Happy Birthday card

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card that Aleeza die-cut using a new die we bought over Amazon (for a fraction of the price I would have paid in a store here) and she used Pentel watercolour tubes to colour the flowers, leaves and borders. She said she found the border quite tedious to colour in. I stuck it over cardboard squares instead of double-sided foam dots to make it environment friendly. A pink ribbon saying happy birthday was tied over the rectangular nestie to complete the picture. I quite like this shabby chic kind of card.

I will submit this card to the following challenges:

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

artydivas - anything goes

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

Happy card making,

Monica

Thank You card by Aleeza

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card to show you today which was made a month ago. The green and gold effect was done Aleeza with a sponge. She basically used the leftover acrylic paints from a canvas to get this effect. 

I quite like how it turned out and the thank you sentiment was die cut after Aleeza went over a packaging sheet with Mala gold colours. There were some telltale signs on the white parts of the paper so I stuck rhinestones to cover it up. 

Down below is the room where I held the meditation sessions in school yesterday. There is a plaque which says, 'The purpose of our lives on this earth is to be happy' - by Dalai Lama. I am trying to learn that!!! Lol.

We had our first session for the second term and it went pretty well with a turnout of 10-11 people. We did a fun introduction of ourselves without talking of our children or our work followed by a guided meditation and we read randomly from inspiring books. 

It was fun and we did some more meditation. In the end, we watched a ted talk on slowing down which was quite interesting. 

I will participate in the following challenges with my card:

https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - thank you 

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

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

Arty Divas  - anything goes

Thank you for reading and happy card making,

Monica 

Partly recycled

Hello bloggers,

I have good news to share. Today my initiative hosted a meeting wherein I conducted a meditation and a speaker came to talk about essential oils and their therapeutic benefits. Tomorrow begins my second programme for meditation and relaxation in school for the parents.

Here is my card to show you today which has been upcycled using a chocolate packaging. The orange dots are shiny in real life. The hand made papers are leftovers from a larger sheet. The sentiment is a die-cut and I have put a rhinestone over the i of smile to jazz it up.

I will enter this card in the following:

artydivas - anything goes

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

https://artsystamperchallenge.blogspot.com/ - monochromatic

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

Happy crafting,

Monica 

Birthday wishes

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card I made a few days ago. The butterfly has been die cut from watercolour paper to which I applied smoosh technique. I have layered butterfly die cut from watercolour paper on to another butterfly which has been die cut using a foil lid of a yoghurt container. Somehow I wish that could have been more clearly visible. In real life, it shines through.

The sentiment has been die cut from Sizzix dies using packaging from a perfume.

After die cutting the nestie on the top layer of cardstock, I used the chevron embossing folder and propped it up on strips of white carton.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

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

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

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

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

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

Happy card making and happy everything,

Monica 

Wee little cups

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is a card that I have put together for CAS Colours & Sketches this week. 

The background has been made with watercolour brush markers from Camlin and I think I have used smoosh technique here. 

I have used 300 gms watercolour paper and propped it with corrugated packaging material as suggested by dear Maxine of https://kiwimeskreations.blogspot.com/. Thank you for always suggesting and helping come out with such brilliant solutions. 

The beige teacups were actually Starbucks cups lying around for years while the white one has been die cut using regular cardstock. I have used a Kaiser craft teacup die to die cut the cups.

The sentiment has been handwritten with a Zebra pen. I followed my childhood rule of first writing with a pencil and then going over with a pen. It worked much better than using a pen right on. 

I will enter this card in:

http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/ - brown

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/ - use up your scraps

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

Happy cardmaking,

Monica 

Love

Hello, dear sweet bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today. The top panel was embossed after spraying water on to it as I read somewhere that it helps the embossed surface to look more 3D. 

Aleeza went over the brick wall with brown chalk using her fingers.

I placed a layer of white cardboard under the brick wall nestie as suggested by my dear Maxine, who is always so helpful to share tips. 

The little jar is a die-cut from a Japanese die brand, the name of which is Wonderhouse or something similar. Pardon me! I have used watercolour paper which was coloured by the smoosh technique with Camlin brush markers from India. The centre of the jar has also been placed on a piece of white cardboard.

The washi tape is from Hokkaido, Japan and my card has been made with much love.

I will participate in the following challenges:

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

imaginethatdigistampcreative playground - anything goes

http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/ - encouraging

https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - male room

artydivaschallenge - anything goes

Happy card making,

Monica 

Thin parchment

Hello dear bloggers,

Here is my card to show you today which was made some weeks ago. The sentiment has been die cut from an Indian wedding card. The butterflies have been die cut from a pastry base. The green and yellow paper you see is a thin parchment-like packaging paper from a t-shirt. I used it over a water colour paper the same way one would use a cling wrap. I followed the exact same technique except that I randomly coloured with water colour pencils and sprayed the paper with water and put the thin parchment-like packaging paper over the water colour paper. This is what came about which I am loving no end. I have the top and bottom paper which I can use without throwing anything away. So I did take care of mother earth too. 

I will enter the following challenges with this card:

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

http://welove2create.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

https://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com - sentiment as focal point

http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.com/ - frame

Happy cardmaking,

Monica