A Cup Of Tea

Hello Crafty Friends!

I'm back again with another make, one with a Spring feel, here it is ....

A little bit of masking goes a long way in this one-layer card.

I stamped and masked the tea cup, stamped the Daffodil row and sentiment, removed the mask and added a little watercolouring to finish.

I am linking my card up with:
Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Spring Hop
CASology - week #242 text

That's it from me for now. 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:

Always Tea Time, ARTSY Borders: Daffodil Row

 

*** Discount code works on sale items too

other supplies:
Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango inks - Stampin'Up!
black Archival

Spring Coffee Lovers Hop

... and Special Stamp Release at STAMPlorations!

Hi All,

It's double celebration time today ... Firstly, STAMPlorations have a special stamp release of caffeinated goodness ... cute, elegant and cheeky ... here they are ...

 

... just in time for the second celebration ...

... more about this later.
To give you some ideas, I channeled my inner Queen, dug out the doilies and, working with the Always Teatime set, came up with the following inspiration ...

For my first card, I spritzed a pale pink base card with some pink and gold spritzing ink and attached my paper doily as seen. Next I enlisted the help of one of my watercolour brush stroke practicing cards and gold embossed one of the cups from the Always Teatime set before stamping the rising aroma from the Vignette: Eat Drink Be Merry set in fuchsia StazOn. I stamped a cheeky sentiment from the Literary Caffeine-ations and added another one from the Vignette: Eat Drink Be Merry set before finishing off with some sequins.

Next up is one with a more Spring like feel ...

I used another one of my brush stroke practicing pieces for the golden rays of hope emanating from the teacup. I stamped (in Tangerine Tango on cream card) and fuzzy cut the teacup (Always Teatime), stamped my sentiment (Always Teatime), added some leaves (Frames and Flowers), layered up, doodled a partial border, stamped the butterflies in Tangerine Tango (Frames and Flowers) and finished off by adding some sequins.

Next up is the card, I made first ...

I stamped mt teacup and sentiment, both from the Always Teatime set, on a piece of splattered watercolour background and added a little more colour to the flowers on the cup before distressing the edges and leaving to dry. I then embossed a piece of raspberry coloured card with a lace pattern. As I didn't want the pattern to be too dominant, I run the card through my machine again simply sandwiched between the cutting plates to flatten the embossing for a more subtle effect. I then layered everything up, doodled a white border and added some sequins and clear gems to finish.

That's my inspiration for today. Commenting on the STAMPlorations Special Stamp Release Hop finishes on Good Friday, 25th March at 11.59pm Pacific Daylight Time. Until the hop closes there is also ... wait for this .... a 15% discount on everything in the STAMPlorations shop, just enter coupon code SPRINGCLBH at check out. Two winners will be drawn at random and announced on Easter Sunday 27th March. The full rules and more inspirations from some of my teamies can be found on the STAMPlorations Blog.

I would also like to link my second card up with ...

• Addicted to Stamps and More - Photo Inspiration   
• Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Spring   

That's it from me for today. Happy Hopping!

hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
Always Teatime, Vignette: Eat Drink Be Merry, Literary Caffeine-ations, Frames and Flowers
   

Love You Like Coffee

Hi Everyone,

Just quickly wanting to share my second project for the Coffee Lovers Fall Blog Hop. This time I opted for making a coaster which currently is drying before I can apply several more coats of Mod Podge for protection. I took the photo after just one coat, here it is:

I die cut a large circle from cream card and sponged my background using my trusted shaving brushes with Crushed Curry and Real Red inks. Next I stamped the leaves (Trendy Leaves) in Crushed Curry and added some script detail (Mixed Media Elements) in Sahara Sand plus further detailing using stamps from the same set in Early Espresso. I flipped and printed my digi stamp, added the heart (Sketchy Coffee Cups) to the coffee cup, coloured (alcohol markers),fuzzy cut my image and attached it in place before stamping my sentiment (Eat Drink Be Merry) and layering on a thick cardboard coaster. To finish I applied several coats of Mod Podge.

I am linking up with:
Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog - Fall
Craft Stamper - Take a Technique

Pop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog and join the fun.

Have a lovely weekend!

hugs
Monika xxx

stamps by STAMPlorations used, links are in the above text
   

Real Red, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso and Sahara Sand inks - Stampin'Up!
Alcohol markers used are a mix of Promarkers and Tinge Markers
digi stamp - STAMPlorations, freebie from their Anything Goes Challenge open to entries using their stamps

Coffee Lovers Autumn Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

it's that time of year when the leaves shine in the most beautiful and amazing colours, it's also time for me to join the Coffee Lovers Fall Blog Hop. This is my project:

I sponged my background using Crushed Curry and Real Red Stampin'Up! inks, added some detail using the ARTplorations Dots and Dashes stencil with a touch of Real Red, stamped the leaves (Trendy Leaves by STAMPlorations) in Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip (Stampin'Up!) and added some stamped coffee beans (Latte Love) interest too. Next I stamped coloured and fussy cut my coffee cup (Latte Love by STAMPlorations), stamped my sentiment (Eat Drink Be Merry), layered as shown and finished off with a doodled border.

Pop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog and join the fun.

Have a lovely weekend!

hugs
Monika xxx

stamps and stencil used, links are in the above text
   

Latte Love

Hi Everyone,

just a quick post with my Latte Love card to join in the Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop before the deadline...

As you can see I am still in my Mixed Media Inspired Zone. My Mod Podge arrived today hence I had a go at some masking techniques. The rest is straight forward stamping and blending to achieve the layers and texture. The card has a sort of a backpackers postcard feel and should fit the Summer theme.

I am linking up with:
Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Summer Blog Hop
Cardz4Guyz - Texture
Moo Mania - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

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

hugs
Monika xxx


sets I used: Mixed Media Grunge and Latte Love from STAMPlorations
 

Just a quick reminder ...

... details about the birthday bash can be found here.

As always there is fun to be had before that too, you can CASE any of my/our cards and link up at the Inspiration CASE Playground, short playground, to share your creation with us, enter in the blog challenges, comment on Spotlight Projects and more is already happening over at the STAMPlorations Blog.

GIVE AWAY reminder: I will email a copy of my digi stamp, the sentiment of the butterfly card here, to every new follower of my blog. Anyone who joins between now and 10th July 2015 will get one. Remember to click on the small green/blue squares to the right of the 'join this site' button to join. To claim your free stamp email me at tinkercardsATgmail.com, please replace AT with @.