Life Is.....

Happy New Year fellow stampers and bloggers! My post for today isn't stamping-related but it's about a short poem/composition that I've written awhile ago. Just thought I'd share it with my readers as the new year starts.

Life is indeed short, and without God it is like an unsharpened pencil, it has not point. (wonderful verse I've read somewhere)

Happy New Year everyone! I hope that with this poem, I was able to inspire or encourage you.

God bless us all!

Jhet

Life Is.....

My Project Last Christmas

Hello fellow bloggers, stampers and crafters! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day with your family and friends.  Few days from now and we will be welcoming the New Year --- how fast the time flies!  I sometimes wish it will go slow a bit especially when you're having good times and creating lasting memories with family, relatives and friends.  :)  Anyways, been busy before Christmas and I failed to share this project that I made for the season.  It's a wreath --- a Christmas Balls Wreath.

The ornament balls (silver ones) were leftovers from what I've used on our Christmas tree and I just added few coloured balls to give it some pop.  The pine cones were from a gift that we received from a church friend and the tinsel was from the dollar shop.  The ribbon was from a previous sale and I'm so glad how it complemented my wreath. I made the bow myself. :)

This was just easy to make, so easy that my hubby got inspired and had a take on this. Here's his finished wreath:

I called his wreath "wintery wreath" because of its colours. :)  What do you think? (I also made the bow on this). As I've said, this project is so easy and you can find a lot of instructions on the web.

Thanks so much for looking and have a blessed Wednesday!


Jhet

My Project Last Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

To all my blogger friends, fellow stampers and fellow crafters, followers and to everyone who has been blessed by our Almighty God  (and I believe it's ALL of us) ---

MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

May the warmth of our God's love, fill your hearts and your homes as the heaven and the whole world celebrate the birth of our Only Saviour and King --- JESUS CHRIST!

Merry Christmas, from our family to yours! ♥

JHET

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ALTERED!

Happy Wednesday everyone!! Hope you're all doing very well despite of being busy for the much-awaited CHRISTmas day!  I just couldn't believe that there are only 4 days left before Christmas. Wow! Time seems to be flying so fast.  I just hope that we will always remember the real reason of the season ---- Jesus! :)

Moving on to my project, here's the other box that I altered (heart-shaped box this time).  I bought this box from a dollar shop near our place 2 years ago and it's only now that I decided to dress it up.  Honestly, I like buying stuffs with the plan of altering them but I'm so slack in doing the latter not unless my hubby will encourage me or when I see something on the web that will inspire me to alter it. :)

Here it is:

I painted the edges of the box with a Kaisercraft (Dusty Pink) paint then adhered this gorgeous paper from Heidi Grace (which is part of  the papers that I hoarded years ago).  I used a corrugated (white) board for the  heart (which I die cut using the Spellbinders Hearts), inked the edges, put a generous amount of glue and a generous amount of my Martha Stewart Crystal Fine glitter for some effects.  The rest is self-explanatory. :)

And before I forget, I also used a generous amount of Modge Podge on this project.

Thanks for looking and until next post.

Have  a blessed day!

Jhet

ALTERED!

FOR A CHANGE

Hi everyone! How are y'all doing? Yes, I'm still here!! Sorry for not being an active blogger the past few weeks.  Since we are heading towards school holiday, I was also busy attending to the kids and their respective parent-teacher meetings.  I may not be making cards BUT I was busy altering boxes! 

Have a look at the first box that I altered:

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to here!

I used my Heidi Grace designer paper pack for this project which has been left untouched for more than 2 years now. Imagine?! I really liked how it turned out with its vintage/shabby chic feel.

Will post more of the deets later and will also post the other box that I altered.

Thanks for the visit and have a blessed Tuesday!

Jhet

FOR A CHANGE

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Though we don't celebrate that here in Australia, I believe that everyday should be a Thanksgiving Day as our Father in heaven blesses us everyday as well. Let's learn to live with a grateful heart while acknowledging that everything that we have comes from God. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!!

Here's my take for this week's sketch challenge (SC360) over SCS. The images that I used are actually not from a Christmas stamp set --- I just dressed it up to make it look Christmasy. (talking about improvising).

I didn't cut the circles but did the other option of layering on top of 2. What else? My McGill branch punch didn't work so I used this Fern punch from Carl Craft instead. The hats are actually birthday hats from the same stamp set (Changito Dos) so I just adorned it with stickles and pom poms on top to make it look like Santa's hat. :)

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

A closer shot of the monkey couple :)

Thanks for the visit and have a blessed day!

Jhet

Stamps: Changito Monkey Dos (Stampendous)

Paper: green cs, red cs, DCWV Christmas Stack, X-press blending card (white)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Memento New Sprout

Accessories: Nestabilities Standard Circle Large, Scalloped Circle, MS border punch, Carl Craft Fern punch, pom poms (from $2 shop), Stickles

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 :)