Thin parchment

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today which was made some weeks ago. The sentiment has been die cut from an Indian wedding card. The butterflies have been die cut from a pastry base. The green and yellow paper you see is a thin parchment-like packaging paper from a t-shirt. I used it over a water colour paper the same way one would use a cling wrap. I followed the exact same technique except that I randomly coloured with water colour pencils and sprayed the paper with water and put the thin parchment-like packaging paper over the water colour paper. This is what came about which I am loving no end. I have the top and bottom paper which I can use without throwing anything away. So I did take care of mother earth too. 

I will enter the following challenges with this card:

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

http://welove2create.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com - sentiment as focal point

http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.com/ - frame

Happy cardmaking,

Monica 

Thank you card for a man

Hello dear bloggers,

I have had this Hero Arts cling stamp set with me for almost 9 years and finally, I decided to let it see some light. The hot air balloons have been coloured with Faber Castell pencils and I wrapped embroidery yarn on the stamped cardstock to give texture. I guess from its simplicity, it would make an ideal card for a man.

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

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/ - masculine

Happy card making,

Monica 

Aleeza's card today

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card that Aleeza made yesterday totally on her own. She says the inspiration came from the internet for the cute birds which she drew directly on the cardstock. She coloured the birds with my Derwent water colour pencils without adding water. The washi tape is from my stash, rather our stash as is the thank you sentiment.

I will participate with this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

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

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

Happy card making,

Monica 

Hugs

Hello beautiful bloggers,

Here is another card to show you today which fits with The Flower Challenge which is to make a card with flowers as the focal point. 

My card was water coloured with Faber Castells and the sentiment was die cut. 

http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/ - think pink

https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/ - feminine

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

Happy card making,

Monica 

Thank you card

Dear sweet bloggers,

Here is my card to show you which was started some months ago and completed this morning. The mauve leaf was die cut from card stock after being treated with watercolours through a plastic bag. The yellowish pinkish-orange background has been done on watercolour paper with smoosh technique. For the sentiment, I have used a sentiment die cut that I picked up while we were in Australia over spring. The paper for the sentiment smooshed with Camlin brush markers from India.

I will participate in the following challenges:

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

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/ - always anything goes

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

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/ - fall colours

Happy card making,

Monica 

Thanks - partly recycled

Hello beautiful bloggers,

Here is my simple card to show you today. The butterflies have been die cut from water colour paper which was smooshed with Camlin brush markers from India. The sentiment has been die cut from packaging material of a cotton hand towel from Daiso ( a Japanese store).

I will participate in the following challenges:

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

https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/ - feminine

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

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

Happy card making,

Monica 

Fall card

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a fall card I have put together and the inspiration for it came from dear Google. I took water colour paper as well as card stock and used my Camlin brush markers from India and vegetable dyes respectively to do smoosh technique. After die cutting the leaves, I stuck on the card stock and twine was held together with two holes and knots on either side. 

The backdrop is yet another canvas I painted. Gosh, little did I know that painting a canvas is far quicker than assembling a card.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/ - orange

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

http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - autumn

Happy card making to you,

Monica