Happy Birthday card...

Hello sweet bloggers,

Thank you for your kind comments on my last card... Glad you liked that card as I did too.

Here is my card for today - simple and sweet. The happy birthday sentiment is a ribbon and I have used a two toned paper to punch the border which is from Ek Success. The brown blobs have been added for texture.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ - punches or dies

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

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

Off to do some commenting now.

Love,

Monica 

Going around in circles here...

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is a card I have made for Addicted to CAS - circles. I could not have had more circles than this, could I? Lol... The lady bird (coloured with water colour pencils) is a foam stamp which has no name but I think it is from Japan while the sentiment is a ribbon stamp from Hero Arts.

I have layered some of the round nesties and hearts and propped them on foam dots. The ribbon is from my stash. I do hope this card is not a wee bit busy, though.

I will also enter this card in Cas-ual Friday and Make it Monday (anything goes) this week beside Make my Monday (lace or ribbon) and Pause Dream Enjoy (use foam tape).

Catch you later.

Love,

Monica 

For a baby girl

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today... it is a baby girl card and I have used Penny Black slapstick stamps with a matching sentiment. I have had this set of cling stamps for over a year and am glad to air them. I think this card could have been made more interesting but I was thinking of entering this into Addicted to CAS so I did not want to add too much. I have stamped the buttons in Brilliance pearlescent orchid and the ribbon is from American Crafts while the buttons are from my stash. By the way the ribbon came about to help me cover a flaw - I had stamped the sentiment on the image of the buttons but it seemed to look tacky hence the ribbon.

I will also enter this card in Make it Monday - use ribbon

Wish you a healthy, happy and crafty weekend ahead.

Love,

Monica 

Second entry for CAS(E) this Sketch and Cas-ual Fridays

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my second card for CAS(E) this sketch and Cas-ual Fridays this week. The background stamp is from Hero Arts and I have used pearlescent rust to stamp it. The embossed strip says Enjoy and PS I love you. I positioned it in my CB in such a way to get this sentiment on it. The textured strip below is from a wall paper roll and the buttons are from my stash. I feel the picture quality is not the best and apologies for that.

Hope you are having a decent weekend.

Love,

Monica 

Celebrate...

Hello bloggers,

Here I am with a card after a long gap as I just did not feel like crafting. Yes, my mojo has deserted me and I had to kind of force myself to create a card.

Over at CAS(E) this Sketch is a lovely sketch this week and here is my take on it (I should have been a bit more careful with the layout).

 I will also enter this card in Less is More - the challenge there is create a card after the colour of your house door. And at CAS-ual Friday this week it is all about a clean and simple congratulatory card. I thought this card was a bit bland but my critique Zeenya approved it and off I went with it. The stamp is from a set of Hero Arts ribbon stamps which have hardly ever seen any light. I have cut the stamped section with  

decorative scissors and mounted it on another piece of card stock which has been stuck on that  textured ribbon. I have used pearlescent beige to stamp the sentiment and the beige ribbon at the bottom from my stash. 

Down below is Aleeza with her teacher and some of her friends. They all gathered to sing a song called, "Count on me" by Bruno Mars. I could not take pictures of the show as they were dancing and singing against a white background.

Wish you a pleasant weekend.

Love,

Monica 

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 

A quickie

Hello sweet bloggers,

Thanks so much for all the congratulatory comments about my cards - I was on cloud nine yesterday.

Here is a quick and simple card I made for Aleeza's friend's birthday today... These mini card blanks were sent to me by Shirley-Anne and they seemed to be just the right size for a card needed in minutes.

Below is the gift that Aleeza and I wrapped and decorated together. She wanted a cake on it and I had this best wishes sentiment lying around with the flower and leaves so I stuck it on.

Wish you a pleasant morning, afternoon or evening.

Love,

Monica 

I sold 33 cards at the bazaar!!!

