New Blog for my Stamping Adventures

Hi

I have, a few days ago decided to create another blog for my stamping and scrapping adventures.

Thus keeping my crochet and knit blog separate.

I have transferred all the stamping stuff across to my new blog, which I call.....

Stamping with a Vengeance

So please join me in this new adventure of sharing with you my creations of cards, tags, canvas and mixed media artwork.  

I also found interest in entering challenges with the creations that I design...I have entered in two already and won runner up (top pick) with Shery's STAMPlorations blog....go to my new blog for more information....

Thanks for stopping by and please spread the word of my two blogs and facebook page...thanks so much...

Stamping with a Vengeance

Monika Crochets and Knits

Monika's Artistic Flare

Cheers

MoNika

Fingerless Mitts

G'day

Here they are...hmmm...one of them anyways...

The fingerless mitts that I came across last night....

Just need to crochet up the other hand....

Love the look and the stitch is different but I like how the mitt turned out...nice snug fit which should stretch over time...love the colored pattern the yarn turns out....very cool...cannot wait what the other one will turn out to look like....

The pattern is from Goodknits called Rube found in Ravelry.

Here is the link to the pattern.....Rube

Stay tuned for the other hand......

Ciao MoNika

Paper Craft Challenge with Sherry

G'Day

I have come across Sherry a very nice lady who is very creative in scrap-booking.  She has an etsy shop which sells scrapping supplies. I have bought a many from her store.

At the moment she is holding a holiday paper crafting challenge on her blog called  stamplorations challenge blog 

Visit Sherry's challenge and guidelines at STAMPlorations Holiday Papercrafting Challenge

 

Here is my third entry a holiday tag celebrating Christmas in Vintage style.. Click on picture to view better and bigger card with detail.

I started with a fresh tag from Sherry's store and sponge on some vintage sepia ink on the top and bottom sections.  I then took some rusty hinge distress ink and sponged on the center.  I then sponged on with wild honey distress ink to highlight the area of the sentiment background.

I wanted to add some background stamp to the center area which i did with script stamp with a masking technique..I then wanted to differentiate the top and bottom background with a grid stamp.

I then stamped on the Merry Christmas sentiment.....I wanted to add on a Christmas tree but was not sure in what way....so i decided to fussy cut one fancy Christmas tree (rubber stamp), from a fresh tag to give it some stability when i use pop dots to lift it of the page and create 3D and shadow on the tag.

Then i fussy cut a present and a star and placed them behind the tree.   I then stamped two ornaments at the top and to cover the empty space under them i stamped one of those (still not sure what it is called) and decorated the three centres with stick on gold pearls.  Finally I sponged the edge with some vintage sepia ink to bring the Christmas theme together.

I love how this Christmas Tag came together...I wanted to keep the vintage type colour with the whole design of the tag to keep it simple and coordinated and to bring a bit of effect choose the tree and pearls to bring a bit of pop to the design.

Here is Sherry's sketch I followed for the challenge.

I am happy.


Sherry also has a wonderful facebook page called 'All About Scrapping" which she also posts about the challenges and her other crafty creations.


I hope you will follow me on this new adventure of stamping and scrapping...spread the word....



I also share my scrapping on my facebook page which is called Monika's Artistic Flare. 


Have a Fabulous Day
MOnika

Paper Craft Challenge with Sherry

G'Day

I have come across Sherry a very nice lady who is very creative in scrap-booking.  She has an etsy shop which sells scrapping supplies. I have bought a many from her store.

At the moment she is holding a holiday paper crafting challenge on her blog called  stamplorations challenge blog 

Visit Sherry's challenge and guidelines at STAMPlorations Holiday Papercrafting Challenge

Here is my second entry a holiday card celebrating Christmas.. Click on picture to view better and bigger card with detail.

Using one of Sherry's Cards I used crushed olive distress ink to sponge on a background. Then divided the card and stamped on a sentiment of Christmas Greetings and one of those leaves with red round thingings (sorry not sure what they are called, if you know please tell my by leaving a comment on this post). 

I then stamped on the hanging ornaments and colored them in.  Next cut up couple of trees and decorate them with silver glitter...also cut out a stamped present and colored it in and glued them all into position...

Then I stamped three stockings and cut and colored them in and decided to  lift them of the page with some pop dots to raise them of the panel to create a 3D and shadow and to make them look like they are hanging of the top of the page (love those they are my favorite on the card).  I think at least one of the trees or both should have been raised too, but it was too late i already glued them in to place.

I stamped on some snow flakes for a background in the center piece (wish i had white stamping ink).   Then i decided to stamp music bars on the background where the sentiment was.

