STAMPlorations Stencil Blog Hop featuring Sanna Lippert Designs!

Exciting news! 

The STAMPloration girls are celebrating Sanna Lippert's

launch of her very own stencil line with a

STAMPlorations Stencil Blog Hop featuring Sanna Lippert Designs!

Of course, there will be prizes!

Here is some info you need to know:

• Commenting closes on December 4, Monday
• Prizes: (1) winner of $20 gift certificate, (2) winners of their choice of 3 Sanna Lippert Designs stencils
• Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and participating designers blogs

Here are a couple cards I made using Sanna's stencils:

I'm so glad that Shery sent me this stencil, as it's my favorite of all Sanna's

stencils. I really wanted to showcase this amazing, intricate stencil, so I made a

very CAS card, letting the design do all the work.

I've used the Evolution Artplorations stencil for my background. I die cut a strip

of vellum using one of the Art Edges CUTplorations dies, and heat embossed

the sentiment from the Trendy Feathers 2 stamp set.

For my second card, I made a whimsical birthday card,

using Sanna's Flowers 2 Artplorations stencil, and the

Faerie Door stamp set.

Yay! You made it to the end! Now for a chance to win some

STAMPlorations goodies, simply leave a comment below!

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a fantastic day!

Supplies:

First card:

STAMPlorations - Feathers 2 stamp set

ARTplorations - Evolution stencil by Sanna Lippert

CUTplorations - Art Edges die

Ink: Ranger DI - Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral; Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMark; Simon Says Stamp - Lipstick Red

CS: Strathmore Mixed Media paper; TE

Accessories: GC; Avery Elle - Double Pierced rectangle die; Recollections - vellum; Dylusions - white ink spray; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

Second card:

Stamps: STAMPlorations  - Faerie Door

ARTplorations - Flowers 2 stencil

Ink: Ranger DI - Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Strathmore - mixed media paper; TE

Accessories: GC; Spectrum Noir markers; Avery Elle - Double Pierced rectangle die; Tattered Angels - Aquamarine Glimmer Mist; toothbrush; Wink Of Stella pen; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #331 Snow Much Fun

Hello and welcome friends.

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we want to see your snow related projects!

I created a snowy scene on my card:

and the inside:

The snow scene was die cut from silver foil paper, and very hard to photograph!

The deer is cut from silver glitter paper, and I've added a teeny tiny red rhinestone

for his nose.

To continue that silver vibe, I heat embossed the

sentiments in silver EP.

We hope that you find some time this week to play along with our

snow themed challenge at Shopping Our Stash!

For more ideas, do yourself a favor and visit the blogs of my

very clever teammies to see what they came up with.

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

AAA Cards #104 - Christmas

Jingle Belles - Baby It' Gold Outside (or silver or copper!)

Supplies: 

Stamps: Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message

Ink: VersaMark; Brilliance - Silver Starlite

DP: Nicole - silver mirror; American Crafts - silver glitter

CS: Taylored Expressions

Accessories: GC; Poppy Stamps - Boddington Tree Scape & Regal Deer dies; Whispers - silver EP; heat gun; MISTI; Recollections - red rhinestone

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - multi medium matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #98 - I is for Industrial

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

I hope those who celebrated had a happy Thanksgiving, and

that those who braved the Black Friday sales

made out with some excellent deals.

Our next challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

is one of my favorites: I is for Industrial 

It's time to get your Steampunk on!! YAY!

I went all mixed media and created this canvas panel:

(grab your favorite beverage, this is gonna be a photo heavy post)

This baby has sooooo much texture!

There were some new to me techniques I tried out, one being how

I created those large cogs. I found some round chipboard frames in my stash

and decided to turn them into cogs using a hole punch!

They originally had a flowery pattern on them, but a couple coats of

gesso fixed that. Then I simply punched around the frames, being sure to

punch off the edge and not make a complete circle.

 I also rediscovered a chipboard album, and used parts from that also. On the cogs and

frame, I used another new to me technique called the Faux Rust Technique by Andy Skinner,

using texture sand paste and DecoArt Media fluid acrylics.

Holy crap, I had a blast making rusty cogs! LOL!

The wooden butterfly was a gift from my E.D.M.T., Jessi.

(Evil Double Mint Twin)

I gave it a coat of gesso, then crackle paste, and then painted it.

(air drying between each process, of course)

Ok, so here are a bunch of close ups of the canvas:

 One last view :

I hope that this inspires you to unlock your inner muse and create

something steampunk! We'd love to see it in our gallery at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! Need more ideas? Well then, do yourself

a favor and go check out what my Sistahs of Snark, 

and our guest designer, Corrie, have created for your viewing pleasure!

Yay! You made it to the end!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a fantastic day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Mixed Media World challenge #31 - AMMG/mood board

Mix It Up challenge # - ATG/stencils

 

Supplies:

substrate: 7" x 9" canvas panel, a gift from my neighbor

various paint brushes

Golden gesso

DecoArt Media - Crackle Paste

pallet knife

My Favorite Things - brick wall stencil

Maya Road - chipboard keyhole album

Golden matte medium

DCWV - Tattered Time Stack - script paper

X-Acto knife

Colorbok - round chipboard frames

Fiskars hole punch

DecoArt Media - Texture Sand Paste

DecoArt Media fluid acrylic paints: Paynes Grey, Quinacidone Gold, Primary Yellow, Green Gold,

Phthalo Turquoise

DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - Natural Buff

Beacon 3 in 1 glue

SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

Scotch - foam tape

Tim Holtz - sprocket gears, typed tokens

Art-C - gears, key

found sprocket

Wooden butterfly from Jessi

Darice - galvanized wire and wire cutters

Studio G - alpha stamps

Staz On - Jet Black ink

white card stock

Ranger Distress ink - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo

SHOPPING OUR STASH #330 Quick Thank You

Hello friends and welcome!

