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Happy Wednesday ...... I hope you're having a good week. We're off on our annual family get together on Friday so things are a little busy here at the moment getting everything ready. June's a busy month for the STAMPlorations team too.  Why? ...... because it's our birthday.  STAMPlorations is 5 years old!!!  WOW! ....... that's 5 years of amazing stamps, stencils and dies, and a whole load of inspiration from the brains behind it all ..... Shery, and of course the STAMPgirls (sounds like a band!) H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y ! ! ! As you can see we're having a little bit of a celebration ...... and you can join in with the fun too! There's prizes up for grabs, special offers in store , a Flash Sale EVERY Monday during June and, Freebie days EVERY week ..... told you we were celebrating! The prizes are ...... For the Link up CASE project ....... $50 Gift Certificate each to 5 randomly drawn players For commenting on the Blog posts .......  $25 Gift Certificat...

Happy Thursday ...... We're over half way through May already ..... doesn't time fly!  That also means we're half way through our month long Things With Wings Blog Hop and Linky Parties over on the STAMPlorations Blogs.  Have you played along yet? All through May, the STAMPlorations girls are showcasing projects with the theme ..... Things With Wings  Today we have a reminder for you from the CAS Card Challenge girls .......  pretty Clean and Simple designs featuring of course,  Things With Wings. Here's a really quick and easy design using one of my favourite techniques ..... inlaid die cutting/hidden sentiment ..... I stamped my butterflies onto a piece of white cardstock using Distress Oxide inks ...... I love how these inks stamp, they pick up all the detail, great coverage too! This is one of the images from the STAMPlorations  Trendy Butterflies  set. Using the CUTplorations  'happy' word die , I cut the sentiment across the butterflies....

Happy Tuesday ...... I hope your week is off to a great start . It's time for a quick reminder of this months STAMPlorations Things with Wings Blog Hop and Linky Parties . The STAMPlorations girls have all got together for a month long celebration of Spring and Things with Wings. Today its the turn of the TAGplorations team.  To play along here you need to create a project that is a tag or, has a tag/s on it. Don't forget the Things With Wings part either. I've gone for butterflies today ....... on a simple tag I cut the tag from smooth watercolour card, using the largest size of the  TAGplorations Manila Tags Nesting dies I then applied various colours of Distress Inks (blues and pink shades) to the back of the ARTplorations Shower of Flutters stencil , spritzed over the ink with water and then laid the stencil, ink side down, onto the tag I gave the stencil a quick press down using a paper towel ....... this also mops up any excess ink and water ....... and then gently l...

Hello again ..... I said it was going to be a busy month ..... what with new releases, the usual Blog challenges, a workshop, trip across to the UK for my favourite craft show and of course we've got the Isle of Man TT in a little over 3 weeks.   Get all that over with, and we're off on holiday again! But first it's time to get this month's Blog challenges underway. This is going to be fun. We're starting May with the STAMPlorations Things With Wings Blog Hop and Linky Parties All of the STAMPlorations girls are joining forces for ONE, month long Blog Hop.  That's 31 days of Blog hopping fun, celebrating Spring and Anything with Wings! Why not join in the fun, it's easy ....... create a winged-themed project and link it up to one, or all of the STAMPlorations challenges. All the challenges are back to their usual launch dates, it's just we'll all have the same theme .... Things with Wings The  TAGplorations  team are getting things started,  and to ...

Happy Monday ...... And big Hello to all you STAMPlorations fans! Thank you to all who played along with our January challenges.  Don't forget to check back on Feb 10th to see if you are one of our lucky winners. And get ready, because there's a whole load of brand new products on their way over the next three months.  But ... we also want to let you all know that for the next couple of months we are going to do things a little bit differently here on the Blog. You've probably heard that there's been a new addition to the STAMP family.  Sherry's gorgeous little girl ... Winter, came into the world back in December.  So in order to give Shery a little time to catch her breath after the birth, and to adjust to daily life with two little ones, as well as running the store, we're going to take a little 'Winter' break. Instead of all the different monthly STAMPlorations challenges, there will be just one challenge each month.  It will have a theme, and as lo...

Happy Thursday ...... The weekend is almost here ..... have you got anything nice planned?  Me ..... I'll be spending most of it packing I think.  Just a few bits and bobs to finish off in the craft room, then it's time to pack it all into boxes ready for the move. Today, it's time for a quick reminder of this month's STAMPlorations CAS Card challenge ...... The theme, as always, is Anything Goes with the optional colour twist this month of ..... SILVER I've used the colour twist for my sentiment ...... heat embossed one the stamps from the STAMPlorations  Typografia range I do love these stamps, there's some fabulous words and phrases suitable for all kinds of projects.  The one I've used here is called Plan A   ........ I stamped it onto white card, heat embossed in silver and then die cut around it with a stitched circle die from my stash. Leaving the die in place I added a touch of colour over the words using Distress Ink.  Leaving the die means that y...

Happy Tuesday ....... How is everyone? Staying warm I hope. It's getting a little chilly again here ...... we're bracing ourselves for a bit of cold snap, according to the weather forecast anyway.  We've got gales and wintry showers to look forward to for the next few days.  We've had the hail sleet and snow already .... and it's freezing out! It's nice and warm in the craft room though ........ I've got another busy week what with DT stuff, birthday cards (it's Lauren's birthday tomorrow), and all the packing.  It's a good excuse for another clear out I think.  In between all that lot, it's also time for a little reminder of January's TAGplorations Challenge . The theme for January is appropriately ......... All about Winter , with the optional twist of using texture paste. My tag has been cut from plain white cardstock, using the largest die from the CUTplorations Manila Tags Nesting Dies I then used the ARTplorations Coffee Cup stencil...