CC224 Tilda with Sparkling Orange Rose!

Hi everyone! How are y'all? I've been sneezing all day so I will just make this post quick and short. I'm a week behind (as always, LOL!) with the Colour Combo challenge in SCS but it's better late than never! The colour combo is really challenging (Brilliant Blue, Only Orange {for Tangerine Tango} and Summer Sun)and I couldn't help but play.

Here's my card:

Initially, I wanted to use a dp instead of the Summer Sun cs on the background but thought it would be too loud to look at. So, I went with Summer Sun, adhered a scalloped die-cut Only Orange in the middle then embossed with Cuttlebug Bloom Dots embossing folder. But before embossing it, I stamped the sentiment first (from Studio G).

I coloured my image with Prisma pencils and I went over the flower with Copic Spica glitter pen in orange. Here's a close-up:

Thanks for looking and let me know what you think. :) I also finished another project.....and I'm excited to share it with you but I haven't taken a pic of it yet. I'll just post it tomorrow after I'm done with all my household chores. :)

God bless us all!

Hugs,

First Tilda Christmas Card

Happy Thursday! Hope you're all doing well upon visiting my blog. I mentioned yesterday that I was finishing another Tilda card and now, I want to present to you, my first ever Tilda Christmas card!!


I don't have any Tilda under Christmas collection, in fact, I only have 3 Tilda stamps. Yes, just 3 (atm lol!), and the 2 stamps just arrived this week so they're still yet to be inked. Most of the Magnolia images that I use here are RAKs from my kind and lovely online friends. :) But to tell you honestly, any Tilda can be a Christmas Tilda!! You just have to give it a Christmasy colour/theme just like what I did with this one. And then of course, complement it with Christmas themed dp or accessories/embellishments and not to forget the sentiment!

I coloured Tilda with Copic markers which I'm not really good at! Haha! I only have limited numbers of Copics so I can't do some shading effect. But I do have other markers like Bic Mark-It which is also good and the ones from the makers of Inque Boutique/See D's stamps which is Whispers markers. Since I acquired Prismacolor pencils, and learning the odourless solvent technique, I seldom use my Copics not unless I want my image to pop-out or to give it some vibrant look.

I experimented on my frame where Tilda is sitting 'coz I wanted to have all the colours of her outfit to be in the frame. I stamped my sentiment (from Kaisercraft) onto my Fancy Pants dsp using Versafine red. I then distressed the edges and inked them with the same ink I used for the sentiment. I then punched 4 holes on the 4 corners of the sentiment paper so that a small green colour would pop out. Finished it off by scattering a somewhat generous amount of Stickles Icicle onto the sentiment panel.

Here's a close up of Tilda...

I'm starting to make Christmas cards now because it takes time to put a handmade card altogether (not to mention creating at least 40-50pcs of it!) LOL! So, the earlier the better. ;-]

Thanks for the visit and may you always feel the love of our dear God surrounding you regardless of life's pressures and trials.

Have a blessed day!

Hugs to all,

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #16

Hello everyone! I'm back with a card to share with you. But before I go on, I would like to extend my warmest regards to those who prayed for me during my Australian Citizenship test and my medical procedures which all happened last week. Thanks sooo much especially to my church family who, of course, also prayed for me. God is really good as I always say, and He is good all the time. :)

Okay, now on with the card. I haven't been making cards lately but I have coloured few images given to me by my online friend, Bec of BizzyBecs. :) So, I started with the Magnolia Down Under Challenge #16 for some Mojo-kick! LOL! You know sometimes it's hard to create a card when you took a vacation from doing it. The mechanics set for this challenge is to use the following colour combos:


- Pink, Brown and Cream/White
- Orange, Brown and Cream/White
- Blue, Brown and Cream/White

Yay! Soon as I saw the colour brown, I got so excited! Just in case you don't know, brown is my favourite colour. And combining it with other colours (especially with pink and orange) is as easy as a breeze to me. ;-) I chose the first colour combo for my card.

Here it is:

This card also highlights one of the new accessories stamps by BizzyBecs...here I used this sofa/couch where Tilda comfortably sits on. This is superb Bec, very perfect for those sitting Tildas. (thumbs up for you!) Here's another shot:

I also once again used my Shimmerz (Butter Cream) and applied a bit of it just enough to cover the middle part of each petals, leaving the colour cream of its sides. I also applied Shimmerz onto my cream paper rose...


and shimmerz onto Tilda's brown dress. I hope you can see the shimmery effect on this photo.

I'm into finishing another Tilda card and will post it tomorrow after doing the house chores. :)

Let me know what you think and thanks so much for visiting.

God bless us all!


