Counting Rainbows

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations. This week my teamies and I are showcasing stamps by our very own Deepti under her label 'Dee's Artsy Impressions'.

I decided to work with the Kathryn's Rainbow and the Droplets ARTplorations Stencil to create a sunny CAS card despite the rain drops. Here it is ...

A bit of stenciling, stamping, watercolouring and fuzzy cutting was all that was needed for this cheerful card.

I added some glittery doodles to the clouds and the rainbow which you can just about see in the above photo. And of course, Kathryn needed a flower in her hair too.

As mentioned earlier, this week we are showcasing stamps designed by Deepti under her label 'Dee's Artsy Impressions'. All her sets will be on sale at 15% off for the week until Monday, 22nd January.

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, remember to apply my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA (not case sensitive) at check out for a 20% discount on their stamps ***, stencils and dies:
Kathryn's Rainbow, Droplats ARTplorations Stencil
 

*** Discount code works on sale items too

More Bling

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick post from me today with another card using the ARTplorations Droplets stencil. I really liked how I can use some of the gems from my stash to pick out shapes and patterns when using this stencil.

For today's card I went with featuring a heart ...

It is really easy to make, which is what I love about using stencils, you can quickly get amazing results. I simply sponged some Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay inks through my stencil, attached the gems, stamped my sentiment from the Fond Expressions set in Imperial Purple and layered on my purple base card - done!

For more inspiration and to link up any of your CASEd projects pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog. We would love to hear which one of our projects you cased and what inspired you ... It would be fabulous if it was one of mine ...

Back again soon. Have a lovely weekend!

hugs
Monika xxx

from STAMPlorations I used, links in the text above
 
from Stampin'Up! - Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay inks
Versafine - Imperial Purple ink

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop Day 5

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop. This is where we, the STAMPlorations Girls, put our stencils through their paces.

For today's project I worked with the Droplets stencil to create this shaded purple beauty... here in the sunshine ...

... here without the shadows ...

... and here on the inside ...

I simply sponged some light purple pigment ink through the Droplets stencil shading as I went along. I stamped my sentiment from the Celebrate Artsy set in Imperial Purple Versafine ink and added some gems. I have lots of these gems and never used them ... until now! They were a perfect match and turned the droplets into a field of candles. At least that's what I like to think. :-)

I decided to go for an asymmetrical border for extra interest. On the inside I stamped the couple from the VIGNETTE Ever After set in the same light purple pigment ink (it looks a little more pink here) and my sentiment from the Birthday Cake in Imperial Purple before doodling a partial border.

I am entering my card at:

Inkspirational - purple

CASology - story

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here. Feel free to leave comments as you go along. Every comment will be entered into a prize draw. Commenting closes on 29th May and the winners will be announced on 1st June. Good Luck!

Prizes:

SIX (6) winners (2 winners per day) will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.

THREE (3) winners will each receive a $10 gift certificate. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog.

+ Extra prizes for those who participate in the Flash Stencil Project Linky Party and link up by May 31.

That's it from me for today.

Have a lovely day!

hugs

Monika xxx




Here is what I used:


stamps and stencils from STAMPlorations, links are in the text above
    
light purple pigment ink - Papermania
Elegant Eggplant Stamp'n'write marker - Stampin'Up!
cardstock and droplet gems from stash