It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.
I am sharing a card, I made for my neighbour who was about to move house ...
... but then I couldn't give it to her, because she had moved by the time we came back from our latest stay at our caravan. I don't have her new address to send it on either. Never mind ...
I got the opportunity to play with Houses, Houses Extras, Fond Expressions 2 and my watercolour pencils.
Before I go, I want to give you a heads up about the new dies available for pre-order at STAMPlorations ...
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Again, I am keeping it short and sweet today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out the fabulous projects my teamies made.
That's it from me for now. Have a lovely day and enjoy the sunshine!
hugs
Monika
what else I used: Spring Green Prism ink - Hunkydory Crafts
mixed media card, kraft card, watercolur pencils, black fine liner, black Versafine ink - my stash
Welcome to Day 1 of the new stamp release Blog Hop over at STAMPlorations. They are introducing a new set of Layering Stamps designed by Shirley under her label The Bee's Knees. Today my teamies and I are showcasing Layered Leaves, a set of solid and outline stamps in Shirley's loose and sloshed style. Here is my DT piece ...
When I first saw these stamps, I knew I had to somehow involve pigment powders. I dug out A Bit Jaded and Golden Sands Infusions Coloured Stains, sprinkled them on a piece of card, lightly spritzed with water and allowed them to dry.
I inked up the large solid leaf with Crushed Curry and a little Early Espresso around the edges, spritzed with water and stamped into place before stamping the smaller on in Cajun Craze and the outline in Early Espresso. I then added the smaller leaves and my embossed sentiment to finish.
Back to the hop, there are three sets in this release, and I had much fun playing with them. Here they are:
As with any blog hop, there are prizes you can win simply for leaving a comment on participating blogs, a list plus links can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.
one commenter drawn randomly from all comments left on the STAMPlorations and participating designer's blogs will win a $20 gift certificate redeemable at the STAMPlorations Shop
one commenter drawn randomly from all comments left on the STAMPlorations and participating designer's blogs will win her choice of Layered Stamp set from the release
Commenting closes Monday 13th November and the winners will be announced on Tuesday 14th November over on the STAMPlorations Blog in their October Winner's Post.
All of the three Layered Stamps sets are reduced by 5% until the end of November. You can get an added 20% off all of STAMPlorations' Stamps, Dies and Stencils including Shirley's new sets by using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout.
Are You up for some blog hopping? Simply pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to join the fun.
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:
Layered Leaves, Fond Expressions 2
*** Discount code works on sale items too and cannot be combined with any other discount code
just sharing another one of my acetate creations. This time I used the little ombre flowers from my video here to add to a stamped flourish and sentiment. See for yourself ...
I stamped the swirly leafy flourish from the Distressed Floral Swirls set and my sentiment from the Fond Expressions 2 set, both by STAMPlorations, in black Memento ink, added the punched and shaped acetate flowers from the video using heart shaped eylets and my big bite and layered on my base card to finish.
It's time again for more inspiration over at STAMPlorations. I pulled out a couple of prints from my Gelli Plate demo at Craft Club last month to create some cards I could take to this month's meeting. The prints I used were taken off the stencil, Artplorations Stencil: Bloom Factory, whilst the paint was still wet.
First up are two cards using half of the print each ...
These were so easy to make ... I chopped my stencil print in half, die cut a curved stitched border from one piece, stamped my sentiments from the Fond Expressions 2 set, layered on red bases and finished off with gem and sequin. It really was that easy and quick ...
The print I used for my next card was yellow and red ... me being me, I had to add some Grape gelato to the flowers and some Grey to the background. That's when the fun started ...
... as happens at times I didn't know where I was going to go with it hence it was more a case of 'fasten seat belt and get ready for the ride' ...
I added some dots and/or doodles to the flowers using a white gel and a black fine liner pen before using a lilac fine liner to add a bold outline to three of the larger flowers. Next I decided to lend the edges with Elegant Eggplant (EE) ink before deciding that a touch of Folk Flowers was needed in form of some 2nd generation stamping of the small flowers and dots combined with 1st generation of the larger stems, all in EE. I black embossed my sentiment from the Noteworthy set, layered on a matching base card, added a doodled border and the card was finished. For more inspiration, pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog, where you can leave a comment for your chance to win a $10 gift voucher. They also still have a little Special Stamp Release Blog Hop, which finishes later this week. Why not hop along and have fun!
A spot of Garbarek's Visible World convinced me that I must post my last creation on my blog right away ... Live Life Out Loud!
Over at STAMPlorations we are kicking off the month of March with an invitation to join us in the CASEplorations Playground. The Playground will be open for a whole month, the winner of the best CASE as voted for by the team gets a $15 gift certificate and two Top Picks will each receive a $5 gift certificate, full rules can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.
What is the CASE inspiration for this month, you might be asking. Well, it is a card by the fabulous Betsy Veldman of Paper-Scissors-Superheros ...
Betsy posted about her card here on her blog. Tulips, Spring feel and colours are just a few things you could be inspired by. Here is what inspired me:
Tulips
turquoise-blue colours
little blue flowers
uplifting sentiment
intricate fuzzy cutting
Here it is, my take on Betsy's card ...
