More Christmas Baubles

Happy Tuesday blogland!! So happy to be sharing with you the cards that I made few weeks ago wherein I used Christmas Baubles image from my so-neglected Kaisercraft Christmas Doodles stamp set.  I was wishing for an SU! Tree Trimmings set but since I don't have it then, I remember that I have these clear stamps bauble images that has been sitting on my stamps cabinet and just gathering dust. I gotta be creative so shile waiting for the Tree Trimmings, I made couple of cards using these images:

I just used a ruler and my Copic pen to make the "string" for the baubles. I coloured the images using Copic markers and I embossed the panels using Cuttlebug embossing folder (in this case, the Divine Swirls). The sentiments are from Justrite Stampers Nested Christmas Verses which I bought from ebay. These are basically clean and simple but "glittery" as I used my MS Crystal Fine Glitter to give my baubles the "it" look. ;-)

Thanks for looking and I'll see you next post.

Have a blessed day!

Jhet

More Christmas Baubles

CARDS, CARDS, CARDS!

Happy Wednesday blogland!!  Few more days and December is here and I'm still rushing with my Christmas cards! Whew!!  I was so busy these past few days that I didn't have the time to open my blog and post the cards that I've finished. Sorry my dear followers, I bet you can relate with me because I believe you are busy as I am these days. :)

Anyway, here are some of the few cards that I was able to finish. I still have yet to take photos of another 4 cards that I've done the other day.  Let me share with you these 3 first. ;)

The stamps I used for the first 2 cards were from Sweet N' Sassy stamps Christmas scripture set.  I think I bought it more than a year ago and I also made cards using the same stamp set last year. The last one was from Justrite Stampers Christmas Treasures.  i haven't been colouring with my Copics for awhile now so this is just like first time for me (again! LOL!).  Just made everything simple without too much embellishments so there will be no hassle with mailing. (which I've experienced quite a few times).

I guess this is all for now.  Have to run back on my crafting table and finish my to-do list.

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed Wednesday!

Jhet

CARDS, CARDS, CARDS!

WINTER WHITE OUT

Happy Friday fellow bloggers! Things had been a bit busy last week because it was my birthday and wedding anniversary week. :)  I wasn't able to sit and stamp but I was able to savour the moments when hubby and I were together without the kids. Just US! :)

This card is for the Winter White Out Free for All challenge at SCS. I know this is a week behind but it's better late than never. LOL! I chose these colours just out of the blue and thought it would make a good combination. The gray cs is from SU! and the other one is from Bazzill (which closely looks like SU! Groovy Guava).
The stamp is from ebay (I think) and I just randomly stamped it while using a scratch circle frame. The outer frame is from JustRite Christmas set and was stamped with SU! Groovy Guava.

This card is also my entry for Joan's month-long blog candy in celebration of World Cardmaking Day! This is for week 3, I won week 1 :)  but missed to submit something on week 2. :(  Anyway, hope I'll be able to make cards for the rest of the blog candy weeks.

Have  a blessed day everyone and God bless us all!

Jhet

WINTER WHITE OUT

SNOWMAN -Take TWO on SC205

Good Afternoon everyone! Yes, it's almost 1pm now here in Australia and I haven't eaten my lunch yet. lol! (but I definitely will after this post) I made another card for the SC205 sketch challenge. I'm enjoying the sketch that I wanna do more cards with it. Anyway, here's my other card...

I used Taken with Teal and Gable green this time. It surprised me to know how good these two colours look together. I did partial embossing here (well yeah, first time after awhile) and it's a success! ;-) I used the Snowflakes and Swiss dots embossing folder and scored some lines between the gaps. There was no stamping done here, just purely Cuttlebugging.

Here are the stuffs that I used for your reference:

SU! Whisper White, Gable Green, Taken with Teal
Cuttlebug Snowflakes & Swiss Dots embossing folder
Cuttlebug Snowman die
Scor-Pal, Icicles (stickles), white gel pen, rhinestones, pop dots

Oh, I'm starving now, gotta grab some lunch. See yah later.

Have a blessed day!

