STAMPlorations October CAS Challenge

Hi all, and welcome to a new season of the STAMPlorations CAS Challenge! I'm so excited to get going with the challenge again and to see your beautiful creations. If you have played along before you know how this works - the challenge is to create a CAS card and if you want to you can use the optional colour twist. For more details, see the challenge post over on the STAMPlorations blog. And of course, there will be prizes as well, the winner is picked each month by a Design Team member and will receive a $20 prize code to the STAMPlorations store. Three randomly drawn crafters will receive a $7 prize code to the STAMPlorations store. To be eligible for the prizes, players have to adhere to the challenge rules. 

As you can see, the first colour twist this season is grey and orange. I thought this was a perfect colour combo for the beautiful In Bloom: Classic Calla Lilies stamp, so I stamped it in the lower left-hand corner of my card and coloured using Copics. I also splattered some orange ink on the card to create a bit of a background in the large white space. I die cut the sentiment twice in orange and grey card using the Thinking of You Phrase Die and overlapped them when adhering them to the card. Quick, easy, clean and simple! I hope you feel inspired to play along with our challenge this month.

Stamps: STAMPlorations In Bloom: Classic Calla Lilies

Dies: CUTplorations Thinking of You Phrase Die

Ink and colouring: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Don't forget to check the October offers in the STAMPlorations store. Also, you have a few more days (until October 6th) to take advantage of the National Coffee Day promo, where select coffee-themed products will be 20% off in the STAMPlorations store. You can get an extra 20% off when you use my DT coupon code STAMPGIRLKAROLA. 

Note that as a STAMPlorations affiliate, I get a small commission on any orders you place in the STAMPlorations store using the links in my blog post or my coupon code STAMPGIRLKAROLA. This is at no added cost to you. Thank you for your support to keep my craft addiction going :) 

May STAMPlorations TAG challenge - All About Mom

It's time to get your tags ready for the May TAGplorations challenge! This month the theme is All About Mom. There is also an optional twist of vellum, which I decided not to use this time.

I started by cutting a tag from kraft card using the Stitched Tags Nesting Dies. I also die cut a piece of scrap card using the Bloomtangled #1 Cover Plate Die which I then used as a stencil. I coloured thought the makeshift stencil using Distress Crayons and used my fingers to smudge the colours. I then added some splatters by painting using gold watercolour through Dots All Over. I created the sentiment by die cutting using Thinking Of You Phrase Die from grey card, and fussy cut the "you" from that sentiment. I then stamped the LOVE from Trendy Butterflies onto a scrap of light blue card and doodled using a black marker. I added leftover blue and violet ribbon from my stash. 

Stamps: STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

Dies: CUTplorations Bloomtangled #1 Cover Plate Die, Stitched Tags Nesting Dies, Thinking Of You Phrase Die

Stencils: ARTplorations Dots All Over

Ink and colouring: Tim Holtz Distress Crayons, Tsukineko Versamark Onyx Black, Gansai Tambi Starry Colours

Don't forget the Things With Wings sale in the STAMPlorations store, and my discount code STAMPGIRLKAROLA which will give you a 20% discount. Lots of good reasons to stock up on new crafty goodies for spring!