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 💖

Weekend Travels

Hi Crafty Friends!

I got a little card for you today. It's celebrating summer, holidays and travel. Have a look ...

I used a combination of stamps from STAMPlorations, Craft Stamper magazine and the Creative Stamping Magazine. Sometimes it's just nice to mix things up a little bit.

The background arcs were created with the Circles Flexi-Template and Aurore, Cire and Cerise Izink inks.

I watercoloured and fuzzy cut the camper van, added a die-cut tree and stamped the sentiment and flowers in Elegant Eggplant SU ink.

Camper van stamp - Craft Stamper magazine

Sentiment stamp - Creative Stamping magzine

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

Circles Flexi-Template, Life Is Sweeter (flowers), Gratitude Trees Dies

  

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

I shall be back soon with another make. Until then ... have a lovely weekend!

hugs
Monika ❤

March Theme & Photo Prompt Reminder

Hi Crafty Friends!

Just a quick reminder that there is still time to play along at STAMPlorations March Challenges. Here is my reminder DT project for their Theme & Photo Prompt challenge ...

 

You can either follow the theme, which this month is Stamps & Numbers, take inspiration from the photo or incorporate both.

I used both in my project with the numbers background in combination with the fruit and colour inspiration from the photo. Stamping on a lightly textured base card provided some added interest for the peach especially.

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.

Here are the affiliate links of the STAMPlorations products I used in today's project:

Life Is Sweeter, Textured Numbers (retired)

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.

For more challenge inspiration and to link up your projects, pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog.

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

hugs

Monika ❤

STAMPlorations March Release - Encore

Hi Crafty Friends!

Just sharing a couple more projects using some of the stamps from the new release over at STAMPlorations,...

... here they are:

My first card uses leaves and small flowers from Deepti's Life Is Sweeter set stamped with Spring Meadow and Purple Velvet Prism inks.

The second card uses Shirley's Super Hero with a bit of added print texture from Shery's Art Marks 3. The star is from the Art Marks set and the sentiment from Noteworthy.

STAMPlorations are celebrating the release with a blog hop. As usual, commenting on the participating designers' blogs will give you entries in the prize draw for ...

- $25 prize code to ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from comments left on all the blogs
- stamp set of choice from the new release to ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from comments left on all the blogs

Commenting closes March 17. The winners will be drawn at random from all the comments left on the release corresponding posts of the participating blogs. Winners will be announced on March 19 on the STAMPlorations Blog. Make sure you follow them for regular updates.

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

Life Is Sweeter, Super Hero, Art Marks 3

  

Art Marks, Noteworthy

 

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.

!! Please note that my personal discount code can not be applied to the New Stamps Pre-order Bundle. !!

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 and to join in the hopping fun.

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

hugs
Monika ❤

STAMPlorations March Release - Day 2

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's the second day of stamp release time over at STAMPlorations,...

... and it's the turn of Deepti's new set Life Is Sweeter.

Life Is Sweeter

These are my DT projects and just a couple of examples on how this set can be used ...

My first card uses the fruity stamps from the set against a stamped background using tomorrow's release set Art Marks 3. To make the fruit stand out more, I added some more yellow ink to the fruit using a damp waterbrush.

The second card uses some of the small floral stamps in combination with rainbow colours and a little gem to finish off.

Both my cards were stamped on light cream card which slightly mooted the colours, an effect I sometimes really like

STAMPlorations are celebrating the release with a blog hop. As usual, commenting on the participating designers' blogs will give you entries in the prize draw for ...

- $25 prize code to ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from comments left on all the blogs
- stamp set of choice from the new release to ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from comments left on all the blogs

Commenting closes March 17. The winners will be drawn at random from all the comments left on the release corresponding posts of the participating blogs. Winners will be announced on March 19 on the STAMPlorations Blog. Make sure you follow them for regular updates.

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

Life Is Sweeter, Art Marks 3

 

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.

!! Please note that my personal discount code can not be applied to the New Stamps Pre-order Bundle. !!

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 and to join in the hopping fun.

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

hugs
Monika ❤

Here is the link to the first day of the release:
Day 1

Super Skinny Slimline

Hi Friends!

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

I was playing with bits and bobs the other day when doing some scribbling on a small die-cut rectangle using my Crawford & Black colour brush pens. I used them flat on their side to scribble thinking it might give me a smooth blend ... instead it came out in this scribbled shaded pattern which I rather liked.

It was perfect for the single flower silhouette from Deepti's soon to be released Life Is Sweeter set which is part of a pre-order bundle, see more details below.

I matted it on a piece of black card and cut a Super Skinny Slimline card base which is only about 7cm (2 3/4 inches) wide to fit it on ... finishing off with a stamped sentiment and single gem.

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

Life Is Sweeter!!, Tweet Love, Basic A2 Panels Nesting Dies

  

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.

!! Please note that my personal discount code can not be applied to the New Stamps Pre-order Bundle. !!

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 ❤

A Soft Heart

Hi Friends!

There are some exciting new stamp sets due to be released over at STAMPlorations. I had the pleasure of playing with two of them for today's post. The first one is called Art Marks 3 and you can make this really cool card with it ...

I used some of the stamps from the Art Marks 3 set to stamp the background and hearts. Initially I thought of using it as a background for some die-cuts, but I really liked how it turned out and I simply added a sentiment, sequins and doodled border to finish.

Inks used were Aurore and Cire Izink inks for the background and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide for the hearts.

The second one is called Life Is Sweeter and I'm getting rather fruity with it ...

I used Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber and and Twisted Citron, hint only, with the Circles Flexi-Template to blend my background for the gorgeous pineapple. Initially I was going to add some of the other fruits from the set too ... but then the pineapple doesn't look lonely to me. It's holding its space rather well.

Here are all the sets from the Pre-order Bundle ...

Art Marks 3, Life Is Sweeter, Super Hero

 

... which is currently on offer at 50% off until March 5. You can check out the details here.

The sentiment I used in my first card is from the Softly set and the circle template in my second card came from the Circles Flexi-Template ..

 

I leave you with one last look at both my card.

That's it from me for today. You cam check out some more projects using some of the new sets over on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Wishing you a lovely day!

hugs

Monika 💖