In His Image

 Hello! It's Monika here today with couple of cards using the new Creative Worship: In His Image clear stamp set. 

My first card also incorporates images from Back to School, Itty Bitty Blossoms, Sentimental Wordfetti and Typewriter Text Background clear stamp sets. I love how it all came together with lots of dimensions and fun elements... without the flowers, this would also make an excellent masculine card!

I stamped the images on water color card stock then colored them with Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors before cutting them out. The text background was (again) the perfect backdrop... subtle, but still noticeable... 

My second card is filled with images just from In His Image clear stamp set. I used masking technique to stamp the bottom panel... then instead of coloring the images, I stamped them with the splatter image using different colors... it's so much fun to add a splash of color this way...

I hope I have inspired you to craft today!

Thank you for stopping by!

Monika

Back to School

 Hello! It's Monika here today with couple of quick cards using the brand new Back to School clear stamp set. I have kids in school so this set is so perfect for me... but today I wanted to make cards that would be somewhat general and could be given to anyone, not just a teacher or a student...

My first card is an encouragement card (maybe for finishing a book, or being a good reader). The sentiment came from Sentimental Wordfetti clear stamp set:

I stamped the image on water color paper then colored it with Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors before cutting it out. 

The background was stamped with Typewriter Text Background clear stamp. It is such an awesome stamp to have... great image to fill empty spaces with...  on my card, I only pressed down small areas of the stamp (just using my hand, not a stamping block) to get a very blotchy and distressed look.

My second card is super simple... I just used the star images along with one of the many sentiments from the set:

Just like on my first card, I stamped the images on water color paper then colored them with Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors. The gold star sequins were the perfect embellishments on this card too.

I hope I have inspired you to craft today!

Thank you for stopping by!

Monika

By the Sea & Sentimental Wordfetti

 Hello! It's Monika here today with cards using some of the new release images (along with some other favorites)...

Have you been enjoying the fun projects with the July stamp sets? I love the summer theme and the sweet images! The July Stamp of the Month set will be one of my go to sets for sure with the awesome sentiments! 

My first card was made with By the Sea clear stamp set:

The background was made with Tranquil Tim Holtz Alcohol ink. It looks really nice in real like... the images were heat embossed with white embossing powder on water color card stock, then colored with Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors.

Next is a simple card using July Stamp of the Month: Sentimental Wordfetti clear stamp set:

The little flower and leaf images are from Itty Bitty Blossoms clear stamp set.

The butterfly image is from Made New clear stamp set.

I hope I have inspired you to craft today!

Thank you for stopping by!

Monika

Pop-up Floral Card and Paper Clip Bookmark

 Hello! It's Monika here today with couple of flowery projects. YES... more flowers! I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE flower images!

Have you been enjoying the beautiful projects with the July stamp sets? Oh, they are so much fun... but today, I'm using favorite stamp sets from previous releases...

First up is a cool pop-up bridge card. Jennifer McGuire had an amazing video tutorial the other day and I just had to try to make this fairly easy dimensional beauty... 

The big flower came from Delightful Daisies clear stamp set. The image was heat embossed with white embossing powder, colored in with Jane Davenport Mermaid water color markers, and fussy cut... The little flowers are from Itty Bitty Blossoms clear stamp set and they were colored in the same way as my big bloom...

I love clustering these pretty images on top of each other... 

The greeting came from Peony Cluster clear stamp set... the banner image came from a retired stamp set, Give Praise... but even a paper strip (or vellum!) would work as the 'bridge'...

My next project is a sweet paper clip bookmark... sometimes the tiniest things can bring the most joy! I had more of the sweet flowers laying on my desk so I just clustered them onto the black die-cut label.

The heat embossed vellum butterfly was sitting on my desk too, so it had to go on it... it's from Made New clear stamp set. 

I hope I have inspired you to craft today!

Thank you for stopping by!

Monika

June showers bring flowers?

Hello! It's Monika here today with some flower cards... it's been a pretty rainy season so far... and even thought it's not raining today, it's been raining flowers in my craft room left and right!

I am obsessed with flowers! 

So, first up is a card with the brand new June Stamp of the Month: Happy Irises clear stamp set:

 I heat embossed the iris image with white embossing powder then colored it in with Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors. To embellish the card I used washi tape and rhinestones.  

Next is another flower card using an older stamp set, Itty Bitty Blooms clear stamp set:

First I stamped the images on water color card stock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, then water colored them with Jane Davenport water color markers. Next I spritzed the images with water and after the paint dried, I fussy cut them. I stamped some images onto the background to 'anchor' the base flower cluster. After coloring the images, I spritzed the whole background with water and let the colors freely move around... 

The greeting was stamped from the trusty Keep in Touch Too clear stamp set.

I hope I have inspired you to craft today!

Thank you for stopping by!

Monika

Flower love

 Hello! It's Monika here today with couple of flowery cards. I LOVE flower images!

First up is a delightful card with scrap pieces from my desk... yes, I had a whole lot of stuff on my desk... including some heat embossed and water colored daisies. The flowers came from Delightful Daisies clear stamp set.

The background was made with Tim Holtz alcohol inks... one of the many I have made and piled up for future cards... the vellum overlay was die cut with a background die I got during a Hobby Lobby clearance event... 

The sentiment is from Be Encouraged clear stamp set. 

I also had a sweet heat embossed vellum butterfly on my desk, so it had to go on it... it's from Made New clear stamp set. 

Next is another card filled with pretty flowers... I just love clustering these sweet petite images from Genuine Love clear stamp set. I arranged the flowers around the girl image from Girl Power 2 clear stamp set. 

The background was stamped with Typewriter Text Background clear stamp set. 

I hope I have inspired you to craft today!

Thank you for stopping by!

Monika

Birthday celebration

 Hello! It's Monika here today with couple of birthday cards, using some of the new stamp sets from the May Release.

First up is Happy Couple clear stamp set. I decided this cake doesn't have to be just for weddings... right? So while this card could be a wedding card, it also passes as a birthday card... since I don't have a wedding to go to... The greeting is from Keep in Touch Too clear stamp set. 

I built my cake out of four layers (plus the bow)... I used thin dimensional tape as I didn't want it to be too bulky... I colored the images with Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors. The background was made with Purple Twilight Tim Holtz alcohol ink. I had to add my sweet vellum flowers with rhinestones... I just can't seem to tire of them...

On my next card, I used Freedom in Christ and Peony Cluster clear stamp sets from the new release. I used So Happy clear stamp set for BIRTHDAY and an old birthday sentiment set for HAPPY (but Christmas Poinsettia, Birthday Greetings, and Precious Poinsettias have similar word images).The heat embossed vellum flowers were leftovers from my card from the blog hop.

The banner was stamped with a multicolored ink pad (just like the background)... and I couldn't help myself, I had to add my punched vellum flowers. 

I hope I have inspired you to craft today!

Thank you for stopping by!

Monika