Hello! Samantha here to kick of another great week at stamp school.  Today, I have this fabulous color combination for you to try out:

Click here to see the original photo.

So, today’s colors are Snow Cone, Lemon Drop, and Wild Cherry.  I LOVE this perfectly pretty photo and color combination, but just to show you it can be done in a manly way, too, I created this Father’s Day card.

We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School. I can’t wait to see how you use this color combo!

Good Monday everyone! Lisa here today. Today, I’m sharing an Art Room color scheme with you. I was looking for some interesting color combinations on our Pinterest board, and fell in love with these SHOES! Aren’t they so very pretty! Now, I have to tell you, I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing these, because I am pretty sure I’d end up with a broken ankle or leg if I tried to leave the house with something like these, but they sure are PRETTY!

My card today is for those Moms who like to golf. Usually when you see a golf cart on a card, it’s for a man…not today!

I started with my Razzleberry base, and cut a Grape Jelly card front to 4 x 5 1/4. Then I took my Dusty Concord Distress Markers to stamp my larger flower image from Flowers for Mom. You’ll see I stamped the second generation stamp to get a little shadow and depth to my flowers around the golf cart. I also took my Picket Fence Distress marker to get the white around some flower petals.

I stamped the golf cart from Dad’s Tools in the flowers directly on the card. Then I stamped it onto my Blue Raspberry cardstock and adhered the top and the cart to the card.

 Last, I used my Spellbinders Labels 22 die and traced it with my Dusty Concord marker. I stamped the sentiment in Black Licorice ink. The sentiment is from Women in My Life.

I hope this gives you an idea to take those typical manly images and maybe girly them up!

We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

Hi everyone!  Rochelle here.  Today, I’m sharing an Art Room color scheme with you.  When I came across this unconventional color story for a nursery, I knew I had to use it for my next Art Room challenge!  The colors wouldn’t normally be paired and that’s why I think it’s so interesting.  The colors are Grape Jelly, Banana Split and Wild Cherry.

Flowers for Mom and Women in my Life are perfect for these colors.  I popped some of the blossoms up with foam squares to add depth to my clean and simple design. I also randomly stamped the vines to make them seem like they were intertwined.  The finish product is one Springy creation!  I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

Hi everyone!  Amber here from The Country Scrapper to teach this week’s Art Room.  I’ve picked a Springy picture and beautiful colors that I hope inspire you to craft away!  This week’s colors are Bubblegum, Razzleberry, and Gum Drop Green.

I’ve also created a card to go along with the challenge, take a look:

For my card, I decided to make a custom background using the Flowers For Mom Stamp Set from Stamp School.  I started by randomly stamping leaves then went back and added flowers in.  I embellished with a bow, doily with my sentiment and a stick pin.

We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

Hi everyone Vicki here again this Monday. Today is Art Room and I chose the colors based off this inspiration:

The colors this week — white, any pinks, any greens

Here is my card

Cut out 2 circles – 1 large and 1 2x smaller – using the die in between these 2 sizes, cut out the center of the large circle to get the frame effect. Be sure to emboss also for more frame effect.

I used a die cut to cut out my felt flowers and rolled them. I used the “Sister” from Women in my Life. I also used a fence die.

This really is a very easy card to make. I have linked the supplies I used below.

Okay — this is a Color Challenge and there is a prize involved – you can use ANY supplies you want (not limited to SS products) as long as you have the colors.

I hope you take the time to play! This challenge is a challenge to get players!!

Thanks for stopping by~

Misc: My Favorite Things Wood grain Fence Die, Embossing Folder

The colors for this challenge  are Blue Raspberry, Snow Cone and Berrylicious. They create a wonderful hombre effect!  Check out my project!:

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Today’s Art Room Color Challenge is brought to you by a lovely table setting from Tea Time Magazine. I subscribe to this magazine and just love the inspiration I get from table settings, teapots and cups, and yummy delicacies!

Our colors today are Cotton Candy, Gumdrop Green and Limeade. Sounds delish! Here is what I made:

My sentiment is from To the Future. It is stamped in Razzleberry ink and sponged with Cotton Candy ink. Designer Paper is Annalee by Prima.

We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries. While we love seeing what you can create with our products, you do not have to use Stamp School products on your contest submission.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

I hope you will play along!

Other: ribbon, lace, stick pins, paper roses, designer paper, border punch, flower punch, embossing folder

Hello! Samantha here with you in the Art Room today. I was pretty excited about the many beautiful shades of green being released this month by Stamp School. I absolutely love green and brown together, so for today’s color challenge I chose this lovely green and brown inspiration.

You can find the original photo here.

Stamp School released 4 gorgeous greens this month, and any of them combined with Hot Fudge (brown) will do for this challenge. I chose Sour Apple and Hot Fudge for my card.

I used the medallion stamp from Graduates to create a stamped background to use as a focal point for my card. Doing so was simple.