Hugs,



ETA: The Choc Chip cs that I used is the negative side of Nestabilites die cut from which I cut out a scalloped oval that I used for another card. I was thinking of using those "negative sides" so as not to waste it (especially if a Choc Chip cs was used...it's my fav!) that's why I took the chance of using it in this particular card. At least nothing was wasted! ;)

Thanks for the Prayers

Hello everyone! You may be wondering why I haven't posted for awhile. Well, first and foremost, I was busy reviewing for my Australian Citizenship test. I took the test last Thursday, 18 June and thank God, I passed with flying colours! Got a perfect score!! Yay! So yeah, I will just have to fill up forms and wait for the oathtaking. It's a new ruling here in Australia that before you become a citizen, you have to take the citizenship exam test and, get at least 12 out of 20 correct answers and you have to answer the 3 mandatory questions correctly.

Then on Friday, I was admitted at the hospital for a day procedure. I had Endoscopy and Colonoscopy which was done in one go the day after I had my test. The preparation was the hardest part. :( Imagine I wasn't allowed to take any solid foods (just water, clear fruit juice and clear soup) a day before the procedure. SO just imagine how dizzy I was while I was taking the citizenship exam at 130PM! And I really prayed a lot to God for strength and He answered it! My medical procedure went well, nothing nasty was seen. I was found to have an inflamed antrum so they took some tissue to have it checked but my local doctor told me that it's nothing serious. They just want to know if the inflammation is due to acid or to a certain type of bacteria.

To those who have prayed for me, thanks so much. I really appreciate it and it only proved that God really answers prayers. He is so faithful and we really can rely on Him, all we have to do is lift everything up to Him and be still. He is God...my God and He knows what's best for each and everyone of us. Thanks again for the prayers. I'm still a bit groggy due to anesthesia, I feel sleepy everytime since Friday but other than that, I'm doing fine. Back to my full meal....and will be back soon to stamp and create cards. :)

All glory, honour and praise belongs to Jesus. Amen.

Thanks for the visit.

Masculine Upsy Daisy

Didn't I promise to share with you the birthday card I made for hubby? Well, here it is and sorry for the delayed post.

I went for Upsy Daisy and made it masculine this time. I stamped it onto my Very Vanilla cs using Versamark and Choc Chip ink then heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. Did some sponging all over the Very Vanilla cs but concentrating a bit around the image. Distressed the edges using my edge distresser tool and sponged some Choc Chip on it as well.

The metal embellishment was newly-acquired and I bought it from Big W. Would you believe it's just .50cents for a pack? And a pack consists of at least 12 metal embellishments of different designs. What a bargain! This is also the first time I used a metal embellishment on a card....the thing that I tied on it was something I found while I'm sweeping our floor a couple of weeks ago, LOL! At least I made some use out of it.

Hope you'll like this one 'coz hubby did really like it!

Thanks for the visit and I'm off to do the house chores now.

God bless!

CAS19 Baubles and Snowflakes

Hello everyone! Hope everything's doing very well with you wherever you are right now. It's a bit freezin' cold here while I'm writing this post and I couldn't help but ((shiver))!

Anyways, I know it's been awhile since I last made a card. It's once again been busy around here the house. I have lots of school appointments to attend to and schedules to look after. My DS2 will be going to school next year that's why as early as now, we're trying our best to put him in a school that is close to our place. But we're still awaiting for some assessments and we'll take it from there.

As for me, I went to the hospital last Friday for a Pre-Operative check. It's must a week prior to a procedure to be done. I will be having Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy in one go this coming Friday, 19 June so please, if you get the chance...say a little prayer for me. I will really appreciate it.

On with the card now, this is my take for the CAS19 challenge. This challenge was inspired by Natasha's Blooms. I sued my Kaisercraft Doodled Christmas stamp set for the baubles and the snowflakes are from my See D's stamps. Both images were stamped using Versafine ink. The sentiment was stamped with a bit of rock n' roll technique.

Here's my Christmas card:

I went over the stars on the baubles with my red Copic spica glitter pen and I used gold Copic spica with the snowflakes on the other hand. The sparkle wasn't so obvious with this shot but it looks good IRL.

Okay, off to make another card (hopefully!). Thanks for visiting and for including my upcoming medical procedure in your prayers.

God bless us all!

Hugs,

Blog Candy Alert!

Jeanette is having a blog candy which ends on June 14. Visit her blog to see her wonderful and gorgeous cards and for your chance to win the candy! :)

Darkroom Door {Birthday}

Happy Wednesday!!! It's freezin' cold here right now! And very windy, too. Well, I just couldn't believe that it's been more than a week now since I last posted. Where did the days go? I've been organising and cleaning around the house and I'm actually halfway through with it, at least.
No stamping or cardmaking done during those days. But this card that I'm about to share with you was created before I got into my home organising/cleaning issues.

