STAMPlorations Spring Fling

Welcome to the STAMPlorations Spring Fling event! Every spring, the lovely Shery, Mummy of STAMPlorations, does a grand big event with twelve days of giveaways. And I'm super excited that Shery always invites her design team (including yours truly!!) to join in on the fun. We are sharing spring themed projects which will hopefully inspire you to get creative too!

Every day there is a prize to be won by commenting on the STAMPlorations Spring Fling blog post and the designer's blog posts. You can comment until the 19th of April, and all winners will be announced in a big winner's post on April 22nd so don't forget to check in on the STAMPlorations blog to see if you are one of the lucky winners!

For my first Spring Fling project (yes, there are a few more to come in the next few days!!) I created a kraft tag using all the colours of the rainbow. I started by cutting a tag from kraft Card using CUTplorations Stitched Tags Nesting Dies. Then I inked Distress Oxides through the ARTplorations Peony Number Two stencil. I stamped the Be A Rainbow Typografia Motivate sentiment in Onyx Black ink on top of the peony. Last, I stamped two butterflies from Fluttery, coloured them with Copics in all the colours of the rainbow, fussy cut, adhered to the tag and liberally doused in Ice Stickles. I finished the tag with white ribbon and burlap twine from my stash.

Don't forget that during the Spring Fling, the Spring Fling section in the STAMPlorations store is 25% off (no code needed). However, if you use my code STAMPGIRLKAROLA at checkout, you can get up to 45% off!! 

Stamps: STAMPlorations Be A Rainbow Typografia Motivate, Fluttery
Dies: CUTplorations Stitched Tags Nesting Dies
Stencil: ARTplorations Peony Number Two
Ink: Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Oxides, Copics

May STAMPlorations CAS Challenge Reminder

Hi all, hope you are having an amazing, inspiring and crafty day. Have you already played along with our May Things With Wings STAMPlorations CAS challenge (now there's a mouthful...)? If not, this is your half-time reminder, you still have a few more weeks to play with us. And there are other Things With Wings themed challenges on the STAMPloraitons blog too, so don't be shy!

For my card, I created a spring coloured and themed card by stamping the happy butterflies from Fluttery in Versamark onto white card and heat embossed using clear embossing powder. I then inked the panel using pastel Distress Oxides and splattered with water, before cutting the panel using Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies. Last, I die cut the sentiment from a scrap of white card I inked with Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide and splattered with water. Quick, easy and colourful!

Card: 250 gsm white shimmery card, Neenah Solar White Card
Stamps: STAMPlorations Fluttery
Dies: CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies, Congrats Word Die
Ink: Tsukineko Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Oxides Fossilized Amber, Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans
Other: Ranger fine clear embossing powder