{Inspiration Project Post #229}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! Welcome to Tuesday's Inspiration post.

Over the Summer, we're keeping things easy. Each week the girls from the Inspiration team are showcasing products of their choice. This week they have used stamps and dies to create beautifully colorful cards.

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 $10 gift certificate.

 

 

 

{Stencil Sunday} MariLynn Has Some Gel Plate Printing Fun with Stencils

Happy Sunday, STAMPlorations friends! We are back with another helping of Stencil Sunday goodness! On the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sunday of the month, the STAMPgirls are sharing their projects that show off how to creatively use ARTplorations stencils. And each month, we'll pick 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.

Kicking off this month's Stencil Sunday feature is STAMPgirl MariLynn, who had some gel plate printing fun with our stencils and created two artsy projects (an ATC and a card).

  

{JULY WINNERS}

Hello, STAMP friends! It's the 10th of the month, which means it's time to announce last month's winners! We also have winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and June Inspiration Projects posts, as well as winners of our special posts: Stencil Sunday, Digital Wednesday, World Watercolor Month linky party, Christmas in July, Sanna Lippert stencils, and Big Owls/Little Owls Special Stamps Release. Just for the months of July, August, and September, all winners, including challenge winners, are 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. Also, please be mindful of the maximum challenge entries. A couple of our challenges have a limit on the number projects you can link up.

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 use in our main store. 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. HOWEVER, if you are a winner, you may opt for a gift code to our digital store. Note, though, that if you choose this, the gift code cannot be combined with other codes (I use a different e-commerce platform for our digital store).

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Saturday, August 24. Prizes not claimed by August 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 July Winner - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations July Winner - CUTplorations Challenge"

"STAMPlorations June Winner - Stencil Sunday"

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. Also specify if you prefer to use your prize on our main store or digital store. This way I know which code to generate, as codes generated for one store will NOT work on the other store.

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.)

Free Shipping* Weekend + 3 Hot August Sales @ STAMPlorations

We have some hot August sales + free shipping weekend! What's even better...current promotion codes CAN be combined in one order!



Put at least $15 worth of products in your cart then use code WEEKEND on checkout.

*Free shipping offer to US addresses only. Code will take $5 off shipping to Canada and other countries. Code can be combined with current promotion codes. Free shipping code limited to 1 use per customer/shipping address. Ends Monday, August 12, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time.

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Clear Stickers are 30% off with code CLEAR30
Coloring Books are 25% off with code COLOR25
Clear Stamps* are 25% off with code STAMP25

*Excludes newly released stamps. Codes may be used multiple times per customer throughout promotion period. All 3 codes may be used together in one order. BYOCS/Stamp club subscribers: use your personal coupon code with the codes for 50% to 70% off on qualifying items + your free shipping code on your order of at least $30.

{Special Post} Karola Colours with Stamps

Hi stampy friends! Karola here today to show you three cards I made using lovely STAMPlorations floral stamps and the "colouring with stamps" technique. If you like stamping, you will love this technique as you get to stamp a lot! If you don't have any suitable "splotchy" stamps, you can use the reverse of some small round-ish stamps, that works well too.

For my first card, I stamped the Radiant Roses in black and used the "splotchy" stamps from Art Marks to colour in the roses using Distress Oxides. I also stamped some ink spots in the bottom part of the card, before adding the sentiment from Bold Sentiments: Hashtag Authentic.

For my second card, I stamped the French Marigold Large, and this time I used Distress Inks to colour the flower. I added a sentiment from Noteworthy 3 and splattered some green ink on the card front for added interest.

For my third card, I decided to go with pastel colours. I stamped the Classic Calla Lilies along the long side of the card, before again using the splotch stamps from Art Marks to colour the florals with Distress Inks. The sentiment is from Noteworthy 3.

I hope you will be inspired to try this technique if you are a stamping fan!

There are some fantastic offers in the STAMPlorations store in August. Don't forget to check them out if you are looking to extend your crafty stash.

Clear Stickers are 30% off with code CLEAR30 Coloring Books are 25% off with code COLOR25 Clear Stamps* are 25% off with code STAMP25
*Excludes newly released stamps. Codes may be used multiple times per customer throughout promotion period. All 3 codes may be used together in one order. BYOCS/Stamp club subscribers: use your personal coupon code with the codes for 50% to 70% off on qualifying items + your free shipping code on your order of at least $30.

Summer TAGplorations Challenge!

Hey! Looking for the August challenge? We're taking a summer break to re-charge and the STAMPlorations girls will be back in October. We're also revamping our challenges :o) Thank you to everyone who played last month. We'll announce the winners on August 10.

We don't want to completely stop the challenge for those of you who love making tags or adding tags to your projects. So for the next couple of months, you can keep playing and linking up your projects.

{Inspiration Project Post #228}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! Welcome to Tuesday's Inspiration post.

Over the Summer, we're keeping things easy. Each week the girls from the Inspiration team are showcasing products of their choice. This week they have used stamps, dies and stencils to create their colorful cards.

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 $10 gift certificate.

 

 

 

Maria

{Precious Plumeria, Hello Word Die, Just Squares Stencil}

Shirley

{Big Owls, Leaf Print Stencil}

Monika

{The Future Belongs, Beautiful You (to be released 14th August), Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies}

Vicki

{Make a Wish Phrase Die, Delicate Links Stencil}

Deepti

{Big Owls, Rosebuds}

Cornelia

{Blossoms Spray#3, Balloons And Banners, Frames And Flowers}

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Clear Stickers are 30% off with code CLEAR30 Coloring Books are 25% off with code COLOR25 Clear Stamps* are 25% off with code STAMP25
*Excludes newly released stamps. Codes may be used multiple times per customer throughout promotion period. All 3 codes may be used together in one order. BYOCS/Stamp club subscribers: use your personal coupon code with the codes for 50% to 70% off on qualifying items + your free shipping code on your order of at least $30.

Summer CUTplorations Challenge!

Hey! Looking for the Augustchallenge? We're taking a summer break to re-charge and the STAMPlorations girls will be back in October. We're also revamping our challenges :o) Thank you to everyone who played last month. We'll announce the winners on August 10.

We don't want to completely stop the challenge for those of you who love using dies in your projects. So for the next couple of months, you can keep playing and linking up your projects.

{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!

Summer Mixed Media Challenge!

Hey, mixed media lovers! Looking for the August challenge? We're taking a summer break to re-charge and the STAMPlorations girls will be back in October. We're also revamping our challenges :o) Thank you to everyone who played last month. We'll announce the winners on August 10.

We don't want to completely stop the challenge for those of you who love to create mixed media projects and link up in here. So for the next couple of months, keep linking up your mixed media projects.

Summer Theme & Sketch Challenge!

Hey! Looking for the August challenge? We're taking a summer break to re-charge and the STAMPlorations girls will be back in October. We're also revamping our challenges :o) Thank you to everyone who played last month. We'll announce the winners on August 10.

We don't want to completely stop the challenge for those of you who love to play in our monthly theme & sketch challenge. So for the next couple of months, keep linking up your projects - it's STAMPS & ANYTHING GOES! 

Summer CAS Card Challenge!

Hey! Looking for the August challenge? We're taking a summer break to re-charge and the STAMPlorations girls will be back in October. We're also revamping our challenges :o) Thank you to everyone who played last month. We'll announce the winners on August 10.

We don't want to completely stop the challenge for those of you who love to create CAS cards and link up in here. So for the next couple of months, keep linking up your CAS cards.