Thursday, June 29, 2017

STAMPlorations 4th Birthday Blog Hop - Day 4


Hello everyone! Welcome to Day 4 of the STAMPlorations 4th Birthday Blog Hop. It's STAMPlorations' 4th Birthday and I am so happy to be a part of this fabulous celebration! 
The blog hop lasts for five days so it is worth checking back to see what other inspiring projects the design team have created.  Here are the details:

 There are so many ways to win,  find out all the details on the STAMPlorations blog.

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)
* 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
Finally moving onto my projects for the hop:
My first project is a watercolor card using the beautiful Classic Calla Lilies - Shery Russ Designs. I started with trying some no line watercoloring but I was not happy with the results and ended up adding an outline in grey. I die-cut the edge with the Art Edges - CUTplorations
And here's my second card:
I heat embossed the Charmed Cherry Blossoms - Shery Russ Designs in gold and watercolored the blooms with Gansai Tambi watercolors. The sentiment is from the Bold Sentiments: Gorgeous set and Gorgeous Word Die - CUTplorations

PS: All products in the store on our birthday week and until July 7 will be 15% off. Use the Discount Code STAMPGIRLJUHI 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). $3 flat rate worldwide shipping on all orders up to $49. Free worldwide shipping on all orders $50+

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The Heart Desires Challenge #13 Mid Month Inspiration

Hey there! Hope you are having a great week. It's time for the mid month inspiration for the The Heart Desires Challenge #13 which runs through June 30.
Here's how I was inspired by the inspiration image
I was drawn to the green, red and black color combo. I've heat embossed the Waffle Flower Enveloper Little Birdie stamp in black and then loosely watercolored in red and green. 

When you post your entries, feel free to tag us on social media!
#thdchallenge, #theheartdesiresstore

Hop on over to the Heart Desires Blog to participate, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Stamplorations June CAS Challenge Mid Month Inspiration

Hello everyone! I'm back with the mid month inspiration for the Stamplorations CAS Challenge and the theme for the month is
Anything CAS going with the optional twist being to use a masculine color. Remember as always
  • You can link up to 3 CAS cards.
  • You can enter a CAS card with or without the optional color twist.
  • Non-STAMPlorations products are OK
  • Prizes: $10 GC for the winner; $5 GC to the top picks
My card features the Houses - The Bee's Knees and the Noteworthy 2 stamps.  I stamped the houses on watercolor paper with Distress Oxide inks and spread the ink with some water.
Visit the Stamplorations blog to participate.

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

The Heart Desires Challenge #13

Hello everyone! The Heart Desires Challenge completes a year this month, yohoo!! It's time for challenge #13. Here's the theme for this month
Love those gorgeous greens!

When you post your entries, feel free to tag us on social media!
#thdchallenge, #theheartdesiresstore

Over to my card. I wanted to make a card like this the moment I saw the Happy Day stampset from Waffle Flower Crafts
I masked out the stamped image and watercolored the background. I really like how this turned out. Hop on over to the Heart Desires blog to play along.

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Stamplorations June CAS Challenge

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great week. Can you believe it's June already! The year is flying by so fast!! Today I'm sharing a CAS card that I made for the Stamplorations June CAS Challenge. The theme for the month is
Anything CAS going with the optional twist being to use a masculine color. Remember as always
  • You can link up to 3 CAS cards.
  • You can enter a CAS card with or without the optional color twist.
  • Non-STAMPlorations products are OK
  • Prizes: $10 GC for the winner; $5 GC to the top picks

 I had a blast making this one layer CAS card. I started off by masking a portion of the ship for the waves and then went on to mask the ship and the waves to add the sun at the back. I hope I have not gone over board with all the masking! I used distress oxide inks, I so love them, they make ink blending so easy!
The ship is from the gorgeous True North Stamp set and the sentiment is from the Noteworthy 2 Stamp set.
Hop on over to the Stamplorations blog to participate. I can't wait to see what you create!