Second entry for CAS(E) this sketch

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my second entry for CAS(E) this sketch this week and it took me all of five minutes to make. The lace and ribbon are from my stash and so are the pearls. The sentiment is from Hero Arts which I stamped with Brilliance pearlescent blue and went over it with my blue Sakura gel pen to make it stand out. I do like this card, I have to say.

I will also enter this card in:
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Wish you a pleasant week ahead.

Love,
Monica 

Second entry for CAS-ual Friday

Hello bloggers,

I had a nice weekend as it was a friend's birthday party we went to and had a great Friday evening there. This afternoon we went to see Silver Lining which had a good story apart from poor language. Of late we have not been getting Hollywood films here so this was a treat.

Here is a quick post to share my second card for CAS-ual Friday this week. The theme is stamping your own background. I have used an Inkadinkado stamp to create this simple card and have touched up the image with a silver Sakura pen and given it a border as well. I thought of adding on crystals or ribbon but they did not seem to match with these Oriental flowers.

I will also enter this in:
http://ladybugcrafts.blogspot.com/ - the colour blue.

It is 840 pm here so the weekend is almost over...

Love,
Monica

For CAS-ual Friday

Hello sweet peeps,

I would like to welcome my newest follower Lindsay - many thanks for joining my blog.

Down below is a card I have made for CAS-usal Friday, the theme being to stamp your own background. I have used my Hero Arts cling stamp which I had lying in my drawer for months. The stars were sent by Shirley-Anne and the buttons and blue cord are from my stash.

I will also enter this card in:

http://ladybugcrafts.blogspot.com/ - the colour blue

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

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

Wish you a pleasant weekend,

Monica 

Waiting for mojo to come back

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card I made for Case this sketch - not quite pleased with it. I had handwritten the sentiment but it was crooked so wrote on another piece of hand torn card stock which I swear is cream but seems yellowish here. That kind of ruins it, I feel. The rose is a Sizzix emboss and cut mini die. The embossing folder is also from Sizzix. The flower has been coloured with pearl pastel chalks. I tried to place the buttons as though they were tiny florets on the embossed image. 

Cheers to Friday,

Monica

I am back but my mojo is gone!!!

Hello lovely bloggers,

We got back late Tuesday night from Singapore - it is always nice to be there. Unfortunately my favourite craft shop has closed down for revamping so it was a bit disappointing for me but certainly good for my pocket. I met up with my close friends and that was very refreshing indeed. 

Here is quick card I made this afternoon with almost no mojo on cream card stock and kraft paper (which was once upon a time a table mat in an Italian restaurant). I do find it a trifle dull and it could have done with a metal charm but buttons and jute is all I had in my stash to fit the bill for a masculine card. I have used my Sizzix embossing folder and coloured in the embossed images with chalk and distress inks. The sides have been sponged to make it more rugged looking. I have coloured around the punched hole with a felt pen to add interest.

Down below is something one of my friends shared with me... It was a photocopy but I could not resist sharing it.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ - birthdays
http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/ - for a man
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

I promise to come and visit your lovely blogs soon.

Happy to be back,

Monica

Will be away until next week

Hello bloggers,

Here is a quick card I made for a friend who wants to buy a few of my cards to support my work... I may have made such a kind earlier but I liked the design so I repeated it. Doesn't need much explanation - simple enough.

I will enter this card in:

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - flower power

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

We are going to Singapore until next week - happy change indeed.

See you when I get back.

Love,

Monica 

For Mojo Monday

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card I have made with the nesties and stars sent by dear Shirley-Anne (and so much other stuff). Thank you so much for the wonderful early Christmas present. These stars are perfect for a masculine card, aren't they?
I am going to enter this in Mojo Monday challenge this week and Make it Monday which is one of my fave challenges. 

Happy Wednesday,

Monica