STAMPlorations Blog Hop Reminder!

Hi guys! Have you done the STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop already? If not, it's not too late to start: click here for the blog hop post and all the details! We are celebrating STAMPlorations' 1st birthday and are having fun with the Celebration themed June Release. If you go to STAMPlorations Shop you'll find all the new stamps on the front page. The set I used in my quick card is VIGNETTE: It's Your Day (image above). The sentiment block is so fun to create backgrounds with -you don't really need much else and this is perfect for masculine cards too. I stamped on a patterned paper with faint blue lines so I chose blue thread to pick up that color and help the flower to stand out from the background. That's my card in all of it's simplicity! :) Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you hopping!

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop!

STAMPlorations turns a year old this month and we're celebrating with a blog hop! We're also releasing the new stamps for July so it's a double celebration. The other STAMPlorations girls and I are sharing projects we created that feature the new stamps. And we've got 5 talented card-makers celebrating with us too! 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.

In my card I've used several of the new celebration-themed stamps. They are available to buy on the shop during the hop: All 6 sets is $30 (17% off) + free shipping in the US (flat rate to other countries). Click here for details! I coloured some of the big celebration-sentiments with an ombre-look and used the same markers for the cupcake wrap too. I could't resist on adding white dots with gel pen to the wrap as well! All colouring is done with Copics. I added a ribbon but apart from that, no embellies in this card. Oh by the way the stamp set you can win from my blog is my all time STAMPlorations favorite: Chevron and Arrows. Don't forget to comment! :)

Here are all the stops of the hop:

STAMPlorations Blog

Design Team:

Cornelia | Debra | Kylie | Maria | Monika | Nonni | Shery | Shirley | Vicki

Guest Designers:

Ardyth | Chrissie | Deepti | Melissa | Mynn

Have fun hopping and thanks for popping by!

White/Cream + Blue at Inkspirational Challenges!

Hi friends,
It's time for a new challenge at Inkspirational! We have a color challenge for you: use white/cream with blue. These are the colors of the flag of Finland and the national colours of my home country -many Finns love this combo! You may combine these with neutral colors and natural colors for skin and fur. My Inkspirational DT teamies have made stunning projects for your inspiration and I hope you'll check them out from the challenge blog. As always we have a guest designer too and this time it's Laura from LE-Designs. Laura made a stunning shaker card for you, don't miss it!

In my card I've used a medallion stamp from PTI. I heat embossed it with white powder on patterned paper (Papermania) and the result was so pretty I didn't want to cover it up with anything else. :) I added some turquoise rhinestones as accents and heat embossed a Finnish greeting (Congratulations). That's my card in all of it's simplicity! :)

Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you playing along at Inkspirational. Happy crafting!

CASEing Donna Mikasa at TIME OUT!

Hi friends!
It's time for another cool challenge at TIME OUT Challenges. We are super proud to be CASEing the very talented Donna Mikasa in our current challenge -do check out her blog three umbrellas if you are not familiar with it yet. I love the colors Donna uses in her cards... And the one we are CASEing is no exception (see the photo below). All the challenge details are in the challenge blog together with DT inspiration. Our guest designer this time is the talented Marzena. Play along and you might end up joining us too! :)

My first idea for the CASE was to use a stencil like Donna did and even to use her fab color combo... But then my new Avocado Arts stamps arrived and I ended up changing all my original plans! I used a couple of shades of blue and green Distress Inks for sponging the underwater background... And added some interest by stamping it with bubble wrap and water (I believe Donna stamped with a stencil and water). I was also inspired of Donna's gold embossing and used it for both the sentiment and the stamped sand. The hilarious bikini girl is colored with Copics. I'd like to dedicate my card to all the ladies enjoying summer... You all rock that bikini you are wearing! :)

Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you playing along at TIME OUT Challenges. Thank you Donna for the change to get to know you better and to CASE your fantastic card!

New Sketch Challenge at STAMPlorations!

Hi friends!
It's time for a new fun sketch challenge at STAMPlorations. Click here for the challenge post! My take this time is super simplified but our other DT members and our fab guest designer Deepti have made amazing samples. You don't want to miss them! In my card I've used the soon to be released celebration-themed stamps (see the image below). I stamped a border with one of the cupcake stamps and used the It's Your Day Sentiment stamp as focal point. Some patterned paper and little pearls finish off the card! These stamps are now in pre-release sale -click here for all the details. They are fun to create with and can be used both for girly and masculine celebration cards. That's all from me now... I hope to see you at STAMPlorations!

Friends Forever

Hi friends!
Quick post to share a little card I made. The stamps are by Avocado Arts and I've colored the cute birdies with Copics. These are meant to be girls so I chose girly colors for the headwear! :)  I added some glossy accents to the goggles of the birds as only "embellishment" of this card. I gave this to CAS lover Sandie so wanted to keep things super CAS! :)  Thanks for popping by.

I'd like to enter:
http://open-mindedcraftingfun.blogspot.ca/ Things with wings
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.fi/ Clean and Simple

If friends were flowers... TIME OUT Challenge reminder!

Good morning blogland friends and greetings from a work trip in Sweden. :) Before heading towards the challenges of today I'm sharing a card to remind you of our current challenge at TIME OUT: Summer with the optional twist of flowers. If you choose to twist you have a chance to win a 25 $ gift voucher to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps -how cool is that! Please head on over to the challenge blog for all the details.

My card started a a sponged CAS-card: I sponged the kraft card base with white ink and then stamped the leaves to the corners. After doing that I messed up all the focal point stamping and had to cover it up and say goodbye to CAS-look... So I added the paper strips, a doily and a stamped flower panel! The flower is colored in with Copics and it's a HERO ARTS stamp, I colored it in London at Sandie's. Thanks for letting me to play with your stash, Sandie!

Work calls... Have a good day everyone and I hope to see you taking TIME OUT and joining us -there's still about one week to play along!