STAMPlorations Color Blooms Blog Hop and Linky Party

So glad you are here for the Color Blooms Blog Hop and Linky Party

start date: Wednesday, August 31; 7 a.m. Pacific
end date: Tuesday, September 6; 11:55 p.m. Pacific


If you would like to win prizes

     ~ leave comments on the STAMPlorations blog and on designers’ blogs

     ~participate in the linky party by downloading the Color Blooms page sampler, creating a project out of it, and then linking it up.

     ~like, comment, and tag a friend on our Facebook page post.

PRIZES:

 ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from our Facebook page will win a $10 gift certificate for herself and a $10 gift certificate for one friend she tags in her comment

ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs will win a $10 gift certificate

 ONE (1) participant randomly drawn from the linky party entries will win a copy of Color Blooms and a $15 gift certificate

You are going to want to buy this coloring book. I have looked at several coloring books in the past several months. None of them could even compare to this fabulous book. You can buy your copy HERE

The page that I picked to color had 4 sections. 

I painted with crayola markers and water. 

I was very pleased how the paper held up to painting.

I painted the bottom two sections with pinks, yellows, reds and oranges. 

I painted the top two sections with mostly blues and purples.

Since there were 4 sections, I made 4 projects.

The first project I made was a wall hanging. I used burlap, popsicle sticks, glitter, cheesecloth, quilled roses, ribbon, and a paper tole flower that was in my stash. 

After I colored the page, I used black stazon ink and 

 STAMPlorations  MINI MIXED MEDIA BACKGROUNDS stamps

Second Project is a bookmark. I made this bookmark using half of one of the 4 sections. I used the other 1/2 to make the tag on the wall hanging and the tag on the last card. 

After I colored it, I sprayed it with a gold metallic spray and ran it through my script embossing folder. I added cheesecloth, bearls and lace. I added glitter to the centers of the flowers.

Third Project is a card. I made it out of one of the top sections that I colored with blues and purple. I added punched white and black "keys", quilled flowers, leaves, lace. I used the MINI MIXED MEDIA BACKGROUNDS on this card. I also added glitter to the centers of the flowers.

My last project was this card. I cut the coloring book panel into thirds and added black matting. I added burlap and purple ribbon. I also added a tag made from the one panel I cut down.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my projects. I hope you will play along and comment. Have a Blessed Day.

SCS challenge cards

The mix-ability challenge this week was to take scrunched up paper and dip it into paint and apply to cardstock to add texture. The free 4 all challenge was to take ink directly to the paper. I combined the two challenges on the first card and only the mix challenge on the second card. The first card, I took distress inks in blues and greens and put it directly on a grunge paper. I then did the scrunched up paper with gold and copper. I did direct ink with my ukelele. I did brown distress ink directly to the paper then I did versamark directly to the papaer then added some utee.

Blog Hop Day 4- AUTUMN FUN

Welcome to MFP AUGUST Blog Hop

Autumn Fun

There are some changes to our Blog Hop and we hope you will be pleased with them. Be sure to look over the changes before hopping along. Blog Hop guidelines can be found HERE

    Timeline for commenting and doing the tutorials end sooner. There will be prizes given for commenting and for doing the tutorials. Each winner will be chosen by Random.Org. 

Prizes: Large stamp set for commenting.

  Mini stamp set for doing the tutorial and

 EVERYONE doing the tutorials will earn a Tutorial Badge. 

  Now to the HOP!

Join us each day, Aug. 23 - 26, for some 

AUTUMN FUN! Prize for Commenting is
  "BIG TREES"

 

You will have until Friday, 3 pm CT, Aug. 26th to comment and do the tutorials.

Prizes and badge winners will be announced

on Sat. Aug. 27th. BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES FOUND HERE! (Be sure to read)
 TUTORIALS

         1. Layered Embellishment by Gail  2. Window Tent Card by Kren

Prize for doing one of the tutorials is the mini stamp set
  "From The Woods "

 

MFP Tutorial Badge awarded just for trying one of the tutorials.

NOW...

Let's get started HOPPING !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Gail
Karen

Kren

Lois

MariLynn

Pam

Sandy

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day to be  inspired! Get to work on the tutorials and show  us what you make by Aug. 26, 3pm CT  and don't forget to be commenting! Come back  on Aug. 27th to see if you are a winner!!



I want to tell you a little bit about my projects this month. My daughter just graduated from college and is blessed to have a job teaching and running a high school library. As a way to encourage her students I am making her bookmarks that she can use as "raffle" prizes. So all my projects this month are bookmarks. I also made them all from paint chip samples that had been in my stash of paper for several years. To me art has a personal connection. These bookmarks share a little bit about who I am.


