Ending advent with an all rounder!

On the 24th day of advent we are offering you ...

... 15% off everything on our website.

This offer will be a super 2 day offer so will end at midnight on Friday 25th December

A stamp addicts day 23

On day 23 of our advent promotion Silly Monkey Crafts are offering you a very crazy ...

... 20% off our entire range of stamps.

This offer will end at midnight on Wednesday 23rd December or when stocks run out.

Bazzill on day 22

On day 22 of our advent promotion Silly Monkey Crafts are offering you ...

... 25% off Bazzill basics, bling and grab-bags.

This offer will end at midnight on Tuesday 22nd December or when stocks run out.

Advent day 21 - 40% off

On the 21st day of advent we are offering you ...

... 40% off all Sarah Kay stamps.

This offer will end at midnight on Monday 21st December or when stocks run out.

Feeling pearly on advent day 20

On the 20th day of advent Silly Monkey Crafts are offering you ...

... buy one get one free on our extended range of pearls (this includes the 13 newly listed colours). Simply pick out your pearls and then let us know in the notes at checkout if you would like your free pearls to duplicate the colours bought, be a surprise or send us a list of your free colour preferences.

This offer will expire at midnight on Sunday 20th December or when stocks run out.

Advent day 17

On the 17th day of our advent calendar promotion Silly Monkey Crafts are offering you ...

... 50% off any Lily & Milo and LeLo design stamps.

This offer will end at midnight on Thursday 17th December or when stocks run out.

Advent day 16 freebie

Day 16

On day 16 of our advent calendar promotion we are offering you ...





... a free pack of photo corners with every order.



This offer will end at midnight on Wednesday 16th December or when stocks run out.

Day 15 takes the Cherry

Day 15

On day 15 of our advent calendar promotion we are offering you ...

... a whopping 45% off all our CherryArte ranges.

This offer will end at midnight on Tuesday 15th December or when stocks run out.

Advent Day 14

Day 14

On Day 14 of our advent calendar Silly Monkey Crafts are offering you ...

... 35% off our full range of High Hopes stamps.

This offer will end at midnight on Monday 14th December or when stocks run out.

Days 12 and 13

For our advent calendar days 12 and 13 we are offering you 15% off everything until midnight on Sunday 13th December.

A distressing day 11

Day 11

On the 11th day of advent we are getting a little distressed and offering you all ...

... 20% off all distress inks and pads.

This offer will end at midnight on Friday 11th December or when stocks run out.

snow fabulous

Hope you've all been taking advantage of these fabulous advent offers. Can't wait to see what tomorrow's is.

In the meantime, here's a card I've made using a Pink Cat studio stamp 'winter lily'. Think this would work as a general card and not necessarily just for christmas, depending on the colours and papers you use. She has been coloured with Copic markers.

Thanks for looking.

Day 10

On the 10th day of our advent calendar we are offering you ...

... 25% off all decoupage.

This offer will end at midnight on Thursday 10th December or when stocks run out.

Advent Day 9

Day 9

On the 9th day of advent Silly Monkey Crafts are offering you...

... 20% off all CC Designs Stamps.

This offer will end at midnight on Wednesday 9th December or when stocks run out.

Advent Calendar - Day 8

Day 8

On the 8th day of advent Silly Monkey Crafts are offering you...

... a free 10 pack of card bags for every £10 spent.

This offer will end at midnight on Tuesday 8th December or when stocks run out.

Advent Day 7

Day 7

On the 7th day of our advent calendar Silly Monkey Crafts are offering you ...

... 35% off the Basic Grey range.

This offer will end at midnight on Monday 7th December or when stocks run out.

Day 6

Day 6

On the 6th day of advent Silly Monkey Crafts are bringing you ...

... 30% off all rub down transfers and lettering.

This offer will last until midnight on Sunday 6th December or until stocks run out.

Advent Day 5

Day 5

On the 5th day of advent Silly Monkey Crafts are offering you ...

... 40% off our full range of A4 Design Papers.

This offer will last until midnight on Saturday 5th December or until stocks run out.

