Embroidered Floral

 Happy Monday everyone!!

I present to you a very special project today.

I stamped the outline image of Altnew & Pinkfresh Collaboration Celebrate Us Stamp set onto a wash cloth and embroidered.  

I really didn't plan anything, I just stamped and went right into it.   I had fun, and realized I could improve the next time.  Here's a close up.

Challenges:

Altenew Creativity Inspired Sewing Contest

Virginia's August Show & Share

Supplies:

Altnew & Pinkfresh Collaboration Celebrate Us Stamp set

Ranger Acorn Archival Ink

Embroidery Floss

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a lovely day!!

30 Day Coloring (Jul17)

Day 17 of Kathy's 17th 30 Day Coloring Challenge 

So my original plan of using the alcohol inked panel (done yesterday) on my alcohol inked art journal page does not work because they are of the same pattern and same color scheme.  Hence I went ahead and made another alcohol inked panel using the darker tones.  Then I die cut Poppystamps Marcelle Flower from it and add to my page.  I also added a heat embossed sentiment from the Simon Says Stamps Lovely Spring set.

Now you must have noticed that green ink, it dripped from the page behind (for the 13th).  I didn't put it there on purpose, but it's okay, the green makes the red looks more red!  LOL  

Other challenges:

July Virginia's Show And Share

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Harvest Stencil

Simon Says Stamp Lovely Spring Clear Stamp Set

Ranger Tim Holtz alcohol inks (Water Melon, Sunset Orange, Sunshine Yellow, Lettuce, Stream,  Cranberry, and Eggplant)

Ranger Spun Sugar Distress Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Clear Emobossing Powder

Thanks for checking out my blog.  See you again soon!

Red Poinsettia Tag

Hi,

Short post, I am sharing a tag created for a couple challenges.

Virginia's View Challenge #25 - Stripes and Plaid

25 Days of Christmas Tags by Tracey McNeely

The Heart Desires Challenge #6

And here's my tag.

I was inspired by several artists who use poinsettia on their tags on Day 4 of the 25 Days of Christams Tags.

I stamped the plaid panel using Hero Arts cling stamp Canvas Stripes with Barn Door, Peeled Paint, and Antique Linen.  Trimmed and adhered to red tag, and added a fussy cut poinsettia flower which was painted with Twinkling H2Os on gold embossed outline.  The stamp is by Bonnidee.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a lovely day!

Birthday Hugs

Happy Saturday everybody!

I am sharing a glittery card today, just got a couple new dies from the SSS DieCember Collection so obviously I couldn't wait to play with them.

I die cut them on Sookwang adhered cardstock, peel off sections of the die, apply and burnish the glitter (Cool Diamond, Yellow,Limetreuse, Merlot, and Marigold).  Working one colour at a time.  It took a little bit of time but I think it's well worth the efforts.  I stamped "birthday" from Avery Elle's Simply Said: Happy set and embellished with few sequins from Little Things from Lucy's Cards's Fruit Sorbet Sparkly Shaker Selection.

Challenges:

CAS(E) This Sketch #152

Simon Says Stamp DieCember 2015 Gallery

SSS Flickr Challenge #34 - All About Die Cutting

Virginia's View Challenge #21 - All About Glitter

Thanks for stopping by!  I wish you a lovely day!

Hot Chocolate for Two

Hello everyone:

Today I have a card to link up to the Winter/Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

I have treasured the snowflake die since a very long time, it's so pretty I was waiting for a special occasion!!  Well waiting no more, I used it.  I added some Diamond Stickle to it and add it to an dry embossed card base, and it's the perfect place for my penguins to sit and share hot chocolates.  I added glossy accent on their cocoa mugs!!

And I am linking it up to Virginia's View Challenge #21 - All About Glitter

Supplies:

Inkadinkado Hot Chocolate Mini
Tim Holts Alterations Embossing Folder (Snow Flurries)
White Pigment Ink
Black Dye Ink
Clear embossing powder
Copic markers
Glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a sweet day!!

Christmas card

Hello there, mid week already!!  Are you enjoying your week?

