{Inspiration Project Post #268} aka Coffee Stamps Release Hop

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! It's Tuesday and you all know Tuesday is when the Inspiration girls share their projects (and commenters get a shot at a $10 gift certificate to the store). Today, this post doubles as a release post -- we have two brand new coffee-themed stamp sets in the store...and they are 10% off too! So we've got ourselves a mini hop :o)

Bloomin' Coffee and You | Sweet Kindness

So in addition to having a chance at the usual $10 gift certificate, commenters get a shot at these prizes:

• 1 winner of her choice of either Sweet Kindness or Bloomin' Coffee and You
• 1 winner of a $15 gift code

Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on this post and designers' blogs. Comment by June 8. We'll announce the winners on June 10 in the May winners post so make sure you follow our blog or subscribe to receive published posts by email!

So have a look at the really, really fabulous projects the Inspiration girls made featuring our latest stamps. Then they'll be back again on Friday for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Vicki

Karola

Shirley

Maria

Monika

Deepti

We hope you enjoyed this week's inspiration projects. Don't forget to comment here and on the designers' blogs for a chance at not just one but 3 prizes!

And oh yeah, Sweet Kindness and Bloomin' Coffee and You are 10% off -- no code needed...the discount is automatically applied on checkout. You can even snap them up at an extra 20% off if you use any of the STAMPlorations girls' discount code, which you'll find when you visit their blogs! If you're a Build Your Own Craft Stash subscriber, use your personal discount code for an extra 25/35/40% off.

Shop new products here

{Special Post} New Free Spring-Themed Coffee Digital Stamp

Howdy, fellow stampers! If you've been following our blog for a while now, you know we host 5 monthly challenges. Then there's the 6th: the Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge, where you can link up your projects that make use of STAMPlorations products -- whether they're dies, stencils, coloring pages, clear stamps, and even digital images.

And speaking of digital images, we have a brand new one for you: Cupcake Blooms and Coffee. Go ahead...download it, print it out, use it in your projects, and make sure you link up in the gallery for a chance to win spending money on the STAMPlorations store!

Cupcake Blooms and Coffee

Download it here
(Click on the Add to Cart button and proceed to checkout. This is a FREE product so you will not be charged.)

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

The STAMPgirls took this new digital stamp for a drive and here's what they made:

MariLynn

Jerrie

Helen

And yesterday Vicki and I featured it in day 8 of the Spring Fling 12 Days of Giveaway.

Vicki

Shery

I hope you like this free digital stamp. And don't forget we are having our Spring Fling April Sale! All throughout April, products in the SPRING FLING section of the store are 25% off instantly! No code needed -- the discount is automatically applied to qualifying products on checkout.

DO SOME SPRING FLING SHOPPING NOW

{Special Post} New Free Coffee-Themed Digital Stamp

Howdy, fellow stampers! If you've been following our blog for a while now, you know we host 5 monthly challenges. Then there's the 6th: the Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge, where you can link up your projects that make use of STAMPlorations products -- whether they're dies, stencils, coloring pages, clear stamps, and even digital images.

And speaking of digital images, we have a brand new one for you: Rose Blooms and Coffee -- it's fresh off my hard drive, as I finished illustrating it less than 24 hours ago ;-) Go ahead...download it, print it out, use it in your projects, and make sure you link up in the gallery for a chance to win spending money on the STAMPlorations store!

(You can download the digi stamp from this page)

Monika and I took it for a drive and paired it with some STAMPlorations clear stamps. Have a look:

{Sentiment used: Sketched - Birthday Cake}

Visit Monika's blog to read more about how she made this card.

{Sentiment used: Bloomin' Spring Coffee Basket}

I did a little foiling with this card, using metallic gold foil that gives off a pretty rainbow shine when light hits it.

{Stamps: Beautiful Friends (sentiment); Mixed Media Elements (background script)}

I loosely watercolored the image with Inktense pencils and randomly stamped the background script for interest.

