Sunday, March 06, 2022

{Trifecta Cardmaking} Sanna Creates Colorful Mixed Media Cards

Happy Sunday, STAMPlorations friends! We are back with another Trifecta Cardmaking post, a fun feature wherein you'll see how the three S's in our line -- stampsstencils, and stickers -- play well in cardmaking. In this month's post, STAMPgirl Sanna Lippert didn't throw away her working surfaces...and instead used them to create stunning cards!

    

Friday, March 04, 2022

{NEW!} Monika Plays with New Slimline Stencils!


Hey, STAMPlorations friends! 22 brand new slimline stencils just dropped in the store! I have a few personal favorites like Flowers PrimDistressedCarvedly, and Primitive 1 but they're all pretty cool and will give your slimline cards that arty look. But our slimline stencils aren't just for using on slimline cards!

      

You'll find all 22 slimline stencils here.

STAMPgirl Monika played with 3 of the new slimline stencils. Be sure to visit her blog for all the details on how she created each project and to leave her some love. (And make sure to read all the way down to this post for a little giveaway.)

Here's Monika with her projects:

Thursday, March 03, 2022

{Special Stamp Release} Some Snark from Chris Dring Designs


Hello again, STAMPlorations friends! We're doing a special release of stamps by our very own Chris Dring. If you're looking for some clean snarky sentiments, her stamps are it!



Today, we're putting the spotlight on Some Snark. Comment on this post and on the STAMPgirls blog posts by March 8 for a chance to win your choice of Chris Dring Designs stamp set. We'll announce the winner on March 10.

 


Have a look at what Chris and the Inspiration girls made and then check out the pre-order offer we have for these sets.






What do you think of Chris' second set and the STAMPgirls' projects? If you missed the post featuring her first set, it's here. We hope you enjoyed seeing all the projects featuring Chris' stamps.

Wednesday, March 02, 2022

{Special Stamp Release} Hot Mess from Chris Dring Designs


Hey, STAMPlorations friends! We're doing a special release of stamps by our very own Chris Dring and all I can say is the STAMPgirls sure had fun with her clean snarky sentiments!



Today, we're putting the spotlight on Hot Mess. Comment on this post and on the STAMPgirls blog posts by March 8 for a chance to win your choice of Chris Dring Designs stamp set. We'll announce the winner on March 10.

 


Have a look at what Chris and the Inspiration girls made and then check out the pre-order offer we have for these sets.






















How's that for projects featuring some fun, clean snark? ;o) Tell us what you think! Then check back tomorrow for another set of fab projects featuring Chris' other set, Some Snark!

Until then...have a super craftsy, artsy day!

Tuesday, March 01, 2022

{Inspiration Project Post #358}

Hello, STAMPlorations Friends! Welcome March. Today the Inspiration girls are showcasing a couple of cards featuring stamps, dies and stencils 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 $15 prize code to the STAMPlorations store in our monthly prize draw.

 

{March Stencil Challenge}

 Hello crafters! We are so glad you are joining us for the STAMPlorations March Stencil Challenge. After a little winter break, the Desing Team are back and they are ready to get inky with their stencils. We hope you are too! Do check out the challenge rules and prize info here. If you play along with our challenge, don't forget to check in on the 10th of April to see if you are the winner of the $20 prize code to the STAMPlorations store ($25 if you used a STAMPlorations/ARTploration stencil) or one of two randomly drawn crafters to win a $10 prize code ($15 if you used a STAMPlorations/ARTploration stencil).

We love to see your beautiful projects but to keep it fair and fun for everyone we have a few simple rules which you can also find at the end of this post. In addition to using a stencil on your project, we ask that you link up no more than three (3) projects per challenge. As always, our stencil challenge is anything goes as long as you use a stencil somewhere in your project. Also, remember that your project should be shown in its full glory on your blog post or Instagram, sneak peeks are not eligible to take part. Please don't forget to link back to this blog post via text link, and to include the challenge graphic to be eligible for the prizes (if linking from a blog). And above all, we hope that you have a lot of fun when you get creative with your stencils! 


If you play, make sure you include the graphic below in your post and link back (via text link) to this challenge post in order to qualify for our prizes :o) Please also read our simple rules, which you'll find toward the end of this post.


Link back:

And now it's time to see what the talented design team have come up with to inspire you!

      

    
   


{March CAS Challenge}

Hi CAS crafters! Welcome to the spring season of the STAMPlorations CAS challenge. I hope our brief winter break helped you charge your crafty batteries and that you can't wait to share your crafty creations with us. The Design Team certainly have outdone themselves once again, enjoy! 

Do check out our updated challenge rules and prize info hereAnd if the fun of playing along isn't enough, we also have great prizes each month. One of the DT members will pick their favourite to win a $20 prize code to the STAMPlorations store ($25 prize code if you used a STAMPlorations product as the main/focal point of your card). Two randomly drawn crafters receive a $10 prize code ($15 prize code if you used a STAMPlorations product as the main/focal point of your card).

We have a few simple rules and we ask that you follow them so that playing along will be fun and fair to everyone. All the rules are summarised at the end of this post. Your challenge is to create a clean and simple (CAS) card with or without the optional color twist which this month is pink and green. You may enter up to 3 CAS cards. Remember to link to this blog post (via text link) and display the challenge graphic to be eligible for the prizes (if you are linking from a blog post). You can use any craft products you want, but if you have STAMPlorations stash, we would love to see what you create with it. And of course, the most important rule - have fun and be creative! 

If you play, make sure you include the graphic below in your post and link back (via text link) to this challenge post in order to qualify for our prizes :o) Please also read our simple rules, which you'll find toward the end of this post.


Link back:

Let's see how the Design Team was inspired by this month's colors.