PHILIPPIANS 4:8

Hi everyone!  I made this card for this week's CAS88 challenge over SCS and that is, inspiration by a word: CRINKLE!  The example given was leaves but of course you can think of other things that are crinkled or can be crinkled.  As for me, it's already late here in my place to think about it so I chose to use leaves. LOL!!

The verse that I used is truly inspiring, which I think would benefit us all if we'll just ponder about it.  This stamp is from Clear Dollar stamps and it's only now that I was able to ink it up due to my hibernation. LOL!  I did some shadowing using my Mega Curved rectangles. How?  Well, I held it using my left hand while the right hand was doing the sponging.  Yeah, I know it's a bit hard because the die has the tendency to slip and be out of place but, well, I think a shadow doesn't have to be that detailed, well IMO. :)  I then directly stamp my verse onto the card using Memento Rich Cocoa.  Now with the leaves, I just cut 2 different sizes of leaves from my Flower Creation die set (Spellbinders).  I then embossed it using my Fiskars "Leaves" texture plates to give the leaves some "ribs". :)  I lightly sponged around it and the embossed ribs for some aged effect.

Thanks for visiting and I would love to read your comments on this.

God bless us all.

Jhet


X'S:
By the way, the card that I posted prior to this one
won the blog candy for week 1 of Joan's
WorldCardmaking Day month-long celebration! YAY!!

PHILIPPIANS 4:8

SIMPLE HELLO

Hello everyone! I coloured in again one of the Gorjuss Girls image that I received as a RAK and made a simple hello card for a friend. The image was coloured with Copics and fortunately, I still was able to use my E00! :) The background was embossed with Fiskars texture plates and I did some faux stitching on the left and right side. I also punched the blue cs mat with Fiskars Threading Water punch and the flowers were embellished with Star Dust Stickles that I recently bought from our LSS. The sentiment is a dollar stamp I got from a Craft Show.

Thanks for looking as always! God bless us all.

Jhet

SIMPLE HELLO

Sweet Baby

Hi everyone! I will just make this post short as I'm feeling a bit unwell. This has been requested to me by one of the lovely youth members in our church. The baby image is from Image Tree which, as far as I can remember, was only inked up twice. I tried to just stick with white and pink combo and to make it look soft. This is also my take on WT264 challenge over SCS and the theme is "Sweet Child".

The background was embossed using Fiskars texture plates, punched the bottom part with Fiskars Threading Water punch and the name was stamped using my Just Rite stampers Times New Roman lower case font. The image was coloured with Copic markers and Bic Mark It and the pink satin bow was made with my Bow Easy!

Thanks for the visit and may you all have a blessed day!

Jhet

Sweet Baby

ODBD2AC3 Ephesians 2:8

Hi everyone! Here's my take for the ODBD2AC3 challenge! I hope my card will still qualify! I only have 3mins before the challenge closes so I'm really in a rush!!

The challenge is to use Gold and/or Silver. Good thing I still have a piece of this gold cs that I used months ago for a card. I embossed it with Fiskars "Woodgrain" texture plate which I bought yesterday. I used a verse from ODBD Scripture Collection 2, stamped with Versafine and heat-embossed with clear ep. I then cut it in half using Spellbinders Labels One and matted it onto a Real Red cs. Bow was done using Bow Easy. The border in the horizontal panel was punched with Fiskars embossing punch. (sorry I forgot the name, lol!)

Thanks for looking! Now I'm off to have a big brekky! :)

God bless everyone!

Jhet

ODBD2AC3 Ephesians 2:8

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.

HAPPY HELLOS - 2nd Post for Today

MY FIRST MOJO MONDAY Card {Mojo72}

Happy Tuesday everyone!!! I'm very, very excited to share with you that I'm finally joining Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I've been seeing their badge when I'm blog-hopping and wondered what's in there. So, two days ago, I went to their blog and found out all about their sketch challenge. The sketch that I saw there was last week's challenge, so I decided to come back this morning and found out Mojo72, which is this week's challenge:

So, to make the story short, I decided to join. And I also found out that every First Monday of the month they do a contest for all the entries. They will choose 2 winners (and this will be judged) and the winners will get a choice of their Verve stamp set. How's that?

