Stencil Sunday #52

Hey there, fellow creatives! We've got a new edition of Stencil Sunday,  a weekly feature brought to you by the STAMPlorations girls in the Mixed Media design team. Every Sunday, they share their mixed media projects showcasing ARTplorations stencils and STAMPlorations stamps. Today, Kim, Susanne and Asmah are sharing their mixed media projects. You'll find more information about their projects by visiting their blogs -- do check them out!

  

{Spotlight Project} Becca Goes Postal (and Alters an Address Book}

I always knew someday I'd go postal. 

I really can't believe it's taken this long. 

Today I'm going to show you how I altered a notebook to create a one-of-a-kind address book that will FINALLY allow me to keep track of all of my bloggy friends' addresses. 

{Spotlight Project} Shirley Creates Fluorescent Shoes

Seeing as today is the special release of the large Groovy Shoes sets (don't forget to leave a comment here for a chance to win the set of your choice), I thought I'd show you a couple more shoe cards. Ready for the first one? Got your sunglasses on?

How about this one?

{Special Stamp Release!} LARGE GROOVY SHOES by The Bee's Knees + Mini Release Hop -- Comment to Win!

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! We're back with another special stamp release with a mini hop! We're releasing not one, not two, but three different groovy shoes sets by Shirley Bampton! They're the large versions of the lace ups, platforms, and wedges in the Groovy Shoes set that we released in April. These large shoe stamps come in pairs and they're at least 3 inches wide. They're fabulous to use in cards, but they're also awesome to use in non-card projects.

Joining Shirley in this mini hop are STAMPlorations girls Cornelia, LauraJane, and Lisa. Check out the groovy-licious cards they made with the fun shoes! Do visit their blogs and leave comments along the way. The best part? One lucky commenter will win her choice of large Groovy Shoes (Groovy Lace Up Shoes, Groovy Platform Shoes, or Groovy Wedge Shoes).

SHIRLEY

CORNELIA

LAURAJANE

LISA

How the mini release hop works:

• Comment on this post.
• Visit the designers' blogs and comment on their featured project(s).
• Commenting closes on Friday, June 24, 11:55 p.m. Pacific.
• We'll randomly select a winner of the stamp set from comments left on all the blogs and announce who that is on Sunday, June 26.

Want to increase your chances of winning?

• Share the link to this blog post on your Facebook status. Make sure to tag your post with #groovyshoes and #stamplorations
• When you visit the designers' blog posts, pin their cards to your Pinterest board. Again, make sure to tag your pins with #groovyshoes and #stamplorations
• Leave a second comment on this blog post telling us that you've done the above (include a link to your FB profile/page and/or Pinterest board)

Groovy Lace Up Shoes, Groovy Platform Shoes, and Groovy Wedge Shoes are now available in the shop and until June 29, they're 10% off!

Happy hopping!

{Spotlight Project} Alphabet Fun with Deepti

Hello, friends! Deepti here and welcome to another spotlight feature. Today I am sharing a colorful card and how I used the Sketchy Alphabet stamps to create my sentiment. So, here's a look into the finished card.

{Inspiration Project Post #81}

Hello Tuesday! The Inspiration team is back with some awesome projects for you. Have a look and leave a comment for your entry to win a $10 gift certificate.

  

 

 

Stencil Sunday #51

Hey there, fellow creatives! We've got a new edition of Stencil Sunday,  a weekly feature brought to you by the STAMPlorations girls in the Mixed Media design team. Every Sunday, they share their mixed media projects showcasing ARTplorations stencils and STAMPlorations stamps. Today, Carol is sharing a mixed media project. You'll find more information about her project by visiting her blog -- do check it out!

STAMPlorations and the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop + New Coffee Stamps + Comment to Win

Heads up, STAMPlorations friends! There's a fun blog hop starting today for those of us who love or enjoy a cup of coffee (or tea or chocolate)! The hop is hosted by Amy Tsuruta and Chaitali Narla.

Amy and Chaitali have invited lots of sponsors for the hop, including STAMPlorations, who are offering tons of fabulous prizes! Play along by creating a summer-themed project featuring coffee, tea and/or cocoa images. Post it on your blog and then link it up at the linky found on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. The linky is open until Friday, June 24. Winners of sponsor prizes will be randomly drawn! (Psst! Keep scrolling for a free digi stamp you can use in your projects!)

Link up your summer-themed coffee, tea, and/or cocoa card(s) here

Check out what I and some of STAMPlorations girls have created:


SHERY

{Framed Coffee Word Art (Black), Framed Coffee Pot, CUTplorations Crazy Double-Stitched Rectangles and Happy thin metal dies - available starting July 3}


{Coffee Cup Row, Framed Coffee Word Art (Black), Coffee Happy}

CORNELIA

{Latte Love, Bunnies 'n Beans, Latte stencil}

KIM

{Sketchy Coffee Cups, Bunnies 'n Beans, Mixed Media Elements}

KSENIJA

{Coffee Happy}

TENIA

{Coffee Cup Large, Eat Drink Be Merry, Mixed Media Grunge, Confetti stencil}

TONI

{Coffee Happy}

BLOG CANDY ALERT!

Guess what? We will randomly pick THREE coffee- (or tea- or chocolate-) loving crafters to win one of our new coffee/tea stamps below (winner's choice). Simply leave a comment on this post and on the designers' blogs by 11:59 p.m. Friday, June 24. Easy peasy! We'll announce the winners on Sunday, June 26.

New coffee/tea stamps - we've got 8!

 

Framed Coffee Pot | Framed Coffee Word Art (Black)

 

Framed Coffee Word Art (Outline) | Framed Tea Cups

Coffee Cup Parade

Coffee Cup Row

Coffee Pot Row

Tea Cup Row

And here's that free digi stamp you can use to create coffee projects to link up to the Summer Coffee Lovers blog hop for even more chances at the sponsor prizes. It's the digi stamp we currently offer on our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge page. If you use the image, be sure to link up your project there too because we draw two winners of gift certificates or stamp sets whenever we reach entries in multiples of 50 (we're at 899 entries and counting).

Please visit this page for the current digi.

And finally, just for Summer Coffee Lovers hop participants, all orders placed on the STAMPlorations store are 15% off until June 28. (No minimum order.) Use the coupon code SUMMERCLBH on checkout.

Happy hopping!

June Challenge Mid-Month Reminder - More Inspiration

Hey all! Have you played in the June Challenge yet? We've combined the Theme and Sketch challenges so you can create a project based on the theme, sketch, or both, and link it up!

For June, our theme is STAMPS & CELEBRATION. If your project happens to be CAS, be sure to link it up to the June CAS Card Challenge. If you were inspired by Shelly Kurth's card here, link it up in the June CASEplorations gallery. Or if you end up creating a non-card mixed media project and you used a stencil, link it up to our June Mixed Media Challenge. Yep, more chances for prizes we have up for grabs :o)

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

LINK UP YOUR PROJECTS HERE