I took a piece of Sweet Tooth Card Stock, the medallion stamp from Graduates, and 2 colors of ink (in this case Hot Fudge and Sour Apple).

Choose somewhere (anywhere) to start stamping on your card stock, and stamp the medallion once in your first color (here I used Sour Apple).

Switch to your second color (here I used Hot Fudge). Stamp the medallion in the second color, overlapping the corner of the Hot Fudge medallion with the corner of the Sour Apple medallion. Repeat this step on all available corners of the Green Apple Medallion.

Continue the previous step switching back and forth between your 2 colors until your entire piece of card stock is covered in the pattern.  Then use your paper as a background or focal point on a card.

We’re adding a submission form below this post for you to show us your own Green and Brown creation. Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries. Your creations do not have to include Stamp School stamps in order to be entered, but we do LOVE to see what you’re creating with Stamp School products.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

Thanks for playing along!

Hi all!  Amber here from The Country Scrapper to teach this week’s Art Room.  I just love the new Graduates Stamp Set from Stamp School and couldn’t resist using my High School colors for this week’s challenge.

This week we are using the colors Black Licorice, Wild Cherry, and Whip Cream.  Here is my card:

I did a little paper piecing to make my graduate look perfect.  I stamped her feet directly on the cardstock.  Then stamped the graduation gown and her face separately and cut each out.  I then used a pop up glue dot behind her face to add dimenstion.  I also embossed my cardsdtock and lightly inked the embossing.  This is one of my favorite techniques!  I also love adding “banners” to my cards – simply cut a strip of cardstock and add a  “V” shape to one side, it makes a perfect spot for your sentiment.  I also added a little shine to my card by using Stickles on the diploma, sash, and tassel.

We’re adding a submission form below this post.  Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course). Submit your card by adding it below.  Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.  We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

Good luck!!!

Copics:  Copic – R27,  Copic – RV29,  Copic – BG10,   Copic – Y28,  Copic – Y06,  Copic – C-1,  Copic – B39

Hi, Vicki here, with my first Art Room challenge.  The Art Room is fun with the gorgeous ink colors that Stamp School has available!

The colors  I chose for this color challenge is AQUA (blue raspberry), BROWN (hot fudge) and WHITE (sweet tooth).  [I love that the names of our products are the same with ink, papers and felt!  Makes it so easy to order!]  No worries if you don’t have “our” colors, simply use what you have!

Here is my finished card.

I made a template to cover the front of my card, stamped the white image and embossed it, and then I sponged on my colors. Once I liked the depth of color, I stamped my other images.  Taking a paper towel, I wiped off the ink from my embossed image to make it pop.

I hope you play in my color challenge.  Just upload your completed project with the inlinkz system below.

We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

Thanks so much for stopping in, and especially for playing!

Other: Big Sponge Daubers

Hello!  Rochelle here!  Nothing says “I love you” like a card with a sweet little girl on it…right?  Well, the Hannah Flying a Kite stamp set makes saying I love you very easy!  I used Grape Jelly Pop Tone cardstock paired with a strip of Wild Cherry Pop Tone cardstock, some sweet floral designer paper and a bit of Berrylicious felt to make this card work.  Oh, let’s not forget my trusted white gel pen!  Here is my creation:

I told you that the Hannah Flying a Kite stamp set is chocked full of love!  Who can resist that little face?

Other:

Red and White Striped Ribbon

Stickers

Welcome to another week at Stamp School. The design team has so much fun in store for you.  I get the fun of starting the week of in the art room with this bit of inspiration:

I found the above inspiration on this blog, and used it to create this card:

I used the balloon stamp from Hannah Flying a Kite to stamp the balloons above. Then, I filled them in with baker’s twine (scroll down to the bottom of this post to find a video tutorial on using bakers twine to fill the balloon stamp). I cut the image out with a Spellbinder’s die and cut a matching piece of Cotton Candy felt for layering. The finished card size is 4″ x 4″.

We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

I can’t wait to see what you do with this pretty color combo!

Hello! Amber here, welcome to this week’s Art Room!  I hope you enjoy the colors I’ve put together to inspire you.

Picture Via Pinterest

I can never get enough pink!  Hopefully you can’t either.  This week’s colors are inspired by Stamp School’s colors Cotton Candy, Sweet Tooth, and Razzleberry.  Now to show you my creation using them:

I started with light pink cardstock.  I wanted to make the Blessed Easter stamps my background so I stamped the bigger Blessed Easter sayings in light pink ink (to match my cardstock).  I then stamped “Happy Easter” in darker pink ink to use as my sentiment.  By changing the colors of pink ink, it draws the eye to the appropriate focal point.   It’s really a fun technique to use with sentiments.  I then adhered the light pink cardstock to hot pink cardstock.  I added some crystal Stickles for shine, ribbon, and a Maya Road Vintage Button Pin.

