{Special Post} Celebrating National Coloring Book Day All Month + Linky Party and Giveaway

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! Friday, August 2, was National Coloring Book Day. Did you celebrate it? Here at STAMPlorations, we're celebrating it all month! Why? Because coloring is fun...and because as cardmakers and crafters, we all do some coloring one way or another!

Here are the prizes for this special post:

• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from all comments left will win a $10 gift code
• ONE (1) participant randomly drawn from the linky party entries will win a copy of her choice of STAMPlorations coloring book (we've got 3 to choose from!) and a $15 gift certificate to the STAMPlorations shop

To participate in the linky party, download and color the Bloomdala Bliss sampler, create a project out of it, and then link it up by August 31. We'll announce the winners on September 10 in the August winners post.

Ready to be inspired to color? Here you go!

{Special Event} BLOSSOM BLISS & National Coloring Book Day Blog Hop & Linky Party with the STAMPlorations Girls

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! Happy National Coloring Book Day! The STAMPlorations girls are celebrating this fun day by sharing projects they created with BLOSSOM BLISS, our third coloring book for grownups -- specially created for creative cardmakers and crafters! We hope you'll be inspired as you visit each designer's blog and read about how they created their projects.

Before we show you the projects, here are the prizes for blog hop and linky party participants:

• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from all comments left here on the blog and designers' blogs will win a $10 gift certificate
• ONE (1) participant randomly drawn from the linky party entries will win a copy of Blossom Bliss and a $15 gift certificate to the STAMPlorations shop

So for a shot at the prizes:

• comment here and on the designers’ blogs
• participate in the linky party by downloading the Blossom Bliss page sampler, creating a project out of it, and then linking it up on or before Thursday, August 9. Winners will be announced on Friday, August 10.

Ready to be inspired to color? Here you go!

CHRIS

  

CORNELIA

    

DEEPTI

  

HELEN

  


HARRIET


  


SUE


  


MARILYNN


  



  


TENIA


  


And now it's YOUR turn!

Download the Blossom Bliss sampler by clicking on the download graphic.

Download here
(Having trouble downloading? No worries! Just email stamplorations@gmail.com and the sampler will be on its way to you.)

For a chance to win a $15 gift certificate plus a copy of Blossom Bliss, simply print out the sampler, color it with your medium(s) of choice, and create a project out of it. Blog about it and link it up to the Blossom Bliss linky party below. You can link up to 3 projects. The linky is open until Thursday, August 9, 11:55 p.m. Pacific.

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{UPCOMING!} BLOSSOM BLISS & National Coloring Book Day

Happy Monday, STAMPlorations friends! Just a little heads up for those of you who love to color. August 2 is National Coloring Book Day and to celebrate, the STAMPlorations girls will be sharing projects they created using the images from our third coloring book, BLOSSOM BLISS! 

Just like what we did last year, we've got the Blossom Bliss sampler available for you to download, print, and color -- and the great news is that you won't have to wait for Thursday...you can download the sampler and get started coloring right now!

One lucky crafter will win a $15 gift certificate to the store and a copy of Blossom Bliss: Ready-to-Color Floral-Themed Card Fronts (available now). One lucky commenter will also win a $10 gift certificate. So we hope to see you back here on Thursday for a fun coloring party and hopefully you'll have a project or two ready to share and link up! :o)

Download the Blossom Bliss sampler by clicking on the download graphic.

Download here
(Having trouble downloading? No worries! Just email stamplorations@gmail.com and the sampler will be on its way to you.)

Happy coloring!

{SPECIAL EVENT} Celebrate National Coloring Book Day with the STAMPlorations Girls + Download the Bloomtangled Page Sampler & Link Up!

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! Today is National Coloring Book Day and we're celebrating here on the blog! The STAMPlorations girls took out their favorite coloring mediums and started coloring a page from BLOOMTANGLED, our second coloring book for grownups -- specially created for creative cardmakers and crafters! Also at the end of this post is the winner of her choice of Deepti's stamp sets that we showcased last week here. 

We'd love for you to celebrate this event too so we've made the Bloomtangled page sampler available for everyone to download, print, and color. And for a chance to win a copy of the Bloomtangled coloring book, simply share a photo of the Bloomtangled page sampler that you've colored and link it up at the end of this post. The linky is open until Sunday, August 6, so you have plenty of time to have some coloring fun!

Here are samples of how the STAMPlorations girls colored the pages in Bloomtangled. Visit their blogs to read more about what they used to color the pages.

