Sept SID

My take on the sketch this month! I had a scrap piece of paper that was a scrap of water color paper that had been colored. I decided to see how well it would die cut and loved the look of the  colored bats. I then glued the bats to some shiny black cardsotck.

Just love the way they turned out, I may try it again with other colors.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you over on the SID blog for this months challenge!

Monica

MLC #11- season of Joy

Hello all, I'm here with a card for the June Merry little Christmas challenge! As always it's anything goes! I decided to go clean and simple... with is one of  my favorite styles! I just use some distress oxide to create an area of color to layer my die cut on. I popped the die cut on the card base and added my sentiment just below. 

Be sure to check out what my teammates of created this month on the blog here and don't forget to play along with the challenge. We always love to see what you all create! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Christmas in July with Joy Clair- Wise men

This week at Joy Clair we are doing a little Christmas in July theme. The team has been posting some wonderful Christmas creations. Today it's Helen and my turn... here is a look at my card. Please stop by the Joy Clair blog post to see the details on this card.

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Christmas Nativity and Fancy Letters

Leisure Arts- 30 pack for $12.99

Distress inks

Embossing powder

The Bread of Life with Joy Clair

Today I made an art journal page for Joy Clair, visit the blog here to see all the details and how the page came together!

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Manna From Heaven

                Inspirational Arrows

                Many Names 
Leisure Arts colored pencils
Distress stain 
Memento ink 

Coffee lover blog hop- Coffee Anytime

Today is the start for the Spring and Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop! I'm so excited to be playing along with Joy Clair, be sure to stop by the  Joy Clair blog to sweet what my teamies made to play along! For my project I was inspired by bright seasonal colors as well as butterflies and flowers! I decided to create an art journal page in appreciation that I love my coffee anytime! ;-) This could be cute to do again to show all for seasons.

I used distress inks to color the back ground and spritzed with water. I then added some  beans (stamp) and stenciled on the coffee rings. I stamped the cup images on some coordinating pattern paper and fussy cut them. I then colored in the coffee with a copic and added glossy accents over it. I die cut two arrows from vellum to create the hour and minute hands, then glued them to the center.

Hope you get inspired by any of the stops along the blog and play along. The hop always has wonderful sponsors and it's fun to play along! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Christmas Cocoa, Stiff Letters and Christmas Coffee (coffee bean)

MFT- hybrid black ink and dies

distress ink- Stencil

pattern paper

Joy Clair- Sending a little sunshine

Today is the first of the month and it's time for a new challenge and we are joining forces with My Sweet Petunia over at the Joy Clair blog. As always its Anything goes, but we do have photo inspiration if you chose to use it. I used the set Get Well Wishes for my card today. Be sure to stop by the blog for all of the inspiration for our March challenge and play along for your chance  to win a $25 GC to the Joy Clair store!

Here is my card...

Thanks for stopping by, please feel free to leave a comment and follow me for up to date posts. Have a great day!

Monica!

I am linking this card to the Addicted to CA

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Get Well Wishes
Recollections- white card stock and white detail embossing powder
Ranger- distress ink in squeezed lemonade and fossilized amber
VersaFine 
Copics
sequins

ATSM- #280 Photo

Today is the start of a new challenge over at ATSM blog and it's a photo inspiration. 

I just loved all the butterflies and springy colors. So that is what I chose to use for inspiration on my card this week. I used distress inks to blend the colors on a scrap piece of square card stock, that I adhered onto my cardbase. The butterfly was die cut twice and glued together at the body. I fully adhered the bottom butterfly to my inked panel and curled the top butterfly slightly, so the wings pop up a little.

To finish the card I stamped the sentiment below the panel and added some chunky glitter above and below the butterfly. 

Thanks for stopping by and feel free to comment (love reading them)or to follow me (to stay updated with new post).  Have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Distress ink- tattered rose, squeezed lemonade and bundled sage

VersaFine- onyx black

Stampin' up- butterfly thinlet dies and Feather Together (sentiment)

Love Grows Here and Refuel My Soul

I have another post today for the Joy Clair blog and I'm sharing two projects.

I made a card using Gnome is where the heart is for my first project.

Linking up to:

Simon Says: Add a die Challenge

For my second card I used Refuel my Soul to create an art journal

Please visit the Joy Clair blog for all of the details!


Thanks for stopping by and have a happy Valentines Day!
Monica


ETA: Linking to Die cut Diva's - Love is in the air challenge

Dream Big

Today over at the Joy Clair blog we are having a special post in honor of Mardi Gras. Below is the photo inspiration we used to make our projects.

For my card I used an older set from Joy Clair called Dream Big and I was inspired by the colors. I also thought the beads and feathers were a nice fit for the theme. 

I stamped the dream catcher, feather and some beads with black ink. I then drew on the strings with a pen before adding the other beads using distress inks. I added some Wink of Stella to the feathers and the dream catcher. 

To finish the card I added some stripped washi to the side of the cardbase and stamped my sentiment. Then adhered the panel to the cardbase.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Monica

Supplies:

Dream Big

MFT- Black Hybrid ink

distress oxide- Twisted Citron, Fossilized Amber and Wilted Violet

Scary Cat

Today's is my day to post for the Die Cut Diva's. This month we are hoping you are inspired by the mood board we created  for October. Our sponsor is Bugaboo

This is my first card for our challenge, which started with printing 3 of the same image to fit on the front of my card. Once they were printed I used my copics to color the background of the images. I then trimmed the panel rounding two corners and did the same with the pattern paper I matted it on. 

