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

Featured Stamper {FS111)

What a fabulous gallery Beate has! Gorgeous cards and full of inspiration. Beate is the Featured Stamper of the week and she deserves it!! Congrats Beate!

The card that I chose to CASE was taken from her Stampendous Album which you can view here.

I changed the dp, the colours, omit the brads and stamped the sentiment directly to the dp. I also used Changito but with different image and maintained the lay-out as I normally do.

I really like this Deja Views dsp. This is the only piece left of that dsp so I was really very careful when I was cutting it as I don't have any spare. lol! The bluish panel which was matted onto Choc Chip was also a dsp but by EK Success. I coloured Changito with my Prisma pencils and sponged around it creating a bit of clouds above and a bit of dirt at the bottom. I then finished it off by adding a big brown button with a hemp I found somewhere my stash. I also sponged a bit of Choc Chip ink onto my hemp because it's too white.

I will be sending this card to my father who will be celebrating his birthday on April 11. I will post it tomorrow as mailing overseas tend to take awhile before it arrives.

I wanted to participate on the current TLC over SCS which is a mini basket but my OS (which is Vista) just doesn't print PDF files and I dunno why!? Hmmm.....

Anywho, thanks for visiting and may God's blessings be with us all.

Hugs,

Featured Stamper {FS111)

IC172 Birthday Cupcake

Hello fellow stampers and bloggers! I've just finished my IC172 challenge card over SCS and before going to sleep, I want to share with you first what I came up with. Here's where I took my inspiration:

And here is my card:

You know brown is my fav colour that's why when I saw this brown-coloured dress, I didn't think twice anymore. My Choc Chip panel was matted on the SU! Soft Sky base. I also cut a smaller panel of Soft Sky and adhered a Dena Designs dp on top of it then used my ticket corner punch to give the 4 corners a different look. I coloured my image with Copic Markers. I actually stamped my image twice on Whisper White cs and coloured both of them. I cut my 2nd stamped image then used some pop dots to give it some dimension.

Btw, we weren't able to join our church yesterday in going to Kangaroo Valley. Hubby wasn't feeling well so we decided to stay home.

Thanks for the visit and I'll see you next post.

IC172 Birthday Cupcake

15-MINUTE CARD

Hi all! I just want to share with you a card that I made for a friend. She's the very first one who bought a card from me and she's bought quite a few. And to show how thankful I am for her support (and for believing in me, lol) I made a card of thanks for her. This only took me 15 mins to finish. Did I tell you that I already have a rubber brayer? I bought it a couple of weeks ago as I wanted to venture into the brayering technique but still couldn't get the chance to sit and try it. So, I used the brayer for inking the negative side of the Cuttlebug folder and ran my SU! Pale Plum onto the bug. And here's the outcome:


I used Summer Sun ink for this and I think it somehow turned okay. I die-cut a scalloped oval to mat my oval Pale Plum where I stamped my sentiment (fr Stampendous). Easy peasy! And yes, only 15 minutes to finish. :)

Have to hit the bed now. Our family and the members of the church where we regularly attend will have a Family Day/Picnic tomorrow at Kangaroo Valley. I haven't been there but they said it's a very nice place. So, tomorrow...I'm off to relax with nature away from my stamping stuffs! :)

Have a blessed day!

15-MINUTE CARD

Three Challenges...

..in ONE card! Yay!

Hello everyone! Hope all is well with wherever you are by the grace of our ever-loving God. I was able to participate in 3 challenges over SCS yesterday. These are: CC210 (colours are Kraft, Summer Sun, Riding Hood Red (or Real Red)). Black can also be used but it's optional. I waited 'til yesterday for the SC210 (sketch challenge) so I can hit 2 birds with just one stone. :) Fortunately, my card also qualifies for the Bible Verse Challenge09 (BVC09) also over SCS that's why I was able to hit 3!!!

And here's my card:

My sentiment, which is a Bible verse taken from Proverbs 3:5-6 was computer-generated. I went over the letter "T" with my Versamark pen and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. Don't you like the effect?? :) Initially, instead of this bible verse, I was about to put an image which I already coloured but it got me think twice. With these kind of embossed backgrounds (I used cuttlebug border embossing folders and the Floral Fantasy), I don't think that image would fit in. All this card needs is just a sentiment and that's it. And what could be more fitting than putting a Bible verse that will bring encouragement?

For my base, I used Kraft (from ebay), then I matted my embossed Summer Sun onto Basic Black. I die cut flowers using my Spellbinders Daisy Heads for an accent and inked up the edges of the sentiment with Summer Sun. I really like how this one turned out.

How about you?

Thanks for visiting! May God bless us all.

Three Challenges...

TIE A YELLOW RIBBON {Magnolia Down Under Challenge #3}

Hello once again! This is really a very, very early post (at 3 am!)..well, actually I'm about to sleep but decided to make a short post on my Magnolia Down Under Challenge card. I missed challenge #2 so I made it a point not to miss this one. ;)

The mechanics for Magnolia Down Under Challenge#3 challenge are as follows:

- the card must have a yellow ribbon
- image must be Tilda
- the card must have a flower for embellishment

The Tilda image I used here is one of the RAKs that I received from Debbie, an online buddy from US. Honestly, I only have one Tilda stamp and the rest of my Tilda images were all stamped by my friends. I'm so thankful for them for I'm able to use Magnolia images eventhough I don't have the actual stamps.



Just a simple lay-out with subtle colours. My dp is from DCWV Nana's Nursery pad. I coloured Tilda with my Prismacolor pencils, cut out and adhered it to the SU! Pale Plum cs using my Quickie glue pen.

I never really thought that lilac and green would look good together! I just experimented on these colours and I'm glad they blend well together.

Have to sleep now guys. Thanks so much for visiting.

Keep the faith and God bless!

TIE A YELLOW RIBBON {Magnolia Down Under Challenge #3}

Hi! It's Me -- YUKI!

Hi all! As promised, I'm now posting here the card that I've finished after my CAS card. Here, I'm using YUKI from InStyle Stamps. She belongs to the Anime line of ISS and for me, she's the most gorgeous of them all. ;)

This is my first time to colour an anime image and I'm glad that I was able to do it after spending heaps of minutes thinking what colour to use for her eyes. So, I decided to go Aqua (Copic Ciao) for her eyes and the rest is pretty simple.

You can't tell but I used my Copic Spica glitter pen (clear) on her eyelashes to give it some sparkle! As for her hair, after colouring, I went over it again using Colorless Blender pen to give it some highlights. Here's a closer shot:

I used my DCWV Matchmaker cs for the base and for matting the image and the mustard-coloured paper is from We R Memory Keepers. The polka dots paper is from Basic Grey Two Scoops which was die-cut using my Octagon shapes by Spellbinders. I stamped my sentiment (Studio G) onto Whisper White and used my Cuttlebug Tag dies to make the tag and inked the edges with Versacolor Cocoa. The ribbon was from..ahhh...I forgot! Sorry but it has been with me for ages but definitely I bought it here in Australia. lol!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog again and here's hoping to see you again on my next post.

God bless!

Hi! It's Me -- YUKI!