SNOWMAN -Take TWO on SC205

CC189 - My FIRST Colour Combo Challenge

Good Morning! Hope you're all doing well. I'm really enjoying the challenges being held over SCS, wherein I always make it a point to join their card sketch challenge. Today, I again joined another challenge which is the Colour Combination Challenge. CC189 is combination of Pretty in Pink, Old Olive and Choc Chip. Here's my take:

The Old Olive card base is the only one left in my stash. I also used my cuttlebug textile folder to emboss my pretty in pink bg. And yeah, I already used my Fiskars Lace border punch which I bought yesterday at Officeworks. Isn't it gorgeous?

More updates tomorrow (rather later), it's 2AM now here in Sydney.

God bless us all!

CC189 - My FIRST Colour Combo Challenge

My Purple Santa SC202 (and a photo tutorial)

Hi everyone! I have just finished my take for the SC202 sketch challenge over SCS. Here have a look:

The image I used here was from a swap image done over Craftmad. It's Santa and Reindeer by Hero Arts. I coloured it using my Aquarelle and blender pen and used my Copics as well to colour other areas. I coloured it last night and put it onto a card this afternoon as I'm cooking our lunch - beef steak! Yummo! I used my Kindyglitz (very similar to Sitckles, but bigger in size) to put some bling on top of Santa's hat (I used Dusty Rose there) and on the reindeers (Aztec Gold there).

Here are some closer shots..

And yes, my background was embossed using Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder. And take note, my background cs measures 4.5 x 6.5! (meaning, I was able to embossed the whole cs considering the folder is smaller than that). Well I did it in 2 pass and it's not that hard, really.

Here's what I did, check out the photos:

So, that's how I did it. I hope you got it even without words. (well, photos sometimes speak louder than words LOL!)

Happy cardmaking and have a blessed day!

My Purple Santa SC202 (and a photo tutorial)

A Quick Post and a Wedding Card

Hello! This is just a very short post as I need to prepare the kids for our dinner out tonight. A friend whom I've last seen about 10 yrs ago is here in Sydney atm. She just got married and they're having their honeymoon here in Australia. We used to work together, she was my crew and I was her manager. She was just a working student then but now she's a FedEx Supervisor and just got married!!! And since I wasn't able to send her a card (she got married 25 OCtober), I decided to whip a card for her and her hubby. This is just a very, very simple one as in no stamping done, only cuttlebugging and Scor Pal-ing ;) .

I used my Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder to emboss the bottom part of my SU! Whisper White. I also used my Scor Pal to create lines around the image, sort of a frame. The stickers (which are very glittery) were from Big W at AU$1.97! The whole wedding sticker page consists of about well, more than 15 stickers and they're all in glitter! Isn't it a bargain again? I matted the Whisper White onto a silver coloured cardstock mat from DCWV metallic stack. And the silver ribbon (I just don't know how you call this thingy LOL!) is from my stash.

This is my very first wedding card actually. Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of the day!

God bless us all.

A Quick Post and a Wedding Card

More THANK YOU Cards and RILEY!

What a nice day!! Jared (my DS1) is on his school holiday starting today for 2weeks (Spring Break) so that would mean there will be no rushing in the mornings (at least for 2 weeks) and more time for me to organise our small home and more time to make cards. =) Yay!

I was able to make 3 cards for today (and still be making more after dinner lol!). I've just started to make Thank You cards and these are primarily for our church. These cards will be given everytime there is an invited preacher or speaker. I haven't told anyone in the church about this (just my darling hubby), I just felt that I need to make cards and hand them off to our Pastor's wife once I finish them all. We normally have guest preachers/speakers once a month so I guess, 10 cards will do atm. Here are my first two finished Thank You cards:

These are actually easy cards. They are simple yet they somehow look elegant. I just noticed that I haven't been using my Cuttlebug embossing folders (and I have about 14 of them!) so, I decided to use them this time.

There was no stamping done in any of these two cards. The sentiments were all computer-generated and I guess, I'll be making more sentiments using my computer. Much easier and more personalised. On this card I used my Bloom Dots folder and my Standard Circle and Petite Scallop Circle nestabilities.

While on this one, I used my Paisley embossing folder (one of my favs) and just cut out a sentiment to go along with it. The base cardstock colour somehow looked like blue but IRL it's actually dark eggplant-coloured. (and the grosgrain ribbon as well) I used the same materials on both cards which are mostly from my stash.

