Water colour for CAS on Sunday

Hello dear bloggers,

This is my second entry for today. I was so taken in with the challenge on water colours at CAS on Sunday. So here is a card that was water coloured in the ombre style by my younger one, Aleeza and I die cut it and stuck it on this card. The die cut sentiment is also from a paper which was water coloured by me. I have embossed the white rectangular paper for added interest.

I will also submit this card for the following challenges:

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - dry or wet embossing

http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
https://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ - ombre
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ - CAS

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

Happy crafting,

Monica 

You Rock

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card for a friend's grandson who has had several health issues which he seems to have overcome yet the road ahead is long for him. He is a wise old 10 year old boy and I will post this card  to him in Australia. 

The blue stars have been diecut from a Marks and Spencer tea pack. The red paper has been embossed with the star embossing folder. The buttons and washi tape are from my stash. The sentiment has been handwritten and I tucked it below the white button but now feel unsure about what I did. The star on the bottom left was diecut using two star dies one inside the other.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - red, white, blue

http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.com/ - baker's twine

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes with the option of embossing

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ - for a male

Happy blogging,

Monica 

Thank you, Skye

Hello sweet bloggers,

There is some good news to share - I sold five cards last week to a dear friend and the proceeds would be going toward the education of the kids I support in Indonesia.

Here is a Pinterest inspired card made on pearlised paper. 

The die cut has another pearlised layer underneath which was sent to me by Skye from Australia. Thank you, Skye for sending me such lovely papers and embellies. The sentiment is from an embossing folder from Tim Holtz I think and the lace on the top and bottom of the pearlised paper is from my stash as are the pearls on the heart.

I will submit this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

http://pathofpositivitychallenge.blogspot.com/2018/06/challenge-60-optional-theme.html - neutrals

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Thank you

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today made with my new die cut. I have used pearly vanilla paper which I picked up from Paddy's market in Sydney some 12 years or over. 

The little pearly flowers came out a pretty heart shaped die cut. I could not but add them to this simple card.

I have followed the sketch at http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/ for this card.

Beside the above challenge I will also enter my card in the following challenge:

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

https://a2zscrapbookingblog.com/ - anything goes

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Wild blooms

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is my card to show you today made out of Sizzix thinlets and the inspiration is from Pinterest.

 I have coloured the flowers with watercolours. 

The ribbon looks too bulky, I know yet I just let it be there. When I need broad ribbon, I use narrow and vice versa. Lol. 

Anyway, over all I quite like how my card turned out.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/ - summer, sunny days

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/ - birthday

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ - June blooms

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

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Thank you card for a man

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is my offering for today - a thank you card for a man. Apologies that I cannot recall the die that I have used here and neither the name of the embossing folder. The steel grey paper is quite shiny in real life and is from an envelope while the blue paper is from a tea carton from Marks and Spencer. The thank you die cut is from Kaiser Kraft. Thank heavens I remember that. Lol.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

Happy, happy crafting,

Monica 

Happy Birthday card

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is my quick card to show you made with fancy gift wrap and the sentiment is a rubber stamp from Hero Arts.  I have used a pink versamark ink. The washi tape and rhine stones are from my stash. That is pretty much it, really.

I will submit this card in the following challenges:

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

https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - birthday theme

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Food colouring for smoosh technique

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is another card made with the same fern die from Sizzix. Green and yellow food colours were used to produce the colours for these two ferns. I made them in different lots to make the leaves have another shade. The base was also with the same food colours but the yellow food colour would not mix with water and I like the bokeh like effect it produced. The sentiment is from Kaiser Kraft and the embossing folder I am not sure. 

https://a2zscrapbookingblog.com/ - monochrome

https://a-step-in-the-darkness.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://www.happylittlestampers.com/ - anything goes with dies

Happy crafting,

Monica

Celebrate

Hello sweet peeps,

Here is a card to show you today where I have created the background with a lavender Brilliance pearlescent ink pad and it looks much better in real life. The fern has been die cut from a yoghurt container. The sentiment is a diecut and the rhinestones are from my stash. I wish my cardstock would not get warped inspite of being so thick. I try and use glues that are quick drying and yet this happens. I do like this card but am not sure of the sentiment.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/ - anything but white

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

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Celebrate

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is another card made with the famous smoosh technique with distress inks after which the paper was die cut with a Sizzix die. I found the right side quite empty so die cut sentiments from Echo Park and stuck them on. 

