Stencil Sunday #86 + March Mixed Media Challenge

Welcome to another edition of Stencil Sunday with the STAMPlorations girls in the mixed media design team. So...it's the first Sunday of the month, which means it's time for a new Mixed Media Challenge!

Thank you to everyone who linked up to the February Mixed Media Challenge! We'll announce the winner and top picks on March 10th, 2017. Let's start off with the girls' awe-mazing mixed media projects!

     
    
     

CUTplorations March Challenge

image source: Stylecaster

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! Welcome to our March CUTplorations Challenge. Maria has chosen a very stylish photo as our inspiration for this month. What do you make of it? Is it the flowers catching your eye or maybe the words Garden Party or are you taken down the fashionista route? Wherever your imagination takes you, we have a little bit of inspiration from the DT and three prizes to be awarded to the winners chosen by the DT at the end of the month. We hope you'll play along.

Use our inspiration photo (and include it in your blog post) and any brand of die cuts. Just be sure to use at least one STAMPlorations product on your project. Cards, tags, scrapbook pages, mixed media projects ... all are welcome. Don't have any STAMPlorations products yet? You can always find a free digi here to use.

Let's see what the Inspiration DT has done with the inspiration and the wonderful line of CUTplorations dies.

 

 

Monika

Thanks Word Die, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

Cornelia

Wonderful Word Die, Upper Case Alphabet Plate Die

Kim

 Stitched Snow Hills Edge/Border Dies, Awesome Word Die

Shirley

Happy Word Die, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

Deepti

Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies, You & Me Phrase Die

Can't wait to see your projects! As I mentioned, there will be three winning project chosen. The first place winner receives a $10 GC to the store, second and third a $5 GC. In addition, if there are 30 or more entries, one random winner will win any two CUTplorations word/phrase dies used by the DT!

We're looking forward to seeing your projects featuring die cuts. Hope to see you in the gallery below. Please check out the CUTplorations challenge rules here. The linky is open until the end of the day March 31st.

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{Mixed Media Tutorial} Fun with Brushos by Amy

Good afternoon crafty friends, Amy here, and today I have a fun little tutorial for you to make a sign for your art/craft room using ARTplorations stencils and Brushos! :o)

March Challenge - Theme and Sketch

Happy Friday, STAMPlorations friends! It's the first Friday of March which means the start of a new theme and/or sketch challenge here. Thank you to those of you who played in last month's challenge. We're going to announce the winner and top picks next Friday, February 10, together with all of last month's challenge and blog hop winners.

We'd love for you to create and link up your projects based on this month's theme, sketch, or both -- you've got the whole month of March to play :o)

Our theme is STAMPS & SPRING. Spring? Think flowers, butterflies, pastel colors, growth, Easter, bunnies...plenty of things you can associate with spring so have a go at it! If you end up with a spring-inspired card that's also clean and simple, make sure to link it up to the March CAS Card Challenge.

And here's our fun sketch to get inspired by as well:

Have a look at the STAMPlorations girls' projects inspired by this month's theme and/or sketch!

    

  

    

{Spotlight Project} Ombre Landscapes with Cornelia

Hi, Cornelia here today, playing with rainbow paper. I got that a long time ago from my blogging friend Doerthe from Flo's Habseligkeiten. We did a little craft goodie exchange.....Rainbow paper is something you can buy anywhere in Germany, but you can't get it in the US. Of course you can make your own, but I was lazy and that paper has been lying around and needed to be used.....

March CAS Card Challenge

February sure went by fast, didn't it? We'd like to thank all of you who played in our February CAS Card Challenge. We'll announce the winner and top picks on Friday, March 10, together with all of last month's challenge and blog hop winners.

Our CAS Card Challenge is pretty simple: it's straightforward anything CAS goes with the optional color twist. Create a clean and simple card with or without the color we've picked to include. For February, our optional color is sky blue. (You can use other colors.)

Check out the beautiful cards the STAMPlorations girls made to inspire.

    

    

    

STAMPlorations Celebrates with Time Out Challenges

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! We have a special post for you today/tonight as we celebrate with Time Out Challenges -- it's their 3rd birthday! This challenge is pretty special because it's run by two former STAMPlorations girls, Sandie and Nonni! For the next two weeks, TO's birthday challenge is: Love and/or Friendship with the optional twist of spotlight stamping. 

Even more awesome is that STAMPlorations and 6 other stamp companies are generously providing some cool prizes! Check out the challenge here and then play! You've got two whole weeks to celebrate with us :o)

And should you be needing inspiration, the STAMPlorations girls are here. Check out the cards they made for Time Out's 3rd birthday challenge.

  

INA | MONIKA

SHIRLEY

  

KAROLA | KATHY

MELISSA

  
CAROL M. | ASMAH

  

CAROL D.

STEPHANIE


SUCHI


MARILYNN