Spring Fling Hop over at STAMPlorations

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's time for the Spring Fling Blog Hop and Linky Party over at STAMPlorations. Here is my DT contribution...

For the background I dry embossed a lightly inked piece of card (Daffodil Delight) using the Bloom Joy 1 stencil before stencilling selected blooms using Rose Red and Old Olive inks and the other blooms with Daffodil Delight ink to give them a more intense colour within the background.

The card was finished off with a Retro Femme ATC, stamped and fuzzy cut sentiment and some gems.

Now it's over to you to join the fun ...

There are two ways of playing along:

- Hop & Comment: Leave a comment below then head to the STAMPlorations Blog to visit the  rest of the designers and leave some love on their posts as well.

- Create & Link: Upload your favourite new spring-themed project to the Linky tool at the bottom of the Spring Fling blog post.

Of course there are prizes to be won plus an early bird special details of which can be found over on the STAMPlorations Blog.

The party ends on Wednesday 20th May at 11:59 PDT with the winners being announced on the STAMPlorations Blog on Friday 22nd May at 8:00 AM PDT

Have fun playing along. I shall be back soon, until then

Hugs

Monika 💕

link to the STAMPlorations Spring Hop post- Spring Fling Hop and Linky Party

Products I used: 

Please note that the following links are affiliated links which means should you use them to make a purchase I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

You're welcome to use my unique discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at the STAMPlorations Shop at checkout for a 20% discount on any item apart from the subscription offers.

Retro Femme ATCs

Bloom Joy 1 Stencil

True And Free

Feel free to check out STAMPlorations Freebie of the Month which will automatically be shipped with any order of $25 and over.

Birdie Anniversary

Hi Crafty Friends!

Sharing a card I made a few weeks ago, a slightly different anniversary card ...

The background originated from having some playtime with the Circles Flexi-Template and the Hearts All Over stencil. 

I basically created a frame in lighter blue (speckled egg Distress Ink), a center circle in slightly darker blue (more intense inking with speckled egg Distress Ink) with darker hearts (Stormy Sky Distress Ink) with some rising hearts (festive berries Distress Ink) on the outside.

The white strip was masked off before starting the stencilling.

I finished off with some stamped stars, a die-cut sentiment, two love birds and a couple of heart stickers.

For inspiration on using the Flexi-Templates to create frames, check out my photo tutorial post here.

Hope you enjoyed my little playtime result.

Until next time ...

hugs

Monika 💕

Products I used:

- from the STAMPlorations Store: I am on the STAMPlorations DT Team. Please be aware that the following links are affiliated links which means should you use them to make a purchase I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

You're welcome to use my unique discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at the STAMPlorations Shop at checkout for a 20% discount on any item apart from the subscription offers.

Circles Flexi-Template

Hearts All Over Stencil

Small Birds

Happy Anniversary Phrase Die

- from my stash

tiny stars stamp - Lavinia Stamps

white and black card

speckled eggs, stormy sky and festive berries Distress Inks

Onyx Black and Smokey Gray Versafine inks

red heart stickers - The Works

May Challenge over at STAMPlorations

 Hi Crafty Friends!

It's May already! Where has the time gone?

Anyway, May is here and this means it is also the start of a new Anything Goes Challenge over at STAMPlorations. My DT piece showcases a couple of stencils available in the STAMPlorations Store. Here it is ...

I decided to use the Circles Flexi-Template and the Bloom Collage Slimline Stencil to create my focal image. For inspiration on using the Flexi-Templates to create frames, check out my photo tutorial post here.

Daffodil Delight was used for the background and frame. I then aligned the largest blossom from the Bloom Collage stencil and blended the flower with Melon Mambo and Framboise inks before adding contrasting touches in Emeraude.

The card was finished off with a stamped sentiment from the Thank You Coffee set and a few sequins to bring it all together.

Now it's over to you and, should you need a little tempting, there are 2 prizes up for grabs

- one $25 prize code, the winner will be chosen by one of us STAMPgirls from entries featuring STAMPlorations products as the main focal point

- two $10 prize code code, the winners will be chosen randomly from all entries including projects which don't feature STAMPlorations products

For a full explanation on prize codes and their Terms and Conditions click here.

There are some simple rules to follow. You can fund them here on the STAMPlorations Blog. Please make sure you read, understand and follow them before linking up your project to avoid being disqualified and have your entry removed.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out the projects my teamies prepared and, of course, to link up your own project to the challenge.

I am entering my card at:

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge 516 - Make your Mark, used ink and stencilling for my focal image  

I shall be back soon, until then

Hugs

Monika 💕

link to the STAMPlorations Challenge post- May Anything Goes Challenge

As you can see from the watermarked photos, I am on the STAMPlorations DT Team. Please be aware that the following links are affiliated links which means should you use them to make a purchase I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

You're welcome to use my unique discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at the STAMPlorations Shop at checkout for a 20% discount on any item apart from the subscription offers.

Products I used:

- from the STAMPlorations Store:

Circles Flexi-Template

Bloom Collage Slimline Stencil

Thank You Coffee

Feel free to check out STAMPlorations Freebie of the Month which this month is an amazing word die which will automatically be shipped with any order of $25 and over.

- from my stash

white base card

Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo inks - Stampin'Up!

Framboise and Emeraude Izink inks

Smokey Gray Versafine ink

sequins