I've Never Met

Hi Crafty Friends!

The stamps used for today's card are from the Sugar Rush set by STAMPlorations. It's one I've had for quite while and the images are still available in digital format.

The ice cream has been teamed up with a stencil also from STAMPlorations which adds the dimension.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
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Monika 💕

Bloom Your Life

Hi Crafty Friends!

... and another one-layer card from me. Really love doing them at the moment.

Stamps by Crafty Roo Designs coloured using DIs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!
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Monika 💕

Best Wishes

Hi Crafty Friends!

Continuing with the blue theme for another floral card ...

It uses the Dogwood stamp from STAMPlorations which is still available in digital format. The sentiment is from a set by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!
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Monika 💕

Thinking Of You

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's another quick one-layer card from me today ...

It's simply stamped and finished off with a doodled border, stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!
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Monika 💕

Amazing Things

Hi Crafty Friends!

Sorry, I had to take a few days off after coming back from a couple of weeks away in Wales, too many things to catch up with.

Here is today's card, simply stamped and one-layer ...

The floral stamp from STAMPlorations is one I had for quite a while, it's finally come out for a play. It was simply coloured with pencils and complemented with a sentiment from Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!
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Monika 💕

Insta Hop For Shery

Hi Crafty Friends!

Today I'm participating in an Instagram Hop organised by Sadia Ashraf, @tinkerscraft, to help rally support for Shery Russ, the owner of STAMPlorations.

 

Some of you might have noticed that over the past couple of weeks I've been promoting digi stamps by STAMPlorations. The reason for this is that Shery who has become a dear friend has been diagnosed with cancer and will be unable to run the STAMPlorations shop for the time being due to undergoing treatment.

The sale of her digital stamps and printables is fully automated and would help Shery to maintain some form of income to help support her family.

The aim of the hop is to raise awareness of her situation and hopefully rally some support for her.

My card uses the Butterfly Row which also can be seen in my card here.

There are several ways you can help Shery:

• purchase from STAMPlorations Digital Store here
• purchase one of the pre-packed Bundles here, shipping to US and Canada only
• donate to financially help or through Meal Train here

Click here to donate, for the link to Meal Train and to find out more about Shery's Journey.

Here are the participating Instagram accounts:

@altenew_planner_girl
@aniladk
@april_notes
@beccreates1
@bzscrapper
@c.justme
@cbkirch
@claires_card_on
@craftee1
@deesartutopia
@foleysfriend
@foo_the_craft_paca
@handmadebykavya
@handmadehellosstudio
@hcbc2_handcrafted
@helengdesigns
@jess.crafts
@Made.by.michi
@mamakobs
@maryredjr
@mfasharia
@marilynndegroot
@purplejetjt
@quill_ish
@Sannalippert
@shylaashree
@sheharper
@stampinkathy4
@tinkercards - that's me
@vanessacardmaker
@Whimsynotesbyanni

@suchi_art_craft
@tinkerscraft
@everydayengineered

Thanks for your support. Wishing you all a lovely day!

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Monika 💕

Sketched Blooms 2

Hi Crafty Friends!

Today it's the turn of the sunflower from the Sketched Blooms set which is available as digital stamps from STAMPlorations Digital Store here.

I've gone a bit less clean and simple and opted for a messier background using two stencils in combination with some splatter and script stamping, stencils and stamps by STAMPlorations..

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

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Monika 💕

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Sending Hugs

Hi Crafty Friends!

For today's one-layer card I used stamps and poly plate by Crafty Roo Designs.

Originally I had planned to colour the flowers, but then stopped short of it as I liked the heart as is. I simply finished off with a stamped sentiment and doodled border.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Daisy Row

Hi Crafty Friends!

Another retired beauty which is now available from STAMPlorations Digital Store here is the Daisy Row.

All I needed to add were some stamped splatters and sentiment for colour finishing off with some sequins.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

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Monika 💕

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Sketched Blooms 1

Hi Crafty Friends!

Today it's the turn of the Californian poppies from the sketched Blooms set by STAMPlorations which again is available from their Digital Store here.

It's another one-layer card for which the poppies were coloured with pencils. A simple doodled line finished my card off.

Wishing you a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

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French Marigold

Hi Crafty Friends!

Another one of my favourite stamps by STAMPlorations is the French Marigold which is retired yet still available as digital stamp. You can check it out in their Digital Store here.

I combined the marigold with the Squares Flexi-Template for the background. The flower has been coloured using DIs and small make up brushes.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Check out STAMPlorations Birthday Bundle, Holiday Stamps Bundle, Christmas Thin Metal Dies Bundle, Paper Goods Grab Bag and Mystery Grab Bag Offer here.

A Cup Of Roses

Hi Crafty Friends!

Being on a roll with one-layer cards, I made another one using one of the retired STAMPlorations stamps which are now available as digital stamps from their Digital Store here. It's the A Cup Of Roses stamp ...

The roses were coloured using my metallic pencils and the background was sponged using the Ovals Flexi-Template and Kitsch Flamingo DI. I intentionally didn't ink up right to the image as I rather like the little white halo for added dimension. the other advantage is that the image doesn't need to be masked off, one can carefully apply ink close up using small make up brushes.

Again this card should be easy to recreate using the digital stamp. If you wanted to mask the flowers, simply print on copy paper, fuzzy cur and use repositionable double sided tape to adhere the mask in place.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Check out STAMPlorations Birthday Bundle, Holiday Stamps Bundle, Christmas Thin Metal Dies Bundle, Paper Goods Grab Bag and Mystery Grab Bag Offer here.