HANDMADE CARDS WITH LOVE FOR CHARITY: Distressing printed paper!

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Distressing printed paper!

Hello bloggers,

First of all, a welcome to my new followers, Marlena Pedussi and Dusty Davi - it makes me so happy to see my list of followers grow!

I made this card to participate in the challenge hosted by http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/ the theme being a sketch. Sorry, am too lazy to copy and paste the sketch.

I have done a lot of distressing here and that kinda of de-stressed me... lol!

Supplies:

Base card stock - red

Black stock - light weight card

Printed paper - new wrapping paper, distressed with Tim Holtz fired brick

Red embossed paper - distressed with Tim Holtz soot black

Sentiment - embossed with CB and distressed with Tim Holtz fired brick

Heart shaped border - MS and distressed as well with fired brick

Black Ribbon - American crafts

I am also going to submit this for the following challenges:

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ - vintage/shabby

http://ribboncarouselchallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/ - embossing of any kind

Hope you like it...

Hugs,

Monica

20 comments:

Always with a Sentiment said...: Hello Monica. Fab card again. Love the patterned background, so very striking and really effective. It shows up the sentiment perfectly. Happy crafting.
Love Sandra xxx; 8 September 2011 at 21:07
Karin said...: Great card...I love the inking around the edges and the hearts are charming!; 8 September 2011 at 21:38
Shirley-Anne said...: Hi Monica .your card is so beautiful with the sponging of edges and the lovely background paper .
Shirley-Anne; 8 September 2011 at 21:43
susiestacey said...: Hi Monica - lovely card and thank you for your kind comments - always. You are nearly upto 100 followers x Susan x,; 8 September 2011 at 22:19
Sue said...: Hi Monica,love the colours,a bit of distressing is good for you,lol
Sue x; 8 September 2011 at 22:33
Dr Sonia S V said...: You are the distressing master-- guess you like doing it a lot--You were the first one to explain it to me-- I lack the know how to attempt it!; 8 September 2011 at 22:48
jimlynn said...: Oh so pretty, Monica. LOVE the distressed look. Those colors are just yummy too! A gorgeous card!
Lynn; 8 September 2011 at 22:55
Judie said...: Hi Monica,
Lovely card with wonderful colors. Also want to let you know I love your new blog design, very nice. TFS

Judie; 8 September 2011 at 23:54
Sylvia Blum said...: ohhh... your card is adorable, Monica! loooove the distressing!
{hugs} Sylvia; 9 September 2011 at 01:29
Aileen said...: I like your distressing, gives your card a warm glow. x; 9 September 2011 at 01:59
Merry said...: Wonderful card and lovely paper.; 9 September 2011 at 05:02
McCrafty's Cards said...: Fabulous card Monica, I love the colours and the distressing
Kevin xx; 9 September 2011 at 05:43
Misty Olsen said...: WoW Monica!!! Such a beautiful card....Thank you for sharing your creation with us this week at DCD!!!

Mistyrose
Die Cuttin Diva; 9 September 2011 at 06:36
kiddo said...: Beautiful card! Love the embossing and the color combination is very nice!; 9 September 2011 at 15:42
soujanya said...: Fab card...loved it....the combo of colours are my fav.....; 10 September 2011 at 03:41
Debs said...: Love your distressed look, thanks for joining us at TPS this week.
Hugs Debs; 10 September 2011 at 05:25
Crafterkhush said...: i search and i search but I find no patterned paper with damask patterns.. I love damask patterns.. :-); 10 September 2011 at 22:51
Creative Diva said...: What beautiful colors. I like the distressed ink. Thank you for joining us at DCD.

Hugs,
Patty
creativediva98.blogspot.com; 11 September 2011 at 05:38
Cre8tiveVet said...: Great job on our sketch this week. Thanks for joining us at DCD. -Yvette
cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com; 11 September 2011 at 14:21
Angela Thomas said...: Gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge.; 16 September 2011 at 13:05

About Me

My name is Monica and I am a mother to two lovely girls aged 22 and 14. We moved back to Singapore in June 2014 after having lived in Jakarta, Indonesia and Mumbai. I have a background in Psychology and Sociology Honours along with a post grad diploma in Journalism. I used to work in direct marketing for a premium hotel in India before I decided to become a stay at home mother. I have been creating and selling greeting cards for charity since 17 years. I often use unusual packaging material on my cards to respect and care for the environment. Presently, I share my cards as well as the proceeds from their sales with a shelter that houses and supports abused women in Singapore. Besides this, I run an initiative (UNITED WORLD SANCTUARY - UWS) on meditation, wellness, art and culture. You can find my page on Facebook under the name of UNITED WORLD SANCTUARY-UWS. I also hold mindfulness/wellness workshops for parents in my younger one's school. Besides, I hold Mindful Art and Card workshops for mothers and children.