Hello Sunshine

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's 1st Tuesday in February and the start of a new TAGplorations Challenge over at STAMPlorations.

The theme for February is: All About Spring

The optional twist is: to use Birds

Well, as you can see, I didn't go for the optional twist this time. I had originally planned to include a little bird somewhere in my tag, but somehow it didn't work out.

Spring for me is all about daffodils and yellow symbolising sunshine. There is also the fresh green of young shoots and leaves breaking through, all of which I tried to capture in my tag. Here it is ...

It has been unseasonally warm and sunny last week which was really nice. It enabled us to get out into the garden and doing some catching up on outer maintenance a bit earlier than we thought.

As for my tag ... I spritzed the die-cut tag with liquid watercolour and stamped some yellow dotty leaves for my background. The daffodil was stamped on mixed media card and watercoloured using inks. I did a bit of border stamping, added my die-cut sentiment and finished off with matching paper ribbon.

If you love tags, why not give it a go and play along? Your project can be anything as long as it features a tag. You can enter as many projects as you want, but one per blog post please, and you don't have to use STAMPlorations products, yet we'd be thrilled if you would. There is currently a free winter/holiday image to download at STAMPlorations Never ending Anything Goes Challenge here. Please check out the full revised challenge guidelines here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

One lucky winner, voted for by the DT, will win a $15 STAMPlorations gift certificate and 3 randomly picked players will win a $5 STAMPlorations gift certificate each.

Ready for more tagtastic inspiration? Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to see the gorgeous projects my teamies created and, of course, to link up your tag project/s too.

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

hugs

Monika xx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop, you can use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on their, stamps, dies and stencils

Framed Solitary Daffodil, Mixed Media Grunge, Leaves Of Thanks, Manila Tags Nesting Dies,

    

Hello Sunshine Phrase Die

here is what else I used:

black Versafine ink, Aurore, Miel, Cire, Verveine, Menthe, Mer Du Sud and Outremer Izink inks, red paper ribbon, mixed media card, orange card, gem 

Spring Sunshine

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'.

Inspired by a lovely sunny weekend at the caravan, I decided to work with the Framed Solitary Daffodil and the Hello Sunshine CUTplorations Phrase Die to create a card capturing the warmth of a Spring day.

We were staying out in the Cheshire countryside by the Shropshire Union Canal near Beeston. On our way there we saw lots of daffodils adorning the roadside with their cheerful yellow blooms.

I stamped the Framed Solitary Daffodil on a folded piece of Mixed Media card and watercoloured it using Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green and Tempting Turquoise inks, added some spritzing and finished off with a die-cut Hello Sunshine and a couple of sequins.

As mentioned earlier, this week we are showcasing stamps designed by Shery under her label 'Shery Russ Designs'. All her sets will be reduced by 10% apart from the Big Greetings set which will be 20% off.

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:
Framed Solitary Daffodil, Hello Sunshine CUTplorations Phrase Die
 
*** Discount code works on sale items too

CUTplorations March Reminder Take 2

Hello Crafty Friends!

Over at STAMPlorations the CUTplorations Challenge  is in full swing, and I just wanted to post a little reminder project  or two ... I just couldn't help myself after Happy Mail from Shery dropped through my letter box on Monday. In it were some new dies just perfect for this month's CUTplorations Challenge hence a second post in such quick succession.

I was using another piece of my mopped up Brusho card, still got one more piece left to use. 😊

I decided to use the following new dies, which are already in the shop, to make my card: Spring Flower Layering Dies, Trendy Spring Blooms Dies, Hello Sunshine CUTplorations Phrase Die

image source: Stylecaster

Taking inspiration from the photo, the colours, sentiment and flowers capture the summery feel quite well.

I am so loving the new dies, expect to see more of them, I die-cut quite a few yesterday. Here is another look at the finished card ...

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to see how my teamies interpreted the photo and to link up your entry too. Please make sure you follow the rules of displaying the challenge inspiration photo and using at least one STAMPlorations product. If you don't have any as yet, there is a free digi stamp here available for you to download. There are prizes for the winner ($10 gift certificate) and the two runner-ups ($5gift certificate each) as voted by the DT plus, if there are 30 or more entries, one randomly drawn winner can choose any 2 of the CUTplorations Word/Phrase Dies the DT used in their projects. That's well worth creating for, what do you think?

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:


CUTplorations Dies used: 
Spring Flower Layering Dies, Trendy Spring Blooms Dies, Hello Sunshine CUTplorations Phrase Die
  

*** Discount code works on sale items too