Can't Get Enough of This TREE :)

Happy Thursday everyone! I made 2 cards more for the CAS145 and TLC352 challenge over SCS and I used the Pine tree again from the SU! set Lovely As A Tree. I just can't get enough of it, really! LOL!  The first card is a "night" version of my first CAS145 card, cut out the tree and used pop dots for a bit of dimension. I also stamped (and cut) a holly and did paper piercing. The tree has glitters on it. Unfortunately, the camera wasn't able to capture it.

The second card is a non-traditional Christmas card (with a non-traditional colour of Christmas tree) :)
A Pine/Christmas tree stamped in Versacube Topaz. A different kind of Christmas tree with an aged/distressed look. :)

Thanks for visiting! Have  a blessed day!

Jhet

MATERIALS USED
first card:

Stamps: SU! Lovely As A Tree, Background Sampler, Crafter's Companion (for the holly), ODBD Christmas Nested Sentiments

Paper: white and green cs

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Cottage Ivy

Accessories: Copic markers, stamp a majig, MS Crystal Fine glitter, pop dots

second card:

Stamps: SU! Lovely As A Tree

Paper: white cs, copper-coloured cs

Ink: Versacube Topaz, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen

Accessories: stamp a majig, MS Cyrstal Fine Glitter, grosgrain ribbon, distressing tool

Can't Get Enough of This TREE :)

JUSTRITE CHRISTMAS LINKY PARTY - Card #1

Hello everyone! I'm having my 3rd post for today! I'm on a roll! Yay!!! :)  I was reading my blog roll when I saw a post re Justrite Christmas Linky Party.  And I was like --- I wanna join!! So, I decided to upload my first Justrite Christmas Linky Party card tonight.  Here it is:

On this card, I just went a bit of CAS (clean and simple) as I really want to highlight the sentiment from one of Justrite's Christmas stamp sets.  I stamped it onto a white cs, then cut with a circle Nestabilities, matted onto red and black Petite Scalloped Circle Nesties (alternating the scallops).  While still inside the die, I lightly sponged around it using Memento Dew Drop Rhubarb Stalk.

My dp is from DCWV Christmas stack from years ago, matted onto red cs and tied around with an organdy ribbon.  Finished off the card with Stickles Star Dust around the area of the stamped sentiment that doesn't have the sponging, then I adhered rhinestones on the arch of the circle on top and at the bottom.

Thanks so much for looking and I'm so looking forward to creating more Justrite Christmas Linky Party cards! Come join the fun!!!!

Jhet

JUSTRITE CHRISTMAS LINKY PARTY - Card #1

THINK PINK!

Hello everyone! Here's my 2nd post for today, so if you wanna see my earlier post, just kindly scroll down. :)

This card is for ODBDSLC82 challenge -- Think Pink!  (Think Pink and Encouragement in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. (it need not be on the theme of breast cancer but it must be pink and have a verse or sentiment of encouragement)

My verse is from ODBD Scripture Collection 2009.  I believe that this is an encouragement verse as it implies that everything has its own time; if there is sorrow, there is also a time for joy; if there is sickness, there is a also time for healing. 

I stamped the scripture on a white cs, die-cut with Fleur de Lis Rectangle and while still on the die, I sponged it Memento Angel Pink using my large sponge dauber.  My dp is from Basic Grey Sultry which was matted onto a pink cs (too dark for this photo but it's a bit lighter IRL). The butterfly was cut from the same background dp with an additional stamped swirl from one of my stamp sets. I adhered a baby pink ribbon on the left bottom side, then finished it off with stacked of flowers and pearls for the butterfly.

Here's my card:

Thanks for looking and  see you again on my next post!

Hugs to all!  God bless!

Jhet

THINK PINK!

CC341 FRIEND

Good afternoon fellow bloggers and stampers!

Here's my simple take for today's CC341 color combination challenge: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive. Such a wonderful colour combo!

