Courage Is ...

Hi Friends!

Just a quick post today sharing my DT piece for the Inspiration Post over on the STAMPlorations blog ...

I opted for a mopped-up-ink background colour using Aurore and Cire Izink inks dabbed on my craft mat and spritzed with water. Blossom Sprays #2 was then stamped with Miel Izink ink to complete my background.

The horse was stamped slightly overlapping and coloured with Caran D'Ache Neocolour crayons. My card was finished off with a sentiment, doodles and sequins.

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

Live Love Ride, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies, Blossom Sprays #2

  

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 with more Christmas makes tomorrow. Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

Things With Wings

Hi Friends!

It's that time of year again when the team over at STAMPlorations are celebrating Spring. They're having a little Blog Hop & Linky Party for All Thing With Wings.

My DT piece uses one of the dies from their For The Birds set. Here it is ...

During the Blog Hop & Linky Party you got several chances of winning:

Firstly the Blog Hop prizes for leaving comments:
- 3 winners of a $10 prize code randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and designers' blogs

Next the Linky Party prizes for linking up a new project over on the STAMPlorations Blog featuring 'things with wings':
- 3 winners of their choice of STAMPlorations product (up to $15 value)
- 1 winner of a $25 prize code
- 1 winner of the Things with Wings Kit - randomly drawn from entries where STAMPlorations products were used

Shery might also have a few extra prizes:
- a few surprise winners randomly drawn from our social media accounts (FB, IG, Pinterest, blogs) to win either prize codes or products

Commenting and linking up closes Friday 7th May and the winners will be announced in the April's Winners Post on May 10.

All the full details can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Thing With Wings Blog Hop & Linky Party

Here is how my card came together ...

I used a brusho coloured piece of card to back my black negative birds die-cut. For the background on my base card I wanted a little bit of texture and sponged a bit of Squeezed Lemon DI through the April Showers stencil. It is side on and created some subtle marks. I then stamped the Blossom Sprays in Weathered Wood DO to complete the background. My card was finished off with a little die-cut sentiment.

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

For The Birds Dies, Blossom Sprays #2, Everyday Sentiments Dies, Abstract April Showers Stencil

   

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 and, of course to join the hop..

Wishing you a lovely day!

hugs

Monika ❤

Good Things Happen

Hi Friends!

Today I'm sharing a card made for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop as part of the STAMPlorations DT. I went with another favourite brew ... tea ... here it is

 

Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop

I used some decorative tapes to add the soft spring colours. The gery stamped Blossom Sprays #2 and the die-cut Bloomdala Bliss Felicity die used as a little doily finished off the backdrop for my loosely watercoloured tea cup. The centura pearl base card adds a subtle shimmer which sadly can't bee seen in the photo.

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

Always Tea Time, Blossom Sprays #2, Bloomdala Bliss Felicity 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. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out my teamies' beautiful makes. Shery usually has a flash prize or two up her sleeve. It's well worth leaving a comment there.

Have fun hopping. Wishing you a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤


links for joining the blog hop:
Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

STAMPlorations Blog

Flowers Whisper

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.  I had this card already stamped with the Blossom Sprays 2 and uncovered it the other day when I was moving bits about to sort them out. It was time to turn it into this one-layer card ...

I simply watercoloured the flowers and surrounding area, adding some splatters into the wet paint as I went along. I then finished off with a gold embossed sentiment and a few tiny gems.

If you feel like bagging yourself a bargain and take advantage of STAMPlorations' Love/Spring Sale and/or their Stencil & Sticker Sale check out the graphics at the end of this post.
You can check out all of STAMPlorations' current promotions here.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out my teamies' beautiful makes.

Hope you're having a lovely week!

hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used from

- STAMPlorations Shop:

Blossom Sprays 2, Blooming Buds
 

these are the graphics for STAMPlorations current sales

One Of Those ...

Hello Crafty Friends!

Happy New Year! Welcome to January 2020 and the start of another round of challenges over at STAMPlorations. Here is my DT piece for this month's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge ...

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & Splatters and the photo prompt can be seen below. Your project can either be inspired by the theme, photo prompt or both. The full challenge rules can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

As you probably already guessed, I took inspiration from both the theme and the photo for my one-layer card. Going for the heart shape and floral feel (despite it being more like veggies and old cutlery on closer inspection), I started off by stamping part of the Blossom Sprays #2 to one side of my card. I then used one of the splatter stamps from the Art Marks set to add colour to my blooms and stamp the partial heart shape outline. A sentiment from Wooded finishes my card.

As for the prizes:
Two winners, one of a $15 gift certificate and one of a $10 gift certificate, will be picked by one member of our DT.
Plus 3 randomly drawn winners will each receive a $5 gift certificate.

In order to be considered for a prize, make sure you've followed the rules here.

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out how my teamies interpreted the challenge theme and prompt and of course to join in the fun too.

That's it from me for now. Have a lovely day!

hugs

Monika xxx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:

Blossom Sprays #2, Art Marks, Wooded

  

Celebrating Mother

Hello Crafty Friends!

Happy Mother's Day to all my mother friends. As you probably noticed, I am currently putting nesting dies trough their paces. Here is another make in the shape of a little tutorial making good use of them ...

How did this easel card come together? Well, I folded a piece of medium thick card, one I knew I would be able to cut two layers of, in half. I then cut it to shape using the largest of the Curly Labels/Tags Nesting Dies missing out the top bit along the fold as you can see from the photo below. I also cut an extra piece of card for the topper.

I then scored the front of my folded card along the center as shown.

I stamped the flowers, inked up with the yellow and pink only, and sentiment on the topper ...

... sponged a piece of card and die-cut the butterfly ...

... sponged the inside of my card and attached a die-cut piece of white card ...

.... before finishing off by attaching the topper, ...

... butterfly, gems and adding a little colour to the word MOM.

Here is another look at the finished card ...

That's it from me for today. Have a lovely week!
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:
Curly Labels/Tags Nesting Dies, Flutter Zen #2 Layering Dies, Blossom Sprays #2, Unconditional Love (retiring)

    

*** Discount code works on sale items too

Poundshop Brushmarkers 2

Hello Crafty Friends!

I am back today sharing another floral beauty with you, made of course using my £Shop bargain brush markers, a damp watercolour brush and stamps from STAMPlorations. Here it is ...

Again this was pretty straight forward, stamp image on mixed media card, colour with brush markers and damp watercolour brush and fuzzy cut. Stamp background using script and splatters with 2nd generation Melon Mambo ink, spritz with the same colour ink, stamp sentiment and attach the floral spray.

I am entering my card at:
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge - Anything Goes with optional twist 'blue'
Craft Stamper Make It Take It Challenge - Anything Goes (I'm on their sponsor's, STAMPlorations, DT)

That's it from me for today. Have a lovely week!
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:
Blossom Sprays #2, Mixed Media Elements, Blossom Overture

  

*** Discount code works on sale items too