Day 4 of advent calendar

Day 4

On the 4th day of our advent calendar we are offering you ...

... 10% off all Lizzie Anne Design Stamps.

Again, this offer lasts until midnight on Friday 4th December or until stocks run out.

Advent Calendar - Day 3

On day 3 of our advent calendar we bring you...

... 15% off our full range of promarker goodies. This includes the single pens in the old and new ranges, the packs, our pick and mix deals, storage and the festive metallic pens.

The offer will end at midnight on Thursday 3rd December or when stocks run out.

Advent Calendar - Day 2

Day Two

Buy any 6 papers from the Rose Moka collection and receive a set of Rose Moka alphabet stickers free (worth £1.95).

Offer will expire at midnight on Wednesday 2nd December or while stocks last.

Silly Monkey Crafts Advent Calendar

Why not join in the countdown to Christmas with the Silly Monkey Crafts Advent Calendar?

We will be offereing you a yummy treat each day in the run up to the big day and the great news is that they are all 100% fat free.

So, kicking us off for day one we are offering you ...

...30% off any ribbons until midnight on Tuesday 1st December

Kraftin' Kimmie December release

Today is Kraftin' Kimmie's release day and we have the gorgeous new stamps from Annie and new designer Jean Grant ready for you here.

We are very excited by these stamps and expect them to disappear quickly (but don't worry, we will get more in for you) but if you want to be amongst the first to get them then be quick!

Pink Cat Studio Minis

We have just collected our shipment of the new Pink Cat Studio mini stamps this morning and are bowled over by how cute they are.

There are 3 in the collection and each mini set comes with 3 stamps - the main image, a sentiment and an accessory.

Xmas Sweeties

Here's another Christmas card from me using the super cute Anya from the 'Xmas Sweeties' set which is back in stock now.

Stash:

Stamps: Anya from 'Xmas sweeties' set, snowflakes used on background paper and sentiment circle from a Papermania stamp duo set.

Colouring: Copics

Paper: tiny bit MME - just the stripe piece used for the big snowflake and the punched out border behind her, red & brown cardstock plus some white glitter paper

Tools: MS doily lace trim deep edger punch, large snowflake and medium snowflake punches, couple of circle punches and a good old office hole punch for the fake brads

Others: woodware 'white fluffy stuff', glamour dust, white gel pen for faux stitching

Thanks for stopping by.

Paws-fur-a-Moment

We have just finished uploading the adorable Paws-fur-a-Moment goodies from Buzzcraft, featuring Mollie and Max.

The range includes 6 stamp sets, 4 delicious papers, 16 stackers and 4 twisters

I am already in love with this cute pair and find Max to be perfect for those tricky male cards.

Bernadette ' warm wishes'

Here's another cutie from Kraftin Kimmie's stamps. This one is Bernadette (comes with a cute sentiment 'you're snow sweet' but I've not used it here as the background was busy enough). Can't tell from photo but the bunny is on 3D foam so pops off the card more than it looks. More than half way through November now so am trying to ratchet up the christmas card output - hope you've all made a start on yours!

Thanks for looking.

Stash:

Stamps: 'Bernadette' Kraftin Kimmie

Colouring: Copics

Paper:BG 'Eskimo kisses'

Tools: Cuttlebug die for the corner flourishes, 'labels 3' nesties dies, MS snowflake punches

Others: brads, stickles

Holly

Here's another Kraftin Kimmie stamp, coloured with Copics (which are now available in the shop - yay!)
This is Holly and she comes with the holly leaves too which I have stamped in a circle around her (I lightly drew cirle around her in pencil to help me position where to stamp the holly then I just cut freehand all the way around leaving thin white border). I love the sweep in her dress & hair (not to mention her itty bitty waist - I can but dream!)

Stash:

Stamps: 'Holly' - Kraftin Kimmie here

Colouring: Copics with Sakura stardust pen waterbrushed over dress for sparkle.

Paper: DCWV christmas multistack

Tools: MS loopy around the page punch, EK flourish punch

Others: White bellas baubles

Thanks for looking, have a good day.

