Tuesday, February 28, 2017

STAMPlorations Inspiration - Feb 28th 2017

We are back with STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! This week we will showcase cards using Shery Russ Designs

From February 28 to March 6, all SRD stamps are 10% off (no coupon needed) + 1 SRD stamp set (Art Is) is 20% off (no coupon needed)

Let me show you my fourth Inspiration card for  February 2017...
To make this card, I adhered patterned paer on card base, layered it further with a rectangular die cut vellum. Stamped the rose and colored it with pencils. I heat embossed the sentiment on vellum. To finish I added some sequins. I have used About a Rose , Noteworthy - 2 stamp set, Crazy Double Running stitch Rectangles nesting Dies and Prisma Color Pencils :)

Use the Discount Code STAMPGIRLDEEPTI to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies.

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Thursday, February 23, 2017

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Masking

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my 48th spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you.   This one focuses on the very basic masking technique :)

Here is what I created...

I have used Hello You February 2017 Stamp Club Set and Kathryn and Christmas Stamp set
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Please head over to STAMPlorations Blog for a photo tutorial on this. click HEREThank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

STAMPlorations Inspiration - February 21st 2017

We are back with STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! This week we will showcase cards using my designs Dee's Artsy Impressions

From February 21 to 27, all DAI stamps are 10% off (no coupon needed) + 1 DAI stamp set (Chikoo Goes Bananas) is 20% off (no coupon needed)

Let me show you my third Inspiration card for February 2017...
To make this card, I diecut a rectangular panel from Kraft Cardstock. I stamped the images in white dye ink and the colored it all with Prisma Color Pencils. To add more interest, I added some white dots with a gel pen.  I have used Just Because stamp set, Crazy Double running Stitch rectangle dies

Use the Discount Code STAMPGIRLDEEPTI to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies.

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

CUTplorations Mini Release - February 2017

Hello Friends and Die lovers :) STAMPlorations is back with yet another awesome Mini CUTplorations Release Blog Hop of their amazing dies. The dies in this release are soooooooooo amazing. I am in love with those :) I am a big fan of Lacy Edges and Border dies and these are just perfect to add a wow factor to your creations. The Stitched Winter Landscape and Stitched Spring Landscape die is icing on the cake. Wait till you see all the amazingness HERE.
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Prizes: 

  • ONE (1) winner of a $15 gift certificate and 
  • ONE (1) winner of her choice of either Lacy Edges or the Winter & Spring Stitched Landscape dies

Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and designers' blogs. We'll announce the winners in the February Challenges and Blog Hops winners post on March 10. So stay tuned :)

Now let me show you what I created with each of these :)
Here I diecut the landscape die multiple times and layered it within a rectangular window. I inked these in different shades of green.
For this card I decided to make a Shaker card, I did some inking using distress inks to make my winter sky. Kept the landscape diecut white and created a shaker. For the above two cards...  besides New dies I have used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies and Friends and Flowers set.
With the scalloped edge I had to create a wedding card, something just told me that hahaha. Anyways, I used a patterned paper and cut the different colors of scalloped edges. I also cut a kraft edge and stamped it with Damask Background stamp in white ink. I stamped and water colored the couple and stamped the sentiment to finish my card. I have also used Newly Weds, The Birds and The Blooms. The coloring was done with Gansai Tambi Water Colors.
My Final Card also used the edge dies. This time I layered the die cut panel over another patterned paper background. Since the patterned paper already has the sentiment, I decided to just add the word die over the flower. The flower was embossed and water colored. I have used Blooms Sketches and You and Me Phrase die

I had so much fun making these. There are more to come :) Don't forget to leave me a comment here and on the STAMP Blog for your chance to with these awesome dies :)

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

STAMPlorations Inspiration - February 14th 2017

Happy Valentine's Day everyone !!!

We are back with STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! This week we will showcase cards using Big Grins by Becca Cruger

From January 10 to 16, all BGBBC stamps are 10% off (no coupon needed) + 1 BGBBC stamp set Caffeinated Christmas is 20% off (no coupon needed)

Let me show you my second Inspiration card for February 2017...
To make this card, I decided to do some layering. on the card base I added a diagonal strip of patterned paper and along that I stamped the sentiment Happy Birthday. Then I diecut two rectangles in white and kraft and layered them with a doily. I stamped colored and fuzzy cut the cupcake and added it to my card.  I have used A Snarky Birthday to you stamp set, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle nesting dies and Prisma Color Pencils :)

Use the Discount Code STAMPGIRLDEEPTI to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies.