Finally i used my white gel ink to make some snow and centers for the snowflakes....I also put red and silver glitter on top of the stockings and bow on the present.


I enjoyed making this card...after the first one did not work out....Thats what I like about my creativity if one does not work out make another...

Here is Sherry's sketch I followed for the challenge. 

Sherry also has a wonderful facebook page called 'All About Scrapping" which she also posts about the challenges and her other crafty creations.


I hope you will follow me on this new adventure of stamping and scrapping...spread the word....



I also share my scrapping on my facebook page which is called Monika's Artistic Flare. 


Have a Fabulous Day
MOnika

Another Tissue Box...Love Textures

Hello Again....

Last night I finally finished the tissue box cover that has been in progress for a while...

My own take on the original pattern by Sara Al-Amri..
Here is the link to the pattern... Tailored Tissue Cover


Takes a bit of work to crochet 2 fpdc 2 bpdc.....but i love the texture and is worth while creating.....love crochet up my own creations....love textures and lots of color....

The cover fits a box that holds 200 tissues (tissues from supermarket for a dollar).

Here is my first tissue box cover I made with the same pattern by Sara.
Crochet with 4mm hook and 8pl acrylic mixed yarn with blues.

Here is my second tissue box, also from Sara but this time using her second pattern...Textured Tissue Box Cover....use the same link as above to get this pattern.  I used again mixed yarn by Carnival Effects 8ply acrylic yarn with a 4mm hook....

Here is my third tissue box cover...also by Sara's example of her pattern, I created my own design going down the box.  If i can remember, i was going in back loops or something, not sure.....i also made a flower (to cover awful seam lines on top of the box). The flower design is by Lucy at Attic24...here is the pattern link for the flower...Crochet Flower and Leaves

Cool... hope to make more tissue boxes in the near future, with more colors and textures....

Thanks for stopping by
Monika

Fingerless Gloves for Me

 GDay
How are you ?
 
Yay..

Finished my pair of fingerless gloves, my own design and they fit my hands nicely....

Was fun to create my own hand warmers, all by my self....with inspiration of previous fingerless gloves that had shaping to them around the thumb and a recent challenge called Wristers....

I used Carnival Effects 8ply acrylic yarn (available at BigW), love the rustic look of this yarn, with a 4mm hook....cannot wait to make another pair soon....

Stay tuned another crochet project completed and a card for a paper craft challenge....

Monika

Pair of Fingerless Gloves Challenge

G'Day

I have crochet a pair of fingerless gloves called Wristers for a challenge by Cathy from The Crochet Crowd..Click here for the link to the challenge and guidelines.

Here is the picture..crochet with Carnival Effects 8ply yarn and 6/5mm hook.

This is a cool challenge.  Easy to follow instructions on both written and video tutorial.  Highly recommended, you may win a bag of goodies too....this challenge runs to 10th October 2013.

Enjoy

And

Have a Fantastic Day

Papercraft Challenge with Sherry

G'Day

Been a while..just chilling and being crafty..

I have decided to include in this blog my scrapping creativity.
Which includes cards, tags and mixed media projects.

I also share my scrapping on my facebook page which is called Monika's Artistic Flare. 

Thus the following has transpired at the moment.

I have come across Sherry a very nice lady who is very creative in scrap-booking.  She has an etsy shop which sells scrapping supplies. I have bought a many from her store.

At the moment she is holding a holiday paper crafting challenge on her blog called  stamplorations challenge blog 

Visit Sherry's challenge and guidelines at STAMPlorations Holiday Papercrafting Challenge

Here is one of my entries a holiday card during the start of season. Thinking of You.  click on picture to view better and bigger card with detail.

I started with a panel of white stock paper and decided how to make the the partitions. Then with my distress inks I colored the partitions in with sponging and masking technique.

I recently bought these beautiful leaves stamps from Sherry and decided to stamp those with vintage sepia ink.  In the middle section  i masked of the leaves and sections and stamped the script stamp across.

I then stamped the sentiment 'thinking of you' which came with a set of rubber stamps with flowers, again bought from Sherry's store.

Recently i bought these fab cut out shape stampers, a dragonfly in two sizes and a small butterfly, which i thought would be a nice touch and bring some dimension to the panel.

I also stamped some leavey and swirls border across the middle section to bring in some pop of color and interest.  Again using masking technique.

Finally to add interest on the top and bottom sections I took to my trusty cuttlebug and used the small flower folder to create texture to the panel, then i used some distress inks on top of the small flowers to make them pop.

Also final touch was glitter to the butterflies and dragonflies..I made the butterfly and one of the bigger dragonflies lift of the page with some pop dots to raise them of the panel to create a 3D and shadow on the panel.

