Tuesday 30 June 2015

Stamplorations 2nd Birthday Blog Hop

Wow, STAMPlorations is celebrating its second birthday and they celebrating the whole week - woohoo! I have the honour to be a part of the birthday blog hop as a guestie!
They have released three stamp sets for the birthday party and they are so much fun!


I made four cards using these sets. As you can see Party Mates was my favorite one! All the setiments are from the set Party Time.
For the first card I did A LOT of coloring with colored pencils! It takes some time but I love to do it!


On the second card there are legs, legs, legs from the set Party Girl!


For the last two cards I used watercolors! I created a background using Distress Inks it got a little muddy. So I chose some pieces that turned out well and used them for paper piecing the cupcakes.


On the last card I tried a technique I learned from my friend Birka. You can see the video here. It is on German but I think you will understand it even if you don't speak German.


Leave a comment on this post and the STAMPlorations Blog! You can link your own celebration or party themed projects on the Stamplorations Blog. THey created the mood board below for your inspiration. Commenting and linking close on Monday, July 6th...the winner will be announced on the STAMPlorations blog on Tuesday, July 7th!


Prizes for commenting:

  • 1 winner of $25 gift certificate
  • 5 winners of $10 gift certificate

Prizes for linking up a party/celebration/birthday project:

  • 3 winners of the party stamp sets (1 winner of Party Mates, 1 winner of Party Time, 1 winner of PartyGirl)
  • 1 winner of $25 gift certificate (if STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used) or $15 gift certificate (if non-STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used)
***winners are randomly drawn


Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all birthday blog hop projects HERE.

41 comments:

Jerrie said...

Oh what great cards. You do CAS cards so well. I am going to become a follower of you blog so I can peek in once and a while to see what you are creating!!

Keren Baker said...

Brilliant- totally love the leggy card! Fabulous cards!

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

Na, da hatten wir beide ja wohl die selbe Idee mit den Beinen, lach! Schoen, dass Du mit dabei bist und Deine Karten sind wie immer total super!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Awesome cards - your coloring looks amazing -- Thanks for Guesting with us today!

Becca Yahrling said...

You were very busy being quite creative! Love all your cards. Great coloring.

Becca Cruger said...

Your cards are so fun and festive - I absolutely ADORE the leg card. Now why didn't I think of that?! Thanks for partying with us at STAMPlorations!

SonjaK said...

Oh man, da warst du ja wieder megaproduktiv! Ich frage mich, wann du das schaffst, all diese tollen Karten zu werkeln. Du musst ein Wahnsinnszeitmanagement haben. Und dass die dann immer noch alle so grandios werden. Klasse!

conil said...

Holy moley, Anni...I'm new to your blog, but I'll be back. Each of these cards have their own personality. Love how you made the black & white cupcakes pop from that vibrant background and the paper-piecing you've done on the other one is meticulous. Those first two cards are so cheery and fun, clean and beautifully designed.

Nora Noll said...

WOW!! I LOVE your cards. Your colored pencil coloring is STUNNING!! Mine never come out like that!! The last two with the soft watercoloring are so fun. Fabulous design on every single card!!

Pink Unicorn said...

Your cards are gorgeous, I love the splash watercolour background!

Berina RGA said...

beautiful cards Anni!! love your coloring!!

Nicole Parmentier said...

Great cards! Love (!!!) the legs!

Tami said...

I adore your clean and simple style, but you've got mad coloring skills as well. Fabulous cards! I'm going to be following you!

Lisa Lara said...

WOWEE Anni all these cards are amazing. Love your coloring.

joy said...

LOVE your cards, Anni! What a great design style you have!

Deepti said...

Oh my goodness Anni! I am so honored to see such beautiful cards that u created using Party mates, the set I designed. There is no better satisfaction than to see your designs being used in such pretty ways. LOve every single card, your coloring... I have always been a fan of that. Thank you so much for being out Guest :)

Brandi R said...

AWESOME cards! LOVE how yummy the first one looks! Great coloring on all of them ♥

nancy littrell said...

Anni, I love all your colorful and creative birthday blog hop cards. TFS

Helen F. said...

Wonderful set of cards, Anni! the colors are so festive and fun!

New Creations said...

Anni, I love all your amazing creations, so colorful and perfect for party theme! I love your pencil shading on first one, lovely paper piecing on cupcakes and your leg card is so fun!!

Suchi said...

Stunning cards Anni!! :)
Suchi xx

Imke said...

Anni, die zweite Karte mit den Beinen ist mein Favorit !!

Birgit said...

I love your cards! I always get so great inspiration from you and and your cards!:)

SD pooja said...

I loved all 4 of them ,they are fresh fun n colorful !

Unknown said...

Awesome cards!!! Love the last one the best...it so fun and colourful...

Jenny said...

These are all brilliant Cards Anni :) especially love the row of party girls legs!! great way to use the stamp set.
Jenny x

Kim M said...

All your card are so amazing! So glad you could celebrate with us as Guest Designer. :-)

Michele K. Henderson said...

These are all terrific but my very favorite has to be the very first! LOVE the beautiful color in the cupcakes and glasses! Great card!

shirley-bee said...

Four fabulous cards, Anni! Love how you used the legs! Thanks for the link to the video tutorial too, I'll be trying that. Great to have you as guestie :)

2amscrapper said...

Four wonderful cards! I love how you used the legs stamp. Great technique on the last card.

Monika Skinner said...

Brilliant designs!!! If I had to choose a favourite, it would be the last. Love the cupcakes against the splattered background. Great to have you as guest designer. xxx

VanessaB said...

wow! those are all fantastic!!! awesome! :)

cm said...

Anni, you've created magic with each of these sets! So incredibly amazing! Glad you didn't ask us to choose a favourite because 'that' would be a challenge! Creative and inspired!
~c

Nance said...

Amazing cards, love them all! Such a fan of your work!

kiwimeskreations said...

Oh what an amazing set of cards!! Wonderful work.
Blessings
Maxine

~amy~ said...

Yay! What super cards! I always love your use of color!

Julie B said...

A great set of party cards, so pleased to be hopping with you. :)

D.Ann C said...

What a fab set of cards!

Nancy said...

What an incredible set of cards! I also prefer pencils...that is when I am brave enough to attempt to color! Love popping in to see what you have been up to when I was on vacation!

Chark said...

hard to pick a favorite--but I love the watercolor cupcake one!

Indy's Designs said...

These are all spectacular! You've inspired me to pull out my pencils again!