Life is full of beauty...

Hello lovely bloggers,

Thank you for your kind comments on my last post. Blogging is indeed a blessing and to open the comments section awaiting moderation is even more so. I look forward to it each time with much happy anticipation. 

This card is from the inside of the front page of the magazine from a super market in Jakarta, Indonesia. This quote was too nice to be thrown away. So it was cut most lovingly and carefully and layered on to white cardstock to give it more prominence. The shiny pink paper you see under the quote is from Paddy's market in Sydney and it has been with me since the last 16 years. Wow, I sure am a keeper. No, not a hoarder. The ribbon on the left is actually sticky fabric tape which has lost it's glue and I used more glue to stick it. Embossing on the bottom most layer with one of my fave folders and it is all dressed and ready to party.

I will enter the following challenges with this simple beauty:

artydivas - anything goes

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

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/ - polka dots

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

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

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

http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/ - do what makes you happy (recycling does)

https://creationsinpink.blogspot.com/ - mainly in pink

https://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Monica 

Green and gold

Hello dear bloggers,

Hope you are all well and healthy. I think we are a blessed community because creativity keeps us happy and when we are happy, we are healthy. 

Now to my card - the background has been hand painted with acrylic paints and I have also added a touch of gold to the greens. The gold leaf is part of a set that I bought from London many years ago. It is meant to decorate cups and such but I thought of putting it on a card. This creation was left sentiment free so as to make it a generic card.

I will participate in the following challenges with my card:

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ - create your own bg

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/ - all occasions

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

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/ - play with paint

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/ - no patterned paper

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

Monica

Partly recycled

Dear bloggers,

Here is a card I made yesterday from the cover of a magazine that I had safely kept since 2013. Tied a pretty ribbon and it was all dressed up.

I will participate in the following challenges:

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

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ - summer time

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

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

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

http://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
https://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/2020/ - anything goes
https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
https://creationsinpink.blogspot.com/ - anything in pink

Monica 

Thanks!

Dear bloggers,

I made this card some days ago and I have tried to make a rainbow here. All the nesties and the sentimetnt are from Sizzix. It took me a long time to get the sentiment right. Anyway here is my happy chappy card. I hope it brightens up the vibe and brings happiness to us all.

I will enter in the following challenges with my card:

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - sunshine colours

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

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

artydivas - anything goes

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

Monica 

Hello

Hello dear bloggers,

The image on this card was painted by Aleeza with Pentel watercolour tubes. The strip of blue and white paper is from a Nippon paint brochure. Next to it is a strip washi tape. The sentiment is handwritten after a second attempt.

I will submit this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

http://intaas.blogspot.com/ - blue as the main colour

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

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

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

http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/ - sketch

Monica

Partly recycled Christmas

Hello bloggers,

I was trying something else and this is what turned out. I have used washi tape of three types and the little gold dots were negatives from the cogs I had die cut from Ferraro Rocher foil. That is it really. 

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

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

http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/ - recycle/upcycle

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

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

Monica

Thanks

Dear bloggers,

Here is a card that Aleeza designed many months ago with washi and masking tapes. The sentiment is from a pack of alphabet dies and we water coloured the paper before die cutting. It did take a long time to manage to place them on the paper. I would love to know if there is an easier way to place die cut sentiments on the card. 

I thought the background below the card is a nice prop but on second thoughts I could have chosen something else. Yet the card seems quite happy.

I will participate in the following challenges with this card:

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

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

arty divas - anything goes

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