PTI MIM #247

I made this card for my father as his hearing is getting poorer.  Everytime, I call home, he could barely hear me and I had to shout at the top of my voice.  Three days ago, when I called him, I spent 5 minutes explaining that it was me and he still could not get me until my mum took over!

Therefore, I decided that I should go back to the old fashion way to communication by sending him a card.

At PTI MIM, Melissa showed us some fun with watercolouring.  For this card, I used PTI A Little Agryle which I used it for the background stamping.  The tree is from PTI Father Knows Best which is stamped on watercolour cardstock and heat embossed in white.  Then, I used TH distress inks to watercolour the image and did some sprinkling.  Lastly, I added some clear sequins.

Weather has been very nice the last few days and it's going to continue for the next days....  

Yesterday, DH and I decided to go cycling to look for fields of tulips which we always do almost every year!  We cycled about 17.5km knowing what is ahead of us until we saw this.... and I thought, I still need to go home.....

We missed the season-my heart sank!  Then we cycled a little bit further to look around and found these.  These are nothing as compared to previous years but I was happy with them.

The fully bloomed tulips.

At the far end whereby you see the greens, they should have been colours!

 A peep inside the orange tulip

I will be back to show you more of the tulips of different colours soon.  Hope you enjoyed the tulips and thanks for dropping by!

Notebook

I made this mini notebook for a colleague's birthday sometime ago.  The die cut is from Lawn Fawn Stitched Party Banner.  The stamp is from PB Posies which is coloured with TH distress inks, sprayed with water and stamped.

Added some embellishements and coloured with copics.  I also stamped the inside of the notebook with PTI Topiary Trees.

I would like to pop this into the following challenges : Stamping Sensations, Penny Black and More and CAS-ual Fridays.

Thanks for coming by today!

MIM #243

Have a quick card to share today.  The background is stamped with HA Manuscript on one side and PTI Damask Designs on another side and heat embossed in white.  Then, I distressed lightly on both sides with two different colours.  The flowers is stamped in crush curry and heat embossed in clear.

I am popping this card into the following challenges : MIM and STAMPlorations.

Have a Blessed Easter.

Color Throwdown #383

I have a quick card to share with you today by using the colour challenge over at Color Throwdown.  Love the colour combo as it gives a spring look.

For this card, I used three different stamps from PTI, Reverse Confetti and Waltzing Mouse.  This card involves masking for the top and bottom part of the card.  Then I double scored the border before stamping the sentiment from Hero Arts.

I am also popping this card into Allsorts Challenge and STAMPlorations challenge with a twist of "yellow".

I did second generation stamping with the leaves as I didn't like too much white spots in between the space

We had very nice weather over here with blue sky but still very cold.  Weather is expected to be nice throughout the week!

MIM #241

I managed to make a card for this week'sMIM challenge which is to use your stencil to make into ombre background.

Here is my take.  I used the PTI set Fancy Folk Art set for this card. Instead of setting them in black embossing powder, I used gold which I think it does give a fresher look.

Added some glossy accent on the flowers

Thanks for dropping by and have a good day!

MIM #233

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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!

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!

MIM #224 Two-Toned Stamped Sentiments

A card which I simply CASed from Danielle Flanders as I love the two-toned stamped sentiment.  She made a video tutorial here.  This is a great for both female and male. 

Thanks for dropping by.

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!

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!