Thanks Snow Much

Hello Crafty Friends!

Given how cold it is in the UK at the moment, I thought I'd share a wintery Thank You card. Here it is ...

I used the Zen Doodled Birthday Gifts Cover Plate Die by STAMPlorations which is a bit larger than my card and has a frame around it ... normally ... I cut it down to a different size, layered it on a piece of coloured card and edged it with some snow like fibres. The sentiment is from STAMPlorations' Winter Chill set.

This is where I discover that there is a little hair photobombing my picture 😂

That's it from me for now, back later with another make.

hugs
Monika xxx

January TAGplorations Reminder

Hello Crafty Friends!

Just a little reminder that January's TAGplorations Challenge is in full swing over at STAMPlorations. There is still time to enter.

The theme for January is: All About Winter

The optional twist is: to use Texture Paste

Well, as you can see, I've gone all out for the optional twist of texture paste with my trees.

I cut a tag from a piece of card I had used to mop up some ink from my craft mat. I then used some texture paste through the Christmas Tree 1 stencil and sprinkled it with glitter to make my trees sparkle.

Whilst the paste was drying, I did some stamping using the Winter Chill set, colouring and fuzzy cutting plus a bit of heat embossing and doodling before assembling my tag and finishing off with a few snowflake sequins and a bit of silver and black ribbons.

If you love tags, why not give it a go and play along? Your project can be anything as long as it features a tag. You can enter as many projects as you want, but one per blog post please, and you don't have to use STAMPlorations products, yet we'd be thrilled if you would. There is currently a free winter/holiday image to download at STAMPlorations Never ending Anything Goes Challenge here. Please check out the full revised challenge guidelines here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

One lucky winner, voted for by the DT, will win a $15 STAMPlorations gift certificate and 3 randomly picked players will win a $5 STAMPlorations gift certificate each.

Ready for more tagtastic inspiration? Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to see the gorgeous projects my teamies created and, of course, to link up your tag project/s too.

If you like challenges, check out January's Challenge Reminder Post over on the STAMPlorations blog too.

That's it from me for today. Have a lovely week.

hugs

Monika xx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop, you can use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on their, stamps, dies and stencils

Christmas Tree 1 Stencil, Winter Chill, Manila Tags Nesting Dies

  

here is what else I used:

Versamark, Snowflake embossing powder, black Versafine ink, Tempting Turqoise ink, silver and black ribbon, glitter, white and black card, brush markers, snowflake sequins, black fine liner pens

January TAGplorations

Hello Crafty Friends!

Happy New Year! It's 1st of January 2019 and it's also the first Tuesday in January and the start of a new TAGplorations Challenge over at STAMPlorations.

The theme for November is: All About Winter

The optional twist is: to use Texture Paste

Well, as you can see, I've gone all out for the optional twist of texture paste.

I cut a tag from a piece of card I had used to mop up some ink from my craft mat. I then used some texture paste through the Dots All Over stencil and sprinkled it with glitter to make my dots sparkle.

Whilst the paste was drying, I did some stamping using the Winter Chill set, colouring and fuzzy cutting before assembling my tag and finishing off with a bit of silver ribbon.

If you love tags, why not give it a go and play along? Your project can be anything as long as it features a tag. You can enter as many projects as you want, but one per blog post please, and you don't have to use STAMPlorations products, yet we'd be thrilled if you would. There is currently a free winter/holiday image to download at STAMPlorations Never ending Anything Goes Challenge here. Please check out the full revised challenge guidelines here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

One lucky winner, voted for by the DT, will win a $15 STAMPlorations gift certificate and 3 randomly picked players will win a $5 STAMPlorations gift certificate each.

Ready for more tagtastic inspiration? Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to see the gorgeous projects my teamies created and, of course, to link up your tag project/s too.

That's it from me for today. Have a lovely week.

hugs

Monika xx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop, you can use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on their, stamps, dies and stencils

Dots All Over Stencil, Winter Chill, Manila Tags Nesting Dies

  

here is what else I used:

black Versafine ink, silver ribbon, glitter, white card, brush markers, white gel pen

Hot Chill

Hello Crafty Friends!

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

Inspired by a lovely sunny weekend at the caravan, I decided to work with the Zen Coffee ATC, Zinnia Row and Winter Chill stamps to create this grungy card inviting you to chill with a hot cuppa.

I quite like the contrast between the grungy stamped and sanded background and the touches of gold from the embossed sentiment, sequins and mirror card.

As mentioned earlier, this week we are showcasing stamps designed by Shery under her label 'Shery Russ Designs'. All her sets will be reduced by 15% until Monday 29th January.The link to their shop can be found below towards the end of my post.

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:
Zen Coffee ATC, Zinnia Row, Winter Chill
  

*** Discount code works on sale items too

More Christmas Makes

Hello Crafty Friends!

