Catitude

Hello Crafty Friends!

It is Wednesday and time for a new challenger over at The Male Room challenge blog where the bi-weekly challenge is all about making projects for the men in our lives. Our guest designer for the next fortnight is Jane Willis, you can check out her fabulous creations on here on Jane's blog.

My DT project for the new challenge is ...

Each challenge, of course, has a different theme. For challenge #111 it's Anything Goes with the optional twist of 'Origami'. Lots of scope there!

#111 Anything Goes with the optional twist of Origami

As you can see, this time round I didn't go with the optional twist, I stayed with the Anything Goes instead.

At the weekend I went to the Art Stamping Festival in Port Sunlight and treated myself to some new catty stamps. I just had to play with these Cool Cats.

The background is stencilled and the cat is coloured using brush markers, the rest is simple stamping ...

... and you got a one-layer card with Catitude!

Fancy creating something for a male person in your life, pop over to The Male Room for more inspiration and to link up your masculine makes.

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

here is what I used:
Cool Cats by Your Next Stamp - Dies To Die For
Artsy Border Maker, Just Squares Stencil - STAMPlorations, feel free to use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA for a 20% discount on their stamps, dies and stencils
Tempting Turquoise ink - Stampin'Up!
Brush Markers - The Works
black Versafine ink, white card - from my stash

ARTplorations December Stencil Blog Hop Day 5

Hello Crafty Friends!

The Stencil Party is in full swing over at STAMPlorations. I am back today with a CAS card using the ARTplorations Just Squares Stencil in combination with the Faith Expressions and Frames And Flowers stamp sets.

I sponged two rows of squares in yellow, added my sentiment and two little leaves in black, layered on my black base card and finished off with matching sequins.

The Just Squares Stencil in this combination makes me think of breaking the perceived mountain down into little pieces of rock which are easier to handle. Sometimes taking the first step starts off the breaking down process.

Here is another look at my finished card ...

And here is a sneak peek of another project I am sharing a little later today, it also uses stencils and can be found here once published.

Back to the Stencil Hop over at STAMPlorations. Shery is not only throwing a Blog Hop ... she is also throwing a LINKY Party! All the details including prize info and special offers can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog. There is also oodles of inspiration available to get your creative juices flowing.

As long as it is not a card, you could link your stencil make up with the current Mixed Media Challenge here for even more chances of winning.

That's it from me for today. I shall be back again soon.

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:

Just Squares ARTplorations Stencil, Faith Expressions, Frames And Flowers
  

Happy Eli

Hello Crafty Friends!

Just a quick post from me today to share my DT project for the Inspiration Round-Up Post over at STAMPlorations. It is a card I started off a few weeks ago, but then it came to a stop until I picked it up the other day to add the little elephant and hearts ... here it is ....

I started the card off with one of my brusho makes, I had placed the Just Squares ARTplorations Stencil on a piece of watercolour card, sprinkled it with turquoise brusho and spritzed with water. Once dry I stamped some blooms from the Big Bloom Factory set in Tempting Turquoise and added the sentiment from the Bloom Happy set. That's where I got stuck and left it. when I picked it up again the other day, I had stamped and die-cut the little eli from a piece of black brusho coloured card, placed it on my half finished card and liked it. Before attaching little eli, I stamped the two black hearts from the Frames And Flowers set and created a light shadow using blue chalks.

Here is another look at the finished card ...

That's it from me. Hope you feel inspired to pick up one of your started projects and finish it in unexpected ways.

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog for more inspiration and to leave a comment for your entry in their prize draw.

I shall be back on Sunday with a great up-cycling idea.
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:

STAMPlorations Stamps: Tweet Love, Bloom Happy, Big Bloom Factory, Frames And Flowers
   

CUTplorations Dies: Tweet Love Coordinating Dies


ARTplorations Stencils: Just Squares

Monday Monday

Hi Everybody,

Monday for me means the start of a new week, and it is also the day when I tend to get most of my crafting done! Before I can get on with that, there is some more inspiration to share with you. First up, a quick birthday card ... no colouring skills needed ...

I started off by attaching the Just Squares ARTplorations stencil to my base card and masking part of it off. Through the remaining twelve squares I sponged a mix of crisp cantaloupe and melon mambo to get this slightly peachy pink. Next I stamped and fuzzy cut the cupcakes from the Party Mates set and attached them using foam tape. Initially I had intended to colour them, but as I was stamping them out, I felt that leaving them simply stamped could look quite good too. next I stamped my sentiment from the Chevron and Arrows set, added a doodled line, attached a few gems and finished off by rounding three of the corners.

I am entering my card at:
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes with optional twist of create your own challenge from the chart

Next up is a card I made using one of the brusho backgrounds from my video here.

This time I was working with the Blooming Buds set. I white embossed my flower and leaves before colouring both using my Clear Star Sakura gelli pen and trimming the panel to size. I then tore a strip of vellum, stamped me sentiment from the Blossom Overture set in elegant eggplant, attached the vellum, layered on my base card and finished off by doodling a border using my elegant eggplant stamp'n'write marker.

I purposefully didn't want the flower to be bold, I wanted it to be more like an imprint ... an imprint one leaves behind in the lives of others.

Here is a closer look at the sparkle, which gives the flower its ethereal feel ...

I am entering my card at:
Addicted to Stamps and More - Make your Mark
Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Card Mania - Anything Goes

NEWSFLASH

The new July stamps have arrived and are available in the STAMPlorations Shop at a 10% discount. Stamp Club Subscribers get an extra 15% off when using their personal discount coupon code!!! YAY!!! I can't wait to get mine!

Back to today's projects ....

Here is a last look at both my cards from today's post ...

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog for more inspiration, tutorials, challenges and more. There is always something going on for you to join in the fun. Once there, remember that you can also comment to win.

That's it from me for today.I shall be back again tomorrow with another piece of inspiration.
Have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika xxx

stencil and stamps from STAMPlorations, links can be found in the text
    

crisp cantaloupe, melon mambo, elegant eggplant inks and elegant eggplant marker - Stampin'Up!