Another card sold today!

Hello lovely bloggers,

I am busy making more cards to sell at a bazaar on May the 14th and I need to buck up since I don't have a large stock left.

Here is a card I have made which I seem to be quite pleased with. I saw this style somewhere ( apologies that I cannot remember) long ago and have been wanting to make it since then. I punched a round aperture and stuck flowers in a manner that made a filigree like arrangement. Much as I was tempted to add a sentiment, I refrained from the thought so that it remains a generic card. The MS border punch on the left is was bought with much passion some months ago is being aired for the first time. In the centre of the layered flowers are pearls. The ribbon has been recycled from somewhere (cannot recollect).
Do you think the empty space at the bottom looks too empty? 

I will enter this card in the following challenges:
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ - monochromatic
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - flowers
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/ - add lace or ribbon

Catch you later.

Love,
Monica

Good news - seven cards sold at Aleeza's school

Hello sweet peeps,

Today there was a beautiful earth day celebration in Aleeza's school and they sang a lovely song called, "Mother Earth, Mother Earth, it's a great place to be..."

I am so happy that seven cards have sold in Aleeza's school so far and that takes my count to a total of 50 so far this year. I must thank you all for the encouragement and support you all give me. Blogging has done much for me to say the least.

And now to my card following a sketch for Crazy 4 Challenges. It took me forever to create this card even though it was such a nice and easy sketch.  The image is a stamp from Penny Black which has been coloured in with water colour pencils, cut out and popped on foam dots on the punched white paper which has also been stuck with foam dots to give it more dimension. The paper is from a roll of wall paper and the mesh is from my stash as are the buttons. It looks a bit lop sided in the picture but in real life it looks okay. The sentiment is handwritten (I am not impressed with it) and I have used liquid pearls for added interest. 

Down below is Aleeza's contribution for Earth Day - she says it is a little girl hugging the earth.

I will also enter this card in the following:
http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/ - bears
http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.com/ - monochromes
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com/ - furry friends
http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/ - round and round

Wish you a pleasant week ahead.

Love,

Monica 

For CAS(e) this Sketch and CAS(ual) Friday

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is my card for CAS(e) this Sketch and I will also enter it in CAS(ual) Friday.

I have had these Sizzix die cut candles using a cake box for something like over five years. I wrapped embroidery floss over the candles for added interest and slapped them on a card. Never mind how tedious it was to wrap that yarn and ensure it did not peep out from either end. The sentiment is handwritten and it took me forever to get it right as I tried black ink to write it the first time but it looked odd. Finally had to settle for this blue and am not quite sure how it looks. 

I will also enter this card in:

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/ - no stamping allowed

Wish you a happy weekend.

Love,

Monica 

Handmade flowers

Hello there,

Here is my card for today - the embossed cardstock has been coloured in with chalks and water colour pencils. The big flowers have been punched and then coloured with water colour paints and the smaller yellow ones have been sponged with distress ink. The tiny MS double butterfly has been coloured with water colour pencils and distress ink.

I could have been more creative with this card but so much time went into shaping the flowers that it left me with little time. 

I will enter this card in:

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ - handmade flowers

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/ - no stamps allowed

Thank God it's Friday!

Love,

Monica 

For Fusion Card Challenge

Hello lovely peeps,

I happened to stumble upon a lovely blog called Fusion Card Challenge and so much as I wanted to just be, I made this card right away... The ribbon and washi tapes are from my stash and the flower has been made by me. The sentiment is from Docrafts probably retired by now but lying fresh and hardly used in my drawer. The flourishes are from Sizzix and I have used glossy paper to die cut them.

Ooops, I just realized that I cannot participate in the challenge as it is too late. Silly me but never mind, atleast I had fun making this card and maybe next week I will try and be on time.

I will also submit this card for the following challenges:
http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ - anything goes
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - no patterned paper
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ - handmade flowers

Love,

Monica

Second entry for Retro Sketches

Hello sweet bloggers,

This is my second entry for Retro Sketches this week with my new stamp from Stampendous bought a few months ago. Everything was going well and then I happened to go over the sentiment with my black permanent marker and it made it look all smudgy and shaky. I punched the flowers out of white and silver paper to make it look more interesting. I do like the way my flowers turned out though.

I will also enter this card in:

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ - handmade flowers

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/ - flower power

http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/ - text or letters
http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/ - glitter

See you later.

Love,

Monica 

Retro Sketch 59 this week

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a quick card I have made for Retro Sketch 59 this week. It was simple and fun to make since I was strapped for time. Today I took 30 cards to Aleeza's school to sell and displayed them with my handmade poster in the reception. I hope I manage to sell some :-) 

Now over to my simple and sweet card made with a clear stamp set from We r Memory Keepers. I have used Brilliance pearly blue and it looks quite nice in real life. Ofcourse my camera decided to make it look as bland as possible. A few random pearls and it was ready and by the way I seem to be using pearls on almost each creation these days. So must make a note to self - to use varied kind of embellies.

Down below are my cards all packed and ready to sell at the school reception.

I am also going to enter this card in the following challenges:

http://natalieandamy.blogspot.co.uk/ - monochromatic

http://bildmalarnachallenge.blogspot.com/ - less is more

http://www.tando-creative-challenges.blogspot.com/ - new beginnings

Will come and visit your blogs later.

Love,

Monica