I used a tree from a stamp set called We Are Family by Heidi Grace (as the challenge requires leaves) and so I coloured the leaves randomly with my Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive markers. The sentiment is from CC Designs. The Heidi Grace stamp set was actually one of the stamps that I won from my cousin Joan's blog candy a year ago and I was only able to ink it now.

Thanks for looking and for visiting my blog.

Jhet

Stamps: Heidi Grace: We Are Family (tree), AmyR stamps by CC designs

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, white cs

Ink: Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Versamagic Sahara Sand

Accessories: SU!markers, torn scratch paper (masking), sponge dauber

Techniques: color combo, sponging

CC341 FRIEND

Spring Couple Easel Card

Happy Thursday everyone! Just want to share with you a card that I made weeks ago for a church friend.  The image is called Spring Couple from CC Designs which I got fr Bizzy Becs. :)  It was coloured with Copic markers and paper-pieced as well using Basic Grey dp.

The person who ordered this card and the recipient are now both enjoying the summer season in the Philippines so we can also call this couple - Summer Couple. LOL!!

This is my entry for last weeks F4A65 challenge over SCS in which the challenge is about "Opposites" (pertaining to the colour wheel).  I think that this one somehow fits into the challenge as I used opposite colours (purple or plum/yellow green).

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

Jhet

Spring Couple Easel Card

One Layer Card

Happy Saturday blogland! Just want to share with you another card that I made for SSCC Challenge#75, one layer card, that is!  I made a mask out of a die cut rectangle, sponged it with Versacolor Misty Mauve, then stamped my image from Darkroom Door (direct to stamp coloring done here with SU! markers) and the sentiment from a Stampin' Up stamp set.

Thanks for looking! Enjoy your day!

Jhet

One Layer Card

Grace Through Faith

Happy Friday everyone! Here's what I came up last night while trying to clean-up my messy craft table. :).

I was organising my stamped images when I stumbled upon this image that I worked on with brayer and masking for almost a year now. Yup! This was done heaps of months ago and during that time, I was just practicing on how to use the brayer. The image used here was Upsy Daisy by Stampin' Up (stamped with Choc Chip). The green background is Old Olive -- and I like the rugged look it created. The blue background is, if I'm not mistaken, Ballet Blue. (sorry, I tell you it's been months).

Anyway, I just matted it onto a brown Coredinations cs and embossed a white cs using Cuttlebug Floral Screen folder. Finished it off with 2 chocolate pearls on top left and bottom right side. After finishing the card, I thought it's a bit bare on the stamped panel (just above the right side) so I decided to look for a stamp that will somehow fill that space. And then I saw this Grace Through Faith stamp by Clear Dollar Stamps which I haven't used since purchased. Since it's a clear stamp, I easily managed to stamp it to where I want it to be using Choc Chip ink by SU!.
ETA: Upon seeing that the this week's Ways to Use It Challenge is Silhouette -- I'm entering this one. Perfect timing! Yay!!

Sorry for the quality of the photo as I just took it using my mobile fone and blogging from there as well. Hey, I'm not saying that BlackBerry's camera isn't good, but using a "real" camera makes a difference. :-) I ♥ my BlackBerry -- it's so cool!

Thanks for looking and may you all have a blessed day!

God loves you!

Jhet
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on 3

Grace Through Faith

ODBDSLC47 - Challenge Anniversary

Happy Thursday everyone! We're having a lovely weather here in Sydney today. A bit gloomy though but the temperature is just right. Not too hot, not too cold! :)

My card for today is my entry for ODBDSLC47 - choose your own challenge (Challenge Anniversary)

I used the ff: challenges for my card:

ODBDSLC22 - Distress It (I distressed the edges of my card with distress tool and distress ink)

ODBDSLC26 - Dies and Punches (Labels Sixteen for my main panel and MS Botanical Scallop border punch)

