International Women's Day 2021

Happy International Women's Day!

It's time to celebrate the women you know. Over on the Women.beyoutifully.you Blog they are celebrating with a Women's Day Insta Hop, Blog Hop and Linky Party.

Today's project has been made as part of the STAMPlorations DT. STAMPlorations being one of the hops sponsors.

Here is my little off the wall project ...

 

I went a little bit wild with my Caran d'Ache crayons and the Faces: Grace Stencil. I added a bit of stamping to the background and finished of with die-cut florals, leaves, sequins and gems.

Links and further information can be found on ...

... the Hops main post: Women.beyoutifully.you
... STAMPlorations post over on the STAMPlorations Blog

Pop over to find the links to the participating companies' blogs and, of course, to link up your women inspired projects too.

Check out all the awesome other sponsors too.

These are the STAMPlorations products I used in today's project:

Faces: Grace Stencil, Art Marks 3, Beautiful You, Trendy Spring Blooms Dies

   

Should you feel like browsing STAMPlorations' shop, check out their latest offer below.

Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on your order makes you qualify to pick a free product from their store up to the value of $7.

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. 

Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

One-layer Birthday

Hi Friends!

Got another one-layer card for you, this time a slimline one ...

I used Worn Lipstick, Broken China and Weathered Wood Distress Oxides in combination with my Triangles Flexi-Template for the background to which I added a few water splatters. The rose and sentiment are simply stamped.

I am entering my card at:

AAA Cards Challenge - CAS Game #182, one layer with optional twist of silhouettes

where I am honoured to be the current guest designer

Keeping it short and sweet today.
Wishing you a wonderful day!
hugs
Monika 💕

here is what I used in my card:

- sentiment by Wild Rose Studio from a set I had for some years

- Triangles Flexi-Template by MonikaSkinner Designs and Beautiful You by Dee's Artsy Impressions, both available from STAMPlorations. The links provides are affiliate links Which means I'll get a little reward at no extra cost to you when you use them for your purchases. You can also use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at check out for 20% off your purchases.

Be Strong

Hi Friends!

Another week and another helping of lovely projects over at STAMPlorations in the Inspiration Post over on their blog. Here is my DT contributions ...

I'm in the process of sorting through bits in my craft room and came across a background I made a while ago which gave me the idea for Triangles Flexi-Template. You should be able to use them to do something similar.

I started off by blending the card with yellow (Daffodil Delight), added a couple of frames as masks where the colour is still yellow, sponged a bit of Bermuda Bay for the green and Rose Red for the pink/orange. I then added some stamping and water bleaching using stamps from the Art Marks and Mixed Media Grunge sets.

I finished the tag off with a silhouette from Beautiful You and a sentiment from  the Inspirational #1 Clear Stickers. My base card has a lightly sponged brick wall as background and the card was finished off with a few sequins.

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

Inspirational #1 Clear Stickers, Beautiful You, Art Marks 

 

Mixed Media Grunge, Brick Wall Stencil, Stitched Tags Nesting Dies

  

Just in case you wanted to check out the templates I mentioned earlier:

Triangles Flexi-Templates

Should you feel like browsing STAMPlorations' shop, check out their latest offer below.

Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on your order makes you qualify to pick a free product from their store up to the value of $7.
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 tomorrow with another make. Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

Chillax

Hi Friends!

Another week and another helping of lovely projects over at STAMPlorations in the Inspiration Post over on their blog. Here is my DT contributions ...

A while ago I was playing with inks and water on various types of cardstock, this is when I made the background for today's card. If I remember correctly, I inked up the floral silhouette with three colours of die ink, spritzed a piece of card with water and stamped the floral silhouette. The wet card drew the colours in several directions. Once dry, I stamped the floral silhouette again.

All this was done using my stamping tool with the stamp left in place during the drying period. That way it was easy to match up the floral silhouette.

I finally finished it off. The Faces: Charming stencil was perfect to create a card with a dreamy feel. I used glitter medium with my stencil, doodled a border and stamped my sentiment.

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

Faces: Charming, Beautiful You, Beach Vibes

  

Should you feel like browsing STAMPlorations' shop, check out their latest offer below.

Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on your order makes you qualify to pick a free product from their store up to the value of $7.
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 tomorrow with another make featuring the card fronts. Until the ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

Beautiful Dreamer

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.

My DT piece for this week is a set of cards using one of the Faces stencils called Dreamer ...

I used a couple of backgrounds I made for my tutorial here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

For my first card, I sponged the Dreamer face with Cassis Izink ink. I then masked the actual face and lightly blended using the cassis ink before adding some stamped stars and sentiment. I simply finished off with a doodled border and a couple of sequins.

For my second card, I used some Sparkle Medium with the stencil, stamped my sentiment and finished off by distressing one side of my topper only before layering on my base card.

Here is a closer look at both cards ...

Again, I am keeping it short and sweet today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out the fabulous projects my teamies made.

That's it from me for now. Have a lovely day and enjoy the sunshine!
hugs
Monika


here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:

Dreamer Stencil, Beautiful You, Wonderful Life, Strong Women
   
or current offers in their shop, check out the graphics below

Your Own Kind Of Beautiful

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.

My DT piece for this week this little card ...

Yep, it's a different take on a card I posted the other day for the special release of Deepti's new sets. My background is sponged using the Senecio 1 stencil. The floral silhouettes were stamped in black and shades of grey.

I thought it might be fun to curve one of the sentiment stamps around the word 'beautiful' for a different look. I then finished off with doodles and sequins.

Again, I am keeping it short and sweet today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out the fabulous projects my teamies made.

That's it from me for now. Have a lovely day and enjoy the sunshine!
hugs
Monika


here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:
Beautiful You, Senecio 1 Stencil
 
for current offers in their shop, check out the graphic below

Beautiful You

Hello Crafty Friends!

Over at STAMPlorations, they are releasing two beautiful stamp sets designed by Deepti under her label Dee's Artsy Impressions.

Here they are:

BEAUTIFUL YOU | SNOW MUCH

I love silhouette stamps and was lucky to be working with the Beautiful You set. Here are my cards ...

I used a stencil print as the backdrop to my black and grey stamping. As you can see, you easily can build up a larger image by stamping the silhouettes in a cluster.

My next card is simply stamped with added splatters. The Cerise Izink ink and Slate Grey Prism ink gave my stamping a rather dramatic look.

STAMPlorations are celebrating this special release with a little blog hop. Please leave comments along the way for your entry into their random prize draw. All links can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Commenting is from August 14 to 22. Winners to be announced in the August winners post on September 10.

Prizes:
- ONE (1) winner of a $15 gift code
- ONE (1) winner of her choice of any in-stock Dee's Artsy Impressions stamp set

Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMPlorations Blog and participating designers' blogs.

Here is one last look at my projects ...

Before I go, I wanted to give you a Heads Up on a fantastic new subscription Shery has introduced:

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

That's it from me for today. Hope you're enjoying the Summer and will have fun hopping along with this new release.

hugs

Monika xxx

Beautiful You, Senecio 1 Stencil, Clustered Hearts Die

  

Both new sets, BEAUTIFUL YOU and SNOW MUCH, are available at 10% off for a limited time until August 24, no coupon needed.

for all other current offers in their shop, check out the graphic below