Phone Musings

Hi Friends!

Here is today's project, my DT piece for the Inspiration Post over on the STAMPlorations blog ...

Had to go for another funny card today using Chris' new stamps. My focal point is a coloured ATC from the Retro Fashionistas. The background is stencilled with added leafy stamping. It was finished off with the stamped old fashioned phone from the Gone Postal set. 

I am entering my card at:

SoSS #206 - S is for sister Chris and STAMPlorations

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

Some Snark, Gone Postal, Leafy

  

Retro Fashionistas ATC - Ephemera, Foiled Again Stencil

 

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

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.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out my teamies' beautiful makes.

I shall be back soon with more crafty makes. Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

November Theme & Photo Prompt

Hi Friends!

Welcome to November. It's getting colder outside, the days are getting shorter and it's getting time for a new round of monthly challenges over at STAMPlorations. Here is my DT piece for November's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge over on their blog.

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & Fall 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 gone for autumnal colours and picked up on the leaves from the photo. The largest leaf is stencilled and complemented with leaves from the Leafy and Life Is Sweeter set. My card was finished off with gems and sequins.

As for the Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge prizes:
One winner of a $20 gift code ($25, if STAMPlorations products were used as the main focal point) will be picked by one member of our DT.
Plus 2 randomly drawn winners will each receive a $10 ($15, if STAMPlorations products were used as the main focal point) 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:

Autumn Falling Stencil, Leafy, Life Is Sweeter, Tweet Love

   

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 💖

Hope Whispers

Hi Friends!

Today I got a CAS card for you as my DT piece for the Inspiration Post over on the STAMPlorations blog. Here it is ...

This little card was made using up bits and bobs left over from other projects assembled on a linen effect base card and finished off with a sticker sentiment and glimmer dots.

The flowers had been gold embossed and watercoloured using brush markers. The leaves had been stamped on a still damp watercoloured background using dye ink.

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

Bloom Doodles, Leafy, Inspirational #1 Clear Stickers

  

Should you feel like browsing STAMPlorations' 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.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out my teamies' beautiful makes.

I shall be back tomorrow with another make. Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

Latte Thanks

Hello Crafty Friends!

Just a little reminder that there is still time to play at STAMPlorations March Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge. Here is a little more inspiration ...

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & Splatters 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.

Again I took inspiration from both the theme and the photo for my card.

Going for the white, pink and grey colour scheme and to give a nod to the Nature theme, I started off by stamping the background in grey on my white base card using one stamp from Leafy.

Next I randomly stamped images from Coffee Petites on a die-cut piece of pale pink card and added some brighter pink highlights to some of the images. I finished off my card with a sentiment from the Just Caffeinate Clear Stickers and a couple of sequins.

As for the prizes:
Two winners, one of a $15 gift certificate and one of a $10 gift certificate, will be picked by one member of our DT.
Plus 3 randomly drawn winners will each receive a $5 gift certificate.

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

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. More challenge inspiration can be found in the March Challenges Reminder post here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

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

hugs

Monika xxx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:

Leafy, Coffee Petites, Just Caffeinate Stickers, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

   

Sending Love

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.  I thought I'd share a CAS-ified version of my Leafy card from this post here. It was one quite a few of you seemed to like. So here is my second take on combining Leafy with Art Marks 2 ...

Instead of using shades of green, I went a bit more colourful and used Fire Coral, Dusky Rose and Apple Green Prism inks for the scribbly rectangles. The rest was stamped in black Versafine.

Best of all ... no colouring skills needed!

If you feel like bagging yourself a bargain and take advantage of STAMPlorations' Stencil & Sticker Sale check out the graphic at the end of this post.
You can check out all of STAMPlorations' current promotions here.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out my teamies' beautiful makes.

Hope you're having a lovely week!

hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used from

- STAMPlorations Shop:

Leafy, Art Marks 2, Tweet Love
  

this is the graphic for STAMPlorations current sales

STAMPlorations Special Release Day2

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's release week over at STAMPlorations. They are introducing 4 stamp sets perfect for Spring themed cards and more ...

Here are my DT pieces for DAY 2 featuring Leafy designed by Deepti aka Dee's Artsy Impressions ...

For my first card, I stamped one of the leaf stamps into a wet watercolour background to get the blurry look. I finished off with a fuzzy cut leaf and stamped sentiment strip.

My second card features stamping using two different shades of green to add depth. A simple embossed sentiment and sequins finished my card off.

Here is Deepti's new set ...

Leafy

STAMPlorations are celebrating the release with a blog hop. Here is what you can do to take part:

👉 visit and comment on the STAMPlorations Blog and all the participating designer's blogs, links to all can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog

👉 commenting closes on February 19

👉 winners will be randomly drawn from all the comments left on the STAMPlorations Blog and participating designer's blogs


Prizes:

❤ $20 gift code to one commenter randomly drawn from comments left on all the blogs

❤ stamp set of choice from the new release to one commenter randomly drawn from comments left on all the blogs

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All 4 new sets are on offer at 10% off in the STAMPlorations Store until 19th February, no coupon needed. You can get an added 20% off by using me personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog for more Leafy inspiration and to join the party.

Links to previous days: DAY 1

Hope you're having a lovely week!

hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used from

- STAMPlorations Shop:

Leafy, Little Love Birthday Wishes, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies