New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Inkspirational: 

Rose Colors

Guidelines : Use rose shades of red and /or pink. You may also use green leaf colours, black, white or cream and realistic colours for skin, fur and hair. 

I've used stamps by Altenew in my simple card, colored in with Copics. The flower is popped up with 3d stickers and I also added some small pearls to the design. Easy peasy. 

Before creating your rose projects I hope you'll check out all the gorgeous inspiration cards by the  Inkspirational DT and our talented guest designer Jill here. Happy crafting!

Day 5 of STAMPlorations New Release Spotlight Week

Hi guys!

The day we've been waiting for is finally here... 6 new stamp sets are released at STAMPlorations and we are celebrating with a blog hop! Leave a comment to the main blog here and all the DT members' blogs (list is to be found found in the same post) and you could win amazing prizes: 

SIX (6) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win a $10 gift certificate.

ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $30 gift certificate.

Today we are spotlighting A Girl and Her Shoes

This is one of my personal faves out of the new release... So good for so many of my friends! :) Here's the card I made:

I've heat embossed the boots and sentiment and combined them with some feminine patterned paper. The color palette is inspired by the sentiment. :) 

Now it's time to see what my fellow teamies have made! Click here for the entire blog lop list. Commenting closes on 3rd of February. Have fun hopping! 

Day 4 of STAMPlorations New Release Spotlight Week

Hi guys!

The day we've been waiting for is finally here... 6 new stamp sets are released at STAMPlorations and we are celebrating with a blog hop! Leave a comment to the main blog here and all the DT members' blogs (list is to be found found in the same post) and you could win amazing prizes: 

SIX (6) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win a $10 gift certificate.

ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $30 gift certificate.

Woo hoo! We also have a crafting superstar joining our blog hop: 

Laura Bassen! 

I know! Amazing, right! :) 

Today we are spotlighting two sets:

The Bee's Knees Newlyweds Extras and Sentiment Builders: Love

Here's my card featuring these stamps:

I've made the bg with sponging inks and then "stamping" with a stencil and water. My real stamping is done with Versamark and I've heat embossed the sentiment and bouquet with white powder. I added some gems to the bouquet, otherwise this is an embellishment-free card! Looking at it now I wish I had rounded an edge or two.... Oh well! :) 

I hope you'll now check what Laura and STAMPlorations design team members have created for your inspiration. Commenting closes on 3rd of February. Click here for the blog hop list and happy hopping!

Reminder: Valentine's Day With Optionald Twist of Hearts at TIME OUT!

Hi guys!

I'm here with my reminder card for TIME OUT Challenges. Please see all the details of our Valentine's Day With the Optional Twist of Hearts- challenge here. STAMPlorations is sponsoring us with not only one but two prizes! I hope to see you playing along!

In my card I've used some fun techniques:

*the background is made using a stencil as embossing folder with Cuttlebug and before removing the stencil I've sponged some inks through it so that the raised areas are colored

*the die cut tag is also dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and then sponged 

*the sentiment is heat embossed on vellum with gold powder using

Sentiment Builders: Love

*and thank you Gail for giving me this beautiful die cut heart! 

That's all from me now! See you later with STAMPlorations Blog Hop post!

Day 3 of Stamp Release Spotlight Week at STAMPLorations

Hi guys!

The day we've been waiting for is finally here... 6 new stamp sets are released at STAMPlorations and we are celebrating with a blog hop! Leave a comment to the main blog here and all the DT members' blogs (list is to be found found in the same post) and you could win amazing prizes: 

SIX (6) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win a $10 gift certificate.

ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $30 gift certificate.

Woo hoo! We also have a crafting superstar joining our blog hop: 

Laura Bassen! 

I know! Amazing, right! :) 

Today we are spotlighting The Bees Knees: Newlyweds and here is my card:

I've colored my married couple with Copics and used a store bought die cut to frame it. Some patterned paper and a heat embossed sentiment finish off this simple card. I hope you'll now check my fellow DT member's blogs and see what they've made. The list of blogs is here. Happy hoping!

Day 2 of Stamp Release Spotlight Week at STAMPlorations

Hi guys!

The day we've been waiting for is finally here... 6 new stamp sets are released at STAMPlorations and we are celebrating with a blog hop! Leave a comment to the main blog here and all the DT members blogs (list is to be found found in the same post) and you could win amazing prizes: 

SIX (6) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win a $10 gift certificate.

ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $30 gift certificate.

Woo hoo! We also have a crafting superstar joining our blog hop: 

Laura Bassen! 

I know! Amazing, right! :) 

Today we are spotlighting Bold Sentiments: Hashtag Authentic and this is my card:

I've combined the Bold Sentiments: Hashtag Authentic with an older stamp set, Trendy Leaves. My sentiment is heat embossed on vellum with copper embossing powder. I've also used a die cut Gail sent me as a gift. Hope you like! 

Now it's time to check what my teamies have made! Click here for the list of blog. Happy hopping! 

Day 1 of Stamp Release Spotlight Week at STAMPlorations

Hi guys!

The day we've been waiting for is finally here... 6 new stamp sets are released at STAMPlorations and we are celebrating with a blog hop! Leave a comment to the main blog here and all the DT members blogs (list is to be found found in the same post) and you could win amazing prizes: 

SIX (6) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win a $10 gift certificate.

ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $30 gift certificate.

Woo hoo! We also have a crafting superstar joining our blog hop: 

Laura Bassen! 

I know! Amazing, right! :) 

Today we are spotlighting The Bee's Knees: Houses and this is my card:

I've used sentiment stamps from TYPOGRAFIA: Encouragement and Bloom Sketches with one of the house images to make a sort of "thinking of you"-card. I was inspired by the sketch at Less Is More: I know the overall look is not super CAS but I wanted to show Chrissie and the other ladies what I made anyways! :) 

Have a look at all the stamps in the The Bee's Knees: Houses -set:

And then check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here. Happy hopping!