Hippo Ray

Hi Friends!

Sharing another little card using treasures from my craft space ...

Isn't he cute! Simply stamped and watercoloured using inks. Inks used are Grenadine, Framboise, Cire and Reglisse Izink inks plus black Versafine, stamps by Happy Little Stampers.

I'm entering my cards at:

Happy Little Stampers January Watercolour Challenge
 

Wishing you a lovely day!
hugs

Monika 💕

Vellum Flower 2

Hi Friends!

Here is the second card I made using the rescued vellum Flowers ...

This time I didn't use any leaves. The flower was popped up on a stencilled background instead.

Stencil and sentiment are by Uniko. Unfortunately I can't remember where the flower itself was from.

Inks used are Coastal Cabana SU ink and black Versafine.

I am entering my card at:

Happy Little Stampers January Stencil Challenge - Anything Goes with stencil

Wishing you a lovely day!
hugs
Monika 💕

Filled With Surprises

Hi Friends!

Today I'm sharing a little card made using stamps from December's Monthly Make Box by Crafty Roo Designs.

It uses the Poly Plate, Star Circle and sentiment from the box, inks used are Aurore and Miel Izink inks, Pumpkin Pie SU ink and black Versafine.

It's been my little treat over the last few month and I really enjoyed the surprise when opening it.

Wishing you a lovely day!

hugs

Monika 💕 

Heart Balloon to Butterfly

Hi Friends!

Just sharing what I made for my first Spotlight project of 2022 over at STAMPlorations. When I recently rearranged my craft space I found some die-cut balloons with their negative cuts which I had kept for future use.

Today's project tutorial makes good use of the inner negative cut from the balloon frame. Have a look.

If you want to find out how my project cam together, you can find a full step-by-step tutorial here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

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These are the products I used from the STAMPlorations Shop to make my card.

Art Marks, Mixed Media Elements, Shaker Balloons #1 Heart Layering Dies, Birthday Wishes Phrase Die

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

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. Wishing you a lovely week.
hugs
Monika ❤

January Theme & Photo Prompt

Hi Friends!

With the festivities having come to an end, it's getting time for a new round of monthly challenges over at STAMPlorations. Here is my DT piece for January's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge over on their blog.

The theme for the current challenge is Stamps & Cups 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.

For my card, I've gone with the theme of cups and taken inspiration from the photo too. I picked one of the colours and the doughnuts to represent the sweets or whatever it is in the cup.

The rest was easy, a mix of stamping and die-cutting.



As for the Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge prizes:
One winner of a $20 gift code ($25, if STAMPlorations products were used as the main focal point) will be picked by one member of our DT.
Plus 2 randomly drawn winners will each receive a $10 ($15, if STAMPlorations products were used as the main focal point) 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:

Coffee Petites, Coffee And Mondays, Coffee Cup Silhouette Die

  

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 💖

Birthday Balloons

Happy New Year,  Friends!

Hope you celebrated well. Here is today's project, my DT piece for the Inspiration Post over on the STAMPlorations blog ...

Well, my craft space is finally fully up for use again. Whilst doing all the rearranging I found some bits I wanted to use up. These die-cut balloons were some of what I came across.

Rather than turning them into shakers I decided to use them as frames and add colour by stamping encouraging words using spring Meadow, Periwinkle and Pink Jellybean Prism inks.

I added some subtle stars in Jersey Cream Prism ink and a white embossed sentiment to finish.

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

Shaker Balloons #1 Heart Layering Dies, Art Marks, Trendy Birds 2, Layered Watermelon

   

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

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.

This balloon is a sort of a two-in-one die. Pop back again on Thursday to see what else you can make with it. Until then ... have a lovely day!

Wishing you all the best for 2022.

hugs
Monika ❤

Vellum Flower 1

Hi Friends!

Continuing my little adventure into treasures from my craft space, today's card uses a sentiment stamp by Happy Little Stampers and a vellum flower which I rescued from a card made in a workshop. It was one of those huge cards I never would have sent myself. Instead I turned it into something I really like. Wins all 'round. 😀

I am entering my card at the January Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge.

Wishing you a lovely day!
hugs
Monika 💕