More Inspiration Projects Showcasing Products on Sale!

Hey, STAMPfriends! Here are more projects the STAMPgirls have created showcasing STAMPlorations products. Our store re-opening sale is ending in a couple of days so if there are products featured in this post that you fancy, now's your chance to snag them up at a huge discount.

MARIA

feat. Mini Art Marks #1 and Zen Coffee Cup Layering Dies

feat. Mini Art Marks #1, Trendy Spring Blooms Dies, and Set of 5 Love Words Dies

feat. Mini Art Marks #1 and Sweet Cravings

feat. Thankful Every Day Phrase Die

feat. Grateful Heart Phrase Die

feat. Gratitude Trees Dies

feat. Gift Builder #1 Layering Dies and Celebrate Word Die

feat. Mini Art Marks #1 and Hello Sunshine Phrase Die

feat. Healing Herbs

feat. Retro People ATC Paper Goods and Some Snark

feat. Retro People ATC Paper Goods, Vintage Cameras Ephemera, and Some Snark

feat. Watercolor ATC Journaling Cards, Hot Mess, and Wonky Stitched Grid Texture Cover Plate Die

feat. Watercolor ATC Journaling Cards, and Art Border #3 Die

feat. Coffee Cup Row and Java Great Day Phrase Die

feat. Perched Bird Die and Numbers Plate Die

feat. Birthday Wishes Phrase Die

TANJA

feat. Skinny Sentiments Dies

feat. Skinny Sentiments Dies

HELEN

feat. Newsprint Coffee Ephemera Tiles, Newsprint Blooms Ephemera Tiles, Carpe Diem Ephemera Tiles, and Circles All Over Texture Cover Plate

feat. Coffee Backgrounds ATC and Coffee Tiles Ephemera

MONIKA

feat. Gift Builder #1 Layering Dies, Gift Builder #2 Layering Dies, Circles All Over Texture Plate Die, and Christmas Sentiments Phrase Dies

feat. Shaker Balloons #3 Layering Dies, Shaker Balloons #1 Layering Dies, Numbers Plate Die, and A Snarky Birthday to You

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Store Re-Opening Sale Ends in 2 Days!

40% off on all clear stamps

25% off on all thin metal dies

20% off on all paper goods

50% off on all digital stamps

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{Heads Up!} Store Re-Opening Sale is Ending Soon! Grab Some Crafty Stash Before It's Over

Hey, STAMPfriends! Our store re-opening sale is ending in 3 days so grab some crafty stash at huge discounts! Discounts can be stacked too: many clear stamps are already on sale and they can be had for an additional 40% off on checkout -- no code needed :-)

While I was on hiatus, the STAMPgirls continued to create projects featuring our products and I'd like to share them with you here. Check them out!

JANE

feat. Say It Big: Enough and Trendy Spring Bloom Dies

CRAFTYFIELD

feat. Cup of Roses digital stamp and Everyday Sentiment Dies

feat. Born to Roam

feat. Thank You Coffee

feat. Born to Roam

feat. Life is Sweeter

feat. For the Birds

CHRIS

feat. Hot Mess and Zen Coffee Cup Layering Dies

feat. Star Shaker Balloons Layering Dies

feat. Bloomtangled #1 Cover Plate Die

feat. For the Birds Dies

feat. Retro People ATC Paper Goods

feat. Christmas Ephemera #1 Paper Goods

feat. Birthday Bash and Mixed Media Spring ATC Paper Goods

feat. Hot Mess and Luggage Tags Nesting Dies

feat. Trendy Spring Bloom Dies and Mixed Media Spring ATC Paper Goods

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That's it for this post! Aren't they all amazing projects? I'll share more projects tomorrow so keep your eyes peeled!

In the meantime, check out what we've got on sale! The huge discounts will end in 3 days.

Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours, we wish you a wonderful Christmas and a bright new year.

The STAMPlorations family thanks you for your support all these years. We are excited to be back in full swing in the coming new year!

After Three and a Half Years

The Russ family, October 30, 2025

After three and a half years, STAMPlorations is making a comeback. I'd like to thank our loyal friends and customers who supported and helped me, Shery, through my breast cancer journey.

While my metastatic breast cancer is incurable, it's treatable, with many lines of treatment available. I'm in treatment for life. The good news is that I'm still on my first line of treatment and I've been NEAD (no evidence of active disease) since February 2023. It took my body a while to get used to all the medications I'm taking but I am finally at a point where I'm able to handle all the side effects at a reasonable level. I still tend to run out of energy quickly, but I have learned over the last 3 years to prioritize, rest, and listen to my body when it tells me I'm not the Energizer bunny anymore so I better stop for a bit :o)

I'm not the same person I was three and a half years ago, but I still love paper crafting, still love stamping, still love painting, still love everything about this community and so I'm once again taking the leap and throwing myself fully on STAMPlorations.

