Guest Designer at Penny Black and More

This is a scheduled post.  Greetings from hot hot Malaysia! Yes, I am enjoying my holiday back home and catching up with families and friends and food....

I am again very honoured to be a Guest Designer at Penny Black and More and this time is for the mid-month inspiration.

As we are only a week away from Christmas, I would like to share a set of cards which I made before my trip.

The background is lightly distressed and I used a second generation stamping with HA Manuscript Background.  The snowflakes are from HA Snowflakes which is stamped in TH inks and sprayed with water.  The whole piece is sprayed with glimmer mist.  I love the new die cut from PB Creative Dies Wintertime.   Lastly, I added Wink of Stella on the sentiment.

A close-up

Once again, thank you for dropping by and have a blessed festive seasons.  See you in 2016!

MIM #233

** TOP 5 AT HOUSE OF CARDS **

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Today's card is about "splattering"over at PTI.  I am inspired by the picture shown at House of Cards by using kraft as by base card. First, I added washi tape as the border and splattered some white paints onto the kraft.  

The trees are from PTI Topiary Trio which are stamped in different shades of green.  The rhinestones are my baubles on the trees.  The sentiment die cut is from Wplus9.  It's tic-tac-toe challenge at Mod Squad and I picked favourite colour, die cut and bling.  I am also popping this card into Addicted to Stamps and More, Craft Stamper and Happy Little Stampers.

Thank you for dropping by!

Crazy4 Challenge #314

It's dark and gloomy over here and with lots of rain too!  I am trying to capture this set of cards but it seems too difficult with the darkness!

Anyway, as time is running out soon, I decided to make production work from now on.  Today's card is all about "square" which is the challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenge.  I pulled out my old HA Winter moon stamp.  I wanted the card to have a little more dimension, so I stamped another time but only need one tree. Added some TH rock candy on the snow and adhered the tree.  The pretty die cut is from spellbinder Captivating Square.

I am popping this set into Simon Wednesday Challenge and AAA Cards.

I am so glad that I managed to send out all the international cards yesterday and now I am working on the local cards.  Hope to send them out by the end of this week.

In two weeks' time, we will be flying off to Malaysia and we are all looking forward to the trip.

Have a good Sunday!

TKJ #251

I have not done double stamping for quite a while and thought today is a good time to do again.  The background stamping is first stamped in HA Bubblegum followed by HA unicorn inks.  Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a piece of vellum.

Added the top part of the stockings with velt and transparent sequins on the stamped snowflakes.

I am popping the above card into the following challenges :
The Kraft Journal, AAA Cards and Simon Wednesday Challenge.

Materials used for the above card are :
HA Snowflakes, MFT Textile Background, Socks die, Grand Holiday Greetings, Basic Stitches and Paper Smooches.

Have a good start of the weekend!

PB and More

Temperature is dropping to 4 degrees celcius and we have wet snow and hail since yesterday.

This easel gift box is for a colleague.  The forest stencil is from Clear Scraps which I distressed in TH inks.  It was rather difficult to distress as the stencil is rather flimsy and it took a little bit extra time to work on it.

Lots of diecuts for this project : The frame diecut is from MFT; the Santa Claus and the reindeers die cut is from IO; sentiment is from Poppy Stamp and the side baubles are from Wild Rose Studio.

I added TH clear rock candy on the Santa & reindeers and the sentiments.

I am popping this project into the following challenges : Penny Black and More, Merry Monday Christmas, Allsorts Challenge, Inkspirational and Simon Wednesday.

can't really capture the glitters on the diecuts

Thank you for dropping by and have a good Sunday!

OLC #21

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Today's card is a one layer christmas challenge at OLC with an optional twist of reindeer.  Lots of masking for today's card.  First, I masked the border with a masking tape to create the frame and layered distressing for the background. The reindeer is from PB Prancers which is heat embossed in silver.

I would like to pop this into Penny Black and More, The Paper Players, Global Design Project and Craft Stamper.

My prayers and thoughts are with the people in the terrible tragedy in Paris.

