GDT at the Sisterhhood of Snarky Stampers

Hi Crafty Friends!

I'm honoured to have been invited to be the guest designer over at Sisterhood Of Snarky Stampers for their new challenge #209. Here is my GDT piece ...

#209 - U is for Underwater

Ooops, underwater was a bit challenging and had me take a deep dive into my stash to find a few stamps I could use in my creation.

I created a background using brusho powders and added a bit of stencilling and stamping. Fuzzy cutting the meermaid was rather delicate work, but well worth it. I finished off with some sequins and one of Chris' sentiments from her new stamps.

Pop over to the Sisterhood to check out how their DT interpreted the challenge theme and, of course, to join the fun.

That's it from me for today.

Wishing you a lovely weekend!
hugs
Monika 💕

here is what I used:

Evolution stencil and Some Snark stamp set by STAMPlorations

bubble stamp by Create A Smile stamps

all other stamps are from a set which came with a magazine a few years ago

Gardening Bunnies #2

Hi Crafty Friends!

A different version of the gardening bunnies today ...

They're a bit more minimalist in look, but still having fun.

Wishing you a lovely day!
hugs
Monika 💕

Here For You

Hi Crafty Friends!

Here is today's project, my DT piece for the Inspiration Post over on the STAMPlorations blog ...

Another CAS card with a stencilled background from me today. The die-cut butterfly has a solid vellum layer to help it stand out.

Here are the STAMPlorations products I used in today's card:

Wheels Slimline Stencil, Flutter Zen #1 Layering Dies

 

Sketched Blooms for sentiment, now retired; the blooms themselves can now be found as digi stamps here

Should you feel like browsing STAMPlorations' shop, check out their latest offer below.

I've got to be honest, if you use the code and/or the link to the STAMPlorations Shop I provide in my posts for your purchases, I will get a little reward, at no extra cost to you of course.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out my teamies' beautiful makes.

I shall be back soon with more crafty makes. Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

Gardening Bunnies #1

Hi Crafty Friends!

The bunnies were helping me out in the garden the other day. Here they are having a little rest on some plant pots ...

Amazing what one can do with a bit of ink blending, stencilling and die-cutting. The post have a bit of added dimension.

Wishing you all a lovely day!
hugs
Monika 💕

Make Today Amazing

Hi Crafty Friends!

Last one of the tulip cards ... for now

It's a one-layer card, simply stamped with a stencilled background.

Trudy Spring Corner for the tulip corner stamp and sentiment stamp by Crafty Roo Designs, Brick Wall square stencil by STAMPlorations.

Wishing you a lovely weekend!
hugs

Monika 💕

Framed Die-cutting Tutorial

Hi Crafty Friends!

I got a little tutorial for you today. I've basically been playing with some dies to get a framed look.

You may remember my card here from a few weeks ago with the poppy die-cut and the colourful background. It was my first time trying out this idea.

Today's cards will give you a couple more ideas, let's have a look ...

On one card the colour extends to outside the frame through the wings of my butterfly whereas on the other card the colour stays within the rectangle.

To start with I picked the Flutter Zen #1 layering dies and one of the smaller frames from the Basic A2 Panels nesting dies and laid them out on my card base and front to decide on the layout.

Next I die-cut first the butterfly and then the rectangle.

At this point I thought it might be fun to add a variation by cutting the rectangle first and then the butterfly. I cut the rectangle placed it into the one from the first card front, aligned the butterfly and secured it to my rectangle before cutting which gave me the two card fronts below.

I cut two more butterflies for extra layering.

I then masked off around the edges of my base cards and applied some colour. Apologies for swapping the two base cards around in the photo, the sponged rectangle is the one for the butterfly cut from the rectangle, the unevenly blended one for the one with the die-cut wings extending outside of the rectangle. 

The next step is to simply attach the card fronts to their bases before inlaying the butterflies.

I added the partially cut one to the rectangle and added a fully cut shape on top for extra dimension. It looked pretty the way it was, but I wanted the wings to extend into the uncoloured space.

For the second card, I simply double-layered the butterfly before adding it, finishing both cards off with a stamped sentiment.

Here are the STAMPlorations products I used in today's card:

Flutter Zen #1 Layering Dies, Basic A2 Panels Nesting Dies

  

The sentiment is from one of their retired sets called Bloom Sketches

Should you feel like browsing STAMPlorations' shop, check out their latest offer below.

I've got to be honest, if you use the code and/or the link to the STAMPlorations Shop I provide in my posts for your purchases, I will get a little reward, at no extra cost to you of course.

That's it from me for today. Hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.

I shall be back soon with more crafty makes. Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

Tulip Hugs

Hi Crafty Friends!

Got another tulip card for you today. This one has been inspired by a border from my garden where I planted some tulips in front of a sandstone wall. They'll be in bloom very soon.

I picked a stencil from my stash, did a bit of blending, added the coloured tulip, stamped my sentiment and finished off with a sequin. 

Trudy Spring Corner stamp set for the tulip and sentiment stamp by Crafty Roo Designs, Brick Wall square stencil by STAMPlorations.

