Time To Get Engaged

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.  For today's New Year's Eve, I'm sharing a card for a different kind of celebration. Nick's nephew finally popped the question and got engaged to his long term girlfriend ... much to everyone's delight ...

I did a bit of heat embossing for the ring, added a few gems and glitter and finished off with a layered sentiment cut from pearlised card.

There are still a few hours left to take advantage of STAMPlorations last sale of the year. If you want to bag yourself a bargain, feel free to check out the graphic at the end of my post. There is also still time to join their 12 Days Of Christmas celebrations here on their blog.
You can check out all of STAMPlorations' current promotions here.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out my teamies' beautiful makes and to join the fun of their 12 Days Of Christmas celebrations.

Wishing you a Happy Christmas!

hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:

Sparkly currently part of the 12 Days Of Christmas Promotion (Day 3), Art Marks, Congrats Word Stamp & Die Set
  

this is the graphic for STAMPlorations current sale

Sparkly Wish

Hello Crafty Friends!

Welcome to October and the start of another round of challenges over at STAMPlorations. With the new term, I moved over to the Theme & Photo Prompt challenge team.

Here is my card ...

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & 3 Colours 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 have taken 3 colours -pink, green and yellow (Cerise, Menthe and Aurore Izink inks)- from the photo. Some of the baskets for the flowers reminded me of the gems from the Sparkly set which gave me the inspiration to make my card.

The bold shapes have been stamped using the reverse of each stamp and a little bit of vellum helped my die-cut sentiment stand out.

As for the prizes:
Two winners, one of a $15 gift certificate and one of a $10 gift certificate, will be picked by one member of our DT. This month it's Jane who has the honour to choose.
Plus 3 randomly drawn winners will each receive a $5 gift certificate.

In order to be considered for a prize, make sure you've followed the rules here.

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 xxx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:

Sparkly, Make A Wish Phrase Die

 

Beauty Of Dreams

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations. This week my teamies and I are showcasing stamps and dies designed by STAMPlorations owner Shery under her label 'Shery Russ Designs'.

Well, I am at the moment in a phase of using coloured card instead of white for my cards. I got stacks of it and I'm on a mission to use it up. It is quite good for use with the Typographia stamps and a bit of shimmery watercolouring. What do you think? ...

That's literally all I did for this card, stamping and shimmery watercolouring. The lines are drawn using a ruler and marker, my hands aren't that steady ... 😁
I thought they'd pick up nicely on some elements of the sentiment stamp and the gems used in the corners.

As mentioned earlier, this week we are showcasing stamps and dies designed by Shery under her label 'Shery Russ Designs'. All her sets will be reduced by 10% until Monday 1st April, no coupon needed. You can use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at check out to get an added 20% off STAMPlorations,stamps, dies and stencils.

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:
The Future Belongs, Sparkly
 

*** Discount code works on sale items too