Your Own Kind Of Beautiful

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.

My DT piece for this week this little card ...

Yep, it's a different take on a card I posted the other day for the special release of Deepti's new sets. My background is sponged using the Senecio 1 stencil. The floral silhouettes were stamped in black and shades of grey.

I thought it might be fun to curve one of the sentiment stamps around the word 'beautiful' for a different look. I then finished off with doodles and sequins.

Again, I am keeping it short and sweet today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out the fabulous projects my teamies made.

That's it from me for now. Have a lovely day and enjoy the sunshine!
hugs
Monika


here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:
Beautiful You, Senecio 1 Stencil
 
for current offers in their shop, check out the graphic below

Beautiful You

Hello Crafty Friends!

Over at STAMPlorations, they are releasing two beautiful stamp sets designed by Deepti under her label Dee's Artsy Impressions.

Here they are:

BEAUTIFUL YOU | SNOW MUCH

I love silhouette stamps and was lucky to be working with the Beautiful You set. Here are my cards ...

I used a stencil print as the backdrop to my black and grey stamping. As you can see, you easily can build up a larger image by stamping the silhouettes in a cluster.

My next card is simply stamped with added splatters. The Cerise Izink ink and Slate Grey Prism ink gave my stamping a rather dramatic look.

STAMPlorations are celebrating this special release with a little blog hop. Please leave comments along the way for your entry into their random prize draw. All links can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Commenting is from August 14 to 22. Winners to be announced in the August winners post on September 10.

Prizes:
- ONE (1) winner of a $15 gift code
- ONE (1) winner of her choice of any in-stock Dee's Artsy Impressions stamp set

Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMPlorations Blog and participating designers' blogs.

Here is one last look at my projects ...

Before I go, I wanted to give you a Heads Up on a fantastic new subscription Shery has introduced:

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

That's it from me for today. Hope you're enjoying the Summer and will have fun hopping along with this new release.

hugs

Monika xxx

Beautiful You, Senecio 1 Stencil, Clustered Hearts Die

  

Both new sets, BEAUTIFUL YOU and SNOW MUCH, are available at 10% off for a limited time until August 24, no coupon needed.

for all other current offers in their shop, check out the graphic below

Spring & Faith - March Challenge over at STAMPlorations

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's time for the March Challenge over at STAMPlorations, As my DT contribution, I made a set of ATCs ...

As you probably guessed, the theme for this month is 'Spring And Faith'. You may remember that STAMPlorations currently have only one challenge to give Shery time to settle into a new routine having recently given birth to their second daughter Winter.

Here are the simple rules for the challenge:

• You may create any type of project -- cards (any style), mixed media, tags, layout, etc -- as long as it follows their theme

• STAMPlorations product is not required though they’d love to see it

• You may enter as many times as you want – as long as each project has its own blog post

• You must display the challenge graphic below + link back to the challenge page to qualify for the prizes

• You must comment on the entry before yours in the gallery – lets spread the love

• For an extra chance, comment on the challenge post and the designers’ blog posts throughout the month

Prizes:

• TWO (2) winners of a $25 gift certificate - randomly drawn from all entries

• ONE (1) winner of a $25 gift certificate - randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs throughout the month

Shery is offering a generous 10% (no coupon code needed) off all stamps, stencils, and dies in the store from Feb through April. Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout will give you an added 20% off taking the total discount to 30%.

My ATCs were made from a piece of background I made mopping up some Daffodil Delight ink from my craft mat, after spritzing with a little water of course. I simply added some stenciling using the Senecio 1 Stencil and Brusho prints using the shapes from the stencil; I had used the shapes as masks for another project, and they still had some Brusho colour on them, it shows up in the ATCs as flecks of orange and green. Here is a little close-up ...

The little post of Spring flowers is stamped and Promarker coloured. I finished off with sentiments, doodles and gems.

By the way, Faith to me is more like a deep inner knowing that everything will work out fine in the end as difficult as it is sometimes to stick with it. Fear and conscious/subconscious chatter can get in the way a bit. What is your interpretation of Faith?

I am entering my ATCs at:
UK Stampers Forum Facebook Group March ATC Swap - Florals

Fancy creating your own Spring and/or Faith themed make, why not link it up over at STAMPlorations? I look forward to seeing you there.

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:

Faith Expressions, Fluttery, Senecio 1 Stencil, Fluttery Dies

   

*** Discount code works on sale items too