Wishing you all a lovely day!
hugs

Monika 💕

Bunny Thanks

Hi Crafty Friends!

Had to make another bunny card, I just couldn't help it. 😁 I needed a Thank You card to give to one of our neighbours, here it is ...

I made a super skinny DL card, only 7 cm high, die-cut the large letters and populated them with the bunnies and a couple of hearts.

Bunnies (Freche Hasen) by Charlie und Paulchen, heart stems by Impression Obsession, alphabet dies are unbranded.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs

Monika 💕

Easter Bunny

Hi Crafty Friends!

Originally I had only one post planned for today, but then I came across a little Easter card competition ...

It was a bit of a challenge as I normally don't make Easter cards. However I found this little bunny which I've literally had for years. It was stamped, coloured and popped up against some stamped daffodils. The card was finished off with a stamped sentiment and a few sequins.

Daffodil stamp from a set by STAMPlorations, sentiment stamp from a set by Clearly Besotted and the bunny is from a set which came with a magazine a few years ago.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs

Monika 💕

Dragonfly Hello

Hi Crafty Friends!

Here is today's project, my DT piece for the Inspiration Post over on the STAMPlorations blog ...

 

I've gone for a CAS theme with minimal colour. A touch of ink blended through a stencil provides a quick and easy background for this type of card. The dragonfly outline was cit twice and sandwiched between in a solid cut shape of vellum. Inks used for blending were Mer Du Sud and Petrole Izink dye inks.

Here are the STAMPlorations products I used in today's card:

Dragonfly Layering Dies, Everyday Sentiments Dies, Wavy Dots Slimline Stencil

  

Should you feel like browsing STAMPlorations' shop, check out their latest offer below.

I've got to be honest, if you use the code and/or the link to the STAMPlorations Shop I provide in my posts for your purchases, I will get a little reward, at no extra cost to you of course.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out my teamies' beautiful makes.

I shall be back soon with more crafty makes. Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

Bunny Hugs 4

Hi Crafty Friends!

Last one of the bunny hugs for now ...

... with a bunch of hearts this time sitting a little shelf.

Bunny die by Charlie und Paulchen, heart stems die by Impression Obsession.

Wishing you all a lovely day!
hugs
Monika 💕

Spring Time Tulips

Hi Crafty Friends!

Sharing another card using the Trudy Spring Corner stamp set by Crafty Roo Designs ...

This one-layer card is simply stamped and coloured with Izink dye inks, very quick to make.

Wishing you all a lovely Sunday!
hugs
Monika 💕

Tulip Smiles

Hi Crafty Friends!

Spreading a bit of Spring Cheer today. I recently won a stamp set of my choice from Crafty Roo Designs when my name got pulled out of a hat. I chose Trudy Spring Corner for the lovely tulips. Here is the first of my makes using this set ...

The background was built with Roo-stamps I already had in my stash: bubbles poly plate, lots of hearts mini textures, spring doodle words and a texture stamp from last year's advent calendar. I finished off with a touch of glitter, gem and die-cut sentiment.

Wishing you all a lovely day!
hugs
Monika 💕

April Theme & Photo Prompt

Hi Crafty Friends!

Welcome April, it's time for a new round of monthly challenges over at STAMPlorations. Here is my DT piece for April's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge over on their blog.

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & Text and the photo prompt can be seen below. Your project can either be inspired by the theme, photo prompt or both. The full challenge rules can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Sometimes one can get rather fixed on images. This is what a sort of happened to me when trying to decide what to make as my DT piece plus I didn't want to do some random stamping using chosen words/sentiments from various sets. Using the large Typographia sentiments seemed to be a bit too easy.

That's when I remembered some old favourites which I was sure had made their way to STAMPlorations digital store ... so I dug out the Subway Art Builder Dare and Create.

Whilst I used the stamp version of the digis and stamped them next to each other on the card, it should be quite easy to align the two large digis (you get all 10 sentiments as separate files plus two large images with the 5 sentiments each arranged as they were for the stamps) and print them directly onto your base card or topper.

To finish, I simply added the brush and sentiment from Life In Full Color and a splatter from Art Marks.

As for the Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge prizes:
One winner of a $20 gift code ($25, if STAMPlorations products were used as the main focal point) will be picked by one member of our DT.
Plus 2 randomly drawn winners will each receive a $10 ($15, if STAMPlorations products were used as the main focal point) gift code.

In order to be considered for a prize, make sure you've followed the rules here.

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These are the STAMPlorations products I used in today's card:

Subway Art Builders - Dare and Create - set of 12 Digital Stamps, Art Marks, Life In Full Color

  

Should you feel like browsing in STAMPlorations online shop, check out their latest offer below.

Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on your order makes you qualify to pick a free product from their store up to the value of $7. I've got to be honest, if you use the code and/or the link to the STAMPlorations Shop I provide in my posts for your purchases, I will get a little reward, at no extra cost to you of course.

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out how my teamies interpreted the challenge theme and prompt and of course to join in the fun too.

That's it from me for now. Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika 💖