Glory to God in the Highest!

Taken from Luke 2:14, this verse and the image stamped were both from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps. The verse is from their Christmas Scripture set and the image is from Jesus is Born set.

I actually experimented on this as I was thinking of other colours to go with silver. So I decided to use SU! Night of Navy which I think looked well with my Bazzill Bling in silver. The image was stamped with Versacolor Silver and heat embossed with clear ep while the sentiment was stamped with Night of Navy ink.



The image panel was cut using my Spellbinders Mega Curve Rectangles which I recently purchased from Bizzy Becs. Then while still inside the die, I then sponged some Bashful Blue ink and Night of Navy for more depth.

Here's a close-up shot:

Thanks so much for looking! Got this card done yesterday morning and this will go to my personal Christmas cards to be given to family and friends. I've been busy finishing Christmas cards orders and I haven't even filled up my personal stash yet!! So now, my aim is to slowly build up my Christmas cards...I'll get there by the grace of God. :)

My family and I weren't able to go to our Friday Bible study last night as I wasn't really feeling well. It's that time of the month and I was feeling so differently that I couldn't barely stand up because of the lower abdomen pain. I wasn't able to do anything from afternoon 'til night but lie down and praying that the pain would go away. I woke up in the middle of the night feeling a bit better..thank God!

This is all for now. I will be finishing card orders to be delivered tomorrow so I have to sit and stamp now otherwise I wouldn't get anything done. :)

God bless us all and happy Saturday!

Jhet

Stamps: Jesus is Born & Christmas Scripture by Sweet "N Sassy stamps
Paper: white cs, Bazzill Bling (Silver), SU! Night of Navy
Ink: Versacolor Silver, SU! Night of Navy, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Spellbinders Mega Curve Rectangles, sponge dauber, heat gun, clear ep, piercing mat pack, pop dots

WT242 Purple Pretties!!

This week's Ways to Use It Challenge set by Julia is Purple Pretties -- that is to use purple in your card! Would you believe that I was on the finishing stage of this Christmas card when Julia posted the challenge over SCS?? YAY! It's a jackpot! My card fits the challenge so right!! Purple!


The sentiment is from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps' Jesus is Born set. I stamped it using Versacolor Violet, heat-embossed with clear ep then cut with Spellbinders Labels 4. I sponged around it with Versacolor Hyacinth while it's still inside the die, embossed it with Birds and Swirls embossing folder then spritzed a bit of Glimmer Mist Pearl. I also used a purple sheer/organdy ribbon on this card. To make it more Christmasy, I again used my Create a Flake 1 to make these cute snowflakes. ;) I sponged Hyacinth ink to my snowflakes then generously glued some MS Crystal Fine glitter. I then finished it off with some purple rhinestones by Kaisercraft. The lovely dp is also from Kaisecraft Lilac Avenue Collection - Sweet Pea.

Thanks for the visit and hope you'll all have a blessed day!

Happy stamping!

Jhet


Stamps: Jesus is Born set from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps
Paper: white cs, Quill Manhattan Iris, Kaisercraft Sweet Pea (from Lilac Ave Collection) dsp
Ink: Versacolor Violet and Hyacinth
Accessories: heat gun, clear ep, Spellbinders Labels 4, sponge dauber, Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls embossing folder, Create a Flake 1, MS Cyrstal Fine Glitter,Glimmer Mist Pearl, Purple rhinestones

All That Sparkles!

Good morning! Today's card is one of the two that I've done yesterday and this is a Christmas card with non-traditional colours and is sparkling! LOL!

