For CAS(e) this sketch and CAS(ual) Friday

Hello kind peeps,

 Here is my card for CAS(e) this sketch and over at CAS(ual) Friday the challenge is Chevron and Flowers this week so I decided to combine my card for both challenges. The card stock is light green and I have sponged it with TH broken china and I made my own tag, sponging it with the same ink. The flower is from Petaloo and the yarn and pearls are from my stash while the sentiment is from Spellbinders and I have had in for two years now and did not realize what a pretty font it has. So now you are going to see a lot of this in the future. Lol. The Washi tape is from the scrapbooking store close by and the flourishes are from Sizzix and they have been sponged with different inks.

 CAS(e) this sketch

Thank God it's Friday and I do hope you like my card.

Love,

Monica 

For Inkspirational Challenge - colours

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card I have for the colour challenge over at Inkspirational. I thought my card stock was close to slate in real life but looks rather different in the picture. And I am not too pleased with the stark yellow MS butterfly border. Seems like an over doze of yellow and then that big block of pink there. Anyway too late to do anything now and trust me I am not going to show it to Zeenya!!! Lol. 

I will also enter this card in the following challenges:

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/ - butterfly

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

http://tuesdayalchemy.blogspot.com/ - pastels

Off to do some commenting now.

Love,

Monica 

Globe traveller

Hello sweet bloggers,

Thanks for the lovely comments on my last post. Down below is my card to show you for today...The image is a stamp from Penny Black which I have coloured with water colour pencils. The striped paper has been recycled - it is from a news magazine. Doesn't it match perfectly?

The flowers have been punched out of papers that were sponged with Aleeza's paints while we were  painting together. Then I sprayed them with water and crumpled them to get this dreamy effect. Put in some punched flower centres and flourishes which were sponged with Tim Holtz peeled paint. 

I had lots of fun gluing the flowers on to this card and I do think this is the maximum number of flowers I have ever added on a card. Lol. Was in a generous sort of mood. Lol.

Would love to hear what you think of my card - I do think that the two blobs of rouge on her cheeks could have been avoided. And I need to learn how to colour in skin better.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

Any way off to play with Aleeza now.

Lots of love,

Monica 

For Less is More - third entry

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is yet another card I  have made for the scallops challenge at Less is More - my third to be precise.  

 Zeenya, my critique viewed it as "too yellow". High standards yet again. Lol. The card has an inner the top of which has been sponged with Momento dandelion. The little flowers were sponged with American craft in yellow and I added a liquid pearl in gold as flower centres. The flourish stamp is from Kaiser Craft - being inaugurated on this card and stamped in Momento dandelion. I seem to find it calming to make cards with monotone colours these days. Lol. 

Off to do some commenting now.

Love,

Monica 

Less is More - second entry

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my second entry for Less is More this week for their scallops challenge.

I have had this tiny clear stamps from Imaginisce for ages in my stash so I decided to air them this morning. Lol.

I have used two Imaginisce stamps on this card, stamping the blue background with scallops with Archival Brilliance in pearly blue. Over that I stamped the wee little boat and sentiment with American Craft danube blue. The sentiment kept getting messed up so I had to try many times to get it right (you don't want to know how manay, lol) Finally, I just decided to go with it and went over it with my Staedler pen in blue. Popped up the white stamped image on foam dots and the blue lace is from my stash.

Happy Sundaying!

Love,

Monica 

For Less is More - scallops

Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is a card (after many failed attempts) which I have made for Less is More where the theme this week is scallops. I thought this was going to be rather easy for me but that was obviously not the case. When I showed this card to Zeenya, she would not even want to look at it and said it would be best if I not ask for her opinion. Really is it that bad??? 

Hope you are having a good weekend...

Love,

Monica 

For Cas(e) this sketch

Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is my card for Cas(e) this sketch - sorry that I have not linked the sketch. The lady bugs were stamped horizontally with one of Aleeza's stamps that she hardly uses. I have used water colours to colour the lady bugs after stamping them with Stazon jet black. The striped paper and buttons are from my stash. The Penny Black sentiment has been stamped with American Craft white ink. The buttons were used to cover smudges from the stamp. I could have stuck tiny butterflies but I had buttons lying close by on the table so I went for them. Lol.

 I will also enter this card in: 

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

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

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

This card below is the one I posted for the last Less is More challenge. I added multicoloured strings at the bottom to make it look more attractive. I think it looks better with the strings, doesn't it?

Love,

Monica