Tuesday, December 31, 2019

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 31st 2019

This is the last Inspiration Post of the year and I want to thank you all for your constant support and appreciation towards my creative endeavors. Also big thank you to Shery for being our amazing boss. This year brought big changes in my life and all was for good. I am thankful to God for blessing us. Hope the New Year brings you love and success!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Today's STAMPlorations Inspiration post like always is to inspire your creative side using STAMPlorations products... We have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my final Inspiration project for December/ the year 2019...
I had to design the new year card :) To make this card, I die cut few balloons using colored card stock. I then heat embossed the mandala with Pearl embossing powder on each of these. I took a grey card stock for base panel and adhered all the balloons over it. I added some pearl splatter. To finish I die cut the year 2020 using glitter card stock.  I have used Numbers Plate dieKathryn's Big Wishes Coordinating DiesBloomdala bliss

Here is a closeup into card...


Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 24th 2019

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my fourth Inspiration project for December 2019...

I went with a Christmas Card set. I took three different colored card stock panels and heat embossed the sentiment words from the set in clear embossing powder. I then inked each panel in shades of red blue and grey to create some depth. I also added some splatter of gold and whites respectively. To finish I die cut the bauble in gold and white and adhered it as the focal. I also added twine on each of the baubles and some sequins.  I have used FestiveChristmas Baubles #2 Layering Dies

Here is a closeup into each card...




Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Thursday, December 19, 2019

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Christmas Greens!

Hello friends! I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. I hope I will be able to inspire you. I am back with more Christmas inspiration for you. For this one I decided to build wreaths for my focal reindeer image. Let me show you...




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

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 17th 2019

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my third Inspiration project for December 2019...

I went with a quick Christmas Card idea. I took a panel and stamped baubles along the right edge. To add color I took a mixed media stamp and stamped over these baubles in shades of primary colors. To finish I added the sticker sentiment and some enamel dots. I have used Christmas BaublesScribbly Splattery Grunge and Merry - Clear Stickers

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 10th 2019

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my second Inspiration project for December 2019...

I went with a clean and simple card and this time I picked kraft card stock for the base panel. I die cut the rectangular frame with white card stock and stamped the flowers all along the border and colored them with pencils To finish I added the sticker sentiment. I have used The Birds and The Blooms, Birthday Word Art Clear StickersCrazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies and Prisma Color Pencils


Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

SPELLBINDERS NOVEMBER DIE D- LITES COLLECTION

Hello dear friends! I feel so thrilled to be guesting with Spellbinders again. Today I am sharing the cards I created featuring some of the dies from the newest NEW NOV DIE D-LITES COLLECTION. I absolutely love the dies, they will make for some gorgeous cards :)

I am featuring the following products Die D-Lites Tallulah Etched Dies and Die D-Lites Kaleidoscope Triangles Etched Dies Let me show the cards I created :) 

For this card, I wanted this gorgeous dies to be the focus and I used two of the triangles to build a hexagon , I cut this out one with glitter card stock and the other with soft purple card stock and layered it on a scored white panel. To finish, I added the sentiment.

For my second card I die cut all the pieces using glitter papers and arranged them. I then layered it on patterned paper. To finish I added a sticker sentiment and some enamel dots.


Die D-Lites Tallulah Etched DiesDie D-Lites Kaleidoscope Triangles Etched Dies 
I hope you were inspired by my creations. Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)Don't forget to check out the new collection HERE

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 3rd 2019

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my first Inspiration project for December 2019...
I went with a clean and simple card and this time I picked kraft card stock. I stamped and pencil colored the image and added some gold details. I added this panel on black card base. I have used Better Together and Prisma Color Pencils. 
Here is a closeup to show the gold details :)


Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

STAMPlorations Inspiration - November 26th 2019

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my final Inspiration project for November 2019...

I went with a clean and simple color card with a chalk board look. I took a black card stock, stamped the image in white ink and then pencil colored it. To finish I stamped the sentiment and also die cut the lower edge to add more interest. I have used Better TogetherLacey Edges and Borders

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Thursday, November 21, 2019

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Christmas cards!

