{Inspiration Project Post #50}

We're about to say goodbye to November. Are you ready for December? The girls in the Inspiration team are back with one last dose of projects for this month. If you're inspired by the projects below, we sure would love to see your CASEs in the Playground!

  

   

  

You'll find more cards to CASE here, here, here, here, and here, where the girls CASEd the awesome card by Suchi. The CASEplorations challenge guidelines are here.

GIVING THANKS Blog Hop Winner + Thanksgiving Sale & ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last week on our Giving Thanks blog hop. All of us in the STAMPlorations design team appreciate you and your support -- your visits and comments here on the blog and on our personal blogs mean a lot!

    

And now it's time to announce the winner of her choice of 4x6 stamp set, randomly drawn from comments left here on the blog and the designers' blogs, as well as tags on Facebook and Pinterest pins.

We pooled the entries and with the help of Mr. Random.org, the winner is:

Terri Burson

Congratulations, Terri! Please claim your prize by Friday, December 4. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject, "STAMPlorations Giving Thanks winner". Include your complete mailing address in the email and the 4x6 stamp set you'd like to receive as your prize (choose from here).

We have been celebrating Thanksgiving all month long on the STAMPlorations shop. Tomorrow is the last day to snap up some goodies at a discount! Select stamp sets are 10% to 20% off. You'll find these discounted stamps HERE and HERE. Plus, all orders of at least $12 ship for free anywhere in the world! Use coupon code THANKYOU on checkout. (Psst...if you're a stamp club subscriber, make sure to use your personal coupon code to get an additional 15% off on all products in the shop, including stamp sets that are already on sale. Our shopping cart accepts multiple coupons :o)

Oh and guess what? We've got another awesome blog hop next week! 

Our last stencil hop was back in May so another stencil hop is overdue. The STAMPlorations girls are getting their projects ready to inspire you to use those stencils you have in your stash (or try stencils if you haven't used them before). And just like our previous stencil blog hops, we'll have a flash stencil project linky party so get your stencils and crafting mojo on! So mark your calendars because we'd love to have you join us! :o) 

{Stencil Sunday #22}

Hey there, fellow creatives! We've got a new edition of Stencil Sunday,  a weekly feature brought to you by the STAMPlorations girls in the Mixed Media design team. Every Sunday, they share their mixed media projects showcasing ARTplorations stencils and STAMPlorations stamps. Today,  Kim is sharing her mixed media project. You'll find more information about Kim's project by visiting her blog.

{Inspiration Projects #49}

For the Giving Thanks Blog Hop + comment to win, click here (ends 11/27)

Happy Friday, stamping friends! The weekend is upon us -- more crafting time. We've got 6 beautiful cards and projects made by the inspiration team. Fancy CASEing one (or all) of them? If you do make sure you share and link up your creation(s) in the CASE Playground. We'd love to see how you were inspired.

  

 

You'll find more cards to CASE here, here, here and here, where the girls CASEd the awesome card by Suchi. The CASEplorations challenge guidelines are here.

Deepti

Folk Flowers, Hope Blooms

Vicki

Small Birds, Frames and Flowers, Fond Expressions 2

Kim

Christmas Bell Medley, Holiday Sketches: Christmas Flower

Maria F.

Friends and Flowers, Sentiment Builders: Christmas and New Year

Monika

Sketchy Coffee Cups, Frames and Flowers

Shirley

Small Birds, Joyful

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{Spotlight Project} Deepti Creates a Christmas Card!

For the Giving Thanks Blog Hop + comment to win, click here (ends 11/27)

Hello friends! Deepti here and welcome to another spotlight feature. As you might have noticed, I have been working on loads of Christmas cards and thought I would continue the same with my spotlight card. It uses masking tape to give a rough edge for a watercolored panel.

So, here's a look at the finished card.

GIVING THANKS Blog Hop with the STAMPlorations girls -- Comment to Win!

  

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! No special stamp release this week but we do have a very special blog hop. Those of us in the US are celebrating Thanksgiving Day tomorrow, Thursday. We have so much and so many things to be thankful for that we thought we'd come together this week and create projects that express our gratitude.

We'd love for you to visit each of our blogs and leave comments along the way. The best part? One lucky commenter will win her choice of 4x6 stamp set from the shop! We currently have 38 of these sets so plenty to choose from! :o)

BECCA  |  CAROL

      

DEEPTI  |  JULIE  |  KIM M. 


            

LAURAJANE  |  LEE-ANNE  |   MARIA

            

MONIKA  |  SHERY  |  SHIRLEY

      
TENIA  |  VICKI  |  WEI WEI

How this hop works:

• Comment on this post.
• Visit the designers' blogs and comment on their featured project(s).
• Commenting closes on Friday, November 27, 11:55 p.m. Pacific (GMT-8).
• We'll randomly select a winner from comments left on all the blogs and announce it on Sunday, November 29.

Want to increase your chances of winning?

• Share the link to this blog post on your Facebook status. Make sure to tag your post with #givingthanks and #stamplorations
• When you visit the designers' blog posts, pin their cards to your Pinterest board. Again, make sure to tag your pins with #givingthanks and #stamplorations
• Leave a second comment on this blog post telling us that you've done the above (include a link to your FB profile/page and/or Pinterest board).

Did you know that we're celebrating Thanksgiving all month long on the STAMPlorations shop? Select stamp sets are 10% to 20% off. You'll find these discounted stamps HERE and HERE. Plus, all orders of at least $12 ship for free anywhere in the world! Use coupon code THANKYOU on checkout. (Psst...if you're a stamp club subscriber, make sure to use your personal coupon code to get an additional 15% off on all products in the shop, including stamp sets that are already on sale. Our shopping cart accepts multiple coupons :o)

Happy hopping!

{Spotlight Project} Maria Experiments with Stencils and Glitter and Paste

Hello again friends! Nice to be here with you this Thanksgiving week. You may remember this Spotlight where I experimented with stencils and glitter on adhesive sheets. Today I am experimenting with a stencil, some embossing paste and glitter. Here's what happened.

{Mixed Media Tutorial} Textured Tag by Carol

Carol shows you how to use the ARTplorations Weathered Wood stencil along with STAMPlorations Mixed Media Elements and Vignette: Christmas Block stamps to create a wonderful Christmas tag. Click the graphic below for the step by step photo tutorial she has on the ARTplorations blog. See you there!