STAMPlorations April 2021 CAS Challenge~Anything CAS Goes (optional: Baby Pink and Navy Blue)...Peeking Sunflower Thanks

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Happy April 1st (already!) and welcome to another round of STAMPlorations challenges. Today, I'm sharing my card for the CAS Challenge, where the theme is always Anything Goes, with an optional colour twist which, this month, is Baby Pink and Navy Blue. 

My card features the new slimline Peeking Sunflowers ARTplorations stencil which I paired with the Thanks word die. Simple to make and that stencil! So incredibly pretty!  Looking forward to using it again with 'real' sunflower colours! 

That's it from me; time for you to play along.

• You can find Challenge details here. PLEASE READ as they've been updated.
• If you decide to purchase some of the products I - or other designers have used - head over to the STAMPlorations Online Store (always great deals to be had!)
• To receive an additional 20% off your purchases, I invite you to use my discount code: STAMPGIRLCAROL.

I'll be back on April 15th with a reminder post.

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Celebrating 7 Years with Waffle Flower: Link Party...Waffle Flower Favourites

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Happy 7th Birthday Waffle Flower!  Thank you so much for creating fabulous  products that bring us so much crafting joy!  You've invited us to share some of our favourites so...here they are! I LOVE these images; timeless keepers! 

Wishing you many, many more birthdays to come!

Thank you for inviting us to celebrate with you!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #577~Photo Week...Spring Hoppy Sunday Drive

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #577, where our lovely Vicky has selected this Spring photo as this week's inspiration.

A big thank you to Shawna Standish for being our March guest designer. Once again, she dazzles us with her creativity with her wrap-up card. Please visit her blog to leave her some love then, enjoy the delights from my fabulous teammates. Plenty of signs of Spring on the blog!

Flowers, bunnies, Easter...those come to mind when I think of Spring, so I combined all three with my Hoppy Sunday Drive set. Oh my goodness, but this was fun to make! While the bigger bunnies in the front seat are cute, it's the trio of little bun-buns in the back that make me mega-watt smile. The family is off for a drive, delivering flowers and eggs (or perhaps collecting them) as they go along. I've made some Easter cards with this set, which will be heading into the mail this week. Hopefully, I'll remember to share them!

 

That's it from me; looking forward to seeing your takes on the Spring photo this week!

Also sharing at:

 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers~L is for Layers. Everything on this card (except the greenery) has at least two layers because apparently, I'm 'stability' addicted. 

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Inkspirational Challenge #235~Designers Choice: Fur or Feathers....Bunny and Chicks Happy Everything Day

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #235, where Pia has selected Fur or Feathers as her Designer's Choice.

In an act of wild abandon *snort*, I'm bringing both fur AND feathers to the challenge! One bunny and two chicks (Stamping Bella) having a big ol' cuddle! And for those of you who know me: 'tis no easy feat to include our feathered friends on my cards, as I have major bird terror. These little fluff balls, though, are a bit of an exception; they seem quite content hugging their furry friend (and not running about, trying to peck anyone!).  

Please check out my teammates' takes on the Designer's Choice, then play along with us!

Marina, Shauna, Pia, Marlena, Lindsey

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Just Us Girls Challenge #576~Colour Week...Greenery Slimline Thankful for You (Yellow, Dark Green, Gray)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #576, where lovely Nancy invites us to Yellow, Dark Green and Grey for this week's palette. 

Shawna joins us once again as our March Guest Designer.  Her card is marvelous, as are those by my teammates. If you have time to visit and share comments, that would be wonderfully appreciated.

So...I have pretty yellow and dark green ink, but grey? Not so much...even though I have greys from like four different companies, in four different formulations! Since I didn't want the grey to 'mess' with anything I'd make, I did what I often do when a colour combination is a bit our of my range: rifle through my patterned paper collection, in the hope of finding inspiration or, in this case, of finding a piece that actually works!  Once again, P13 paper to the rescue!  This luscious leafy pattern has several hues of both dark green and yellow, with hints of grey woven throughout. To accentuate the colours, I paired the paper with pale yellow and dark grey panels. A simple sentiment sticker finishes it off.  I tell you, those P13 papers are simply awe-mazing! 

That's it from me; looking forward to seeing your Yellow, Dark Green and Gray delights in the gallery.

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STAMPlorations Inspiration for Coffee Lovers 2021 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

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Time for the ever-awesome Coffee Lovers Spring | Summer Blog Hop, and today, I'm sharing a card as part of the team from Super Sponsor, STAMPlorations.

I've been having fun with the inlay die-cutting technique of late, and decided to give it a whirl with the  Zen Coffee 1 Cover Plate Die. As you can see, I went with 'highlight' inlaying with the image, focusing on the coffee pot and mug, the steam swirls and the coffee bean/leaves. My papers are from the gorgeous Marble collection from P13. The Coffee Word Die was the finishing touch; here you can see more of the swoon-inducing marble paper. 

Be sure to head over to The Coffee Lovers blog for hop/prize details here and to STAMPlorations for details about loads of prizes here.

Happy Coffee Hopping! 

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Seize the Birthday Challenge #210~Sketch...Hope Your Birthday is Epic Gamer

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A bittersweet post today: I'm delighted to join the Seize the Birthday team for Challenge #210, but sad that it's my finale as their two months' Surprise Party Guest.  So grateful for the wonderful opportunity!

Anything Birthday Goes is always a choice here, along with the offering of an optional topping which, for this challenge, is a sketch.

While the dimensions of my images are a 'tad' larger than those on the sketch, I *think* I've met the sketch criteria. I brought out my MFT Game Controller dies and Level Up for my card.  A little something for the gamer (aka: my nephew) in my life!

THANK YOU, Nancy and the StB team, for the chance to play cards with you

in February and March! An honour and a ton of fun!

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