Hello friends! I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. I hope I will be able to inspire you. With Christmas closing in, we have to build our Christmas stash. I decided to make two cards, making use of both positive and negative pieces from die cutting. I have used "Holiday Words Plate Die"  as the star of my cards :) I made one into a shaker and for the other I used the die cut sentiment as the background. Let me show you...





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

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

STAMPlorations - Christmas Redux Hop & Giveaway 2019

Hello friends! Over at STAMPlorations we are celebrating the "Christmas Redux Hop and Giveaway" The event has lovely Christmas projects to inspire you. Don't forget to visit HERE to check it all out and leave comments along the hop for a chance at other prizes :)
Prizes:

* ONE (1) winner of Christmas dies ($30 MSRP) drawn from all comments left on the blog and designers'  blogs.

* ONE (1) winner of $15 gift code drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog, designers' blogs.

Commenting closes on December 8. Winners posted on December 10 in the November winners post.

Let me show you what I created...
I took a blue card stock panel and inked the edges in white pigment ink and stamped the snowflakes to build the background. I then die cut the ornament in 3 colors and did in-laid die cutting. To finish I added the die cut sentiment. I have used Christmas SentimentsChristmas Baubles #2 Layering Dies, Snow Much [for snowflakes]

Hope you enjoyed my card, head on to STAMPlorations blog, HERE
Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment.



Friday, November 15, 2019

25 Days of Christmas Tags!

Hello friends! I am excited to be a part of a special Christmas event "25 Days of Christmas Tags" organized by Tracey of In my creative opinion" I am representing STAMPlorations one of the Sponsor of this event. Shery ,the owner is offering an extra prize just for those who comment HERE Prize is the new Christmas Sentiment dies. I have used one of these dies in my tag :)
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There are lots of prizes to be won, so don't forget to visit Tracey's blog :)
Let me show you the tag I created...
I went with traditional colors. I die cut the tags in kraft and red card stock. I inked white ink along the edge of kraft tag. I also stamped snowflakes to create the illusion of snow. I heat embossed and fuzzy cut the reindeer in white. I also die cut the sentiment in red. To finish I adhered it all and added some red sequins. I have used Yuletide Deer, Snow muchLuggage Tags Nesting Dies and Christmas Sentiments

Thank you so much for stopping and leaving me a comment :) Don't forget to comment on STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for a chance to win these sentiment dies.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

STAMPlorations - 5th Giving Thanks Blog Hop and Giveaway

Hello friends! Over at STAMPlorations we are celebrating the "5th Annual Giving Thanks Blog Hop and Giveaway" You don't want to miss this as the prizes are HUGE :) Check out the Prizes...

Prizes:
* ONE (1) winner of 1 year supply of STAMPlorations products (12 products up to $180 combined MSRP value)
* ONE (1) winner of 6 months supply of STAMPlorations products (6 products up to $90 combined MSRP value)
* THREE (3) winners of $15 gift code drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog, designers' blogs, Facebook page, and Instagram post.

Rafflecaptor giveaway and commenting close on December 8. Winners posted on December 10 in the November winners post.

To enter the GIVEAWAY for Prize #1 and Prize #2, go to the post HERE
 
The event is incomplete without beautiful thankful/ grateful projects to inspire you. So don't forget to visit HERE to check it all out and leave comments along the hop for a chance at other prizes :)

Let me show you what I created...
I inked a panel in fall colors using Distress inks. I then stamped the floral silhouette images in similar tones as the background. To finish I die cut the sentiment and adhered it back making a camouflage effect. I also added a little splatter of white pigment. I have used Beautiful You, Grateful Word Die, For the Birds [sentiment]
Hope you enjoyed my card, head on to STAMPlorations blog, HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment.


