Happy Valentie's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, my Friends!

Rising to the occasion, I just want to spread a little bit of love today ...

Placement is all on a CAS card. The die-cut sentiment is triple layered, embossed lines and a little piece of die-cut border add more texture whilst the red heart adds a pop of colour.

Love Word Die and Art Border #3 Die are both from STAMPlorations. Should you wish to browse their shop and place an order, here is my affiliate link to their shop. Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout will give a 20% discount off your bill.

Wishing you a lovely day! Hope you#re getting spoilt.

hugs

Monika 💕

Vellum Butterfly

Hi Friends!

Got a little vellum butterfly for you today ...

It's popped up on a little die-cut border and finished off with a stamped sentiment. The butterfly itself was heat embossed on vellum and watercoloured on the reverse for a stained glass look.

Sentiment and butterfly stamps are from sets by UnikoLtd and the Art Border #3 die is by STAMPlorations.

Wishing you a lovely day!
hugs

Monika 💕

Smile

Hi Friends!

Today I got a purple beauty for you as my DT piece for the Inspiration Post over on the STAMPlorations blog. Here it is ...

The nice bit about my card is the lace detail on the card front. In my photo it appears white because of the white insert. I used the Art Border #3 die to carefully cut it into my card front holding the die in place with low tack masking tape.

The butterfly was watercoloured using Emeraude and Cassis Izink inks and the die-cut 'smile' was given a white shadow layer to finish off my card.

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

Art Border Die #3 from the Birthday Bundle #3, Smile Word Die, Blossom Like A Butterfly - set of 2 digital stamps

  

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 another make. Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

8th Birthday Celebrations over at STAMPlorations

Hi Crafty Friends!

Over at STAMPlorations they are celebrating their 8th Birthday. Today it's my turn to share some makes using products of their 8th Birthday Bundle #3 (full details at the end of this post).

Here are my makes ...

For my first card the florals were masked off before blending the inks (Aurore and Mer Du Sud Izink inks) through the Design Blox #7 stencil from the bundle. I added some background texture using stamps from Scribbly Splattery Grunge and Mixed Media Grunge in Cire Izink ink before finishing off with my stamped sentiment.

The second card uses a similar layout. The florals are fuzzy cut and popped up against a die-cut panel. The background panel was die-cut using the Art Border #3 die from the bundle and backed by strips of coloured card. I then cut it to size using the middle die from the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies.

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Back to STAMPlorations 8th Birthday Celebrations, check out the graphic below for ways on how to join the party.

There are several prizes to be won, here are some of them:

- one (1) winner of a $75 prize code randomly drawn from current store mailing list subscribers
- one (1) winner of a $25 prize code randomly drawn from comments left on the birthday hop posts (STAMPlorations blog and designers' blogs)
- one (1) winner of her choice of birthday bundle randomly drawn from the birthday linky
- several surprise prizes in the form of prize codes and products

The event ends on Thursday 8th July with the winners being announced on Saturday 10th July. You can find the full details of prizes and how to take part here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Here are the products I used in today's cards:

8th Birthday Bundle #3

   

Mixed Media Grunge, Scribbly Splattery Grunge, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

  

I've got to be honest, if you use any of the direct product links 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 how my teamies used the 8th Birthday Bundle #3 and, of course, to join the party too.

Wishing you a lovely day!

hugs

Monika ❤