I will enter this card in the following challenge:

https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - sentiment

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

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ - girls birthday

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

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Water colour background plus butterflies

Dear bloggers,

Here is a card to show you that has been made with the smoosh technique. The butterflies were die cut from a water colour paper on which I did smoosh with a transparent plastic bag. A sentiment could have been added but a friend said that there is enough happening on the paper already. 

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

creativecraftsbylynn.blogspot.com - anything goes

https://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - always anything goes

https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - summer time

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Addicted to CAS - rainbow

Hello bloggers,

This is my second card for the day which I will enter in Addicted to CAS where the theme is rainbow. I took a piece of white card stock and coloured it in the form of a rainbow with Derwent water colour pencils over which I went over with a water colour brush. The happy birthday sentiment has been die cut from the rainbow paper. The tape at the bottom is from 3 M.

Happy crafting,

Monica

Water colour leaf

Hello sweet bloggers,

Pinterest is taking a lot of my time these days and this particular card got it's inspiration from there. The leaf has been die cut from water coloured paper which was the handiwork of Aleeza, my younger one. I have used almost the entire little sheet of foam dots to raise up the white paper and the leaf. Embroidery yarn has been used to fill up the empty space at the bottom.  I quite like how this card turned out.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

https://crafty-girls-creations.blogspot.com/ - always anything goes

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Thanks

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card where one of the feathers and the sentiment has been die cut from a laminated lid of a yoghurt container. The royal blue and purple feathers have been die cut from water colour paper after my younger one painted them with Sakura acrylic paints. The background has been created with Versamark Brilliant pearlescent ink in lavender as well as a tiny bit of distressed ink (lucky clover). Rounded off the edges and my messy preparation was ready. Lol.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes with a sentiment

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

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

Happy crafting,

Monica

Hello

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card made on printed cards tock.  The rose has been made with my Altenew layered rose die. The doily is from my stash and so are the pearls. I have used foam dots to adhere the rose and the leaves. 

The hello sentiment has been die cut using packaging material. That is pretty much to this card and I quite like how it turned out. I did add more pearls after photographing it though.

I will submit this card in the following challenges:

 Creativecraftsbylynn.blogspot.com - anything goes

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

https://crafty-girls-creations.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Hello

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card I made while we were in the US last year. The flower and leaf stamp is from Paper Source and the sentiment has been die cut from a thick carton and I went over it with distress inks and many layers of Wink of Stella. So much so that I finished my Wink of Stella on this. The rhine stones are from my stash. The images have been stamped with distress inks and coloured with water colour pencils.

I will enter my card in the following challenges:

http://citycrafter.blogspot.com/ - water colour flowers

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/ - die cut

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Monkey and Hamster

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card that Aleeza designed and I put it together. I cannot recall the name of the stamp which we have used for the sentiment. The coppery washi tape had to be used to cover up some stains. The monkey is 3D felt sticker from the craft store in town. The brown strip on the left is washi tape from my stash as well.

Below is Aleeza with Ginger, her class hamster who was visiting this weekend. Aleeza was so happy to have him, she being a total animal lover. In the picture, she has put Ginger in a shoe box.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

https://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.sg/ - kids

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.sg/ - masculine or father's day

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Yes, the third graduation card

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card I made for my older daughter's bestie from our family. The image is a Prima rubber stamp which has been stamped with black Stazon. I have put a graduation hat sticker on the lady. The two small flowers have been punched from handmade paper from India while the big one has been sponged with distressed ink. The centre of the big flower is a seed which I often see lying on the green path outside where we live. I have used foam dots under the black paper and I can safely say this is almost the bestest knot I have made to date. Lol.

I will enter this card in:
https://crazy4challenges.blogspot.sg/ - graduation

Happy crafting,

Monica