Just Breathe

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 showcase some of the stamps from the Say It Big Series: Just Breathe, Game Changer and Soar, with a little help from the Stitched Spring Landscape and Art Edges CUTplorations Dies plus the Some Birds, Square City and Just Flow ARTplorations Stencils to create the following three cards ...

Simple sponging, stamping and die-cutting, using the negative, for a monochromatic look ....

... going bold with marker pens, they were a little dry  which made for an interesting effect ...

... simple sponging and stamping again ...

These cards were fun to make. I especially like using the markers with the stencil. Adding a white gel pen shadow to the sentiments helped them stand out more and finished the cards off beautifully. Here is one last look ...

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 Faith Expressions 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:
STAMPlorations Stamps: Say It Big Series: Just Breathe, Game Changer, Soar; Trendy Birds


CUTplorations Dies: Stitched Spring Landscape, Art Edges
 

ARTplorations Stencils: Some Birds, Square City, Just Flow
  

*** Discount code works on sale items too

Find Beauty

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'.

Well, I got a bit of a surprise for you and ended up making two cards, the first one using the butterfly from Gone Postal, the Find Beauty sentiment from the new Say It Big Series, the little corcles from the Artsy Border Maker and a print of the Ethnic Organic 2 ARTplorations Stencil to create a card fitting the sentiment.

It was a pretty straight forward card to make, the stencil print was one I took when working with Infusion Powders through the Ethnic Organic 2 stencil. It's on linen effect card ,and all I had to do was stamp the sentiment and dotty circles, add the stamped and fuzzy cut butterfly and finish off with a few sparkly enamel dots.

My second card uses the Blossom Sprays #2 stamp and the Good Luck CUTplorations Phrase Die, both from the new release.

It's simply stamped and watercoloured and finished off with a die-cut sentiment.

As mentioned earlier, this week we are showcasing stamps designed by Shery under her label 'Shery Russ Designs'. Normally it would be only her stamps on offer for the week, but hey ... it's STAMPlorations 4th Birthday and all stamps, dies and stencils are reduced by 15%, no coupon needed!!!! Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout will give you an added 20% off, you could save yourself 35% in total, just saying. 😊

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:
Gone Postal, Find Beauty - Say It Big Series, Artsy Border Maker, Blossom Sprays #2
  

CUTplorations Dies:
Good Luck

ARTplorations Stencils:
Ethnic Organic Two

*** Discount code works on sale items too

Hey Chickie!

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I am sharing a quick card with you, simply stamped and with a tiny bit of masking. Hope this one brings a smile to your face ... 😄

I wanted the sentiment to take center stage and make it lighthearted ... laughter is after all the best medicine! Shirley's chicks came in very handy indeed to make eyes sparkle.

I am entering my card at:
Craft Stamper Make It Take It - June challenge, AG must use stamp
Addicted To Stamps And More - #245 photo inspiration, I was inspired by the sentiment taking center stage plus a little bit of sparkle 😄

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:

Let Go - Say It Big Series, Fowl Play, Grunge Floral Strips
  

*** Discount code works on sale items too