GRAC #46

Hope I'm not too late, so behind this week. Why?... who knows. I'm just going to blame it on the turkey. Here is a simple card that I made this for my LSS Amuse monthly card swap and I also kept Glenda's Random Amusing Challenge in mind. The challenge is to only use one stamp on the card. OMG!!! But luckily I made it. Hehe!

For you!

Hope you are having a great day!

It's a work day for me, but here is a sweet little card for you. I used the sketch layout from Mojo Monday and this super cute image is from Forever Friends.

Goodies that I used:

MS punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder - friends, Copic markers and spica pens (E51, E53, E70, W2, buttermilk, sand and garnet), Tim Holtz distressing ink pad in antique linen and tea dye.

Yummy dessert!

Yay! It's the weekend! How about about sweet to start out your day? Let's say chocolate covered strawberries? Yummm... Okay, I got the idea from the Greeting Farm Farm Fresh Friday challenge. The rule is to create a card that demonstrates/captures your favorite "SWEET TREAT".

This wonderful sketch layout is created by Jack from Whimsical Wednesday The Diedrich Dare.

Goodies that I used:
Basic Grey nook & pantry paper pad, MS doily lace trim punch, EK oval punches, mini pearls, copic markers (R00, R11, R20, R37, RV00, RV10, RV11,G82, YG11), shimmerz in angel wings.
Stamps: TGF Flutter Anya, friends sentiment from TGF Panda & friends.

Friends with Flair Friday!

TGIF! It's once again for Friends with Flair Friday! Woohoo! Please go to the Unity BLOG for the complete list of FWF.

As for me, I just received my November KOM early this week, and OMG I love it. And yes, I'm also waiting for my Ippity stamps too. :) For now, I used 2 of my favorite stamps from the monthly kit.

First card - Unity to the finest! Love, love, LOVE this stamp! So sweet and simple!!!
I used the layout from PCP sketch challenge. I inked the image with dew drop brilliance pearlescent poppy and graphite black.

Second, I cannot pass out these super cute shopping chicas. So, I made a paper bag.

Thanks so much for stopping by, next stop is Cheryl! And don't forget to look for the Friday Flair Blinkie!

Softpencil Thursday.

Be creative is the theme this week, and what do you think about this image? The super cute image is created by Natalia, Elizabeth's sister, and it is called thinking of Santa. And it's available now at the Softpencil's Etsy shop among with many others new wonderful images... especially the Christmas images and the new 2010 calendars!

So, I really got out of my comfort zone this week... I went VINTAGE! I covered a mini notebook with Graphic 45 dp, inked all the edge with Tim Holtz ink pad in antique linen and tea dye, cut out a very cool Santa, colored the image with copic marker and spica pens (E00, E40, E55, E70, G29, R29, R37, W2, chocolate, lemon), stardust pen. And I love the little holly and leaves, it's actually an EK Success punch, and I used liquid pearls in ruby red to add some dimension. Hope you like it.

Join us every Saturday at PCP Softpencil challenge for a chance to win free stamps!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Night owl?!

It's passed midnight and I'm still chatting with my good friend, we both making cards... FUN! Hehe... I have been trying to prep for my next class, but she was sooo busy making tons of cards!!! Ok, she inspired me that I have to make at least one card tonight!

Here is a card that I made using the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketch by Melissa. What a great sketch layout. Thanks so much!

Goodies that I used:
All the paper from my scrap box (yippie!), Tim Holtz distressing ink pad in antique linen and tea dye, button, copic markers (E00, E43, E53, E55, E57, B97, R89, YG95, W2)

AiFactory Tuesday...

Good morning,

Are you ready to be challenge? If your answer is YES! The week's AiFactory challenge is made for you. The DT girls are piling up the challenges with this super cute image called singing choir 3 little singers.

So, here are the challenges that I used...

-The Pink Elephant challenge #42 - to use something plaid, brad(s), with no ribbons

-Softpencil weekly challenge #8 - Christmas theme.

-Etsy Inspired Challenge #63.

These pretty red Flower Tags set of 5 is from Sleepless Imagination.