Hello lovely kind peeps,

Thank you ever so much for all the good wishes you have been sending me for the bazaar.

which was a huge success. I managed to sell 33 cards out of 54 cards today which is the best sale I have had in all these years and I will continue to support financially deprived Indonesian children with their primary education.
So my count so far is a total of 85 cards for this year and with that comes the price to pay - tired neck muscles and some other health issues. I think I may need to slow down which is heart breaking really because card making is my passion and my life. And selling cards for charity gives me a certain mission and purpose in life which is extremely fulfilling. I have been making cards on a large scale since the past 15 years and it's effects are telling on me. Or maybe I need to simplify my style even more so that it does not increase the repetitive stress. 

Sorry for that moaning and groaning and now to this aperture card which is a repeat of the earlier one I made like this a few weeks ago. I think I went a bit wild with the flowers and have almost covered the aperture instead of showing it. Some of you asked me to make more of these and you were absolutely right - both the ones I made sold.

 Down below is a picture of my table - I took the picture so it is without me.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://www.abcchallenges.blogspot.com/ - wedding or anniversary

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

http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/ - must use handmade bow

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

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

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

http://dustinpike.blogspot.ca/ - flowers
http://www.withoutwordschallenge.blogspot.com/ - flowers

Love,

Monica 

Another one for the bazaar

Hello sweet bloggers,

Yes, tomorrow is the bazaar and I am hoping I do well there. Here is another card for sale tomorrow. Very simple - made with with papers and the tiger prink is a ribbon and so is the sentiment. Buttons from my stash and it was done - no stamping, no embossing, no sponging just sticking and sticking.

Thanks for all good wishes for the bazaar and I really appreciate them.

Much love,

Monica 

Another one for the bazaar

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is another card I have to show you to add to my collection of 54 cards for the bazaar on Tuesday, the 14th. Thank you for all the encouragement you have been giving me. 

This is a simple card with a Petaloo flower which I love and the leaves have been punched from textured paper that I created in the days that Zeenya used to craft with me. We stuck tissue paper over printer paper and sponged it with natural food colour (we mixed two food colours - cannot remember which ones as it was some years ago). I do like the way the it turned out and it just happened to match well with the flowers. I have used liquid pearls in gold for the flowers and the lace is from my stash.

I hope you are having a good weekend where ever you are. It is 730 pm here as I write this post so that means our weekend is almost over. 

Love,

Monica 

Card for a man

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my card to show you for today... a card for a man made with two kinds of fancy gift wrap papers and washi tape.  The paper with concentrics is actually silvery but it does not show in the picture. The yarn and natural buttons are from my stash and the sentiement is from a larger sheet. I am not sure whether I should have stuck the washi tape at all as it seems to transparent.

Hope you all are having a pleasant weekend. I am getting all set for the bazaar on the 14th. I have  made something like 50 plus cards.

Love,

Monica 

Happy Mother's Day

Hello sweet peeps,

Happy Mother's Day to all those celebrating it today. What a lovely Mother's Day I had at Aleeza's school this morning. The teacher organized a picnic with lots of fun surprises for us mums and kids. It started with a story I read about a lion who wanted to love followed by vase painting, playing snakes and ladders and twister. All of us got snacks and had lots of tasty treats at the end of it. To make it a real rosy finale, the teacher took a silk rose bud for each mum put it in the vases we painted and made the kids present them to their respective mums with a handmade card (which the kids made earlier in class). It was such a touching and affectionate affair - my best Mother's Day to date.

Now to my card... simple, embossed, sponged with TH walnut stain, butterfly stickers and punched ones as well. I coloured the punched butterflies with water colour pencils, markers, and glitter pens. Wished the glitter would show in the picture as it does in real life. I have used liquid pearls to add more dimension.

Down below is Aleeza's teacher giving a demonstration of painting on the ceramic vase with glass paints.

Wish you a happy day, afternoon, evening or a plain night night.

