{Digital Wednesday} Digital Stamping on Patterned Paper

Happy Wednesday! Digital Wednesday is back and every 3rd Wednesday in January, February, and March, STAMPgirl Maria will be sharing her creations spotlighting our digital images either by themselves or together with other STAMPlorations products. We'll draw one lucky crafter to win a $15 gift code -- randomly drawn from all comments left on the Digital Wednesday post for the month, as well as from the featured designer's blog.

STAMPgirl Maria created five cards combining digi stamps with patterned paper.

    

  

{Inspiration Project Post #259}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! Welcome to Tuesday's Inspiration Post. This week the girls have gone colorful and pastel with their delightful creations showcasing stamps, dies, stencils and stickers of their choice.

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.

 

 

 

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop Featuring Helen G. Designs

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! Are you ready for some stencil goodness? Helen has designed 6 new stencils and we are celebrating their release with a little blog hop. The girls from the Inspiration team are here to showcase the versatility of Helen's new stencils.

Prizes? Yes, there will be two winners: one will win all 6 of the new Helen G. Design stencils and the other one will win 3 of the new Helen G. Designs stencils (winner's choice). Both winners will be randomly drawn from all the comments left here on this blog and the participating designers' blogs.

Commenting closes April 8 and the winners will be announced on April 10 in the March winners post.

Let's have a look at the new beauties and how the team used them in their makes.

{Heads Up!} Stencil Hop Featuring New Helen G. Designs Stencils

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! Get ready for tomorrow at 6 am Pacific! The girls in the Inspiration team will be showcasing 6 brand new Helen G. Designs stencils. You'll be in for a treat...you'll see each STAMPgirl creatively use the new stencils in their signature styles. And yes, there will be prizes :o)

{Stencil Sunday} Show-Stopping Stenciled Backgrounds by Shirley

Happy Sunday, STAMPlorations friends! We have a new batch of stencil inspiration today. You'll get to see 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.

STAMPgirl Shirley created cards with stunning backgrounds.

  

  

March Challenges Inspiration - Have You Played Yet?

Hello, challenge fans! Have you already played along with our March challenges? Did you plan to play along, but haven't quite thought of the right design yet?  The ladies from the design team are back with more inspiration to help you get inspired - we can't wait to see what you create! We try to keep our rules as simple as possible to make it easy to play along.

If you're new to our blog, please take a moment to become familiar with the challenge guidelines -- we would hate for anyone to be voted by the team as a winner or be randomly chosen as a top pick and then not qualify for the prize because they didn't follow the rules.

  

  
    
    
    
    
    
  
 
  

Coming soon to the STAMPlorations store: CRAFTplorations

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! We have new products coming to the store soon and they will be under the CRAFTplorations product line. I'm pretty excited about this product line because it further expands our offering...as well as customer base -- we'd be carrying products not only for cardmakers but for scrapbookers, art journalers, mixed media artists, and DIYers too.

Care to guess what type of products will appear under the CRAFTplorations line? Leave a comment by April 8 and one lucky crafter will receive a grab bag containing a selection of these products.

{Spotlight Project} Maria Tried Salad Spinner Art - part 1

Hello there STAMP friends! I've got a Spotlight project for you today and it's a messy one. Have you heard about Spin Art? Have you tried it?

I remember long ago hearing about putting an art canvas with blobs of paint on it in the back of your car and then driving around with it, thereby creating a cool piece of art. Never tried it though. Then a couple months ago an artist I like, Alisa Burke, posted this where she and her kid used a salad spinner to decorate little gift boxes. That stuck in the back of my mind and when I saw a salad spinner at my dollar store I decided to buy it to try out the technique.

Fun. And messy. And unique. There's no way to know what you're going to get. And no way to recreate it exactly if you get something you really like!

Here's a card I made using one of the backgrounds I made in my salad spinner.

{Christmas In The Air} Christmas Inspiration By Nancy And Monika

Happy Wednesday, STAMPlorations friends! We're just coming out of the holiday season but hey, it's never too early to start building up your stash of Christmas cards, right? Our Christmas in the Air blog feature with STAMPgirls Nancy and Monika will hopefully help you do just that -- that is, every 2nd Wednesday in March and May.

We'll also randomly draw one lucky winner of a $15 gift code from all the comments left on this post, on Nancy's post and on Monika's post. Let's have a look at their festive makes.

 

{FEBRUARY WINNERS}

Hello, STAMP friends! It's the 10th of the month, which means it's time to announce last month's winners! Our challenges were on a short break last month so no winners there. But we do have winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and February Inspiration Projects posts, as well as winners of our special posts: Stencil Sunday, Sticker Monday, Digital Wednesday, Throwback Thursday,  and Things with Wings. Plus we had a $25 Wishlist Giveaway on the store last month. Winners were randomly chosen by Random.org.

An important reminder to challenge players: 

• When playing in our challenges, you must display the challenge graphic AND link back directly to the challenge post (NOT to the main blog or the challenge section) via TEXT link in your blog post in order to qualify for the prizes. 

• Be mindful of the maximum challenge entries -- the Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge has a limit of 6 entries per player; the CAS Cards Challenge has a limit of 3 entries per player; the Stencil Challenge has no entry limit.

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 (please take the time to read that page).

• Gift certificates and gift codes may not be passed on, given to, or used by another person other than the one it was issued to. 

• 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, as I use a different e-commerce platform for our digital store. (Products in our outlet store are already heavily discounted so no gift codes will be issued for use on that store.)

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Tuesday, 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 gift/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 - Inspiration Projects"

"STAMPlorations February Winner - Throwback Thursday"

It also helps if you include what prize you won (a $15/10/5 gift certificate, a $15 coupon code, $10 gift code, tangible product, 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.)