{Spotlight Project} Bloomful And Coloring Tips With Deepti

Hello friends! Deepti here and welcome to a spotlight feature. Today, I am playing with the newest stamp club set Bloomful and for this one I decided to color, I mean that big semi circle is pretty tempting :) I have done very basic coloring and I picked up two different neutrals for my card panel. Let me show you...

{Special Post} STAMPlorations Celebrates with Time Out Challenges + Extra Prizes

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! There's a new challenge up at Time Out Challenges that STAMPlorations is sponsoring. It's an extra special challenge because Time Out is celebrating its 5th birthday! TO boss Sandie does a phenomenally awesome job -- so even if you don't get to play, I hope you'll pop by on the blog to give her a big shout out :o) 

A $50 gift voucher to the STAMPlorations store awaits the lucky winner. And just for our regular readers and followers, I have THREE (3) extra prizes for those of you who play in the challenge and comment on this post so make sure you scroll down to the end for the complete details :o)

For the next  couple of weeks, it's an Inspired by Words challenge. Pretty simple: create a project based on this line: Hugs, kisses and a lot of birthday wishes.

{Spotlight Project} Shirley Shows Four Ways With Bloomful

Hello peeps!  I've been playing with that fabulous large stamp from the Bloomful set, which is the current STAMP Club set.

  

  

{Inspiration Project Post #207}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! It's Inspiration time, and this week the Inspiration girls are showcasing stamps designed by Becca under her label Big Grins By Becca Cruger.

All of Becca's stamp sets will be on sale for the week at 10% off until Monday March 18- no coupon needed; the discount is automatically applied. And if you happen to have a coupon code, such as a personal discount code for being a stamp club subscriber, you can use the code to get an even better deal.

We'll still 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} Heart Book Stand by Tanja

Hi there, it's Tanja here and I would like to show you how to decorate this wooden Book Stand step by step:

{FEBRUARY WINNERS}

Hello, STAMP friends! It's the 10th of the month, which means it's time to announce the winners from last month's challenges! We also have winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and February Inspiration Projects post, as well as winners of our special posts: Beautiful Friends and Blossom Dreams + Healing Herbs and Wooded special release posts :o) Challenge winners were voted by the design team members, while all other winners were randomly chosen by Random.org.

An important reminder to challenge players: When playing in our challenges, please display the challenge graphic AND link back directly to the challenge post (NOT to the main blog or the challenge section) in your blog post in order to qualify for the prizes.

An important note about our winners post: winners (challenges, blog hops, and special posts) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one). All winners must claim their prizes by the deadline. If you are a regular player in our challenges or participant in our blog hops and special events, please consider following our blog, even signing up to receive email notifications when new posts are published. You'll find those links on the right side bar.

An important note about our prizes: For our challenges, we offer prizes in the form of gift certificates. For our special posts, hops, and events, we offer prizes in the form of gift certificates, gift codes (also called coupon codes and gift vouchers), and products. There is a difference between a gift certificate and a gift code and it's all explained on THIS PAGE.

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Sunday, March 24. Prizes not claimed by March 24 will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away $100 to $200 worth of prizes in the form of products, gift certificates, and coupon codes each month, it would take a lot of time to contact the winners individually. I also want to be fair to those who regularly visit our blog and claim their prizes within the time frame given.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAIMING PRIZE

When claiming your prize, send an email to stamplorations@gmail.com. 

I have an email filter set up for claiming prizes so to avoid delay and to make sure I see your email in my BLOG PRIZE folder, follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations February Winner - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations February Winner - Mixed Media Challenge"

It also helps if you include what prize you won (a $15 gift certificate, a $5 gift certificate, a $15 coupon code, $10 gift code, etc.) in the body of your email.

If you are the winner of a tangible/mailable prize, include your complete mailing address in the email you send, even if I already have mailed to you before. (It saves me time having to look up your address.)

{Stencil Sunday} Terri Creates Wall Art and A Gelli Plate Print

Welcome to our Stencil Sunday reboot! On the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sunday of the month, the STAMPgirls will be sharing with you their projects that show off how to creatively use ARTplorations stencils.

