Reverse Confetti Feb

Hiya, sorry I have not been around much lately as I am so exhausted after work. I still make cards but I don't post them so much lately as it took up more time then I thought.

Anyway, here is a card for sketech from Reverse Confetti combined with the colour challenge fromColourQ.

The background is stamped with SU Grundge in white.  This card is more of using die cuts from Reverse Confetti Petals 'N Posies with elements such as vellum, burlap, velt and button.

Thanks for dropping by and have a good weekend!

Time Out Challenge #48

Can't really remember if I have ever played at Time Out Challenge but today's card is "Designer to Case.." and this time round is the talented Marika from Me and Minime crafting.  Here is her beautiful card.

Isn't it a stunner.  Here is my take.  The floral cluster is from MFT Blooming Roses which is coloured and fussy cut.  The background stamp is from MFT Woodgrain and the text is from Altenew.  I also added some metallic twine and Wink of Stella on the flowers.

I would like to pop this card into the following challenges : Freshly Made Sketches, Stamp, Ink, Paper, MFT Challenge and Inspiration challenges.

Thanks for dropping by.

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!

Share Joy #11

It's Tic Tac Toe challenge at Share Joy Challenge. For this card, I used TE Lavender Bouquet set and chose the following elements "thank you, flower and ribbon".  I am popping this into Inspirational Challenge and AAA Cards.

Stamped and heat embossed the image in silver and coloured in copics.  The background is stamped with SU Gorgeous Grunge.  Recently, I bought this new MFT Basic Stitch Lines and I am so happy with it as I can decide on the size of the cardstock and not limited to the pre-cut size.

Somehow the silver embossing does not pop up as it's in real

Thank you for dropping by!

Merry Monday #170

** HONORABLE MENTIONS at 

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!

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!

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.

ABNH Die-Cutting

Happy Sunday! I am playing at ABNH and Color Throwdown.  I recycled my corrugated cardstock and die cut with MFT Layered Leaves.  Then, I die cut twice in black and two different colours and did an in-laid on the corrugated cardstock.  The sentiment is from HA Everyday Saying which is heat embossed in white.  Finished the card with a black and white twin.

Have a good week ahead!

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!

MFT

A quick post for the card which I made for MFT Card Design Superstars.  I chose for the Rule of Thirds - you can read all about the contest here.  Sometime ago, I was playing with distress paints but did got a chance to use it and today seems to be a good reason to make a card out of it.

I used MFT Layered Leaves to die cut and sprayed glimmer mist onto the leaves.

We are into the second week of school and the children are so tired.  Yesterday, we had four children who cried after each other non-stop.  I know the days are extremely long for the 4-year old and I can't blame them for crying but they did behave well!  Today, we are down to one but started first thing in the morning already.  I hope it will be better tomorrow!

My co-worker has taken unknown number of days off as her son is hospitalised and I have offered to cover her.  As it will be a full time job for several weeks, I might not be able to visit you as often as I would love to but will definitely try my best.  Have a crafty day!

SSS Flickr Challenge #27

Yesterday, we had torrential rain the whole day and my thoughts were with those who were on the roads especially on bikes.  I can't remember the last time we had such a bad weather. There is not much changes in today's weather as well.

As the weather is rather depressing, we move onto some colourful challenges over at SSS Flickr Challenge and SSS Wednesday Challenge.  It took me a while to find the complimentary colours from the colour wheel.

Finally, I decided to use MFT Abstract Art for the background and stamped and trimmed the flowers from SSS Thinking of You set.

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!

SSS #26

** FEATURED AT Colour Throwdown **

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Although, I have not been around lately in the blogland, I am still making cards - it's just that I am lazy to blog my cards.

Anyway, a simple card which all about pastel at Simon Says Flickr Challenge.  I am using the SSS Scribble Flowers, MFT Textile Background and the sentiment is from Altenew.  For this card, I am using the colour inspiration from Color Throwdown.

Weather has been bad over with lots of rain and I hope yours is better off than us.  Have a good day!

MFT Summer School Hard vs Soft

Hiya.  Today's card is all about "hard vs soft" design which you can learn more at MFT.

I have chosen a "hard" design which is the grid on background which is lightly distressed in TH Ice Spruce.

As for the "soft" part are the flowers are from MFT Scribbles which are die cut in different colours to match the inlaids as well.  The leaves are from MFT Layered Leaves. Stamped the sentiment from Stamp It-Friendship onto the vellum tag.

I am popping this into Colour Me and CAS on Sunday challenges.

Thank you for dropping by and have a good day!

TGIF #11

Yeah!  Summer holiday has officially started and we are driving to Scandinavia countries next week.  Our first stop will be Copenhagen which is about 950km.

I am playing at TGIF and The Kraft Journal with the theme "summer".

Die cut the tag in kraft paper and stamped with HA unicorn ink with MFT Abstract Art.  The sentiment die cut is from SSS.  The adorable summer plant is from PS Perky Plants which is stamped, heat embossed, coloured and fussy cut.  Lastly, I added a tiny piece of the spellbinder Fancy Tag Three on the side of the tag.

Added some twines and sequins

Thank you for dropping by and have a good weekend!

MFT Summer School - Movement/ Flow

Have you been following the Summer School over at MFT?  There are several online classes and one of them that I thought could be challenging to make a card is called the "Movement/ Flow" lesson.  In this lesson, it will help us to understand the idea of incorporating Movement/ Flow in our designs. You could also check out the video by Susan Opel.

Here is my take on the Movement/ Flow.  I am using the ombre technique as I interprete it as movment/flow as well.  Basing on the sketch from CAS (E) this Sketch and colour challenge from ColourQ, I stamped the base card with MFT Woodplank Background by using the TH chiped sapphire, faded jeans and broken china.

The feathers are also from MFT which are cut onto a watercolour paper. Then I used mustard seed and chipped sapphire onto the acrylic block and spritzed it with water.  The feathers are dapped onto the acrylic block to achieve the result. Finally, I die cut the sentiment and added a glittered twine which I did a double knots.

I ran out of navy blue and used this instead for the layering and sentiment.

Thank you for dropping by!

Freshly Made #191

Happy Sunday!

I don't use my washi tape enough and thought this is a good opportunity to use them now for the challenge at Stamplorations. 

The washi tape is adhered onto a long piece of white cardstock, scored and twisted onto flower shape.  The top is a die cut from MFT.  The background is stamped with MFT Woodgrain in grey and one cm is cut off from the top of the cardstock to create the separation.  The card is finished off with a banner which is stamped and heat embossed which is my all time favourite.

I am entering this card into Addicted to Stamps, Simon Wednesday Challenge, Freshly Made Sketches and Challenge up your life.

Have a good day!