The perfect pear

Hello sweet bloggers,

This is a card I made this morning after really pushing myself. The image is a stamp from Hampton Art and it has been coloured with water colour pencils. The printed paper was won two years ago in Terry's blog candy. The sponging on the paper below the image was done by Zeenya (my older one) in the good old days when she used to love card making. The flowers are from my stash as is the ribbon. The leaf at the bottom left is a pressed leaf which has sentimental value as I picked it up while walking in a park in France !!! I have to add that I do like this card and the colours on it.

I am going to enter this in the following challenges:
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - bring on spring (lots of flowers)
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes
http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ - spring has sprung
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/ - sketch

Hope you are having a good week...

Catch you later.

Love,

Monica 

For a man

Hello sweet bloggers,

This card is for a friend's son and she wanted a flat card which she could post overseas without any fuss. Much as I was tempted to put twine and real buttons, I restrained myself to keep it this way. The buttons were sponged and the sentiment is from Penny Black. The papers are from my stash. In real life the buttons match well but my camera decided to change their hues.

I will enter this card in:

http://casethissketch.blogspot.co.uk/ - sketch

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

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

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

See you later.

Love,

Monica 

Pastels

Hello lovely bloggers,

I am so happy that I have sold a total of 43 cards all ready so am kind of taking a break from card making.

Here is a card I made a few days ago with an embossing folder that I love. It was almost a five minutes job except that I had to wait longer for the liquid pearls to dry up. The lace is my new buy and the butterfly is from a scrap booking section of a stationery store in India.

I will enter this card int he following challenges:

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

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

http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ - butterfly

I must do my blog visits this evening.

Love,

Monica 

Sold another 15 cards

Hello dear bloggers,

I forgot to mention that a friend bought six cards from me in Singapore and this afternoon I sold another nine cards this afternoon which makes a total of fifteen. So my tally is a total of 43 cards sold so far and I will continue to support schooling of financially challenged primary children. 

Now to my card... I have stuck fancy gift wrap on this card and have touched up the music notes with a silver Sakura gel pen. The white music punched out shapes are the left overs from my Ek Success border punch ( used for another card) which I actually coloured with the same silver Sakura pen as well. So they look quite glittery on the card. Stuck shiny stickers, crystals and ribbon and my card was complete.

I did not sell this card but gave it to a dear friend who supports my passion by buying my cards.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ - make it manly

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ - anything goes

http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/ - masculine and monochromatic

See you soon.

Love,

Monica 

All pink and white

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is a card I made a couple of days ago... I have stamped a Penny Black image with Brilliance Archival in pearlescent pink. The paper is my latest acquisition from Singapore and buttons and ribbon are from stash. I have used my MS corner punch for the corners to add more interest.

I will enter this in the following challenges:

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

http://songbirdchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Mother's day

See you later! 

Love,

Monica 

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