TMR 18th September - Use Embellishments

Hello Crafty Friends!

It is Wednesday and time for a new challenger over at The Male Room challenge blog where the bi-weekly challenge is all about making projects for the men in our lives. Our guest designer for the next fortnight is Tenia Nelson, you can check out her fabulous creations on here on Tenia's blog.

My DT project for the new challenge is ...

Each challenge, of course, has a different theme. The theme for challenge #120 is to use embellishments. Lots of scope there!

#120 Use Embellishments

As you have probably already noticed, I don't tend to use many embellishments on my cards. My stand-by ones for masculine cards are eyelets which I decided to use on my card.

I used the catty Scratch Pad set in combination with the Shutters stencil all coloured with watercolour pencils. To finish I added some splatters and eyelets.

Fancy creating something for a male person in your life, pop over to The Male Room for more inspiration and to link up your masculine makes.

That's it from me for today
Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
Scratch Pad by Your Next Stamp - Dies To Die For
Shutters stencil - STAMPlorations, feel free to use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA for a 20% discount on their stamps, dies and stencils
Mixed Media card - Aldi
watercolour pencils - WHSmith
black Versafine ink, kraft card, copper eyelets- from my stash

A Little Canvas

Hello Crafty Friends!

I am back today with another canvas to share. It is one I made as a tutorial for STAMPlorations, and it is a little more complex than last month's.
I can assure you, it doesn't look anything like what I had in mind.
That's the beauty and challenge of Mixed Media, trusting the process when projects take on a life of their own.

It does look a little on the brown side in the photo, but in real life the oranges and yellows give it a nice rich and warm glow.

The basis for my colour scheme came from a Color Blooms page which I had coloured using brushos and Promarkers some time last year, never daring to tear or cut into it. I wanted to combine it with the My Sunshine mask, and off I went on my journey.

Bits of the layers I added are popping through in the most unexpected places.

There are more photos and a little slideshow video on the STAMPlorations Blog taking you through all of the steps on how it came together in the end, that's after I was just about to give up on it. 😊
Yes, about 2/3 through I was very close to shelf it and as a result became less fearful of messing up. Of course, I thought it was already a mess and it couldn't get any worse. 😁
I am glad I persevered and hope that you enjoy and feel inspired by today's tutorial.

I am entering my canvas at:

Creative Artiste - challenge #24 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Craft Stamper - Make It Take It Anything Goes, must use stamps

If you feel inspired to dig into your crafty resourcefulness and create something to enjoy  .... why not link it up with the Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. The theme for the Mixed Media Challenge is always Anything Mixed Media Goes except cards which means projects such as tags, ATCs, canvases, layouts, art journal pages etc,are perfect for entering, and you must have used at least one stencil (any brand) in your project. The challenge will close at the end of the month. You can find the full challenge details plus more Mixed Media inspiration here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

That's it from me for today. Have a lovely weekend!
hugs
Monika xxx


The little slideshow video can also be found here on my YouTube Channel.

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:

ARTplorations Stencils and Masks: Shutters, My Sunshine
 
STAMPlorations Stamps: Art Marks, Mixed Media Elements, Mixed Media Grunge, The Birds And The Blooms
   
Colouring Book: Color Blooms


*** Discount code works on sale items too

other supplies: gesso primed canvas 20x20cm (8x8inches); Sepia, Tiger Lily, Potting Soil and black Archival Inks; London Bus and Zesty Zing PaperArtsy Fresco Paints; dark yellow Crafter's Choice acrylic paint; white gesso; arcylic medium; Brusho Powders and Promarkers for the Color Blooms page; Early Espresso ink and marker pen; white gel pen; Gelly Roll Black Sparkl; Micron 05; glossy accents; metal charms and skeleton leaves

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop Day 3

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop. This is where we, the STAMPlorations Girls, put our stencils through their paces.

For today's project I worked with the Daisy Dance and the Shutters stencils. The Daisy Dance stencil coordinates perfectly with one of the daisies from the Bloom Sketches set, more about this later, firstly here is the card ...

