{Mixed Media Tutorial} Blessings Tags by MariLynn

{Special Stamp Release!} CHRISTMAS BAUBLES by Shery Russ Designs + Mini Release Hop -- Comment to Win!

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! We have a special stamp release with a mini hop! We're showcasing CHRISTMAS BAUBLES, a set featuring 5 large hand-drawn Christmas ornaments plus a few extras and three sentiments.

Here are a couple of cards I made with this set:

For this mini hop, STAMPgirls Jane, Julie, and Deepti are sharing cards featuring Christmas Baubles. Visit their blogs and leave comments along the way. You may just be the lucky commenter who wins the Christmas Baubles stamp set! :o)

JULIE

JANE

DEEPTI

How the mini release hop works:

• Comment on this post.
• Visit the designers' blogs and comment on their featured project(s).
• Commenting closes on Wednesday, October 31, 11:55 p.m. Pacific.
• We'll randomly select a winner of the stamp set from comments left on all the blogs.

CHRISTMAS BAUBLES is now available in the shop and until October 31, it's 10% off.

Happy hopping!

'Tis the Season to Be Thankful and Grateful -- New Gratitude-Themed Stamps and Dies Coming Soon to the Store + Comment to Win!

Well hello again, STAMPlorations friends! Wasn't it just a few days ago when you saw the graphic on the left in this post?

You're seeing her again because, well, we've got more new stamps...and dies...coming to the store soon -- like later this week!

I think of autumn/fall/November as the "Thankful/Grateful Season", not only because we in the US celebrate Thanksgiving in November, but as someone who lives in the valley where the temps go up to as high as 109F in the summer, I'm always very thankful when our average temps are finally in the 60s (high) and 40s (low). It means my little girls and I can spend more hours outside having fun :o)

Anyway, here's a preview of our upcoming gratitude-themed stamps and dies. They will be available in the store starting Thursday, October 25, and they will be 10% off until the end of November.

Make sure you read to the end of this post for a chance at winning our newest cover plate die and one of the new phrase dies!

{Mixed Media Tutorial} Melissa Does A Dragonfly Dance

[Shery's note: Less than a week before she passed away last October 2, Melissa had written this mixed media tutorial. She always worked ahead and had posts scheduled in advance. All of Melissa's mixed media tutorial can be found here. We are paying tribute to and celebrating her life in this post. I hope you can join us there after you've finished reading her last tutorial.]

Hi! Melissa here with a fun twist on a way to use a cover plate die. I used the CUTplorations Dragonfly Cover Plate Die for today's tutorial, but have used the Bloomtangled #1 Cover plate die in the same way previously. I used the die a sort of stencil/guide.

October Challenges Extra Projects -- Have You Played Yet?

Hey, guys! We're more than halfway through October. Have you played in our challenges yet? You have less than two weeks left to link up your projects.

Some of the STAMPgirls are sharing extra projects to give you a little nudge :o)

We have updated our challenge guidelines and are offering more prizes as well!