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 #262

Happy April! It's time for the first Tuesday inspiration of the month from the STAMPlorations inspiration team!

I finished up last month with masculine cards and that led me to a theme of masculine CAS cards for this month. Ready for #1?

 Birds of Paradise stamp and die

Zig clean color real brush markers

bronze embossing powder

So the Birds of Paradise were out cuz I'd considered using them for my cards last month. And I was feeling all Ziggy. So I heat embossed and colored a fun bird. What to do with him? How about plop him onto the middle of a white card? Opted for a sketchy sentiment on a punched blue circle and Voila!

You could win yourself a $10 GC to the store by leaving a comment on this month's inspiration posts! Check out today's post over at STAMPlorations. And if I ever inspire you to order something from the store, I'd really 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 ;)

Looking for more inspiration with these fun birds? Check out this post.

Thanks for stopping over today. Have a great week. I'm stopping by at:
Craft Stamper - TIMI April
Die Cut Divas - Animals
AAA Cards - Made in Minutes

STAMPlorations inspiration #253

Welcome to February's first Tuesday inspiration from the STAMPlorations inspiration team!

This month I'm creating cards using a design I love but rarely remember to use. It's great for one layer cards. Recognize it? The split design with a sentiment in the masked middle area.

You can achieve this look in multiple ways. Today I've used die cuts. Which means my card's not one layer, but the overall look is the same.

Feathery die

Feathery stamp

 Noteworthy 2stamp

embossing powder, vellum

I die cut the feathers and heat embossed them. Then I arranged them, picked them up with a long strip of washi and adhered them to double sided adhesive on my cardbase. Added the sentiment on a strip across the middle. (Had to change the "masked area for sentiment" to "add sentiment strip across middle" to cover up the die cut ends.)

For further inspiration with this stamp set check out this card. Or this one.

You could win yourself a $10 GC to the store by leaving a comment on this month's inspiration posts! Check out today's post here. And as always, I'd appreciate it if you used my STAMPGIRLMARIA discount code for an additional 20% off your order from the store - at no extra cost to you, just perks for me ;)

Thanks for stopping over today. I'm stopping by at Always Fun where it's Anything Goes this week, Daring Cardmakers where it's Layer it Up. And at Color My Heart Color Dare.

CAS cards challenge october

Howdy friends! Things are getting back up to speed over at STAMPlorations and there are now three monthly challenges for you to play. I'm happy to be designing for the new CAS Cards challenge! I love the challenge of CAS cards. Hope you'll play along with us.  Here's the inspiration for the month of October.

The twists are always optional, so the orange twist is purely optional, but I picked up on the graphic feel of the inspiration and that led me to this...

STAMPlorations Beautiful You stamp

distress inks

embossing powder

I masked the triangle to create my vase (yes, that is supposed to be a flower in a vase not a carrot!) and inked with Dried Marigold, Wild Honey and Spiced Marmelade. While it was still masked I spritzed with a mini mister and sprinkled on a bit of bronze glitter embossing powder.

CAS TIP: Want to give your inked area extra punch? Add a bit of embossing powder for texture or shine. Use embossing ink or mist water and then sprinkle on the powder. Heat from underneath.

I cannot wait to see what inspires you and your CAS card creations this month!

Heads up - Prizes have been revamped: there will be a $15 gift certificate for the winner and $10 for the runner up (both chosen by a DT member) and a $5 gift certificate each to three randomly drawn players. STAMPlorations products are not required, but appreciated ;)  Check out how the talented CAS Cards DT was inspired by this month's photo here.

And please don't forget about my STAMPlorations discount code STAMPGIRLMARIA for 20% off your order should you find yourself shopping ;)  Thanks for stopping over. See you in the gallery.

I'm heading to the gallery at:
Stamping Sensations - Anything with Flowers
Always Fun - Anything Goes
Creative Friday - Autumn
AAA Cards - One layer and option of autumn

STAMPlorations special release - the bee's knees part 2

Did you see yesterday's post? There are a couple new stamp sets being released over at STAMPlorations. They're from our own Shirley Bampton and here's the Little Owls set I got to play with today.

Seeing those four little owls, I was tempted to go Andy Warhol-ish. Again. But then I remembered an old Papertrey die I have and this happened.

 STAMPlorations Little Owls stamp

STAMPlorations Uppercase Alpha Plate die
PTI Take Three die

patterned papers

I knew I had some PP with playful trees on it. Finally found it! and die cut the windows. Penciled the "windows" onto a brown cardbase and heat embossed the owls on it. Adhered the window panel and then created my "Whooo?"sentiment with the die cut alphas. Finished the sentiment off on the inside using the You Word die and Party Time stamp.

Then I had to use up the leftovers ;)

STAMPlorations Little Owls stamp

STAMPlorations Shine Bright clear stickers
PTI Take Three die

patterned papers

Adhered the leftover die cuts over the stamped owl images. Added a sticker sentiment and voila! A twofer from a onefer. And used up PP stash too!

Shirley released a second new set with larger owls (both new sets are 10% off til August 10). Visit the STAMPlorations blog to see more inspiration using both sets. Thanks for stopping by.