STAMPlorations 2nd Birthday Blog Hop - Day 4

It's Day Four of STAMPlorations' 2nd Birthday Blog Hop.  Today, I've just used one of the sets, Party Time.  This is going to be one of my all time favourite sentiment sets, I can't get enough of birthday sentiments.

I brayered some lavender chalk paint onto my 3x5 Gelli Plate, laid the flowers (from ARTplorations Bloom Silhouettes) onto a piece of card then stamped the Gelli Plate over the flowers.  Then I brayered a thin layer of translucent turquoise paint, removed some of the paint with bubblewrap, and re-stamped the Gelli Plate keeping the flowers in place.  It created a lovely offset print.  I added a sentiment from Party Time.

My Gelli Plate had several very thin ghost layers on it, so I brayered another layer of translucent turquoise then stamped it onto another card, and all the paint came off the plate leaving this lovely image.  Two cards for the price of one!

Our Guest Designer today is the fabulous Taheera Atchia!  Check out what Taheera and the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all birthday blog hop projects here.

And here's how you can win prizes:

Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog, STAMPlorations designers blogs, and guest designers blogs:
1 winner of $25 gift certificate
5 winners of $10 gift certificate

Prizes for linking up a party/celebration/birthday project:
3 winners of the party stamp sets (1 winner of Party Mates, 1 winner of Party Time, 1 winner of PartyGirl)
1 winner of $25 gift certificate (if STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used) or $15 gift certificate (if non-STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used)

STAMPlorations 2nd Birthday Blog Hop - Day 3

Welcome back for Day 3 of the STAMPlorations 2nd Birthday Blog Hop!  On the party runway today, we have PartyGirl modelling a tiered creation in shades of Peacock Feathers, with just a hint of ankle showing.  You shall go to the ball, Cinders!

Our Guest Designer today is the fabulous Keren Baker!  I can't wait to see what she's made ;)  Check out what Keren and the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all birthday blog hop projects here.

Come to the party, comment, post a card to the linky party and maybe you'll win a prize:

Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog, STAMPlorations designers blogs, and guest designers blogs:
1 winner of $25 gift certificate
5 winners of $10 gift certificate

Prizes for linking up a party/celebration/birthday project:

3 winners of the party stamp sets (1 winner of Party Mates, 1 winner of Party Time, 1 winner of PartyGirl)
1 winner of $25 gift certificate (if STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used) or $15 gift certificate (if non-STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used)

Mixed Media Card Challenge - Blue

Welcome back to another Mixed Media Card Challenge!  This month it's all about Blue, with an option of Vase.

I spread some Distress Paints onto a piece of card, spritzed heavily and let the shades of blue mingle. On a separate piece of card, I used my 3x5 Gelli Plate and stencils to build up a sheet of blue patterns, then selected a suitable section.  Rounded the two bottom corners, edged it with Walnut Stain, wrapped some burlap ribbon around it and called it a vase.

My flower is the French Marigold Large from the STAMPlorations STAMP Lab, which I stamped three times, cut out pieces from two of the images and layered them up, and added a bit of Weathered Wood.

All the stamps on the background piece come from the STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge set.

So, gather up all your blues and play along here, and meet our new team members!

CASEplorations July

It's a new month, and a new CASEplorations challenge.  This month we're CASEing one of our STAMPlorations design team, the inimitable Tenia Nelson!  Here's the card we're CASEing:

Typically Tenia - colour, layers, pattern, stickers, washi tape, stencils, embellies, and well, just jazzy ;)
I created a dotty background using my 3x5 Gelli Plate and the ARTplorations Bubbles stencil, rotating it with each print layer.  The image is from a new set that I've designed called World Birthday Cakes, which will be out soon :)  This one's the Leaning Cake of Pisa.  I've used a sentiment from the set with the ARTplorations Hello & Company stencil, and jazzed (!) the whole thing up with washi tape and doodled stitching.

Fancy joining in with our little CASE?  You could win prizes....  Click here for all the details and to join in the fun.

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop - Day 2

Hello!  It's Day 2 of our STAMPlorations 2nd Birthday Blog hop.  I've used The Bee's Knees PartyGirl again, but I've changed it up a bit.  I inked the dress except for the frilly bit at the knee, using Antique Linen, and stamped it at an angle off the card.  I also stamped the hanger in Antique Linen.

Then came the fun bit!  I loaded up a paintbrush with a very diluted wash of Mermaid Lagoon and sloshed it down the line of the skirt to create a ballgown.  Using a smaller brush, I dotted a more concentrated Mermaid Lagoon on the bust and waist trim, and added some dots around the dress.  Oh, and coloured the birthday sentiment from Party Time.

Our Guest Designer today is the fabulous Anni Lerche from Annikarten! Check out Anni what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all birthday blog hop projects here.

Look what you could win:

Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog, STAMPlorations designers blogs, and guest designers blogs:
1 winner of $25 gift certificate
5 winners of $10 gift certificate

Prizes for linking up a party/celebration/birthday project:
3 winners of the party stamp sets (1 winner of Party Mates, 1 winner of Party Time, 1 winner of PartyGirl)
1 winner of $25 gift certificate (if STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used) or $15 gift certificate (if non-STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used).

Happy Happy Birthday

My trusty little kingfisher is making an appearance again, I just love him!  Today I've used the no-line watercolour technique again, added some splatters (of course!), some washi tape and a sentiment white-embossed on kraft.

Don't forget, CASEplorations is still open if you want to CASE this card, or any of the cards from the STAMPlorations team.  Prizes to be won....

Click here for details.

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop - Day 1

It's Party Time!  We're celebrating STAMPlorations' 2nd birthday with a blog hop and some fabulous new party stamps.

We've got Party Mates designed by Deepti, Party Times designed by Shery, and PartyGirl designed by me!

I've used all three sets for today's card.  PartyGirl is designed so that you can have a front view or a rear view, the dress works for either.  She's ready for a night on the town in her little black dress and fishnets.  Probably not what Coco Chanel had in mind, but there you go.

I masked off a narrow border around the card, then stamped the PartyGirl images.  I usually position the dress and legs on the card for placement, making sure there's enough head room, then stamp the dress first, then the shoulders/arms, then the head, and finally the legs because it's easier to line them up last once the upper body is in place.

I stamped the Party Mates images in Versafine Smoky Grey, and the sentiment from Party Times in red.  I used a Black Soot wash for the image, and added a light sponging of Black Soot around the border.  A touch of ruby glitter around her waist and bustline, and red soles for her Louboutins, and she's ready for off!

Our Guest Designer today is none other than Amy Tsuruta of Tsuruta Designs!  Check out what Amy and the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all birthday blog hop projects here.

You can win prizes by commenting and by linking a card up to the linky party that will be going on all week:

Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog, STAMPlorations designers blogs, and guest designers blogs:
1 winner of $25 gift certificate
5 winners of $10 gift certificate

Prizes for linking up a party/celebration/birthday project:
3 winners of the party stamp sets (1 winner of Party Mates, 1 winner of Party Time, 1 winner of PartyGirl)
1 winner of $25 gift certificate (if STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used) or $15 gift certificate (if non-STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used)

Pop back tomorrow for another glam dress!