March Stencil Sunday

Hello, Crafty Friends!

Welcome to another Stencil Sunday in March. May I take the opportunity to remind you of the current Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. As you know Anything Mixed Media Goes as long as it is not a card and you use at least one stencil.

My DT contribution for this Stencil Sunday are ... 3 love themed ATCs

I played with Brushos and ARTplorations Stencils, Hearts All Over and Zen Hearts, to make my ATCs. I wanted them to be bright and cheerful for a love themed swap I was planning on entering. 

I simply placed the stencils on my precut pieces of watercolour card, sprinkled with Brushos, spritzed with water, removed the stencils and allowed to dry.

Let's look at them in more detail. First up is the lovestruck Dino ...

I used the Hearts All Over background, stamped the script from the Mixed Media Elements sets inked up in red and yellow (Real Red, Daffodil Delight) all over and added a border from the same set in Chocolate Chip as grounding.
Next I stamped Dino from the Dino Things set on Mixed Media card, watercoloured and fuzzy cut it before attaching it in place.
To finish off, I stamped the sentiment from the same set, added a little punched heart and some doodles.

Next up are the Love Birds ...

Using the second of my Hearts All Over backgrounds, I stamped the script again, this time in Melon Mambo partially wiped off.
The birds from the Birds Of Paradise set were stamped on Mixed Media card, watercoloured with inks (Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo) and fuzzy cut.
To bring it all together, I doodled a border, stamped my sentiment, added a die-cut mesh heart, attached the birds, added two small punched hearts, added the white highlights and finished off with a bit of sparkly eyeliner and glossy accents on the birds' wings.

Last but not least the 'Love The Journey' ATC ...

For this one, I used the Zen Hearts background and added some doodles with a sparkly Gelly Roll Sakura Pen and a red marker pen before adding a little shading with grey Gelato.

To finish, I stamped my sentiment from the Trendy Butterflies set and added a little punched heart.

Here is another look at all three ...

I am entering my ATCs at:

UK Stampers Forum FB Group - March ATC Swap, theme: Love

I hope you feel inspired to create something different, maybe even do some up-cycling or re-purposing .... why not link it up with the Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. The theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes except cards which means projects such as tags, ATCs, canvases, layouts, art journal pages etc,are perfect for entering, and you must have used at least one stencil (any brand) in your project. The challenge will close at the end of the month. You can find the full challenge details plus more Mixed Media inspiration here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

That's it from me for today. I shall be back soon with another project to share.

Have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop, remember to apply my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA (not case sensitive) at check out for a 20% discount on their stamps, stencils and dies:

ARTplorations Stencils: Hearts All Over, Zen Hearts

 

STAMPlorations Stamps: 

Mixed Media Elements, Dino Things, Birds Of Paradise, Trendy Butterflies

   
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October Stencil Sunday

Hello, Crafty Friends!

Welcome to another Stencil Sunday in October, May I take the opportunity to remind you of the current Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. As you know Anything Mixed Media Goes as long as it is not a card and you use at least one stencil.

My DT contribution for this Stencil Sunday is ... a tag ....

... and here is how I made it:

• create a tag in the same way I created the covers for my Die Storage Booklet from my Mixed Media Titorial here using the ATC/Gift Card Envelope CUTplorations Die
• colour the tag using magenta watercolour (Liquarel)
• sponge turquoise ink through the Delicate Links ARTplorations Stencil (Tempting Turquoise SU ink)
• stencil the flying birds from the Some Birds ARTplorations Stencil using paste and lightly colour their edges using turquoise ink
• randomly sprinkle with embossing powders and heat set (Cosmic Shimmer tropic Pink Blaze, WOW Primary Marshmallow, Heat It Up! Enchanted Gold)
• ink up the rose from the Blossom Overture set, sprinkle and heat some Ultra Think Embossing Powder to one side and whilst still hot stamp the rose into it, allow for a little cooling time before lifting the stamp off (Cosmic Shimmer Tropic Pearl, Ink It Up! Lavender Pigment Ink)
• stamp some swirls from the Distressed Floral Swirls using Archival Ink (Blue Violet)
• stamp and attach your sentiment from the Trendy Butterflies set
• finish off with gold edging, sequins and fibers  

Here are a couple of photos from a different perspective:

I hope you feel inspired to create something different, maybe even do some up-cycling or re-purposing .... why not link it up with the Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. The theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes except cards which means projects such as tags, ATCs, canvases, layouts, art journal pages etc,are perfect for entering, and you must have used at least one stencil (any brand) in your project. The challenge will close at the end of the month. You can find the full challenge details plus more Mixed Media inspiration here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

That's it from me for today. I shall be back soon with another project to share.

Have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop, remember to apply my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA (not case sensitive) at check out for a 20% discount on their stamps, stencils and dies:

ARTplorations Stencils: Delicate Links, Some Birds
 

STAMPlorations Stamps: Blossom Overture, Distressed Floral Swirls, Trendy Butterflies
  

CUTplorations Dies: ATC/Gift Card Envelope

Color Blooms ATCs Part 2

Hello, Crafty Friends!

