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Thursday, June 26, 2014

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop!!

STAMPlorations is turning a year old and is celebrating with a blog hop and new release. I am lucky enough to be joining the celebrations as a guest designer. When Shery invited me join in her celebration I was more than excited and honored. 
There's all together 14 blogs participating in the hop: 9 STAMPlorations design team members and 5 guests. Visit all the stops on the hop and leave a comment for a chance to win stamps. We're giving away over $120 worth of stamps!
FOURTEEN (14) lucky hoppers randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win a stamp set and ONE (1) lucky hopper randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win all the stamps in the July release. You have until Wednesday, July 2, 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT -700) to comment here and on my fellow designers' posts for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on the STAMPlorations blog on Sunday, July 6.

Shery was kind enough to offer one stamp set of my choice from the store to create my project/s. I love all the stamps in their store but I was particularly inclined towards VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes set and one lucky winner will win this set which is being offered by STAMPlorations at my blog. So, don't forget to leave a comment!
This stamp set is so versatile, I see a whole lot of possibilities when I pick this stamp set. And when ever I sat down with it I created a new card :D Here's one...
The shapes in the stamp set can be used to create much of variation in ur design :) To make this one, I stamped two of the stamps to create my candles in Hero Art Soft Granite and PTI Summer sunrise, inked the card base with Distress Mustard seed and the stamped the circle stamps from this set to create the bokeh effect. To finish the card I added the die cut birthday and hand wrote the sentiment "wishes". Hope you like my first creation :) 
I am entering this card to the following challenges -

Don't forget to hop over to win a prize and be inspired...

*** The stops in the hop*** 
Design Team:
Cornelia | Debra | Kylie | Maria | Monika | Nonni | Shery | Shirley | Vicki
Guest Designers:
Ardyth | Chrissie | Deepti | Melissa | Mynn

You take a peek into the new release, by clicking HERE. These stamps are available to buy on the shop during the hop and all 6 sets  are for $30 (17% off) + free shipping in the US (flat rate to other countries).

Have fun in hopping and thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

81 comments:

  1. I like how you stamped the circles, a nice gradient effect!

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  2. Wow! Love those different shaded yellow dots. Nice hop too...

    Hugs,
    Eemeli

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  3. Great card and great design too.. :)

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  4. You did a fabulous job o this Deept, LOVE LOVE the circles floating in the background!

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  5. Wow, this card is a beauty. I love the effect you created with the circles. The idea of birthday added on top of the candles is fab!!!

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  6. Your card is so warm and beautiful. Thanks for the hop.

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  7. amazing bokeh effect Deepti..and colors are lovely!

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  8. Ohh wow..what a lovely bokeh effect ! Fab card Deepti !!

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  9. I love the effect of the yellow circles to resonate the glow of the candles Dee, fab card!

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  10. This is absolutely fabulous Deepti... simply beautifully done!
    Chrissie x

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  11. Just perfect and so cute! LOVE it!
    Lynn

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  12. Love how you created the background Dee. I could just imagine a whole load of candles in the background! :)

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  13. Wow, this is amazing, such a cheerful happy card.
    Elaine

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  14. The background is fabulous! Great b-day card!

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  15. LOVE all the bokeh glow from the candles!

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  16. Beautiful card! Lovely bokeh effect :)

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  17. Fabulous inking, love this card!

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  18. Oh my goodness, what a great design, Deepti! LOVE the bokeh background!

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  19. Oh snap! What a cool background (cute card too!) You always make the best of cards. Cheers, Victoria Lavender

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  20. I love your colors and the great stamp choice you made - they work so well together.

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  21. Beautiful circle stamping ! Love it!!

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  22. Simply gorgeous!! Love this card! Your yellow circles look a little like champagne bubbles YAY!!! :D x

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  23. wow! this is absolutely stunning! The circles, the text, design, everything..! Very worthy GDT.
    Happy 1st birthday to stamplorations :-)

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  24. Deepti this card is so pretty and well done. Love the design. Thanks for sharing.

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  25. Well this card really is a stunner! Love the way you created a bokeh effect, so clever.

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  26. Awesome use of the image as something else! Your brain is really amazing :) -- So happy to have you GDing with us for this hop!!

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  27. Beautiful...but then all of your cards are that way! Great job.

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  28. Me again - Just saw you made the MM Team!! WTG there gf - can't wait to see your mm projects!! Congrats!

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  29. Like a bokeh effect.......amazing card

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  30. Stunning card! Love the bokeh effect and the way you have used the stamps :)

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  31. How creative to make your candles that way & I love your bokeh effect--gotta try it!

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  32. I am glad I can finally leave you a comment - fell in love with this card the first time I spotted it on the DT blog! So glad to have you join in as GDT - you are just so creative!

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  33. This card is SO SO SO awesome, Deepti! I love your candles and the bokeh background: this is just so creative, fun and stylish! xxx

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  34. LOVE this card, Deepti!!! What a brilliant way to use this vignette set. Love the bokeh glow and the candles. Such a fantastic card. Really love this. Bev

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  35. Well, throw that stamp set onto my NEED set! I LOVE this, Deepti! How clever! So happy to be hopping with you! HUGS! Mynn xx

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  36. i don't know how you do it... another clever card! congrats on your guest designer spot!!