I made this card for the leader of the Music Ministry of our church . Hubby and him share the same birthday and I made a special card for hubby, too (of course!) I'll show it to you in a little while. I was looking for an aged sheet music dp but couldn't find the one that I like. So, I ended up buying a stamp set from Darkroom Door which is I think fits perfectly for this card.


The image (sheet music) was stamped using Choc Chip onto a Basic Grey dp. You know the plain ones of Basic Grey has always some distressed look on it that's why I chose to stamp my image there. I then distressed the edges (with my edge distresser tool) and inked them up with Choc Chip. I also stamped some musical notes onto the paper inside the card.

What do you think? Does it look distressed enough? :) We handed this card to our friend last Sunday along with our gift which we put inside my handmade gift bag. Hubby and I were very glad 'coz our friend liked it very much!

Okay let me know what you think by leaving some comments when you get the chance. I'll be back later with the birthday card that I made for my darling hubby.

Have a blessed day and be safe always!




Stamps: Melody by Darkroom Door, Sentiment by Inque Boutique
Paper/s: Choc Chip, Basic Grey, Fancy Pants
Ink: Choc Chip
Accessories: edge distressing tool, sponge

HAPPY HELLOS - 2nd Post for Today

Hello once again! This is my 2nd post for today and the 2nd card as well. This was actually created out of the off-cuts of the card I did awhile ago for CAS17. Other supplies were from my stash


I used Darkroom Door's Full Bloom Collection again but used two different inks (first time for me). My background was embossed using Fiskars texture plates and the sentiment was stamped onto Whisper White, cut using the Labels 2 die and inked up its edges with Old Olive (you can see there's a bit of a smudge at the upper right of the sentiment). Made another faux stitching around the image panel which was matted onto Old Olive cut with Nestabilities Long Rectangles (Scalloped). Finished off the card with 4 Kaiser Rhinestones (Lilac) on the four corners.

Oh, I feel dizzy once again, I don't know why. :( I guess it's the weather.

Thanks for the visit and please say a prayer for the missing Air France plane with 228 people on board. Up to now there are still no sign of its crash or any firm evidence to conclude what has happened. Let us all pray for those relatives who were left and for the Air France plane itself that somehow, sooner this puzzle will be solved. God doesn't sleep and He is in control of everything. Let us call onto Him.

Take care everyone. God bless us all.

CAS17 Inspired by A Tote Bag

Which can be found HERE.

I didn't get the chance to play with the SCS challenges lately but when I saw this one, I knew I wanted to create a card. :)

Here's my CAS17 card:

I used 2 shades of purple here, light one for the base and then the dark one. My camera just couldn't capture the real colours but it's nicer IRL.

There's no stamping done here as you can see. The die cuts were all made using the Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet die (including the flowers). I made some faux stitching (using my piercing mat pack and my Uniball Signo lavender gel pen for the stitching) and I finished it off by putting a silver rhinestone at the centre of the flower.

Thanks for looking and I would love to hear your comments about this when you get the chance.

Have a blessed and lovely day!

Full Bloom - Thanks (My First Darkroom Door Stamp Set)

Hello everyone! Now I'm back with a new card to share with you. I've attended my last day at Hanen Program this evening and I couldn't believe how time flew so fast. It was an 8-wk program (for parents with children having delays in speech...DS2 has speech delay being diagnosed with ASD) and it's really very informative and helpful for parents like us. It runs from 630-9pm that's why I was a night student for 8 Mondays, LOL!


So, this afternoon, I decided to make a Thank You card for the two ladies (Vicki and Lynda) who put their best effort in facilitating this program to us. For their hard work for those 8 weeks plus the individual family home video sessions.

Well, actually, it wasn't in my plan to use Purely Pomegranate but yesterday, I inked up this particular stamp (from Full Bloom Collection set, my first-ever from Darkroom Door!! Yay!) using Purely Pomegranate and made some test stamping. I thought I've cleaned it up after using it. So, I inked it up again this afternoon with the Soft Gold shadow stamp from Hero Arts (which I recently bought and wanted to try) and stamped it onto my Whisper White cs. To my surprise, what was stamped was a very light Tulip in Purely Pomegranate! I was like, hey, isn't this supposed to be Soft Gold??? That would meant that the ink yesterday hasn't dried up from the stamp, has it? But I LIKED how it turned out, though!! Just the way I wanted it (just having a different colour). SO, I gathered all my supplies to complement the Tulip...and ended up with Purely Pomegranate theme.


Here's my card:

Sorry it's a bit blurry. I was in a hurry when I took this photo. I was running late for my night class. :) This one was taken without the flash on.

While this one has the flash on. I also did some paper piercing and the sentiment was heat-embossed with clear ep.

Hope you like it, too. Good night everyoen and let me know what you think of this card.

God bless you!

Hugs,