STAMPlorations and the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop + Extra Prizes!

Heads up, STAMPlorations friends! There's a fun blog hop starting today for those of us who love or enjoy a cup of coffee! The hop is hosted by Amy Tsuruta and Chaitali Narla.

Amy and Chaitali have invited 30+ sponsors for the hop, including STAMPlorations, who are offering tons of fabulous prizes! Play along by creating a summer-y themed coffee, tea and/or cocoa project. Post it on your blog and then link it up at the linky found on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. The linky is open until Friday, June 12, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7). Winners of sponsor prizes will be randomly drawn!

Link up your summer-themed coffee, tea, and/or cocoa card(s) here

Here's a card to inspire you:

ALOHA SUMMER WITH A WHOLE LATTE LOVE

One Layer Card

To create this card, I stamped, colored with alcohol markers, and masked the large coffee cup stamp, stamped the aloha summer sentiment in Orange Soda ink (Hero Arts), and sponged it with Spiced Marmalade Distress ink. I stamped the grunge newsprint stamp and grunge dots in Espresso Truffle Memento Luxe ink, as well as stamped the artsy borders and coffee beans in Rich Cocoa Memento Luxe ink. Finally, I stamped the sentiment in Rhubarb Stalk Memento ink.

    
Coffee Cup Large, Aloha Summer, Mixed Media Grunge

  
Artsy Border Maker, Latte Love

BLOG CANDY ALERT!

Summer's here and to celebrate, we're giving away extra prizes in case you're not able to link up a project or two by next Friday.

Here on the STAMPlorations blog, you could win a $10 gift certificate to use on the shop, coffee stamps (Coffee Cup Large and Latte Love stamps), or the summer stamps (Aloha Summer + Love Letter in the Sand, and Beach Therapy) that I used in my card.

To win, just answer this burning question: WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT SUMMER?

You can increase your chances of winning by:

• commenting on this post and following our blog (via Google Friend Connect)
• liking our Facebook page and then posting your answer on the Summer Coffee Lovers blog hop post found there. Just scroll and you'll see the Summer Coffee Lovers graphic --> Go to our Facebook page for an entry.
• following the STAMPlorations board on Pinterest

Click here to go to the STAMPlorations board on Pinterest and then click on the "Follow Board" button on the top right of the page. We've got notifications on so we'll know who has started following us.

Already following us on Pinterest? Leave a comment on this post with the name you're using on Pinterest so we can make sure to throw your name in the hat for the random drawing (and so we can follow you back too!).

You have until Saturday, June 13, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7) to comment here and/or on our Facebook page, as well as follow our Pinterest board. We'll be picking 3 winners: one winner who'll receive a $10 gift certificate to the STAMPlorations shop, 1 winner who'll receive the coffee stamps, and 1 winner who'll receive the summer stamps. We'll announce the winners on June 14. Easy peasy!

Happy hopping!