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Just a quickie post from me, a G&T calls ;)

Playing along with The Flower Challenge, Anything Goes with this sloshed Distress Ink painting, with a few STAMPlorations grunge stamps added.

Hopefully it's now with the intended recipient :)

STAMPlorations Inspiration #138

Time for some inspiration over at STAMPlorations.  This week we're featuring Becca's line of stamps, Big Grins by Becca Cruger.  For the next seven days they'll be 10% off (no coupon needed) apart from A Cuppa Love and A Snarky Birthday, which will be 20% off (no voucher needed).  And if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY you can get an extra 20% off those prices and any other stamps, dies and stencils in the store!

I've gone mad with the candles - stamping, masking and watercolouring to make this one-layer card.  I'm adding this to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make It Masculine.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team, and don't forget to comment for your chance to win a gift voucher to the STAMPlorations store.

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Craft Stamper Take It, Make It Reminder

Are you playing along at Craft Stamper Take It, Make It?  All you need is stamps (rubber or polymer) and you're in!

I recently bought a flat-tipped waterbrush.  How I've lived without one for this long I don't know!  I've had great fun sloshing colour around on watercolour paper, just picking up Distress Re-inker colour on the brush then painting it on.  I started with the flowers, followed by the stalks and the background.  I dipped a stylus into neat Black Soot re-inker and added a centre to the flower, and scribbled a vase outline, and left it all to dry.  Several hours later, I managed to smudge the Black Soot centres, which hadn't soaked into the paper so, after blotting what was left, I just stamped some grungy dots, a grungy scribble, and a grungy sentiment for good measure.  Too good to throw away ;)

Our sponsor this month is our very own Jolande, who is offering this prize to one randomly chosen winner:

The winner chosen by the Design Team will have their project published in the magazine (hold on to it in case you're the winner, cos you'll have to post it!), a profile on the blog and mag, and a guest design spot in a future challenge.

Pop on over to the Craft Stamper blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the design team, and play along for your chance to win. Make sure you follow the rules if you want to be eligible for either prize.

Seize The Birthday - One Layer

Welcome to a new challenge at Seize The Birthday.  This week's challenge is the dreaded one-layer - you either love it or hate it and I love it!

For my one-layer card I cut a mask slightly smaller than the card, then die-cut the butterfly (STAMPlorations Flutter Zen I), sprinkled PaperArtsy Infusions powders and spritzed.  Look at all that spritzy goodness!

I love playing with Infusions.  The added walnut stain means that there's an unpredictability about how much the walnut will mix.

Anyway, back to the challenge.  Our surprise guest designer is Lindsey of Bashful Blogging.  Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for inspiration from Lindsey and the Design Team, and play along with us.

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STAMPlorations Inspiration #137

Time for some more inspiration at STAMPlorations!  This week we're featuring my line of stamps, The Bee's Knees.  All my stamps are 10% off (no code needed) except Houses Extras and Two Of Us, which are both 20% off (again, no code needed).  And if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY at checkout, you'll get a further 20% off!

I've used Brew-tiful Day, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and coloured with a magenta Sharpie.  The flower is from Becca's set, Sweet and Sassy Mom.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog to see what my teamies have been up to with my stamps, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a gift certificate to the store.

CUTplorations June Challenge

We've got a fun inspiration pic for you in our CUTplorations challenge this month - a Welsh dragon.  Of course, everyone knows Welsh dragons are red ;)

Becca's set, Dino Things, is ideal for this.  Here's what I made:

Sponged Distress Oxide background, Crisscrossed stencil watermarks, Dots All Over stencilled with white paint, sentiment from World Birthday Cakes and CUTplorations Birthday die.  Oh, and some googly eyes.

How will you be inspired by the photo?  Just remember to use any STAMPlorations product, and any brand of die, and base it on the inspiration photo.

Craft Stamper Take It, Make It

It's time for a new challenge at Craft Stamper Take It, Make It and as always, it's Anything Goes as long as you've used polymer or rubber stamps in your project.

I used this fun image from Crafty Individuals, watercoloured him with Distress Inks, coloured the background, stamped some grungy dots, sponged some more dots, sponged some woodgrain (the knot looks just like a ripple on water!) and added some washi tape.

Our sponsor this month is our very own teamie, Jolande!  She's offering this stamp set and stencil to one lucky randomly chosen winner:

The winner chosen by the Design Team will have their project published in the magazine (hold on to it in case you're the winner, cos you'll have to post it!), a profile on the blog and mag, and a guest design spot in a future challenge.

Pop on over to the Craft Stamper blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the design team, and play along for your chance to win.  Make sure you follow the rules if you want to be eligible for either prize.