STAMPlorations inspiration #317

Welcome back for another Tuesday inspiration post from the STAMPlorations inspiration team girls. 

I'm back with my last creation using my Flexi Template theme this month. I've used the ovals again today.

This time I used the four smallest masks, lined up the bottom edges and fanned them out a bit. I inked the three "channels" first with Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch and then I offset them slightly and inked with Citron, Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon.

 Oval Flexi Templates

Super Hero stamp

Distress Oxides, white gel pen, black Sharpie

Thought those arcs would lend themselves well to Mr Super Hero. I love this little guy and that KAPOW sentiment! 

Hope you've enjoyed this series with the Flexi Templates. What would you do with the templates - I'd love to hear your ideas.

You could win yourself a $15 prize code to the store by leaving a comment on this month's inspiration posts! Check out today's post over at STAMPlorations. And if I should ever inspire you to order something from the store, I'd appreciate it if you used my STAMPGIRLMARIA discount code for an additional 20% off your order - at no extra cost to you, just with perks for me ;)

STAMPlorations inspiration #316

It's time for another Tuesday inspiration post from the STAMPlorations inspiration team girls. 

Back with more of STAMPlorations Flexi Templates - the rectangles again. Like in my first card this month, I used the same three  overlapping rectangles, just flipped the orientation.

 Rectangle Flexi Templates

Bloomfully Wonderful stamp

Distress Oxides - Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch

Do you have any of these Flexi Templates? Are you liking what you're seeing? They are new and different in my crafting world.

You could win yourself a $15 prize code to the store by leaving a comment on this month's inspiration posts! Check out today's post over at STAMPlorations. And if I should ever inspire you to order something from the store, I'd appreciate it if you used my STAMPGIRLMARIA discount code for an additional 20% off your order - at no extra cost to you, just with perks for me ;)

I'm joining the fun at SSS Monday - Bright Cheerful Colors and Always Fun where it's Anything Goes.

CAS cards challenge april reminder

Stopping in to remind you about the STAMPlorations April CAS Cards challenge. 

As always the challenge is to create any CAS card, with an optional color twist - this month it's pale pink and navy.

Here's my second card.

Flutter Zen 2 Layering die

Manila Tags die

Fluttery stamp

I used some gelli plate backgrounds for this card. Tore one print into strips, adhered them onto cardstock then die cut the tag. Added the butterfly die cut from another print (and his body cut from the navy print).

CAS card tip: Go bold with color (and even texture) but keep lots of white space.

For more inspiration with this die check out this post. 

I'm looking forward to your CAS card creations! Your project might be chosen as one of the prize winners. Check out how the DT was inspired by this month's photo here.

And don't forget about my STAMPlorations discount code STAMPGIRLMARIA for 20% off should I ever inspire you to do some shopping ;)  Thanks for stopping over today. See you in the gallery. 

masculine birthday with birthday block die

I'm guest designing at Addicted to Stamps and More where the theme is Birthday.

For my guest designer project I made a card using the Birthday Block die. For this card I used the positive die cuts that were leftover and made a masculine birthday card. I recently picked up some more alcohol markers from the "dollar store" and wanted to have a play. I used various gray tones (warm, cool, blue gray) to color the Neenah white die cut letters.

MFT Happy Birthday Block die

Action Deutschland Decotime alcohol markers

Pop over to the Addicted to Stamps and More blog for more birthday card inspiration. I'm hooking up at Always Fun Challenges where it's about Pastels.

guest designing at ATSAM

I'm excited to be joining the folks over at Addicted to Stamps and More after winning a challenge a couple weeks ago.

The theme for this fortnight is an easy one - Birthday.

I made a card for a little cousin who happens to love hedgehogs. I used a die, a background I made with leftover Easter egg dye (!) and a stamp.

MFT Happy Birthday Block die

Action Deutschland Hedgehog stamp

pigment inks, sequins

Pop over to the Addicted to Stamps and More blog for more inspiration. Thanks for having me as a guest, Kylie.

STAMPlorations inspiration #315

Welcome back for another Tuesday inspiration post from the STAMPlorations inspiration team girls. 

I'm back with another card using my Flexi Template theme this month. These masks were designed by my teamie Monika S. and there is so much you can do with them. 