For the background I used some distress inks to color the pattern paper so it matched the cat circles. Once it was colored I adhered it to the card base and then popped the smaller panel on using foam adhesive. My word is left overs from a background die that I used last year, glad I saved them they are coming in handy. ;-) After everything was adhered I added some glow to the cats eyes using Nuvo dots.

Linking to-
Casology- 3 images

DoubleD Challenges


the hearts desire



I hope you are inspired by the mood and I can't wait to see what you share with us Die Cut Diva's this month. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Happy Halloween Cat
Distress ink- twisted citron, ripe persimmon and seedless preserves
Poppy stamps- Scarey background
Copics
Nuvo drops- Banana Split (glow in the dark)

Snowglobe Christmas

Today is the last day for the Christmas in July challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's blog! I used some Tim Holtz designed items that I have, some sadly hadn't been used yet. 

 I started by distressing some watercolor paper in brown tones for the snowglobe stand and blues for the globe itself, then I die cut them. Thinking it would be nice to have a little more dimension for the base ( since the houses would be layered up) I cut out 3 more layers.

I added some snowflakes in the back ground and used white satin pearl embossing powder for a subtle look. 

I was thinking of adding color to the houses, but liked the look of the white houses and trees against the blue sky.

Thanks as always for stopping by and have a great day!
Monica

Supplies:

• Snowglobe
• Holiday words #2
• Holiday words script
• Snowflakes by Lia
• Distress ink- Old Paper, Ground Espresso, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky and Faded Jeans

Hello bird

Hello all, I'm here today to share a card I made for the March challenge over at the the Die Cut Diva's blog. Our theme is to use animals/pets and our sponsor is Di's Digis.

The PRIZE is $12 voucher to Di's Digi Stamps shop.

 I stamped and die cut the bird before coloring it with copics. I got my panels cut and ran the white layer through my BigKick with an embossing folder. I layered my panels on some layers of cardstock onto the cardbase, stamped the sentiment and added my bird with some foam tape. I used the sketch from this weeks Freshly Made Sketches for layout and will link my card to the challenge.

To finish the card I added some glitter to the sentiment and to the bird for a little sparkle. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Monica

Supplies:

Tim Holtz- Bird talk set (Purchased mine at Michael's)

Copics

Cardstock

Pattern paper

DCD- New year!!!!

I can't believe it is already the last day of 2016!!! The year has flown by. I decided to make a few New Year cards to celebrate. A big thank you to our sponsor on the Die Cut Diva's blog this month DiesRUs!!!

For my trio of cards I used the same stamps and dies, I just changed the layout and colors.

I used the Twisted citron and salty ocean distress inks to highlight the numbers. I adhered the panel on foam to the cardbase. I added some wink of stella to the numbers and stars for a little sparkle.

For cards 2 and 3 I used abandoned coral and squeezed lemonade distress inks for my colors. I have wink of stella on the numbers on both cards as well as on the stars.

I used the numbers that were left over from the first two cards and layered them for dimension on the last card.

Here is a closer look as I tried to show the sparkle...

Thank you for stopping by and have a Happy New Year!!!

Monica 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Louie's 123's

Distress inks

Wink of stella

Hillside town...

Today's post is for the Die Cut Diva's challenge. Our challenge is Layer it and our wonderful sponsor is DiesRUs



My first card this month...

I started by stamping my image (Stampendous) on watercolor cardstock and used distress markers with a water brush to color it in. Once it was dried I die cut as much of the image I could with a stitched oval die from Lawn Fawn. I used two layers of foam tape to pop my image piece up from the card. 

Looking forward to see what you share with us for out Layered or layer it challenge this month!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica and the Die Cut Diva's

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- stitched oval dies

Ranger- Distress markers

Stampendous- image

Wink of Stella- with water in it 

Kind heart

Here is my second card for the Die Cut Diva's anything goes challenge! Our fantastic sponsors are Kaiesercraft!

For my card I started by embossing the cardstock with the Triangle embossing folder and used some distress inks to add color. I then fussy cut the tag from the Bohemian paper, tied some twine to it and adhered it using foam tape. 
Don't forget to stop by and  join us here, for your chance to win this months prize! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!
Monica 

Watercolor stamped butterflies

Just stopping by with a peek at my card for a2z scrapbooking today. Also you should visit the a2z store!!!



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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Jan CCC

Here is my card for this months card exchange for the CCC. This will be a very short and sweet post since I'm a little late at getting it ready. I've been super busy around here and hoping it slows a bit now

I used  the color, winter and a loose interpretation of the sketch for my card! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!
Monica

Cup of joy

I'm stopping in with my last card for the Warm and Cozy Challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's. A huge thank  you to our sponsors Bugaboo and One Happy Cut!

I printed my image and colored it in with some distress markers. I then took a circle die to cut out a focal point. I adhered the colored panel without the circle to my card base. I added the die cut circle with some foam adhesive to give a little dimension to card. 

You can see it a little better in this picture...

Thank you for stopping by and have a Happy New Year!

Monica

Supplies:

Bugaboo- Christmas Teddy Cocoa

SimonSaysStamp- stitched circle dies (You could use any circle die or other shape you may have)

Ranger- Distress Markers

Misc- Cardstock and cardbase