{New Release!} Ethereal Faces and Boho Landscapes Card Fronts

Welcome to the next installment of our new release in the Paper Goods Card Fronts line. We've got 14 new sets and today, STAMPgirls Chris and Helen have projects featuring Boho Landscapes and Ethereal Faces card fronts.

    

Boho Landscapes | Ethereal Faces

CHRIS

other products used: Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies, See the Good, and Art Marks 2

other products used: Everyday Sentiments Dies and Basic A2 Panels Nesting Dies.

other products used: Celebrate Big Phrase Die

other products used: Wonky Stitched Grid Texture Plate and With Sympathy Phrase Die

HELEN

other products used: Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies and Hello Word Die

other products used: Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies and Life is Good Phrase Die

What did you think of today's makes? Leave a comment here and on their blogs for a chance to win one of the card fronts sets featured today!

And if you want to get your hands on these beautiful card fronts, we're running a Buy 3 Get 1 Free offer in the store. Put 4 card fronts in the cart and the 4th set is $0 on checkout! There are 31 card fronts designs to choose from! You'll find them all here.

And if you'd like a monthly supply of our paper goods products, including our card fronts, check out our subscription services -- subscriptions include free US and international shipping!

    

Check back tomorrow because we'll be showcasing Artsy Abstract 2 and Underwater Folk Art! 

{JANUARY 2026 CHALLENGE} Anything Goes

Welcome to our first challenge of the year and our first challenge in 4 years! Whew! I'm so glad to finally be back and I am especially grateful to the STAMPgirls for sticking it out the last 4 years and patiently waiting for me to be back again. There is no design team in the world I'd rather have than the original STAMPgirls and they are back to share their amazing projects and I hope they inspire you to play and share your projects too!

Before you link up your beautiful projects, though, please read our updated challenge rules.

Link back: https://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2026/01/january-challenge.html

The challenge is open until January 31, 11:59 pm Pacific time and the winners will be announced on February 10. Again, please read and follow our challenge rules if you want to qualify for the prizes.

Without further ado, here are the STAMPgirls with their projects for this month's challenge:

JANE

CHRIS

VICKI

SANNA

MONIKA

CRAFTYFIELD

INA

SHIRLEY

MARIA

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January 2026 Anything Goes Challenge

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{New Release!} Vintage Flowers and Italia Card Fronts

Happy Monday, STAMPfriends! We're starting the week off with the first of 7 posts that feature the new products in our Paper Goods Card Fronts line. We've got 14 new sets and today, STAMPgirls Vicki and Jane have projects featuring Italia and Vintage Flowers card fronts.

    

Italia | Vintage Flowers

VICKI

other products used: Curly Labels/Tags Nesting Dies and Skinny Sentiments

other products used: Mixed Media Grunge and Anywhere There's Coffee

JANE

other products used: Trendy Spring Blooms Dies and Make A Wish Phrase Die

other products used: Thank You Coffee

other products used: Trendy Spring Blooms Dies. Thank You Coffee, and Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

Aren't these cards gorgeous? What do you think? Leave a comment here and on their blogs for a chance to win one of the sets featured today!

And if you want to get your hands on these beautiful card fronts, we're running a Buy 3 Get 1 Free offer in the store. Put 4 card fronts in the cart and the 4th set is $0 on checkout! There are 31 card fronts designs to choose from! You'll find them all here.

And if you'd like a monthly supply of our paper goods products, including our card fronts, check out our subscription services -- subscriptions include free US and international shipping!

    

Check back on Wednesday because we'll be showcasing Boho Landscapes and Ethereal Faces! 

{Heads Up!} Monthly Challenge Re-Start + 14 Brand New Paper Goods Products & 3 New Subscriptions

 Get ready because we're about to re-start the monthly challenge! This coming Tuesday, January 6, the STAMPgirls will be unleashing their creativity and showcasing beautiful projects that feature STAMPlorations products. We are so looking forward to seeing your projects as well and playing with us all month long! Prizes? You bet! :o)

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And I'm excited to share that we have 14 brand new paper goods products and 3 new paper goods subscription services to kick off the new year. The STAMPgirls will be sharing projects featuring the new additions to the store starting Monday so be sure to come back then.

Happy New Year: A Fresh Impression for 2026

Happy New Year, STAMPfriends!

As we turn the page to a brand-new calendar, it's easy to see the year ahead as the ultimate blank card base: smooth, full of potential, and waiting for the first mark of creativity.

With stamps and freshly inked pads, may your year be defined by clarity and bold colors. Don't worry about the occasional smudge; in card making and in life, the most beautiful results often come from building layers of resilience and joy.

And so...may your impressions be crisp, your alignments be true, your "oopsies" turn into beautiful new layers, and your heart be as full as your craft room.

Let's spend this year making a lasting impression--one handmade card and one hopeful heart at a time.

With love from the STAMPlorations family

{Last Call!} Our Store Re-Opening Sale is Almost Over + More Inspiration

 Well, there is less than 24 hours left before our store re-opening sale is over and the big discounts are gone. If you've had your eye on a few stamps and dies, or perhaps you'd like to try our paper goods products, this is your last chance (in a long while) to snag them at really great prices. Just head on over to the STAMPlorations store. Sale ends at 11:59 pm Pacific.

With that said, here's one more batch of awesome makes from the STAMPgirls -- projects they created while this blog and the store were on break.

VICKI

feat. Bloom Cutups ATC and Skinny Sentiments Dies

feat. Bloomfully: Sparkle

MARILYNN

feat. Blossom Sprays #5

feat. Watercolor ATC Journaling Cards and Newsprint Autumn Ephemera Tiles

feat. Folk Flowers

feat. Lotus Love

feat. It's A Girl Thing: Sunshine

SANNA

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feat. Carpe Diem Ephemera Tiles

feat. Carpe Diem Ephemera Tiles

feat. Bloom Cutups ATC

feat. Layered Citrus

feat. Christmas Ephemera #1

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