STAMPlorations Inspiration #300

Cake.  Because.  It's our 300th inspiration post at STAMPlorations, and that's definitely a reason to eat cake! (OK, so it's sundae, donuts and pie, but who cares?)

I've used Sugar Rush and Sweet Cravings to create this masculine card (I'm desperately short of cards suitable for men, so that should be my New Year's Resolution - make masculine cards!).

So to celebrate, you've got the chance to win a $25 prize code by commenting on the designers' posts and the main STAMPlorations post.  Pop on over, get commenting and good luck!

If you're shopping in the store, don't forget to use my affiliate code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY for 20% discount.

Christmas Kickstart #44 Blog Candy Winner

 

I had a blast being guest elf for Jo's Christmas Kickstart Challenge, and as promised, I've got this stamp set to give away:

The Bee's Knees - Layered Poinsettia

I used Random.org to select a winner from the people who left a comment on my blog and on the Kickstart Challenge blog, and the winner is.....

drumroll...

Michele Ferguson of I Card Everyone

(just shows you how random Random.org is!)

I'll be in touch with you Michele.  Thanks to everyone who played along while I was on elf duties.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #299

Hee hee :)

 

Here's my last STAMPlorations Inspiration Christmas card of the year for you.  When I shared this card, 

my son and daughter-in-law reminded me of the next-stage pun, so I had to make today's card just for them.  In order to get the "No!" I masked off part of the 'Noel' word from Joy and drew in an exclamation mark.  I cut out some scarves from red card.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for more inspiration from the team, and don't forget to comment for a chance to win a $15 prize code.

There's a storewide sale on throughout December with an instant 15% off, but if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY it will overwrite the 15% and give you 20% instead - yay!

I'll be back on Christmas Eve with a Christmas Spotlight post, see you then!

STAMPlorations Inspiration #298

 Time for more inspiration from STAMPlorations, and today I've got the cheeky elf for you.

I stamped him twice on spare card then coloured and cut him out.  I colour washed a panel with yellow and green, and added the diecut Christmas Tree #1.  Both sentiments are included in the set, Christmas Elf.

For this second card I stamped some baubles from Christmas Baubles in Brilliance Pearlescent Blue then added my elf and the diecut sentiment from Christmas Sentiments Phrase Dies.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more inspiration from the team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the store.

There's a Christmas sale on with an instant 15% off all orders, but if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY it will overwrite the 15% and give you 20% - yay!

STAMPlorations Inspiration #297

 Hello!  It's time for another round of inspiration for you from STAMPlorations.

I took the holly sprig from the Christmas Baubles set and made a border by alternating the orientation of the stamping - good, innit?  I sloshed on some colour and splatters, and added a diecut Merry Christmas sentiment from Christmas Sentiments Phrase dies for a quick almost-one-layer card.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some fabulous inspiration from the team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the store.  

There's currently a storewide sale with 15% instant discount, but if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY it will overwrite the 15% and give you 20% instead!  Yay!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Guest Elf

 

 

Woohoo!  I'm thrilled to be guest elf for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the theme is Peace on Earth. I've used my set, Layered Poinsettia to make this card:

The background is a mop-up panel of Distress Inks, then I've just stamped the images with Versafine Onyx Black - easy peasy!

I'm offering a Layered Poinsettia set to one randomly chosen winner who has commented on the Christmas Kickstart blog and my blog.

Click on over to the Christmas Kickstart Challenge, and play along with us!

STAMPlorations Inspiration #296

 

Hello, here's another STAMPlorations Inspiration post for you, and as a bit of a change I've used one of the printables sheets from the Digi Store, Winter Journalling Cards.

Winter journalling cards they may be, but I think they make great card toppers too!  I just trimmed the image, matted it onto black card and added a black sentiment from the Christmas sentiments set, Joy.  If you turn up the volume on your computer, you can just make out some ghost stamping along the bottom of the card.  It actually dried lighter than I would have liked, but it's just about visible.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the store.  Whenever you're shopping at the main store or digi store you can use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY to get 20% off.

