Insta Hop For Shery

Hi Crafty Friends!

Today I'm participating in an Instagram Hop organised by Sadia Ashraf, @tinkerscraft, to help rally support for Shery Russ, the owner of STAMPlorations.

 

Some of you might have noticed that over the past couple of weeks I've been promoting digi stamps by STAMPlorations. The reason for this is that Shery who has become a dear friend has been diagnosed with cancer and will be unable to run the STAMPlorations shop for the time being due to undergoing treatment.

The sale of her digital stamps and printables is fully automated and would help Shery to maintain some form of income to help support her family.

The aim of the hop is to raise awareness of her situation and hopefully rally some support for her.

My card uses the Butterfly Row which also can be seen in my card here.

There are several ways you can help Shery:

• purchase from STAMPlorations Digital Store here
• purchase one of the pre-packed Bundles here, shipping to US and Canada only
• donate to financially help or through Meal Train here

Click here to donate, for the link to Meal Train and to find out more about Shery's Journey.

Here are the participating Instagram accounts:

@altenew_planner_girl
@aniladk
@april_notes
@beccreates1
@bzscrapper
@c.justme
@cbkirch
@claires_card_on
@craftee1
@deesartutopia
@foleysfriend
@foo_the_craft_paca
@handmadebykavya
@handmadehellosstudio
@hcbc2_handcrafted
@helengdesigns
@jess.crafts
@Made.by.michi
@mamakobs
@maryredjr
@mfasharia
@marilynndegroot
@purplejetjt
@quill_ish
@Sannalippert
@shylaashree
@sheharper
@stampinkathy4
@tinkercards - that's me
@vanessacardmaker
@Whimsynotesbyanni

@suchi_art_craft
@tinkerscraft
@everydayengineered

Thanks for your support. Wishing you all a lovely day!

hugs

Monika 💕

Butterfly Row

Hi Crafty Friends!

Got another one-layer card for you using one of the retired STAMPlorations stamps which are now available as digital stamps from their Digital Store here.

I stamped some splatters and finished off with a sentiment. Again, this card could be easily recreated using the digital Butterfly Row stamp.

Wishing you all a lovely day!
hugs
Monika 💕

Check out STAMPlorations Birthday Bundle, Holiday Stamps Bundle, Christmas Thin Metal Dies Bundle, Paper Goods Grab Bag and Mystery Grab Bag Offer here.

CASEplorations July Reminder

Hi All,

Over at CASEplorations we invited you to CASE this card by Elina Stromberg which can be found here on Elina's blog.

.... and I made this card as a little reminder ...

I went a little off piste and replaced the birds with the Butterfly Row and the large hearts in the background with the one from the Blossom Like A Butterfly set, the sentiment is from the Sentiment Builders: Happy. The background was simply created by spritzing some ink which was left on my craft mat with water and mopping it up with a piece of card, the rest is straight forward stamping.

Feeling inspired to CASE? ... pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to enter your creation.

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

hugs
Monika xxx

Here is what I used:
Artsy Borders: Butterfly Row, Blossom Like A Butterfly, Sentiment Builders: Happy
  

Borders ... Glorious Borders!

Hi All,

STAMPlorations have got some fantastic new stamps ... Artsy Borders!!! ... four in total ... Butterfly Row, Cupcake Row, Daffodil Row and Daisy Row ... You will LOVE them! They have already become my favourites as they make for easy, quick and classy cards!

They look absolutely stylish, simply stamped in black on white card and paired with a simple sentiment from the Bloom Sketches set and finished off with a few clear gems ...

 

 

This combination would make a great gift as a set of cards, and it is easy and quick to make, just perfect for those last minute birthday presents.

Of course you can add some colour too ...

... through adding some fuzzy cut and coloured elements, butterflies in my case, or ...

... through adding some acetate highlights, or ...

... trough colouring and fuzzy cutting the whole chain of glorious cupcakes, made a little more glossy with a coat of Mod Podge, or ...

... through adding a die-cut splash of colour and spritzing, or ...

... trough creating a faux no-line-watercolour look, for which I stamped the Daisy Row in Sap Green Archival before watercolouring around it with Pistachio Pudding SU ink and highlighting the daisy centers with Crushed Olive DI. To finish I stamped my sentiment from the Boxed Blooms set in Garden Green SU ink and added a couple of decorative score lines  and rounded corners.

There is even room for taking things much bolder ...

.... such as using a very bright colour scheme with a touch of glossy accents for a real Sugar Rush of a sweet treat, or even going all out artsy ....

... with a Gelli Plate print as backdrop inspired by a sunny Spring afternoon sitting in the garden with a cuppa ... birds tweeting ....
There is a little video on how I made the print which I spritzed with gold Artiste Spritzing Ink before cutting it to size. I then added some green dotted Washi, my coloured and fuzzy cut Daffodil Row and Sketchy Coffee Cup, my potting soil stamped Trendy Birds and a Noteworthy sentiment. Some doodles and sequins finished the look.

Well, and at the end once you finished making your card, you can always look over the piece of paper you used to try out your stamps or for stamping off and blending etc. to see, if there is a card like this, you could make ...

I found this piece of paper on the messy stamping paper (scrap paper in other words), I had been using for quite a while, and simply added some stamped splashes from the Mixed Media Elements set, the sentiment from the Bloom Sketches set, some doodles, ink spray and sequins.

Well, all of these pieces of inspiration came about before I was even following my original idea and pairing the borders with their full size counterpart like the Cupcake row with the Sketched: Cupcake and the Daisy Row with the daisy from the Bloom Sketches ... I guess these will have to wait for another post ....


here is the little video:

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

hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
Butterfly Row - Artsy Borders, Cupcake Row - Artsy Borders, Daffodil Row - Artsy Borders
  
Daisy Row - Artsy Borders

Bloom Sketches, Sketched: Cupcake, Boxed Blooms, Sugar Rush, Sketchy Coffee Cups,
    

Trendy Birds, Noteworthy, Mixed Media Elements