This card is also my entry (my very first!) to Simon Says Stamp Weekly Challenge. I uploaded this to SCS and the kind Steph (of Simon Says) mentioned to me that their current challenge is about getting sparkly and that my card qualifies for it. Wow! It's so exciting as I posted my card the same day they posted their challenge so...yeah, I guess I'm in. :) I haven't been to their blog and it's also my first time to visit it and I bet I will be visiting it often and try to join their weekly challenges..hopefully. :)

Oh! Here's my card btw,

Look at those colours! I mean, nothing beats green and red for Christmas but it's good to know that other colours can look Christmasy, too! The dp that I used is from My Mind's Eye "Snowflake Stripes" (Colourful Christmas collection). I coloured Tilda using the colours from it using a combination of Copics and Prisma pencils. (NOTE! Always use Copic first then Prisma pencils when colouring).

Here's a close up shot of my sparkly Tilda and snowflake (which I made using Create a Flake 1 by Spellbinders).

Okay, I'll see you again later as it's my DS2's turn to use the computer. Thanks for the visit!

Have a blessed day!

Luke 2:10 Christmas Card

I have finished two cards last night and these are part of the Christmas orders that I'm currently doing. The first one is just a very simple card with a simple lay out but with a powerful verse which was taken from Luke 2:10. The verse was from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps Scripture Collection which was stamped with Versamagic Sage and heat embossed with clear ep. I then cut it with cicle Nestabilities then sponged around it with Versafine Narcissus and SU! So Saffron while still inside the die. I then matted it with a bit bigger circle which I cut using my Fiskars circle cutter with a circle template. The rest of the mats were cut using Circle Scalloped Nestabilities. I finished off the card with a Cuttlebug Vintage corner die cut on the upper left side and a Poinsettia flower (from Prima Festive Christmas) with a pearl on the center. I also spritzed a bit of Glimmer Mist Pearl to the verse panel for an effect (which unfortunately couldn't be seen here).

I will be posting my 2nd card later as my craft table is soo messy at the moment and is needing some cleaning and a bit of organising before I can sit and stamp.

Thanks for visiting and I'll see y'all on my next post.

Hugs,

Jhet

Stamps: Christmas Scripture from Sweet N' Sassy Stamps
Paper: white cs, various coloured cs, Basic Grey Wassail dp
Ink: Versamagic Sage, Versafine NArcissus, SU! So Saffron
Accessories: heat gum, clear ep, sponge dauber, Circle Nestabilities, Fiskars hand cutter, Fiskars templates, Cuttlebug Vintage Corner dies, Prima flower (Festive Christmas), pearl, Glimmer Mist pearl

WT241 Christmas Stockings

Happy Saturday! I just want to share with you the card that I made for Ways to Use It Challenge #241 over SCS. The theme is "patchwork" and I must say now that the dp that I used (by DCWV) already came as patches so I guessed I cheated a bit. lol! But hey, I did a lot of faux stitching here. :) I actually wanted to do the faux stitching horizontally as well but my fingers just grew tired with piercing. :)




This DCWV dp is from their Christmas Stack which I bought 2yrs ago. I actually got 2 pads of them and you can't really resist the colours and beauty of its designs. The stockings were made using Spellbinders Wreath and Stocking (Shapeabilities) which, if Im not mistaken, has been with me for more than year and it's only now that I used it. I used chipboard to make the stockings and then cut again using the same background dp. I used some glue and sprinkled my MS Crystal Fine glitter to add bling to the stockings. Sentiment is from Darkroom Door Christmas Reindeer set which I bought at my LSS at 40% off! Gotta love discounts! :)

Another card added to my Christmas stash! Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Jhet

Stamps: Darkroom Door Christmas Reindeer
Paper: white cs, Quill Manhattan Ruby, DCWV Christmas stack, Quill Manhattan green cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Dew Drop Wheat
Accessories: Spellbinders Long Rectangle, Shapeabilities Wreath and Stocking die, Circle and Petite Scalloped Circle die,Circle Inverted Scalloped die, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, MS Crystal Fine glitter, brads, pop dots, sponge dauber, piercing mat pack

3 Christmas Cards

Happy Friday everyone! Wow! Time really flies so fast, it seems to me that we've just started with Monday and now we're onto the weekend already! I hope you're all doing very well upon reading my post for today.

