Red and Gold

Hello sweet bloggers,

Yesterday evening was lovely - some close friends and I went to a fusion restaurant for dinner to bid farewell to a dear friend who is relocating back to Melbourne with her hubby after living in Indonesia for 17 years. We had a great time with good food, drink and lots of laughter. 

As you know, I have sold enough cards to continue supporting the five kids which I did last year. And I have been lucky enough to have another USD 170 left over which may increase to USD 200. I am thinking of donating this amount to Red Cross in Philippines for the victims of the recent storm tragedy. It is a small amount but am sure it will help in some way. And thank you, dear bloggers for all that you do for me. It makes me stay motivated to do what I am doing.

Here is my card to show you today - the base is a browny gold paper and the red layer is handmade paper from India and the dull gold is fancy gift wrap embossed with my pretty snowflake folder. The ribbon looks even prettier in real life and the crystal you see in the centre is from Kaiser.

Down below is a shot of the 30 cards all packed and ready to be delivered.

Happy Thursday,

Monica 

Snowflake

Hello sweet bloggers,

The order for 30 cards is almost done and I will hand it over tomorrow to my friend who asked for them. It is time to give my fingers some rest now that I have turned out over 50 cards in the last three weeks.
This card has a window and vellum behind it and I have popped the top layer on foam dots after scoring them. You may wonder how many times I am going to use this JOY sentiment, well, I just love it so. The snowflake (MS I think) has been punched from a gloss silver cardstock and so has the sentiment. The rhinestones finish it off nicely.

I will enter this card in:

http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/ - white on white

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

Wish you a happy Tuesday,

Monica 

Peace

Hello sweet peeps,

Honestly blogging is one of the nicest things that happened to me and that makes my life so good.

Down below is another CAS card made with my newly acquired Peace die cut from Sizzix. The paper is super fancy gift wrap and over the MS snowflakes I have used Glossy Accents which cannot really be seen in the picture. The silver crystals finish off the card which I do seem to like very much.

I will enter this card in:

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

Catch you later,

Monica 

Joy

Hello bloggers,

Here is a card made with one of my new dies from Sizzix which have probably retired but are still considered new here. Lol. I have used pearly white paper for the die cut and the poinsettias have been fussy cut from a larger sheet. I have used a negative for the window and have popped it up with foam tape. The ribbon and crystals are from my stash.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Christmas sparkle

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ - white on white

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - all things Christmas

Happy Sunday,

Monica

Sherry on Christmas

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is another card for the same order which has beautiful crinkled grey and gold paper from India. The topper is from my stash and so is the ribbon. I love how this card turned out so beautiful in minutes.

I will enter this card in:
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.ca/ - anything goes

Wishing you a happy weekend,

Monica 

White on White

Hello bloggers,

This is an aperture card and I have stuck acetate in the aperture and added another card stock with an aperture over the acetate  to to give it a neat appearance from inside. The Christmas tree has been die cut (from Wonder House) and so is the sentiment which has been stuck with double sided foam tape. The pearls are from my stash - not sure whether I need to stick a pearl in the centre of the alphabet O.

I do like this CAS beauty a great deal.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

See you later,

Monica 

Merry Christmas

Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is my card to show you for today quite similar to the one I made some weeks ago. The paper is fancy gift wrap and the grey is actually a matt silver which doesn't show in the picture. I have used a clear stamp the name of which has slipped off my mind. I have used foam glue dots to prop up the image after cutting it and mounting it on another round nestie.  Silver crystals from my stash and a few lines of scoring at the bottom finished off the card. I like the way I did the thin strips at the bottom.

I will enter this card in:

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

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/ - for the guys

http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - monochromatic

Off to comment now,

Monica