January 15, 2016

STAMPlorations January New Release!

It's time!  It's STAMPlorations January New Release Blog Hop!  Our designers, Shery, Shirley, Deepti and Becca have come up with some amazing new sets!  The Inspiration Design Team has created some cards showcasing these new stamps and we hope you'll come hop with us and check them out!

 


Aren't the new sets fantastic?!  All so different, all so versatile, all so fun!  I think these sets brought all my mojo back that was missing after the holidays. They are just so inspiring!  I had a blast creating with them. Take a look...

(Since this is a picture heavy post I'm going to be as brief as I can with how I made each card. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask!)





Here I stamped the reindeer and sentiment in black ink (Reindeer Games set) and coloured the reindeer with my Spectrum Noir Markers. I stamped the hearts (Anchored set) in red and pink and added some Wink of Stella to them. You can kind of see it in the detail picture.
***I'm linking this card up to Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes***



I stamped the sunrise circle (New Beginning set) on kraft cardstock (I had originally intended to do this card as a one layer but I made an error and rather than starting over I cut out my image and adjusted my design) and coloured it with my prismacolor pencil crayons.  I die cut some clouds and arranged them and the sunrise circle on a kraft card base and then stamped my sentiment (New Beginning set).






I stamped the butterflies (Winged Things set) and embossed in white. I sponged Peacock Feathers Distress ink overtop of them.  I splattered water to create water droplets in the ink then splattered white acrylic paint and watered down Peacock Feathers ink.  The detail picture shows the splatters better.  I stamped the sentiment (Party Time set) in black.
***I'm linking this card up to the Craft Stamper Take It, Make it Challenge for January - use a stamp*** 




I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment (Big Greetings set) in black on a strip of watercolour paper.  I coloured the happy in with my Spectrum Aqua markers in rainbow colours. I attached it to my black card base and then added a few white enamel dots.  I decided to let the big sentiment stamp shine on its own so kept the card design simple. 


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I hope you enjoyed my cards today and I hope you'll join us in the hop. Comment along the way and you could win a prize!
Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

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Prizes:
  • ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs (January 15/Day 5 post) wins a $25 gift certificate to the shop
  • TWO (2) commenters randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs each win a $15 gift certificate to the shop
  • FOUR (4) commenters randomly drawn from Designer & Stamp Spotlight posts (Days 1 to 4) win the stamp set featured for that day

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!


35 comments:

  1. Loved the new stamp release and all the DT inspiration, loved it! I particularly like your second card with the vibrant colours against the kraft card, very striking and very creative. Thank you for the fabulous inspiration x

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  2. These are all soooo lovely Kim. My favorite is the new beginning one. It is perfectly wonderful - love the clouds. Thanks bunches for sharing these beauties. j.

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  3. All are gorgeous and my fave one is first one, darn cute!

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  4. Oh these cards are so so fun. Really love the bold colors on the new beginnings card. VERY inspirational:)

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  5. Fab cards, Kim! The reindeer one just leaps out and makes me smile :) - great colouring.

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  6. Wow! Impressive cards. Especially like the New Beginnings card.

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  7. Great cards, Kim. The reindeer (I needed to take a moment when I got that set, but ended up having the best time with it ;) is perfectly placed in the corner, popping up with his THIIIS much sentiment. Love that card.

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  8. You made so pretty cards Kim!

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  9. Lovely cards, especially the butterfly one

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  10. Hehehe, oh my, your deer card is so darling. Makes me laugh. Love all your other creations. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  11. I love how you have used kraft paper for your designs. They are fantastic!

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  12. Gorgeous cards. The deer popping up in the corner is so funny. Hugz

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  13. Wonderful cards - as always! LOVE that deer card and those Kraft cards - fabulous! How's the kitchen coming along?

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  14. You have such a wide range of stunners here! I literally laughed out loud when I saw your reindeer card. Bah! It's perfect!! And I'll echo what some others have said about your new beginnings card - so unique and a little retro!

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  15. oh wow. these are all fantastic. love them!

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  16. I find one-layer cards so hard, and you do them so beautifully. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  17. Wonderful cards, especially the butterfly one.

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  18. Holy wow! Your cards are all so amazing!

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  19. Lovely cards!! I love how you used a portion of the sunrise set to create a scene via the spotlight technique. The kraft base is the perfect background for such a simple scene - really pops!!

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  20. love your use of the kraft and black backgrounds but all the cards are just lovely!

    Alicia

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  21. Wonderful cards. Love the way you colored in the sentiment. And the deer peeking in from the side... very cute

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  22. Fab cards... love the sunrise!

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  23. You have been busy! I love these cards especially that deer popping up on the card:) They are all so great.

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  24. Love these....so cool that you can color those sentiments however you like!

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  25. Beautiful cards! Love the sunrise circle one!

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  26. love your sweet reindeer card with the sparkly hearts - thanks for sharing your project at ATSM - Hugs, Tanja

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  27. You have tried different card bases ,white ,kraft and black ! Loved the cards :)

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  28. All these are truly fabulous! I particularly love the simplicity of the happy birthday card. It looks so cool on the black card base! xxx

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  29. OMG loving that deer card, so CUTE! All of your cards are very pretty!

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  30. WOW... Fabulous cards using all the stamp sets! Love them all! Thank you so much for the inspirations!

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  31. Fantastic makes all so inspiring tfs

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  32. Great cards. Love them all. I am here from the hop

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  33. Love your CAS designs using your dark backgrounds. So creative. TFS Kim.

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  34. Lovely cards. Especially loved the ones made with Big Greetings and Winged Things.

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  35. Oooohhhhh! What a fabulous set of cards, Kim, each one showcasing the new stamps wonderfully! The reindeer makes me laugh; the dragonflies, swoon! Awesome! Thank you for sharing your *Anything Goes* design in the ATSM gallery!
    Hugs~c

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