Monday 20 April 2015

STAMPlorations April Blog Hop Day 1


Hi All,
Welcome to Day 1 of the STAMPlorations April Stamp Release Blog Hop. Today we are introducing you to the FOND EXPRESSIONS set, a set of  7 sentiments for all occasions as you can see below.

FondExpression-preview

I combined one of the sentiments with a bird from The Bee's Knees SMALLBIRDS set, which we'll be spotlighting on day 5 of the hop, to make this quick and easy card ideal to hold a gift card or voucher on the inside.


I black embossed my sentiment on a piece of pretty paper. To blend in the distressed edges, which were only on two sides of my paper, I used one of the stamps from the Mixed Media Grunge set, the one with the tiny dots and slight pattern, and stamped a border along the two other sides using white craft ink. I attached my paper to my card front, doodled a border and slightly folded one of the corners over for added interest. The I cut a banner from black card, stamped, coloured and fuzzy cut my bird, attached both to my card and added a few tiny black pearls to finish.

As with every blog hop, check out the fabulous projects my Teamies have created and please leave a comment on all our blogs for your chance to win one of our fabulous prizes. You don't have to, but it certainly increases your chance of winning. You can find all the links here, just as a reminder these are the stops for day 1:

... and yes we managed to have the fabulous Darnell guest designing for us all week :-) ...

Darnell - Guest Designer
Monika - that's me

Prizes: 5 commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will win a $10 gift certificate each and 1 commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $25 gift certificate plus there will be some surprise prizes depending on the response we get. Commenting closes April 27 and the winners will be announced April 29.

Good Luck, Everyone!!!
hugs
Monika xxx

Here are the other sets I used for today's card:
 SmallBirds-preview


36 comments:

  1. Love your card design. I love how you have used the bird on your card with the sentiment. Great job.

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  2. So pretty - that bird is just perfect for that sentiment - lovely cheerful background colors!

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  3. I'm always looking for note card/gift card ideas and I love this one, Monika! Thank you for inspiration and for letting me play with you all week!! Hugs, Darnell

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  4. I'm always looking for a good punny stamp and you use this one to perfection. Great card for man or woman.

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  5. Darling design Monika.

    Hugs Diane

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  6. Very cute card. I like that outline around your polka dot paper.

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  7. Gorgeous card! Love your design!

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  8. So effective Monika, hope you've been enjoying the sunshine.:)

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  9. Great card. Brand new discovery of this stamp.
    Regards,
    Bozena

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  10. Sweet card. I love your polka dot background. TFS

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  11. Wonderful card and wonderful images and sentiments too!

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  12. Very pretty card. I love the kingfisher against the black. Hugz

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  13. Monika, this is such a sweet card -- especially like that it doubles as a gift card holder...really fits the sentiment! Thank you so much for creating beautiful projects and shooting those videos -- you're so much a part of STAMPlorations that I can't imagine you not being in the team (or at least creating inspiration projects!). Hugs!

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  14. Gorgeous card, Monika! Love the doodled border :)

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  15. Wonderful colors and love the sentiment! Beautiful!~kim

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  16. Love the way you framed your design! The black paired with the patterned paper adds lots of interest. Great new release.

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  17. I like everything about this card, the polka dotted background, the sketch, the black panel brings out so much attention on the bird. Great card.

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  18. Your bird and sentiment pairing: perfect! And the polka-dots...oh my! Fabulous!
    Hugs~c

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  19. Love your attention to detail on this stunning card Monica.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  20. Great LO and designing, sweet bird image with a perfect sentiment, love it!

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  21. Such a cute happy card! :)

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  22. Wow Monika. First, perfect image for that sentiment. Second, that PP just makes me happy from the get go. Third, your doodled frame is the perfect finish to your design. OK, I'm done now 😜

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  23. Fabulous! What a perfect combination of image and sentiment! Lovely background too xxx

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  24. that bird is just perfect for that sentiment this is a very stunning card
    love it
    CU hellerlittle

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  25. very creative combo of products

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  26. Makes me giggle... just like a kitty bringing his catch! : )

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  27. Beautiful card. Love this bird set, so many lovely possibilities with it.

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  28. Lovely! I like the concept that it is also a gift card holder :)

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  29. Storkingly creative the card you crafted to share on this day! Nicely done!

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  30. Such a pretty card! I love the contrast of the b&W and the pastels!

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  31. Super cute card! Love that bird! ♥

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  32. Superb creation from two awesome stamps. Great design Monika. Hugs xx

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Thanks so much for stopping by. Your comments are very much appreciated. Have a lovely day! Hugs XXX