STAMPlorations birthday blog hop & linky party - DAY ONE!

Hey, everyone! Today's a great day because it's STAMPlorations' 2nd birthday! I'm quite excited that my little stamp company has reached this milestone. Over at the STAMPlorations blog, we are celebrating with a blog hop and a linky party all week. More than $100 worth of prizes are up for grabs for those who hop along and even link up their projects with a birthday, party, or celebration theme.

For my card, I turned to my trusty Gelli plate. Brayered magenta, ocean green, and medium yellow acrylic paints and then stamped the Party Mates stamps all over before placing my card base on top to transfer the design. I stamped the Party Time sentiment and finished it by stamping a doodled border from the Artsy Border Maker set. Voila -- the card's done. 

Click here to see what the STAMPlorations girls and our wonderful guest designer have created for Day 1 of our birthday blog hop and linky party!

And below is the mood board to inspire you in creating projects to link up!

There are waaayyy too many prizes up for grabs to list so just head on to the blog. Commenting and linking projects up close on Monday, July 6, with the winners announced the following day. 

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to smile, and come back again tomorrow for Day 2! 

~Shery

Paper craft project no. 338: I am so happy for you

Hello! Popping by before I call it a night to share a card I made a couple of hours ago. I used a fun monoprinting technique: stamping on Gelli plate. I've got more info (and pics of how I pulled the prints) on this card here.

In addition to my Gelli plate, I used orange and blue acrylic paints, textured cardstock, SRM sticker stitches, and STAMPlorations stamps (Blossom Overture and Trendy Butterflies).

Linking up my card to these fun challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps and More #136
• Shop Our Stash #193 - Make Your Own Background (I made my background by stamping on Gelli plate and then pulling prints)
• Use Your Stuff #177 - Create Your Own Background

My card also works as a reminder for our current challenge over at The Mixed Media Card Challenge. For March, the theme is Hints of Spring. There's still 6 days to join in the fun and link up your spring-inspired mixed media cards!

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to smile :o)

~Shery