STAMPlorations 4th Birthday Blog Hop

Hi there,

it's time for the 4th STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop and these are my creations.

• stamp the STAMPlorations Blossom Sprays #2 with Versamark onto a stitched panel of watercolor paper and heat-emboss the image with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• color the flowers with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens and a damp watercolor brush
• stamp the sentiment from the STAMPlorations Strong Women set with Versafine (Smokey Gray)
• adhere the watercolor panel to a grey cardbase

• cut out one of the CUTplorations Luggage Tags and the CUTplorations Cupcake Builder from Bristol Smooth Cardstock
• add color to the background with Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac)
• dye a piece of seam binding with the leftover ink
• apply some DecoFoil Adhesive through the ARTplorations Daisy Play stencil and add some DecoFoil (Silver Star) to the flowers
• color the cupcake with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens and add Distress Clear Rock Candy Glitter to the frosting
• slightly curve the sentiment from the STAMPlorations Gone Postal set before stamping it with Versafine (Smokey Gray)

• create a background on a stitched panel of watercolor paper using Distress Oxide Inks (Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Violet) and water from a Mister Bottle
• cut out the CUTplorations Congrats! twice - once from grey cardstock and once from black cardstock - layer both die cuts slightly offset on top of each other in order to create a shadow effect
• add a thin strip of black and a strip of silver glitter cardstock before adhering all the layers to a cardbase

Be sure to visit the STAMPlorations Blog for there are fantastic prizes:

• Three (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMPlorations Blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the store.
• One (1) randomly drawn winner from comments left on the STAMPlorations Facebook page will win a grab bag consisting of new products worth up to $30.
• One (1) randomly drawn winner from comments left on the STamplorations Instagram page will win a grab bag consisting of new products worth up to $30.
• Two (2) randomly drawn winners from the Wishlist Link Up will each win the products in their wish list (up to $50).

Commenting and linking up ends on Monday, July 3rd at 11:55 p.m. PST, The winners will be announced on July 10th in the June Challenges & Hops winners post.

Enjoy the rest of the hop.

Yours,