Monograms?

 Hey all!

How do you feel about monograms?  I've never really had an opinion about them until now.  Spellbinders came out with a set of letterpress dies.  I think they are so pretty.  I also love how they paired them with sentiments so they can be used in alternate ways.   

I'm in a penpal group and I thought that I would make each of my friends a card that showcases their first initials (don't worry they should have already received them by this posting).  

I letter pressed each letter and then used perfect pearls to color the flowers yellow.  They have a real soft shine to them. I used diamond dots to accent the center of the flowers. I felt like they needed some extra shine.  I'm not sure I'm in love with the black but I tried silver and gold and wasn't sold on those either.  I'll have to keep working on it.  

I hope the girls love their cards. I really enjoyed making them for our team.   Do you guys have penpals? How long have you been writing?