I was able to finish 3 cards yesterday! YAY! And these are also part of my Christmas orders and thank God I'm slowly getting to finishing them all before November hits. I hope I can somehow do another 2 today. :)

Card #1

This is the first time I inked up this Tilda. This is one of the stamps I got from the Summer Collection kit. And yes! I enjoyed using my Spellbinders Create a Flake 1! Hubby bought this to me along with some stuffs when we visited a scrapbook shop the other day. I was actually into an MS Snowflake punch for so long now but it's so hard to find them here in Australia. So when I stumbled upon a card using this Create a Flake die, I thought, hey why not this one instead of the punch? And it's so beautiful IRL especially when you add glitters or stickles or any other medium to make them sparkle! So Christmasy! :) I bet my sentiment is so fitting for the sparkles in my snowflakes.


Card #2

The greens here were a pack of A5 cards (with 3 more other colours) which I also purchased from the scrapbook shop we visited. I used it here as they carry the colours of the dp which is from Basic Grey Figgy Pudding. The panel with the dp was made by cutting 2 long rectangles Nesties then joined them together with the grosgrain and organdy ribbon to make them look like 1 big square. Sentiment is from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps Christmas Scripture set. I stamped it with Versafine Crimson red then heat embossed with clear ep. I sponged around it after I cut it with Spellbinders Labels 4 and then embossed it with Cuttlebug Holly embossing folder. Final step was done by spritzing a bit of Glimmer Mist pearl and added pearls on each side of the main panel.

Card #3

Can you see the gorgeous dp?! It's from Graphic 45 Christmas Past collection. My first and only Graphic 45 dp! (atm) I bought this for a particular card which was requested to me - a gold themed Christmas card. I stamped the Bible verse from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps Christmas Scripture set with Versamark then heat-embossed with Gold ep. I'm already getting the hang of using my Bow Easy so this one needs to have a bow. LOL!

Okay this is all for now. Gotta do some laundry before I can sit and stamp again. :) Thanks so much for the visit and have a blessed day!

Below are the stuffs I used for the cards:

Card #1

Stamps: Tilda from Summer Kit, CC Designs
Paper: white cs, Blue Bayou (retired), My Minds Eye Colourful Christmas "Falling Flakes" dsp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Dew Drop Wheat
Accessories: Fiskars texture plates, Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities, Create a Flake 1, Tag Trio, Copic markers, Prismacolor, blending stumps, odourless solvent, rhinestones, chalk, MS Crystal Fine glitter, Stickles (Icicles & Frosted Lace), Glimmer Mist (pearl)

Card #2

Stamps: Sweet 'N Sassy - Christmas Scriptures set
Paper: white cs, green cs, Basic Grey Figgy Pudding dsp
Ink: Versafine Crimson Red, Versacolor Bamboo, Versamagic Dew Drop Sage & Wheat
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 4, Long Rectangles, grosgrain ribbon, organdy ribbon, Kaiser Pearls, sponge dauber

Card #3

Stamps: Sweet N' Sassy - Christmas Scriptures
Paper: white cs, gold cs, Graphic 45 Christmas Past dsp
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Nestabilities Mega Curve Rectangle die, heat gun, clear ep, Fiskars Lace punch, Bow Easy, white ribbon with gold trim, pop dots

Christmas Card with Bow Easy!!

Hello fellow bloggers and stampers! Happy Thursday to all of you! I know I still have a lot of photographed cards to post but they kept on piling up as I make new ones. LOL! So,I decided tonight to post the latest card that I finished --- just an hour ago. ;)

This card took 2-3 days to finish! Whew! Well, I don't know but I bet you also have those days when it seems that your Mojo is on a holiday? That's exactly what happened to me these past few days. I knew what stamp to use, I already have one colour which is Going Gray but I got stucked somewhere! Until I saw stampersandee's O Hear the Angel Voices Card over SCS. I was inspired by the grayish sky and the masked moon so I somehow CASE'd her colouring a bit.

