25 Days Of Christmas Tags

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's that time of year again ... how time has flown ...
Tracey McNeely is hosting the 25 Days Of Christmas Tags event. Today it's STAMPlorations' turn. Here is my DT piece ....

As you can see I had Noddy Holder sitting on my shoulder shouting 'It's Christmas!'.

I went for bold traditional colours. The large Typographia sentiment got split up and partially stamped into the background with the bold embossed part becoming my sentiment. The rest is pretty straight forward stamping and die-cutting.

Pop over to Tracey's Blog to check out the tagtastic inspiration on offer. Hop along for some real eye candy.

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

hugs

Monika xxx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop

Manila Tags Nesting Dies, Christmas Tree #1, Christmas In The Heart, Balloons And Banners
   

It's well worth checking out their shop, Shery has  HUGE Thanksgiving Sale on right now with a lot of items being reduced by 40%. Should you like to purchase something from the New Release and 5x7 Stamp Club section, items from both are not in the sale, you can use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA to get a free die and 20% off items from both categories.

More Christmas Makes

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations. This week my teamies and I are showcasing stamps designed by STAMPlorations owner Shery under her label 'Shery Russ Designs'.

I have a couple of cards for you today, For my first one, I decided to work with the Joy To The World and Winter Chill stamp sets in combination with the Christmas Angel Die and a little bit of help from two of Shirley's sets, Three Kings and Christmas Reindeer, for the star cluster and the small snowflake. Here it is ...

It's been pretty straight forward stamping and die-cutting with a little bit of a blended background.

I had these large shaped cards for quite a while and decided that I had to start using them up. I don't normally make large cards, but I love using the Christmas Angel with the Joy To The World stamp. The two are just made for each other and they needed some space.

Next up is a card using the Christmas In The Heart stamp ....

It is simply stamped and then die-cut using a set of nesting dies from my stash. I did the die-cutting all at once and then pieced it all back together.

STAMPlorations have a special Thanksgiving Offer with the Thanksgiving Blog Hop And Wishlist Linky Party ending later this week. There are still a few days to join the fun.

There is a special offer coupon code BIGTHANKS which can be used once per customer/shipping address for a whopping 40% discount. This offer excludes products from the New Release and Retiring category, Coloring Books and Gift Certificates.

The BIGTHANKS coupon code cannot be combined with any other coupon codes you might have.

Should you wish to purchase products from the New Release category you can always use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount. This code can be used more than once and works on sale items too, but cannot be combined with any other discount code.

Of course Shery will still draw a winner at random from all the comments left on this month's Inspiration Posts over on the STAMPlorations Blog. Pop over to see what my teamies created and to leave a comment for your entry into their prize draw.

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


here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:
Joy To The World, Winter Chill, Christmas Angel, Christmas In The Heart
   

Christmas Reindeer, Three Kings
 

Christmas In The Heart

Hello Crafty Friends!

This year, as part of the STAMPlorations DT of course, I am participating again in Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags Event. It's the 7th year Tracey is running the event and you can really find lots of fabulous inspiration on her blog.

I went for quite a simple tag, which can easily be mass produced, here it is ...

I mopped up some turquoise and purple brusho from my craft mat, the crystals had been spritzed with water of course, using a piece of white card from which I cut the largest Manila Tag Nesting Dies. I then randomly stamped the Christmas Flower - Large in Tempting Turquoise and my Typographia Christmas In The Heartsentiment in black Versafine. The little tree embellishment was made using a stamp from the Trendy Christmas Trees and the coordinating die with olive Archival ink and shrink plastic. A Stickles Border and fluffy ribbon finished my tag off.

The event has been going since 1st November, so there is lots to see and tags to suit any taste. For more tag inspiration, simply visit Tracey's Blog and enjoy!.



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

That's it from me for now. I am back later today with a fun tutorial creating floating dimension on the STAMPlorations Blog. I shall share the project and link to the tutorial on my blog too.
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:
Manila Tags Nesting Dies, Typographia Christmas In The Heart, Trendy Christmas Trees, Trendy Christmas Trees Coordinating Dies

   

Christmas Flower Large

*** Discount code works on sale items too

Artsy Mirri Card

Hello Crafty Friends!

I decided to give Mirror Card an artsy make over for today's Inspiration Round-Up over at STAMPlorations. I am looking to make some quick, artsy and unique cards at the moment and decided to dig my Brushos out for some fun backgrounds.
Today I am sharing a quick Christmas card with you, Brusho background, stamped sentiment, die-cut baubles, doodles, bow and sequins.

I simply sprinkled the different colours of brusho roughly where I wanted them to go directly onto my white base card and lightly spritzed with water. My base card was cut from sturdy white card not really suitable for watercolouring as I didn't ant the colours to run into each other too much. I was after the sprinkle effect you are seeing.

I have another card which I haven't shared as yet, here it is ...

This one is more for an idea as I am not sure I would use the card stock from the base card again for this type of card. It has little flecks of colour in it, and I am now thinking plain white might have looked better. Anyway, it is simply stamped with a spot of watercolouring and sparkly doodles.

Here are the close-ups ....

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog for more Roundup Inspiration.

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:

Christmas In The Heart, Christmas Baubles #2 Layering Dies, Come Adore Him, Three Kings
   

*** Discount code works on sale items too