Yellow rose of Texas

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a simple embossed card where the roses have been coloured with distressed ink while the leaves I have used a Derwent water colour pencil. The background is a water colour paper which I coloured with water colour pencils.

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

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

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

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ - feminine or embossed

Happy card making,

Monica 

Leaves and more leaves

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card made with an embossing folder and coloured with milled lavender. The die is a Kaiser craft one and I did smoosh and many other techniques to colour the paper before die cutting it. The bright blue background is a canvas that Aleeza and I painted with acrylics. It is bright as you can see.

I will enter this card in:

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

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

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

http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/ - die cuts

Happy card making,

Monica 

This is bright!

Hello bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today which has been die cut from one of my new Sizzix dies (which comes in a set) using a paper on which Aleeza made a design with her magic markers. The sentiment has been die cut with the same paper using Kaiser craft dies. The rectangular paper has been given a smoosh ombre wash. 

I will participate in the following challenges:

http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.com/ - orange

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - something new

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

Happy crafting,

Monica 

For CAS watercolours - blue

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my card to show you for CAS watercolours which is all about using blue and water colours. My background has been done with watercolours in various shades of blue and some amount of purple may have secretly crept in as well. The die is from Sizzix and I have been sitting on it for a while now. Simple card but quite effective I feel.

https://caswatercolour.blogspot.com - blue water colour background

http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.com/ - always anything goes

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

http://colouringinscrapland.blogspot.com/ - anything goes or water colours

Happy card making,

Monica

Colourful card with magic markers and acrylic paint

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today for which the credit goes to both my lovely girls. Zeenya who is 19 and in University made the purplish blue design with Hamley's magic markers. Aleeza made the design on the leaf with the same pens and I die cut the leaf with a Sizzix die. 

The green background for which you need really dark sunglasses has been painted by me with acrylic paints in yellow and green on water colour paper. On the sides of the green card, I have used magic markers to cover up for the green card. I am quite pleased with the way this card turned out.

Singapore is an amazing place, where all festivals are celebrated with much fanfare. On Wednesday, is the Muslim festival of Hari Raya and down below is a decoration of the chocolates bought for the staff in our complex. 16 families got together to contribute and I put it all together. I loved it!

I will enter my card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

Happy card making,

Monica 

Strawberry nice

Hello dear bloggers,

This is a card that for which I have to give credit to Aleeza. She hand drew the strawberries as a background on white paper and coloured them with pencils. When I asked her if I could use them on a card, she generously let me and even fussy cut them for me. This is what I made with them. The oval nestie has been die cut using a paper that was sent to me nine years ago by Terry. Terry doesn't blog anymore but she is one of the kindest people I know in blogland. I miss her and her lovely comments.

This card is for Less is More and CAS on Sunday but I maybe late for the former.

I will also participate in the following challenges:

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ -  e is for embossing

https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/ - always colouring and anything goes

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/ - always anything goes

http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/ - embossing

Happy card making,

Monica

For less is More

Hello sweet bloggers,

As some of you may know, I run an initiative on meditation, wellness and all things positive. This month we celebrated three happy years and now the focus is to share this further. 

Coming back to my card, I have used used florist paper to die cut the flower. The inner flower was made many years ago and a tiny gem was put in the centre to complete it. I embossed two nesties together and stuck the flower on it.

I will enter this card in Less is More where the theme is embossing.

Beside Less is More, I will also enter this card in:

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - embossing

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - flowers

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes with optional twist - monochrome

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

http://www.josscrapshack.com/ - anything goes

Happy card making,

Monica