Less is More - second entry

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my second entry for Less is More this week for their scallops challenge.

I have had this tiny clear stamps from Imaginisce for ages in my stash so I decided to air them this morning. Lol.

I have used two Imaginisce stamps on this card, stamping the blue background with scallops with Archival Brilliance in pearly blue. Over that I stamped the wee little boat and sentiment with American Craft danube blue. The sentiment kept getting messed up so I had to try many times to get it right (you don't want to know how manay, lol) Finally, I just decided to go with it and went over it with my Staedler pen in blue. Popped up the white stamped image on foam dots and the blue lace is from my stash.

Happy Sundaying!

Love,

Monica 

For Less is More - scallops

Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is a card (after many failed attempts) which I have made for Less is More where the theme this week is scallops. I thought this was going to be rather easy for me but that was obviously not the case. When I showed this card to Zeenya, she would not even want to look at it and said it would be best if I not ask for her opinion. Really is it that bad??? 

Hope you are having a good weekend...

Love,

Monica 

For Cas(e) this sketch

Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is my card for Cas(e) this sketch - sorry that I have not linked the sketch. The lady bugs were stamped horizontally with one of Aleeza's stamps that she hardly uses. I have used water colours to colour the lady bugs after stamping them with Stazon jet black. The striped paper and buttons are from my stash. The Penny Black sentiment has been stamped with American Craft white ink. The buttons were used to cover smudges from the stamp. I could have stuck tiny butterflies but I had buttons lying close by on the table so I went for them. Lol.

 I will also enter this card in: 

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

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

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

This card below is the one I posted for the last Less is More challenge. I added multicoloured strings at the bottom to make it look more attractive. I think it looks better with the strings, doesn't it?

Love,

Monica 

We were away to a hill station for two days

Hello sweet bloggers,

We were up in the mountains for two days and we also managed to go to the Animal Safari close by.  We have been here many times, but it always seem like a new and refreshing experience every time. What luxury to go to a hill station and sit there just watching the beautiful scenery and admiring the breathtakingly beautiful flowers. Oh beautiful Indonesia!

We also drove through a picturesque tea estate and bought tea from there.

Be warned - this is a picture heavy post. Lol.

Flowers in the resort ...

More pink flowers...

And still more flowers... these are zinnias down below. Incidentally Zeenya is named after this flower but we changed the spelling of her name.

Down below is the beautiful view from our villa

Another angle...

 View from  the tea garden - a bit cloudy

 Tea gardens...

Down below are pictures of animals we saw from our car... Aleeza loved them and so did Zeenya (even though she is not so much into animals)

Guess what this is - a hungry hippo ;-)

 I guess one has to pay a price for everything - the price I paid for this was a flu' that I came back with. Never mind, it was still worth it - of course Zeenya could not wait to get back to wifi as their was poor wifi there. She even tried her best to pre-pone our departure... Lol.

Thanks for all the lovely comments on my previous post. 

I am all ready on the mend so will come and do my rounds soon.

Love,

Monica 

Second entry for Less is More - beads

Hello bloggers,

It is me again with my third post for the day...

Here is a card I have made for Less is More with beads as is the theme this week. I started out this card with much excitement but there were many a slip between cup and lip. Finally this is what turned out.

I have used a stamp by Penny Black and it has been coloured in with water colour pencils. The beads are what I had in my stash from Zeenya's hair braiding in Thailand many years ago. The sentiment

is from Docrafts. The white bits you see in the centre of the beads is undried glue. Maybe I should have waited for the glue to dry.

See you later.

Love,

Monica 

For Less is More this week - beads

Hello sweet bloggers,

At Less is More the theme this week is beads... I have plenty of beads in my stash but just could not think of a clean and simple card. Anyway here is my take on the beads. Simple card but sweet I think. These hearts were bought in Singapore the last time I visited. They came in a pack and I have thrown away the the flap on the top which had their name. The embossing folder is a Sizzix one and the beads came free with a magazine called Card Making and Paper Craft some seven years ago. This is the first time I used them. Talk of hoarding, yet again. Lol.

I just realized that I could also enter this card in CAS(ual) Friday this week for their no stamp challenge.

Second card for Casual Friday - no stamps

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a quick card I made last night with paper in my scrap folder. I had these piece of cards tock that I had embossed in dark green and I cut the squares with a punch carefully positioning the embossed lines in the centre. Stuck green gems in the centre along with scoring lines on the top. Topped it with green yarn on the top. It seems too green and a tad incomplete to me but I just could not think of what to do with it. I did think of making Christmas gift boxes by tying ribbons on the top - changed my mind as it is too early for me to make Christmas cards. Lol. This will be my second card for CAS(ual) Friday  this week - no stamps.

Wish you a crafty Sunday.

Love,

Monica