STAMPlorations Sticker Monday - May 11th 2020

Hello friends! I am back with the special "Sticker Monday" posts. I will be sharing various styles of cards and also various ways you can use the Clear Stickers on your cards :) I am so loving the stickers. Every month, we'll draw one lucky crafter to win a $15 gift code -- randomly drawn from all comments left on the Sticker Monday posts at the STAMP blog for the month, as well as from my blog.

Continuing my obsession with kraft card stock, today I am sharing cards I made using "New Day - Clear Stickers" for a trio of encouragement cards :)
Let me show you the cards I made... For these cards, I wanted to work with pink, blue and white color scheme on kraft card stock and use and outline image along with a solid stamp image. 

For all my cards, I followed the rules of visual imagery... creating a visual triangle, keeping things in odd numbers, going off the edge. For the sentiments, I used stickers. I simply decided for a combination of sentiments for each  card and adhered them on white card stock. I then cut them into sentiment strips to adhere them on my stamped backgrounds.

Here is my first card...

Here is my second card...

I recently grabbed quite a few Distress oxide inks and they work great for solid stamping. If you don't have these, you can always work with pigment ink. I you don't have both I would say using white card stock instead of kraft is a better choice for dye inks. I also added interest by using some mixed media stamps.

Here is my third card...

As you can see that I adhered the sentiment stickers in unique style. Having sentiment stickers makes it easier :) Also, you can see the washi tape like addition along the edges, that also a sticker Artsy Geometric Backgrounds - Clear Stickers :) even though it's a background sticker, I cut it out to suit to my design needs :)

I hope you like the cards I created and that I inspired you to try stickers on your projects.

Besides the stickers, I have used the following Trendy Birds 2, Trendy Butterflies, Mixed Media Grunge, Bloom Sketches

  
 

Thank you soooooo much for all your lovely comments. Love reading them!

Craft Stamper Magazine Take it Make it Challenge : May 2020

Hello Friends! Today I am sharing a card for May Take It Make It Challenge! All our challenges have an "Anything Goes theme"

That means you can create whatever your imagination dreams up, as long as you have used a hand stamped image on your creation somewhere! We would love to see cards, art journal pages, ATC's, ATCoins, canvas, 3D projects, layouts, jewelry, planner pages etc etc. The list is endless, create something you love and then share it with us!

We have TWO winners each month. Firstly, we have our Design Winner. This winner is chosen by our design team, who vote for their top three favorites from all eligible entries. Whichever design gets the most votes is declared the winner!

The Design Winner of the challenge will be featured across a double page spread in Craft Stamper magazine, will receive a winner's profile post here on the blog, and will have a Guest Designer slot in an upcoming challenge.

The second winner is our randomly chosen winner. This winner is selected at random from all eligible entries, and wins the Blog Challenge prize. This month, the prize is.....

Let me show you the card I created... I was craving some water coloring so I made this card :)

To make this card, I took a water color card stock. I stamped the floral image multiple times, twice along the lower edge and on the top right corner. I then simply water colored it keeping the spring colors in mind. To finish the card, I added some black splatter and stamped the sentiment.

I have used the following products from STAMPlorations For the birds and Sweetly stamp set. For coloring I used GansaiTambi Watercolors.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment. Don't forget to play along the Take it Make it Challenge :)

SPELLBINDERS - Flourished Fretwork by Becca Feeken

Hello dear friends! I feel so thrilled to be guesting with Spellbinders again. Today I am sharing the cards I created featuring the newest collection Flourished Fretwork by Becca Feeken I absolutely love these die sets because of the all the intricacies and layers of die cutting that can lead to making of a variety of designs. I have created cards featuring the sets "Shapeabilities Oval Coronet Etched Dies Flourished Fretwork" and "Shapeabilities Fluted Tracery Etched Dies Flourished Fretwork" 

Let me show the cards I created :) For my first set of cards, I used the "Shapeabilities Oval Coronet Etched Dies Flourished Fretwork" set. Initially I did not decide to make two cards but as I was die cutting, I realized I could make two designs using a combination of these dies.

Cards are simple to make, with diecutting using a bunch of patterned papers that work together and putting them together.
Here is the duo...

For my second card, I used the "Shapeabilities Fluted Tracery Etched Dies Flourished Fretwork"   set. I wanted to combine some alcohol ink background with die cut pieces. So I created two different backgrounds using a combination of inks.

I die cut the intricate dies using some glitter card stock and I wanted the background to be muted so I added a vellum layer. To add more interest I added some die cuts that some with Spellbinders Club Kits. 

Here is a closeup into my cards...

I have played these sets "Shapeabilities Oval Coronet Etched Dies Flourished Fretwork" and "Shapeabilities Fluted Tracery Etched Dies Flourished Fretwork"  Besides the new dies I have also used Die D-Lites Tallulah Etched Dies and  Cherish Large Die of the Month Kitfor the florals, die cuts from October 2018 Card Kit. For the sentiments I used STAMPlorations Better Together

  

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 dies HERE

STAMPlorations Spring Fling 2020 Blog Hop!

Hello friends! I am super excited about another fun event over at STAMPloratiosn blog to celebrate Spring "Spring Fling Blog Hop & Linky Party". This time around, it isn't simply a blog hop...it's a linky party too! So have your crafting supplies ready because we'll want to see your spring-themed projects! Entire team is featuring many Spring theme products... some new and some old but one thing is certain there is tons of happy for all of you.

Talking about happy... this event definitely comes with loads of prizes

Prizes:

- THREE (3) winners of $10 gift code drawn from comments left on the main blog and designers' blogs

- TWO (2) winners of her choice of STAMPlorations product with a value of up to $10 drawn from comments left on the main blog and designers' blogs

- TWO (2) winners of her choice of STAMPlorations product with a value of up to $15 drawn from entries in the linky party

- ONE (1) winner of $25 gift code drawn from entries in the linky party

Commenting and linking up end on Sunday, May 31, with winners announced on June 10 in the May winners post.

Let me show you the card I made... I am featuring one of the new square stencils All Blooms - ARTplorations stencil. 

I simply inked the card stock panel through the stencil using a combination of Distress Oxide inks. The stencil is so pretty in itself you don't have to do much! I then added a splatter of black along with sticker sentiment and a Bravo word die :) Quick and easy and pretty! I have used All Blooms Stencil, Inspirational #1 Clear Sticker and Bravo Word Die

Here is a closeup of my card...

I hope you enjoyed my card, don't forget to leave a comment and Hop along for a chance at the amazing prizes, HERE. Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

May store promotion: All throughout May, products in the SPRING FLING section are 15% off instantly + with STAMPGIRLDEEPTI code, you can get up to 35% off.

STAMPlorations Inspiration - May 5th 2020

Welcome to the 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 May 2020...

I made a clean and simple thank you card. For this card, I stamped the image in light shade of ink and colored it using pencil colors following the no line coloring technique. I then stamped the same image on kraft card panel in brown ink multiple times along the lower edge. Added some black splatter. Then I added the colored floral stamped image on top with some dimension. I used In Bloom: Charmed Cherry Blossoms, Thank you Coffee stamp set. I colored with Prisma pencil colors.

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !