Pastel Dots - Advent Calendar Day 24

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 24 and a few more surprises, the little flower and the dot are two of them ...

The dot was stamped with Periwinkle, Pink Jellybean and Apple Green Prism inks. For movement and interest, the flower heads were stamped randomly to include bits of the coloured dots.

Sentiment and gem finished my card off.

Wishing you all a lovely Christmas Eve!

hugs
Monika 💕

Advent Calendar stamps by Crafty Roo Designs

For My Friend - Advent Calendar Day 23

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 23 and this little sentiment popped up ...

I used the stamp from a few days ago to stamp my partial flower before finishing off with a metal embellishment and a couple of de-bossed lines.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Advent Calendar stamps by Crafty Roo Designs

Being Different - Advent Calendar Day 22

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 22 and another little stamp popped up. Not sure exactly what is is meat to be, but it's certainly a good one for adding a splash off colour ... as you can see ...

I'm sure in the fullness of time I'll find other uses for it too. Simply stamped, coloured with brush markers and finished off with a couple of gems ... that's today's card.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Advent Calendar and sentiment stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Be You - Advent Calendar Day 21

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 21 and another floral surprise which I turned into the card below ...

I used some Color Box cat eye pigment ink pads for the background by using them as stamps. Literally had them for ages hence the colours have a nice pastel-y look. Picked Raspberry DI for splatters, a stamped sentiment, gems and doodled border finished my card off

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Advent Calendar and sentiment stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

The Bright Side 2 - Advent Calendar Day 20

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 20's surprise was the little flower ...

... which I used to stamp my border. It would make a lovely background pattern too.

The flowers were coloured with marker pens and my 10 cm x 10 cm card was finished off with a bold sentiment.

Advent Calendar and sentiment stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

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Monika 💕

Let's Celebrate You - Advent Calendar Day 19

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 19 of my personal Advent Challenge, it's time to celebrate anything catty ...

I did some random stamping and a bit of colouring for the border. The cats were grounded by sitting on a strip of Washi tape.

Advent Calendar stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Better With You - Advent Calendar Day 18

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 18 and Tinker The Cat got feline company ...

a little stripy companion which was today's surprise. I kept it simple with a one-layer card and a touch of colour.

Wishing you all a lovely Sunday!

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Monika 💕💕

Be Wild - Advent Calendar Day 17

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 17 and the mischief continues.Tinker The Cat and Mr Mouse are still chasing each other ...

and making quite a bit of a mess in the process. Today's surprise was a stamp with three lines which I turned into wonky shelving for Mr Mouse to sit on and hide for a while.

Advent Calendar, Poly Plate for the background and sentiment stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

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Monika 💕

Chasing Dreams - Advent Calendar Day 16

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 16 and Tinker The Cat's adventures continue with the little mouse being today's surprise ...

It really tickled me when I saw the mouse stamp and remembered that somewhere in my Roo stash was a sentiment stamps about going for your dreams. This little card was the result.

It's one-layer involving a bit of masking to stamp Tinker The Cat, shading using a pencil and minor doodles for the straight line, a ruler did help, and the paw.

I liked the sketchy look to underline the humour leaving it up to you to decide who is chasing who ...

Advent Calendar and sentiment stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Catty Hugs - Advent Calendar Day 15

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's Day 15 and this little catty was hidden behind the door of my Advent Calendar ... certainly my favourite stamp so far ...

I'm just loving this little cutie and ,of course in memory of my little tinker, he had to be coloured black.

For the background I partially inked up one of my small poly plates and added some stamping using stamps of my other Advent Calendar stamps. I finished off with a touch of glitter and sentiment.

Advent Calendar, Poly Plate and sentiment stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely evening!

hugs
Monika 💕

It All Makes Sense -Advent Calendar Day 14

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 14's make features a scattered leaves border ...

Today it was time for opening another envelope in addition to the Advent Calendar door which meant there were several stamps to be surprised by.

I picked the solid one to go with the leaf and sentiment for my card. A bit of random stamping, a few gems and my card was finished.

Advent Calendar stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Sending Hugs - Advent Calendar Day 13

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's Day 13 of my Advent Calendar Challenge and today's surprise was this little leaf stamp. Here is what I made with it ...

I had to be quick today hence I went for a simple design involving repeat stamping in different colours finished off with a sentiment and sequins.

Advent calendar and sentiment stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Inks used: Orange Zest, Canary Yellow, Rainforest Green, Blue Lagoon, Nautical Blue and Purple Velvet Prism inks

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

The Bright Side - Advent Calendar Day 12

Hi Crafty Friends!

Another day ... another surprise ...for Day 12 it was a little circle stamp, perfect for backgrounds. Have a look how I used it in today's card.

I combined it with the small acorns from yesterday's surprise and a Roo sentiment from my stash. A selection of sequins finished my little 10 x 10 cm card off.

Advent Calendar and sentiment by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Something Different

Hi Crafty Friends!

Just in case you were wondering what I was up to with my dusted off knitting needles ...

I made myself something to keep my hands warm. They are deliberately loose fitting, like it like that.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

You Are Strong - Advent Calendar Day 11

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's Day 11 of my Advent Calendar challenge ... and behind today's door were two little acorns the larger of which I used in today's card ...

It's also a bit of a variation on yesterday's card with a slightly different sentiment. Again I'm sticking to the 10 cm x 10 cm size in the hope to get another set of 5.

Advent Calendar and stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely evening!

hugs
Monika 💕

Be Strong - Advent Calendar Day 10

Hi Crafty Friends!

Almost forgotten to post today's card. I got sidetracked after dusting off my knitting needles. 😂😂 Well, I did manage to make a card though ... have a look ...

This little leaf was behind today's door. I paired it with a sentiment made up from two different sets. A bit of watercolour, splatters and gem finished my card off.

Advent Calendar and stamps for sentiment by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

A Fishy Pair - Advent Calendar Day 9

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 9 of my Advent challenge means it's time to finish my little set of 5 fishy cards ...

I went for another underwater scene and made good use of the heart bubbles which were part of today's surprise. There was another lot of bubbles and a fish bowl which was a bit too large for the small 10 cm x 10 cm card size I've been using for my set of cards.

I'm rather in love with these little fish. A touch of Wink Of Stella added the perfect finishing touch. Expect the little fish to pop up in another project soon.

Advent Calendar by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely evening!

hugs

Monika 💕

Getting Company - Advent Calendar Day 8

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's Day 8 of the Advent adventure. As you can see our fishy friend got company ... and he's smitten.

The fish were paired with a sentiment, some punched hearts, a doodled border and a touch of glitter.

Advent Calendar and sentiment stamp by Crafty Ross Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

More Fishy Wishes - Advent Calendar Day 7

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's Day 7 of my Advent Calendar challenge. Today's stamp was one with three little words, two of which I used in today's card. Have a look ...

Fishy was fuzzy cut today and popped up on a Poly Plate background and complemented with some 'bubbles', sentiment and sequin.

Advent Calendar, Poly Plate and stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you a lovely evening!

hugs
Monika 💕

Underwater Wishes - Advent Calendar Day 6

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's Day 6 of my Advent Calendar adventure ... and we're going underwater ...

Behind today's door was the underwater algae for which I created a background using turquoise Brusho powder and Golden Sands Infusions coloured stains powder by Paper Artsy. The little fish from yesterday had to make and appearance too.

The little clustered circles and the sentiment were borrowed from two different sets.

Advent Calendar, sentiment and circle cluster stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely evening!

hugs
Monika 💕

Magical Tree

Hi Crafty Friends!

Today's card uses the ink left over on my brayer and the circle media plate by John Next Door for the background ...

The tree stamp from a Hot Off The Press set which came with a magazine was stamped in Elegant Eggplant SU ink. It went well with the delicate and dreamy background I got off the media plate.

A sentiment from another magazine set stamped in London Fog Memento and a couple of gems finished my card off.

From tomorrow I'll only be posting about my Advent Calendar makes. It's just getting a bit too busy for two posts a day.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕

Fishy Wishes - Advent Calendar Day 5

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's Day 5 of my Advent Calendar challenge ... this cutie of little fish was behind the door. Have a look what I made with it ...

It's a tiny card, only 10 cm x 10 cm, I felt this size was perfect for the little fish.

I went for colourful with a touch of glitter and added the zig-zag texture from last year's calendar as waves before finishing off with a die-cut sentiment.

Advent Calendar stamps by Crafty Roo Designs, die-cut sentiment from a magazine a few years ago.

Fishing you all a lovely evening!

hugs
Monika 💕

Instinct

Hi Crafty Friends!

Got more inky printed goodness for you with today's card, have a look ...

The background was made using thecircle Media Plate by John Next Door with Picked Raspberry and Speckled Egg DIs for the first layer. The second one uses the Wheels slimline stencil by STAMPlorations in combination with Festive Berries DI. The third layer uses Festive Berries DI around the edge.

The birds in flight were stamped in London Fog Memento.

The bird was stamped in black Versafine and watercoloured using Aurore, Ocean, The and Brou De Noix Izink dye inks.

The card was finished off with a stamped sentiment and copious amounts of sequins, Trendy Birds 2 and Art Is stamps by STAMPlorations. 

I shall be back later with another Advent Calendar make. Wishing you all a lovely Day!

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Monika 💕

The Full Set #1 - Advent Calendar Day 4

Hi Crafty Friends!

Day 4 completed the full set and allowed me to open the first envelope which contained a project sheet for inspiration, the sentiment stamps and acetate storage sheets.

I decided to combine all the stamps for today's project, have a look ... 

I used the reverse of the leaves stamps to add most of the colour (Aurore and Menthe Izink dye inks) before bringing in a bit of masking and stamping the outlines in black.  I then used a water reservoir brush to add some shading using the following Izink inks: Cire and Grenadine for the flower and Verveine and The for the leaves and stem. 

I added a bit of background stamping in Aurore, Cire and Verveins before adding splatters in Cerise. My card was finished off with a stamped and embossed (Tangerine Kerpowder! embossing powder) sentiment and hand drawn doodles for the stem.

Advent Calendar stamps by Crafty Roo Designs.

Wishing you all a lovely Sunday!

hugs
Monika 💕

Happy Christmas

Hi Crafty Friends!

This is the second card using a snowflakes stencil print ...

... and, of course, my favourite polar bear by LOTV had to come out for a play. Doodled border, die-cut sentiment (from a magazine) and a touch of glitter finished my card off.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs
Monika 💕