{CAS10} Groovy Guava Butterfly

HAPPY EASTER! I know I should've said this yesterday but I believe that we can celebrate Easter everyday if we truly believe that Jesus really resurrected. :) We had a wonderful time on our Sunday Church Service yesterday. The Music Ministry had a number and the Sunday Schoolers as well.

Anyways, I've just visited SCS to check the CAS challenge for this week. And my! I got so inspired that I made a card straight away! Yay! First time for me to have my card uploaded on the first page of CAS uploads!

Here's what I came up with..


I used the "retired" Groovy Guava for this card. I stamped the Butterfly (Autumn Leaves) onto Whisper White using Groovy Guava ink, did some sponging around the edges with the same ink, matted onto Groovy Guava cs and matted it again onto a brayered Cuttlebug-embossed Whisper White cs. I then put a white ribbon around the card then stamped the sentiment (Encouragin Words by Stampendous) using Groovy Guava ink. (Whew! How many Groovy Guava words did I type here? lol!) The challenge is "Monochromatic" and that explains why. :)

Thanks for looking!

{CAS10} Groovy Guava Butterfly

LSC213 Black and White Happy Birthday

Hello fellow bloggers and readers! Howdy?? Been off from the blogland as my DS2 got sick and my migraine has been visiting me once again.

Anywho, I've made a card based on LSC213 challenge and that is a black and white theme. I made this card plain and simple. This is for the mother of my churchmate who is celebrating her birthday today. Here's the card:

I used a white cs for my base then put an SU! Basic Black on top of it and then another Whisper White which was Cuttlebug embossed (using Divine Swirl) on each end, leaving the middle unembossed. I then used black grosgrain ribbon and gray organdy ribbon to hide the ends of the embossed area.

I stamped my image twice (from Autumn Leaves) on Whisper White then cut the wings part of the second one and pop-dotted it to give dimension. I went over to the outline of the image using my Copic Spica Glitter pen (clear), stamped the sentiment (from Hero Arts) and finished it off by putting Kaiser pearls (black) on the right side, on top of the sentiment. Oh, I also used my corner rounder on the four corners of the card and each cs to give it a non-traditional look.

This is all for now as we have to prepare early for our Sunday Church Service. Thank you so much for visiting and I just couldn't believe that I'll be having my blogoversary in 3days!!! Wohooo!!! I was caught up with other things that I haven't noticed this one. Gosh! Well, I will be preparing some candy and if ever I will not be able to have it on the day of my blogoversary, I'll be giving it a week after. But for sure, I'm gonna have it so check back more often!!

This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!!!

LSC213 Black and White Happy Birthday

{BELIEVE} - Featured Stamper 105, BVC09

Hello! Yeah, I know I said last night that I'll be posting more the same night but what can I do? My feet just dragged me into bed, lol! At least, I was able to get that much-needed sleep and now I'm a bit recharged! :)

Today's SCS Featured Stamper is K Dunbrook. Just look at her gallery and you'll witness how gorgeous her cards are. She's got heaps of beautiful cards and I opted to CASE her "Much Thanks" card which you can see here.

And now, let me show you my card:



I changed the dp, the colours of the cs (but it seems our browns look the same) and the lay-out (as I normally do when CASing). Since I don't have a sewing machine, I did a faux stitching just to have the stitched effect that she has on her card. Does it look nice? This is my first card to with faux stitching, I hope it looks okay though.

And would you believe that it's my first time to use and hold a heat gun? Hehehe! Yeah, very funny! I know I'm a stamper but a low-profile one without too much gadgets. lol! I just had this heat gun a week ago (hubby bought it for me. how sweet is that?) and I bought an embossing powder at Spotlight last week as well. Upon seeing the card that I wanted to CASE and saw the embossed flower, I was then forced to use the heat gun for the very first time. I was a bit scared and nervous as I don't know if the embossing will turn out the way it's supposed to be but I was able to conquer it and was so happy with the end-result. lol!! Hey, be happy for me as well! Welcome me to the heat-gun world! I guess, I'll be embossing more in the future. (*wink*).

For reference, here are the stuffs that I used: (sorry if I'm not consistent with this in every post that I make...I'd better remind myself of that)

Stamp/s: Pansy by Autumn Leaves; Papers: Tablex white cs, brown cs (unknown), Heidi Grace dp; Accesories: Nestabilities, piercing mat pack, embossing powder, heat gun, dew drops, black gel pen, pop dots

Okay, I guess this is enough for now. My hubby and I, along with the kids are supposed to do some "walking" in the park but looks like it will rain anytime now, so I guess we have to cancel it. But I thank God that we have a sudden change in the weather and hopefully this will stay for more days so as to stop the bushfires that's going on around the state of Victoria. Please continue to pray for us as we currently experience this natural disaster. Saying a prayer and believing it will come to pass can make a difference. That's why in my sentiment it says:

Whatever you ask for in prayer,
BELIEVE that you have received it,
and it will be yours. (Mark 11:24 NIV)

and I say AMEN to that!

Be safe and have a blessed day! Thanks for visiting!

{BELIEVE} - Featured Stamper 105, BVC09

Got 2 Cards for LSC205!

Good Morning from Sydney, Australia! Hope everything's doing very well wherever you are in the globe. It's Saturday and I know I have lots of things to do but before doing so, let me share with you first the cards that I made for Limited Supply Challenge (LSC205) over SCS.

The challenge is to make "clean and simple" card. Meaning, minimising the use of embellishments, layering, matting, hand-cutting, glittering, etc. And this is what I came up with..


Isn't this little monkey gorgeous to look at? :) This is from the set of Changito Dos by Stampendous. One of the first few sets that I bought when I started stamping and if I'm not mistaken, I bought this from ebay along with 4 other sets all from Stampendous. As you can see I made a little sky scene here...my first with the "sun" lol! At least I was able to use my SU! Summer Sun ink pad for the first time. Does it look okay or what?

And since simple cards are easier to make, I decided to make another one...

This time I used die cuts from my Cuttlebug Vintage corner dies and my Daisy Heads Shapeabilities. This card is DL-sized so I have to make an envelope for it. My image is from Autumn Leaves (clear single stamp) designed by Rhonna Farrer. I coloured it with my Prismas (and so was the first card I've shown) and my sentiment is from Stampendous - Encouraging Words.

Okay, this is it for now. All I can say is it's really nice to make such simple cards as this, so nice to remind us & take us back where we've started as stampers. ;) Clean and Simple.

God bless everyone!

Got 2 Cards for LSC205!

These Things Shout -- PURPLE!!!

Hello everyone! These were all the things that I was able to create yesterday. A church mate of mine told me that her fave colour is purple so I decided to make her a card that shouts purple!

This wonderful butterfly is from Autumn Leaves clear stamps by Rhonna Farrer. I coloured it with my new Aquarell watercolour pencils and they look so subtle IRL. I then used my Copic Spica clear glitter pen to put some shimmer/bling on the butterfly's outline.

Other stuffs that I used were:
SU! Orchid Opulence
White cardstock (unknown source)
DCWV Metallic Stack (purple)
Dena Designs dp
Organdy ribbon from our $2 shop
Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder
Nestabilities
Purple rhinestones

After finishing the card, I decided to alter a notebook to use the leftovers from the dp. (I only have 1 12x12 page of this paper). And then made a bookmark to complement everything. Here's the finished product...

I just hope my church mate will like these stuffs. This is actually a surprise for her and we'll see each other tomorrow during our Bible study. Btw, I used my Clearly Christian Tags from CD stamps for the altered notebook and bookmark.

So, what do you think with this "all things purple" project? :)

These Things Shout -- PURPLE!!!