Oliver

Meet Oliver, he is one of Crissie's Cuties available now in the shop

Papers I've used are Basic Grey Blitzen and Figgy Pudding

He has been coloured with Copics and I'm real excited to tell you that

Bryony is adding the Atyou Spica and Copic Ciao's right now!!! Yay!

Hugs, Marlene x

Clara & bird

Meet CLARA,

She is another of the newly released Krafting Kimmie stamps and she comes with a bird accessory stamp too )

I have used the snowflake from ANTOINETTE on the background paper again.

Loving this wintery collection, they can be found HERE

Hugs, Marlene x

November Kimmies

Today is release day for the new Kraftin' Kimmie's so at last i can show you how gorgeous this batch is. Check them out over on the website here


Fran and Marlene have been busy creating with the new stamps and here are the cards they have made using 'Antoinette'




























It is so nice to compare the different colour schemes using the same stamps, especially the way they have used the snowflake accessory card.

Don't forget that you can still take advantage of our TRICK or TREAT codes until midnight on Monday too.


Hope you love these stamps as much as we do,


Bryony

Trick or Treat?

Trick or Treat???

This Halloween weekend we are offering you the choice of a trick or treat with every order over at Silly Monkey Crafts.

Just pick either the code TRICK or the code TREAT at checkout. Both codes will give you free delivery but, more importantly, we can see which code you chose when your order comes through so we can trick you or treat you accordingly!

The codes will expire at midnight on Monday 2nd November so make sure you don't miss out on this fun spooky offer.

Expecting

Love the new Greeting Farm stamps and I have used Anya from the Mom & Dad set

They are a joy to colour and perfect for the happy 'I'm expecting' news :)

Hugs, Marlene x

Hippie Chick

Why not take advantage of Silly Monkey Crafts 10% discount offer and treat yourself to some super cute Anya and sentiment stamps by the Greeting Farm.

On my card I have used Hippie Anya and coloured her with Pro-Markers

The Happy go-round sentiments have been cut with circle punches

Finished the card with some flatbacked pearls in Olive.

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Bryony!

Hugs, Marlene x

10% off Sale

I thought our blog followers should be first to know that we are having a little 10% off sale at Silly Monkey Crafts to celebrate my birthday tomorrow.

The 10% applies to everything and will end at midnight on Thursday 15th October.

We are still uploading High Hopes so it is well worth keeping your eyes on the 'What's new' section.

The Moonlight Whispers from Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps did very well and our restock shipment should be with us very soon after a relaxing long stay in customs!

Bryony

Greeting Farm 'Savannah'

Here's another cutie from 'The Greeting Farm' they are always such fun to colour in and for decoupaging (just did the feather in her hair but could have done more layers). This is 'Savannah' from the 'wild sprouts' range.


Again, intended to be simple but then I start playing around with the layout and bits just seem to get added on until nothing else will fit LOL. Left greeting off so it can be used whenever (though probably for someone girly)

Stash:

Stamps: 'Savannah' . flourish corners from an autumn leaves stamp set

Colouring: Copics, Sakura clar stardust pen over feather, eyelids and bits of her clothes for sparkle

Paper: MME 'wild asparagus'

Tools: Labels nesties (four & eight), various punches for borders, leaves and flourishes. tracing wheel for the faux stitching holes

Others: paper roses

Thanks for looking. Have a good day.

another Kraftin Kimmie ~ 'Charlotte'

Just loving these girlies, here's Charlotte. Just love the quirkyness to her and the details are fab, down to the loose button eyes on her ragdolls.

Think Charlotte is out of stock at the moment but I know Bryony does have more on the way.

Stash:

Stamps: 'Charlotte' Kraftin Kimmie's Moonlight Whispers range

Colouring: Copics & twinkling H2O

Paper: DCWV latte

Tools: labels nesties, various border punches, SU word window punch, EK flourish punch, quickcutz embossing folder

Others: ribbon, bellas baubles

Thanks for looking, have a lovely day.

