{Extra Post} Hey, Love Blog Hop & Linky Party with the STAMPlorations Girls + FREE Love/Spring-Themed Digital Stamps!

Howdy, friends! Our most fun and love-filled hop is still in full swing! Have you hopped and/or linked your love-themed projects yet? Tons of prizes are up for grabs and so many ways to snag them -- on the event post, on Facebook, on Instagram, and for linking up your creations! We've even got 3 free digital stamps for you to use :o)

In any case, the STAMPgirls are back with one more helping of love-themed projects to inspire. Have a look!

{Special Post} STAMPlorations at Time Out Challenges + Comment to Win

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! There's a new challenge up at Time Out Challenges that STAMPlorations is sponsoring. It's a Home Sweet Home challenge:

{Spotlight Project} Maria Combines Stamp Sets

I'm back again with one more fun project for you using the Stamp Club stamp set, Positive Vibes and one of my preferred designs - random stamping.

It occurred to me that the feel and style of the blooms in Positive Vibes perfectly complement the feel and style of Bloom Doodles, so I used both sets.

{Spotlight Project} Shirley's Inspired By Layouts

Hi peeps! My latest obsession is page layouts, and how they might relate to cardmaking. For a while now I've been randomly pinning my favourite page layouts on Pinterest, and when I finally went back to look at my collection, there were definite themes in my choices. Splashes of colour in the focal area, lots of white space surrounding, black and white image, and some embellishments. So how could these elements transfer to cardmaking?

{Inspiration Project Post #201}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! It's Tuesday which means the girls from the Inspiration team are back to share projects showcasing products from designers of their choice.

We'll randomly draw a winner from all the comments left on our Inspiration Posts, so have a look and leave a comment for your entry to win a $10 gift certificate to the store.

 

 

 

{Mixed Media Tutorial} Find Beauty In Chaos Art Journal by Helen

Hello hello hello everyone... Helen is here. I hope you all have been having an amazing new year! It is a journey to learn and to grow. It is a journey where we can find beauty in chaos of every day life we go through. Believe me my friend, you can do it!

Today, I have an art journal page and a tutorial to share with you. I need to warn you... it's quite a long post with a lot of pictures. So... let's get started...with creating the base background.

{Extra Post #2} January 2019 Special Stamp Release

Happy Monday, all you lovelies! This month's special stamp release is still underway. Have you had a chance to hop along? A couple of weeks ago we released four super stamp sets designed by Shirley and Deepti for their stamp lines, The Bee's Knees and Dee's Artsy Impressions, respectively.

Here are the quick links:

Day 1 - Carved Flowers

Day 2 - Carved Houses

Day 3 - Shine Bright

Day 4 - Sweet Surprise

The girls in the Inspiration team are once again back with one more helping of beautiful projects to show off the new stamps. Just look:

{Mixed Media Tutorial} You Are Loved Mixed Media Art Journal by Asmah

Hello creative souls! Welcome back to another tutorial by me, Asmah. Today I'm showing you a simple way to use digi stamps in an art journal.

{Spotlight Project} Maria Pairs Black & White With Warm Colors

Howdy STAMP friends!  I'm here today with another project for you using the new Stamp Club stamp, Positive Vibes. I was sooooo ready to get inky with non-holiday colors.

My goal was to incorporate the stamped images in black and white, with some nice warm and bright colors. Let's see what I did.

{Spotlight Project} Monika Re-discovers Aperture Cards - Part 2

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! It's Monika here sharing another aperture card, this time using layers too.

Aperture cards for me are as much about the inside as they are about the card front with a cutout bit to allow you to peep through to what lies beneath. I am using the current Stamp Club set Positive Vibes. with a little bit of help from the Curly Labels/Tags Nesting Dies.

Here is today's make:

{Special Event} Hey, Love Blog Hop & Linky Party with the STAMPlorations Girls + FREE Love/Spring-Themed Digital Stamps!

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! Are you ready for a love fest, STAMPlorations style? The STAMPgirls are serving up some wonderful love-filled projects to inspire you and get you in the mood for some Valentine's day crafting. In addition to the 3 new free love/spring themed digital stamps we're making available to everyone (download link towards the end of this post), we've got a blog hop and linky party that we hope you'll join! There's over $150 worth of prizes up for grabs :o)

There are 2 parts to this fun event:

1. a blog hop with 16 stops (including this blog) where you can leave comments; and
2. a linky party for linking up your love-themed projects -- you're free to use non-STAMPlorations products but if you do use our products (stamps, stencils, dies, coloring pages), you get a shot at the bigger prizes + we've got 3 free digital stamps you can download and use. 

