Asian Wedding Dolls

I got out my Hero Arts Asian Dolls stamps for a play today. I used the sketch from Cardabilities and the Basic Grey True Love collection (perfect for an Asian wedding card). Here is my lovely couple dressed in BG True Love! I mixed up stamps from 3 different companies, just for a bit of a change and also because they fell in quite nicely together. I'm also submitting this to Simon Says Stamp's Celebrate challenge. By the way, has anyone seen the August issue of Cards magazine? You can find my sketch card on page 68. Now that the August issue is out, I guess I can show my card from the July issue. I'll do that tomorrow. 

Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Neenah Natural White, Basic Grey True Love 12x12, Hero Arts Asian Dolls, Simon Says Stamp Mom's the Best, PTI Year of the Flowers - Roses, Ranger Archival Jet Black, Hemp from Hemptique, MME Enamel dots, pink marker.

Baby Cards

I have a a couple of baby cards to share. I just love making baby cards with the baby's names on them. These were both very quick one to make. The plain patterned papers were backed with cardboard before I diecut the alphabets for the first card. The card for Chole was made based on this week's Retro Sketch.  I'm submitting the card for Samuel into this week's Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients for Samuel:
Cardstock - Neenah Solar White
Paper - Fancy Pants Park Bench 6x6
Stamp - Kaisercraft Sentiment
Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black
Die - MFT DieNamics tall alphabets
Others - Fancy Pants Park Bench chipboard buttons, Twine from The Twinery, My Minds Eyes Enamel Dots

Ingredients for Chole:
Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Desert Storm
Paper - Basic Grey True Love 12x12 with Alphabet Stickers
Stamp - Kaisercraft Sentiment
Ink - Hero Arts Red Royal
Others - Basic Grey True Love Chipboard stickers, My Minds Eyes Enamel dots, Ranger Stickles

Mr and Mrs

I've had a really great crafting weekend this weekend, the creative juices are still running! I made 2 more cards last night for a publication submission and submitted them way before the due date (this is a record for me)! I had so much fun doing them last night that I forgot I was going to do one for the Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop this weekend and it is due in less than 3 hours! Yikes! So first thing this morning, before a shower or breakfast, I made this card with a cup of tea by my side! I also based the sketch on the current Fusion challenge. Thanks for dropping by... I'm off to have breakfast and a shower!

Ingredients

Cardstock - Neenah Natural White, Solar White

Paper - Basic Grey True Love 12x12

Stamps - PTI The Sweet Life and Big Bold Wishes

Ink - PTI Winter Wisteria, Autumn Rose, Lavender Moon, Simply Chartreuse and Pinefeather

Die - Doily Dies English Tea Party

Others - Kaisercraft rhinestones

Turning 18

This is my third entry to Paper Crafts Gallery Idol 2013 (only 3 allowed per person). I needed to make an 18th birthday card for my niece and was waiting for my new Paper Smooches stamp set to arrive. It came yesterday and I made this card last night. I love the quirky numbers! I also received a prize that I won from Scraps of Me's Blog Candy Giveaway last month. I used the embossing folder from my prize on the white cardstock. Thanks Paula! The little heart (although hard to see from the photo) was covered with glossy accents. I can see more cards coming up with numbers!!

Ingredients:
Cardstock - Neenah Solar White and Desert Storm
Paper - Basic Grey True Love 12x12
Stamp - Paper Smooches Digits
Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black, Hero Arts Red Royal
Dies - MFT DieNamics Fishtail Flags STAX, Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles and Lacey 
Embossing Folder - Sizzix Tim Holtz Bark
Circles, Simon Says Stamp Holiday shapes
Others - My Minds Eyes enamel dots, crochet flower

PTI Folk Art card

Back with a quick card I made for my 13 year old niece's birthday. I started off wanting to do a card based on the current MFW Tuesday Trigger and ended up with a completely different card. The only element that I kept was the the colour pink! Anyway here is my card with some colouring using distress markers. I've decided to enter this card to CASology:Week44-Bloom and Simon Says Stamp Flower Power challenges. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White

Paper - Basic Grey True Love

Stamps - Papertrey Ink Folk Art

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Markers (Spun Sugar, Milled Lavender, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters and Worn Lipstick)

Others - Kaisercraft pearls

Pattern Play 1

I decided at the last minute to join the Online Class for Pattern Play and I'm glad I did as I am enjoying all the inspirations and tips I'm getting from Jennifer McGuire, Kristina Werner and many other Designers. This card was made with inspirations from Jennifer and Kristina. I used the Basic Grey Card sketch by Susan Stringfellow and the lovely papers from the True Love collection (which I got for free from BG). For those participating in the class, you will see where I have used ideas presented in the classes. I'm also submitting this card to The Twinery's Banner challenge. Thanks for dropping by, please stay tuned for my First Year Blogversary blog on Sunday.

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Desert Storm

Papers - Basic Grey True Love 12x12

Stamp - Hero Arts CL272

Ink - Hero Arts Red Royal

Die - MFT DieNamics Fishtail Flags STAX

Others - Doily, Twine from The Twinery, Kaisercraft Sparklet, White gel pen

Card for Ruby

Finally, I'm trying to get back into the swing of blogging again! All my Chinese New Year activities are nearly all over now and I'm way behind in card making. I have a baby card to share which I have been dying to make since the baby was born two weeks ago! I wanted to use the lovely papers from Basic Grey's True Love Collection with the current Retro Sketch challenge. I'm also entering this card into Basic Grey's Challenge 88 - Anything Goes and Simon Says Stamp - Use An Arrow challenge (background paper).Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:
Cardstock - Neenah Solar White and Dessert Storm
Paper - Basic Grey True Love 12x12
Stamp - Kaisercraft
Ink - Hero Arts Red Royal
Others - Enamel brads from My Minds Eyes, Twine from The Twinery, ribbon, True Love chipboard letters, buttons and tag

Happy Valentine's Day!

I've been MIA lately due to my heavy commitment with Chinese New Year activities. I would just like to share a quick card I made for Valentine's Day using Basic Grey's True Love collection and MFT alphabet die cuts. I also have some good news to share, I got another publication acceptance from Cards magazine (July2013 issue) for a wedding card I made. Getting that off to the Post Office tomorrow!

I would like to share a photo of our Chinese lion taken at a shopping centre during Chinese New Year celebrations and Valentine's Day. We still have a lot of performances over the next few days before I settle back to a normal routine!

CASE Sketch

Back with a quick CAS(E) Sketch. Very simple card using extra wide Washi tape and a bit of stamping! I've used the beautiful paper from Basic Grey True Love for this card. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Cardstock-Neenah

Paper - Basic Grey True Love

Stamps - Hero Arts Big Ticket and Ancient Flowers and Butterflies

Ink - Hero Arts Pool, Ranger Archival Jet Black

Others - MT Tape, Franchville rhinestones, white gel pen, Ranger stickles

Happy 18th

We've been invited to an 18th birthday party next weekend and I wanted to use my newest acquisition from Basic Grey's True Love collection. I received a prize from BG when I ordered a warehouse clearance parcel last year. I received the 12x12 papers, some chipboard alphabets, embellishments and a chipboard album last week. It took me ages to get this card together - such a simple sketch and so hard to pick the elements to go with the sketch. Here is my card along with the Retro Sketch #48. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah

Paper - Basic Grey True Love

Stamps - Darkroom Door Numbers, Hero Arts Find Joy

Ink - Hero Arts Wet Cement and Royal Red

Others - BG True love stickers and embellishments, MT Washi tape, Fiskars Notebook punch