ODBDSLC27 - Texture It (After stamping the verse, cutting and sponging, I used Cuttlebug Stylized Flower to emboss the panel)

ODBDSLC28 - Forgotten Embellishments (In my case, I used my so-neglected dew drop for the flower center)

ODBDSLC43 - Something New, Something Old (my Nestabilities Labels Sixteen is one of my recent purchases and was used here for the first time, and my Urban Prairie dp as my something old)

And here's my card:

This bible verse from 2 Timothy is one of my "assurance/reminder verses" and I always read this to myself whenever fear visits me. I really thank God for ODBD stamps as we can share His word through stamping and cardmaking. I just pray that ODBD will come up with more scripture verses in the future. It's one way to spread the Word.  This particular stamp is from ODBD Scripture Collection 2.

Thanks for the visit. Until next post!

To God be the glory!

Jhet

ODBDSLC47 - Challenge Anniversary

TRUST IN THE LORD

Happy February everyone!! Hope you're all doing well by the grace of our loving Lord Jesus Christ. This is my very first blog entry for this month and my very first card for this month as well.

The card that I made is for the following challenges:

ODBDSLC46 "The Blues" - using the colour blue on your card/project

and

SSCC74 - to use the colours blue (to represent water) and green (for the pasture). The challenge was inspired by the Bible verse taken from Psalm 23.

Here's my take:

The scripture that I used is from ODBD Scripture Collection 1. This is one of my favourite verses and one of my memory verses that I always use in times of worry or uncertainty. TRUST in the LORD..... in this changing world that we live, only One is certain not to change and that is God.  He is immovable and forever faithful and we can always count on Him in times of need. Praise His name forever!

I stamped my verse with Memento Tuxedo Black and cut it using Labels Seventeen (a recent purchase). While still inside the die, I sponged around with Versamagic Sea Breeze and sponged the outer edge with Tim Holtz Broken China for some depth.  The middle section was sponged with Memento New Sprout and SU! Old Olive. Finished it off with a sky blue flower from Kaisercraft. I also sponged the edges of the flowers with the same ink that I used for the main panel (for the big flower) and Old Olive for the small flower. The blue pearl is from K&Company. I didn't have any sponging pattern with the main panel that's why you'll notice that other parts were sponged heavier than the others but I like how it came out. :) I hope this card will qualify for the ODBD "The Blues" challenge eventhough my background dp is more on green but I believe I used more blues than the greens here. LOL!

This verse also goes out along with my prayers to the people in Queensland (one of Australia's states) who are currently experiencing a cyclone. Just recently many families and homes were devastated by a flood and now a cyclone is currently hitting the state again. I firmly believe in the power of prayer and since we can't physically go there, we can only offer prayers for them and believe by faith that eventhough calamities happen in our lives, God is in control.

Have a blessed Thursday!

Jhet

TRUST IN THE LORD

Frame Cards

Happy Monday everyone!! I once again apologize for being on MIA mode for the past few weeks.  Just recently, I was down with the flu for a week and few days after my two boys got it, too. :( To make it short, they missed a week of school because of that and hubby took a week off from work to look after us. Thank God for him! :)

I was actually about to start with my Christmas cards orders when the flu thing arrived. But prior to that, I was on the finishing touches with these Christmas Frame cards that were also part of my orders.  I just did the "very final" finishing touches soon as I got well. I made 2 of each design to maximize the materials used. :)

And here's one with my DS2's photo being the model. :)

The dps are mostly from DCWV Christmas stack and the cs used were from Core'dinations cs. Embellishments were from my stash and I used different Stickles to add interest to the frame.

Thanks for visiting and for always following my blog.

God bless!