This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH we are

challenging you to make a quick Thank You card in under 30 minutes!

This was incredibly hard for me, as I tend to

take at least two hours to make a card.

Seriously.

But, I persevered and was able to crank out

this beauty in just over 8 minutes!!

Woo Hoo! 

I'm not sure if you know, but I trim all my card bases. No pre-made

bases for me, thank you very much. My time includes that.

The main panel was die cut then I stuck all those stickers on it,

being sure to stick some over the edge so I could trim off the excess.

(I also used up that sticker sheet, which was 10+ years old)

I die cut the THANKS, adhered and went over it with a

Wink of Stella pen. Done!

Why did this take over 8 minutes to slap some stickers down?

Because they were really sticking to the acetate, and so I had to

peel every. single. petal to make sure I didn't rip them.

I love how these flowers all have some silver foiling on them.

So now it's your turn. Can you create a Thank You card within 30 minutes?

We bet you can, try it! Be sure to link up at Shopping Our Stash so

we can admire it. Need some more ideas? Then simply stop by the blogs

of my teammies and leave some love while there! We all appreciate

your comments! Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

CS: Taylored Expressions

Accessories: GC; Avery Elle - Double Pierced Rectangle die; Taylored Expressions - Thanks die;

Stickopotamus - flower stickers; Wink of Stella pen; scissors

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

Rudolph Silhouette

Good morning and hello crafty peeps!

Popping in with a quick card I made

for the current

Just Us Girls challenge - Silhouettes.

Check it:

and the inside:

Oh my gosh, I made a QACAS card!

I think I might make more of these, it's a fun

design, especially with the added 'Rudolf nose'!

That's it for me. Thanks for popping in!

I hope you have a great day!

I'm entering this at:

 Just Us Girls #419 (just in the nick of time *wink*)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- Furry Friends

Supplies:

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp/Kelly Purkey - Oh Dear; Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message

Ink: VersaMark; Colorbox/Susan K. Weckesser - Shimmer

CS: Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; Fiskars corner rounder; Darice rhinestone;

Spectrum Noir DR7 marker; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots

STAMPlorations 3rd Annual GIVING THANKS Blog Hop & Linky Party!!

Hello crafty friends!

I'm so excited to be a part of the blog hop going on at STAMPlorations today:

the 3rd annual Giving Thanks Blog Hop & Wishlist Linky Party!

There are 35 participating designers in all (8 of which are amazing

designers representing different challenge blogs), plus a linky party

that you can share your "thankful" cards and projects.

Oh, and there are prizes too!!

For my first card, I've used the Typografia- Thankful People stamp. This just

needed to be made into a chalkboard panel! After I heat embossed the 

sentiment in white, I dry brushed white ink around the panel, then doodled above

and below it with a white PrismaColor pencil.

My background was die cut using the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting die.

Here's a close up:

I used sentiments from the Blossom Overture stamp set to finish the inside.

On my second card,

I used the Typografia Thankful - Thy Goodness stamp that I

stamped onto a Luggage Tag Nesting die. I used the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting die for my background again. Some burlap ribbon, twine, and enamel dots finish my card.

Oh, and I did mention there were going to be prizes:

Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog and participating designers blogs:

• THREE (3) winners randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $25 certificate to the STAMPlorations store

Prize for liking, commenting, tagging a friend, and sharing our post on the STAMPlorations Facebook page post:

• ONE (1) randomly drawn winner will receive a grab bag consisting of new products (valued at $25 MSRP) + another grab bag of the same value to the person he/she tags

Prizes for linking up to the STAMPlorations Wishlist Linky Party:

• TWO (2) randomly drawn winners will each receive products in their wishlist (up to $40 MSRP)

Prize for commenting and re-posting our Giving Thanks Blog Hop and Wishlist Linky Party post on the STAMPlorations Instagram page:

• ONE (1) randomly drawn commenter will win her choice of Giving Thanks stamps (Thankful & Blessed; Wonderfall Time; Words of Gratitude; OR any 2 Typografia Thankful stamps)

Commenting on the blogs and linking up to the Wishlist Linky party ends on November 30 at 11:55 p.m. Pacific

Winners will be announced on December 10 in the November Challenges and Hops winners post. Winners have until December 31 to claim their prize.

You'll find the links to all of the designers below.

Don't forget about the big Thanksgiving sale!:

Thanks so much for visiting!

I hope that you have a fantastic day!

Thanks

Hello crafty friends!

I was in the ol' craft room and was making panels

using the smooshing technique. Here's a 

card I made with one of them:

 and the inside:

 That Wink of Stella pen on the stacked thanks die looks soooo shimmery

 on black card stock. I'm also digging this color combo. I need

to use it more often. (grin!)

Well, that's it for now.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Case this Sketch #246

Just Us Girls #418

Just Add Ink #384 (oops. Already ended. Time zones really mix me up! LOL!)

 

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Bloom Factory, Fond Expressions

Ink: Memento - Paris Dusk, Teal Zeal, Nautical Blue, Tuxedo Black

CS: Strathmore water color paper; TE; scraps

Accessories: GC: Lawn Fawn - scalloped Rectangle dies; STAMPlorations - thanks word die; 

Faber Castell - sm black Artist PITT pen; MISTI; Wink of Stella pen; Nicole - rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger- Multi Medium Matte; Glue Dots