Two-from-one Snow Cards

 

I'm over on the STAMPlorations blog with these two-from-one cards.  Pop on over and take a peek!

Aren't those branches cool?  And who knew an owl could be festive? 

I'm adding them to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

STAMPlorations Inspiration #295

Hello!! It's Inspiration Tuesday at STAMPlorations, and guess what, it'a a Christmas card!  I used the Dots All Around stencil to print a snowy background on my card.  I like the uneven edge of the snow - makes it look like a proper snowstorm!

Once it was dry I added a Christmas Reindeer, which I'd die cut using the matching dies (I did stamp and diecut a few extras to add to my stash for the Christmas card production line).  Then I stamped the sentiment - Typografia Christmas: Jingle All The Way

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the store.  Whenever you're shopping at the main store or digi store you can get 20% off if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.

Seize The Birthday - Sparkle and Shine

Hello, and welcome to the last Seize The Birthday of the year.  (What a year!)

Cathy has chosen our them for this challenge - Sparkle and Shine

The foiled stripe paper is from my stash, and the bunny is from my Aussie crafternoon with Jenny last year, so I don't know the brand.  I gave the moon and stars a bit of Stickle sparkle.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday website for some more sparkly and shiny inspiration from the team, and from our Surprise Party Guest, Julie.

You can join in with our theme, or just with any birthday project if you prefer.

'Tis The Season

 

I'm actually playing along with a couple of challenges!  I couldn't resist the combined challenges of Let's Squash It and Christmas Kickstart where you need to use a Christmas themed embossing folder and a stamp.

  

I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder and a stamp from Papertrey.  And a bit of Stickles for the poinsettia centres.  I'm in full Christmas card-making mode now - funny how it creeps up on you, even when you know the date...

STAMPlorations Inspiration #294

It's Inspiration Tuesday at STAMPlorations, and I've got a very CAS Christmas card for you.  I stamped the outline images from Layered Poinsettia with Distress Oxides (Candied Apple, Mowed Lawn, Fossilised Amber) and added the sentiment (from Layered Lights) in Versafine Onyx Black.

You could easily do a production run with this type of card, especially if you've got more than one stamping platform (go on, admit it!)

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the store.  Whenever you're shopping at the main store or digi store you can get 20% off with my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #293

Hello, it's Inspiration Tuesday at STAMPlorations, and it's a bit of a departure for me, cos I'm using digi images!  These Red Christmas printables are available in the Digital Store.  There's a set of 8 tags on this sheet, so all you need is a decent printer, scissors and a cutter, and a few stamps if you want to tart them up.

I used a couple of stamps from the Joy set.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog to see some more fabulous creations from the rest of the design team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code.  Whenever you're shopping in the store you can get 20% off the main and digital stores by using my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.

25 Days of Christmas Tags

 

Woohoo! It's that time of year again when the lovely Tracy McNeely hosts her 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  Today STAMPlorations is the featured company.  Here's my tag:

Rudolph's having a jolly time with the holly!   I used Christmas Reindeer stamps and die and Layered Holly for his new antlers and nose.

Pop on over to Tracy's 25 Days of Christmas Tags event for some more fabulous STAMPlorations inspiration.  Check out all these other sponsors too:

Seize The Birthday - 1, 2, 3

 

We've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - 1, 2, 3.  

That's 1 diecut or punch, 2 colours (excluding neutrals) and 3 embellishments (same or different).  I must admit, I found this one hard to get my head round at first!

Eventually I came up with one diecut (glass), two colours (beer and green), and three self-adhesive crystals for bubbles.

If you don't want to play along with our theme, you can always play along with Anything Goes as long as it's birthday-themed.  Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team and our surprise party guest, Julie Peddicord, and play along with us.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #292

Time for some inspiration at STAMPlorations, and I'm going with a Christmas card.  With any luck I'll have made enough by Christmas Eve :-)

I've used my set Layered Lights to create this card.  The rich colour comes from Distress Oxides.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have created, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code.  Whenever you're shopping in the store, if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY you'll get 20% off in the main store and digi store.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #291

 

Hello! It's inspiration Tuesday at STAMPlorations, and today I'm using one of the new products released last week, the tall stencil Trees.  I drew inside the stencil with a black fineliner, omitting the leaves, then added some shading with a grey Tombow pen.  I added a stamped and die-cut Christmas Reindeer, and a sentiment from Joy.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous creative ideas from the team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the store.  When you're shopping, if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY you'll get 20% off the main and digital stores.  