Merry Monday #170

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MERRY MONDAY CHRISTMAS and TKJ **

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Happy Friday!  Weather has been good to us for the last few days until now with storm and tropical rain!  Hope the weather is better at your place.

Another Christmas card by using the challenges from Merry Monday Christmas which is a colour challenge and  Take Your Pick at The Kraft Journal - I chose Top fold, stamped and seam binding.

I bought this PTI Topiary Trio sometime ago and hardly used it and thought it's a good idea to use it for a Christmas tree.  The background is stenciled in HA white unicorn and machined stitched along both borders.  The trees are stamped in two shades of greens and die cut - love the 3D look on the leaves.

The MFT snowdrift is added with TH clear rock candy and the houses are from SSS Village.  I used the sentiment from Poppy Stamps Vintage Merry Christmas.

I am popping this into Craft Stamper.

The 3D die-cut of the leaves

Thanks for dropping by!

PB Saturday Dies/ Punch

Hiya, I have four cards to share today with lots of help with the CB.  Sometime ago, I mentioned that I will try to use more of the PB Glad Tidings set more often.  I am entering this into Penny Black Saturday and Allsorts challenges.

The background is stamped with HA Tiny Stars and heat embossed in pearl white. I like how the faded stars appeared on the background.

I trimmed off the sides of this sentiment.  Did a double bow

Embossed in silver

Tri-fold

a peep inside

Sorry, that I have not been blogging lately but I am trying to catch up with you guys!  Have a good week ahead!

Freshly Made Sketches #209

Has it occurred to you as well that sometimes the simplest card is the best card? Here is a sketch from   Freshly Made Sketches.  The ingredients which I used are:
Lawn Fawn Stitched Party Banner, Hats off to you which is coloured in and added TH clear rock candy.  The sentiment is from MFT Grand Holiday Greetings which is heat embossed in red.

I am popping this card into One Layer Christmas - Stocking challenge.

 

New term is starting tomorrow and I know that I will have lesser time to make cards for the festive season.  So I made more cards by using the MFT Santa Socks. 

The top part of the socks are die cut from velt and dry embossed.

Thank you for taking time to drop by.  Have a good Sunday!

ABNH - Kraft White & 1 colour

Hiya,  I am so happy to be able to make another card again.  This is for the challenge over at A Bloga Named Hero by using kraft, white + 1 colour. In this instance, I chose blue.  The back sheet is stenciled in HA unicorn and TH distress ink faded jeans.

Stamped the silhouette from HA Greatest Gift and heat embossed in black and fussy cut.  I wanted to try something else with the sentiment by mixing black and white for heat embossed.  This piece is adhered onto an acetate whereby some stickles are added on it.  A blue star embellishment is also added onto the star!

Thanks for dropping by and have a good day!

OLC#19

It's autumn break over here and I am so happy to be able to enjoy this one week off.  I hope to be able to make several cards again this week before school begins.  

I bought this PB Glad Tidings set sometime ago and I love it because of the different fonts and stylish print but I find it rather difficult to use it.  I am determined to use it more often now.  

Today's card is one layer challenge with a twist of silver.  I heat embossed the sentiment in silver and decorated the top with die cuts from Poppy Stamp Pine Bough.  Added a white twine and two silver bells and finished it off with a pop of reds. The border is die cut with spellbinder scalloped borders two.

I would like to pop this card into the following challenges : One Layer Christmas Card, All Sorts Challenge, Word Art Wednesday and Penny Black Saturday.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Merry Monday #173

Happy Sunday to all!  Here is a quick post for the challenge over at Merry Monday Christmas.  The theme for this week is rainbow colours.  I decided to decorate my christmas trees with colourful sequins for this challenge. The background is stenciled with SSS Falling Snow with diamond paste.

I am also linking this up into Simon Wednesday Challenge, Simon Says WCD contest and SSS Work It Wednesday.

Thanks for dropping by.

MFT

It has been a long working week and I was so exhausted from the fulltime work.

