Smile

Hi Crafty Friends!

Got a simple slimline card for you today. It is actually a UK DL size which is slightly different to the US slimline.

I used a mix of ink blending and watercolouring for the florals by Crafty Roo Designs and finished off with a hand doodled border, gems and a die-cut sentiment by STAMPlorations.

Wishing you all a lovely Sunday!

hugs
Monika 💕

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Bunny Smile

Hi Crafty Friends!

I recently treated myself to a pair of cheeky bunnies dies. They immediately had to be turned into some cute and adorable cards. Here is the first one, using one of the bunnies only.

I added some stamped daffodils as background for a spring feel, just perfect for the sunshine we're having currently here in the UK.

I'm entering my card at:

AAA Cards Game #211 - Anything CAS goes +Spring Animal

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - March Challenge

The Freche Hasen (cheeky bunnies) dies are from 'Charlie und Paulchen', the daffodil stamp and the smile word die are by STAMPlorations.

Wishing you all a sunny day!

hugs

Monika 💕

Kitty Smile

Hi Crafty Friends!

I'm up over on the STAMPlorations blog with a little step-by-step tutorial. Having been musing what to do for this month's post, I wondered how it might be possible to adapt the spotlight colouring technique for stamped images to stencilled images and patterns. Have a look at what I came up with.

I rather liked how my experiment turned out. It will certainly be a technique to add to my toolbox.

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These are the STAMPlorations products used in today's card:

Kitty Slimline Stencil, Circles Flexi-Template, Art Marks #3 Smile Word Die

 

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 the step-by-step tutorial to see how my card came together.

hugs
Monika ❤

Smile

Hi Friends!

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

The nice bit about my card is the lace detail on the card front. In my photo it appears white because of the white insert. I used the Art Border #3 die to carefully cut it into my card front holding the die in place with low tack masking tape.

The butterfly was watercoloured using Emeraude and Cassis Izink inks and the die-cut 'smile' was given a white shadow layer to finish off my card.

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

Art Border Die #3 from the Birthday Bundle #3, Smile Word Die, Blossom Like A Butterfly - set of 2 digital stamps

  

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 another make. Until then ... have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika ❤

CUTplorations June Reminder

Hello Crafty Friends!

Over at STAMPlorations the CUTplorations Challenge  is in full swing, and I just wanted to post a little reminder project for you to get your creative juices flowing. Here it is ...

... and this is where the inspiration came from ...

I started off with a touch of light purple ink on linen effect card. It ended up being a bit streaky so I added some splatters and stamping. I then added the die-cut smile and watercoloured dino finishing off with sequins and a little Stickles.

Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to see how my teamies interpreted the photo and to link up your entry too. There are prizes for the winner ($10 gift certificate) and the two runner-ups ($5gift certificate each) as voted by the DT plus, if there are 30 or more entries, one randomly drawn winner can choose any 2 of the CUTplorations Word/Phrase Dies the DT used in their projects. That's well worth creating for, what do you think?

Before I go, I just want to give you a heads up on an upcoming event. STAMPlorations is turning 4 and the celebrations will start next week with a Wishlist Link Up Party. Check out the STAMPlorations Blog on Monday 19th June for more info.

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:


CUTplorations Dies used: Smile Word Die

STAMPlorations Stamps used: Dino Things, Sketched: Birthday Cake
 

*** Discount code works on sale items too

CASEplorations August

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's time to start off the August CASEplorations Challenge over at STAMPlorations. This month we are CASEing this stunning card by Vijaylaxmi Siyal better known as Shalu from All By Heart Creations.

Shalu posted about her card on her blog here, if you want to check it out. Have a look, what can you see?

• bold strips, appearing black to me, but on reading Shalu's post, I discovered they were navy blue
• flowers
• silver embossing and threat
• sequins
• focal pop of colour, provided by the orange flowers

Here is what I made of it ...

I went for the bold stripes which are made using a cake of chalks/pastels dragged across my piece of card. The rest is pretty easy ... the butterflies from the Trendy Butterflies set were embossed with Frantage powder, fuzzy cut and glazed with clear nail varnish. My topper and sentiment were die cut using CUTplorations dies: Word Die Smile and Rectangle Nesting Dies Crazy Double Running Stitch.

Looking forward to seeing your creations inspired by Shalu's card. You can link them up here on the STAMPlorations Blog.
Back again soon.

Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
Trendy Butterflies, CUTplorations Word Die: Smile, CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies
  

CUTplorations Die Release Hop Day 3

... and overall Blog Hop DAY 7 ...

Hi All! It's PARTY TIME!!!!! STAMPlorations is turning 3 and they are celebrating BIG! It's Blog Hop Time!

..... and Shery is releasing a new product too ... CUTplorations thin metal dies ... this is day 3 of their release ...

First up is my DT contribution to DAY 7 of the blog hop. Today I was working with two of the CUTplorations word dies, hugs and smile ....

... in combination with CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies, ARTplorations Stencils: Leaf Prints and Kathryn's Big Wishes stamp set.

The first card is super easy to make ... cut a Crazy Double Running Stitch rectangle, spritz with ink, cut out the word hugs, layer on a contrasting base card, attach a leaf using decoupage gel glue (it helps to keep the shape) and finish off with a couple of clear gems. You can see how I made the leaf in my short Easy Leaves video here.

For my second card, I stamped, masked and coloured to build up my image and stamped sentiment before cutting the word smile into it keeping all the elements even the little fill in bits one normally would discard as they were due to become part of my sentiment base layer. I also cut the word smile twice more from white card to build up my sentiment for a 3D effect. Have a close look ...

Now back to the blog hop ... as with every blog hop there will be prizes for commenting on participating blogs. You can find all the links for DAY 7 here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

The prizes for commenting are:

Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog and STAMPlorations designers blogs:

• THREE (3) winners of $25 gift certificate
• SEVEN (7) winners (1 per day) of $10 gift certificate

All prizes will be randomly drawn using Random.org

.... hold on, that's not all ... there is also a Linky Party you can join to help us celebrate

How does this work:

• there is a mood board below for you to draw inspiraiton from
• create your project (No back linking, projects must be new, but you can use any brand of product. We would be tickled pink if you were to use STAMPlorations products, but it is not necessary.)
• display the mood board in your post
• link to any of the 7 blog hop posts
• the linky will be open until 5th July, it will close lateron  today

Here is the mood board, remember it needs to be displayed in your blog post to qualify ...

Here are the Linky Party prizes:

• one winner of Kathryn's Big Wishes
• one winner of three CUTplorations word dies, winner's choice

All winners will be drawn by Random.org.

This is me finished, one last look at my cards ....

 

I shall be back soon. Have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika xxx

link to DAY 1, DAY 2, DAY 3, DAY 4, DAY 5, DAY 6, DAY 7 of the Blog Hop

here is what I used:
CUTplorations thin metal dies Words: hugs and smile, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies
  
ARTplorations Stencils: Leaf Prints, Kathryn's Big Wishes