Recycled from a wall paint brochure

Hello sweet peeps,

Thanks for the warm welcome back to blogland. I love the comraderie we share even though we have never met. Only a blogger would understand what I am saying. Sometimes it feels like a pen pal club except that we send do everything electronically.

Here is a card made with a Nippon paint brochure which my hubby had binned. Yes, I took it out of the dustbin and luckily it was in a plastic sleeve so was intact. It took for forever to place the feather and the leaf (my new buy from Michael's). The flowers have been punched and the paper for the leaf came from Merry from Australia. Thank you, Merry! The feather is from my stash - better use them up instead of stocking them.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - spot/stripes or both

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

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

Catch you later...

Love,

Monica 

Am back!!!

Hello sweet bloggers,

Ah my own pillow at last - East or West, Home is Best.

We are back from our trip over seven seas and back. We went to the US, yes all the way to the US from Indonesia, trust me it was not a small feat. We went to pretty San Francisco for a week and then to London where my inlaws are and do believe me when I say I survived it well.

San Francisco was lovely - the weather was good on most days. We walked a lot even though the city is small. And I thought walking would help my girth get smaller but obviously it did not as I ate too much there. Lol.

We visited two little towns by ferry called Sausalito and Tiburom (not sure whether I have the right spelling). We also walked to the crookedest street - Lombard Street which was lovely and hot, tiring and sweaty as well. The exploratarium was fun for all of us and so was the Golden Gate Park. The Alcatraz prison we saw from the bay as I had already done it the last time we were here. 

I managed to go to Michael's and have to say I expected much more. I do vaguely remember visiting Michael's with a dear friend many years ago. I bought my Prisma colour pencils from there and I was on cloud nine until I discovered that I had paid much more than what the price was at Blick. Never mind, done is done and I must start enjoying my new colours. In London, we did the Windsor Castle and saw a musical called Mama Mia. Good old ABBA music! And I managed to visit Hobby Craft and The Range - what a sweet way to round off my trip.

Down below are a few photos. I did not take too many pictures this time - just wanted to enjoy it all instead of being with my camera.

 Aleeza and her Dad at the bottom of the crookedest street

The butterflies above are so beautiful and they are blue inside when they open their wings - at the Rain Forest in the Golden Gate Park

Above is a hazy view of the skyline of San Francisco from Tiburom (spelling)

Above is a card I made with a butterfly die that my dear friend Sandra sent me. And the papers were sent by Merry of Unstampabelles. Thank you, dear kind ladies for all your generosity. The sentiment is my new buy... I love embossed sentiments.

I hope all of you have been well. I will come and do my visiting soon.

If you last through this text heavy post and manage to reach the bottom, I send you lots of love,

Monica 

The perfect pear

Hello sweet peeps,

We are leaving for a vacation tomorrow and get back in the first week of July.

So before I go here is my card to show you for the sketch at CAS - colours and sketches.

The image is a rubber stamp from Hampton Art (coloured in with my Faber Castell water colours) and the lace is from my stash while the butterflies were added as a last minute resort to add more life. I have used liquid pearls in the centre of the butterflies to add life. 

I will enter enter this card in CAS on Sunday - black white and one more colour

I will see you all after our break and wish you a lovely summer full of peace and health.

Love,

Monica

Happy Birthday card

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is another quickie from me - the chipboard image and sentiment were sent to me by dear Sandra. All I did was embossing and layering to offset the image. The Ek Success border has been backed with vellum and it looks quite nice in real life. I have stuck three silver stars on the right to add charm.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

And it is Friday again - thank God for that :-)

Lots of love,

Monica 

For Clean&Simple

Hello lovely bloggers,

I am so glad to have new followers joining me onboard - thank you.

Here is a card I made this evening with the same paper as the previous card. I did some fussy cutting and stuck the feathers on the card stock. It took me a long time to do the cutting. It is a simple card but I do like it. The organza ribbon is actually creamy but for some reason decided to acquire magical powers and change itself to this pale, pale green. When the card was ready, I realized it would fit the sketch at Clean&Simple.

I am off to do some commenting now.

Love,

Monica 

Always and forever

Hello sweet bloggers,

It is summer holidays and that is sure keeping me busy...
Here is a quick card I made yesterday with a chipboard sentiment that my dear friend Sandra sent me. I love the sentiment and thanks so much Sandra for your kindness. The paper is fancy gift wrap and the ribbon and pearls are from my stash. The red paper is recycled from an old invitation and I have added liquid pearls on the punched hearts and on the top of the red diamonds. I feel I could have done a better job with this card.

I will submit this card in the following challenges:
http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ - creative card crew
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ - anything goes

Catch you later.

Much love,

Monica

To have and to hold...

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my card for CASE(e) this Sketch this week. I seem to have a love and not love relationship with this card...

I have used a vellum strip under the Ek Success border punch which looks quite pretty in real life. The feather, ribbon, hand made bow and pearls are from my stash and so are the liquid pearls. The sentiment came from my dear friend Sandra from the UK. Thank you!!!

Hope you are having a nice weekend...

Love,

Monica