Be Inspired By Embossing Blog Hop

Hello there :)

Did you miss me? Between our kitchen renovation and our holidays, the Summer well and truly went by in a flash this year. I am easing myself back into work and I am even planning my return to my Facebook lives this Friday ( hope you can join me). 
But today I am hopping with my creative buddies and the theme is *Embossing*

Now the initial plan was to showcase some heat embossing, but in the end when it came to it I chose to go down the background texture route instead. Its hard choosing between your favourites sometimes.

Just check out on that yummy texture for a second ...

This card is a bit of a bittersweet one as it reminds me that time is ticking, and we are inching forward toward the biggest celebration of the year.

Everything I have used here is from the soon to be released Winter Catalogue, so if you would like me to send you a copy please send me an email and I will arrange for one to be sent to you.

The colours used are Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce and Soft Suede. I always stock up on cardstock in my favourite Christmas colours this time of the year as come October/November these colours get popular and tend to go out of stock for a little while. I do not want to take any chances so a nice stash sees me prepared. You can place an order any time in my online store here.

It has been lovely to have you here today, thank you for your time, now please go and check out what other delights await you on this fun embossing themed hop. Next stop is Jackie.

Have fun,

Monica xx

And if you get lost here's the list of all participants :

Louise Sharp

Nadine Hößrich

Tanya Rees

Monica Gale You are here :)

Jackie Aitken

Cathy Caines

Brian King

Stesha Bloodhart

New Catalogue Release today

Hello, hello there..

The wait is finally over, today we unveil the brand New 2019-202 Catalogue bursting full of exciting new products.

Gorgeous product suites filled with gorgeous coordinating delights, accessories, project kits SOMETHING for everybody on there.

Don't forget to use this month hostess code whilst you are shopping for a little surprise in the post. 

Have fun browsing 

Monica 

Be Inspired Blog Hop- Anything goes

Hello there and WELCOME :)
It's good to have you here and it's good to be here.  I am going to jump straight in with this blog hop and ignore the long radio silence hoping you won't even notice LOL Truth is I have not felt well for a long while and focused on getting better. And you know what? I think I am just about there or the start of Summer is giving me a much needed boost.

Anyway today's theme is ANYTHING GOES ... so I just chose to showcase my favourite set from the new catalogue;ogue which launches in a few days time .. eeeks.

I made this card using quite a few components belonging to a Suite of product called Bird Ballad and there is no doubt in my mind that you will absolutely love this too. 

The wonderful filigree card blank is also part of the suite, you will be able to buy them in a pack of 12 alongside pretty scalloped envelopes all presented in a gorgeous tin. (ooh I do love a tin) 

The images was stamped and coloured in using blends then fussy cut, not this suite doesn't have matching dies for cutting but it does have the most amazing set of nested dies that are stitched and absolutely amazing. You can see the shape of it in my sentiment label.. LOVE 

And as well as all these products there is also a coordinating patterned paper pack, yummy scalloped lace and these darling metal trinkets ... oh my !! Everything about this is lush and I know you will enjoy these products a lot over the next coming year. 

Now this week I am busy sending out free of charge catalogues to all those have placed an order with me in the last 6 months, if you haven't purchased with me yet but would still like a copy of the catalogue please get in touch with me and request a copy. 

Thank you so much for joining me now please hop on to Jackie's blog and see what she has in store for you next .

Much love Monica :)

Nadine Hößrich

Tanya Rees

Janneke de Jong

Monica Gale - You are here

Jackie Aitken

Cathy Caines

Manuela Geiswinkler

Carolynn Sander

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Stesha Bloodhart

Stampin Up !! New LIMITED Release today

Hello, hello..
I hope your week has been good and you have a weekend of relaxing and crafting to look forward to.

Its a very exciting end to the week and start to the last month of Saleabration at Stampin'Up!, celebrated  with a fabulous  New Limited Release of hot must have products below. Before you go any further please understand that these products are only available for the month of March 2019.
 I am beyond excited to share them and I know you will be excited too when you see them.

First up the yummylicious Call Me Cupcake Framelits Dies, 

These framelits coordinate perfectly with our FREE Sale A Bration Hello Cupcake stamp set 

Next the uber cute HOP AROUND FRAMELITS DIES 

Perfectly coordinated with the So Hoppy Together stamp set 

What about these Lily Framelits Dies??

Coordinates perfectly with Lasting Lily FREE stamp set 

Four Seasons Framelits Dies Coordinates with the Painted Seasons  Bundle from our second release

And we also have TWO additional products which are exclusive for the month of March. The More Than Words stamp set and coordinating Story Label Punch.  

