Another one for Less is More

Hello dear bloggers,

Thank you for your kind comments on my totally recycled card. Somehow to me my recycled cards are more precious than the ones I make with commercial material so I NEVER give them away. Well, that is me. Lol.

This card has been created for both Less is More and CAS(E) this Sketch. The pearlized paper was bought at Paddy's market in Sydney which we visited

 some 15 years ago for the first time. 

The butterflies have been die cut from a hammered paper that is used for making visiting cards. Obviously, when I put the paper in Cuttlebug, it got totally flattened out and the texture went out of the window.

Below is a closeup of the card...

I will take part in the following challenges:

Arty Divas: anything goes

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

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/ - anything travel related

http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/ - must use dies

Monica 

100% recycled

 Hello sweet bloggers,

I have been thinking of how I can extend my love of making cards out of recycled materials for a couple of years now. This card is one hundred percent recycled. I found a brochure outside an art museum in Kyoto, Japan with details of an art exhibition. I know what happens to such brochures after the event is over. So I confidently picked up a few and carried back them more safely than I would a baby. Lol. 

 The kraft paper that I have here for the cardstock was a thick brown paper carrier bag from a store. This is the result. Simple yet quite pretty I thought. Coming back to the image, we visited Kyoto to see the cherry blossoms hence you see them here. 

I also have to give credit to a friend called Natalie who challenged me to make a card that was totally recycled.

 I will enter it in the following challenges:

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/ - brown paper

https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ - incy wincy designs

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

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

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

Monica 

Celebrate

Hello sweet peeps,

I had this image stamped with Stazon and coloured in with Prisma pencils from many years ago. Now,  I know you will be patient and bear with me as to the name of the rubber stamp. It is in my art room, somewhere in a drawer and I am just too comfortable right now in another room on a big chair to bother getting up to find out the details. You get the picture, don't you? I have done this in the past as well. Lol.

I have gone over the image with Sakura gel pens and the image looks really nice in real life.

I have made this card for the challenge over at CAS(E) this Sketch . I love CAS anyway so this was perfect for me.

 This is a close-up of the sparkle... much better in real life.

I will also participate in the following challenges with this card:

https://aaacards.blogspot.com/ - 1/3rd blank space w/option repeat image

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

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

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

Monica 

For Less is More - white and cream

Hello bloggers,

Here is a card I actually made for Less is More which is about using white and cream. I have used a one piece die cut I bought many years ago in Jakarta, Indonesia while we lived there. It seems so long ago. It was 2014 when we left Jakarta for Singapore. 

I like the simple turn out of this card.

Besides Less is More, I will also participate in the following challenges:

https://52cct.blogspot.com/ - silhouette

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

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/ - use a die

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

Monica  

Recycled from a wedding card

Hello dear bloggers,

This card below was made from a wedding card. Yes, the wedding was in Portugal and indeed it was a treat to visit this beautiful country with a rich history and such loving people. The wedding card paper is pearlised and very beautiful. On the sides, I have used washi tape which I bought from Hokkaido in Japan last summer. Now the question is who could this card be sent out to?

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

Monica 

Thanks

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is another card to show you with strips of paper. The white strips are the leftover pieces of cardstock while the coloured strips are leftovers of watercolour paper that I had smooshed. I coloured the sentiment with Pentel watercolour tubes. 

I will participate in the following challenges with this card:

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

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

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

Monica 

Partly recycled - black and white with red

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card that was made with a cake box from Brunetti, which is a patisserie walking distance from our place. We bought my fave Tiramisu while the girls got their non-flour almond chocolate cake. The box had the image you can see below and it was too pretty to be binned so here is what I did. The red layer at the bottom was cardstock that I coloured in with a Prisma pencil. I only coloured the edges after estimating how much red needed to be seen. I have to say I find this an easy way of adding a layer or an edge. 

The crocodile textured background is a lovely paper that came from Skye in Australia, a year or two ago.  

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

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

Monica