STAMPlorations 7th Birthday Celebration - Day 5

 

It's the final day of our 7th Birthday Celebrations at STAMPlorations, and for my final card I've gone back to the Bloomfully: Thankful stamp set.  The background mop-up panel was in my stash, so I just stamped the image at the bottom and added a bit of extra colour to enhance the image.  I added the sentiment using the Skinny Sentiments Die set.

All products in the store, including the birthday release, are instantly 10% off in October, and if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY you'll get a further 20% off AND you'll get this not-yet-released Just Plaid square stencil.

Don't forget to check out all the ways you can win on the main blog!

Seize The Birthday - Texture

 

Hellooo!  We've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - my choice of Texture.  

"the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance"

You can add texture in a number of ways, using pastes, dry embossing, fabric etc. or you can give the appearance of texture using stamps or stencils.

I found this panel in my stash that had gold texture paste through a stencil, so I sponged colour onto the rest of the panel then water-stamped the word 'birthday' - you can just about make out what is literally a watermark.

The girl is from a set by new-to-me company L'Encre et L'Image and the sentiment and banner diecut are from Taylored Expressions.  So I'm entering this into Darnell's NBUS #19 challenge.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see how the rest of the design team and our surprise party guest Angie have interpreted Texture, and play along with us.  You can just play along with our Anything Goes theme if you prefer.

STAMPlorations 7th Birthday Celebration - Day 4

 

We're on Day 4 of the STAMPlorations 7th Birthday Celebration already!  Where is the time going?

For today's card I've used another of Sanna's new stencils, Amaranth, to create a clean and simple notecard.  I used Distress Oxides and added white and black pen.  The sentiment is from Blossom Overture.

All products in the store, including the birthday release, are instantly 10% off in October, and if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY you'll get a further 20% off AND you'll get this not-yet-released Just Plaid square stencil.

Don't forget to check out all the ways you can win on the main blog!

STAMPlorations 7th Birthday Celebration - Day 3

Yay, Day 3 of the STAMPlorations 7th Birthday Celebrations!

For today's card I've used one of the fabulous new cover plates, Circles All Over, as a blanket for my baby card.  

I added the main image from Thank You Coffee and a Happy Birthday banner from Deepti's Balloons and Banners.

All products in the store, including the birthday release, are instantly 10% off in October, and if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY you'll get a further 20% off AND you'll get this not-yet-released Just Plaid square stencil.

Don't forget to check out all the ways you can win on the main blog!

STAMPlorations 7th Birthday Celebration - Day 2

Woohoo!  It's Day 2 of the STAMPlorations 7th birthday party and we've got more inspiration for you today using products from the new release.

I've used Artflowers2, one of Sanna's new stencils, to make a bold colourful notecard.

I used a pen to trace the shapes then sloshed some colour in them, deliberately offsetting the colour from the pen outlines.  Then I went back over the pen lines with a black brushpen.

All products in the store, including the birthday release, are instantly 10% off in October, and if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY you'll get a further 20% off AND you'll get this not-yet-released Just Plaid square stencil.

Don't forget to check out all the ways you can win on the main blog!

STAMPlorations 7th Birthday Celebration - Day 2

Woohoo!  It's Day 2 of the STAMPlorations 7th birthday party and we've got more inspiration for you today using products from the new release.

I've used Artflowers2, one of Sanna's new stencils, to make a bold colourful notecard.

I used a pen to trace the shapes then sloshed some colour in them, deliberately offsetting the colour from the pen outlines.  Then I went back over the pen lines with a black brushpen.

All products in the store, including the birthday release, are instantly 10% off in October, and if you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY you'll get a further 20% off AND you'll get this not-yet-released Just Plaid square stencil.

Don't forget to check out all the ways you can win on the main blog!