STAMPlorations February 2026 Anything Goes Challenge

 

Hello friends and welcome! It's time for the new

Anything Goes Challenge at STAMPlorations!

For my card, I used the Bloomtangled Cover Plate #2 and also

the Dragonfly Layering dies. The sentiment is from the

Birthday Bash stamp set.

I love the look of an all-white card with a pop of color!

The inside is stamped with another sentiment from

the same stamp set.

I hope that you'll find time to play along this month at the

STAMPlorations ATG challenge!

Don't forget that there will be prizes!

One winner will receive a $25 prize code chosen by a STAMPgirl from 

entries that use STAMPlorations products. Another winner will receive

a $10 prize code randomly chosen from entries, regardless of

STAMPlorations products being used or not.

Visit the blog for all the details.

If you like the items I've used and feel the need for some

retail therapy, feel free to use my discount code for 20% off.

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

Thank you for visiting. I hope you have a fantastic day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Birthday Bash

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Gumdrop

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Ocean

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Bloomtangled Cover Plate #2, Dragonfly Layering dies; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

STAMPlorations January 2026 Anything Goes Challenge

 

Hello crafty friends and a very happy New Year to you!

I hope that your holiday was fun-filled and magical!

We are starting the new year off with an Anything Goes challenge

over at the STAMPlorations blog! I am so happy and excited

that Shery is re-opening her store and am looking forward

to all the new items she will be adding to it!

But first, here is a card (or five) that I created using items in

both the Christmas mug cuties ephemera pack and the

Christmas ephemera #1 pack.

Most of my cards use the Crazy double running stitch rectangle dies and I also

used the Circles all over texture plate on this one.

This sentiment is from the Yuletide Deer stamp set.

This card uses a sentiment from the Holiday Expressions: Yuletide 

Cheer stamp set that was heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

Are these not the cutest Christmas mug images?!

These next cards use images from the 

Christmas Ephemera #1 package:

Another sentiment from the Holiday Expressions: Yuletide Cheer

stamp set was used on this card. The frame behind this adorable

birdie came from the Succulently coordinating die set.

This was a fun card to make. I created a little "frozen creek"

for the penguin to skate on, then die cut the

Let It Snow phrase die for my sentiment.

There will be prizes awarded for playing along, of course!

One winner will receive a $25 gift code chosen by a STAMPgirl from

 entries that use STAMPlorations products.

Another random winner will receive a $10 gift code. (Need not feature STAMPlorations products)

A few simple rules to play along:

• Anything goes, any type of project or style
• The use of STAMPlorations products is not a requirement
• AI generated and/or free-off-the-internet images/designs are NOT allowed in projects.
• Link back to the challenge post (if blog entry) or tag @stamplorations if joining via IG
• Multiple entries per crafter allowed
• Challenge ends January 31

If you feel the need for some retail therapy at the STAMPlorations store,

feel free to use my discount code for 20% off!

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

Thank you for visiting and I hope to see your creations in the gallery!

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Yuletide Deer, Holiday Expressions- Yuletide

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

DP: Doodlebug Designs; Carta Bella - Farmhouse Christmas; Honey Bee - Holiday Wishes; Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Ocean

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill; 

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Paper Goods Christmas Mug Cuties Ephemera & Ephemera #1, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies, Circles All Over texture plate, Succulently dies, Let It Snow die; Stampendous - gold EP; Taylored Expressions - Snowfall EF; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner, foam squares; Bearly Art Glue

Atlantic Hearts #634

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I've been busy in my craft room making

cards again. It's good to

have Mr. Mojo back in town. 😊

I made this card on Tuesday, but I'm only

getting around to posting about it:

I only just noticed that one of the design team members had the

same idea I did! GMTA! Wouldn't it have been bizarre

if we used the same exact piece of paper?!

Being Pride Month, I wanted to use some fun designer paper

that had rainbow colors in it. On the back side of the paper, I hand

sketched the design but mirrored it, then used scissors to cut

the pieces out. I didn't mind that they were wonky, I'm really

liking that look on this card! A white heat embossed sentiment

and some rhinestones finishes the card front.

Since I'm notorious for sending out birthday cards after

the birthday, I figured I'd own that with this

sentiment on the inside:

This card is based on the current challenge at Atlantic Hearts.

Thank for visiting and happy first day of Summer!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings: Birthday

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops: Vivid

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah

Accessories: MISTI; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Nicole - rhinestones

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

Three birds

Hello there and welcome!

I'm really trying to replenish my 

stash of birthday cards.

Here's another card I'd like to share: 

I had this (in hindsight, not so) brilliant idea to use the

negative of a die cut for my focal image, and let the

paper behind it show through. I forgot about the few itty bitty

pieces that had to be put back. Trying to glue a tiny bit

of cardstock that's smaller than a pin head made me

feel stabby, but I did it. (I'm never doing that again)

I did first try using a white marker to fill in the 

two tiny spots, but it wasn't opaque enough.

Here's the finished inside:

Now I have yet another birthday card done! Yay!

That's all for now. Thank you for visiting.

I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at AAA Cards Challenge #255 - sketch and "cold"

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee - Birthday Wishes

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Ocean

CS: Neenah

Accessories: STAMPlorations - For the Birds dies; Penny Black - Swirly Stitches rectangle die; MISTI

Adhesives: Ranger - MMM; 3L - tape runner

Cheers, Chick!

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I made a card that combines a few challenges

and I'd like to share it:

It looks rather CAS for me, but there's actually 5 layers on this, not

including the card base. I've used DP from a collection that

looks like alcohol ink blends. I cut a strip for the diagonal element,

as well as using more to fussy cut the wine in the glass. I used

a red marker to darken the 'surface' of the wine. The

tiny bunch of grapes came with the same stamp set as the 

wine glass, and I colored it with Prismacolor pencils.

I didn't want to hide that gorgeous strip of paper, so I cut

the circle element from vellum.

A couple stamped sentiments and a bit more of 

the same DP on the inside finishes my card.

That's it for now. We've had a nice run of beautiful days, and

so I'm going out to enjoy the day.

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #259 - Alcohol

AAA Birthday #48 - Layer it Up

Sketch Saturday #723

Supplies:

Stamps: Dare2BArtzy/Totally Tracy - Always Wine Time; MFT - More Essential Sentiments, Girls Night Out

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Vivid; Bazzill - Vellum

CS: Thunderbolt; Spectrum Noir; Bazzill

Accessories: MISIT; Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; GC; Sunny Studio - Stitched Circle die

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #209 - U is for Underwater

Hello and welcome back snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

For the next two weeks, we'd like to see your

underwater creations!

Here's what I came up with:

I used a new (to me) die cut plate that cuts an underwater

scene. Some blue ink blended DP serves as my watery backdrop.

The three fish cut outs I glued in the middle. I gave my

mermaid silhouettes some glam with gilding flakes, then added some

second generation bubble stamps at the top, and a few 

shells to finish the front.

 A simple sentiment finishes the inside.

I hope that you'll join my Sisters and our reigning Queen,

Monika, for our Underwater challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Dare2BArtzy - Under the Sea Sentiments; Hero Arts - Let's Celebrate

Ink: Memento - Teal Zeal

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops: Ocean

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: GC; Hero Arts - Reef Boarder and Frame die; Impression Obsession - mermaid dies; Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Cosmic Shimmer - summer meadow gilding flakes

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares, adhesive sheets; Ranger - MMM