STAMPlorations Monday 8/24/2026

It's Monday and that means it is my day to showcase my STAMPlorations projects. You can also view them and see more detail on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Today, both of my projects feature The Parisian Cafe Collage Sheets in 2 very different designs. 

f

For my first card I started with an ivory card base and stenciled it on the left side with the Dots 'n Beans Slimline Stencil and Distress Oxide inks. I glued a piece of red card stock to the right side. I cut the sheet of The Parisian Cafe paper above and below the cup & saucer, fussy cut everything to the left of the cuts and glued that to the base. I laid one of the All Things Coffee Clear Stickers on ivory card stock, then die cut and popped it up on the top left of the card to complete my card.

For my second card I die cut another sheet from The Parisian Cafe Collage Sheets with Zen Coffee #1 Cover Plate and glued it to an ivory card base. I simply adhered another All Things Coffee Clear Stickers to a scrap of ivory card which I die cut, popped up with foam squares and placed in the top right corner of the card, and my card was complete.

Save 20% off your order by using my code at checkout:

STAMPGIRLSTEPHANIEL

 I am on the STAMPlorations DT Team. Please be aware that the links above to the STAMPlorations products used in my projects are affiliated links which means that if you use them to make a purchase I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

Treat yourseelf to a visit to the STAMPlorations Blog for tons of inspiration and ideas for using these incredible paper products, stamps & dies for making gorgeous cards quickly and easily.

Cathedral Window Christmas

 

 It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #320 is a Photo Inspiration where we are challenged to take something from the photo to inspire our project. This fabulous photo was taken in Barcelona by our own Design Team Member Kate Lesh. We are so excited to see where it takes you!

Here is an enlargement of the photo that shows more detail.

Photo credit: katherine Lesh - Inside Gaudi's Sagrada Familia - Barcelona, Spain - September 15, 2025

We are sponsored by Top Flight Stamps with  a $25.00 store credit to spend at the Top Flight Store as the prize for our Challenge Winner as chosen by our Design Team. Our winner will also receive an invitation to join us as Guest Designer in a future challenge,

Our Guest Designer is Jane Taylor of Purplejet and winner of Time Out #315. You can view her fabulous Guest Designer project on the Time Out Challenge Blog where you can also link to her Instagram challenge post for details.

I could not help but mimic the gorgeous stained glass windows with the Cathedral Window dies from The Greetery. I deeded to use my much neglected alcohol inks for the stained glass and the Pine Bough dies to dress them up for Christmas.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog where you can see the fabulous projects from the Design Team to inspire you. Come play with us! We would LOVE to see you in the gallery! Before you link your project, please read our "How To Play" guidelines on the sidebar of the Time Out Challenge Blog.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	The Greetery Opposites Attract Holiday, Cathedral Window and Pine Wisp Dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Simon Says Stamp Fog
Ink	Alcohol Inks VersaFine Onyx Black
Embellishments	Simon Says Stamp Unicorn Dust
Other	Creative Expressions Brick Wall EF Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Fun Foam

I am also playing at:

NBUS #89

Cathedral Window and Pine Wisp Dies

STAMPlorations Monday 8/17/2026

   It's Monday and that means it is my day to showcase my STAMPlorations projects. You can also view them and see more detail on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Today, both of my projects feature Quick Cards #29 - Pop Art Unicorns Card Fronts. This whimsical and colorful pack features 4 graphic designs printed on 120# (325 gsm) matte cardstock. Each card front is approximately 4” by 5.25” - perfect for your A2 cards! One pack has 8 card fronts - 2 of each design.

My Projects:

For my first card, I glued the card front to a A2 sized piece of coordinating card stock. I stamped the outline version of the Simple Expressions: Leap Clear Stamps with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I then colored inside the outline with a Copic marker matching the A2 mat, and my card was complete.

For my second card, I glued the card front to a white card base. I then trimmed a piece of vellum and laid it over the card front adding glue to areas where the unicorn and flowers were. I fussy cut the unicorn and floral images, popped them up and placed them over the the same images seen through the vellum. To finish, I added a banner with a sentiment from Bloomdala Bliss.

These paper products are such a joy to work with. Check out these and all of the other card fronts and wonderful paper products, stamps, stencils, dies and more in the STAMPlorations Store.

 Save 20% off your order by using my code at checkout:

STAMPGIRLSTEPHANIEL

 I am on the STAMPlorations Design Team. Please be aware that the links above to the STAMPlorations products used in my projects are affiliated links which means that if you use them to make a purchase I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

I'm playing at:

Card #1

Allsorts Challenge #856

Embossing (dry or heat)

Happy Lobster Birthday

I just love this Waffle Flower Happy Lobster! Combined with products from Honey Bee and Gina K, it was easy to make this fun card. The good friend I made it for has already gotten it, so time to post it. Lobsters are not red until they are cooked, but I love this guy in red especially against this background. He is too cute to eat, but if I had to pick a final meal before going to the great beyond, it would be a steamed lobster dipped in butter. Maybe a little coleslaw on the side. Just sayin'