First I used the Shutters stencil and sponged some Crushed Curry (yellow) all over, then I used the Daisy Dance stencil and sponged some Bermuda Bay (turquoise) all over before stamping my daisy from the Bloom Sketches set in Tangerine Tango (orange). The keen eyed of you may have spotted that my stamped daisies don't perfectly align with the stencil ... I did it on purpose as I wanted a very sketchy, slightly grungy look. The stencil fits the daisy perfectly, I simply flipped it over before stenciling to achieve my look. That's what I love about stencils, you immediately have a very usable mirror image. :-)

Next I stamped and embossed my sentiment from the SENTIMENT BUILDERS Happy on a strip of vellum, layered up as shown and attached some paper twine and charm to finish.

I am entering my card at:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes, STAMPlorations are sponsoring

Allsorts - Birthday

Time Out - Grunge, STAMPlorations are sponsoring

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here. Feel free to leave comments as you go along. Every comment will be entered into a prize draw. Commenting closes on 29th May and the winners will be announced on 1st June. Good Luck!

Prizes:

SIX (6) winners (2 winners per day) will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.

THREE (3) winners will each receive a $10 gift certificate. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog.

+ Extra prizes for those who participate in the Flash Stencil Project Linky Party and link up by May 31.

That's it from me for today. I shall be back again tomorrow with another stencil project.

Have a lovely day!

hugs

Monika xxx

Here is what I used:

stamps and stencils from STAMPlorations, links are in the text above

Crushed Crurry, Tangerine Tango and Bermuda Bay ink plus Bermuda Bay card stock from Stampin'Up!

paper twine from The Works

charm, black ink and embossing powder from stash

More Gelli Plate

Hi Everybody,
Thanks so much for all your lovely comments. They are very much appreciated. As you might have noticed there is a Blog Hop going on over at the STAMPlorations Blog. This time around it's all about stencils, and the STAMPlorations girls got bags of ideas, tips, tricks and techniques to share. You can find the projects from Day 1 here.

Now to today's project I want to share. I used one of the Gelli Plate backgrounds I created the other day using the ARTplorations Stencil Shutters in combination with the Blossom Overture and Hashtag Authentic stamp sets. Here it is:

First I put down a layer of metallic silver acrylic paint on my Gelli Plate on which I put my stencil. Then I spread a little mustard acrylic paint over part of the stencil before removing the stencil and taking my first print, which is the one I used for this card. I still need to record a video on how exactly I make my prints, for now Shery has a quick demonstration here which is similar to what I do.
I stamped, coloured (Promarkers: gold, tulip yellow, honeycomb, burnt orange, pear green) and fuzzy cut my rose from the Blossom Overture set, heat embossed the sentiment amazing and stamped the you are in green. I then layered my elements on a green base card and attached some twine and metal charm to finish.

This card is part of the Inspiration Post over at the STAMPlorations Blog. This is where we invite you to pick one of our creations, CASE and enter it at the CASEplorations Playground for your chance to win $15 gift certificate or two ARTploration stencils of your choice. You can find all the information here.

I would like to enter my card at:

Crafty Calendar - add metal
Sisters of Craft - anything goes
Scribble and Scrap - anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Next up is a quick feel better card, one can never have too many of these ...

I simply stamped and heat embossed the chevrons, stamped my sentiment, stamped, coloured, fuzzy cut and attached my rose, doodled a border and added some gems and glossy accents to finish.

I am entering this card at:
Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS
Stempelsonne - anything goes with stamp as main focus

Hope you enjoyed my little offering today. If you did and you would like to follow my blog, you can either follow through Google+ or by clicking on the small green squares next to the join this site button.
I shall be back shortly with my projects for Day 2 of the ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop.
See you there.
Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
from STAMPlorations
   
Gumball Green ink and card, Wild Wasabi ink, Early Espresso ink and embossing powder, Riding Hood Red Stamp'n'Write Marker and glossy accents/ crystal effects - all from Stampin'Up!
Twine from Fantastic Ribbons
metallic silver acrylic paint from Poundland
mustard acrylic paint from HomeBargain
gold embossing powder, gems, charm from stash