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  37. Bokeh fabulousness Deepti, I know those dots looks random from here, but I know how hard it is to achieve that (I'm still practicing), yours is perfect!!

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  38. Congrats on you guest DT spot! Love these beautiful yellow dots! You are the creative queen Deepti!

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  39. Lovely Yellow Birthday card love how you did this :)

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  40. Absolutely stunning card, Deepti! I love the background, the candles and the awesome die cut!! Thank you for sharing this at STB

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  41. Deepti this is beautiful! As soon as I saw it I thought bokeh for sure :)

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  42. As allways you made a super card! Love the circkles! (I am still in a circkle "mood"at the moment, trying to get beyound that). I see so much creations on your blog that inspire me...super! Inky greetings, Gerrina

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  43. What a stunning card. Love the way you made the candles and the dotty background

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  44. Bokeh and home made candles, so clever Deepti. Love your card

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  45. Oh wow, WOW, Deepti!! Your card is just glowing with happiness. Clustering and darkening the circles in the middle is so effective in achieving the bokeh look you're going for. Really love this one!!

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  46. Deepi, you've worked magic with these retro stamps; they are stunning in their shades of yellow, and pairing them with the grey candles is sooooo eye-catching! Such a gorgeous showcase of this set AND your creativity! Fabulous!
    ~c

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  47. Gorgeous card, I just love the varied colors of yellow dots and the stamp set looks so cool like that, very impressive! ~Diane

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  48. Oh my Gish, this is fantastic! The design is incredible and I love the bokeh effect. Love it! :-)

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  49. Great card. Great stamps. I hope that I win lottery :-)

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  50. Love these yellow "bubbles" and the birthday candles! Your handwriting is amazing!

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  51. Love the whole glow on this card, amazing bokeh effect, just amazing!

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  52. I agree with a lot of these comments...you do a fabulous and unique job...time after time Deepti! I don't know how you do it! Thanks for sharing this wonderful creation with us over at Seize the Birthday!

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  53. I love this design! The bokeh background is spot on!

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  54. Love your card. The bokeh is just amazing, and your handwriting looks like a stamp... so uniform.

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  55. Great design! Love the background!

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  56. Oh WOW you are a CAS specialist!! Just LOVE seeing all the inspiration from your blog!
    xxx
    Riette

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  57. My fave colors are yellow and orange, and now I've found a new one.... yellow, orange and grey. Love your card.

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  58. may I tell you Deepti...you are really lucky to join as GDT at this blog hop...I want tooooo LOL. ..big Congrats Deepti..Lovely idea to choose that set..I order another set the vintage with butterfly and vintage flower strip but you are clever enough to choose this set cause with that circle you can make anyting example flowers mice...etc...your car is simple and adorable my friend...nice using the grey color on your card...clever card...

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  59. GORGEOUS! Congrats on being a Guest Designer -- you are so talented!!

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  60. Fantastic card. Great bokeh effect. Love the yellow and grey

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  61. Coolest most uber raddest looking birthday card EVER!! So awesome!!

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  62. Love how all the different components came together. The yellow is striking and the the die cut birthday really pops.

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  63. A really truely gorgeous card.. Love the Yellow!!
    Sally

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  64. What an amazing card. Wow! Love how this turned out. Looks fantastic! Hugs! xx

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  65. wow, fatastic birthday card!! love how you stamped the background, and the color combination looks also geat! Manuela

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  66. fabulous - the card is positively aglow from those candles! Love it!

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  67. I like the candles with that bokeh glow!!! A fantastic card!!!

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  68. Beautifully crafted card, Deepti! The bokeh effect is so pretty with the yellow ink.

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  69. Congratulations on your GD spot, Deepti ... this is stunning ... love the bokeh effect of all those yummy yellow bubbles! Anita :)

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  70. WOW! Stunning card! The bokeh effect is amazing!

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  71. Beautifully done and I never would have guessed "wishes" were hand-written....you have quite a talent there, which I wish I could do. Thanks

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  72. Beautiful card. Love how you incorporated handwringing. Great blog hop.

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  73. Love the candles and circles... awesome card! Great colors!

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  74. Very brave to to use handwriting. It' a beautiful card. The effect of the circles is so eycatching. I can see why you like this set.

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  75. I absolutely love your bokeh circles and your handwriting is beautiful. Thanks for the idea and chance to win.

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  76. Love how you used the stamps to create the background and I can't believe you hand wrote "wishes"!! Beautiful!
    Kathi

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  77. Sooo clever and creative! Absolutely love everything about this CAS card. Brilliant. Thanks for playing along with Seize the Birthday.

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  78. Deepti - absolutely stunning background and a beautiful CAS card! Happy Birthday STAMPlorations!
    ~ginny

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  79. What a great card! Thanks for joining us at CAS on Sunday!

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  80. Deepti, you create the most amazing cards. Love how you did the background.

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