TMR 30th October - Pirates

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 Nancy, you can check out her fabulous creations on here on Nancy's blog.

My DT project for the new challenge is ...

Each challenge, of course, has a different theme. As you can see, the theme for challenge #123 is Pirates. Lots of scope there!

#123 Pirates

i did not have a pirate stamp in my possession, and crafting on a budget, I didn't really want to buy one. This little cutie was free from makebreaks.com which was rather welcome. I coloured it using my metallic pencils.

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 else I used:
Wanderlust (palm tree island), Birds Of Paradise (sentiment), Mixed Media Elements (script) - STAMPlorations, feel free to use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA for a 20% discount on their stamps, dies and stencils
Metallic Colouring Pencils - Aldi, special buy from a few weeks ago
Early Espresso Stamp 'N Write Marker - Stampin'Up!
black Versafine ink, cutting die, cream and white card - from my stash

December Stencil Hop Day 4

Hi All, welcome to Day 4 of the ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop where we're celebrating all things stencil.

Here is my project ...

Today I worked with the Holly Backgrounds ARTplorations Stencil. As you can see I used my green and red Starlights Metallic Paints again to sponge the leaves and berries on a piece of linen textured card which I lightly edged with my gold leaf pen before layering on my red base card. To finish I simply added a shadow layered red/gold die-cut sentiment.

For oodles of inspiration check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

As with any blog hop simply leaving a comment on participating blogs can win you a prize, you can find all the links here. Commenting closes on Sunday 13th December and the winner will be announced on Tuesday 15th December.

Hold on, that's not all ... there is also a Stencil Linky Party running alongside the hop increasing your chances of winning a prize. It's all explained in the details below ...

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Prizes:

FIVE (5) winners will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil (standard size - 5x7). Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.
ONE (1) winner will receive a $15 gift certificate OR her choice of 2 ARTplorations stencils (standard size - 5x7). 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 December 13:

TWO (2) winners whose projects feature stencils (any brand) will each receive their choice of one (1) ARTplorations stencil (standard size - 5x7)
ONE (1) winner whose project features an ARTplorations stencil will receive her choice of three (3) ARTplorations stencils (standard size - 5x7) OR a $15 gift certificate to the shop.

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links to previous days:
Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3

That's it from me for today, back again tomorrow with more stencil inspirations.

Have a lovely day and enjoy hopping.

Good Luck!

Monika xxx

here is what I used in today's project, links are in the above text:

Green and Red Starlights Metallic Paints - Imagination Crafts

sentiment die - Clearly Besotted