Jhet

Frame Cards

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

FAUX LETTERPRESS

Happy Monday!! Today's card was made for 2 challenges over SCS.  Actually, I was just really playing for CAS87 (Faux Letterpress) and decided to split my embossed panel to give it an effect. But when I was about to upload my card, I learned that the TLC293 challenge for this week is about splitting image. Wow!  I'm happy when these things happen ---I was able to hit two challenges with just one card. :)

Anyways, I'm still struggling to make cards (yeah, until now!) and it's good that there are challenges like these to help the creative juice flowing especially when it stopped for awhile. :(  I really NEED to get back on track and start stamping as Christmas is just few months away and I already have Christmas orders.  I gotta do something to motivate me to sit, stamp and create more cards. Ahhh......help me Lord, please?

I went for green and white and a birthday card because there are lots of birthday celebrants for this month (and that includes me).  I used the Victoria embossing folder, inked it up with Memento Sprout and ran it through the Cuttlebug and voila! that's what you called Faux Letterpress. Easy peasy! The sentiment is from a set I bought from Jemac Stamps.

Btw, the first commenter on my last post who will receive some bits of small goodies from me is Divinity!! Thanks so much for being a follower of my blog and for leaving lovely comments.  I will send out your goodies this week.  I'm sorry for the delay as my plate is a bit full atm. I'll email you soon as I post it :)

Thanks for the visit

FAUX LETTERPRESS

SSIC#45 He Has Made Everything Beautiful

Hi everyone!  I'm so excited to share with you this card that I've managed to finish few minutes ago.  I was excited because there are only few hours left before the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge#45 closes. :)  The challenge was based on

Isaiah 53:5: "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: The chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed."

And I say a big AMEN and THANK YOU LORD for that!

So, the challenge now is to use stripes in some manner in our card or project.  And since a friend from the church asked me to make her an engagement card for a friend using the verse from Ecclesiastes, I thought I'd use stripes to qualify for the challenge. She wanted the colours to be taken from the engagement invitation which happened to be autumn colours with a touch of gray.

My Bible verse is from ODBD Scripture Collection 1 and was stamped and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I cut it with my Long Rectangle Nestabilities and sponged around it using Versacolor Laurel Leaf while still inside the die.  I also did the same thing with the circle panel but embossed it afterwards with Cuttlebug Divine Swirl embossing folder.  Both panels were sprayed with Glimmer Mist pearl for some sparkle.

The dp is from Basic Grey Mellow pad. It's very timing because all the papers on that pad are autumn in colours.  My base is a white cs, then I added an SU! Basic Gray, then an orange cs and then the Basic Grey dp.

I then use again my Bow Easy to create this brown satin bow and finished off the card with some Kaiserpearl pearls. The ribbon tails were adorned with my Stickles Star Dust.

Thanks for looking and I'll see you on my next post! Thank God for Sundays for this is the time where we can celebrate His goodness with our fellow believers!

Have a blessed day!

SSIC#45 He Has Made Everything Beautiful

SC286 Sweet Little Girl

Happy Thursday fellow bloggers and stampers!  I want to share with you today a card I made for the Sketch Challenge(SC286) this week over SCS.  At last, this sweet image was finally inked after months since I purchased it from a Craft Show.  This image was from JEMAC Stamps and unfortunately, the stamp name wasn't on the label when I bought it.  But isn't she so sweet to look at with her smiling face (even while sleeping) and the ribbons on her hair? :)

I was just actually practising my colouring with Copics and I chose this image when I ended up liking how it turned out! LOL! I bet you can relate with me and you had those moments, too!  So, I decided that I would use her on a card but slept on it 'cause I still didn't have any lay-out on my mind yet.  And this morning, while I was doing my daily browsing at SCS, I saw the sketch challenge for this week and thought, hey! this lay-out would be perfect for my image. And so I gave it a try. :)

Yes, I paper-pieced her pillow and her quilt/blanket and it wasn't easy especially with the pillow (look at her hair!)  I also used pop-dots to give the ribbons on her hair and her teddy some dimension.  The dp is from K&Company Sweet Pea Studio pad and I got this from Windsor Cottage Botanicals at a very reasonable price. :) The checkered ribbon is from my stash and so is the button.  I finished off the card with some Kaiser pearl Blush on the four corners.