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Honey Bee Beach Break A2 Cover Plate Honey Bee Sand Piper Dies Waffle Flower Happy Lobster Dies Waffle Flower Seashells Dies Gina K Designs Ocean Minded Stamp Set
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black VersaMark DO Inks: Uncharted Mariner, Broken China, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain.
Embellishments
Other	Honey Bee Beach Break Stencils Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

I'm playing at:

Paper Players #798

Just Us Girls #836 Word Week - Water

Dragonfly Dreams August Challenge

Beach or Seaside

STAMPlorations Monday 8/10/2026

  It's Monday and that means it is my day to showcase my STAMPlorations projects. You can also view them and see more detail on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Today, both of my projects feature OLD LETTERS POCKET BACKDROPS.  This beautiful pack features three classic, antique-inspired designs. The backgrounds showcase elegant, flowing handwritten script and faint ledger lines on aged, sepia-toned paper, beautifully accented with soft pink and cream-colored floral illustrations and delicate vintage postmarks.

My Projects:

When thinking about a design, I came across a piece of blush cardstock sitting on my desk from which I had die cut a solid butterfly from Flutter Zen 1 Layering Dies for another project. I decided to use this in my design as the blush color went so well with the vintage paper. The script looked great in the butterfly aperture. Then I decided to use the inside of the same die and die cut it using vellum to ad more interest and texture. I put a couple of drops of glue on the antennae and the bottom center of the butterfly, then bent the wings out a bit. "Carpe Diem" is one of my favorite sentiments, so I used that stamp from  the Bloomdala Bliss Stamp set to complete my card.

For my second card, I split one sheet from the paper pack into 3 strips, matted them with coordinating card stock, then mounted them on kraft card stock. I heat embossed the medium butterfly from Trendy Butterfles 2 on vellum with Rose Gold embossing powder and fussy cut it out. Then I added it along with a die cut sentiment using the hello word die to a band of vellum, wrapping it around the back of the Kraft panel and adhered that to a white card base to finish.

Save 20% off your order by using my code at checkout:

STAMPGIRLSTEPHANIEL

 I am on the STAMPlorations Design Team. Please be aware that the links above to the STAMPlorations products used in my projects are affiliated links which means that if you use them to make a purchase I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

I'm playing at:

Card #1

Just Us Girls - AG with die(s)

Always In My Heart

 There 's a new challenge at Time Out starting today. It's a "Pick 2" challenge where we are challenged to  pick at least 2 of the six given promptss and incorporate them into our projects. You may pick more than 2 but you must pick at least 2. Our prompts this time are: 

Geometric, Floral, Monochrome, Stitching, Sun and CAS.

We are generously sponsored by Newton's Nook Designs with an offer of a $25 store credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner. In addition, the winner will receive an invitation to join us as a Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We are joined by Heather Heroldt of Handmade By Heather and winner of Time Out #314, as Guest Designer. Heather is a talented card maker and a frequent player at Time Out. Check out her wonderful Hard on the Time Out Challenge Blog where you can link to her card on her blog.

For my card, I chose Floral and CAS. I colored the horizontal strips with PTI inks in a summer-y color combination. I don't know where those little black dashes come from. they are not visible in my design when you look at it IRL. I think the sharpening tool in my photo editor went a little overboard without my permission!

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog and join us in the gallery. Pick at least 2 of our prompts for your project. Don't forget to tell us in your post, what your picks were. I can't wait to see where your imagination takes you!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Poppystamps Floral Stem Collage Die MFT Blueprints 33 Dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest Gina K Black Onyx
Ink	PTI Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, Aqua Mist, Hawaiin Shores, Raspberry Fizz
Embellishments
Other	SSS Reverse All The Love Sentiment Strips Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Waffle Flower Foam Strips We R Memory Keepers Layer Guides

I'm also playing at:

Neglected Stuff August 2026

Poppystamps Floral Stem Collage Die

Allsorts Challenge #855 - Colours of Summer

STAMPlorations Monday 8-3-2026

 It's Monday and that means it is my day to showcase my STAMPlorations projects. You can also view them and see more detail on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Today, both of my projects feature VINTAGE ROSES A2 CARD FRONTS in the Quick Card Fronts line. This set has 4 graphic designs printed on 120# (325 gsm) matte cardstock. There are 8 4x5.25" card fronts in the pack - 2 of each design.

My projects:

I trimmed and mounted the card front on a piece of colored card stock giving it a 1/16" mat, then adhered it to an ivory card base. The sentiment is from the Floral Magic sticker pack adhered to a scrap of blush cardstock and die cut with a fishtail flag die.

For my second card, I stenciled the card front with the Abstract April Showers stencil with white ink to accentuate the words "rain drops" in the sentiment. Once it was dry, I stamped the sentiment from the (retired, but currently available in sticker format) Typographia - Encouragement stamp set with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed the card panel as I did in my first card and adding a 1/16 " mat, then adhered the whole panel to a white card base.

Save 20% off your order by using my code at checkout:

STAMPGIRLSTEPHANIEL

 I am on the STAMPlorations DT Team. Please be aware that the links above to the STAMPlorations products used in my projects are affiliated links which means that if you use them to make a purchase I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

I am sharing Card #1 at:

Triple B August 2026

Blooms

I am sharing Card #2 at:

Love Those Pretty Papers August 2026 Challenge

Look To The Skies