Tuesday, November 5, 2019

SPELLBINDERS - Holiday 2019 Collection by Sharyn Sowell

Hello dear friends! I feel so thrilled to be guesting with Spellbinders again. Today I am sharing the cards I created featuring some of the dies from the newest Holiday 2019 Collection by Sharyn Sowell. I absolutely love the dies, they will make for some gorgeous Christmas cards :)

I am featuring the following products Shapeabilities Peace On Earth Etched DiesWinter Friends Etched Dies and  Love Came Down Etched Dies. Let me show the cards I created :) I kept the basic design concept same... I wanted inked backgrounds for all my designs :)

For this card I die cut the focal pieces from white card stock. For my background, I took grey card stock and inked it with darker shades of grey and black. I also added a splatter of white pigment. I also added a pop of red on the die cut and also some red sequins.
Here is a closeup...

For my second card, I masked the lower edge and inked the panel with some Distress inks to make for a winter sky, I then added the die cut pieces with some dimension. To finish I accented with snowflake embellishments and also Wink of Stella on white die cut pieces :)
Here is a closeup... can you see that shimmer :)


For my final card, I wanted to make an aura around the baby Jesus, so the inking was done accordingly. I then added splatter and embellished with gold sequins and Wink of Stella shimmer :)
Here is a closeup...




Shapeabilities Winter Friends Etched Dies Sharyn Sowell Holiday 2019 CollectionShapeabilities Peace On Earth Etched Dies Sharyn Sowell Holiday 2019 CollectionShapeabilities Love Came Down Etched Dies Sharyn Sowell Holiday 2019 Collection
I hope you were inspired by my creations. Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)Don't forget to check out the new collection HERE

STAMPlorations Inspiration - November 5th 2019

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my first Inspiration project for November 2019...
I went with color blocking for the background. I stamped and inked the light bulbs. Fuzzy cut those and added them with some dimension. Added white splatters and stamped the sentiment on yellow card stock. I have used Shine Bright

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

STAMPlorations Inspiration - October 29th 2019

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my fourth Inspiration project for October 2019...

I went with a clean and simple look for this one too. I simply heat embossed the mandala and the sentiment on kraft card stock. To add some color, I took three strips of white card stock and inked those in shades of primary colors. I have used Bloomdala Bliss

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Friday, October 25, 2019

STAMPlorations Belated 6th Birthday Celebrations - Day 5

Hello friends! Today is DAY 5 of the big STAMPlorations 6th Birthday Celebrations. We had a week of fabulous new products to share with you to celebrate six years of STAMPlorations. Today we are featuring our Cover Plate Dies and I have used Zen Doodled Birthday Cake Cover Plate Die and Zen Doodled Birthday Gifts Cover Plate Die
We also have a 6th Birthday Linky Party where you can link up any birthday- or celebration-themed project for a chance to win fabulous prizes, including a $50 gift code to the STAMPlorations Store. You can find the linky tool and more detailed rules for the linky party, HERE. Don't forget we will also draw gift certificate winners from all the comments on the Celebration week posts and the designers' posts so we hope you will hop along to leave the STAMPlorations design team some love too!

We have a lot of wonderful prizes!
  • ONE (1) winner of $40 worth of products in their wishlist (from the Wishlist Linky Party)
  • THREE (3) winners of a $10 gift certificate - randomly drawn from comments left on the birthday hop posts and designers' blog posts
  • THREE (3) winners of a $15 gift code - randomly drawn from entries in the birthday linky party
  • ONE (1) winner of a $50 gift code - randomly drawn from entries in the birthday linky party
  • A few surprise winners of products and/or gift certificates

Let me show you the Cover Plate Die that I am featuring today...
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Here are the cards I created, 
For my first card, I took a water color card stock and embossed the cover plate for some texturing. I then water colored this panel in some bright colors. To finish I heat embossed the sentiment and added a splatter of white pigment. I have also used Birthday Bash stamp set.
For this card, I die cut a black card stock and adhered it on white panel. I then used 3 shades of Sharpie Markers to partially color through the Cover Plate. I have also used Little Love Birthday Wishes for the sentiment.

Hope you enjoyed my cards, don't forget to check out the beauties my teamies made :) and also leave a comment for a chance at the amazing prizes. Head on to the STAMPlorations Blog.

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