Wonderful Things

Hi Friends!

The sentiment is taking center stage in today's make. I thought it would be the perfect card for the weekend ...

The sentiment used is from a stamp set by STAMPlorations, the butterflies are by All Occasion Dies.

Wishing you a lovely weekend!
hugs
Monika 💕

Beautiful Dreamer

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Tuesday and this means it's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations.

My DT piece for this week is a set of cards using one of the Faces stencils called Dreamer ...

I used a couple of backgrounds I made for my tutorial here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

For my first card, I sponged the Dreamer face with Cassis Izink ink. I then masked the actual face and lightly blended using the cassis ink before adding some stamped stars and sentiment. I simply finished off with a doodled border and a couple of sequins.

For my second card, I used some Sparkle Medium with the stencil, stamped my sentiment and finished off by distressing one side of my topper only before layering on my base card.

Here is a closer look at both cards ...

Again, I am keeping it short and sweet today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to check out the fabulous projects my teamies made.

That's it from me for now. Have a lovely day and enjoy the sunshine!
hugs
Monika


here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:

Dreamer Stencil, Beautiful You, Wonderful Life, Strong Women
   
or current offers in their shop, check out the graphics below

Nature Spirit

Hello Crafty Friends!

I am over on the STAMPlorations Blog with a little tutorial on how I made this card ...

The full tutorial including the products I used can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

The card involved a bit of ink blending using a stencil, the ink left on the stencil was too good to waste. I spritzed it with water and took a print which I used for my card below.

I simply added a bit of stamping, layered on my base card with a frame only showing on three sides and my card was finished.

Before I go, I wanted to give you a Heads Up on a fantastic new subscription Shery has introduced at STAMPlorations:

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

hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used

... from a past issue of Creative Stamping Magazine - border stamp

... from Craft Stash - Cerise Izink ink

... from the STAMPlorations Shop:
Faces: Foxy, Wonderful Life
 

... from my stash - black Versafine ink, white and coloured card

Loving Stars

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations. This week my teamies and I are showcasing stamps by Becca under her label 'Big Grins By Becca Cruger'.

To go along with this month's Challenge Theme 'Focus On The Sentiments', I decided to work with Becca's Wonderful Life, a set made up of six beautiful sentiments and four images, to create this little CAS card ...

The light of love drowns out the darkness of fear ... I had to go for stamping on white giving a hint to the dark night sky with a bold purple border.

As mentioned earlier, this week we are showcasing stamps designed by Becca under her label 'Big Grins By Becca Cruger'. To mix it up a little, all stamps, stencils and dies - except from the Retiring category- are reduced by 10% this week in the STAMPlorations Shop, no coupon needed. Using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout will give you an added 20% off taking the total discount to 30%. I would love for you to take advantage of this great offer.

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 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:
Wonderful Life

*** Discount code works on sale items too

Rise Like The Sun

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations. This week my teamies and I are showcasing stamps by Becca under her label 'Big Grins By Becca Cruger'.

I decided to work with the Wonderful Life set to create a card with texture yet easy on postage costs. Here it is ...

The idea for this card came from the sentiment. I wanted only the sun to be coloured, and the die-cuts to provide texture without being overpowering hence the inlaid die-cutting rather than layers..

As mentioned earlier, this week we are showcasing stamps designed by Becca under her label 'Big Grins By Becca Cruger'. All her sets will be reduced by 15% until Monday 15th January. You can get an additional 20% off by using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout.

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:
Wonderful Life, Stitched Spring Landscape, Stitched Snow Hills
  
*** Discount code works on sale items too

Wonderful Life

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Inspiration Time over at STAMPlorations. This week my teamies and I are showcasing stamps by Becca under her label 'Big Grins By Becca Cruger'.

I decided to work with Becca's set Wonderful Life to create an uplifting tag. Here it is ...

I die-cut the largest tag from the set and blended with Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo before stamping the sun in Melon Mambo and some of the smaller sentiments from the Wonderful Life set in Daffodil Delight to create my background.

Once dry, I stamped and heat embossed the large framed sentiment, stamped and watercoloured the rainbow and attached it with foam tape. To finish off, I added some doodles, sequin and ribbon.

As mentioned earlier, this week we are showcasing stamps designed by Becca under her label 'Big Grins By Becca Cruger'. All her sets will be on sale at 15% off until Monday 16th October, no coupon needed. You can get an extra 20% off by using my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout.

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:
Wonderful Life, Luggage Tags Nesting Dies
 
*** Discount code works on sale items too