Francesca

And another sample with the fabby new Kraftin' Kimmie stamps

This cutie is called Francesca and comes with a super cute cupcake stamp to boot!

You can find all the new Crissy's Cuties and Moonlight Whispers

in the SHOP now *Ü*

Marlene x

New stamp range~ Kraftin' Kimmie

Yeah, I can spill the beans today and show you the spanking new, hot off the press, range of stamps that Silly Monkey is now stocking . . . . 'Kraftin Kimmie Stamps'. They have JUST been released today over in Canada but the best news is that Bryony already has them in stock now, so what are you waiting for?!There are 2 great ranges (one is 'Chrissie's Cuties' by the same artist behind lots of the High Hopes') but my personal favourite is the 'Moonlight Whispers' range which feature really cute girls, including this one. They are just sooo different and funky/fun which I love. They each come with a little matching accessory stamp too.

This one I think is called 'Posey' and comes with the little matching rose which I have stamped out twice and used as a little accent either side of her. Just had to use this 'Pique Nique' paper Cherry sorbet aux cerises as it just matched her dress perfectly! kept the rest simple.

You must go check out the other girlies in the range, I love them all! Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fantabulous day too!

Greeting Farm . .'just sittin here'

. . . but not much longer if you love these cuties as much as I do. Lots of Greeting Farm stamps are now in stock, including the just released October ones. I've used HG laundry but I can't find her on the site (may have sold out or just not added to site yet?).

Be warned, I've used some of the summery 'Pique Nique' papers so you may need your sunglasses LOL!


Materials used:

Stamps: 'HG Laundry' Greeting Farm. Sentiment is a Magnolia stamp

Colouring: Copics or Promarker equivalent

Paper: 'Pique- Nique' Rose Moka range as is the alphabet stickers used for the 'hi'. green textured cardstock for matting from the 'Dovecraft' pack.

Tools: Petite scallop circle nesties, mini flower punch

Others: 4mm flat backed pearls for the centre of the mini flowers in 'dusky pink'

As if that's not enough there's even more exciting goodies due NEXT WEEK so keep your eyes peeled!

Thanks for looking.

Cow Emma

Today I wanted to show you my card with Cow Emma.. she looks just perfectly dressed up to go Trick or Treating!

The decoupaged pumpkins are also part of the cc-designs halloween stamps range.

I have used the same MME Bloom & Grow papers that Fran used below.. they are indeed fab for Halloween cards with their lush greens/oranges :)

The card is finished with some orange buttons from the Autumn leaves collection and I've tied some green floss to finish.

Thanks for looking and have a perfect day!

Marlene x

We have a winner

The results of our prize draw for the Pique Nique collection pack are

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So our winner is Amanda.

Congratulations - can you drop us an email with your address and we will get the prize in the post to you

Bryony

Pumpkin Pixie

How adorable is Pippi???

I just couldn't resist this little pixie, perfectly dressed for Trick or Treating :)

I have masked Pippi and stamped the CC-design Spooky Tree behind her to make a scene

BTW.. the sweeties are not for sale! lol

Hugs, Marlene x

trick or treat anyone?

I just couldn't resist these CC Design cuties and had to make some Halloween themed cards (so expect to see more!). For this one I've used 'clown trevor', 'cow emma' and the 'bench' and have stamped them using masking technique. The sentiments are from the various sentiment sets from CC Designs too - I love the fonts on these.
Think the MME bloom & grow papers work well for Autumn/Halloween cards as it has that fab orange colour in it. AND if you didn't fancy a full pack you can now get little 'part packs' for a £1!! perfect if you just wanted to try them or only wanted it for the odd card.

Stash:

Stamps: Images & sentiments all CC Designs, Sugarplum range from found here

Colouring: Copics with bit of stardust pen over the pumpkins for sparkle

Paper: MME bloom & Grow 6x6 pack, brown cardstock from Dovecraft textured cardstock

Tools: Oval Petite scallop nesties, MS fence border punch, bat punch, Cuttlebug die for the sentiment

Others: ric rac ribbon, 'olive' flatbacked pearls