I painted this rose

Hello sweet bloggers,

I haven't blogged for almost a week now - life seemed to have got in the way.

I will certainly come and visit you all in a bit.

Meanwhile here is my card to show you which I have made after a break. The background stamp is from Hero Arts and I have used TH Victorian velvet while the card stock has been sponged with TH peeled paint. The rose was painted directly on to water colour paper with Aleeza's Early Learning Centre water colours during our painting hour together. I went over it with a metallic gel crayon from Paper Chase - which makes it sparkle in real life. I cut out the rose and mounted it on foam tape to give it a raised appearance. The leaves have a story to tell - I found them abandoned by the poolside in our complex and the minute I saw them my heart wanted to bring them home. I seem to like this card and other moments not so am not quite sure but Aleeza certainly does like it and that makes me happy.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://www.cardsinenvy.blogspot.com/ - make your own background

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ - always anything goes

Off to do my regular visits now.

Love,

Monica 

For a six year old

Hello sweet peeps,

This card was made literally in jiffy as I came to know that a sweet little girl who lives in the same block as ours had a birthday today... So I thought I would surprise her with a card and a small gift (a pack of glitter glue). I have had these foam flowers for something like 10 years and over so thought I must use them for a child's card. The leaves have been punched from a clothes tag and the border at the bottom was left over from the last card I made. The butterfly was lying around on my table and has been used to cover up a gluey error. I could have layered the butterfly but time was at a premium...

Love,

Monica 

Crazy for Challenges

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is a card I have made for the challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges which is a sketch. I had so much fun making this card as it all fell into place without much effort. The beautiful printed paper was sent to me by my dear blog buddy Sandra as was the chipboard teacup. I simply LOVE it. The green paper you see beneath the pink paper is actually a visiting card which I have recycled. The paper and chipboard image are really pretty and sparkly in real life so I thought the pale green flower would go well.

This is the sketch below...

I will also enter this card in the following challenges:
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

Wish you a pleasant week ahead.

Love,
Monica

Happy Birthday card

Hello sweet bloggers,

Thanks so much for your kind comments on my last post... Glad that you like that card :-) What would card makers do without the world of blogging. I just love sharing my little cards and getting all those delightful comments considering at home, all I have is little Aleeza to show my cards to since Zeenya is not into card making anymore and her father never was. But ofcourse I do have friends who really appreciate my cards but they are not necessarily my followers.

This was another card I made in minutes for Zeenya's friend - and thank God that I have stuck the ribbon the right way (unlike one of my previous cards which had it the other way round, lol) The cake is from my stash - cannot remember where it is from as I have thrown away the packaging. The crystals are from Prima and I have sponged the Spellbinder's nestie. The birthday sentiment is from Penny Black.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://www.addictedtocas.blogspot.com.au/ - birthday

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

http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - candy or anything sweet
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/ - sweet tooth
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

See you later.

Love,

Monica 

Another simple card

Hello sweet bloggers,

This was a card I made a while ago with a Kaiser Craft clear background stamp (using American Craft clay) and when I showed it to Zeenya (my older one) her comment was, "It is too dull, it won't sell". And sold it did the instant I made it to a friend who often buys my cards. Sorry for the poor picture quality... the Sakura copper pen was really shiny and even though I tried different angles, this is the best I could manage. The flower centres have been touched with liquid pearls in mushroom. You may not believe this but plain cards like this sell so quickly that it leaves me wondering what was it about the card that made it sell???

I will enter this card in:

http://casology.blogspot.ca/ - bloom

http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ - use kraft of some kind

http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

http://blog.oozak.com/ - anything with earth tones

http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/ - monochromatic

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

Wish you a pleasant weekend.

Love,

Monica 

Recycled card

Hello sweet peeps,

Here I am again with a recycled card made from a very pretty invitation card for a Mother's Day event. As soon as I saw the invite, all that I could think of was how to make a card out of this. So I let it lie on the dining table for a few days and this is what I made. Stuck a few pearls and an organza ribbon - that's all and my card was ready. Even the dotted paper is part of the invitation card by the way as is the embossing on the rose.

I will enter this card in:

http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ - for the girls

http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Thank God it's Friday once again! 

Love,

Monica 

Could not resist blogging...

Hello lovely peeps,

I know some of you have asked me to slow down with blogging in order to rest myself but it is sooo addictive you know. Lol. 

Here is a card I made a while ago but it did not post it. The flowers have been stamped directly on this textured card stock using a clear stamp (cannot remember the name) and have been coloured with a red water colour pencil. I have used two kinds of striped paper and the ribbon and hand tied bow were used to add more red as was the EK Success border punch. I tried to position the stamp in an unsymmetrical way on the card stock to make it look natural.

I will enter this card in:

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - keep it simple

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ - flowers

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

Off to do some commenting now...

Love,

Monica