January Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge

Hi Friends!

Happy New Year to you and congratulations for having made it through the previous one. It has been challenging and hopefully 2021 will bring many more blessings, peace and joy.

Let's kick it off with my DT project for January's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge over at STAMPlorations.

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & Shimmer and the photo prompt can be seen below. Your project can either be inspired by the theme, photo prompt or both. The full challenge rules can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

I've taken inspiration from both the theme and the photo. Cakes are sweets as everyone with a sweet tooth will know. My colours reflect the one in the photo plus the stars remind me of the bow.

The cake is simply stamped using Prism inks and finished off with golden splatters, sequins and a die-cut sentiment.

As for the Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge prizes:

One winner of a $20 gift code will be picked by one member of our DT.

Plus 3 randomly drawn winners will each receive a $7 gift code.

In order to be considered for a prize, make sure you've followed the rules here.

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These are the STAMPlorations products I used in today's card:

Layered Cake Bake, Three Kings, Congrats Word Stamp & Die Set

  

Should you feel like browsing in STAMPlorations online shop, check out their latest offer below.

Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on your order makes you qualify to pick a free product from their store up to the value of $7. I've got to be honest, if you use the code and/or the link to the STAMPlorations Shop I provide in my posts for your purchases, I will get a little reward, at no extra cost to you of course.

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out how my teamies interpreted the challenge theme and prompt and of course to join in the fun too.

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

hugs

Monika 💖

Never Be Afraid

Hi Crafty Friends!

Just sharing a little card I made using some of the trees I coloured a while ago and shared on IG in combination with a messy background I made when playing with Shirley's new set.

For the background, I first stamped the solid layers from the Layered Cake Bake and spritzed with water before stamping the outlines. It didn't quite turn out how I imagined it might, so I kept going and added some stencilling and more stamping and colouring before attaching my trees and sentiment.

I am keeping it short and sweet today. Thanks for stopping by. Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

Here is what I used from STAMPlorations:
Layered Cake Bake, Gratitude Trees, Leaves Of Thanks, Mixed Media Grunge, Life In Full Color
    

Retro Circles

Birthday Stickers

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Release and Celebration Time this week over at STAMPlorations as they are having their belated 6th Birthday Celebrations and releasing a few new products too.

Day 4 is dedicated to introducing a few new Clear Stickers.

Here are today's projects ...

Well, I used Shirley's new set in an unconventional, rather abstract way in combination with a sticker to create my background and finished off with a fuzzy cut candle and die-cut heart and sentiment.

The birthday sticker is coloured with alcohol markers and the cake swirls were stamped using archival ink.

For my last card, I stamped a label using the cake set as a background for my coloured sticker.

I was working with these two sets of stickers ...

 

Mixed Media Backgrounds #2 Clear Stickers, Birthday Word Art Clear Stickers

There are a few ways you can join the celebrations, have a look at the graphic below to find out

Here is a bit more information on the Linky Party:

• The Linky is open from October 21 to November 5
• You can link up any birthday- or celebration-themed project 
• There is a limit of 3 entries per player 
• The Linky can be found here on the Day 1 post
• Players must link to the blog post on the STAMPlorations blog and display the Celebration graphic in their blog post to qualify for the prize; players linking from their Instagram/Pinterest/Flickr/FB/SplitcoastStampers accounts: must tag @stamplorations and use hashtag #stamplorations6thbirthday 

Here is a bit more information on the Wishlist Linky Party:

• The Wishlist Linky is open from October 14 to November 5
• You can link up your STAMP wishlist for 1 entry 
• For an extra entry: mention the linky party, link to it, and display the graphic in a blog post
• The Wishlist Linky can be found here

Full information on how to play along can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to join their 6th Birthday Celebrations. I shall be back soon with more celebratory makes.

Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

Here is what else I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:
Layered Cake Bake, Celebrate Big Phrase Die, Clustered Hearts Die
  

Cakeful Celebrations

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Release and Celebration Time this week over at STAMPlorations as they are having their belated 6th Birthday Celebrations and releasing a few new products too.

Day 1 is dedicated to 2 new stamp sets Layered Cake Bake and Better Together. I was working with Shirley's cake set which we are introducing today. Deepti's new set will be introduced by my teamies tomorrow.

Here are today's projects ...

My first card was inspired by an event going back almost 40 years when on a peaceful Saturday night, things got a little bit too peaceful. Turns out Minka, our the family cat at the time, had set her eyes on my mum's freshly baked cheese cake and devoured almost half of it!

Just a little note, my pink ink pad was a little dry hence the textured look on the bottom layer. 😀

The next project is my artsy take on Battenberg cake.

Here are both of the new stamp sets ....

 

Layered Cake Bake/Better Together

There are a few ways you can join the celebrations, have a look at the graphic below to find out

Here is a bit more information on the Linky Party:

• The Linky is open from October 21 to November 5
• You can link up any birthday- or celebration-themed project 
• There is a limit of 3 entries per player 
• The Linky can be found here on the Day 1 post
• Players must link to the blog post on the STAMPlorations blog and display the Celebration graphic in their blog post to qualify for the prize; players linking from their Instagram/Pinterest/Flickr/FB/SplitcoastStampers accounts: must tag @stamplorations and use hashtag #stamplorations6thbirthday 

Here is a bit more information on the Wishlist Linky Party:

• The Wishlist Linky is open from October 14 to November 5
• You can link up your STAMP wishlist for 1 entry 
• For an extra entry: mention the linky party, link to it, and display the graphic in a blog post
• The Wishlist Linky can be found here

Full information on how to play along can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

I am linking my catty card at:
2019 Cat Lovers Hop


That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to join their 6th Birthday Celebrations. I shall be back soon with more celebratory makes.

Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

Here is what else I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:
Pets