I then cut a black textured paper to size to give the panel a border then stuck it to a myself made green card base.    There you have it a "Thinking of You"  card.

Depending how i feel i might make another holiday themed tag this time to enter into the same challenge...we may submit up to 3 entries for this challenge.

Here is Sherry's sketch I followed for the challenge. 

Sherry also has a wonderful facebook page called 'All About Scrapping" which she also posts about the challenges and her other crafty creations.


I hope you will follow me on this new adventure of stamping and scrapping...spread the word....

Have a Fabulous Day
MOnika

My Owl Obsession Blanket

G'day

Seems like i have joined the owl obsession crowd for crocheting a blanket....I have seen this one all over the place, its like everyone is making one....as you know i am making lots of these small owls..credit for the pattern goes to Jacquie from Bunny Mummy....here are few that I have crochet so far, for myself and family..

Tooo cute I reckon.....anyways

Here is the some of the yarn and what I have crochet so far on the Owl Obsession blanket...pattern by Marken of the Hat & I..found on Ravelry under the name Owl Obsession..

The yarn from BigW called Sean Sheep Rockbank Port Wine (Soft and slow colour changes, gorgeous to crochet and knit, also felt)

The above is what I have crochet so far...All the bigger circles are done...Might work on the smaller circles for the squares next, they are easier...

I was thinking if the colour Spice Market would have been brighter...there was none in the BigW I went to (WaterGardens)

Hmmm..anyways I think that will do for today....if you would like to see the pic of the owl obsession from Marken of the Hat & I check out the pattern on Etsy....


Ok Bella (meaning beautiful in Italian)
ciao for now and enjoy your day

Check out my new fun page on Facebook called 'Monika's Artistic Flare"  visit say hello and LIKE and SHARE.....that would be fantastic.

A SpringFling Pillow Finishd

G'Day

One Spring Fling Pillow finished for Cathy's Hook Club part of The Crochet Crowd.

My last update on this pillow, click here.

Here are the photos..

This is the completed pillow (front)

 
and the pillow with some friends

and back of the pillow with some friends

Here are some close up of embellishments to the pillow

This flower is part of the pattern

This was a fantastic challenge with lots of textures and colours to use within the project.
I like the short tassels on the two sides and of course I love the owl and little flowers around.


Very cool, so if you still like to join visit Cathy's Club for details...


Thank you for stopping by...see ya soon....

Update on Spring Fling Pillow

G'Day

I have progressed well on this challenge....here is my other post and info on the Spring Fling Pillow giveaway/challenge by Cathy's Hooker Club with The Crochet Crowd Club.


I have completed the back of the pillow which reminds of the grounds and greenery during spring.

I have also added embellishments to the front

And I have completed the flower petals

 There is another petal here but I forgot to take picture, it is blue

I have also placed and sewed in the whole flower onto the front of the pillow

I was thinking placing owl/s on the front to jazz up the pillow and make more happy times

 

Cool now to make more owls and embellishments for the front of the pillow, I have until 15th April to finish this challenge....


If you would like to join in this giveaway with The Crochet Crowd go here for details...and if you would like to see Mickey's video tutorials (tips and how to) for making the pillow for this challenge click here.

Ok ladies and gentlemen I am seeing you later.....oooh one more new owellete to share to cheer your day.

Have a  Fantastic Day and Happy Crochet

My New Owelette

G'Day

Well there comes a time when you have to give in to cuteness.  This is one cute and adorable little crochet owl......

I had just completed the eyes in the above photo.  I love the look.

I was inspired by a lady who made this little owl for Claire (from BobWilson123) on facebook and she shared the link to the pattern called Easy Crochet Owl Tutorial by Jacquie from Bunny Mummy.

Very true to the title, the pattern is very easy to follow with many photos to illustrate.

As soon as I saw this little owl i had to give it a go, as I do not crochet soft toys....and I loved every minute..I started late last night and finished this morning.

I will have to make more in different colors as I cannot stop staring at this little cutey.

Here are more photos....

Completed without wings

 Completed with wings

Here is the basic construction...

Front, back and eyes

Beak

Eyes

Sewing together and being stuffed

Little one wants to fly..LOL

Tada....I think I prefer little owl without wings, so cute, but cute and gorgeous with wings too...

I love his/hrs little ear tufts....sooo adorable....

I will definitely be making more in different colors...i have ideas for a blanket with these little fellows...hmmm.


I cannot stop staring..anyways i think everyone should at least have one in their family...hoot over to Jacquie's blog and have a go, these are great for stash busting..and if you wish to share yours with me, that would be fantastic..love to see the color combos we all create.

ok Bella's see ya later for another update on the Spring Fling Pillow.....