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!

STAMPlorations 7th Birthday Celebration - Day 1

It's our 7th birthday celebration, yay!  We've got loads of inspiration for you all week, and loads of ways you can celebrate with us and win.  Check out all the details over on the main blog here.

For today's card I've used a new product to STAMPlorations, Squares Flexitemplate, one of a series designed by our very own Monika Skinner.

I ink blended the background while holding down the square template - you could use masking tape and reposition it as you go, but I just held it with my fingers.  Then I stamped the Bloomfully: Thankful image and squiggled around the frame.

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 Inspiration #289

It's Inspiration Tuesday on the STAMPlorations blog and I've got a Christmas card for you - I really need to get on with them!

I've used one of the Typografia Christmas stamps on an ombré background, and added some cut out holly leaves and berries from Layered Holly.

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 to the store.  When you're shopping at STAMPlorations, don't forget to use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY for 20% off the main store and digital store.

Seize The Birthday - Use Your Scraps

 

Hello, we've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - Use Your Scraps.  I think we can all play along with that one!

I couldn't decide which of my (many) bags of scraps I should use, so I just pulled out a few random bits and pieces to see what I could make with them.  I ended up with a collage-y butterfly-themed card.  

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see what the rest of the DT and our surprise party guest Angie have done with their scraps, and play along with us.  Or you can play along with any birthday-themed project in our Anything Goes challenge if you prefer.

Seize The Birthday - 200th Celebration Winner

 

Well, it wasn't an easy task, finding a winner, as some people hadn't met all of the criteria to be eligible for a prize (commenting on all blogs, entering a card into the challenge and stating how they were inspired).

With the help of Random.org, the first person picked that met all the criteria was:

Jenny Martin

Congratulations Jenny, I'll be in touch about getting the prize to you.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #288

 

It's Tuesday, so it's STAMPlorations Inspiration.  I'm beginning to make inroads into my Christmas cardmaking and I started with a quick and easy one.  I sponged some Distress Inks onto my card, spritzed and blotted to create a snowstorm, then added some stamping from my set Layered Snowman.

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.  You can get 20% off the main store and digi store when you use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY.