A card for a friend's farewell

Hello sweet blogging buddies,

I am a bit sentimental as one of my dear friends is leaving Jakarta for Vietnam since her husband is relocating. She was one of the first few ladies I met when we moved to Indonesia some six years ago and we hit it off instantly. Even though we would have liked to see each other more often than we did, it was always easy to feel comfortable in her company.

So here is a card I made for her in minutes this morning... the sentiment I thought was very apt. Sorry I cannot recall the name of the rubber stamp. The green flourishes are from a larger spellbinder die that I picked up at Hobby Craft in London. It took me forever to die cut it. I have randomly cut it into two and stuck it on the top and bottom of the card. The flowers have been cut from a lace and I have stuck matching confetti in the centres. 

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/ - summer

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

Wish you a pleasant weekend.

Love,

Monica 

More pink coming your way...

Hello sweet peeps,

Thanks for the kind words on my sales yesterday - you all have a big hand in this in every which way.
Here is a card I made yesterday with home made flowers and fancy gift wrap. The centre of the flowers have Kaiser gems and the ribbon is from my stash. No sentiment so as to make it versatile enough to sell easily.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/ - make your own embellies 

http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/  - anything goes with ribbon

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

Happy to have Friday here again.

Love,

Monica 

Sold 16 cards yesterday to two kind friends

Hello sweet blogging friends,

I had a great day yesterday as two of my friends bought 16 cards at one go from me. Can you believe how happy that made me??? It did wonders to my mojo which has deserted me of late. I have noticed that if I don't sell my cards often enough, that is what happens to me. So this sale was a God send for me. I seem to have raised enough to support three of the five children from last year and hope that I sell enough to cater for all five of them for this year.

Now to my card - it is kind of recycled as the striped paper you see is from a mini cake carton from the bakery we have downstairs. It was just too pretty for me to trash even though I had to try rather hard to retrieve it as there were ample chocolate stains on the paper. The cow print is a ribbon (I love it) and the stamp is from Penny Black while the embroidery floss is from my stash.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

Off to visit my fave blogs now.

Love,

Monica 

For Less Is More - handmade flowers

Hello sweet peeps,

I hope you are having a good weekend... out here it is already past 7 pm in the evening. Aleeza went back to school last week and Zeenya goes back in mid August. Aleeza was so happy to go back to her friends and normal routine and so was I.

Over at Less is More the challenge for this week is to make a card with handmade flowers. So here is mine made with my new Sizzix flower dies from Susan Tierney (bought with much excitement). It took me forever to place the flowers right and yet I was not too pleased with the result. Not sure whether I would be trying my hand at this again. The washi borders are from my stash and the sentiment is from Docrafts. By the way, the flower is a red poppy but for some reason my camera decided to give it a magenta-ish shade.

I will also enter this card in:

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/ - free style

http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ - make your own flowers

Off to visit and comment now.

Love,

Monica 

Clean and Simple

Hello blog buddies,

Here is my card to show you today made with a Kaiser Craft clear stamp and coloured in with Faber Castell water colour pencils. Rather simple card with not much ado but I do like it.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

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

Wish you a pleasant and relaxing weekend.

Love,

Monica 

I love this printed paper

Hello lovely peeps,

Here is my card to show you - it is for the challenge at http://www.comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.com/ sketch

I loved this clean and simple sketch and here is my take on it. The papers came free with a magazine and the sentiment is from Hot Off The Press. The MS border punch fits in nicely, don't you think? The ribbon roses are from my stash.

I will also enter this card in the following challenges:

http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.ca/ - citrus colours

http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/ - flowers

I hope you like my card... Would love to hear your comments.

Love,

Monica 

I love this image

Hello dear blog buddies,

Here is my card to show you for today made with the clear stamp that Sandra sent me. I love it and I took it along on holiday and coloured it in. The corner die is one of my new buys from London. The image has been layered on white card stock and I have used double side foam tape under it. The yellow rose at the bottom has been lying with me for 12 years and has lost it's gluing capacity. I have layered it on a punched green flower to make it look bigger.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

/http://www.clearlyistamp.blogspot.com/ - summer time

http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/ - anything goes

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/ - summer fun

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

Wish you a pleasant week ahead.

Love,

Monica