So, may I now present to you....my first MOJO MONDAY card...

A bit closer look at Sarah Kay..

And another angle shot..

I'm so glad on how this card turned out. I think, this will be one of my favourites among the cards that I made. :) My hubby likes this one as well.

So, what do you think on my first Mojo Monday take?

Will post the materials that I used later, we'll just have our dinner at the meantime.

Thanks for looking!

MY FIRST MOJO MONDAY Card {Mojo72}

New Stuffs and Featured Stamper Card

Good Afternoon from Australia! Hope you're all doing very well today. Just want to tell you that I've got some new stuffs to play with {BIG smile} which I received yesterday from Bizzy Becs. At last, I already have my first Magnolia and first Sarah Kay stamps! The images of Tilda (Magnolia) and Sarah Kay that you normally see on my cards were all RAK from my online buddies. Heaps of the Sarah Kay stamped images came from Bec (thanks so much, Bec!). And I already have the Spellbinder Daisy Heads set! Now, all I have to do is find time to play with these stuffs. lol!


And for the Featured Stamper102 (scrap_momma) over SCS, I chose to CASE this card from her gallery. And here's my card:

As I always do when casing a card, I change everything but the lay out. But for this one, I maintained the image as well (it so happened I have the same Willow image that she used, lol!). I used SU! Wild Wasabi for matting and my Heidi Grace Orchard paper pack. Instead of using ribbons, I cut a Wild Wasabi cs and embossed it using my Fiskars Texture plates (ran through the Cuttlebug), accented it with Prima flowers and didn't stamp any sentiment. I like the soft look of this card..makes me wanna sleep just by looking at it. hahaha!

I'll see you later for my evening post. Have a blessed day!

New Stuffs and Featured Stamper Card

Sharing my Day and Featured Stamper 101

Hi all! I'm a bit tired as our family went out and had a train ride to the city. We rode a train because my DS2 Jhetro loves trains and he's never been on a train ride before so hubby and I decided last night that we'll have a family day out the next day. Jhetro enjoyed it and you can really see the joy in his eyes. Did I tell you before that he really likes Thomas the Tank Engine? That's the very reason why he loves trains. I know I haven't shown photos of my family yet, so here are some shots taken today.

Here are my 2 boys, Jared is my eldest and Jhetro is the Thomas the Tank Engine fan. :) Can you see the excitement on his face while waiting for the train to arrive?

A closer shot of them ;-)

Here's the three of us. Hubby didn't get the chance to join us as he's the one taking photos. :)

Jhetro inside the train. Isn't he cute?

Another shot of Jhetro while munching his favourite Milo Nestle cereal. (yeah, he likes it more than he likes Doritos, lol!)

When we got home, I just cooked dinner and finished the card which I'm about to show to you then after that, hubby and I organised our laundry room (so you thought it's craft room..lol! I only have a crafting space and I'll show it to you one of these days). That's why I really feel exhausted and to think it's already 3am here now in Australia. I'd better get some sleep soon as I'm done blogging.

Okay, enough with my family photos and sharing. I don't want you to think that I'm taking advantage of the situation here. hahaha! Anyway, I'm excited to share with you this card that I made for the FS101 over Splitcoast. This is my 2nd participation for FS challenge and I'm so liking it!

This weeks Featured Stamper is JayDeKay. I really enjoyed browsing on her gallery and so I chose her "A Heart For You" card to case. Here's my card:

I changed the papers, colours and other embellishments but maintained Tilda (although a different image of her) and the lay-out. I'm not actually into floral papers but soon as I saw my DCWV Floral Paper stack, an idea came into my mind. So, I went out of my comfort zone, used the paper and here's the outcome. I took all the colours of the other papers and Tilda's from the dp that I used. I embossed my unknown blue cs with the Fiskars texture plates ran through my Cuttlebug. I stamped my sentiment onto the blue cs as well and mat it onto Tablex white cs.