As for the prizes...we've got plenty in the form of stamps, gift codes, and gift certificates.

{Mixed Media Tutorial} Mixed Media Card by MariLynn

To start out the New Year I want to inspire you with a really fun mixed media project.

{Extra Post #1} January 2019 Special Stamp Release

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! This month's special stamp release is still underway! Have you hopped along? Last week we release four fabulously delicious stamp sets designed by Shirley and Deepti for their stamp lines, The Bee's Knees and Dee's Artsy Impressions, respectively.

Here are the quick links:

Day 1 - Carved Flowers

Day 2 - Carved Houses

Day 3 - Shine Bright

Day 4 - Sweet Surprise

The girls in the Inspiration team are back with some more projects to showcase the new stamps. Have a look!

Get Ready for Hey, Love Hop and Linky Party + 3 Brand New Free Love/Spring Themed Digis!

Happy Sunday, STAMPlorations friends! Here's a little heads up on what's coming on Tuesday -- we're having the Hey, Love Hop and Linky Party!

Plus 3 brand new free love/spring themed digital stamps will be available then for anyone to download and use to create love-themed projects for linking up. Over $100 worth of prizes will be up for grabs. 

Don't forget to check back here on Tuesday at 7 am Pacific so you don't miss the start of our most fun and love-filled hop yet!

January Challenges Extra Projects -- Have You Played Yet?

Hello, STAMP friends! The holidays are over and we're all settling back to our normal routine (we hope!). It's time to make some time for crafting! It wasn't too long ago that we were all trying to get those Christmas cards made and mailed...and now we're already halfway through January! Have you played in our challenges yet? You have two weeks more to play and link up your projects. We've got some fun themes, sketch, color, and inspiration photo. Try and see which one will stir your creative mojo.

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

If you're new to our blog, please take a moment to become familiar with the challenge guidelines -- we would hate for anyone to be voted by the team as a winner or be randomly chosen as a top pick and then not qualify for the prize because she didn't follow the rules. 

    

    

    

 

{DAY FOUR} January 2019 Special Stamp Release: Sweet Surprise by Dee's Artsy Impressions + Comment to Win!

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! Welcome to day four of our January 2019 special stamp release hop. All week, the girls in the Inspiration team have been sharing projects they created using the stamps in our latest release. Missed the first three posts? Day one is here + prizes up for grabs, day two post is here, and day three post is here.

For our final day, we're showcasing Sweet Surprise, the other new set that Deepti designed. Deepti and Maria are sharing the beautiful cards featuring this set.

Sweet Surprise

{DAY THREE} January 2019 Special Stamp Release: Shine Bright by Dee's Artsy Impressions + Comment to Win!

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! Welcome to day three of our January 2019 special stamp release hop. From Monday until Thursday, the girls in the Inspiration team will be sharing projects they created using the stamps in our latest release. Missed the first two posts? Day one is here + prizes up for grabs and day two post is here.

Today, we're showcasing Shine Bright, one of two new sets that Deepti designed. Deepti and Vicki are sharing gorgeous cards featuring this set.

Shine Bright

{DAY TWO} January 2019 Special Stamp Release: Carved Houses by The Bee's Knees + Comment to Win!

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! Welcome to day two of our January 2019 special stamp release hop. From Monday until Thursday, the girls in the Inspiration team will be sharing projects they created using the stamps in our latest release. Missed yesterday's post? It's here + prizes up for grabs.

This time around we're putting the spotlight on Carved Houses, the other new set that Shirley designed. Shirley is back with more cards and she's joined by Cornelia.

Carved Houses

{Inspiration Project Post #200}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! The girls from the Inspiration team are back showcasing projects using stamps and dies by designers of their choice.

Today we are having a little celebration to mark reaching the mile stone of 200 Inspiration Posts, a sort of a mini blog hop.

We'll randomly draw one winner of a $20 coupon code from all the comments left on this post and the corresponding posts on the Inspiration team's private blogs. The coupon code can, of course, be applied towards products in the STAMPlorations store.

Check out the team's gorgeous makes and have fun.