HANDMADE CARDS WITH LOVE FOR CHARITY: Gift boxes for Christmas

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Gift boxes for Christmas

Hello lovely bloggers,

Wow, I get to post a card this morning - how fulfilling is that!!! Lol.

Today I have to take Zeenya shopping for Halloween - she and her friends have decided to just wear neon clothes and do neon make-up! And I have to get three birthday gifts for Aleeza's class mates who celebrated their birthday in school. Aleeza requires a Halloween costume as well but I will see if I can use Zeenya's hand-me-down.

Supplies:

Base card stock - white covered with fancy mat gold gift wrap

Gifts - punched with Ek Success

Embossing on green gift box - CB

Gold gift box - mat gold hand made paper from India

Ribbon - from stash

Holly leaves - punched from similar gift wrap

Hope you like this card as much as I do. I did not know what to do with these punched squares and thought it was a good idea to use them for gift boxes.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Monica

12 comments:

Crafterkhush said...: absolutely gorgeous.. Great Great work.. :-)..; 22 October 2011 at 11:40
Dr Sonia S V said...: Wow what an absolute stunner-- I love this one so much - the golden color and the texture-- It should be a very special card like an anniversary card as its so gorgeous !; 22 October 2011 at 20:59
Sue said...: Gorgeous card Monica,great idea for the squares.
Hugs Sue; 22 October 2011 at 22:20
jimlynn said...: WOWSERS! This is BEAUTIFUL! Love the shimmer of it and the little gift packages are just perfect! Beautiful card, Monica.
Lynn; 22 October 2011 at 22:50
1CardCreator said...: Beautiful and elegant!; 23 October 2011 at 04:03
Maria@Crafty Cre8tions said...: This card is totally awesome!!!! (sorry - but all the talk of neon got me thinking back to the '80s) Fer Sure! :)

Absolutely LOVE the gift boxes!!! This card will sell SO quickly if it will be brought to your show!!

Hope the gift buying went well!
Maria; 23 October 2011 at 06:04
Karin said...: This is just so beautiful and elegant! I love the gold and the great idea for the presents! They look just like beautiful holiday gifts that I would love to receive!; 24 October 2011 at 20:26
Andrea said...: Another stunning card - I love the way you made the squares into gift embellishments, and the way you use up gift wrap and sweet wrappers is just fabulous.
Hope you managed to get everything you needed when shopping.
Love, Andrea xx; 25 October 2011 at 02:12
Anonymous said...: The golden color and texture with cute ribbons makes it very special card for every body.
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Hotel Key Card; 25 October 2011 at 13:30
Sasha said...: Hi Monica,
Beautiful texture and colour choices. I love your sweet gift boxes, too:); 26 October 2011 at 11:37
Merry said...: That is such a beautiful card....I may just have to CASE that at sometime....What lovely rich papers.; 29 October 2011 at 14:49
Kalyan said...: Simply beautiful...lovely work!; 29 October 2011 at 17:45

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.