Check out these new Springtime ATC's at STAMPlorations!

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I'm thrilled to showcase three new ATC's

(Artist Trading Cards) now available for purchase

at the STAMPlorations store!

Check out these GORGEOUS items:

RETRO FEMME ATC

COLOR ME SPRING ATC

WHIMSICAL HOMES ATC

Sooooo much fabulousness!! Wow!!

I've created three cards using a card from each package:

Card 1:

I started by stamping part of the Blossom Sprays #1 stamp in

opposite corners on the card base. I used one of the dies from the

Crazy double running stitch nesting rectangle dies and another

rectangle die to create a frame out of red cardstock. After matting

the Retro Femme ATC, I glued all in place. I used a sentiment

from my Some Snark stamp set to finish.

Card 2:

After cutting the large panel with the

 Crazy double running stitch nesting rectangle die, I blended

ink using the Delicate Links stencil onto it. The smallest sized die was 

used to matte the Color Me Spring ATC. I stamped a sentiment from the

Fond Expressions stamp set at the bottom.

Card 3:

I first cut the background panel using the Circles All Over Texture Plate.

After adhering the strips of designer paper and the teal cardstock,

I matted and adhered the Whimsical Homes ATC to the left.

I stamped Welcome from the Happy Zen Coffee Cups

stamp set, then added alpha stickers to spell out 'home'.

Starting last week and continuing this week, Shery will be posting

 projects every day that my teammates and I have created featuring

 these new ATC's over on the STAMPlorations blog. 

You won't want to miss it!

Feel like you need these to come live with you? You can purchase

them now at the STAMPlorations store. Feel free to use my

 discount code, STAMPGIRLCHRIS, for 20% off!

Thank you for visiting! Have a fantastic day!

STAMPlorations 'The Coffee House' collage papers are steaming hot!!

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

You might have heard that STAMPlorations

has added collage papers to their 

arsenal of amazing products, which

will be available for purchase individually on March 15.

Today I'm delighted to show you what

I created with The Coffee House paper pack.

This is only one of nine gorgeous paper packs that will be available on 

March 15th, but check out this crafty math: 

Individual paper packs launch March 15th for $10 each, BUT...you can

grab a Project Trio Bundle TODAY for just $21! 

That's 3 full packs (45 sheets!) curated

 by project type: Art Journaling, Vintage Storytelling, or Botanical Bliss.

They ship immediately! Get them before the individual launch at STAMPlorations.com

 

I created a card for my first project.

 I used a snippet of the coffee bean paper and added a strip of gold 

glitter paper because who doesn't love a little sparkle?!

I glued another of the papers onto heavy weight card stock and

fussy cut this pretty latte image from it.

The Thanks a latte word die is triple cut, stacked and glued

together and then onto the card.

My second project is a fun project: Recipe cards, using

all three paper images.

I cut 3" x 5" heavy weight white cardstock, glued the papers to them,

and then trimmed the excess paper once dry. I used a hole punch

in one corner and added them to a ring. I found some brown alpha 

stickers in my stash and added the "Recipes" to the top card. Recipes

 can then be written on the back sides of the card. So cute!

These papers are GORGEOUS and so much fun to play with!

Check out all the other papers and package deals over

at STAMPlorations today!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope that you have

a great rest of your day!

STAMPlorations October Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

Good morning and welcome crafty friends! Can you believe we've made it thru to

October?! It seemed like February thru May dragged on for a whole year, then when June showed up, 

whoosh! The months started flying by! 

Well, now that the summer is just about over, the 

STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge

is starting up again. Yay! 

Above is your inspiration for the month of October, and here is the

card I created:

 [This post contains affiliate links. When you click on them and place an order, I will receive a small 

commission at no extra cost to you.]

I started by creating a panel of kraft card stock and using the Mosaic Slimline Stencil

with a few Distress Inks. Over that I splattered some black ink spray.

Putting that aside to dry, I die cut the Zen Coffee Cup Layering dies, the solid in

dark brown card stock, and the detail in metallic gold. The sentiment is one from

the Literary Caffeine-ations stamp set. Once I adhered the panel to the kraft card base, I wrapped some rust floss around it, 

then adhered the coffee mug and sentiment with foam squares.

I hope that you'll play along this month! We'd love to see 

your take on the theme & photo prompt.

If you feel the need to shop at STAMPlorations, feel free to

use my personal discount code -

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for an extra 20% off! 

Thanks for visiting, I hope you have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Literary Caffeine-ations

Ink: Ranger DI - Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo; Memento - Rich Cocoa

CS: Thunderbolt; Bazzill

DP: Bazzill - metallic gold

Accessories: ARTplorations - Mosaic Slimline Stencil; CUTplorations - Zen Coffee Cup Layering dies; GC; DMC floss; Picket Fence Studios - blending brushes; Dylusions - Black Mable Ink Spray;

MISTI; SB - Std Sm circle nesties

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

STAMPlorations March Theme & Sketch Challenge!

Hello crafty peeps and welcome back!

It's a new month, so it's time for a new

Theme & Sketch Challenge at STAMPlorations!

Here are this month's theme & sketch:

As always, you can work with just the theme, just the sketch, or use both!

I've used both for my card:

I've used two of the coffee cups from the Happy Zen Coffee Cups set, colored with

Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut. On the main panel I lightly sponged

some pink ink over the Emanations ARTplorations stencil then stamped

one of the sentiments from the Literary Caffeine-ations set. The panel

was adhered onto my red card base with foam squares, as were the coffee cups.

This is such a fun sketch and great theme, so I hope that you find some

time this month to play along and link up at the

STAMPlorations Theme & Sketch challenge!

And what a coincidence, Shery is having a sale right now for 

coffee themed items in the store!