I hope you have enjoyed this Autumn Fun hop as much as I have had making these bookmarks. My last bookmark used MFP set called
AUTUMN SPLENDOR

HARVESTVILLE FARM is near to our home. They have events and sell produce more than just in the fall, but in the fall is when they really come alive. People come from all over to navigate their cornmaze, pick pumpkins, enjoy hayrides, sit by a bonfire and play at their non-traditional playground. It is where my kids and I go to get our pumpkins. I could go elsewhere, but since my family doesn't celebrate Halloween we don't want to carve our pumpkins, we want ours to eat, and Harvestville Farm has the best eating pumpkins.

Blog Hop day 3 Autumn Fun

Welcome to MFP AUGUST Blog Hop

Autumn Fun

There are some changes to our Blog Hop and we hope you will be pleased with them. Be sure to look over the changes before hopping along. Blog Hop guidelines can be found HERE

    Timeline for commenting and doing the tutorials end sooner. There will be prizes given for commenting and for doing the tutorials. Each winner will be chosen by Random.Org. 

Prizes: Large stamp set for commenting.

  Mini stamp set for doing the tutorial and

 EVERYONE doing the tutorials will earn a Tutorial Badge. 

  Now to the HOP!

Join us each day, Aug. 23 - 26, for some 

AUTUMN FUN! Prize for Commenting is
  "BIG TREES"

 

You will have until Friday, 3 pm CT, Aug. 26th to comment and do the tutorials.

Prizes and badge winners will be announced

on Sat. Aug. 27th. BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES FOUND HERE! (Be sure to read)
 TUTORIALS

         1. Layered Embellishment by Gail  2. Window Tent Card by Kren

Prize for doing one of the tutorials is the mini stamp set
  "From The Woods "

 

MFP Tutorial Badge awarded just for trying one of the tutorials.

NOW...

Let's get started HOPPING !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Gail
Karen

Kren

Lois

MariLynn

Pam

Sandy

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day to be  inspired! Get to work on the tutorials and show  us what you make by Aug. 26, 3pm CT  and don't forget to be commenting! Come back  on Aug. 27th to see if you are a winner!!



I want to tell you a little bit about my projects this month. My daughter just graduated from college and is blessed to have a job teaching and running a high school library. As a way to encourage her students I am making her bookmarks that she can use as "raffle" prizes. So all my projects this month are bookmarks. I also made them all from paint chip samples that had been in my stash of paper for several years. To me art has a personal connection. These bookmarks share a little bit about who I am.


For my bookmark today I used MFP set called
FALL APPLES
 Unlike the past two days were my bookmarks needed extra explaining, I am sure that we can all relate to picking apples in the fall. APPLEBERRY Orchard is the one that my kids and I love going to. We love the taste of a warm apple doughnut on a cool morning.

Here is an apple my son picked the other day.

Fried apples and waffles... yummy...

Blog hop day 2- AUTUMN FUN

Welcome to MFP AUGUST Blog Hop

Autumn Fun

There are some changes to our Blog Hop and we hope you will be pleased with them. Be sure to look over the changes before hopping along. Blog Hop guidelines can be found HERE

    Timeline for commenting and doing the tutorials end sooner. There will be prizes given for commenting and for doing the tutorials. Each winner will be chosen by Random.Org. 

Prizes: Large stamp set for commenting.

  Mini stamp set for doing the tutorial and

 EVERYONE doing the tutorials will earn a Tutorial Badge. 

  Now to the HOP!

Join us each day, Aug. 23 - 26, for some 

AUTUMN FUN! Prize for Commenting is
  "BIG TREES"

 

You will have until Friday, 3 pm CT, Aug. 26th to comment and do the tutorials.

Prizes and badge winners will be announced

on Sat. Aug. 27th. BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES FOUND HERE! (Be sure to read)
 TUTORIALS

         1. Layered Embellishment by Gail  2. Window Tent Card by Kren

Prize for doing one of the tutorials is the mini stamp set
  "From The Woods "

 

MFP Tutorial Badge awarded just for trying one of the tutorials.

NOW...

Let's get started HOPPING !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Gail
Karen

Kren

Lois

MariLynn

Pam

Sandy

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day to be  inspired! Get to work on the tutorials and show  us what you make by Aug. 26, 3pm CT  and don't forget to be commenting! Come back  on Aug. 27th to see if you are a winner!!



I want to tell you a little bit about my projects this month. My daughter just graduated from college and is blessed to have a job teaching and running a high school library. As a way to encourage her students I am making her bookmarks that she can use as "raffle" prizes. So all my projects this month are bookmarks. I also made them all from paint chip samples that had been in my stash of paper for several years. To me art has a personal connection. These bookmarks share a little bit about who I am.

For my bookmark today I used MFP set called
DAFFODIL GREETINGS 

AND
ANIMALS BIRTHDAYS

I featured the butterflies from this set. Fall means time to
tag Monarch butterflies through our local conservation group.
We haven't done it the past few years, but when my kids were little we all enjoyed going out, catching the butterflies and tagging them. It was a really fun activity to do in early fall.