This is also the first time I used white cs for matting and it looks neat! I finished off the card by sponging a bit of Pumpkin Spice Ink (by Dew Drop) onto the edges of the sentiment's mat and put an organdy ribbon on the middle panel.

Thanks for looking and may your day be blessed!

lovelots,

Sharing my Day and Featured Stamper 101

Christmas Carolers

Hello everyone!! Today I'm going to share with you the latest Christmas card that I made. This is not your usual Christmas colours but I really like how this card ended up. When I was colouring the image (Note: This is not a stamped image, this is an image I got from Google while searching for Christmas carolers), I didn't know exactly what mat colours I'll be putting on to the card, whether I'd use a dp or what. All I knew is I enjoyed colouring them, plus the fact that I was able to make another "snow" scene here. They're wearing coat and mittens so there has to be snow. :)



I started with a dark green cs which I bought from Officeworks on clearance a couple of months ago. I then put another dark-chocolate coloured cs which I think is a Bazzill (it's from my stash) and embossed the mustard-coloured cs using my Fiskars texture plates ran through my "bug". I used my white gel pen to put dots around the card and to the 2 corners of the matted image as well. Btw, I coloured my image with Aquarelle and blender pen. I then finished it off by putting dew drops on just 2 corners again (one on top and on the bottom) and put Diamond and Frosted Lace stickles here and there. ;-)

Thanks for looking and have a blessed day! Don't forget to visit Crafty Muse for our fornightly challenge (and it's all about Christmas).

God bless us all!

Christmas Carolers

Just a Quick Post (and a card for WT194 over SCS)

Hello there! This is just a very quick post as it's exactly 3AM here in Australia now. I made this card for the Ways to Use It challenge over SCS (WT194) and that is to make a Thanksgiving Card. I used the sentiment that my SBS 22 sister Kathy sent me (thanks Kathy!) and matted it on Always Artichoke cs. I also used the photo corners sent to me by Jesse (thanks Jesse!) which complemented the nestabilies scallopped mat. I embossed my So Saffron background with my Fiskars texture plates ran through my Cuttlebug. I really like these fiskars plates, good thing I put them all out of my cupboard and I'm making good use of them on my cards. I still "know" very well the plates sandwich eventhough it's been almost half a year since I really last used them.

Here's my card:


Thanks for looking and I'll see you next post leaving you with these wonderful words..

"Praise God from whom all the blessing flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below;
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost."

Blessings to you all!

Just a Quick Post (and a card for WT194 over SCS)

Birthday Card (sketch challenge)

Hello! This will just be a short post as we've just arrived from our Friday Bible study. I just want to share with you a card that I finished this afternoon. This was patterned after Bec's sketch challenge/card competition.



I used SU!'s So Saffron, Regal Rose and Choc Chip for this card. I scored my background using Scor Pal and embossed the red panel with my Fiskars texture plates ran through the Cuttlebug. I guess I already got the right sandwich for this as I'm consistently getting deep impressions using their plates. :-) My image was just given to me by Janette (and I think it's from Whipper Snapper, not sure though) and I coloured it with my Aquarelle using blender pen. I used Kindlyglitz on top of the cupcake and adhered an organdy ribbon on the side panel. Sentiment was stamped on So Saffron using Regal Rose and matted in Choc Chip. Sweet and simple.

That's it for now and thanks for looking as always.

God bless everyone!

Birthday Card (sketch challenge)

LOVE AND CHOCOLATE (LSC195)

Just yesterday I joined the Colour Combination Challenge over SCS and today upon seeing the word "chocolate" at the Limited Supply Challenge, a light bulb of ideas suddenly entered my mind. I just couldn't resist chocolates eventhough I get palps whenever I eat too much. LOL! Awhile ago I was just eating "Kisses" given to my by a friend and then came this card.

