STAMPlorations - stampcuts retro gratitude

Take a look at a recent addition to the STAMPlorations store. It will make your thank you/autumn/Thanksgiving card creating super simple if you let it. It's called StampCuts Retro Gratitude.

One StampCut + supporting background = handmade card.

Wanna see how easy this is? I love anything retro, so I hit my stash of die cut/punched circles and pulled out some that copied the colors in the drop shadow on the groovy font sentiment. Arranged them haphazardly and voila!

Retro Gratitude

Here's my second make. Love this sweet gal. Just spiced her up with some complementary autumn feel PP and voila!

Retro Gratitude

Hello Fall journaling cards

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inspired one more time

Perhaps you saw my post where I was inspired by this amazing creation from Kristina W a couple weeks ago? I actually created 6 cards based on her design. Today I took that fabulous technique in a slightly different direction.

Hello die

Art Flowers stencil

First I masked/ink blended a card panel. Then I applied DO Hickory Smoke through the stencil. Added a die cut sentiment (one of my all time favorite word dies) with a white shadow to be sure it pops off that wild background.

Thanks for coming by today. Hope you're enjoying the approach of fall. I find I spend more time crafting in the cooler months. If you ever choose to shop the STAMP shop, I'd love it if you'd use my discount code STAMPGIRLMARIA for 20% off your order. Happy crafting!   

STAMPlorations brew-tiful day

How's your end-of-summer going? Are you making cards? Drinking Pumpkin Spice Lattes?

Well this card was super easy and we all love that, right? I used two coffee tiles to create an instant card front and just jazzed it up a little. Have you perused the ATC and Card Front sections of the store lately - some beautiful stuff there!!!

Coffee Tiles ephemera

It's a Brewtiful day die

washi

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STAMPlorations lovely ladies

I went retro chica again. Aren't these Retro Femme girls just beautiful?

Retro Femme ATC

 Faces: Chic stencil

Birthday Word Art clear sticker

Trendy Spring Blooms die

This card just kinda came together. That retro femme gal seemed to be looking at something. The Faces stencils came to my mind and I decided to add this chic lady to a background from my stash, inking her with black ink. I fussy cut the retro femme and added her to the lower corner. I thought a big flashy sentiment sticker would work well and when I fussy cut it a bit, I added the party hat from it as a cigar for the chic lady. Artistic license, ya know? I also felt a die cut bloom on her hat would add a bit more carefree feel to the card. Although there's lotsa white still visible, there's certainly a lot for the eye to take in ;) What do you think?

Don't forget about my STAMPlorations discount code STAMPGIRLMARIA for 20% off should I ever inspire you to do some shopping ;) Have you seen the new Perfect Pairs product line over at the store? Good stuff for easy peasy cardmaking. Just sayin.

STAMPlorations retro femme beauties

I love CAS, but sometimes I love overload. And I certainly love these retro chicas from Retro Femme ATC pack. Aren't these girls just beautiful?

Retro Femme ATC

Patches stencil

Feeling very Rosie the Riveter, I went red/white and blue. With a touch of yellow. Embossing paste on the cardfront, mat for her and a little swatch of red/white gingham ribbon. Ta da!

If you ever decide to pick up a pack of these beautiful gals, please use my STAMPlorations discount code STAMPGIRLMARIA for 20% off, ok? Have a good one.

inspired again

Did you see this amazing creation from the oh-so-talented Kristina W a couple weeks ago? This was one of those cards that made me run to my craft room and create. 

This technique is so fabulous. This card design gave me sympathy card vibes. I used an ancient Inkadinkado branch stamp from my stash although I'd love to get my hands on Kristina's new release too. And a variety of Pigment Craft Co (does anyone know what happened to Ivana and Pigment Craft Co?) and Distress inks. A couple hours later I'd added five sympathy cards to my stash.

It's been forever and a day since I've joined a challenge, but here we go:

Kulricke - Stempelfarbe mal anders!

Addicted to Stamps and More - #524 Any Occasion

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inspire

Perhaps you saw my post using the Simple Expressions - Inspire stamp with some paper goods from the STAMP shop? Easy peasy.

Well did you also see this amazing creation from Kristina W a couple weeks ago? This was one of those cards that made me run to my craft room and create. As in... VERY INSPIRED. This technique is so fabulous!  I used an ancient Inkadinkado branch stamp from my stash although I'd love to get my hands on Kristina's new release too.

I used the Simple Expressions - Inspire stamp in a nod to Kristina's INSPIRING me ;)

Simple Expressions - inspire stamp

Thanks for coming by today. Hope you're enjoying the end of summer and approach of fall. Have you checked out the Simple Expressions series? Maybe one speaks to you. If you choose to shop the STAMP shop, please use my discount code STAMPGIRLMARIA for 20% off your order. Happy crafting!