Thanks Simply B

Today I'm stopping in to share my last card for the Die Cut Diva's August challenge. Our theme was Summer/summer vacations, so I'm using this cute image from Simply B Stamps. Who doesn't like a good water balloon fight in the summer!?! ;-) 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! 

Monica 

Supplies:

SimplyBStamps- WaterBalloon London

MFT- Stitched dies

Prisma colored pencils

Coffee Break

I haven't played along with a blog other than for the design team in a long time!!! I saw the post about the link up party over at the Coffee loving cardmakers blog. I really wanted to play along by CASE-ing the DT. 

The card to case is this one by Chaitali

Here is my card I made flipping the sketch ..

On a side note I had to grab a frapp after making this card on my way to a crop night at Michaels! Yum!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Technique Tuesday- Coffee Break seal

MFT- Cool Cup dies

American Crafts- Shimelle True stories

Close To My Heart- Outdoor Denim and Lagoon ink

cardstock

a2z post- peak

I was aiming for a stained glass look with my card for A2Z scrapbooking. Visit the blog post here to see how the card turned out!

If you are in need of any items from the a2z Scrapbooking store you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Supplies:

Hero Arts Ink- Cup O joe and Soft brown

Irregular Grid Bold Print CG695

Color Layering Leaves Frame Cuts DI315

Copics 

Island time

Hello everybody, hope every one is surviving the back to school excitement! I'm ready for a mom-cation, now that the boys are back to school!!! I would love to go to a Greek island, but since that's not happening anytime soon I'll just have to pretend. 

I got Persephone from Simply B Stamps our wonderful sponsor over at Die Cut Diva's this month and I just love her.

I colored her with colored pencils and paired with some beach themed paper I have in my stash. I used an embossing folder on the backdrop and added some distress ink to highlight the texture.

Don't forget to join us for our summer vacation challenge by visiting here. Thanks for stopping by as always and have a great day!!!

Monica 

Supplies:

Simply B Stamps- Persephone

KaiserCraft - Arrows embossing folder

Prisma color pencils

Misc- distress ink, pattern paper and cardstock

a2z scrapbooking post

Just a quick post to show you a peek of my card over at the a2z blog today. Please join us here and share a creation using our color it in challenge.

If you are in need of any items from the a2z Scrapbooking store you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Supplies:

Hero Arts- Floral filigree stencil  SA051 and CL810 (retired) for the sentiment

Misc- Cardstock, watercolor paper, Inktense pencils

Umbrella Girl

It's time for a new challenge over at OMCF and out theme this month is Back to School/ Reading. It was a challenge for me to come up with a way to coordinate the adorable YamPuff image with the theme. I decided to use a copy of a dictionary page with the work read on it, which I made sure was visible under my colored image.

I crumpled the remainder of my dictionary page a couple of times to use a panel on my card base. I love the texture it left and it reminds me of homework that got pulled out of the trash. ;-)

I can't wait to see what you have to share with us for the back to school/ reading challenge this month!

 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Skull Castle

Today's card is a summery card for our challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's. Our sponsor this month is Simply B, she has so many cute ones be sure to check them out!

I was sent this fun image to use for our summer vacation theme. I love this image of a young frankie make a skull shaped sand castle! After I printed out Jude I colored him with copics and added some shimmer to the sand, before die cutting. I adhered the colored panel and adhered it to the top of my card.

Thanks so much as always for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!!!
Monica

Supplies:

Simply B- Skull Castle Jude

MFT- diagonal stitch dies

Hero Arts- Color layering Pineapple (sentiment)

 ***If you follow the link to a2z Scrapbooking use code Monica15 to get 15% off of your order!***

Spectrum Noir glitter markers, cardstock, markers

Gorgeous butterflies

Wow I can't believe it's August already!!! School starts for my boys in just over 2 weeks and we started our new challenge over at a2z scrapbooking blog. The theme for August is... Color It In and that is just what I did. Be sure to come by the blog and play along for your chance to win!

Using various copics to color in the butterflies in a rainbow order. Then I took some gray copics and outlined the images for a shadow effect. I also traced my sentiment with a white gel pen to help it pop against the stamped image, which I've seen Kelly Latevola do. To finish my card I added some stickles to my colorful butterflies.

If you are in need of any items from the a2z Scrapbooking store you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Supplies:

Hello Gorgeous CL924 

Flutterbies Printable PT006

Copics 

Vellum