Thank You Trees

Hello Crafty Friends!

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

I got a couple of quick Thank You cards for you ...

... using Gratitude Trees, simply stamped and embellished with a few gems ... Perfect for those times when you need a quick card.

Before I go, I want to give you a heads up about the new dies available for pre-order at STAMPlorations ...

PRE-ORDER 5 NEW CUTplorations DIES!

Love dies? We have 5 awesome CUTplorations dies sets coming to the store and they're available to pre-order! Until September 22, you can pre-order individual sets at 25% off with code PREORDER25! Want all 5 sets? Pre-order the bundle at a whopping 40% off with code BUNDLE40! These dies will ship between October 15 and 22. See all dies HERE.

        

Are the trees looking familiar? Yes, Shery has turned some of them into Layering Dies!

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:

Gratitude Trees

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


what else I used:
Pumpkin Pie ink and card - Stampin'Up!
Spring Green, Purple Velvet Prism inks - Hunkydory Crafts
white card, black fine liner, black Versafine ink, gems - my stash

TMR 4th September - Autumn

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 Joy D'souza, you can check out her fabulous creations on here on Joy'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 #119 Autumn. Lots of scope there!

#119 Autumn

Autumn for me is symbolised by colourful leaves. I used some stamps from a past issue of the Creative Stamping Magazine and some colourful Izink inks to stamp my card front.

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:
leave, sentiment and dots stamps - Creative Stamping Magazine past issue
Chocolate Chip card - Stampin'Up!
Aurore, Grenadine, Miel, Brou de Noix and The Izink inks, Coffee Archival ink - Craft Stash

Trees of Thanks

Hello Crafty Friends!

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

My DT piece for this week is a Thank You card ...

I felt like making a no-colouring card and decided to play with Gratitude Trees.  I roughly laid out the stamps to get an idea where my lines needed to be. I the drew them, stamped the trees and sentiment, layered on my base card and finished off with a die-cut heart. That was easy!

Before i go, I want to give you a heads up about the new dies available for pre-order at STAMPlorations ...

PRE-ORDER 5 NEW CUTplorations DIES!

Love dies? We have 5 awesome CUTplorations dies sets coming to the store and they're available to pre-order! Until September 22, you can pre-order individual sets at 25% off with code PREORDER25! Want all 5 sets? Pre-order the bundle at a whopping 40% off with code BUNDLE40! These dies will ship between October 15 and 22. See all dies HERE.

        

Are the trees looking familiar? Yes, Shery has turned some of them into Layering Dies!

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:

Gratitude Trees, Clustered Hearts
 
or current offers in their shop, check out the graphic below


what else I used:
Melon Mambo car, Pumpkin Pie ink and card - Stampin'Up!
Spring Green, Apple Green, Purple Velvet Prism inks - Hunkydory Crafts
white card, black fine liner, black Versafine ink - my stash

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

TMR 21st August - Flight

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 Wendy Grawunder, you can check out Wendy's wonderful makes here on her Instagram.

My DT project for the new challenge is ...

Each challenge, of course, has a different theme. As you can see, the theme for challenge #118 is Flight. Lots of scope there!

#118 Flight

I decided to play with one of my Woodware stamp sets which I've had for quite a while. I stamped the hot air balloon, clouds and birds and, after colouring, I decided to grunge it up a bit before finishing off with white gel pen doodles and stars.

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:
hot air balloon, birds and cloud stamps - Woodware
Mixed Media Grunge, Hope Blooms - STAMPlorations, feel free to use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA for a 20% discount on their stamps, dies and stencils
Boldmere Brush markers for watercolouring - The Works
crumb cake card, smoky slate ink - Stampin' Up!
black Versafine ink, stars and white card - from my stash

Your Own Kind Of Beautiful

Hello Crafty Friends!

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

My DT piece for this week this little card ...

Yep, it's a different take on a card I posted the other day for the special release of Deepti's new sets. My background is sponged using the Senecio 1 stencil. The floral silhouettes were stamped in black and shades of grey.

I thought it might be fun to curve one of the sentiment stamps around the word 'beautiful' for a different look. I then finished off with doodles and sequins.

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:
Beautiful You, Senecio 1 Stencil
 
for current offers in their shop, check out the graphic 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:

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

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