-Sunday Sketch & Stamp challenge #16 - Sem's sketch

And of course, can't forget this is for AiFactory too! Total of 5 challenges, not too shabby! Hope you like it!

And yes... don't forget to stop by the AiFactory challenges & freebies blog for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate!!! Click HERE for details.

Goodies that I used: Cardstock, dp from Basic grey eskimo kisses paper pad, MS snowflake border punch, snowflake punch, frosted lace stickler, copic markers (E00, E02, E53, E57, N0, R59, V99,Y02), black glaze pen, and gold stardusk pen.

Kiss Me Quick!

Happy Monday! Busy day today, but I want to pop in and say hello... so, "kiss me quick" before I run away... haha!

not dp...

What? Not dp... WOW, great FFF challenge. Honestly, I never thought of that... I depend on pretty dp a lot, I do make cards without dp but I do not realize that I wasn't using them either. Anyways, I figured to double dip two different challenge again...

• FFF - Kadie No DP!



• Anya Ink #8 - Vintage Look

Goodies that I used:
Cuttlebug embossing folder in stars, copic markers (E57, R89, YG95, YG97), Tim Holtz grungeboard, SMOOCH in luscious lime), Tim Holtz distress ink pad in anitque linen, vintage photo and tea dye.

Lazy night...

Greetings...
Hope you are having a great weekend, not too much going on with me. Have to work this weekend, no time to craft. Here is a card from my Rosie's class last month.

Hope you like it, toodles! :)

Unity Friends with Flair Friday!

Happy Friday and yay for Unity Friends with Flair Friday!!!

For the complete list of flair, please click HERE for the Unity blog. And don't forget to look for the hidden blinkie for a chance to win 25 free stamps.

Well, I'm triple dipping...

a. Friends with Flair


b. An Easel Card from "the Diedrich Dare"

c. Etsy Inspired Challenge... inspired by these super cute wash cloth from Quiltish from Alissa Jacobs.

Thanks for stopping by... then stop for FWF is the talenated Caroline!

Softpencil 007...

"Call me BOND! James Bond!!!" It's totally stuck in my head...
Huh? You see... of course, today is Softpencil Thursday. And OMG, the new images... have you seen them yet? If not, click here! They are soooooo cute! I'm in love with them. Oh yes, the story about 007... For this week's challenge, we have to use this adorable image called Michu is giving gifts away and the decorative element is golden touches. So, I kept thinking GOLDEN FINGERS or maybe chicken fingers. Hmmmm... I'm hungry or maybe I have gone crazy. LOL

Enough of me trying to drive you crazy too. Here is my card! I used design paper from Graphic 45. Colored the image with Copic markers (W2, E40, YR000, R89, G85), spica pen in gold and silver, and of course, I had to use some sparkles! So, for Michu's hat, I used TH distressing sticklesin picklet fence and glitz stickles in champagne.

Please do check out our "golden" DT chica's creations, and their links are on the sidebar!

And if you up for a challenge? Softpencil challenge is every Saturday... if you don't have Softpencil, you can shop here or click here for some freebie to start.

So excited...

Big thank you to Elizabeth, she is such a sweetheart!!! She sent me this award.

So, I have to list five things I like to do and then I have to pass this award on to five people... (oh man, why can't I pass it on to all my friends from blog land)

• when I'm not crafting... I love to play Wii (my favorite game is Rayman, it's hilarious!!! Ok, a few runner-ups: Rockband, Guitar Hero, Mario Kart, and DDR)
• I love traveling... especially trying out different cuisine
• I love watching Food network (it's a channel everything about food)... and I can probably watch it 24-7
• when I'm crafting... I always twirl in my chair... and yes, I do get dizziness, LOL!
• Always trying to figure out, how am I going to find a $$$ tree or win the lottery... if it does happens, I'm going to have a plaza with a Spa, coffee/bistro, craft store (of course!), gym with a day care, and it'll have a computer store or home improvement store for the husbands near by...

So, I'll pass it on to Cat, Erin, Michelle, Tammy, and Tracey.

AiFactory Tuesday.