I had this stamp from Kaiserstamp for awhile now (which I bought on clearance for $3!) and I'm just waiting for the right time to ink it up until LSC195 was posted. I think this is meant to be used on this challenge. And of course, as I was also experimenting for some embossing techniques, I remembered my fiskars texture plates (without even knowing what the current LSC is all about) and yeah, it turned out to be perfect for this "chocolate theme". Plus, I also used my new chocolate Kaiser pearls and my untouched and uncut gingham ribbon AND my (first-ever) SU! ink pad - Choc Chip! Well, it arrived yesterday with 5 more different ink pads!!! Now, I can get to use different ink colours.

So, does it look chocolatey?

'Til next post and happy cardmaking!

LOVE AND CHOCOLATE (LSC195)

baby boy birthday card

this isn't actually the first card I made using my Cuttlebug...but this is the first birthday card that I ran through my Cuttlebug using Fiskars texture plates. this is just a very simple card for the 1st birthday of my friend's son (that baby boy is my godson). simple as it is, I just used versa color to ink the embossed parts and punched some bears to add accent. will post other cards that are currently "in the making"...

baby boy birthday card

TWO SANDWICHES COMPARED

Card A

Card B

Hello everyone! This afternoon, I tried 2 sandwich combinations for the purpose of comparing the impression these two sandwiches give. Sample card A was embossed using my sandwich combination (it was on my previous post - the one with the silicone bake pie pan, extra sheets of paper and sheets of cardstock shim). Sample card B was embossed using a different layer of sandwich (silicone, with 2 fun foams). As you can see, card A has a deeper impression than card B (sorry for the small photo, just look at it closer) which proves that fun foams don't give that much "extra" push needed for the cardstock to be embossed deeper. You can try this for yourself and pls feel free to share with us your observations and experience between the 2 sandwich combos. THANKS!

'Til then, happy CUTTLEBUGGING!

TWO SANDWICHES COMPARED

EMBOSSED CARDS THROUGH FISKARS TEXTURE PLATES AND CUTTLEBUG...

As promised, here are the cardstocks that were embossed using the Fiskars texture plates through the Cuttlebug..

The photos didn't do justice to the real appearance and texture of these cardstocks..they're very embossed! Let me know your comments about this...thanks!

EMBOSSED CARDS THROUGH FISKARS TEXTURE PLATES AND CUTTLEBUG...

CUTTLEBUG and the Fiskars texture plates

Finally, after (just a few) trials, I already found the right combination (as I've said, right combination for me...which can work for you, too) for the fiskars texture plates to be used with the Cuttlebug! Thanks to my DH who, in most part, did the trial and error thingy.

Here's the sequence/order that I came up with:

from bottom to top:

Cuttlebug Plate A
Fiskars texture plate (in this case I used the "raindrops" texture as a sample)
Cardstock (the green one here)
Silicone bake pie pan (the blue one here, which I cut to the same size of the plates)
Pieces of thin paper (in my case I used something similar to bond paper, and I have 3pcs here, cut into size of the plates)
Cardstock shim (2pcs)
Cuttlebug plate B


this sandwich should go through the Cuttlebug. If you want a deeper impression, you can always add bond paper or something similar to its thickness (or should I say thinness), but this one should be able to give you a deep impression enough to satisfy your liking somehow. As I have said, you and I can never get the deep impression that the Cuttlebug embossing folders give for it has the negative and positive side.

Here's the silicone bake pie pan that I bought from the Reject Shop which only cost me $3 (it's on special, actually). I just cut it to the same width and length of the plates.

Try this one out and if you do, please share with us the outcome of your experiment. Just go easy with the Cuttlebug, don't make it work too hard just to get a very, very deep impression.


Will post the embossed cardstocks later...have to pick up DS2 from Childcare. See yah later!

CUTTLEBUG and the Fiskars texture plates