National Scrapbook Day (iNSD) Blog Hop WIth Kellie Stamps Design Team!

Welcome to Kellie Stamps National Scrapbook Day blog hop and stamp challenge.

The Kellie Stamps team, Jessica from Color Cast Designs and I thought it would be fun to share some stamping techniques with you all.  BEST of all we are having a BUNCH of stamp giveaways!

EXCITING NEWS : Today I've started a pre-order for the May stamp release.  Click here to check out the new stamp sets, Today and Outline It.  There is more, for this weekend ONLY you can use the code : NSDAY2015 for 10% OFF your order, until Monday at amidnight.

HOW TO WIN A STAMP SET?  We are giving you three chances to try at winning yourself a stamp set!  Here is how :

1. Take part in the blog hop.  To do this, hop along to each blog on the list below, leave a comment on each, Kellie Stamps National Scrapbook Day blog post.
2. Join in with our challenge by copying one of the stamping techniques shared by a design team member.  Projects must be NEW, no linking to old blog projects.  Once you have finished add your link to the linky at the end of the blog post.  Links can be to blog posts or images from instagram.
3. ALL of the above.

 You have till Midnight Monday to take part in both the blog hop and the challenge set out.

Today I'm sharing : DIY project life cards with stamping and water colour 

Using the new Outline it an Today stamp set, and my trusty Versafine + Stazon black ink, I stamp several words on plain white cardstock. After it dries, I simply added touches of watercolor using my water brush and the Peerless Watercolor palette (the one in the image is one i made myself following an online tutorial ) Below I share two specific stamping + watercoloring techniques

Some close ups

Technique 1 : I tried to stamp a word on a card by spreading and spacing out the letters so it looks quite random, so the word becomes subtle and the focus can be somewhere between the colour combination, the design made by the spacing and also the meaning of the word itself. I think it's kind of fun and I will definitely try doing this again!

I'm not a very merticulous person, hence I don't like to colour within the lines.  What I normally do is just to colour around it, purposely colour out of the lines. 

Technique 2 : Painting a light and bright colour over a word feels as though i'm highlighting the word. The cards like "today" (which by the way has the most beautiful brush script done by Jodie from Polka Dot Creative) and "Love Watching" and "I am Creating" are done using the idea of highlighting. 

I also left some space below for journaling later on in the week.

More close ups

Thank you for stopping by, I hope this blog post gives you some inspiration to kick start your National scrapbook Day or international scrapbook day (iNSD) .

NOW the fun part!  Check out all the ladies taking part with their blog links here :

Amelia | Blog | @ameliawritesblog

Awbree | Blog | @awbreecaton

Debra | Blog | @dptuffy

Jen | Blog | @jecarl

Jennifer | Blog | @sunlightandair

Jodie | Blog | @polkadotcreative

Juli | Blog | @julimakesthings

Pepper| Blog | @pepper_creations <--- comment------="" here="" re="" you="">

Rachel Lim| Blog | @scrappinlove

Jessica | Blog | Shop | @colorcastdesigns

Kellie | Blog | Shop | @giveagirlablog

Not it bloghop
Sandy | Blog
Mandy | Blog
Rachel | Blog

Remember to participate in the giveaway by commenting and hopping along, and do share your project in the linky below!

Project Life March pages + Kellie Stamps New Release!

Have you seen the recent new release of Kellie Stamps by Kellie Winnie ? Click below to find out more :)

Here are some of the layouts using the stamps :) There are so many other ways I can use the stamps and I can't wait to continue exploring the possibilities :D follow me on Instagram where I share more of my projects :)

Thanks for stopping by ! Ciao!

A huge announcement and a Giveaway | Kellie Stamps Good Times Stamp

Hello all, today I have a huge announcement to make today! I had just set up a new YOUTUBE CHANNEL to share my process videos :) I had already posted two youtube videos in my channel , head over and check it out :) [click on the photo to go to my channel]

I hope to use my youtube channel as a place where I can share some of my process videos. You can see me scrapbooking (at at x10 speed!) project life pages. Sometimes I will share products and also organisation videos too. Do subscribe! and share my channel with your friends around you who like handmade stuff too! Here is one of the videos :) just something short and simple to start off with .

The second news of the day is that I'm currently in the Kellie Stamps Design Team

 I have something great to giveaway to you! It is her Good Times Stamps 

Simply enter the giveaway by following the instruction in the table below :) Giveaway is open to international participants too :) Remember to leave your email address in the comment too so that I can contact you somehow and inform you that you won! 

Have fun scrapbooking !

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