Good day,

It's AiFactory Tuesday and the challenge this week is to use chipboard with the image that we already have. So, I used the digi papers from baby willy which I got free from the November AIF kit club. And the gift is a freebie from Christmas decoration tree, clipart & digital stamp. I added a chipboard heart which is covered with turquoise stickler, and colored the gift with Copic Markers (C1, B62, Y21) and stardust pen.

So, are you up for a challenge? Hop on over to the AiFactory Challenges & Freebies blog!

Busy prep-ing for class...

Happy Sunday! Hope you find time to do some crafting... As for me, just chilling here and trying to get everything done for class this Tuesday. I got this great idea of a Birthday Book from SCS. So, I wanted to give it a try with this super cute cupcake paper from Basic Grey nook & pantry collection.

Here is the inside of the book, I decorated with Rosie's Roadshow's stamps.

Hope you like it.

VSN Part II

Challenge 1: to CASE of the 'Bellies'. I cased Emily's card, I love this card... love the apple, so simple, yet perfect Since, it's Football Sunday, I used the football collage... I bling up the trophy with SMOOCH in gold lame and since I live in New England and the Pats are playing now... I added their colors.

GO PATS!

VSN...

What a fun night! VSN with the Amuse girls. Chatting and stamping away...

This is suppose to be for the 4th Challenge. The challenge is to find a picture of a costume or type of dress for a specific period of history and base your card on that.


History lesson? Oh man, you are killing me... I'm a science geek! Well, as I explained to the Amuse gals... Once upon a time, at the world of Kerry's land, she found a picture of this dress....

...the story will end here! A simple card using the shimmery Amuse paper.

Hope you like it.

TGIF...

TGIF! Woohoo... it's Friday! I'm so excited about tonight!

It's Girls' Night Out... A few good friends and I are going to a local restaurant called Unwined! I heard that the food is really good, and of course wine too. What a perfect combo! So, I decided to ink up my wine and cheese stamp, then match it with the sentiment eat, drink, be merry.

I used the shimmery papers from Amuse, colored the image with Copics (BG000, C1, E44, E51, R59, V99, Y23, V99) & chocolate spica pens. The layout is from Mojo Monday.

Glenda's Random Amusing Challenge #45... to make anything but a card, so I made an ATC.

Cheers!

Big thank you!

I want to thank Cat for this award, you are totally awesome! Big thank you!

So, the rules are: Pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know you have left this award to them, and then answer a list of questions in one word. (oh man, this is going to be real tough.)

1. Where is your mobile?... next to me

2. Your hair?.... black

3. Your Mother?... in Hong Kong

4. Your Father?... Heaven

5. Your favorite food?... noodles (japanese instant noodles)

6. Your Dream last night?... oh gosh.... about work...nooooooo

7. Your Fav Drink?....Bubble tea

8. Your Dream?...to have a money tree! LOL!

9. What room are you in?... craft

10. Your hobby?... papercraft and karate!

11. Fear?... bugs

12. Where do you want to be in 5 years?...continue to be happy, healthy :)

13. Where were you last night?... working

14. Somthing that you aren't?...fake

15. Muffins... Blueberry

16. Wish List item?...everything, LOL!

17. Where did you grow up?...Hong Kong

18. Last thing you did?...had noodles for supper, yummm...

19. What are you wearing?...T-shirt and jeans

20. Your TV?...big

21. Pets?...a 16 years old lovebird "Motley" & 3 years old black cat "Stewie"

22. Friends?.... good ones

23. Mood?...happy

24. Life?...good

25. Missing someone?...my dad who is in heaven

26. Vehicle?... Mazda

27. Something you're not wearing?... shoes

28. Fav store?... lots...

29. Fav color?... pink

30. When was last time you laughed?... now

31. Last time you cried?...a few days ago after I found out my godfather diagnosed with cancer for the third time.

32. Best friend?... hubby

33. One place that I go to over & over?... Aruba, Hawaii, local scrapbook store (the Paper Tree)

34. Facebook?... yes!

35. Fav place to eat?...everywhere!!! :)

Now to pass it on... I wanted to pass it on to all my blogger friends, but I can only pick 5.
Ashley, De, Elena, Rachel, and Randi.