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Saturday, February 11, 2017

STAMPlorations Love Tagplorations Blog Hop - Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 for the Love Tagplorations Blog Hop. STAMP girls are showcasing all love themed tags using some our new products. Besides loads of inspiration, there are prizes to be won and also there is a linky party for you to share your love tags :)
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Don't forget to comment and link up a tag for your chance to win some awesome goodies. The commenting and linking up is from February 8 to February 14, 11:55 p.m. Pacific. Winners announced on March 10 in the February Challenges & Hops winners post

PRIZES
- (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store
- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of stamp set (Pocket Blooms, A Full Heart, or Two of Us)
- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new love-themed dies (Love, Always, XOXO, Forever, You & Me, Clustered Hearts)
- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of tag set: Luggage Tags or ATC/Tag Builder

Now let me show you the tags I created... my tags today also are focusing on the dies but tis time I have incorporated my favorite water coloring :)
This was super fun and super easy to make :) I die cut three tags with watercolor card stock. I then water colored each partially with different colors and an edge of gold along each color. I diecut the phrase you and me in gold foil and assembled my tags :) I have used Luggage Tag Nesting dies and You & Me Phrase die. I did coloring with Gansai Tambi Watercolors

I hope you liked the idea and will give this a try. I had so much fun making this :)

Don't forget to head on over to the STAMP blog for more inspiration and the don't forget the linky party :)HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Friday, February 10, 2017

STAMPlorations Love Tagplorations Blog Hop - Day 3

STAMPlorations has yet another fun TAG event... Love is in the air so we STAMP girls are showcasing all love themed tags using some our new products in the Love TAGplorations Blog Hop. Besides loads of inspiration, there are prizes to be won and also there is a linky party for you to share your love tags :)
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Don't forget to comment and link up a tag for your chance to win some awesome goodies. The commenting and linking up is from February 8 to February 14, 11:55 p.m. Pacific. Winners announced on March 10 in the February Challenges & Hops winners post

PRIZES
- (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store
- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of stamp set (Pocket Blooms, A Full Heart, or Two of Us)
- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new love-themed dies (Love, Always, XOXO, Forever, You & Me, Clustered Hearts)
- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of tag set: Luggage Tags or ATC/Tag Builder

Now let me show you the tag I created... my tag is focusing on the dies :)
This was super fun and super easy to make :) I die cut two tags one from patterned paper and another from white card stock. On the white card stock, I die cut the heart die. Adhered and acetate layer on the back and then added the die cut. The heart die was cut using gold foil card stock. Then I added some gold hearts and put together the tag using gold twine :) I have used Luggage Tag Nesting Dies and Clustered Hearts die

Here are two more clicks to showcase the tag :)

I hope you liked the idea and will give this a try. I had so much fun making this :)

Don't forget to head on over to the STAMP blog for more inspiration and the don't forget the linky party :)HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

STAMPlorations Inspiration Feb 7th 2017

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts and there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!! Today we showcase The Bee's Knees Stamps.

From February 7 to 13, all TBK stamps (Except for Fowl Play) are 10% off (no coupon needed) + 1 TBK stamp set (HousesExtras) is 20% off (no coupon needed)

Let me show you my first Inspiration card for  February 2017...
To make this card, I stamped colored and fuzzy cut the birds and the rose. Then I adhered it on the card base after layering on striped patterned paper. I have used Fowl Play stamp set, RosebudsStamp set. Coloring was done with Prisma Color Pencils

Use the Discount Code STAMPGIRLDEEPTI to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies.

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Sunday, February 5, 2017

CUTplorations February 2017 Challenge

I am here with "CUTplorations challenge" for the month of February :) I hope you will play along with us.All you have to do is create a project based on the inspiration photo and using die cut(s). You must use at least one STAMPlorations/CUTplorations product (there's always the free digi stamp from the Never Ending Challenge). Then link up to the gallery which will be open until 11:55 PM PST on the last day of the month. You must also share the challenge graphic and link to the CUTplorations post in your blog posts.

There are prizes to be won... a $10 gift certificate to the winner voted by the Inspiration team and $5 gift certificate each to the 2 top picks. If there are 30 or more entries: 1 random winner will get any 2 CUTplorations word/phrase dies used by the DT) 

This months Photo is unique, let's see how you will interpret it! I had so much fun with this new challenge.
Here is the card, I created inspired by this photo :)

This is the most simplest card ever :) I found just the right patterned paper to match the colors and stripes on the isnpiration photo. All I did was to diecut the sentiment on the patterned paper and layered it with white diecuts to add some dimension. I have used You & me phrase Die and Clustered Hearts Die. Patterned paper is from AC Amy Tangerine Rise & Shine 6x6" Paper pad.

