Celebrate

Hi Friends!

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

At the moment I'm in the flow of using up some square cards blanks I've had for a while. One of them made the perfect base for my watercoloured flowers. I simply added a bit of stencilling to the background and finished off with sequins and stamped sentiment.

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

Sweetly, Balloons And Banners, Winter Flowers Stencil

  

Should you feel like browsing STAMPlorations' shop, check out their latest offer below.

Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on your order makes you qualify to pick a free product from their store up to the value of $7.

!! Please note that my personal discount code can not be applied to the New Stamps Pre-order Bundle. !!

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

hugs

Monika ❤

March Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge

Hi Friends!

After a short break the monthly challenges over at STAMPlorations are back. Here is my DT piece for March's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge over on their blog.

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & Numbers 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've taken some inspiration from the photo for my colours and yogurt turned into ice cream. There is also a little bit of fruit in my card in form of the cherry. Rather than making numbers a big theme in my card, I added them in my collage stamped background.

You might have spotted some elements from the new Art Marks 3 set in my background. It is still on pre-order until March 5 as part of a bundle with Life is Sweeter and Super Hero at 50% off, check out the details here.

As for the Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge prizes:
One winner of a $20 gift code will be picked by one member of our DT.
Plus 3 randomly drawn winners will each receive a $7 gift code.

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

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

Sugar Rush Digital Stamps, Sweetly, Art Marks 3 

  

Art Marks 2, Scribbly Splattery Grunge

 

Should you feel like browsing in STAMPlorations online shop, check out their latest offer below.

Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on your order makes you qualify to pick a free product from their store up to the value of $7. 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.

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 💖

You Make Me Smile

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.  I thought I'd share another little card with a subtle stencil background ...

There are three main options for subtle stencilling on coloured card

1. use a colour that is close to the colour of the card stock (I used Miel Izink ink on mine)
2. use Versamark for the stencilling which gives a slightly darker tone than your card stock's colour
3. go a little darker by using light grey ink, however one needs to be cautious when using grey on yellow card as the darker shade might have a hint of olive (black and yellow are used to mix olive green)

My image was coloured using markers and waterbrush.

If you feel like bagging yourself a bargain and take advantage of STAMPlorations' Birthday Month Sale check out the graphic at the end of this post. All items in this section will be 40% off when using code 7YEARS at check out.

Should you find yourself placing an order of anything not included in the Birthday Month Sale, feel free to use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on your order. Please note that my discount code can not be combined with any other coupon code, but you can use it as often as you wish. I've got to be honest, if you use the code I will get a little reward.
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.

Hope you're having a lovely week!

hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used from

- STAMPlorations Shop:

Bloomin' Coffee And You, Sweetly, Brick Wall Stencil
  

this is the graphic for STAMPlorations current sales

The Sunny Side

Hello Crafty Friends!

It is time to welcome in April and with it the start of another round of challenges over at STAMPlorations. Here is my DT piece for this month's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge ...

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & Flight 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.

As you probably already guessed, I took inspiration from both the theme and the photo for my card.

The inspiration from the photo prompt can be found in the circles (Art Marks 2) and the colours I used to stamp them (Canary Yellow, Orange Zest and Apple Green Prism inks). The theme of flight is reflected by the butterfly from Sweetly.

As with every challenge, there are prizes to be won. Here they are:
Two winners, one of a $15 gift certificate and one of a $10 gift certificate, will be picked by one member of our DT.
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:

Sweetly, Art Marks 2, Noteworthy 4

  

Places To Go

Hello Crafty Friends!

After taking a little break in February, it is time to welcome March and the start of another round of challenges over at STAMPlorations. Here is my DT piece for this month's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge ...

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & Splatters 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.

As you probably already guessed, I took inspiration from both the theme and the photo for my card.

Going for the white, pink and grey colour scheme, I started off by stamping the background in grey on my white base card using the large floral stamp from Sweetly.

To bring in even more of the nature theme (I love walking in Nature), I stamped the Walking Boots on shrink plastic using StazOn and coloured them with grey and bright pink pencils, fuzzy cut and shrunk them to get my little embellishment. I stamped the Typographia: Oh The Places on pale pink card and layered everything to finish my card.

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.
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:

Sweetly, Walking Boots, Oh The Places, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

   

STAMPlorations Special Release Day 4

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's release week over at STAMPlorations. They are introducing 4 stamp sets perfect for Spring themed cards and more ...

Here are my DT pieces for DAY 4 featuring Sweetly designed by Shery aka Shery Russ Designs ...

The flowers are watercoloured, fuzzy cut and layered on a splatter and stamped background.

For my second card, I wanted the butterfly to take center stage hence I used the flowers to stamp my background, heat embossed and watercoloured my butterfly and finished off with a bold stamped sentiment and some gems. The rounded corner is a little retro giving a nod to the in-style from a few years ago.

Here is Shery's new set ...

Sweetly

STAMPlorations are celebrating the release with a blog hop. Here is what you can do to take part:

👉 visit and comment on the STAMPlorations Blog and all the participating designer's blogs, links to all can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog

👉 commenting closes on February 19

👉 winners will be randomly drawn from all the comments left on the STAMPlorations Blog and participating designer's blogs

Prizes:

❤ $20 gift code to one commenter randomly drawn from comments left on all the blogs

❤ stamp set of choice from the new release to one commenter randomly drawn from comments left on all the blogs

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All 4 new sets are on offer at 10% off in the STAMPlorations Store until 19th February, no coupon needed. You can get an added 20% off by using me personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog for more Layered Vase inspiration and to join the party.

Links to previous days: DAY 1 - DAY 2 - DAY 3

Hope you're having a lovely week!

hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used from

- STAMPlorations Shop:

Sweetly

Butterfly Happy

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.  I had to use the butterfly from Sweetly, one of the sets in this week's release  ...

Yep, I've been using tissue paper again. This time I used it simply for a textured background rather than adding texture to die-cuts which I did in last week's Spotlight Project here.  It adds quite a bit of interest without being over powering. To finish I simply added the butterfly and die-cut sentiment.

If you feel like bagging yourself a bargain and take advantage of STAMPlorations' Stencil & Sticker Sale check out the graphic at the end of this post.
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.

Hope you're having a lovely week!

hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used from

- STAMPlorations Shop:

Sweetly, Happy Everything Phrase Die
  

this is the graphic for STAMPlorations current sales