 

But don't worry if caffeine related items aren't your thing, 

if you still wish to shop, you can use my discount code:

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

 for an extra 20% off! Happy shopping, and I look forward to

seeing what you create for the challenge!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Happy Zen Coffee Cups, Literary Caffeine-ations

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug, Angel Pink

CS: Crafter's Companion; TE; Neenah

Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; ARTplorations - Emanations stencil; MISTI; blending tool

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

STAMPlorations 4th Annual Giving Thanks Blog Hop

Hello and welcome crafty peeps!

Today I'm thrilled to be taking part in the

 STAMPlorations 4th Annual Giving Thanks Blog Hop & Wishlist Linky Party!

For my card, I've used the new Gratitude Trees stamp set. I let my inner

5 year old out to color three of the trees using Autumn colors. LOL!

The sentiment is from the same set, which is stamped on a beige

panel cut from the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies.

What's a blog hop without some prizes? There will be over $200 worth

of goodies up for grabs for some lucky people who leave comments on the hop

 and link up to the Wishlist Linky Party. Also more

chances to win if you visit the STAMPlorations

Facebook and Instagram pages! All the details are on

the STAMPlorations post.

But wait, there's more! From November 12 to 30, stamps, stencils, and dies are 40% off (excludes products in the New Release, 5x7 Stamp Club, and Retiring sections). All orders of up to $74.99 ship for a flat rate of $10 worldwide ($4 US); orders of $75 or more get free worldwide shipping.

Want a discount? Simply use my discount code,

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for an extra 20% off!

Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Gratitude Trees

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

DP: Recollections - Simply Autumn

CS: Taylored Expressions

Accessories: GC; STAMPlorations - crazy double running stitch rectangle nesting dies; Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI

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

Spotlight Project #2 on the STAMPlorations blog!

Hi crafty peeps!

I just wanted to let you know that I have another

Spotlight Project over on the

STAMPlorations blog!

Here's a little sneak peek at my card:

 

I'd love it if you'd visit the STAMPlorations blog to see my

project in full!

Thank you so much!

 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #106 - N is for Need Coffee

 

Hello and welcome!

Boy, Edna sure looks a bit worse for wear, eh?

Good thing she's got that ginormous cup

of coffee to kick start her brain. LOL!

And that is the theme for the new challenge at 

the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

N is for Need Coffee!

I'm a tea drinker myself, but I do have some

cute coffee themed stamps and dies in

my craft arsenal. Here's my take on the challenge:

here's the inside:

 

No snark this time around. I was stalking Pinterest for some

inspiration and came across this card by Kylie Bertucci. I thought

it was super cute so I cased it. (Thank you!!)

I doodled the hearts and the corrugated lines on the wrappers.

The to go cup is from the Gone Postal set by STAMPlorations, as

is the Thanks a Latte word die. The sentiment inside

was computer generated.

I hope you find some time to create something coffee related and link

up with the Sisters at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more percolating inspiration, do check out what my 

Sisters came up with, along with our newest Queen and GD, Sharon!

Thanks for visiting, have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Gone Postal

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: DCWV - Linen Closet

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; STAMPlorations - Thanks a Latte word die; GC; Faber 

Castell -  Artist PITT pen; anger - Diamond Stickles; computer and printer

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

STAMPlorations March challenge - All About Spring and Faith

Hello crafty peeps and welcome!

It's March (how is it March already!), and the new monthly challenge starts at

STAMPlorations - All About Spring and Faith

And just to refresh you on what's going on:

You’ve probably heard that Ms STAMPlorations, Shery Russ, welcomed a daughter named “Winter” to the family in December. In order to give Shery a little time to catch her breath after giving birth and to adjust to daily life with two little ones in addition to running the store, we are going to take a little “Winter” break!

Rather than all of our normal monthly challenges, there will be just one challenge for you to join each month. You'll find it announced on the 5th of the month. The challenge will have a theme and as long as you follow the theme, any type of project is welcome! Then, we’ll return to our regular programming in May ;)

And now on to my card:

I stamped the Blossom Sprays 1 image

in VersaMark and gold heat embossed it onto water color paper. 

Using Distress Inks and a water brush, I painted the flowers, and also

splattered a couple of the inks around my panel.

I heat embossed the sentiment from Fond Expressions 2 onto a

strip of vellum and attached on the back of the panel, then 

adhered to my card base with foam squares.

Challenge rules:

*Create any type of project -- cards (any style), mixed media, tags, layout, etc -- as long as it follows our theme

*STAMPlorations product is not required though we’d love to see it

*Enter as many times as you want – as long as each project has its own blog post

*Display the challenge graphic + link back to the challenge page to qualify for the prizes

*Comment on the entry before yours in the gallery – let's spread the love. (If you're the first player, just comment on the entry after yours.)

*For an extra chance, comment on the challenge post and the designers’ blog posts throughout the month

Prizes:

*TWO (2) winners of a $25 gift certificate - randomly drawn from all entries

*ONE (1) winner of a $25 gift certificate - randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs throughout the month

Shery is offering a generous 10% off (no coupon code needed) all stamps, stencils, and dies in the store from Feb through April. Retiring products are excluded. We hope you'll find time to play with us and we look forward to seeing your project in the gallery.

 

Liked the stamps I've used? You can order them and use my special discount code:

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for a 20% discount!

(this is not case sensitive, and cannot be combined with other discounts)

Thanks for visiting, and I hope to see your projects in our gallery!

Supplies:
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Blossom Sprays 1, Fond Expressions 2
Ink: VersaMark; Ranger DI - Picked Raspberry, Evergreen Bough, Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac
CS: Strathmore water color paper; TE
Accessories: Stampendous - Detail gold EP; heat gun; Kuretake Co. - water brush; Recollections - vellum; MISTI; Fiskars - corner rounder
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

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 #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

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