Softpencil Thursday...

I hope you like PINK! I sure do. When I recieved this week Softpencil assignment, I was soooo excited, we have to use buttlefly, pink and white digi paper, and pink "hello" tag. They are so pretty. I kept my card simple and very pink. I used the peony spellbinders, the dark pink cs is actually white cs (but sprayed it with sweet pea glimmer mist). I also added a couple flowers (the bottom flower, I painted with Shimmerz in bubblegum). What else... I colored the image with copic markers (ROO, R20, RV00, RV09), Copic spica pen in blossom and pink, and stardust pen.

Oh, I almost forget.... did you see the new Christmas Softpencil stamp? Oh my goodness, they are so cute! Check them out here!

Join us at our PCP weekly challenge for a chance to win Softpencil stamps! Need inspiration? Please visit the other DT blog's, their links are on the side bar --------->

Counting down...

It has been a very busy week, working tons of hours. BOOO.... I'm so counting the days, just 2 more days until the weekend. Yeah, I'll have more crafting time.

Well, here is a card that I made for a cool friend of mine (yep... you know who you are ) for her birthday a few weeks ago. I love this super cute set from Hero Arts.

Off to work!

AiFactory Tuesdays...

Yippee, it's Tuesday! You know it, it's AiFactory Tuesday. And for this week, our theme is to use brads and eyelets and a twist! The DT girls are using "Freebies" from the AiFactory store. Yep, it's all about the freebies this week! Plus, we are also using the CAS38, ways to use brads & eyelets challenge from SCS. I used this pretty set called Prudence Element Graphic Set.

I used Bazzill cardstock, Kaiser design paper country grove collection, "dragon flies" & fabric brads, flowers, Sizzix dies (bloom), Tim Holtz distress ink pad, SMOOCH, ribbon and bling.

Hope you like it... So, go on! Join us, download a freebie and play with us. If you need some inspiration, please visit the AiFactory DT team.

Happy Fall!

Have you seen this cutie from Two Scoops Rice Designs? The amazing owner Renae have once again create another adorable character, meet Mumford the mouse!

I don't know which is better... Mumford or its yummy slice of pumpkin pie? Hop over to her blog, Mumford is a free digi for this month.

Happy Fall!

Etsy Inspired Challenge #61

Woohoo, it's Sunday! Or though I have to work this weekend, I got a chance to do a little bit of crafting. Isn't the first picture absolutely amazing? It is called Memories of Spring. And it's from a wonderful Etsy shop called JaredKS. All the pictures in the shop are breathtaken.... fine art nature photography! WOW!

And if you are a TGF's fan... you know that they have these awesome Wild Sprouts digi on sale this weekend only, yep, they are available at limited time, so hurry! Here is the link! I love them all, but Ebony just scream PINK hair. Sorry, I was limited on time, so I made a very simple tag. Hope it's okay.


Goodies used:
Amuse shimmer paper in pink
Copic Markers (E00, E40, E70, C1, RV05, RV19)
Stardust pen

Pop-up 101!

Happy Saturday! Hope you are having a great weekend. Here is my Softpencil pop-card which I made a few months ago. And I had promised a few wonderful ladies that I'll create a template/tutorial for a pop-up card. So here it's.

What you need:
ruler
pencil
xacto knife
bone folder

My card measures 4"x4", so you will need to cut a piece of card stock 4"x8".

First, measure half way up from the bottom (which is 4") and draw a line horizonally .
Then measure 1/2" from each side.
From the middle "center" line, measure 1" above, 1" below, and 1" below again. (please see below picture), then you can create this box.

Using your xacto knife, cut the two vertical lines (in pencil) only.
Then score only the COLORED horizontal lines (in blue and little 1/2" red lines, NOT the pencil one).

See below picture, your card it POP! Use the back side for your creations.

Now, it's completely up to you. Add your favorite images, design papers, and have a blast.

I hope this mini-tutorial make sense, if you have any questions, feel free to send me an email.

Happy Stamping!