Happy Birthday Merry and a blog hop

Hello lovely bloggers,

Today is Merry's birthday - so here is a card wishing her a happy birthday

 with lots of love and blessings.

 Thanks, Stacie for the great idea of doing a blog hop and teaching me what a blog hop is...

We at Unstampabelles are doing a fun birthday blog hop for her...

Here are the name of the other DT ladies:

Beth - http://huggiescrafts.blogspot.com/

Annmarie - http://emuupagumtree.blogspot.com/

Cathy - http://crafteecc.blogspot.com/

Jan R - http://huhsothisisablog.blogspot.com/

Susan - http://shogan03-timetoplay.blogspot.com/

Stacie - http://craft-princess.blogspot.com/

Wish you a lovely year ahead, Merry.

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

My first Easel card for midway DT post for Unstampabelles

Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is my my very first Easel card all thanks to Sandra 

(who sent me special instructions how to make it).

I have made this for the midway DT post for 

Unstampabelles monthly challenge 

the theme this month being Easter... bonus entry for extra folds.

Remember no rubber stamps or digital images but quilling, decoupage, stickers can be used.

Fabulous prizes to be won... check it out!

Supplies:

Base card stock - vanilla

Mulberry paper - kind courtesy Leigh

Designer paper - from Terry's blog candy

Bunnies - kind courtesy Sandra

Daisies - from stash

Sentiment - hand written

Hope you like my first Easel card! I was pretty happy with it. Thank you so much, Sandra.

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

Second entry for LIM

Hello my sweet bloggers,

I am back in minutes with my second entry for Less is More this week - the theme being one layer script.

I have used white card stock and stamped a Hero Arts image in Staz On black. 

I have sponged the paper with two distressed inks - tattered rose and old paper in some parts of  the image.

This has been stamped using my foot as I tried stamping three times with my hands and it did not work as all parts of the image did not show properly.

Not sure whether these one layered cards will sell but I do love this simple challenge...

Hugs,

Monica

For Less is More - one layer script

Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is a card I have made for Less is More this week, the theme being

one layer - script.

I have used a wine coloured card stock and have stamped a Kaiser craft clear stamp image using 

my Archival Brilliance in pearlescent beige.

 Scored a couple of lines on the top of the card to add some more life to it. 

Made another card earlier and stuck some ribbon and pearls on it only to realize later that it was a one layer challenge!!!  Almost posted it... however on reading the challenge rules again deleted it.

Trust me, it looks better in real life... : (

Anyway catch you later... 

Have a nice, relaxed and crafty weekend.

Hugs,

Monica

Featured blogger - Vee Ramsden

Hello lovely bloggers,

I am a bit late in publishing my monthly post on the featured blogger...

This time it is a new fellow blogger called Vee Ramsden at http://bodhicea.blogspot.com/

Vee left a comment on my blog so I paid her a visit and discovered how lovely her blog is...

She makes the most beautiful hand made flowers and her cards are very elegant and pretty.

Her handmade flowers stole my heart!!!

Wish you lots of crafty fun,

Monica