I hope you like it and will play along with us, For more inspiration and details on the challenge, click HERE.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Friday, February 3, 2017

STAMPlorations January 2017 Release Blog Hop - Day 5

Welcome friends! Today is the Day 5 the January Release at STAMPlorations with 4 new stamp sets and 3 awesome dies. You will love all the sets, each has it's own uniqueness and specialty. So be ready for yet another dose of awesome inspiration from STAMP Girls and yes there are prizes to be won...
Commenting closes on Tuesday, February 7. Winners will be announced in the January winners post on Friday, February 10.
Prizes:
- 2 winners of $25 gift certificates randomly drawn from comments left the STAMP blog and designer blogs
- 1 winner of her choice of 1 stamp set from the new release randomly drawn from our Facebook page
- 1 winner of her choice of CUTplorations die from the new release randomly drawn from our Instagram page

Today, we are showcasing 3 new dies, a must haves as u can make the best of both positive and negative (pun intended) hahaha.
Let me show you the cards I made with each...
To make this card I used the negative of the plate die as my focal piece with the sentiment "HI". I layered the card base with patterned paper, vellum, negative alphabet plate and flower. The flower was stamped, colored with Prisma color pencils and fuzzy cut

I also added some shimmer using my Wink of Stella pen :)  the above the closeup :) Besides the new die I have used Blooming Buds

Now let's see the second card :)
For this card I focused on the monochromatic scheme. I adhered the patterned paper on card base. The positive of the alphabet dies was used to make a banner. I made it by adhering each alphabet on a twine.
 
The focal banner was given a boost by adding flowers. the lotus was stamped and water colored. I also added some white dots on the petals along with Wink of Stella. Besides new die I have used Lotus Love and Frames and Flowers

And now to my final card...
For this card, I decided to focus on age... this one is for my mom. I water colored a panel and the die cut it with the number plate. I used the numbers as on the card and added a few balloon that will pick the number "67" in the air :)
I added a lot of wink of Stella on this one too :) I have also used Balloons and Banners and A Snarky Birthday to you for this card :)

I hope you like all my projects... head on over to STAMP blog to see more from these dies, HERE and don't forget to comment for your chance to win :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Thursday, February 2, 2017

STAMPlorations January 2017 Release Blog Hop - Day 4

Welcome friends! Today is the Day 4 the January Release at STAMPlorations with 4 new stamp sets and 3 awesome dies. You will love all the sets, each has it's own uniqueness and specialty. So be ready for yet another dose of awesome inspiration from STAMP Girls and yes there are prizes to be won...
Commenting closes on Tuesday, February 7. Winners will be announced in the January winners post on Friday, February 10.
Prizes:
- 2 winners of $25 gift certificates randomly drawn from comments left the STAMP blog and designer blogs
- 1 winner of her choice of 1 stamp set from the new release randomly drawn from our Facebook page
- 1 winner of her choice of CUTplorations die from the new release randomly drawn from our Instagram page

Today, we are showcasing a set by Big Grins by Becca Cruger - A Snarky Birthday to you, Did u look at the sentiments... hahaha love love love them :) It's a must have people !
Let me show you my card...
For this card, I decided to go with the chalkboard bakground and a pop of color. So I stamped the cupcake and stars along the edge in white ink. Stamped colored and fuzzy ut the candles and layered them on with some foam adhesive. Coloring was done with Prisma Color Pencils. Besides the new set, I have used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

I hope you like my project... head on over to STAMP blog to see more from this set, HERE and don't forget to comment for your chance to win :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

STAMPlorations January 2017 Release Blog Hop - Day 3

Welcome friends! Today is the Day 3 the January Release at STAMPlorations with 4 new stamp sets and 3 awesome dies. You will love all the sets, each has it's own uniqueness and specialty. So be ready for yet another dose of awesome inspiration from STAMP Girls and yes there are prizes to be won...
Commenting closes on Tuesday, February 7. Winners will be announced in the January winners post on Friday, February 10.
Prizes:
- 2 winners of $25 gift certificates randomly drawn from comments left the STAMP blog and designer blogs
- 1 winner of her choice of 1 stamp set from the new release randomly drawn from our Facebook page
- 1 winner of her choice of CUTplorations die from the new release randomly drawn from our Instagram page

Today, we are showcasing a set by Dee's Artsy Impressions - Just because, I designed this set as I was inspired by the snow drop flowers and jar is my favorite. You can do a lot with this set :)
Let me show you my card...
For this card, I went with the typical me style :D Yay! that's right watercoloring. I stamped the stems, flowers and leaves in light Distress ink and the watercolored these. To enhance the beauty of the focal image, I watercolored a darker background :)

I hope you like my project... head on over to STAMP blog to see more from this set, HERE and don't forget to comment for your chance to win :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.