Today, I managed to make a card for MFT Card Design Superstar Card Contest and decided to go for Hard vs. Soft design.

The hard design is the background stamp MFT Woodgrain which is stamped in
grey and adhered onto a grey cardstock.  The soft design is the die cut MFT Winter Wreath which is die cut twice in glittered red and silver cardstocks.  I bought the glittered last year but never got to use them till today.  Then, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment onto the vellum and adhered onto the wreath with a little bit of pop!  The leftover of the glittered cardstock, I punched several circles and added at the bottom of the card.

I would like to enter this card into NBUS Challenge #5 and Simon Wednesday Challenge.

Thanks for taking your time to come over!

Freshly Made Sketches #202

Hi everyone....is it raining where you are?  We have had torrential rains for the last couple of days already - not the whole day but still..... it's too much water at the moment!  It seems like autumn has arrived!

In such rainy weather, what's better than staying at home and making cards. Using the sketch from CAS (E) this Sketch and Freshly Made Sketches, here is what I made.  The background is stamped with staz on white with HA Tiny Stars and the silver sentiment die cut is from Wplus9.  I have this adorable bear for a long time already and decided to use it again.  Stamped and watercoloured the image and added stickles on the shawl.  A piece of acetate is stamped with the same HA Tiny Stars.

Inside is distressed

Thank you for dropping by and have a good weekend!

SSS Flickr Challenge #26

As the school has started, the 4-5 years are straining my energy away. I feel so exhausted every night and caught myself dozing off on the couch at 8pm.

Here is a quick posting today for SSS Flickr Challenge.   The background is from HA Tiny Starts stamped and heated embossed in silver. Die cut a semi-circle vellum and stamped the sentiment from SSS Merry Trees.  The snowdrift dies are from MFT which I coated with TH clear rock candy. The houses are from SSS Village and the trees are from SSS Merry Trees.

Thanks for popping by!

ABNH - Metalic

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I am starting with my first Christmas card of the year. Today's card, is about metalic at the A Blog Named Hero.

The side panel is stamped with HA Tiny Stars in black and heat embossed.  The splatters are heat embossed in gold by using SU Grundges.  Added a narrow gold strip.  The sentiment is from Wplus9 and the cute little penguin is from Mama Elephant.

In-laid the die cut sentiment

Here is part two of my Scandinavia trip, if you have want to see part one, you could have a peep here.  There are lots of pictures on this posting and I hope I won't bored you.

Nobel Price Center in Olso, Norway

There are lots of waterfalls in the region

We had a train and ferry tour.  Up high in the mountain, the glaciers are still visible.

I 've been wanting to see The fjords for several years already and finally the day has arrived....

Several narrow waterfalls within a small a mountain

To our surprise, there are so many tunnels in Norway and I think we had driven about 70 tunnels within 2 weeks ranging from 500m to 24.5km.  

Yes, 24.5km tunnel - it's the longest tunnel in the world.  Because it's so long, every 6km there are special lightings designed in the tunnel and there is even a round-about!  This is my first very special light-up and a round-about in a tunnel!

Another waterfall along the way

Bergen - World Heritage City

more fjords....

Ok. I won't lie!  This is the coldest summer holiday we ever had and everyone was not happy with it - it was about 12-18 degrees celcius.  But with the breathtaking landscapes and views - I am ok with it!

One of our chalets in a beautiful nature area

view from our chalet

view from our chalet at 11pm - sun still shinning.  It never gets dark when we were there!

Did a hike to a mountain. About 400m above sea level

Towards the end of the holiday at Southern part of Norway, Stavanger.  One of the cutest and colourful wooden houses I have even seen!

I hope you have enjoyed some of Norway.  I know the fjord pictures were not as great but you have to be there to exprience the real thing.  DH has driven more than 4000km in total out of which I drove only 20km in Germany.  I know I am not a driver but I had to drive in Germany as some part of the country has no speed limit so I drove my top speed at 150km!  Woohoo!

The kids are going on camp this weekend and the two oldies are taking the opportunity to fly out to Newcastle, UK.  

Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend!