Thank You

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today which was made a few weeks ago. The big tag has been recycled and I have stuck a tiny store bought tag on it after colouring it with Staedler markers. At the bottom of the recycled tag, colourful washi tag was used to add intensity of colour. 

Matching embroidery yarn was used to bring in more colour. The background has been made from strips of paper - it is quite a thing to stick these slim strips of paper yet there is something very calming about it.

I will enter in the following challenges with this card:

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

http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/ - rainbow

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

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

Monica 

My new horse die

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card made with the new horse die that has been lying with me since last November. I finally realized that the best way was to use black paper. Underneath is a little shadow of kraft which is what I used earlier to die cut the horse. It lay around for months and finally black it was.

Washi tape from my stock was used to match the kraft die cut and I think it somehow it manages to match with the black die cut.

I would be more than happy to receive tips on how to use this die which I picked up on ebay most excited.

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

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

http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com/ - black and white

Monica 

Masculine card

Hello peeps,

If you recall, a few weeks ago I made a card with a patisserie packaging for women. Here is the rest of the packaging and it is just right for a masculine card. I have done the red layer with my Prismas.

I am fairly pleased with it. I hope you like it, too.

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

https://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/ - make it masculine

http://challengeleannsworld101.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

Monica 

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