Welcome to this first Sunday in August and the start of a new Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. As you know anything Mixed Media Goes as long as it is not a card and you use at least one stencil.

As promised I shall be showing you the last three ATCs I made using one of the pages from Color Blooms ...

I attached my piece of Color Bloom page to a piece of card sponged with Crushed Curry and lightly sponged a frame in Pimpkin Pie using the ARTplorations Stencil Gridlocked. Next I used the Art Splatters Stencil and paste for the running paint and sprinkled it immediately with golden glitter. Once dry, I doodled a little border, stamped my sentiment from the Vignette Artful Flutters set, layerd onto my ATC base and finished off with some glitter around the edges.

For my next ATC, I sponged the edges of my piece of Color Blooms with Rich Razzleberry, used Art Splatters for the running paint, doodled a border, stamped my sentiment from the Trendy Butterflies set and added lots of sequins.

On my 3rd and last ATC today, I used only a narrow strip of my Color Blooms Page and layered it up with newsprint paper sponged with Tempting Turquoise. Again I used the running paint bit from the Art Splatters stencil with a little bit of glitter. I then stamped a partial border using the heart square from the Patchwork Frenzy Graphic Squares set, stamped and heat embossed my small butterflies from the Trendy Butterflies set, stamped and fuzzy cut another one, doodled a golden outline and finished off with a sentiment from Artful Flutters, some gems and a little daisy.

I hope you feel inspired to create something different .... why not link it up with the Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. The theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes except cards which means projects such as tags, ATCs, canvases, layouts, art journal pages etc,are perfect for entering, and you must have used at least one stencil (any brand) in your project. The challenge will close at the end of the month. You can find the full challenge details plus more Mixed Media inspiration here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

That's it from me for today. If you want to know what I used to colour my page from Color Blooms, check out my Spotlight Project here on the STAMPlorations Blog. I shall be back soon with another project to share.

Have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
ARTplorations Stencils: Gridlocked and Art Splatters, Color Blooms colouriong book
  

STAMPlorations Stamps: Vignette Artful Flutters, Trendy Butterflies, Patchwork Frenzy Graphic Squares
  

CASEplorations August

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's time to start off the August CASEplorations Challenge over at STAMPlorations. This month we are CASEing this stunning card by Vijaylaxmi Siyal better known as Shalu from All By Heart Creations.

Shalu posted about her card on her blog here, if you want to check it out. Have a look, what can you see?

• bold strips, appearing black to me, but on reading Shalu's post, I discovered they were navy blue
• flowers
• silver embossing and threat
• sequins
• focal pop of colour, provided by the orange flowers

Here is what I made of it ...

I went for the bold stripes which are made using a cake of chalks/pastels dragged across my piece of card. The rest is pretty easy ... the butterflies from the Trendy Butterflies set were embossed with Frantage powder, fuzzy cut and glazed with clear nail varnish. My topper and sentiment were die cut using CUTplorations dies: Word Die Smile and Rectangle Nesting Dies Crazy Double Running Stitch.

Looking forward to seeing your creations inspired by Shalu's card. You can link them up here on the STAMPlorations Blog.
Back again soon.

Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
Trendy Butterflies, CUTplorations Word Die: Smile, CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies
  

ARTplorattions Stencil Blog Hop Day 2

Hi All,

Welcome to Day 2 of the Flash Stencil Linky Party over at the STAMPlorations Blog. Today's inspiration piece features one of the prints I took from my Delicate Links stencil after I finished the sponging for yesterday's card. You can just see a bit of it on the right hand side. To make best use of this partial print, I decided to combine it with the Shower Of Flutters stencil and its matching stamp set Trendy Butterflies plus a sentiment from the Strong Women set.

I did my sponging using Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo ink and my stamping using Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo. To finish the look I added a black doodled frame and a tiny die-cut butterfly.

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to join the Linky Party, remember, you can use any make of stencil to join the fun.

That's it from me for today, I shall be back gain tomorrow with another project with a more masculine feel.

Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
ARTplorations Stencils: Delicate Links and Shower Of Flutters, Trendy Butterflies, Strong Women
   

Gremlins and Inspiration

Hi All,

Hope you're having a good week. What can I say? ... the gremlins have moved in again this week. Have you ever had one of those weeks where everything you start just seems to end in nothing? ... where all your ideas just don't seem to work???

Well, I had one of those or was it simply that I was preoccupied with trying to implement some changes. More about this when I can talk about it in more detail. Hopefully soon!

First up for today's inspiration is a collage stamped card I made to cheer myself up a little ...

I was working with several STAMPlorations sets at the time: Mixed Media Elements, Balloons and Banners, World Birthday Cakes, Trendy Butterflies and Bold Sentiments: Journey. All my background stamping was done using Smokey Slate ink, and I started off using 2nd generation stamping for the script, my cake, some of the hearts and my background sentiments. I then stamped my main sentiment in Rose Red and Black ink before adding the heart and stamps in first generation Smokey Slate.

I am entering my card at:
CASology - Heart

For more inspiration check out the STAMPlorations Blog especially if you like CASEing or challenges. There is always something you can play along with or comment to win.

I shall be back again soon.
Have a lovely weekend!

hugs
Monika xxx