Thanks for the visit and have a blessed day!

Jhet

SC286 Sweet Little Girl

Feather Blending Challenge over Mad for Markers

And this is my first on this challenge! LOL! Well, I've practiced and wasted a few stamped images before I got satisfied with the outcome.  Hmm, I don't know if I did it right, LOL! but hopefully, one day I'll get there. So that means more practice for me. :)  If you wanna know more about this challenge, head on to Mad for Markers blog.

This Tilda was a RAK stamped image from my friend Jackie. (waving at you, Jack!)  I've coloured her with the ff Copic markers:

skin- E00, E02, E11

hair- E25, E29

clothes/wings (for the blending) - R00, R02, B00 B02

I haven't been colouring any Tilda lately that's why I once again felt like a first-timer with Copics while I'm colouring her. The wings (and petticoat) were embellished with Martha Stewart Crystal Fine glitter and finished off the card with this Aqua satin ribbon made with Bow Easy and 3 small Kaiser pearls.

Tilda's white background was sponged a bit with Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink and embossed with Fiskars Hearts Texture plates. The dp is from DCWV floral stack.

Thank you for looking and I'll see you next post!

God bless!

Jhet

Feather Blending Challenge over Mad for Markers

Shabby Chic Lovely As A Tree

YES!!! I finally got hold of this lovely stamp set from Stampin' Up! - LOVELY AS A TREE. Wohooo!!!  I've been longing to have this stamp set for over a year now and much as I wanted to buy one for myself, I just couldn't convince myself to purchase as it's quite exxy for me. ;)  But God is really good, He made a way for me to be able to have it when someone I know made a craft clean-up sale and this set is included! I know and believe that this wasn't a chance or luck but God really made it happen.

And since I still have the "sahbby chic" hang-over from the last card that I made (CAS37 challenge), I then once again made another card with the same theme.  I did a lot of distressing here and limited my embellishment to just a vintage-looking ribbon which I think  I got from Bizzy Becs long ago.  The image was stamped with Versamagic Dew Drop "Wheat" and the lovely dsp is from K&Company Charlotte 12x12 pad.

Thanks for looking and may God bless you always!

Jhet

Shabby Chic Lovely As A Tree

CASEd, Distressed, Shabby Chic with Spotlight Technique

Wohoo!!! Happy Monday everyone! (doing a happy dance here)  You may ask why? Well, I may not be able to make a card for a week now BUT today I was able to make ONE card for FOUR challenges!! Yay!

[ETA: I'm entering this to a 5th challenge!! It's on Mark's Finest Papers Blog and the challenge is Spotlighting! :) ]

Here are the challenges:

WT270 - edge distresser

F4A12 - spotlight technique (my first ever!)

FS171 - in honour of Cathleen (aka CTORINA of SCS) as Featured Stamper for last week

and

CAS67- shabby chic-themed card

and here's my card:

The first three challenges were from last week which I wanted to play but missed and the CAS is for today, My image (from Jemac Stamps) was coloured with Copic markers (R85, R83, R81). Well, had a bit of mistake as I cut the image first before I coloured it so it's kinda hard to move around and colour as the paper is already too small to control. LOL! But I'm glad I was able to pull through. I distressed the edges of the dp from Basic Grey (sorry I forgot the range), the green cs that was cut with Labels Four and the embossed white cs and I used my first-ever Tim Holtz Distress Ink. Yay!! I know, I'm so well behind with this ink as almost all cardmakers are using distress inks nowadays. Btw, my sentiment is from Stampendous Happy Messages.

Here's a close-up of the image:

Thanks for the visit and hope to see you again on my next post!

Have a blessed day!