And this one is RILEY which is another RAK image I received from Peggy. (thanks again Peggy, hope you're doing well, you haven't been posting lately). I just found out that I have this lilac-coloured cardstock already ran through the Cuttlebug, so I decided to use it for this image. This is the first time I coloured a Riley for a simple reason that I don't even have a single Riley on my collection lol! Funny! I hope I entertained you with my new creations. Will be posting more later.

See yah!

More THANK YOU Cards and RILEY!

Wedding Anniversary Card

Hello blog readers and fellow bloggers! Happy Saturday!! Hope everything's doing well with you and the rest of your families. We're all doing fine also by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. I've been busy doing the laundry since this morning but I was able to make a card for our Pastor and his wife for their 40th wedding anniversary. Wow! 40yrs! They're so blessed!

I was forced to finish this card as they will be leaving for New Zealand as their 2 children's gift for them and they will be away for more than 2 wks. I'll still be making a gift for them and I'm still thinking what to make. ;-) Here's the card:

This is just a very simple card as you can see. Ruby red is associated with 40th wedding anniversary (as per my research) and since I don't have a ruby red, I chose something closer to that colour. Actually I have a ruby red from SU! earth colour family but the red is a bit pale. So, I used this Kisses red by Bazzill and embossed my Whisper White using my Cuttlebug Textile folder. I stamped the sentiment first before running it to my Cuttlebug and used my Olivia Alphas to die cut the numbers. Of course, I also used my Nestabilities (Petite Scallop circle) and put an organza ribbon on top of the red grosgrain so that the red ribbon will not look that bright.

Wish I could tell you more about what happened to me today but I still need to do some things. And besides, the ladies from our church decided to have dinner tonight so I will be out dining with the girls. Hubby will be the one to look after the kids (he's so sweet really)...after all, this is the very first time that I will go out since I got here in Australia almost 3 yrs ago. Can you believe that? ;-) I don't know, maybe it's just really normal that when you already have your own family and kids, you choose to go out with them rather than with anyone else. Maybe I just say this 'coz my closest friends are all in the Philippines. (ohh, I really miss them "sigh")

Will keep you posted when I come back. God bless us all!

Wedding Anniversary Card

NEW CARDS

These are my 2 new cards that I was able to finish while watching TFC (the Filipino channel). This is a card where I used a stamp the second time and used my VersaMagic white chalk ink and my new embossing folder (textile).

The second card is a birthday card which I will send in the Philippines for my friend's son.

Hope you like them...good thing I was able to make these cards despite of the fact that I'm feeling a bit of headache due to a very cold weather.

God bless everyone!

NEW CARDS

BIRTHDAY CARDS

Hello once again! Tonight, I was able to finish 2 birthday cards. I was actually just trying to make one for my BIL in New Zealand but then ended up with 2! These are just simple birthday cards embossed using the Happy Birthday A2 embossing folder, Happy Birthday Jelly folder and the birthday gift dies -- all from the maker of Cuttlebug -- Provocraft!



Here's a closer look at them....



This one looks like an embossed chocolate :) hehehe...what do you think?



This one is more lively because of its colours. :) I also used DCWV cardstock from the Glitter Stack collection for this card.

Thanks for always visiting my blog. Feel free to leave a comment or two :)

Have to sleep now....take care and may God shower us with more blessings. Amen.

BIRTHDAY CARDS

more cards...

Good Morning! [it's already 12:24 AM here in Sydney :) ] I've just finished my share of 2 cards for today. I used the same materials for these cards but gave them entirely different styles.




Here's a closer look of the first card....

{Materials}: Kaiser blank card, DCWV Pocket full of Posies cs, SU! cs Pumpkin Pie, Filigree fiskars texture plate, Cuttlebug small embossing folder (birthday) & double-adhesive foam dots



and here's the second card.

{Materials}: Kaiser blank card, DCWV Pocket full of Posies, SU! Pumpkin Pie, Cuttlebug Bloom Dots folder, Cuttlebug butterfly 2-step die, double-adhesive foam dots

THANKS FOR LOOKING! 'Til next blog!