{Stamps: Typografia Coffee - Grab a Cup (sentiment); Art Marks, Scribbly Splattery Grunge}

For this card, I resorted to my go-to quick way to color any image. I call this technique the Lazy Colorist's technique...or perhaps I should call it Shery's Lazy Way to Color ;-). I used splatter and inkblot stamps to color the blooms. It gives a grungy artsy feel.

We hope you enjoyed a bit of coffee inspiration. Don't forget we have a coffee stamps blowout sale and it ends on Monday! All coffee stamps are 40% off with the code COFFEEBLOWOUT.

GRAB SOME FAB COFFEE STAMPS HERE

{For Coffee Lovers Everywhere!} Coffee Inspiration from the STAMPgirls + Coffee Blowout Sale

Happy Monday, STAMP friends! It's a bit cold, wet, and dreary over here in our little piece of the Central Valley -- the perfect weather for a hot cuppa! Hot coffee, tea, or chocolate -- pick your poison!

It's also a great time for a coffee-themed stamps blowout sale! For the next two weeks all coffee-themed stamps in the store are 40% off! Just use the code COFFEEBLOWOUT on checkout. And hey, while you can't combine it with other codes, you can use it multiple times during the promotion period. You'll even get shipping refunds on your succeeding orders if your first order hasn't shipped yet :o)

See our coffee stamps in action! 8 super-awesome STAMPgirls are sharing their coffee-themed creations below:

MONIKA

feat. Always Tea Time 4x6 stamp set

{Die: Bloomdala Bliss: Festive} 

SHIRLEY

feat. And Coffee 4x8 stamp set
{Die: Zen Coffee Cup Layering Dies}

KAROLA

feat. What's Brewing 4x6 stamp set

{Stencil: Dots n' Beans; Dies: Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies}

feat. Nature Having Coffee 3x5 stamp set, Literary Caffeine-ations 4x6 stamp set

{Stencil: Dots n' Beans; Dies: Trendy Spring Bloom Dies, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies}

KATHY

feat. And Coffee 4x8 stamp set, Typografia Coffee: Grab A Cup 3x5 stamp

{Stencil: Forest of Leaves}

SANNA

feat. Typografia Coffee: Before Coffee 3x5 stamp

{Stencil: Bubble Dance}

HELEN

feat. A Cuppa Love 4x4 stamp set

{Stencil: Dots n' Beans; Dies: Stitched Tags Nesting Dies}

MARILYNN

feat. Framed Tea Cups 3x5 stamp set

{Stencil: Dots n' Beans; Dies: Stitched Tags Nesting Dies}

feat. Anywhere There's Coffee 4x6 stamp set

{Dies: Coffee word die, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies}

SUE

feat. Hello Coffee 4x6 stamp set, Caffeinated Zen #2 3x5 stamp

{Special Post} For the Love of All Things Coffee + 30% Off on All Coffee-Themed Products + A Giveaway

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! We have a special post today for those of you who love coffee -- courtesy of STAMPgirl Karola, who created TEN different projects to delight coffee lovers. Plus we've got a super coffee sale starting today until April 30 and a giveaway found at the end of this post. 

    

    

      

{Special Stamp Release!} AND COFFEE by The Bee's Knees + Mini Release Hop -- Comment to Win!

Happy Wednesday, everyone! If you're a coffee lover, you would have heard that the Winter Coffee Lovers Hop hosted by Amy Tsuruta starts this Friday. And in that regard, we've got several new coffee-themed stamps added to the store. One of them is a 4x8 stamp set, And Coffee, designed by Shirley for her line, The Bee's Knees.

And who better to showcase these stamps than the designer herself? Shirley made 4 cards. Do stop by Shirley's blog after reading and commenting on this post. You may just be the lucky winner of her latest stamp set!

Awesome coffee cards, aren't they? If you like this stamp set, simply leave a comment here and on Shirley's blog for a chance to win. We'll randomly draw a winner from all the comments left. You have until Monday, December 11, to comment.

And if you like Shirley's stamps, you could snap them up at 20% off. Just use the code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY on checkout. You'll find all of Shirley's stamps here. Plus, all of our coffee-themed stamps are 5% off (no coupon needed) throughout December.