Thank you

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today made with my new die cut. I have used pearly vanilla paper which I picked up from Paddy's market in Sydney some 12 years or over. 

The little pearly flowers came out a pretty heart shaped die cut. I could not but add them to this simple card.

I have followed the sketch at http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/ for this card.

Beside the above challenge I will also enter my card in the following challenge:

https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://a2zscrapbookingblog.com/ - anything goes

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Wild blooms

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is my card to show you today made out of Sizzix thinlets and the inspiration is from Pinterest.

 I have coloured the flowers with watercolours. 

The ribbon looks too bulky, I know yet I just let it be there. When I need broad ribbon, I use narrow and vice versa. Lol. 

Anyway, over all I quite like how my card turned out.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/ - summer, sunny days

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/ - birthday

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ - June blooms

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

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Thank you card for a man

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my offering for today - a thank you card for a man. Apologies that I cannot recall the die that I have used here and neither the name of the embossing folder. The steel grey paper is quite shiny in real life and is from an envelope while the blue paper is from a tea carton from Marks and Spencer. The thank you die cut is from Kaiser Kraft. Thank heavens I remember that. Lol.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ - monochromatic

Happy, happy crafting,

Monica 

Happy Birthday card

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is my quick card to show you made with fancy gift wrap and the sentiment is a rubber stamp from Hero Arts.  I have used a pink versamark ink. The washi tape and rhine stones are from my stash. That is pretty much it, really.

I will submit this card in the following challenges:

https://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - birthday theme

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Food colouring for smoosh technique

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is another card made with the same fern die from Sizzix. Green and yellow food colours were used to produce the colours for these two ferns. I made them in different lots to make the leaves have another shade. The base was also with the same food colours but the yellow food colour would not mix with water and I like the bokeh like effect it produced. The sentiment is from Kaiser Kraft and the embossing folder I am not sure. 

https://a2zscrapbookingblog.com/ - monochrome

https://a-step-in-the-darkness.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://www.happylittlestampers.com/ - anything goes with dies

Happy crafting,

Monica

Celebrate

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is a card to show you today where I have created the background with a lavender Brilliance pearlescent ink pad and it looks much better in real life. The fern has been die cut from a yoghurt container. The sentiment is a diecut and the rhinestones are from my stash. I wish my cardstock would not get warped inspite of being so thick. I try and use glues that are quick drying and yet this happens. I do like this card but am not sure of the sentiment.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/ - anything but white

https://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Celebrate

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is another card made with the famous smoosh technique with distress inks after which the paper was die cut with a Sizzix die. I found the right side quite empty so die cut sentiments from Echo Park and stuck them on. 

I will enter this card in the following challenge:

https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - sentiment

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

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ - girls birthday

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

Happy crafting,

Monica