STAMPlorations™ Blog: March 2021

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

{Inspiration Project Post #313}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! The Inspiration girls are back with a beautiful array of cards showcasing stamps, digital stamps, dies, stencils and clear stickers of their choice.

We'll still randomly draw a winner from all the comments left on our Inspiration posts, have a look and leave a comment for your entry to win a $15 prize code to the STAMPlorations store in our monthly prize draw.

{PREVIEW} Color Me Blooms Colorables feat. Cards by Tanja and Emily Kabel

Happy Monday, STAMPlorations friends! If you've been to the store lately, you may have noticed a bunch of new products have been added. In fact, we have a new section: Colorables, Ephemera, and Card Fronts. I'll be adding more products over the next several weeks, including kits and bundles. But today, I'd like to put the spotlight on our Colorables line, specifically these two products: Color Me Blooms Spring Florals A2 Colorable Card Fronts and Color Me Blooms Spring Florals Laser Cuts.

STAMPgirl Tanja and her daughter, Emily, played with these Colorables and they made some gorgeous cards that scream spring! Have a look and then leave a comment. One lucky commenter will win a pack of each of these Colorables. Check back on April 10 when we publish the March winners post to see if your name is drawn.

{Trifecta Cardmaking} Sue Has Fun with Stamps, Stencils, and Stickers!

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! We have a brand new feature that's sure to inspire you all some more. Specifically, you'll see just how the three S's in our line -- stamps, stencils, and stickers -- play well in cardmaking. For the next 3 months, returning guest designer Sue Symens will wow you with her creative cards!

Make sure you comment on this post for a chance at a $15 prize code. Every month, we draw 7 winners, with the winners randomly drawn from all posts published during the month. The more posts you comment on, the more chances you have.

And here's a nice bonus: we bundled up some products that Sue used in one of her cards. The products she used in her first card are available in the Sweet Kindness Kit - 4 products for just $18.99 + free US shipping.

{Spotlight Project} Shirley Does A Double Take With Butterflies

Hi peeps! I made a couple of quick and easy cards using the Flutter Zen 1 layering die.

{Throwback Thursday} Funky Inspired Stamped Backgrounds

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! It's Thursday, which means it's time for Throwback Thursday! We have the very talented Gloria Hayoung Lee once again. Make sure you comment on this post for a chance at a $15 prize code. Every month, we draw 7 winners, with the winners randomly drawn from all posts published during the month. The more posts you comment on, the more chances you have.

{Christmas In The Air} PREVIEW Christmas in the Air Kit #1 feat. Projects by Nancy

Happy Wednesday, artsy-craftsy friends! Christmas in the Air is officially back. Did you miss this particular feature? It's never too early to start building up your Christmas cards stash. Every month for the next 6 months, Nancy and Monika will be inspiring us with a variety of Christmas projects -- cards, tags, ornaments, etc. What's new this time around is that they're going to be using products in Christmas in the Air kits!

So we're starting with Christmas in the Air Kit #1, a specially curated kit consisting of 7 brand new Christmas-themed products -- a $46 value (if bought separately). As a bundle, it's 46% off + free shipping anywhere in the US ($7 shipping to Canada; $12 shipping to all other countries).

{Inspiration Project Post #312}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! The Inspiration girls are back with a beautiful array of cards showcasing stamps, dies, stencils and stickers of their choice.

We'll still randomly draw a winner from all the comments left on our Inspiration posts, have a look and leave a comment for your entry to win a $15 prize code to the STAMPlorations store in our monthly prize draw.

{Sticker Monday} Helen's Coffee Feel Good Mixed Media Tags

Happy Monday, STAMPlorations friends! It's time for another Sticker Monday post and we have STAMPgirl Helen Gullett sharing some fun coffee-themed tags featuring our clear stickers. With the Spring|Summer Coffee Lovers Hop well underway, she'll hopefully inspire many of us coffee lovers to create our own coffee-themed projects. Her mixed media tags showcase our brand new coffee-themed stickers, Coffee Feel Good, which is part of our super-fun Coffee Spring|Summer Kit that's available in the store. (Psst, it's currently 51% off and comes with free domestic shipping!)

In addition, make sure you comment on this post for a chance at a $15 prize code. Every month, we draw 7 winners, with the winners randomly drawn from all posts published during the month. The more posts you comment on, the more chances you have.

{Stencil Sunday} Stencils, Gilding Flakes, and Distress Oxide Sprays

Happy Sunday, STAMPlorations friends! It's time for another Stencil Sunday post. We have talented guest designers sharing their creations that feature ARTplorations stencils. Make sure you comment on this post for a chance at a $15 prize code. Every month, we draw 7 winners, with the winners randomly drawn from all posts published during the month. The more posts you comment on, the more chances you have.

In today's post, guest designer Olivia Rivera-Marmara, shares projects she created with stencils, gilding flakes, and distress oxide sprays.

March Release Winners

Thank you to all who hopped along during our March stamps release. We have 2 winners -- randomly picked by Mr. Random.

Winner of her choice of stamp set from the new release
(Super Hero, Life Is Sweeter, or Art Marks 3):

Christine Alexander
(drawn from Nancy's blog post)

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Winner of a $25 prize code:

unclaimed
(drawn from Shirley's blog post)

Congratulations, ladies! You have 1 week to claim your prize. Please send an email to stamplorations@gmail.com by Friday, March 26.

The stamps are available to buy in the store:

SUPER HERO | LIFE IS SWEETER | ART MARKS 3

{Mixed Media Tutorial} Love Art Journal Page by Tiffany

Happy Friday, STAMPlorations friends! Guest designer Tiffany Johnson is back with a mixed media tutorial for creating a cool art journal page. Make sure you comment on this post for a chance at a $15 prize code. Every month, we draw 7 winners, with the winners randomly drawn from all posts published during the month. The more posts you comment on, the more chances you have.

Welcome to the STAMPlorations stop on the Coffee Lovers Spring | Summer 2021 Blog Hop! We love this event and are so happy to be one of the super sponsors again. And as ever, we have a few extra prizes you can win over here at STAMPlorations.

Play along by creating any coffee-themed 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, March 26. Winners of sponsor prizes will be randomly drawn! (Psst! Keep scrolling for a free digi stamp you can use in your projects!)

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

Have a look at what the STAMPgirls have made featuring some of our previously released coffee-themed products.

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***BLOG CANDY ALERT!***

Aside from the prizes we're offering on the Coffee Lovers Hop event itself, we're throwing in extra prizes. TWO (2) coffee- (or tea- or chocolate-) loving crafters who leave a comment on this post and on the designers' posts will each win a pack of COFFEE BACKGROUNDS ATC. Comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, April 8. Easy peasy! Winners will be announced on Saturday night, April 10, so make sure to follow our blog so you don't miss that post.

In addition to all the prizes, we have a free gift for all of you as a thank you for supporting our company and the blog hop - it's the free digi over at the STAMPlorations digital store. We can't wait to see what you create with it (don't forget to link up with our Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge if you create something using this digi!).

Coffee Donut Row Digital Stamp

Download for free until April 30, 2021. Use code COFFEEDONUT on checkout.

If you download and use the above image in your projects, you must give credit to STAMPlorations (Designed by Shery Russ) with a link back to this page or our digital store.

Terms of use: The free digi stamp is for your personal use only. You may not redistribute it or claim it as your own. Please respect the artist's intellectual property and copyright.

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We recently released our Coffee Spring|Summer Kit and it's chock-full of fun new products (you'll find the release + preview posts here and here). It's 51% off + ships free anywhere in the US.