I spritzed the background with blue Artiste Spritzing ink, stamped the little flowers, Frames and Flowers, using Not Quite Navy ink and generational stamping, stamped my sentiment from the Fond Expressions 2 set in black and added my bunch of tulips, Sketched: Tulips, to finish.
For more inspiration and to enter the CASEplorations challenge pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog. I shall be back soon ... off to work now.
Hi Everyone
Today I'm back with another Spotlight Feature from the STAMPlorations Blog. I felt inspired by the array of coloured embossing powders in my stash and wondered how I could colour stamped images using them. I was working with the helenium from their current Stamp Club set Floral Bliss.
I stamped the helenium using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Next I applied clear Versamark ink from a pen to the different parts of my flower, one at the time, applied and heat set my embossing powder one colour at the time as you can see in the short video tutorial.
TIP!: It doesn't matter which colour you start with as long as it is one at the time. This avoids getting the powders stuck to your pen and mixing them up.
I used the following powders: Gumball Green for the stem and WOW powders Coconut Ice and Primary Marshmallow for the blossom. Next I sponged some Crushed Curry on my white Centura Pearl base card, attached my tag stamped some distressed swirls in Sahara Sand and Crushed Curry, stamped my sentiment in black, spritzed with a little Sahara Sand and added a sequin to finish.
TIP!: This technique works best with powders that have a translucent finish as they allow for image details to show through.
Next Up is my 'trial' card, it is the one I made first to try out how it all might work.
When I started off I wasn't really sure which ink to use for stamping my image and decided that I would have a go using Ranger Jet Black Archival ink which ended up giving me a really interesting effect. What I hadn't realized at the time was that Archival ink reacts with Versamark hence I ended up with lovely shading. I started off with the petals and my Marshmallow powder, the rest is just clear embossed. I then added my two tone sentiment, embossed my pink base card using the ARTplorations Foiled Again stencil, attached an eyelet to my tag, layered on my base card, doodled a black line, spritzed with a little pink and rounded a corner to finish.
Here is the little video tutorial, explaining how I coloured my flower using the embossing powders.
That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog for more tutorials where you can also leave a comment for your chance to win a prize.
Have a lovely weekend!
hugs
Monika xxx
here is what I used:
stamp sets and stencil from STAMPlorations, links are in the above text.
Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate inks; regal rose card; Sahara Sand and Pretty in Pink Stamp'n'write Markers and Gumball Green embossing powder - Stampin'Up!
Coconut Ice and Primary Marshmallow WOW powders - local craft shop
tag die - Sizzix originals, one of the first dies I ever bought and long since retired
white Centura Pearl card - Crafter's Companion
It is time again for some more inspiration over at the STAMPlorations Blog. This is where the girls from the Inspiration DT showcase their creations and invite you to CASE. You can link your creations up with the Inspiration CASE Playground the link to which can be found at the end of each Inspiration Post.
To play along you can either CASE any of the Inspiration DT's projects or the one we chose as our inspiration for the month. You also don't have to use STAMPlorations stamps to join the fun, however we would be thrilled if you did. Why not have a go??? You don't have to exactly copy, it is simply about taking inspiration from a project. We would love to hear what inspired you....
I started off by stamping the bird using Bermuda Bay ink and masking it. Next I stamped the branch in Early Espresso, the roses in Strawberry Slush and the leaves in Pistachio Pudding using generational stamping. I removed my mask and coloured the pattern using my clear sparkly Sakura gel pen and finished by giving the bird a glittery outline too. I stamped my sentiment and layered on my base card.
Here is another look hoping to catch some of the sparkle ...
That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to see the gorgeous projects my teamies created and of course to link up your CASE too.
Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx
what I used:
sets from STAMPlorations, links are in the above text
Bermuda bay ink and card stock, Strawberry Slush, Early Espresso and Pistachio Pudding inks by Stampin'Up!
It is Inspiration Time over at the STAMPlorations Blog. This is where the girls from the Inspiration DT showcase their creations and invite you to CASE. You can link your creations up with the Inspiration CASE Playground the link to which can be found at the end of each Inspiration Post. To play along you can either CASE any of the Inspiration DT's projects or the one we chose as our inspiration for the month. You also don't have to use STAMPlorations stamps to join the fun, however we would be thrilled if you did. Why not have a go??? You don't have to exactly copy, it is simply about taking inspiration from a project. We would love to hear what inspired you....
Now it's time to show you my project ...
You might have almost forgotten something I mentioned in my video Easy Brusho Backgrounds. I showed you one I had created and said that I was waiting for the large Marigold stamp to arrive as I thought it would be a perfect match. Well, what can I say ... or maybe you would like to see for yourself ... here it is the finished card ...
I simply black embossed the marigold, stamped my sentiment from the Fond Expressions 2 set and layered on a black base card.
The keen eyed of you might have noticed that the French Marigold is a larger version of the one from the The Birds and The Blooms set, which was June/July's Stamp Club Set. I simply loved it so much that I had to get the larger version too! :-)
That's it from me for today. Feel free to pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to see the gorgeous projects my teamies created.
Back soon with more projects ... until then ...
Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx
here is what I used. Links to the STAMPlorations projects are in the above texts
Brushos - Lavinia Stamps
card, pigment ink and black embossing powder (wow powder) from stash
as a reminder of what it looked like, The Birds and The Blooms set ...
