ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop - Day 3

STAMPlorations have their new line of product, the stencils called ARTplorations and the STAMPlorations girls are all set to give you three days of stencil inspiration, ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop . Welcome to Day 3! There are prizes to be won so don't forget to comment on my post and the rest of the team's blogs for a chance to win one of the prizes. Commenting closes on March 13. Winners will be announced on March 15.

Prizes:

SIX (6) winners (2 winners per day) will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.

THREE (3) winners will each win a $15 gift certificate. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog.

+ surprise prizes

Let me show you what I created, I used ARTplorations Stencil - Shutters

To make this, I took a panel of Kraft card stock, laid the stencil and applied translucent embossing paste. I die cut the landscape n sun from patterned paper, cloud from white card stock . I stamped the house using The Bee's knees - Houses stamp set colored and fuzzy cut it. Finally I stamped the sentiment, and adhered all the elements to finish my card. I am sharing this at Less is More Week Week 214 - Yellow and Green and March Make Art Challenge - Stencils

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

Supplies used: Stamps - The Bee's knees - Houses, STAMPlorations - Bloom sketches; Stencil - Shutters; Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black, Dies - Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched border - 1 dies, Memory box Cloud dies, Sizzix circle die; Patterned paper - Studio Calico Wanderlust and AC-Day dreamer; Wendi Vecchi Translucent embossing paster

STAMPlorations Inspiration - March 9th 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 April 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 her 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 March.

To make this card, I took water color paper and cut out a tag from it. Next I did some water coloring using some distress inks. Once dried, I stamped the butterflies along the two edges in the same tone. I also stamped and fuzzy cut another butterfly in red ink. Also splattered some red ink for pip of color. Stamped the sentiment, added a die cut leaf and I adhered it all on card base with some striped patterned paper to finish my card. I am sharing this at Muse #108 - Michele Ferguson and Crafty Card Maker #134 - For a woman

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

Supplies used: Stamps - STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies, STAMPlorations - Trendy feathers; Inks - Archival Black, Distress - Vintage photo, Antique Linen, Barn Door; Dies - CAS-ual Friday's Casual Vine Fri dies; Patterned paper - Teresa Collins Memorabilia 6x6" paper pad. DCWV - The Naturals Matstock; Recollection twine

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop - Day 1

STAMPlorations have their new line of product, the stencils called ARTplorations and the STAMPlorations girls are all set to give you three days of stencil inspiration, ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop There are prizes to be won so don't forget to comment on my post and the rest of the team's blogs for a chance to win one of the prizes. Commenting closes on March 13. Winners will be announced on March 15.

Prizes:

SIX (6) winners (2 winners per day) will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.

THREE (3) winners will each win a $15 gift certificate. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog.

+ surprise prizes

Let me show you what I created, I used ARTplorations Stencil - Bubbles

To make this, I took a panel of white card stock and inked it with distress inks, then I placed the stencil and did some spritzing of water with a mini mister. I stamped the rose using STAMPlorations Blossom Overture stamp set and inked it up, fuzzy cut it. I also die cut and inked some leaves. I took a twine and rolled it around my paint brush to get the look of a twiner. Finally I stamped the sentiment, and adhered all the panels, along with patterned paper to finish my card.I am sharing this at Runway Inspired challenge #79 - Oscars Red Carpet

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

Supplies used: Stamps - STAMPlorations - Blossom Overture; Stencil - Bubbles; Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Antique Linen and Victorian Velvet; Dies - Nestabilities Foliage; Patterned paper - Teresa Collins Memorabilia; Recollections Hemp twine

Mixed Media Card Challenge #9 - Hints of Spring

This is my second post for the day, Please click HERE for CASEplorations #2

Time for another mixed media delight with fun challenge at The Mixed Media Card Challenge #9 - Hints of Spring. You can also join in the fun irrespective of your style!! Read about mixed media definition HERE and u will know what I am talking about.  So let's see what our challenge is,

SPRING with an optional element of Birds.... This is what I created.

 

To make this card, I took a panel of white card stock and stamped the poppies multiple times by masking. Next I fuzzy cut along the poppies. On the card base I added a embossed patterned paper to build my sky. The closeup show the texture.I colored the flowers with markers and laid it on card base with some foam adhesive. I also added the wood veneer birds and sentiment to finish the card. I am sharing this at Happy Little Stampers - March Sketch Challenge, The Paper Players #234 - Spring and Virginia's View #13 - Embossing

  

There is a lot more incredible inspiration by a versatile and uber talented team :) Please head over to our challenge blog to check out the details of the challenge and some more inspiration.

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

Supplies used - Stamps - STAMPlorations Bloom sketches, CAS-ual Friday's In the cards for sentiment; Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black; Patterned Paper - AC Dear Lizzie; Sharpie Markers; Studio Calico Birds-Wood Veneer; Embossing folder - Darice Basketweave

CASEplorations #2

Welcome to a new CASEplorations inspiration post at STAMPlorations. On the first of every month, the STAMPlorations girls share CASEs of some of our favorite cards - maybe even one of yours. Be sure to stop by the blog  for the second installment of CASEd inspiration.

 

CASEplorations will serve as a starting off point for our Inspiration Project Posts. We show you how we CASE a card so you can, in turn, CASE the inspiration cards we share throughout the month. You can find more details HERE.

Our second artist is none other than the very  creative talented Loll Thompson of Stamping with Loll. I love all that she creates from mixed media, to CAS, to water colored cards :). So let me show you her beautiful card and my CASE...

  

I was inspired by the background pattern and colors in Loll's card, here is a closeup into my card.

To make this card, I first stamped the roses from STAMPlorations Bee's Knees Rosebuds , masked it and then stamped the pattern on the background using STAMPlorations Vignette: Retro Mod shapes stamp set with Delicata gold ink. Finally, I colored the roses, also stamped the leaves and finished the card by adding a die cut sentiment sent by a sweet friend :) I am sharing this at The pink Elephant #287 - Anything Goes and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes!

Hope you enjoyed it. Check out the amazing CASE creations by our team, HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps- Vignette Retromod shapes, Rosebuds; Inks - Memento Tuxedo black, Delicata Gold, Spectrum Noir Markers and PTI diecut sentiment