And if that wasn't enough there even more choice of FREE Saleabration Items with a Third release of products to choose from.

What are going to buy first? Frogs, cupcakes or indeed flowers? Whichever will jump into your basket don't forget to enter my hostess code for the month of March to receive a free gift from myself <3 nbsp="" p="">

Thank you so much for visiting and have a fabulous weekend 

Lots of love

Monica 

Be Inspired Blog Hop- Sale a Bration 2019

Hello there world :),

And WELCOME to my blog today. It's blog hop time and this time the Be Inspired Team are focusing on FREE Sale a Bration items. For every £45 you spend in my Online Store you will get to choose a free gift, check out this fabulous promotion here.

And I chose the butterflies!!! you see I can't be blamed really as for some unknown reason Mother Nature got really confused this February and our weather in the UK is positively Summer like. Feels so nice but the cynical in me can't help think that we might be paying for this early happiness.. I hope not.

The Botanical Butterfly paper is gorgeous and best of all is FREE with a qualifying purchase of £45.

I used Balmy Blue for the first time since its release and I love it. I am an autumn girl and not immediately drawn to pastel shades, but I have to say this blue grounded by the black looks sophisticated and just right.

The papers are not the only free item on this card, so are the Butterfly Elements. They coordinate beautifully and this card really came together quick because they're was nothing to colour, just a bit of fussy cutting a stamped sentiment and voila my card was ready to spread little happiness to a friend that's struggling a bit right now.

One last shot to show you how much dimension this little card has. And of course the Polka Dot white tulle ribbon is still my total addiction and it pairs wonderfully here with those yummy papers. 

Thank you for visiting me today and for hopping with us all, now hop onto Cathy blog next and check out her gorgeous project.

Lots of love Monica xx

Janneke de Jong:

Jenny Hall:

Monica Gale: you are here !!!

Cathy Caines:

Maike Beimler:

Carolynn Sander:

Brian King:

Emma Goddard:

Incredible Like You

Hello again, I hope you had a good weekend and a good start of the week. My intention was to blog this yesterday, but what do you know the day ran out with me so here I am a day later. Monday's are always so busy, do you find that? 

Today I am sharing a Birthday Card I made for my lovely friend Alison.

And I turned to the fabulous kit Incredible like You, to help me out. I love, love, love this kit but I needed my card to be a little more special so I choose to beef it up a little to create a larger size. (14.5cm x 14.cm)

The colours in this kit are so pretty, my base is Lovely Lipstick and a layer of Coastal Cabana was added to the edge. I stamped a bit of a background using the coordinating stamp set then I simply cut one of the card bases and adhered to my card base. 

Now, can we please talk a little about this beautiful laser cut top layer? it matches the watercoloured design perfectly. And because of the bold design there really wasn't much more this card needed in order to give it that WOW factor. A few gold splatters with the shimmer paint and a little bow made with the tulle polka dot ribbon was all that it needed.

I hope you enjoyed Ali's card as much as I enjoyed making it.

 Thank you for visiting me and don't forget everything I showcase can be found in my online store.

Much love Monica xx

Be Inspired Blog Hop- Love and Friendship

Hello there,

I bet you was wondering where I disappeared again??? I've taken few weeks off to focus on some health issues but I am back and everything is good again :)

Our Blog Hop theme, with the Be Inspired Team is Love and Friendship and I combined the two. A love card for a true friend,

I was inspired by a scrapbooking layout I noticed on my Insta scrolling and thought *I can turn that sweet idea into a card * !! And here it is, not a bit of stamping on it *shocked* and I've used more dies that I care to count, however I love having crds like these in my display arsenal that show customers various products so I am not sorry at all :)

I have used the Large Letters framelits combined with the new Be Mine Stitched set from the Spring Catalogue and they are divine, spot that cute scalloped stitched edge too - MUCHO LOVE.

Now, can we please take a moment to admire that cute designer paper? It's the Needlepoint Nook on page 39 of the Spring Summer Catalogue and its drool worthy, I m quite smitten and I loved that I got to use most of the patterns of one card.

Check those close-up details, it has texture, thanks to the Subtle embossing folder and dimension thanks to me fussy cutting those sweet little flowers and mounting them onto dimensional pads for a bit extra oomph.

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope to see you more regularly now that I am back in business. Big hugs don't forget to hop over to the lovely Maike and check out her beautiful project.

Big hugs Monica xx

Janneke de Jong:

Jenny Hall:

Monica Gale: You are here

Maike Beimler:

Cathy Caines:

Carolynn Sander: