Hello and Happy Birthday

Hello sweet peeps,

These two entries are for CAS(E) this Sketch. My younger daughter, Aleeza smooshed cardstock with very ordinary watercolours and wrote the calligraphed the sentiment. I layered it with two round nesties, embossed it and stuck it off the card so as to follow the challenge. The embossed white strip at the bottom was to hide some glue stains that decided to stay on the paper.

Here is my second card for CAS(E) this Sketch - my very new die on black paper. I hope it is not too bland.

 

I will also enter the first card in the following challenges:

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Monica 

Vellum over neon

Hello sweet bloggers,

My younger one made the background here with Mala paints directly on to a piece of cardstock without using a pencil. All was well until I thought I should go over the flourishes again and it got all messy. To save the card, I stuck a vellum sheet over it. Another layer was stuck under the paper with flourishes and it was painted fluorescent pink paint on its edges. I seem to like this card at certain times and not at others. I stuck a strip of cardstock to hold the vellum in place and another thin strip with Happy Birthday stamped on it. A few dots in fluorescent pink completed it. With the vellum, you will not need sunglasses to view this card. Lol.

 

I will participate in the following challenges with my card:

https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/ - occasions

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

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

artydivas - anything goes

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Monica 

Happy, fun, celebrate

Hi bloggers,

Here is another happy card to show you today. I stencilled the sentiments with a distress ink and found it looked a tad bland inspite of the sunny colour. After much deliberation, I die cut balloons out of recycled paper (juice cups, Body shop packaging and cake boxes) and hand drew the strings before sticking them. The ribbon is hand tied as well.  My girls really like this card and so did I finally.

 

I will participate in the following challenges:

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

https://artydivaschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/ - Keep it clean and simple KISS

https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/ - use a stencil

Monica

Fourth Mindful Art and Card Workshop

Dear bloggers,

Here is a card that my student and I created with a stencil and distress inks. We were working towards masking off a section in the lower middle without using masking tape or anything else. We were successful and all seemed well until we stamped a sentiment.  So a strip of cardstock was used to hide the faux pas. 

Ribbon at the bottom with a hand tied knot completed the picture. 

It was a happy ending and that is all that matters. Lol.

Here is my very charming student.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - use summer colours

https://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/ - ribbon, lace or pearls

Monica 

Cupcakes

Dear bloggers,

Here is a quick one made with fancy gift wrap. I went over the dotty parts of the cupcakes with my silver Sakura gel pen, used glossy accents on the icing and roses and finished off with rhinestones. There is silver/pink washi tape at the bottom to complete this simple beauty.

I will participate in the following challenges with this card:

https://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - three of a kind

https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/ - happy places

Monica 

Ribbon & Washi and all sashy

Hello lovely bloggers,

I am very chuffed to learn that one of my cards was a top rocketeer in 613 Avenue Create.

Here is my card to share today which is a simple creation with ribbon and washi. The Birthday greeting sentiment was mounted on foam dots after lining it on black cardstock. 

I will participate in the following challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://blog.dare2bartzy.com/tag/challenge/ - anything goes

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

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

https://cccdigicreations.blogspot.com/ - no patterned paper

Monica 

Candles

Hello bloggers,

I typed out this post only to find that with one click of a button, it had vanished into thin air. So here I am typing it all over again. Ah, the joys of technology. 

I have used a rubber stamp for this image which had a sentiment which said, ' Celebrate' at the bottom. The sentiment got a bit messy so I cut it out and let the candles stand alone. Below that 'Happy Birthday' was stamped. The cardstock under the image and the sentiment was coloured with a Sakura gold pen. The candles were coloured with Sakura gold and silver pens.

I will enter the following challenges with this card:

https://aaacards.blogspot.com/ - white spaces

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

https://allfunchallenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

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

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/ - celebrate

http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - happy birthday

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - CAS

Monica 

Beerthday wishes

Dearest bloggers,

Here is a card that I put together two days ago. The beehive print was part of fancy packaging for a pack of sentiments that I paid a big price for. In Singapore, art supplies are expensive and that is how it is. Since the sentiments were pricy, I decided to use the packaging and make a card so that I don't feel the pinch. Washi tape, black recycled paper, Carla craft bee punch, colouring with Prismas and going over the black colours with a gold Sakura gel pen and my card was almost complete. The sentiment is handwritten and the Sakura gel pen came in handy to outline the edges of the sentiment.

I will participate in the following challenges with my card:

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/ - CAS

http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.ca/ - summer

https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/ - masculine

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

Monica 

Blue and white porcelein

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card made with fancy gift wrap which I sponged with faded jeans distress ink. The sentiment is a rubber stamp and I layered it on white cardstock which was sponged with the same distress ink. 

I will participate in the following challenges:

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

https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ - get creative challenges

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


Monica 

Celebrate

Hello sweet peeps,

I had this image stamped with Stazon and coloured in with Prisma pencils from many years ago. Now,  I know you will be patient and bear with me as to the name of the rubber stamp. It is in my art room, somewhere in a drawer and I am just too comfortable right now in another room on a big chair to bother getting up to find out the details. You get the picture, don't you? I have done this in the past as well. Lol.

I have gone over the image with Sakura gel pens and the image looks really nice in real life.

I have made this card for the challenge over at CAS(E) this Sketch . I love CAS anyway so this was perfect for me.

 This is a close-up of the sparkle... much better in real life.

I will also participate in the following challenges with this card:

https://aaacards.blogspot.com/ - 1/3rd blank space w/option repeat image

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/ - masculine

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

https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Monica 

Happy Birthday

Hello dear bloggers,

This card was made with a stamp I bought a very sweet little scrapbooking store in Shrewsbury in the UK many years ago. It can be quite challenging to stamp all of it in one go for some reason. The good side is that if it does do a good job, the entire card is ready in no time. 

I have used a Brilliance blue pearlised ink and have gone over the hibiscus flowers with glossy accents. 

A Sakura silver gel pens were used on a few 'happy birthdays' for added effect as was the blue ribbon. It looks far more sparkly in real life.

It is old fashioned but pleasing to the eyes with the monochromes.

I will participate in the following challenges:

https://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/p/challenge.html - anything goes with a bow

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

https://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes / optional - add sparkle

https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - always anything goes

Monica 

Happy Birthday tag on a card

 Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is my card which I finally managed to put together after much rumination. The tag is recycled and I actually took a picture to show you this time. So you know I am genuine. Lol.

Some of my fave washi tapes went around the back of the tag and a black ribbon on top. 

I embossed the card stock under the tag and stuck the tag with foam tape since I am a bit done with cutting cardboard and sticking it on either side. 

If I may say so, I quite like the way this card turned out. 

Down below is the tag with a faint shadow for which I apologise.

I will participate in the following challenges:

http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/ - black and pink

https://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ - cute card Thursday

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ - birthday or folded

Monica

Birthday wishes

Hello dear. bloggers,

This card took me a long, long time to make since I die cut a big rectangular from Kaiser craft nestie out of a small piece of cardstock. 

To add to it, I insisted on using it, being the Queen of recycling. 

After many months I finally found this die-cut butterfly from Kaiser craft in my stash. My steady friend, the famous Cuttlebug helped me as ever with all the die cutting here.

The paper I have used for the butterfly die is watercolour and I did some kind of smoosh technique on it. 

The little pearls were used to make it elegant as well as to hide a few faux pas. 

The sentiment was store bought from the UK many years ago while the doily is something I had won in a lucky draw many years ago in blog land.

I will participate in the following challenges:

https://artasticchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - monochromatic

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

Arty Divas - https://artydivaschallenge.blogspot.com/?
http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.com/ - use cuttlebug and dies
http://feeling-sketchy.blogspot.com/ - sketch


Happy card making,

Monica

Happy Birthday card this time

Hello bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today. The cupcake topper was in my stash and I do know that I paid a bomb for it in Indonesia. The washi tapes are from Japan and Singapore. The rhinestones are from Kaiser craft while the sentiment banner is store bought. I am fairly pleased with this card. And yes, there is absolutely nothing recycled on this card for a change. 

I will submit this card in the following challenges:

http://2sistersontheblog.blogspot.com/ - spots and/or stripes

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes with the option of monochrome

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

Happy card making and stay healthy,

Monica 

Rooster from a coaster

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today. The image is actually a coaster that was in the breakfast room of a hotel in Jakarta. The background on the cardstock below has been created with shaving foam and food colouring. It all came together beautifully I thought. 

The BIRTHDAY sentiment has been die cut from a scrap of wallpaper. 

I hand wrote the HAPPY on the coaster with a red Sharpie. I do think I could have done better with the dot on the i of the "birthday". And yes, I have used glossy accents on the feathers of the rooster for added interest. 

I do like my card overall. 

I will enter my card in the following challenges:

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - use die cuts/punches
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/ - a little patch of crafty friends

Happy card making to you,

Monica 

Happy Birthday card

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is my card to show you with a stencilled brick background and a die cut feather on top. I have used watercolours to colour in the stencil and for the feather, I have used Mala paints from Ikea as well as Basics acrylics in red. I quite like how the feather turned out. 

The sentiment is a store bought one. The card stock with the feather diecut as been popped up on cardboard as my way of recycling and not using foam dots to help save the earth in my own little way.

I will participate in the following challenges with this card:

https://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

Arty Divas Challenge - anything goes

Happy card making,

Monica

Partly recycled

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a rather bright birthday card made with leftover tape from Aleeza's acrylic painting. She used it as masking tape and when she got it off the canvas it was too nice to be thrown away. Known to be the recycling queen (title given by dear Lynn), I had to use it and this is what I did. 

The birthday sentiments are store bought. It looks a bit messy here as the background is too close to the colours on the card but in real life, trust me it looks really nice.

Happy card making,

Monica 

Happy Birthday card

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card that Aleeza die-cut using a new die we bought over Amazon (for a fraction of the price I would have paid in a store here) and she used Pentel watercolour tubes to colour the flowers, leaves and borders. She said she found the border quite tedious to colour in. I stuck it over cardboard squares instead of double-sided foam dots to make it environment friendly. A pink ribbon saying happy birthday was tied over the rectangular nestie to complete the picture. I quite like this shabby chic kind of card.

I will submit this card to the following challenges:

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

artydivas - anything goes

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

Happy card making,

Monica

Birthday wishes

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card I made a few days ago. The butterfly has been die cut from watercolour paper to which I applied smoosh technique. I have layered butterfly die cut from watercolour paper on to another butterfly which has been die cut using a foil lid of a yoghurt container. Somehow I wish that could have been more clearly visible. In real life, it shines through.

The sentiment has been die cut from Sizzix dies using packaging from a perfume.

After die cutting the nestie on the top layer of cardstock, I used the chevron embossing folder and propped it up on strips of white carton.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/ - pink

https://imaginethatdigistamp.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

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

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

Happy card making and happy everything,

Monica 

Sizzix -blue flowers

Dear bloggers,

Here is my card to show you which is part of the same order I mentioned in the previous post. The Sizzix wild flowers you see here have been die cut with water colour paper. The same paper was smooshed around using Camlin brush markers from India. The base paper has been embossed and I tied a ribbon around it which says it all. I sprayed water on the cardstock I was going to emboss as per a tutorial on You Tube thinking this rather flat embossing folder would become more prominent. 

Now to some good news - I have begun hosting meditation sessions for parents in my younger one's school. Today was the second session and I feel it went well. Ah, the joys of spreading the word of meditation are indescribable in words. I also run a small initiative called United World Sanctuary which is a platform for peace and goodwill. We meditate, listen to a talk on a positive topic and eat nourishing food. It is basically a mini retreat for the mind, body and soul.

I will participate in the following challenges:

https://paperminutes.blogspot.com/ - flowery and delicate

Arty Divas - anything goes

https://papercraft-challenges.blogspot.com/ - handmade/stamped flowers

https://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Happy card making,

Monica