Love,

Monica 

For a baby girl

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is another card that I have made for the bazaar on the 14th. I had made a similar looking one earlier and it sold so I thought I must make a repeat and here it is. The stamp is from Penny Black and the ribbons, pearls and flower is from my stash. The leaves have been embossed but I don't think that is doing much to them.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - baby cards

Will come and visit your blogs now.

Love,

Monica 

More gingham coming your way

Hello sweet peeps,

I had this red and white gingham lying on my table and my blog buddy Sandra sent  these cute sheep chipboard images, so I thought why not make a card combining the two. Incidentally sheep images sell very quickly for some reason. I have a confession to make though - these chipboard images were sent for little Aleeza but I just could not keep my hands off them. And Aleeza was kind enough to share so I went for it.  The sentiment is handwritten with an American Craft permanent marker. I could have come up with a witty sentiment like "Happy Baaday" but my hands had a mind of their own... 

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/ - use a sentiment

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/ - animals

http://flourishes.org/ - use black accents

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

See you later.

Love,

Monica 

My new stamps

Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today stamped with my new Penny Black clear stamps and coloured with Faber Castell water colour pencils. I had this doily sitting around doing nothing on my table for months now so I thought I should use it before it wears out. And this gingham paper seemed to match perfectly as did the buttons (I just find buttons hard to resist specially when they match perfectly) and the embroidery yarn. I do think my colouring is improving... lol.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.com/ - flowers
http://getinkychallenge.blogspot.com/ - floral fun
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

Love,

Monica

I do like this colour combo

Hello sweet bloggers,

Thanks for the kind comments on my last card. I would like to welcome my newest followers - thank you so much for joining my little blog.

Here is a card I have made with an image sent by dear Shirley-Anne along with other lovely stuff. This image was already layered on to a frame so all I had to do was to stick it with foam dots on the card. the floral tape is the same one as on the previous card. The flowers have been punched on paper that was crinkled first and then painted with water colour paints. I have used liquid pearl in gold as flower centres. As usual it took me forever to arrange the flowers and the swirls and am still a bit unsure how they look. However I do like the colour combination on this card.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

chttp://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/- buds, blooms and blossoms

See you later.

Love,

Monica 

An anniversary card

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is a card I made a few days ago with washi tape and some kind of floral fabric tape and cotton lace. The roses are from a longer length of lace and the flourish is from Sizzix. It is a single corner flourish and what I did was to snip it into three pieces to balance it with the roses. Even though this is a quick card, it took me a long while to get the positioning of the flourishes right. In the end, I do like the way it turned out and hope you do too.

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

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

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - sentiment as the focal point

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ - washi tape

See you later.

Love,

Monica 

For a darling baby boy

Hello sweet bloggers,

I hope you are having a good Saturday...

Here is a quick and simple baby boy card to show you today. I have used two kinds of papers, blue ribbon and buttons from my stash. This is a card to add to my collection to sell.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ - all about babies

Love,

Monica 

WIne lovers always do the ripe thing

Hello sweet bloggers,

I made this card last weekend and quite like it. The printed paper is what I had won in Terry's blog candy. I have coloured the stamped image ( from Tara Reed ) with water colour pencils and have stuck pop up fabric glitter on the grapes. The butterfly, ribbon, lace and flower are from my stash. The Spellbinder nestie has been sponged with TH distress ink. I have used this stamp many a time but every time I do it creates a new magic. I just love the sentiment on it, don't you?

I will enter this card in the following:

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ - make it sparkle

http://craftingmusketeers.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes
http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Thank God it's Friday once again.

