You Rock

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card for a friend's grandson who has had several health issues which he seems to have overcome yet the road ahead is long for him. He is a wise old 10 year old boy and I will post this card  to him in Australia. 

The blue stars have been diecut from a Marks and Spencer tea pack. The red paper has been embossed with the star embossing folder. The buttons and washi tape are from my stash. The sentiment has been handwritten and I tucked it below the white button but now feel unsure about what I did. The star on the bottom left was diecut using two star dies one inside the other.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - red, white, blue

http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.com/ - baker's twine

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes with the option of embossing

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ - for a male

Happy blogging,

Monica 

Thank you, Skye

Hello sweet bloggers,

There is some good news to share - I sold five cards last week to a dear friend and the proceeds would be going toward the education of the kids I support in Indonesia.

Here is a Pinterest inspired card made on pearlised paper. 

The die cut has another pearlised layer underneath which was sent to me by Skye from Australia. Thank you, Skye for sending me such lovely papers and embellies. The sentiment is from an embossing folder from Tim Holtz I think and the lace on the top and bottom of the pearlised paper is from my stash as are the pearls on the heart.

I will submit this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

http://pathofpositivitychallenge.blogspot.com/2018/06/challenge-60-optional-theme.html - neutrals

Happy crafting,

Monica 

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