Re-opening wouldn't even be possible without my awesome design team -- the amazing ladies who stuck by me and waited so patiently for me until I feel well enough to pick myself up and get back to doing what we all love doing. I owe a lot to these amazing, creative ladies, and I'm excited to see the next few months unfold when their creativity takes flight with STAMPlorations products.

And so from today until the end of the year, we're doing a re-opening sale. I'm offering existing stock at huge discounts to make way for new stock and new products in the new year.

I've lived the last three and a half years of my life in utter and complete reliance on Jesus, believing and trusting in Him and His plans for me. He gave me a great cancer care team: knowledgeable and competent doctors, nurses, medical assistants. He gave me a supportive community: family, friends, church family, and even fellow crafters I've never met but were moved to either lift me up in prayer or donate to help us get through our initial daily struggles.

Back in April 2022, I believed I wouldn't live long enough to celebrate my children's birthdays that year. And now three and a half years later, I'm still here. My girls, now 10 and 7, still have a mom. I've celebrated Kathryn's birthday 4 times, Winter's 3 times (soon to be 4 times, as her birthday is coming up next month). That's what I call blessed! :o)

And so...I hope you'll take a look at our store, check out what we've got on offer. Maybe pass on the word to fellow crafters who might be interested. And please know how thankful and grateful I am to and for YOU. <3

With love,

Mini Album Mania Challenge

Hey there! It's been a while. While I'm not able to fully get this blog and store back up just yet like before, I'm taking little steps, particularly when it comes to creating. I've been painting, picked up a new skill (cake decorating), and making handmade mini albums.

I'm fortunate to be part of a new challenge led by the awesome Leslie Turner. It's called Mini Album Mania Challenge and I invite you to check out the projects by the design team and then perhaps join in. The challenge is all about all types of handmade mini albums -- no more than 6 inches on any side, at least 3 pages, embellished and decorated, photos are optional. It runs for 6 weeks so plenty of time to create :-)

Here is my mini album -- my main project photo + a flip through of the different pages. For the pages, I used the Mixed Media A2 Card Fronts. For the front and back covers, I used thin basswood sheets (approx. 5.75x5.75 inches) and covered them with designer paper from my old stash.

I have to disclose that I had help in making the album -- my two girls :-) They decorated the cover and the pages with the rub-ons and chipboard stickers (again, from my old stash).

I hope you enjoy looking through my mini album. I call it The Shopping Cart 2021 Mini Album. On September 25 of each year since 2018, I have been taking photos of the girls while they are seated in a shopping cart. This year I will have to be creative, as the girls have grown and don't exactly fit in the shopping cart seat anymore :-)

Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Hop - updated with WINNERS!

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WINNERS!

$20 gift code - #13 Geri S

Bloom in a Red Cup painting - #33 Kim Klinkovsky.My Kraft Kloset

Ladies, please send an email to stamplorations@gmail.com to claim your prize.

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Welcome to the STAMPlorations stop on the Coffee Lovers Spring | Summer 2023 Blog Hop! I love this event and am so happy to be participating in it again. There are fab sponsors and I hope you will check us all out - hop list links are at the end of this post :-)

Here's my project:

Bloom in a Red Cup

acrylics on 8x10 canvas panel

Digital stamps are great not just for cards, but for other projects as well -- like the one I made for this hop: a painting :-)

I used one of the images in the Cupful of Blooms set. But instead of using the flowers in the images, I simply used the cup and painted in hydrangeas. See the photo collage below that shows how I painted this from start to finish. Want to paint one for yourself? Painting classes and kits with step-by-step instructions and videos will be available in the store sometime in June. (I am still working on getting back into the swing of things and fatigue is something I continue to deal with daily after finishing active treatments last February, so I am not as fast as I used to be.)

I hope my project has given you ideas on how to use digital stamps.  They're truly versatile and the only limit is your imagination.

Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a $20 prize code.

If you are in the US, you are automatically entered to a second drawing, as I am giving away the Bloom in a Red Cup painting featured in this post to one randomly drawn commenter :-)

If you're inspired to create a non-card coffee-themed project, there's plenty of digital stamps in the store that you can use. Just for this hop, they are 50% off. Use code SPRINGDIGI on checkout. The code works on digital stamps only and good for one-time use per customer. Our digital stamps are available for instant download wherever you are in the world.

Oh, and individual stamps, dies, and paper goods are once again available to buy, and I have adjusted shipping options so individual products can be shipped worldwide. You will see shipping options and rates during checkout.

Thank you so much for hopping! Have a wonderful, blessed day!

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