I used the oval templates today and by lining up three, taping them together, flipping them over and carefully pulling off the middle one you get a "masked channel" you can apply ink through. I used sponge daubers and distress oxides. (Check out my last Spotlight tutorial over at STAMPlorations for more deets.)

 Oval Flexi Templates

Flutter Zen 2 die

Life is Sweeter stamp

Distress Oxides - Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, Aged Mahogany

Intrigued by the Flexi Templates? Just keep watching...

You could win yourself a $15 prize code to the store by leaving a comment on this month's inspiration posts! Check out today's post over at STAMPlorations. And if I should ever inspire you to order something from the store, I'd appreciate it if you used my STAMPGIRLMARIA discount code for an additional 20% off your order - at no extra cost to you, just with perks for me ;)

I'm playing over at Bastel Traum - Butterfly. 

spotlight on flexi templates

I'm over on the STAMPlorations blog today having fun with some Flexi Templates to make this one layer card. Check it out. 

STAMPlorations things with wings hop and linky party

Spring has sprung and it's time for our annual Things with Wings event. Help us celebrate Spring by creating a winged-themed project and hooking up at the linky party and you could be a lucky winner of some fun prizes. I was inspired to have a little mixed media fun by the colors in the graphic and a butterfly stencil.
  

Hello word die 

Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle die

 Shower of Flutters stencil 

 Fluttery stamp
distress oxides, Heidi Swapp Pink Color Shine

I can't actually tell you exactly what I did! I played. I inked the whole piece with Tattered Rose. I put the stencil down on one side and added more ink. Flipped the stencil to the other side and went around the edges with Lilac. Repeated with Peacock Feathers. And spritzed water many times in between. Stamped a few butterflies. Wet the stencil and pressed it down to get the oxidation too. Oh - and I splattered!

For extra fun I stacked three word die cuts and then heat embossed it three times!

If you'd like to see a different look with this unique stencil check out this card.

Have you seen the April CAS Cards challenge? The optional colors are navy and pale pink. Sounds like perfect colors to me for a Things with Wings creation...

So with our Things with Wings event you could win yourself various prizes by leaving a comment and/or playing along with us. Check out today's post here for the details and the link up. Thanks for coming by today. 

STAMPlorations inspiration #314

It's time for another Tuesday inspiration post from the STAMPlorations inspiration team girls. 

Again I have a theme for you this month. I got my hands on some of STAMPlorations Flexi Templates, so I'll be playing with them. Fun stuff. 

So I pulled the rectangle templates out of the cellophane and a couple corners got stuck together. That gave me an instant inspiration. This happened.

 Rectangle Flexi Templates

Bloomfully Remember stamp

Distress Oxides - Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, Aged Mahogany

Intrigued by the Flexi Templates? Just keep watching...

You could win yourself a $15 prize code to the store by leaving a comment on this month's inspiration posts! Check out today's post over at STAMPlorations. And if I should ever inspire you to order something from the store, I'd appreciate it if you used my STAMPGIRLMARIA discount code for an additional 20% off your order - at no extra cost to you, just with perks for me ;)

I'm joining the Anything Goes fun at SSS Wednesday Challenge and The Flower Challenge - Pastels.

CAS cards challenge april

Welcome to the STAMPlorations April CAS Cards challenge. 

As always the challenge is to create any CAS card, with an optional color twist - this month it's pale pink and navy.

Here's my first card.

Senecio stencil

Dragonfly Layering die

Fluttery stamp

distress inks

Some stenciling with pink inks, a sentiment in navy and a die cut layered dragonfly. The navy is from my stash of backgrounds, this one was distress inks brayered onto glossy cardstock.

CAS card tip: Use your stencil to add interest to only a portion of your card to keep things CAS.

For more inspiration with this die set check out this post. 

I'm looking forward to your CAS card creations! Your project might be chosen as one of the prize winners. Check out how the DT was inspired by this month's photo here.

And don't forget about my STAMPlorations discount code STAMPGIRLMARIA for 20% off should I ever inspire you to do some shopping ;)  Thanks for stopping over today. See you in the gallery. 

I'm joining in at:

Less is More - CAS Inking

Cut it Up - Spring Flowers/Butterflies

Perfectly CAS - Birthday

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes