Christmas Calories

Here's a little sneak peak of some new stamps from STAMPlorations.  The set is called Sugar Rush and it's available to STAMPlorations Stamp Club members - check out the Stamp Club details here.

I couldn't resist turning the images into festive treats!

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for more inspiration using this fabulous set!

CHALLENGE DESIGN TEAM CALL

Did you know there's a design team call for STAMPlorations challenges?  There's still time to apply - click here for all the details.

Did You Hop?

Did you hop along to the STAMPlorations November Release blog hop?  If you didn't get chance there's still time - you have until 11:55pm PST to comment and be in with a chance of winning one of the new stamp sets or a $25 gift voucher to the STAMPlorations shop.  Click here to start hopping.

Today CityGirl gets her Christmas outfit on.  (It's like having dressing-up dolls again!).  I gave the skirt and top different colours, used a Versamark pen and white powder for the collar and cuffs, gave her some trendy boots and added white fur trim.  She makes a great Ms Christmas!

The background paper is old stash from the bottom of my Christmas paper box.  Trying to use it up...

Here's another card using the Rosebuds set:

If you have hopped (and commented), good luck in the draw!

STAMPlorations Sketch #24

It's the last STAMPlorations sketch of the year, and it's running until 28 December, so you've got loads of time to play along.

Because it's an extended challenge, you can enter this one more than three times, and Shery's throwing in a couple of extra prizes - a $5 gift certificate to one participant, and a $10 gift certificate to a participant who uses a STAMPlorations image, both randomly selected.

I saw baubles in the sketch, so I stamped and white-embossed the text on a piece of card, sponged Pickled Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Salty Ocean and Dusty Concord all over, then cut out three circles.

I added some silver parcel string (took me ages to tie those tiny bows!) and a silver die-cut sentiment.  You could make a masterboard with this design, then cut out loads of circles for quick card makes (maybe without the bows!).

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for loads of fabulous inspiration from the team, and from our guest designer, Julie of Handcrafted by Jules.

Twelve Tags of 2014 - November

Time for a Timmy Tag.  Tim's November tag features a beautiful embossed leaf which unfortunately I don't have, so it's another month of improvisation.  Here's Tim's version:

I managed to get most of the techniques in, apart from the embossed image.  I thought I did well to get a die-cut of the flower - not easy when there are three other images on the die!

STAMPlorations Blog Hop - Vignette: Trendy Leaves

Welcome to Day 5, the last day of the November Stamp Release Blog Hop here at STAMPlorations! For complete info on our hop, including how you can win stamps, click here.

Today, we're putting the spotlight on Trendy Leaves. We'll be picking one commenter to win this set so leave a comment here and on the rest of the STAMPlorations girls' posts for a chance to win the set.

I just love autumn leaves, all those rich tones.  I stamped these the same way I did them on Wednesday for the background to my Typografia card.  Put them all on one acrylic block, inked them with Distress Ink Minis, spritzed and stamped.  I fussy cut each leaf, stamped the HB2U sentiment (Vignette: Celebrate Artsy) in the same colours on a white panel which I then adhered to a maroon card base.  I need to go and kick some leaves... :)

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The November Release stamps are available to buy now at 15% off.  Take a look here for full details.

Seize The Birthday - Leaves

Click here or scroll down for my STAMPlorations Blog Hop Post.

Welcome to another challenge at Seize The Birthday!  For this challenge our topping is leaves (although you can still play along with any birthday project).

We're having an incredibly mild November in the UK and the colours of the autumn leaves are glorious.  I got the inspiration for the leaf skirt after seeing this creation by Ruth.

I inked up some Trendy Leaves from one of the new STAMPlorations sets, overstamped some of them with the text stamp from Live Love Laugh, fussy cut the leaves and teamed them with Julie Nutting Prima Doll Phoebe (chopped her skirt and legs off).  Sloshed some Distress inks on the bodice, fussy cut her and made the leaf skirt and layered it all onto maroon card.  The sentiment is made up from Sentiments Builders: Thank You and Sentiment Builders: Happy.

I'm entering this into Papertake Weekly - Soooooo Girlie.

STAMPlorations Blog Hop - CityGirl

Welcome to Day 4 of the November Stamp Release Blog Hop here at STAMPlorations! For complete info on our hop, including how you can win stamps, click here.

Today, we're putting the spotlight on CityGirl, another stamp set designed by me.  We'll be picking one commenter to win this set so leave a comment here and on the rest of the STAMPlorations girls' posts for a chance to win the set.

I stamped my CityGirl on white card, sloshed Distress Inks on her coat, then masked the image and used the snowflake block from Vignette: Christmas Block to create the floral burst around her, stamped the sentiment, chopped up so that I could substitute 'fabulous' for 'stylish' (but she's both!), then smudged black Gelato around the outline and mounted the white panel onto red card.

Once again I am blown away with how creative my teamies have been with this set!  You girls rock!

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