Love,

Monica 

Birthday card

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is my card to show you for today. I have used two different kinds of fancy gift wrap and washi tape. I was really happy with this card and then something happened when I was sticking the embroidery yarn. I tried being extra creative with it and tried to cover it up with the red and black card stock with a sentiment (from Penny Black) on it.  I feel this card is quite non-descript considering I started out fairly well with the papers. I am also realizing that buying lots of fancy gift wrap is not so economical an option - it is like penny wise and pound foolish... lol. However I cannot deny my love affair with gift wrap - there is something so delightful about it that it becomes hard to resist. Lol.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

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

Will come and visit your blogs now.

Love,

Monica 

Painted flowers

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is my card to show you today. I have painted these flowers directly with a brush dipping one of the brush in yellow and the other end in a wee bit or red and this is what I achieved. I cut out the flowers and moulded them gently, popped them on foam tape. The flower centres are also hand made with a flower punch. For the flourishes and punched leaves, I have used paper that I ran a brush with green water colour over it. The beautiful green printed paper came from Terry. Thanks so much!

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

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

Am off to view other blogs now.

Love,

Monica 

Monochromatic pink and white

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is another card to show you with this lovely filigreed heart. Just a simple sweet card with a question for you - does the heart in the centre look kind of lonely or empty? This embossing folder was a little too big so I embossed it in a manner that would fit my card. I have used liquid pearls in the centre to finish it off. Would love to know what you think of it.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - white plus one more colour

Wish you a lovely week ahead...

Love,

Monica 

Teddy bear, teddy bear eat your cake

Hello there,

Hope you are having a nice weekend... it is almost the end of Sunday here so I thought I must blog before the day is over.

My card is a simple one here. I have used this darling image from Penny Black many a time and love it. It has been coloured with water colour pencils and I have propped up the image on foam dots. The incomplete circle happened because there was not enough space on the paper but I went for it and I quite like what turned out. I love this Ek Success cupcake border punch and wish I would use it more often. The buttons and embroidery yarn are from my stash. Buttons seem to be  on every card (almost) of mine. 

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ - babies

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ - die cuts or punches

http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/ - buttons and bows

Love,

Monica 

For Less is More - sketch

Hello it's me again for the second time today which is quite rare. Here is my card for Less is More  - quick and easy. The lovely strawberry came from my dear blog buddy Sandra. Thank you so much, I love it!!! The strawberry has been popped on foam dots to make it look 3D.

I have had this mesh embossing folder hanging around for a long time now so it was beckoning me to be used. The sentiment is handwritten and I am not too impressed with it.

Off to make some more cards and then read to Aleeza.

Love,

Monica 

Baby girl card

Hello lovely peeps,

I sure am building up a collection and have 44 cards in stock already. Here is a baby card made with papers and no stamps. Lace, flourishes, flowers and voila my card was done.

I am going to enter it in the following challenges:

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ - all about babies

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ - flowers and lace

http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes with ribbon

I wish you a pleasant weekend.

Love,

Monica 

For a baby girl

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my card for today which is for a baby girl. The doily stamp is from Paper Mania and the lace stamp is from Kaiser Craft (I think). The tiny flowers have been punched out of a paper I crumpled and sponged purple and white water colours over it. The sentiment is from Hampton Arts and the flowers around the button have liquid pearls in their centres. Sorry that the picture is a bit crooked. Note to myself - must learn to take better pictures.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/ - use a sentiment
http://www.inklingsandyarns.com/ - anything goes
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Wish you a happy weekend.

Love,

Monica 

I love this paper

Hello sweet bloggers,

Thanks for the kind comments on my last card... and for the suggestions on how to fill the empty space at the bottom. 

I have been busy making cards for the bazaar on May the 14th, so busy that I could not blog yesterday. Here is my card to show you for today and much as I love the colours on this paper, I am not sure if the double bow looks nice. You know when I make general cards they do really well so I went for it - just paper with no stamping. It made up for not using stamps because I took loads of time taken to get the bow done properly - these double bows can be trying. In retrospect, I may add a few pearls or rhinestones on the paper to make it prettier.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/ - no stamps

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

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

I must go and do some visiting now.

Much love,

Monica 

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