The key is...

Hello bloggers,

As some of you may know, I have been running a boutique forum since 2016 wherein I conduct guided meditation and offer personal development to stay at home mums. I have been conducting similar sessions for parents in my kid's school. However, due to the COVid-19 virus, we have had to stall the programme. I am hoping that everything gets back to normal sooner than expected and I can resume doing what I love. As some of you may know, the proceeds from the fees go towards a shelter that houses abused women. I was lucky enough to raise a decent sum by hosting 11 such sessions. 

Now to my card - I have had this typewriter die for years now and finally got hold of some packaging material and die cut it. I used black soot to sponge it. 

The key has been die cut from a matt gold thick cinema ticket while the red paper you see under the sentiment is from canvas packaging which we painted red as we had surplus red paint.

The sentiment is a rubber stamp which is lying in a drawer while I write this post on my dining table. 

The white rectangular nestie with holes on the edges is my new buy from Sizzix. 

I will enter in the following challenges with this card:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/ - masculine card/project

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

theartisticstamper - writing

http://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/ - positive

Happy card making,

Monica 

A nice and very bright hello!

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card whose background was made by both Aleeza and me. She painted half of the paper and I did the other half. This was the result. The card stock of the die cut leaf was smooshed with Camlin brush markers from India.

The sentiment was die cut from a piece of black cardstock from Sizzix sentiment dies.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

http://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/ - dies

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

Happy card making,

Monica 

Almost totally recycled

Hello bloggers,

Here is my almost totally recycled card which has been made with the following:

1. An Apple blue tooth mouse packaging ( the window on which the butterfly has been stuck).

2. Ferraro Rocher foil for the butterfly.

3. Packaging material to give body to the foil.

I think I have used a Kaiser craft butterfly die for the butterfly. I quite like how Aleeza suggested the design for this card. Everything except the cardstock has here has been made with packaging material. 

I will enter this simple beauty in the following challenges:

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

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

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

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

Happy card making,

Monica 

Kick up your heels and have fun!

Hello bloggers,

Well, I used to wear heels once upon a time but very tame ones - nothing like these wild ones. And now all I wear are Fitflops! 

The background of this card has been made with food colours from Indonesia. I glided the entire cardstock over the food colour. The cardstock kind of got warped so I put it under a heavy book for almost four-five days. 

The sentiment and image stamp are from Hero Arts (clear stamps). I hand tore the paper on which the sentiment has been stamped for character. The strip of Kraft may be a recycled strip of paper. 

I am making up a sizeable collection to sell for the abused women's home that I am supporting. Hoping I make a good sum to donate. 

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

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

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

http://yournextstamp.com/blog/ - creating your own background

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

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ - use red

Happy card making,

Monica 

Thank you, Shirley-Anne!

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is yet another thank you card made for the abused women's shelter which is run by the Singapore Council of Women's Organizations. They wanted me to make thank you cards to be sent to the donors/sponsors.

 Apologies for the overdose of thank cards coming your way. 

The 'oh so pretty' printed paper on this card came from dear Shirley-Anne @ http://shirley-anne-stampingforjoy.blogspot.com/ along with many other goodies a few years ago. 

I was keeping it safe all along but decided to use it at last since I wanted to make really pretty cards for the shelter. 

I am hoping my meditation and self development classes resume at the school asap as I think we all could do with a dose of positivity. 

Coming back to the card, I have used hand made paper from India. 

The die cut has been cut from packaging material over which I painted a shade of red acrylic paint. I quite like this simple beauty. Thank you, Shirley-Anne.

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

https://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ - CAS

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

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

Happy card making,

Monica 

Thank you

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card to show you that was made with leftovers of water coloured paper as well as hand made paper from India. And there are a few scraps of coloured cardstock as well to fill in the matching colours. 

The sentiment is a rubber stamp (too far away to read its name) and I have used Stazon ink to stamp it.

 I think I did go overboard with the strips of paper yet there were a few errors to cover up so more strips came in handy. 

The inspiration for this card came from a post on Pinterest.

Learning for next time: use wider strips to ease the gluing process.

I will participate in the following challenges with this card:

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

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

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

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/ - create your own background

Happy card making, happy health and happy, happy happy!

Monica 

Thank you card

Dear bloggers,

Here is my card to show you. The purple colour is actually leftover from Dylon fabric dies which we needed to dye Aleeza's t-shirt for her house colours. I took card stock and gently glided it over the liquid dye that was left behind in the basin and this is what I achieved. The thanks sentiment, as usual, has been die cut from a yoghurt lid. I have mounted the dyed cardstock on cardboard instead of foam dots. Sometimes I take a whole piece of cardboard and stick it under. 

I will enter in the following challenges:

Arty Divas - anything goes

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/ - make your own background

Happy card making,

Monica