STAMPlorations Stencil Sunday – May 2018

 

I am happy to be here with you for STAMPlorations for Stencil Sunday and with a reminder about our May Mixed Media challenge.

Our Theme for this month is: Things with Wings

For this month’s challenge please create a winged-themed project that includes a tag (or tags) in it.

I made a tag to share with you today.

To make the tag I used Curly Labels/Tags Nesting Dies, Bold Florals Mini Stencil, Faith – Typografia In Faith stamp

and Flutter Zen 1 Layering Butterfly Die.

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Thanks for stopping by!

Grace and Peace,

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AAA Cards Game #114: Tic Tac Toe

Hi! I’m back with a fun new challenge for AAA Cards.

 

Special tips for competing (and being eligible to win) in this game:

1. As always, we’re looking for Clean and Simple (CAS) greeting cards, BUT for this game please make sure to complete one line of the Tic Tac Toe board above.
2. As always and for all of our games our definition of Clean and Simple means that white space should not be patterned, embossed or textured in any way at all.

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Here’s my one-layer card. I used GOLD, ONE-LAYER and MASKING. (I also used a colored cardbase and blue.) Anyhow, besides “flowers” and “watercolors” I think that I filled every other square. Which, of course, was not the challenge, but it was fun to see how many of the boxes I could tic!

I’ve been trying to NOT use flowers on ALL of my cards. I seem to use flowers and butterflies a lot.I’d like to have some masculine cards in my stash. What do you think? I really wanted to fit some water-colored flowers on in the background before stenciling, but I resisted. 🙂

I used STAMPlorations Chevron Crazy – ARTplorations Stencil and a die from the For the Birds die set.

I also used the “Be Strong” stamp from the Typografia in Faith collection.

 

Be sure to stop by the AAA Cards challenge blog to enjoy my teammate’s super Clean and Simple Cards.

I hope that you enjoyed visiting today and I hope that you’ve been inspired to play along.

Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,
Melissa

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Typografia in Faith – March 2018

Hi! I’m happy to be here to feature 2 new Typografia in Faith stamps from STAMPlorations.

Here are my two cards.

I also used the new Bloomtangled Cover Plate die #1 to make both of these cards.

I made a stencil using the die and used it for this next card.

Be sure to check out the super projects that some of the other STAMPgirl DT members made over at the STAMP blog.

Remember that we are having one big challenge this month. You can join in here.

Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,

And if you want a chance at winning a prize, link up any project you have with a spring or faith theme to the March Challenge – All about Spring and Faith.

Don’t forget! {Special Post} CUTplorations Bloomtangled Cover Dies & Simple Sentiments Dies + Comment to Win

Also………

STAMPlorations’ stamps and dies, including the lovely and fun, new Bloomtangled Cover Plate Dies and Simple Sentiments Dies, are 10% off — no coupon needed…the discount is automatically applied in the shopping cart! You can even snap them up at an extra 20% off if you use my discount code, STAMPGIRLMELISSA.

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STAMPlorations March Challenge – All About Spring and Faith

Hi! I’m here with a special post for STAMPlorations March Challenge.

You’ve probably heard by now that STAMPlorations owner and designer, Shery Russ, welcomed a daughter named “Winter” to the family in December. In order to give Shery some time to catch her breath we are going to take a little “Winter” break!

There will be just one STAMPlorations challenge for you to join for the months of February, March and April. You’ll find it announced on STAMPlorations blog the 5th of each of those months. The challenge will have a theme and as long as you follow the theme, any type of project is welcome! We’ll return to our regular schedule in May.

Here’s my card using STAMPlorations: Faith – Typografia In Faith,  Big Bloom Factory and CUTplorations: Flutter Zen 1 Layering Dies.

Lots of masking, stamping, a rainbow of color, a great sentiment stamp and a surprise of hidden butterflies.

So, our theme for the February challenge is All About Spring and Faith! What does that make you think of?

I had a lot of fun making this card. I hope that you enjoyed seeing it and have been inspired to create something for this month’s challenge. Take a look at what some of the DT STAMPgirls created.

Thanks for stopping by!

P.S. I’d love to have you follow my card blog on Instagram, Flickr and/or Pinterest.

 

 

 

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Challenge rules:

*Create any type of project — cards (any style), mixed media, tags, layout, etc — as long as it follows our theme.

*STAMPlorations product is not required though we’d love to see it.

*Enter as many times as you want – as long as each project has its own blog post.

*Display the challenge graphic + link back to the challenge page to qualify for the prizes.

*Comment on the entry before yours in the gallery – let’s spread the love. (If you’re the first player, just comment on the entry after yours. If you have back-to-back entries, comment on the entries before and after yours.)

*For an extra chance, comment on this challenge post, the designers’ blog posts, and on the special posts we’ll publish throughout the month.

Prizes:

*TWO (2) winners of a $25 gift certificate – randomly drawn from all entries

*ONE (1) winner of a $25 gift certificate – randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers’ blogs throughout the month

Shery is offering a generous 10% off (no coupon code needed) all stamps, stencils, and dies in the store through April. Retiring products are excluded. We hope you’ll find time to play with us and we look forward to seeing your project in the gallery.

STAMPlorations March 2018 Challenge: All About Spring and Faith

Heads up! If you used a STAMPlorations stamp (clear stamp or digi), CUTplorations thin metal die, and/or ARTplorations stencil in your project(s), make sure to link it up to our Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge too for a chance to win more STAMPlorations products! (We draw a winner for every 50 entries in the linky :o)

 

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STAMPlorations Mixed Media Tutorial – With all Thine Heart Calendar

Hi! I’m here with a quick post to share that I have a new mixed media tutorial up at the STAMPlorations blog.

Please head on over there to see the process (double masking, lots of stenciling and messy fun!) that I used to make the calendar page below.

 

I used the following STAMPlorations products for this tutorial:

ARTplorations: Heart in Bubbles, Bloom Silhouettes, Circular Two

STAMPlorations: Trust in the Lord (Typografia In Faith)

I hope you enjoy seeing the process I used to create it and find it an to be an encouragement.

Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,

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