KAROLA

CHRIS

ELAINE

CAROL

LYNNE

Come celebrate National Coloring Book Day with us by downloading the Bloomtangled page sampler. Just click on the download graphic.

Download here
(Having trouble downloading? No worries! Just email sheryruss@gmail.com and the sampler will be on its way to you.)

For a chance to win a copy of Bloomtangled, simply print out the sampler, color it with your medium(s) of choice, and share a photo of the colored sampler in your blog. Then link it up below on or before Sunday, August 6, 11:55 p.m. Pacific (GMT-7).

Want another chance to win? Visit our Facebook page -- like, comment, tag a friend, and share the post we have on there about our coloring event!

Happy coloring!

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And here is the winner of her choice between Strongest Dad Ever and Kathryn's Rainbow - we randomly drew from all the comments left on last week's post and on Deepti's blog.

winner:

ROBYN JORDAN

Congratulations, Robyn! Please send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com on or before August 9 to claim your prize. Please let me know which stamp set you'd like to receive: Strongest Dad Ever or Kathryn's Rainbow.

{SPECIAL EVENT} Celebrate National Coloring Book Day with the STAMPlorations Girls + Download the Color Blooms Page Sampler & Link Up!

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! Today is National Coloring Book Day and we're celebrating here on the blog! The STAMPlorations girls took out their favorite coloring mediums and started coloring a page from COLOR BLOOMS, our first coloring book for grownups -- specially created for the cardmaker, crafter, and mixed media artist in you!

We'd love for you to celebrate this event too so we've made the Color Blooms page sampler available for everyone to download, print, and color! And for a chance to win a copy of the Color Blooms coloring book, simply share a photo of the Color Blooms page sampler that you've colored and link it up at the end of this post. The linky is open until Sunday, August 7, so you have plenty of time to have some coloring fun!

Here are samples of how the STAMPlorations girls colored the pages in Color Blooms.

TANJA
Tanja used Inktense pencils, Stabillo All pencil, and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors to color her page.

DEEPTI

Deepti used Sharpie markers to color the dogwood.

She used Kuratake Gansai Tambi (left) and Twinkling H2O (right) to color the rest of the flowers on the same page.

  

LAURAJANE

LauraJane used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens to color the dahlia.

KIM
Kim used Spectrum Noir markers to color the sunflower.


Then she used regular Crayola markers to color the zinnias.


SHIRLEY
Shirley used Distress inks as watercolors to color the page: top right DI direct on paper; bottom left, DI on clear gesso.


Then she used Tombow markers and Distress markers to color the page: 


Top right, Tombow markers applied direct on paper; bottom left, applied on clear gesso.


Top left, Distress markers applied direct on paper; bottom right, applied on clear gesso.

LINDA
Linda used Inktense pencils (with a touch of water) to color her page.


MONIKA
Monika used Promarkers to color her page.


JULIE
Julie used Marvy LaPlume felt pens (top left), Conte A Paris Pastel pencils (top right), Daler Downey watercolor pans (bottom left), and Copic alcohol markers (bottom right) to color her page.


LYNNE
Lynne used inkagold as paints to color the dogwood page.


And she used oil pastels to color the daffodil page.


MELISSA
Melissa used Inktense pencils to color the seashell cosmos.


TENIA
Tenia used Marvy Uchida watercolor crayons to color her page.


SHERY
Shery used Cretacolor Aquarelle Oil Pastels to color the zinnias.

She used BIC Marking permanent markers to color this page.


On the page featuring the seashell cosmos, she used Chameleon pens.



And here are samples of how the STAMPlorations girls colored the Color Blooms page sampler. (You'll be able to download the sampler and color it too!)

KAROLA
Karola used Distress inks.


MARILYNN
MariLynn used Crayola markers.


SHERY
Shery used Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens to color the page sampler printed on mixed media paper.

Come celebrate National Coloring Book Day with us by downloading the Color Blooms page sampler. Just click on the download graphic.

Download here
(Having trouble downloading? No worries! Just email sheryruss@gmail.com and the sampler will be on its way to you.)

For a chance to win a copy of Color Blooms, simply print out the sampler, color it with your medium(s) of choice, and share a photo of the colored sampler in your blog. Then link it up below on or before Sunday, August 7, 11:55 p.m. Pacific (GMT-7).

Want another chance to win? Visit our Facebook page -- like, comment, tag a friend, and share the post we have on there about our coloring event!

Happy coloring!

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