TMR 7th August - Birthday 6 Years

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 Deborah, you can check out her fabulous creations on here on Deborah'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 #117 is Birthday as our challenge celebrates its 6th birthday.. Lots of scope there!

#117 Birthday

Feeling inspired by Jane's beautiful CAS cards on her Istagram, I went for a minimalist style card with just a few pops of colour. Stretching my stash somewhat i used stamps from a floral set to create my little candle and add the blue accents.

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 I used:
Birthday Wishes and Mid Century Modern Florals stamp sets - Uniko
Aurore and Ocean Izink inks - Craft stash
black Versafine ink, red brush marker and white card - from my stash

Oh, Happy Day!

Hello Crafty Friends!

I've been playing today doing some colouring ....

This is how I felt when I downloaded this beautiful bloomdala sampler digi stamp. It's a freebie and can be found here on the STAMPlorations Blog. They are having a Linky Party to celebrate World Colouring Book Day.

I simply coloured the sampler, added some gel pen high lights, fuzzy cut around it, layered it on my Crumb Cake base card, added a sentiment and finished off with a doodled border.

I am entering my card at:
STAMPlorations National Coloring Book Day Linky Party
Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes (please be aware that I am on the STAMPlorations DT)

Keeping it short and sweet. Hope you're having a lovely day.

hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:
Bloom Happy


for current offers in their shop, check out the graphic below

From my stash I used:
Alcohol Markers, black Versafine ink, white gel pen and Crumb Cake SU card

The Future

Hello Crafty Friends!

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

My DT piece for this week uses one of my favourite Typographia stamps with a little help from a new set of Deepti's which is due to be released next week. Here it is ...

It's a simply stamped card using the silhouette stamps from Beautiful You to add some colour and interest to my black stamped sentiment.

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:
The Future Belongs, Beautiful You (to be released 14th August), Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies
  
for current offers in their shop, check out the graphic below

From my stash I used:
Apple Green and Purple Velvet Prism inks, black Versafine ink, white and purple card

Little Owls

Hello Crafty Friends!

STAMPlorations are releasing a couple of new stamp sets designed by Shirley aka The Bees Knees today. They are owl so fab!

BIG OWLS | LITTLE OWLS

For my DT pieces, I got to work with the little ones. Aren't they cute!?

The background squares are simply stamped using some Prism inks with the ink pad itself being used as stamp.

For my next card, I fancied the idea of an heart shaped moon with one of the owls sitting on a branch.

As always with a new release, there is a little blog hop for you to join. Prizes are as follows:

- ONE (1) winner of a $15 gift code
- ONE (1) winner of her choice of any in-stock The Bee's Knees stamp set
The winners will be drawn at rondom from all the comments left on the STAMPlorations Blog and the participating designer's blogs.

Commenting closes on Thursday 8th August and the winners will be announced in the July Winners Post on August 10.

Links to the participating designer's blogs and more details can be found here on the SAMPlorations Blog.

That's it from me for today. Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to join the blog hop party and to check out the gorgeous projects my teamies made.

Have fun!

hugs

Monika xxx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop:

Little Owls, Bloomful, Wooded, Clustered Hearts Die

   

here is what else I used: Apple Green, Spring Meadow, Jersey Cream, Red Brick and Purple Velvet Prism inks, Pumpkin Pie SU ink, black Versafine ink, Rose Red SU card , Canson mixed media card and white card from my stash

Monster Hugs

Hello Crafty Friends!

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

My DT piece for this week are a couple of monster inspired cards ...

I thought, it would be fun to have one of them leap off the card with the help of some acetate. I played around a bit and coloured one of leaping monsters with alcohol markers and simply stamped the other one in rainbow colours. Sometimes I just don't fancy doing any colouring ....

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:
Little Monsters

Check out STAMPlorations' July sale -- 40% off products found in the SUMMER CLEARANCE section. Use code HEYSUMMER on checkout. Code can be used only once per customer/shipping address. Ends 7/31.

See 300+ qualifying products here

here is what else I used:

Grenadine, Cire, Aurore, Menthe, Mer Du Sud and Cassis Izink inks, small strips of acetate,alcohol markers, Stickles, black Versafine ink and white card from my stash

TMR 24th July - Surf's Up

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 Lisa A, you can check out her fabulous creations on here on Lisa'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 #116 is Surf's Up. Lots of scope there!

#116 Surf's Up!

I had this little surfing penguin for quite a while, and the theme of Surf's Up made it come out to play. The background is a mix of mopped up ink with a bit of stamping. I simply finished off with a die-cut frame, sentiment and rub-on flip flops.

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 I used:
Wind surfing penguin digi stamp - Create a Smile Stamps
sentiment and sand castle from Beach Vibes, stamp for the water came from Mixed Media Elements - STAMPlorations, feel free to use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA for a 20% discount on their stamps, dies and stencils
Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight inks - Stampin' Up!
black Versafine ink, Flip Flop Rub-on, white die-cut frame, alcohol markers, white card - from my stash

Wishing Ewe

Hello Crafty Friends!

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

My DT piece for this week is a little CAS card ...

I thought I'd make one last Christmas In July card and dug out these adorable sheep.

I stamped the hats first and masked them off before stamping the sheep. They were easily coloured using alcohol makers and finished off with a touch of Stickles. The tiny trees are finishing off the cute look.

My sentiment is finished off on the inside ...

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:
Baa Baa, Pets,Trendy Christmas Trees, Sentiment Builder Christmas & New Year (retired)
  

Check out STAMPlorations' July sale -- 40% off products found in the SUMMER CLEARANCE section. Use code HEYSUMMER on checkout. Code can be used only once per customer/shipping address. Ends 7/31.

See 300+ qualifying products here

here is what else I used:

Spring Green Prism ink, red alcohol markers, black Memento ink, Stickles, pretty paper and white card from my stash