For Casual Friday - pastel and black

Hello lovely bloggers,

Aleeza is much better - many thanks for all your kind wishes.

Here is a card I made for Casual Friday - pastel and black. Yes, I stamped directly on to paper - I have come a long way!!!

I am also going to submit this for Make it Monday - anything goes (always)

The stamp is from Penny Black and the I have embossed the black strip of paper -  not really visible in the picture. 

The cow print  is actually a fancy ribbon from my stash - I loved it the minute I saw it. 

I punched the flourishes with my Ek Success border punch and the two waste bits was stuck on the top. 

The pink ribbon is also from my stash and the crystal is from Prima.

I quite liked this cute card...

Would love to know what you think?

Hugs,

Monica 

For Less is More and Casual Fridays

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my first attempt at 

masking 

for Less is More this week - not sure whether I did a good job but at least I tried...

I think this card is rather stark and sombre... and the sentiment right in the centre makes it more so.

On the brighter side, I have come a long way as I am able to stamp directly on to the card now - that is no small feat for me. Lol.

Am also entering this card for Casual Fridays - one pattern, one stamp, one sentiment. I hope the ribbon does not come in the way.

Supplies:

Base card stock - white

Stripey stamp - Hero Arts

Rectangular stamp - cling from Prima 

Sentiment - clear stamp from Off the Press 

(went over the stamp with a black marker - could not resist the temptation)

Ribbon - American crafts

Stamp pad - Staz on black and black pigment dye

Flowers - Carla craft punch
Crystal - Prima

Have a nice weekend.

Hugs,

Monica

For Casual Fridays

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card I made last night - turned out quite pretty in real life.

The printed paper is a tissue napkin from a Chinese restaurant we went to in Rome three years ago!!!

I have used matt gold paper for the nesties (Spell binder) and flowers. They have been embossed and sponged with tea dye distressed ink. The flowers have been punched using dies and punches. Some of the flowers have been sponged as well. 

The sentiment is a Just Rite cling stamp from Spell binders - I just used the inner part of the stamp.

I am going to submit this for http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/ - the theme being sentiment as the focal point.

Rather late for the challenge and not sure whether the card is CAS enough!!!

Hope you like my creation... would love to hear what you think.

Lots of love,

Monica