for the month of August...

This is a fun and simple card that uses simple masking, inking and stamping. I used the following sets Bee's knees Houses, House extra and Fond expressions 2
Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

STAMPlorations spotlight - Ghosting

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my 20th spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you.  I am showcasing a the step by step process for ghosting technique 

So, here's a peak into the finished card ...

I have used Floral Bliss, the August 2015 Stamp Club set and Mixed media grunge set

Please head over to STAMPlorations Blog for a photo tutorial on this. click HERE. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

STAMPlorations Inspiration - August 10th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the September 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or your choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my first inspiration card for the month of August...

To make this card, I did some no line watercoloring using my new set "Lotus love"
If you are interested in learning more tips and techniques in watercoloring, you can join in my class at Craftsy using this 33% off link  "Watercolor cards made simple"

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

STAMPlorations Special Release Blog Hop!

Today we are having a Special Stamp Release Blog Hop at STAMPlorations. It is even more special to me because another one of my stamp set is being released. This set is inspired by lotus, hence the name "Lotus Love". I have designed this set so that we can create cards with numerous design variations. I also wanted to make a set that would include the shadow of the lotus, just the way we see in a pond :) I am super excited about this set.

We are doing a mini Blog Hop to showcase the versatility of this stamp. You are welcome to hop along and leave comments on STAMPlorations blog and all the Design Team blogs for your chance to win this set. The Winner will be drawn randomly from comments made on all the blogs. The commenting closes on August 7th and the winners will be announce on August 9th.

Here is a preview into the set "Lotus love".

Let me show you the cards I created with this set... 

My first card uses water coloring and the second showcases the use of markers. I am sharing this card at Chocolate, coffee and cards #96 - Flower, Addicted to stamps and more #156 - Anything Goes!, Simply create too #91 - Anything Goes, Happy Little Stampers August CAS challenge - masking and Runway Inspired challenge #89

 

Hope you enjoyed the cards I designed and I would love to know how you like this set :) Also, until August 12 (one week), Lotus Love is available at 10% off ($10.80 instead of $12), Click HERE

Please click HERE to find all the stops in the hop for your chance to win this set.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps Feature - Aug 4th 2015

Hello friends!! Today I am here for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps  feature post. For this post I created cards that focused on sentiments. CFS have some amazing collection of sentiment stamps with fabulous fonts and I wanted to make them the focus of my designs.  I am sharing the details on how I made these cards on the CFS blog! Click HERE to check it out.

Here is a sneak into the cards I created...

 and here is a peek into my second card... colorful one :)

I have used the Wait for it, In the cards, Wall flower, Snowflake splendor, Bold wishes and Shuffle Fri-dies to make this card, please head over to CFS blog, HERE for details

It was fun creating this card, I hope I was able to inspire you. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)