Monster Birthday

Hello Crafty Friends!

It is Wednesday and time for a new challenger over at The Male Room challenge blog where the bi-weekly challenge is all about making projects for the men in our lives.

My DT project for the new challenge is a somewhat grungy monster card ...

Each challenge, of course, has a different theme. For challenge #87 we are looking for projects with the theme 'Little Boys". Lots of scope there!

#87 - 6th June - Little Boys

I thought that boys surely must like monsters, and monsters always need a bit of grunge, at least in my books. A bit of stamping, sponging, watercolouring using inks, spritzing and fuzzy cutting was all I needed to create a monster base to attach my die-cut '6' to.

Fancy creating your 'Little Boys' inspired make, pop over to The Male Room for more inspiration and to link up your masculine makes.

That's it from me for today
Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
Stencil - Clarity Stamps

Sahara Sand and Basic Gray inks, Basic Gray Stamp'n'Write Marker - Stampin'Up!

Mer Du Sud, Ocean, Verveine, Menthe, Aurore, Miel and Cire IZINK inks - Craft Stash
Canson Mixed Media Card - Amazon
black Versafine ink - stash

from STAMPlorations .... they have lots of special offers this month as they're celebrating their 5th birthday:
Big Monsters, Little Monsters, Numbers Plate Die
  
remember to apply my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA (not case sensitive) at check out for a 20% discount on STAMPlorations stamps ***, stencils and dies:
*** Discount code works on sale items too

Munching Monster

Hello Crafty Friends!

I have a little fun card to share. It's one I made for my Spotlight Tutorial over on the STAMPlorations Blog. Don't you just love cute monsters ...

This card has a little surprise on the inside. if you want to check it out and see how the card came together, pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog and check out my tutorial.

That's it from me for today. 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:
Big Monsters, Sweet Cravings stamps, Sweet Cravings dies, Crisscrossed stencil

   

*** Discount code works on sale items too

STAMPlorations Special Stamp Release

Hello Crafty Friends!

Over at STAMPlorations they are having another special release week for some super cute monsters and robots, and they are celebrating in style with a blog hop. Details can all be found here.

I am counting myself so lucky to be part of this special release having made some projects using the Little Robots and Big Monsters. Have a look ....

On seeing the Little Robots, all I could think of was space, stars and sky which I incorporated into both of my robot projects.

The first one uses a simple background of homemade paste through the Oh,My Stars! stencil with a little bit of die-cutting help from the Stitched Snow Hills. Watercoloured robots and stamped sentiment finished the card off.

Next up is a shaker tag using some watercoloured robots and a night sky blended background. The tag shape is one of the recent nesting dies additions called Tags #1.

Did someone say tag .... check out this punk inspired monster on a background of Prisms stencil print with Mixed Media Elements stamping.

And last, but not least ... a monster with a purpose. It is quite amazing what simple doodles can do, just adding a few lines gives the impression of a striding monster! I can even hear him whistle ...

If you are as taken as I am by the robots and monsters, you might like to know that they are in the STAMPlorations Shop at 5% off during this week. You can save yourself an added 20% by using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout.

Here is a look at all the 4 sets of this release ...

It's over to you now, hop along and comment. All the details can be found on the STAMPlorations Blog. Commenting closes on Monday 11th September and one lucky winner, drawn at random from all the comments left on the STAMPlorations and participating designers' blogs, will win their choice of stamp set from this release.

I shall leave you with one last look at my projects ...

That's it from me for today. Have a fang-tastic week! Happy Hopping and Good Luck!
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:

STAMPlorations Stamps: Big Monsters, Little Robots, Mixed Media Elements
  

CUTplorations Dies: Stitched Snow Hills, Tags #1 Nesting Dies
 

ARTplorations Stencils: Oh, My Stars!, Prisms
 
*** Discount code works on sale items too