We would love for you to join  us in this week’s Art Room. Make a card and post it to your blog (with a link to our blog of course ). Submit your card by adding the link below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.  Can’t wait to see your creations and good luck!

Hello everyone!  Rochelle here!  I’m so glad that you decided to visit us in the Art Room today.  When I thought about colors to select, I instantly gravitated toward the Hot Fudge, Whipped Cream and Berrylicious color combo.  It’s a multi-purpose combo that works so well with anything from Baby Showers to Bathroom Decor.  You simply can’t go wrong with this combo.  While Pintresting I came across the photo of the muffins sitting on the boxes with various postal markings on them.  To me, it says vintage, retro, modern and chic all at the same time!  I can’t wait to see what you do with this color combination!  Here is what I came up with:

The Rules:

We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

Happy Monday! We’ve got lots of fun planned for the blog this week. I’m kicking things off today in the Art Room.  Today, not only did I create a project from the color inspiration, but I also created the project for the color inspiration. I love Stamp School’s felt, and I love giving friends bouquets of flowers that are hand made so they’ll last longer. I combined those 2 things I love for today’s color challenge.

To create this bright flower, I cut multiple pieces of felt using Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Leaves Die: 5 small from Blue Raspberry Felt, 5 Small from Berrylicious Felt, 5 Medium from Razzelberry felt, 5 Medium from another pink felt (soon to be released *wink*), 7 Large from Razzelberry felt, and 7 Large from pink felt. I mached up the same sized felt (i.e. one small Blue Raspberry Felt leaf with one Small Berrylicious Felt Leaf), and stitched them together. Once all of the leaves were assembled, I arranged them, starting with the largest on the bottom and working my way to the smallest on top, and stitched them together to form the petals of the flower. I used a simple button for the center of the flower and then “planted” it in a vase filled with Sweet Tooth colored glass marbles.

I wanted a card to go with the flower for when I give it to a friend, so I used the colors from the flower (Blue Raspberry, Razzelberry, and Sweet Tooth) to create this card:

The finished card size is 4″ x 4″. I used a technique here called Spotlighting. I promise to do a step-by-step tutorial on this technique soon. It’s one of my favorites, so you’ll definitely be seeing it from me again.  I added a little extra pizazz to the technique by not only spotlighting the flower, but covering it in glitter as well.  I used a 1/2″ strip of score tape to adhere my twine to the card.

Now it’s your turn to make something with this color combo! We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

**But wait, there’s more! Did you know Stamp School has a Facebook Page? We’d love it if you liked us… in fact we’d love it so much that we’re running a Facebook Contest. There will be a Stamp School prize pack awarded to one lucky Facebook commenter (randomly chosen by random.org). All you need to do to enter is like us on Facebook and answer a question. Since we’re Stamp School, we want to know the name of your all time favorite teacher! For additional entries, you can tell others about Stamp School. When your friends like Stamp School they should answer the question AND tell us who sent them (i.e. My favorite teacher was Mrs. Smith, and Samantha Taylor sent me). They’ll get an entry for commenting, and you will receive an additional entry for every friend you send over to Stamp School.

All comments need to be made by 11:59 pm CST on Friday, January 20th, on our Facebook Page. To comply with Facebook rules and regulations, the winner will be announced here on the Stamp School blog on Saturday, January 21st.

Good luck!

Felt Flower:

In My Prayers Card:

Who’s ready for a little inspiration in Art Room?  This week’s color challenge is:

Thanks to Pinterest for these darling cupcakes.  This week’s challenge is to use bright pink, white, and light blue.  Here is my card:

Here are the details to play along.  Make your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.

Welcome to the Art Room! I am excited to start the New Year with a color challenge for you! Don’t you just love it when the date has some awesome number patterns – like today, for example: 1-2-12! Happy New Year!

I loved the muted tones in this photo – they are so relaxing and calm.  Photo Credit here.

My card is today is made using both the Christian Sympathy and Natural Landscape sets and the beautiful colors above:

My sentiment and flowers are both stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and the flower are colored in with Copic Markers. The beautiful patterned paper is from the Authentique Gathering 6×6 pad.

We’re adding a submission form below this post. Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below. Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address. You have until 11:58 CST on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School. I hope you will play along! Please visit my blog for a close-up!

Welcome to Stamp School’s FIRST Art Room Color Challenge!

We plan on bringing you a weekly color challenge using some of our favorite PopTones cardstock colors, ink and felt!

This week is a “freebie” as we haven’t introduced our first color collection, so I pulled a cute knitted hat from Pinterest. Image Credit

The Rules:

We’re adding an inlinkz submission form below this post.  Make up your card and post it on your blog (with a link to our blog of course *wink*). Submit your card by adding it below.  Make sure to post it to the actual blog post and not just your general blog address.  You have until 11:58 on the last day of the month to upload any challenge entries.

We will randomly choose a winner from each month’s submissions to win a prize package from Stamp School.