STAMPlorations 4th Birthday Blog Hop - Day 1

This is a very exciting post with tons of inspiration and loads of prizes :) It's out 4th Birthday at STAMPlorations and we are celebrating big with a huge release. You will be amazed by all the gorgeous creations that our team will showcase for a next few days. There is something new "the wishlist Link up... you get to create a wishlist and then you get a chance to win $50 worth of products from your wishlist. This is so fabulous! 

I am excited as a lot of my designs will be launched and some of my designs are now available as dies :) Check out all the details HERE

* Commenting and linking up ends on Monday, July 3, at 11:55 p.m. Pacific * Winners announced on July 10 in the June Challenges & Hops winners post Wishlist Link Up mechanics:

• Participants must go to stamplorations.com, create an account, and add items to their wishlist. Then they add the link to their wishlist to the Inlinkz on the blog.
• Wishlist link up will open a week before the blog hop, on June 19. That post will contain the link up + step-by-step & a short video on how to link up their wishlist.

Prizes:

• Three (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the store
• One (1) randomly drawn winner from comments left on our Facebook page will win a grab bag consisting of new products worth up to $30
• One (1) randomly drawn winner from comments left on our Instagram page will win a grab bag consisting of new products worth up to $30
• Two (2) randomly drawn winners from the Wishlist Link Up will each win the products in their wish list (up to $50 MSRP)

Let me first showcase my creations. I had so much fun playing with the new dies :)

For my first card I decided to make a baby card using the Shaker Balloon #2 Star dies. I used a blue patterned paper along with the neutral card stock to make my shaker. For the string I added some die cut circles (using ATC Tag Builder) and colored these with my Spectrum Noir Markers. To finish the card I assembled it all along with the Congrats word die after heat embossing the sentiment (from the Baby Bump set).

Here is a little closeup :) 

My second is a Thank you card, here I die cut a leaf from the die cut gift box for my focal image. On a kraft card stock I stamped the twig and leaves and berries in white ink and colored those with pencil colors. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment. I have used Gift Builder #1, Frames and Flowers, Friends and Flowers for sentiment and Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

Coloring with Prisma color pencils is fun and I like how versatile my Frames and flowers set can be :) Here is a closeup. I used some wink of stella on the gift box. I couldn't capture it so well on camera.

For my third card I used the cupcake die in a unique way to make my floral basket. This one is pure assemblage of die cuts and a little inking :) I have used Friends and Flowers for sentiment. Cupcake Builder #1, Shaker Balloons #3 Oval, Shaker Balloons #1 Heart, Clustered Hearts Dies, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies and Trendy Spring Bloom Dies

Now to my final creation, this is simple stamping and coloring with Markers. The card panel is inked with distress inks :) I am showcasing the Blossom Sprays #1 in my floral cluster series :) For the sentiment I have used

Here are a couple of closeups! There will soon be another post where I will share cards using all of my Blossom series :) I am pretty excited about that one. You will see a lot of styles we can do with these :) 

I hope you enjoyed the creations, don't forget to leave a comment and visit the STAMP Blog HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me some love :)

PS: All products in the store on our birthday week and until July 7 will be 15% off. Use the Discount Code STAMPGIRLDEEPTI and you can get up to 35% off on all products, including the new release. Heartfelt Rose 3x5 stamp set will be included for free with every order of at least $25 (after discounts & GCs are applied and before shipping)