OLCCC #12 - Still Time to Play!

Just wanted to get a quick post out to let you all know there's still time to play along with the current challenge over at One Layer Christmas Card Challenge.  It's actually a three week challenge this time so you have until July 6th to link up.  As always it's anything goes with an optional twist of green.  I have a card to share to try to inspire you to join in.  Take a look...

I stamped my pine boughs (Clearly Besotted) in mowed lawn and forest moss Distress ink.  I inked up the stamp first then lightly spritzed it with water before stamping.  Then I stamped my pinecones (Clearly Besotted) in walnut stain Distress ink.  I added some white to the pinecone with a gel pen then added Wink of Stella to the pine cones and the pine boughs.  I stamped the sentiment (STAMPlorations) in black.

Hope to see you all join in on the fun!  Have a great day and thanks for visiting!

I'm linking up to the following challenges:

Christmas Card Challenges - anything goes

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop - Day 2

Day 2!

With Guest designer: ANNI LERCHE

There's a lot of celebrating going on over at STAMPlorations for its second birthday!  We'd love it if you'd join us too!  The STAMPlorations team has all been busy making fabulous projects to inspire you.  We've been playing with the new party themed sets.  Here's my project for today...

I cut a white cardstock panel and masked the bottom portion off and sponged on ink from the orange ombré ink pad by Hero Arts.  Then I stamped the lollipop swirl in orange along the bottom edge.  I stamped the sentiment Hero Arts blue Ombré ink.  I then stamped my gifts on a scrap of white cardstock and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir markers. I fussy cut them out and attached them to my panel raising one of them with foam dots.  Lastly, I attached my panel to my card base with foam dots.

So, if you want to have a chance to win some prizes you can comment along the hop and/or you can link up your birthday/party themed creations over at the blog.

I used the following party themed sets:
Party Time - http://stamplorations.com/partytime/

Party Mates - http://stamplorations.com/partymates/

Commenting and linking close on Monday, July 6. Winners are announced on Tuesday, July 7.

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Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all birthday blog hop projects here.

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Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog, STAMPlorations designers blogs, and guest designers blogs:

• 1 winner of $25 gift certificate
• 5 winners of $10 gift certificate

Prizes for linking up a party/celebration/birthday project:

• 3 winners of the party stamp sets (1 winner of Party Mates, 1 winner of Party Time, 1 winner of PartyGirl)
• 1 winner of $25 gift certificate (if STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used) or $15 gift certificate (if non-STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used)

***winners are randomly drawn

I do hope you hop along with us and I hope you like what we've created.  Have a fantastic day and thanks for visiting!

STAMPlorations Inspiration Roundup

Time is running out to link up to June's CASEplorations Playground!  You have until July 5th to link up.  You can CASE my card or one of my fellow Design Teammates cards or you can CASE the awesome Virginia's card from THIS POST.  Or any of the cards the DT made from inspiration posts #21, #22, #23 or #24.  It's up to you!  If you do, you have a chance to win a prize!  So, here's my card and I hope it inspires you to play along.

I first taped off two thirds of my card base. I used the Leaf Prints stencil by sponging the following Memento ink colours;  Elderberry, Teal Zeal, Grey Flannel, Nautical Blue.  I offset each time to create interest.  I then removed the tape and using tape again, I created a narrow strip which I sponged black Memento ink.  I stamped the sentiment (Bloom Sketches Set) in black and I added the Dad using some letter stickers.

I do hope you'll play along with us.  Have a fantastic day and thanks for dropping by!

I'm linking up to the following challenge:

AAA Cards - embossing paste and/or stencils

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop - Day 1

It's time!  It's time!

With Guest designer: AMY TSURUTA

There's a lot of celebrating going on over at STAMPlorations for its second birthday!  We'd love it if you'd join us too!  The STAMPlorations team has all been busy making fabulous projects to inspire you.  We've been playing with the new party themed sets.  So for the next five days be ready to have fun!  Here's my project for today...

So, I first stamped my girl with black Memento ink and then created a mask and covered her up.  Then I masked off a section for my sentiments.  I stamped my sentiments using Hero Arts blue ombré ink.  I removed the mask for the sentiment section and created two more for my narrow borders above and below my sentiments. Using the same blue ombré ink I sponged the colours on to create an ombré look.  I removed all the masks and coloured in my girl using my Spectrum Noir markers.  I left the dress white and filled it in with my Wink of Stella pen.  Did the same for the shoes.  I even managed to capture the lovely glitter on camera!  Love how this one layer card turned out.  Aren't these great stamps?!

So, if you want to have a chance to win some prizes you can comment along the hop and/or you can link up your birthday/party themed creations over at the blog.