Have a BLESSED day!

more cards...

my 3rd card for tonight

and my 3rd card for tonight is a combination of Stylised Flower folder and the Fiskars texture plate (the grain-like embossing on the background). whew! I can't believe I was able to finish 3 for tonight! I kinda feel sleepy now...will post more details tomo.

God bless everyone!

my 3rd card for tonight

my PERFECTLY PAISLEY card

So, here's another card to all of you lovely readers of my blog. This is the 2nd time (as far as I can remember) that I used the Perfectly Paisley folder and I just used some colour combo techniques for this...nothing really special...except that yellow and green do work well with pink. What you reckon?

{credit goes to DH for the colour combos :) }

my PERFECTLY PAISLEY card

bloom dots/swiss dots card

here's a card that I made using the Bloom Dots and Swiss Dots folders. I used both the negative (left side of the card) and positive side (right side of the card) of the Bloom Dots for a different kind of effect. I then coloured the dots in the middle using my watercolour pencils. I decided to colour them to somehow put a bit of life to this very white card. So, how was I able to put the Swiss dots in the middle? hmmm...guess it made you thinking soon as you saw this card (am I right?) will tell you the secret recipe in a little while.

gotta go back to my cardmaking. thanks for looking. will post more later!

GOD BLESS US!

hugs,

jhet

bloom dots/swiss dots card

2 cards in an hour ;)

my migraine didn't stop me from making these 2 cards & I thank God for that. the first card is for my youngest sister who couldn't believe that I'm into cardmaking nowadays (and she couldn't believe when she saw the cards on my blog hehe!). this is just actually an everyday card.

I used a white blank card, cardstock, dcwv fr all glitter stack collection and of course, my CUTTLEBUG! I embossed the patterned background with Bloom Dots and I used the flower die for the flower in the middle of the card.

CARD FOR MY SISTER





card #2 is for a very good friend who will be celebrating her birthday on the 22nd of June. I will be sending this through post tomorrow so it' more on an advance greeting. well, just making sure I won't be missing her birthday.
I used dcwv from the glitter stack collection for the background and embossed it on my Happy Birthday embossing folder. other materials were pink and brown cardstock from Bazzill.




THANKS FOR LOOKING. GOD BLESS US ALL!

2 cards in an hour ;)

my Saturday project accomplishments...

ANOTHER ALTERED CD

here's another altered cd which I did for my good friend & sister in Christ -- CINDY. she requested for this Bible verse as well as the colour theme to be used. we were at her place last night for our Bible Study (it was my hubby's birthday yesterday). I asked her what her favorite Bible verse was and she said it's Isaiah 40:31, the very same Bible verse that Chrystle had asked me to put on the altered cd that I also made for her. So, here it is...will give it to Cindy tomorrow as we'll see each other for our Church Sunday service.


I used patterned papers by Me & My Big Ideas, Fiskars texture plates (for embossing), versa mark ink pad, and decorative ribbon


BIRTHDAY CARD

This one is for a friend as well (who also celebrated his birthday yesterday). Just a simple card using Happy Birthday embossing folder. I inked the negative side of the folder with metallic silver ink pad and I added cardstock (top and bottom) courtesy of DCWV (from the glitter stack collection) to complement the silvery colour of the embossed card (the photo didn't do justice for that) I just so simply like DCWV's papers, they're very gorgeous especially the glittered ones like this.

Thanks for looking!

my Saturday project accomplishments...

and another birthday card...

yes! this is the last of the 3 cards that I was able to create today. 3 cards in one day, plus one altered cd, whew! I guess Mojo's in the mood today...hehehe...thanks for looking. have to hit the bed now, it's already 2 AM.

GOD BLESS US ALL! let's thank Him for everything...

and another birthday card...

for my darling husband...

I was able to make this card in less than 20mins (while hubby's sleeping)...good thing I was able to finish it before the clock strikes 12. Soon as I finished it, I woke up DH and gave it to him. whew! =) Happy Birthday to God's gift to me!

for my darling husband...

cuttlebug and patterned paper

here's sharing with you a card that I made for a friend. this is the first time I embossed on a patterned paper and I'm glad it turned out pretty well. guess I'll be making more cards similar to this in the future =)

Materials used are: cardstock, dcwv pocket full of posies, chipboard sticker, versa mark ink pad

cuttlebug and patterned paper