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

I have a couple of cards for you today, For my first one, I decided to work with the Joy To The World and Winter Chill stamp sets in combination with the Christmas Angel Die and a little bit of help from two of Shirley's sets, Three Kings and Christmas Reindeer, for the star cluster and the small snowflake. Here it is ...

It's been pretty straight forward stamping and die-cutting with a little bit of a blended background.

I had these large shaped cards for quite a while and decided that I had to start using them up. I don't normally make large cards, but I love using the Christmas Angel with the Joy To The World stamp. The two are just made for each other and they needed some space.

Next up is a card using the Christmas In The Heart stamp ....

It is simply stamped and then die-cut using a set of nesting dies from my stash. I did the die-cutting all at once and then pieced it all back together.

STAMPlorations have a special Thanksgiving Offer with the Thanksgiving Blog Hop And Wishlist Linky Party ending later this week. There are still a few days to join the fun.

There is a special offer coupon code BIGTHANKS which can be used once per customer/shipping address for a whopping 40% discount. This offer excludes products from the New Release and Retiring category, Coloring Books and Gift Certificates.

The BIGTHANKS coupon code cannot be combined with any other coupon codes you might have.

Should you wish to purchase products from the New Release category you can always use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount. This code can be used more than once and works on sale items too, but cannot be combined with any other discount code.

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:
Joy To The World, Winter Chill, Christmas Angel, Christmas In The Heart
   

Christmas Reindeer, Three Kings
 

November Mixed Media Challenge

Hello, Crafty Friends!

Welcome back! Phew, time has flown by! Hope you all had a great Summer!
It's Sunday 5th November today which means, it's the start of a new Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. As you know Anything Mixed Media Goes as long as it is not a card and you use at least one stencil.

My DT contribution for November is ... a wintery tag ....

I fancied doing something a little monochromatic and dug out the snowman and penguins from the Winter Chill set to start and lightly watercoloured them with ink.

I then inked up the second largest Manila Tags Nesting Dies and randomly added some snowflakes before sponging Versamark though the Autumn Falling stencil and heat embossing with Snowflake Embossing Tinsel.

I then added the fuzzy cut snowman and penguins, sentiment, sequins and ribbon to finish.

I hope 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.

Ooops, almost forgot to mention the prizes: one winner as chosen by the Mixed Media DT will receive a $10 gift certificate and two Top Picks will receive a $5 gift certificate each, all of course redeemable at the STAMPlorations Shop ... but that's not all ... if there are 25 or more entries one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive two standard sized stencils of their choice.

That's it from me for today. I shall be back soon with another project to share.

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:

ARTplorations Stencils/Masks: Autumn Falling

STAMPlorations Stamps: Winter Chill


CUTplorations Dies: Manila Tags Nesting Dies

*** The personal discount coupon STAMPGIRLMONIKA works on already reduced items too, but can not be combined with any other coupon codes.

STAMPlorations Christmas Release Day 4

Hello Crafty Friends!

STAMPlorations are doing a Christmas in August Release. They are releasing 6 stamp sets and 8 CUTplorations dies and, of course, are celebrating in style with a Blog Hop. Welcome to Day 4!

Today we are showcasing two sets designed by STAMPlorations owner Shery under her label Shery Russ Designs. The sets are called Homespun Christmas and Winter Chill.

I was working with the super cute penguins from the Winter Chill set to create this chilled out card. Here it is:

Stamping, watercolouring, fuzzy cutting and a little die-cutting was all that was needed to create this super cute card.

Here are Shery's sets, Winter Chill and Homespun Christmas, in full:

 

And here is a little pre-view of all the sets and dies in the release:

As with any blog hop, it is best to comment on all the participating blogs, Facebook and Instagram, links to which can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

Commenting closes on Monday 21st August at 11.55 pm Pacific (that's British Summer Time 7.55am Tuesday 22nd August) with winners being announced on August 24.

Here is what you can win:

Winners randomly drawn from all the comments left on the STAMPlorations Blog and participating designers blogs:

- THREE (3) winners of a $10 gift certificate to the STAMPlorations store

- ONE (1) winner of her choice of 1 stamp set and 1 CUTplorations die from the new release

- ONE (1) winner of a $25 gift certificate to the STAMPlorations store

Extra prizes:

- TWO (2) winners of their choice of 1 CUTplorations die from the new release -- drawn from STAMPlorations Facebook page (for commenting, sharing, and tagging a friend)

- ONE (1) winner of her choice of 1 stamp set from the new release -- drawn from STAMPlorations Instagram post (commenting, liking, tagging a friend)

Well. it's over to you now, you can find all the info and links here on the STAMPlorations Blog.
Enjoy your day and happy hopping!

hugs
Monika xxx

links to previous days: Day1, Day 2, Day 3

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:

Winter Chill, Stitched Snow Hills
 
*** Discount code works on sale items too