This is also the first time I used my Bow Easy on a card! Yay! Thanks to Sharon Johnson for the wonderful email she sent me on how to do the bow the way she does it....beautifully!! Especially with her Autumn Blessings card -- so fab!! I PM'ed her and left a message on her blog but I never knew she would reply to my inquiry straight away. Thanks Sharon - I really appreciate it!

Here's my card:

The colours are not your usual Christmas card colours but I'm starting to like the non-traditional ones. Sometimes we have to go out of our comfort zone and try new things! :)

Thanks so much for looking and please leave a comment when you get the chance so I'll know that you stopped by.

God bless everyone! Hugs to all.

Jhet

Back on Track!

Happy Monday everyone! It's been awhile since I last uploaded a card here and now it's time for me to share those with you. But before I do so, let me just share with you what happened yesterday in our church. We had our Pastor Appreciation celebration and it's the first time that we did this in our church. I initiated this one upon researching that October is Ministry Appreciation Month. I actually learned about this last year but was a bit late to celebrate it so we did it this year. I was sooo happy because it's a success as we were able to surprise our Pastor. Everyone shared and thanked him for all he's done in the church and all eyes were full of tears! It was so touching and so memorable. I was asked to make a card for him and have all the members sign up but I forgot to take a photo of the card before I gave it to our Pastor. Argh!! I just used a full A4 Night of Navy card and folded it into half and printed the 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 verse which says: "And now, friends, we ask you to honor those leaders who work so hard for you, who have been given the responsibility of urging and guiding you along in your obedience. Overwhelm them with appreciation and love" (The Message).

On with my cards, here are a couple of what I've done lately:

This is for my friend who requested a Tilda card with a blue theme.

This one's requested to me by a friend to a friend. And she wanted the colours orange and blue.

Below are some Christmas cards that were ordered to me by friends. I still have heaps to make!

This is all for now. I know I mentioned about a 'candy" on my previous post but I'm afraid it will be a bit late. Sorry! Just have to gather all the supplies first before formally posting it to you. But I will definitely have one..soon!

Thanks for the visit and have a blessed day!

Jhet

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!

Hello everyone!! Yeah, it's my birthday today! :) I thank God for another birthday and I just really feel so blessed. Thank you to those who follow and visit my blog eventhough I'm not posting often lately. (but I sure am making cards!) Things just get busy around the house and as I have mentioned on my previous post, my craft space has been moved to another room so I still have some organising to be done. But I will be posting my cards soon so please do check back!

Tomorrow on the other hand is our Wedding Anniversary! How's that to be thankful for?! And because of those celebrations, I will be having a candy but I'm still putting the stuffs together. You'll be seeing it "hopefully" before the week ends and it's a simple blog candy to show my appreciation to my readers and followers.

Happy Birthday to me (LOL!) and to all those who are celebrating their birthdays with me today!

God bless us all!

Jhet

I'm Still HERE! :)

Happy Sunday everyone! How are you? Sorry for not posting lately. Hubby is on a 3-wk holiday from work and we're doing a lot of Spring cleaning around the house. But that doesn't mean I'm not making cards, I had in fact, made 6 cards the past few days. It's just that I don't have time to take photos of them and post them here. One more thing, my craft area is being moved from the master's bedroom to my son's room! LOL!!! Yeah, I told hubby I really need a "space". So, please be patient with me 'coz soon as I'm done with all these things, you will see me posting every single day! :)

God bless everyone! Will be back with new cards and a "candy"!!!

Jhet

Magnolia Down Under Store

Yay!!! Have you all heard about it? There's a "new" shop in town where you can buy your Magnolia Tilda favs!! Kellie Winnell opened up an "all Magnolia" online store which is the Magnolia Down Under Store! And to celebrate its opening, Kellie is offering a yummy candy for us to win. Click the logo on my sidebar to take you to the candy and join!