Monday 18 July 2011

Congratulatory card

Hi bloggers,

Hope you had a wonderful weekend... 

Aleeza has started school this morning - a new class with a new teacher. I was missing the old teacher (a wonderful lady) sooo much!!! She is going to have a baby soon so has decided to be a stay at home mum.

Now to this card - Zeenya was kind enough to heat emboss this Hero Arts design block with silver embossing powder on to a shimmery mauve cardstock. It looks really effective in real life and I am quite pleased with how it turned out.

The  scalloped circles have been die cut with Ek Success. The subtle hearts that you see are actually fancy gift wrap.

The flowers and leaves (my new punch) have  been punched out of the same gift wrap. I have used three different flower  punches to give more character...and I have used shiny centres on some flowers to highlight them.

The sentiment has been embossed with Cuttlebug on shimmery cream paper.

I have made this card for a very special friend's son and daughter in law who are already married. My friend loved it!

Wish you a happy week ahead.

I will try and do my rounds soon. Zeenya wants to move her bed and change the layout of her room so I am off to help her with that.

Hugs,

Monica

13 comments:

ursula Uphof said...

Lovely card Monica, the music paper is very nice

Karuna said...

its a very pretty card!

Shakti said...

The embossing is fabulous!

Always with a Sentiment said...

Hello Monica. OH WOW. What a wonderful creation you have done here, absolutely stunning and so very classy. I love it Monica. Happy crafting.
With love, Sandra xx

C said...

The heat embossing is very nice, Monica. Hope you had a good trip! Your scrapbook is on the way as of last week.

Shirley-Anne said...

Hi Monica .Lovely card .Special mention of those great punched flowers and leaves in corner .
Hugs Shirley-Anne

jimlynn said...

I can see why your friend loved it...so very pretty! Like that new punch you used too.
Hope Aleeza has a good day at school and likes her new teacher.
Lynn

Sue said...

Such a lovely card,hope Zeenya gets her room sorted and Aleeza loves her new class mates.
Sue xx

1CardCreator said...

Beautiful card Monica, I hope you and your daughter have fun moving the room around.

Crafterkhush said...

Happy room re-dcorating.. and it is great to see you craft again after ages... It's a lovely card...!!

Rosalee said...

Hey there Monica, Cute card. I have some more blog awards on my blog for you. Head on over and grab them and enjoy
Hugs, Rosalee

Elizabeth said...

A beautiful card, Monica!

Merry said...

How lovely...really love the musical background and those two hearts are perfect.