Kicking off this fantastic feature is STAMPgirl Terri with two gorgeous non-card makes. And each month, we'll be picking one winner of a $15 gift code -- the winner will be drawn from all comments left on the Stencil Sunday posts for the month, as well as from the designers' blogs.

  

So here's Terri with her projects:

{Mixed Media Tutorial} Sing Mixed Media Tag by Sanna

Hello everyone, it's Sanna here again with another mixed media project share and tutorial. For today's post, I wanted to create a colorful mixed media tag.

Here is what I created:

And here is how I went upon creating this tag:

{Heads Up!} Stencil Sunday reboot starts this Sunday!

Happy Friday, STAMPlorations friends!

Here's a heads up to let you guys know that starting Sunday, March 10, Stencil Sunday will be back. From June 2015 until May 2018, we ran this little feature on Sundays and the posts featured projects by the girls in the mixed media team and showcased ARTplorations stencils.

We're giving Stencil Sunday a reboot and you can expect 2 to 4 projects from the STAMPgirls on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sunday of the month. They'll share close-ups of their projects, as well as tidbits as to how they created them.

So check back here again on Sunday at 7 am Pacific to see two stunning creations by STAMPgirl Terri!

Have a wonderful weekend!

March CAS Card Challenge

Hello crafty friends! Can you believe it's March already? Is it starting to feel of spring where you are? If you haven't seen any signs of spring yet, I'm hoping Mother Nature will come around soon enough to bring you warm sunshine and spring blooms. In the meantime, there is always the craft room and our March CAS challenge.

Your fantastic February cerulean creations made us feel anything but blue, thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us. Don't forget to check our big winner's post on the 10th of March. This month our optional color twist is coral pink, perfect for those spring inspired florals - or anything else your crafty heart comes up with!

If you play, make sure you include the graphic below in your post and link back to this challenge post in order to qualify for our prizes :o) Please also read our simple rules, which you'll find toward the end of this post.

Link back:

https://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2019/03/cas-challenge-march.html

Our most important rule, in addition to having fun, is to create a CAS card. You can use any products you have, although we would love to see how you are inspired to use STAMPlorations products if you have any. You can use our optional colour twist of coral pink, but you don't have to. Please also make sure you adhere to our other rules at the end of the post - we would hate for you to miss out on one of the prizes! And now on to show you how our fantastic team have been inspired by coral pink. 

   

       

     

{Spotlight Project} Maria Focuses On The Tiniest Images In A Set

Hello there STAMP friends!  Back with another Spotlight tutorial using the Stamp Club stamp, Bloomful.  Today I'm looking at those tiny images that are often included in stamp sets. You can use them if you're random stamping a background or creating a bouquet or wreath. Or you can make a card spotlighting them in all their (tiny) glory!  Here's my card.

{Special Post} Healing Herbs and Wooded + Mini Release Hop -- Comment to Win!

Happy Wednesday, STAMPlorations friends! We have another special post + mini hop today to announce the release of two fabulous 4x8 stamp sets designed by Deepti for Dee's Artsy Impressions line: HEALING HERBS and WOODED.

  

For this mini hop, STAMPgirls Deepti, Craftyfield, and Becca are sharing cards featuring these stamps. Visit their blogs and leave comments along the way. You may just be the lucky commenter who wins a $20 gift code :o)

DEEPTI

CRAFTYFIELD

BECCA

How the mini release hop works:

• Comment on this post.
• Visit the designers' blogs and comment on their featured projects.
• Commenting closes on Saturday, March 9, 11:55 p.m. Pacific.
• We'll randomly select a winner of a $20 gift code from comments left here and on the designers' blogs. 
• Winner will be announced on March 10 in the February winners post.

HEALING HERBS and WOODED are available in the shop and until March 22, they are 10% off + an extra 20% off when you use a STAMPgirl's discount code, which you'll find on their blogs.

Happy hopping!