I used the following party themed sets:
Party Time - http://stamplorations.com/partytime/

PartyGirl - http://stamplorations.com/partygirl/

Commenting and linking close on Monday, July 6. Winners are announced on Tuesday, July 7.

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Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all birthday blog hop projects here.

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Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog, STAMPlorations designers blogs, and guest designers blogs:

• 1 winner of $25 gift certificate
• 5 winners of $10 gift certificate

Prizes for linking up a party/celebration/birthday project:

• 3 winners of the party stamp sets (1 winner of Party Mates, 1 winner of Party Time, 1 winner of PartyGirl)
• 1 winner of $25 gift certificate (if STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used) or $15 gift certificate (if non-STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used)

***winners are randomly drawn

I do hope you hop along with us and I hope you like what we've created.  Have a fantastic day and thanks for visiting!

Sailing Away

Hi there!  Today I've got a card to share that I had made for my FIL for Father's Day.  I was a bit late making it but it's the thought that counts right?  :-).  I have to point out that I was inspired to CASE a card that Karolyn Loncon made.  It was so nice I wanted to try something similar.  Here's my card...

First, I cut a circle out with my circle cutter and used it as a stencil, sponging on orange and yellow distress inks and Ruby Red SU! Ink.  Then I stamped my sailboat ink black. Now this sailboat stamp is actually not solid but mostly an outline. I wanted it to be like a silhouette but didn't have a boat silhouette stamp.  So after I stamped this I coloured it in with my black marker.  Then I made the water using my Spectrum Noir markers (BT1, BT2, BT4).  Then I stamped my sentiment (retired SU!) in black.  Another quick and simple one layer.  :-)

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great weekend!

I'd like to link up to the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS - code word is Splash
CAS-ology - cue card is Nautical
Uniko Studio - anything goes with twist of masculine
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - anything goes
The Challenge - Nautical

STAMPlorations Inspiration #24

Hi everyone!  It's time again to try and inspire you!  Over at STAMPlorations the Inspiration Design Team has come up with some more fabulous cards to try and entice you to create!  If you want join in on the CASEplorations you could CASE our GD, Virginia Lu's card.  Or if you'd like you can CASE one of our cards from today's post or from the Inspiration posts #21, #22 or #23. Whichever way you'd like to play you can link up your cards and have a chance to win some prizes!  Here's my card...

For today's card I'm using one if the new sets designed by fellow teammate, Deepti.  It's called Blooming Buds.  It's a gorgeous set.  So, I first created a mask of one of the flowers and taped off a section on a beige card base.  Using my flower mask, I stamped my flowers in black ink (Memento).  Then I removed the tape and masked off the flowers so I could sponge black ink on the one side.  It looks like a black piece of paper but it's actually ink.  This is a one layer card.  I then tied some gold thread around my card and decided to forgo a sentiment.  I love how you can created the illusion of layers with ink.

So, if you want to play along and do some CASEing come on over and visit us HERE.

Here some guidelines to keep in mind:

• Pick any card (or two, or however many) from the Inspiration Project posts that we'll be publishing throughout the month of June (June 8, 12, 22, 26, and 30) that you want to CASE. You can create any type of project -- card, ATC, altered project, mixed media, art journal page, scrapbook page, etc.
• You can use any supplies you have. You don't have to use STAMPlorations products; products by other companies are welcome -- but please play for fun, not for promotion!
• In your blog post, include the card you're CASEing as well as describe how you were inspired by it. Link back to the Inspiration Project post too.
• Don't forget to link up your CASE project(s) to the Inspiration CASE Playground!
• CASE as many cards as you want, so long as you have them in separate posts on your blog.
• You have until July 5th to link up your creations.

And don't forget, you could win a prize too!  One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate or their choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils.  I do hope you'll join in on the fun!

 Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to link up to the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - anything goes
Uniko Studio - anything goes with optional twist of masculine.  I decided against the twist this time.

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #12 Reminder

Just a reminder that there's still about a week left to link up your cards to One Layer Christmas Card Challenges current challenge.  As always it's anything goes but you have the option to use the twist.  The twist this time is green.  If you do use the twist you'll be entered in for the drawing to win an ARTplorations stencil!  Here's my card to inspire you...

I took my white cardstock base and stamped my snowflakes (large ones are an old foam stamp from Micheals and smaller ones are Hero Arts) in red and green.  I added some rhinestones to the larger snowflakes. I stamped my sentiment (Clearly Besotted) in black.  It's easy and quick but very festive, I think.  :-)

Hope you'll take a moment to join us over at OLCCC.  We would love to see you there!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to link up to the following challenges:

Jingle Belles - no patterned paper (just cardstock)
ABC Christmas Challenge - L is for Lyrics.  Lyrics that inspired my card, "Let it Snow".