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

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!

CAS17 Inspired by A Tote Bag

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,

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

A Bit of Experiment

Hello everyone! Happy Saturday!! It's been raining here in Sydney and it's soooo cold that I'm finding it hard to move around (just want to stay in bed, LOL!). Well, I somehow managed to do some laundry and a bit of cleaning/organising here and there.

I don't actually have a new card to post but I just have a bit of info to share. Last Thursday, hubby and I went to our LSS to just look around & buy myself some EZ mount for my UM stamps. (I don't normally go there 'coz I do buy my stuffs online) As I was finding some good buys, this A4 board caught my attention. It is smooth on both sides and it's 250gsm which I guess will be good enough for a card base. But will it be good enough for stamping and colouring as well?? So, I bought a pack and experimented on it this afternoon..

Here are the two images stamped onto the white cs that I bought with Memento Tuxedo Black. I coloured Giggling Tilda with Copics and Prismacolor pencils (with OMS). Here's the result:



If you want a vibrant look, use Copics..



for a softer look, use Prisma pencils.

This white cs is very potential!! :) I didn't have any problem with colouring or with bleeding inks. And it's so smooth and colours were easily being moved with the blending stumps when using with Prisma pencils and OMS. I still have yet to try it as card base but I think it will be good enough as well.

Okay, gotta do some stamping and cardmaking. I'll see you later with my next post.

God bless!

A Bit of Experiment

50th Wedding Anniversary Card

Hi everyone!!! Yes, I've been MIA the past few days, I admit it. Well, I've been pretty busy around the house and making requested cards for friends. Last Sunday I was able to sell 2 cards (I think those two were just recently posted here) and my churchmate really liked them!

Anyway, onto the card. This one was requested by our Pastor's wife. She asked me to make her a 50th Wedding Anniversary card to be given to her Aunt. This is my first time to make such card and I thank the "gold" colour for making it easier for me, LOL! I mean , at least, I didn't need to think what colour to be used with what. :) So, after some internet searching for some inspiration, I finally put my ideas into a card:

The scripture is from ODBD Scripture Collection 1. I brought my ODBD stamp set to church last Sunday just so to show them that I already have a scripture stamp set! And our Pastor's wife told me to use this particular verse for the Golden Anniversary card.

I stamped the ODBD onto Very Vanilla cs with Versamark and heat-embossed it with Hologram Gold ep (by Celebrations of Australia), cut it with my Spellbinders' Labels 2, and matted it onto a pearlascent Old Gold cs which was also cut with a bigger Spellbinders' Labels 2 die. I used Antique Cream Mist for the base which is really nice IRL, followed by the Old Gold cs, then with another Very Vanilla. I also cut a piece of the Antique Cream Mist (for the horizontal panel) and embossed it with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. I punched 3 Old Gold hearts for the 3 corners and finished it off with number 50 on the bottom right which was cut using Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet die.

What do you think?? =)




Stamp/s: Scripture Collection 1- ODBD

Inks/s: Versamark, unknown Old Gold ink

Papers: Antique Cream Mist cs, Pearlascent Old Gold cs, SU! Very Vanilla

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 2, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet dies, heat gun, Hologram Gold ep (Celebrations of Australia), hear punch, pop dots

50th Wedding Anniversary Card

My First EDWIN =)

Hello everyone! It's been raining here all day and I've been having bad cough and colds that I ended up being unproductive.

Anyway, my friend/church mate asked me to make a card for 2 boys who are siblings. It's for a 3rd birthday and a baby dedication. So she told me to just make a general card suitable for the two occasions.

Here's what I came up with:



This first Edwin of mine is a RAK image from my buddy Sammi. Thanks Samm! She gave this to me last year and I believe this is the perfect time to use this gorgeous boy. :) I coloured Edwin with Copic markers and I just made a little scene to complement him. The sentiment was printed from the computer which I thought the best Bible verse for the two boys.

Here's a close up shot of the card (this was taken with the flash off)

Thanks for the visit. I already gave this card to my churchmate and she liked it. :) We've just arrived actually from our Holy Ghost night and it was really awesome. I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit and I know I wasn't the same as before....I felt Spirit-filled! Amen!

Until next post.

God bless us all!

My First EDWIN =)

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