Jhet

CASEd, Distressed, Shabby Chic with Spotlight Technique

Card With a Frame

Happy Monday everyone!  Hope all mothers were pampered and felt so loved yesterday as you celebrated Mother's Day. Truly indeed that being a mother isn't easy but it's a blessing to be one. :)

Today's card is actually an experiment for me.  My churchmate showed me a card with a frame (machine-made) that was sent to her by a friend.  It's so cool as her friend inserted their family picture inside the frame and sent it as Christmas card.  To make the story short, she asked me to make her something similar to it so she could give 'em away come Christmas this year. LOL!  Well, it was indeed a challenging task ;) and I somehow came up with this one:

The boy in the photo is my youngest, Jhetro.  He's an avid Thomas the Tank Engine fan so I used colours, dp and embellishments related to Thomas. Note: This is just a sample card to show and highlight the frame so I didn't decorate it that much.

The opening is on top of the frame and this is where you can insert your preferred photo.

Here's a closer shot:

The frame was made using Nestabilities Labels Eight, embossed with Fiskars texture plates and I did some scoring here and there.  I will still have yet to experiment more and will be posting a tutorial when it's done.

Thanks for looking and have a lovely day!

God bless us all.

Jhet

Card With a Frame

TILDA WITH PUPPY

Happy Friday everyone!  Hope you're all feeling good upon reading this post.  I created this card last night but was too sleepy to post so I'm sharing this with you today instead.

This lovely Tilda With Puppy image was given to me by one of my online friends.  Sorry, just couldn't recall the name but will put it here as I check on my received RAKS. I coloured Tilda with Copics and did some tip to tip technique for the shading.  I also used Prismacolor pencils for shading as well.  I like how the tip to tip technique turned out with Tilda's boots/shoes...looks suede even IRL! ;)  Might do this technique again next time.  I actually coloured this image a month ago now but it's only now that I was able to use her on a card when I saw these lovely dps from my stash.

I finished off my card with some chocolate Kaiser pearls here and there, a ribbon, button and layered flowers.  The sentiment is from Jemac Stamps (clear).  Tilda's white background was embossed with Perfectly Paisley embossing folder (which I haven't been using for quite sometime now) and I did some chalking to highlight the embossed parts.

Thanks for the visit and I'm off to do some review for our Bible study tonight.  God bless everyone!

Jhet

TILDA WITH PUPPY

Monochromatic Tilda (in REDS)

Happy Thursday fellow bloggers and stampers!  It's been awhile since I last posted and uploaded a card.  Well, there were some things that had to be prioritized and I'm glad I did as now I somehow have time to sit and stamp. :) Aside from that, my MOJO seemed to be on a "holiday" mode, so creative juice weren't really flowing nicely.  But it's slowly coming back! :)

This card that I have for you today is my entry to the ff: challenges:

TLC271 (SCS) - Vellum Emboss

Mad for Markers - Using shades of ONE colour- Monochromatic (in my case I used the "red" family)

Just Magnolia - Week 53: Bev's Sketch

First, let me show you the sketch:

And here's my card:

The square background in the middle is an embossed vellum and I used the Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder for this.  And as for the colours, here are the Copic markers that I used:

R20, R22, R24, R27, R29

For the skin, I used: E00, E02 basically because I can't colour her skin red, LOL!!! Btw, this cute Tilda image is a RAK from lovely Jackie. Thanks so much Jackie!

Nothing too special about this card except that it's monochromatic. LOL!  And Tilda here has red hair. ;-)The edges were distressed and the oval panel was also distressed and inked with Scarlet by Versacolor. Btw, the oval was done using Fiskars hand circle shaper (I forgot the exact name of it, sorry).  My oval Nestabilities are too small to fit Tilda in, at least this one is a bit bigger. That reminds me, I have to have those  Nestabilities Classic Oval Large as it's big enough to fit even some Bible verses from ODBD. I finished off the card with some Prima flowers, rhinestones and dew drops.

Thanks for visiting and may our good Lord bless and keep you always.

Hugs,

Jhet

Monochromatic Tilda (in REDS)