If you are looking for my 100th Post Celebration giveaway, click Here.

I am seriously late on making my Christmas cards this season, web served too much!!  :P

Got one card done today.  Speckled texture background using embossing pasted mixed with Pearl acrylic paint, inked poinsettia with distress and dye ink and heat embossed greetings.  Simple enough.  Let's take a look:

I think I was a little heavy handed when adding the Wink of Stella onto my flower, it's so glittery that it becomes fuzzy in the photo.  I promise you it looks much better in real life.  Here's another shot:

Challenges:

Simon Says: Christmas

Virginia's View Challenge #20 - All About Texture

Supplies:

Impression Obsession (G6278 - Poinsettia)

Stampers Anonymous Speckles Layering Stencil (THS021)

Hero Arts Winter Cheer Cutting Set by Lia (DC168)

Ranger Distress Ink (Barn Door, Ripe Persimmon)

Hero Arts Mid-Tone Shadow Ink (Royal Red)

Memento Dye Ink (Tuxedo Black)

Wink of Stella (Clear)

White embossing powder

Clear embossing ink

Doodlebug Mini Pearl

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a lovely day!!

rainbow confettis

Happy Sunday everyone!!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend!   I worked in the vegetable garden yesterday, so today it's craft time!!  And the sun is shining thus photographing my card is easier.

I am playing for:

Simon Says We're going Dotty

SSS Flickr Challenge#22 - Photo Inspiration

Virginia's View Challenge #16 - 100% Stamped

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamps (Lovely Spring)
Simon Says Stamps (Congratulations)
Ranger Distress Ink (Barn Door, Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Chipped Sapphire, Milled Lavender, Spun Sugar)
Hero Arts Ombre Ink (Pink to Red)
Hero Arts Mid-tone Shadow Ink (Butter Bar)

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a lovely day!!

A scramble card

Say what!  A scramble card?

For those who don't know, a scramble card is a card made for a scramble challenge (must make card using given theme, take photo, upload and link to challenge post all under 90 minutes) hosted by volunteering Hero Arts flickr group members.

Today's challenge is hosted by paperpicnic(Jayne), the theme is Card on Card, you can check out the details here.

close up of inside the mini card

I inked Hero Arts Garden Flowers by Lia set using four distress ink (Old Paper, Squeezed Lemonade, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint) and stamp on white CS to create an "ombre" look for the background, and distress the edges with Crushed Olive.

Then I stamped the book shape from the Hero Arts I Love Books set in Tuxedo Black twice on Hot Pink CS and hand cut.  Next I stamp the greetings with Unicorn and heat embossed with white EP on one of the book shape panel.  Die cut the "congrats" using the Stamp and Cut Congrats set and adhere the other.   Then attache both panel to make into mini card.  Add mini card to card and embellish with mini flower sequins by Simon Says Stamp.

I am going link up to Virginia's View Challenge#15 - Ombre/Monochromatic

And since I colour something today, also linking up to Kathy's 30 Day Colour Challlenge.

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a lovely day!!

Watercolour succulent flowers

Welcome back,

Yesterday I share a "not quite finished" card, today I added some water colour specks and splashes and a few sequins to complete it.  And I will link up to the Watercolor Blog Hop hosted by Paulina at Pretty Pink Posh.

My card:

Other challenges:

CAS(E) this Sketch: Challenge #126

Virginia's View Challenge #15 - Ombre or Monochromatic (my flowers are ombre)

30 Day Colour Challenge

All my progress for the 30 Day Colour Challenge is Here.

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a lovely day!!

Large Lotus Pattern

Hello my crafty friends, how are you doing today?

I am happy to report a few of the Crocus bulb I planted last fall is blooming!!  They sure brighten up this gray, rainy day today!!

Now onto my card, I used Hero Arts Large Lotus Pattern stencil on the background by inking over the stencil.  Then onto a piece water colour paper panel, I use embossing paste and sprinkled glitter powder on top.  Voila!!

I love the glittery shine!  The colours I used are Merlot, Marigold, and Yellow (even though it is more green looking than yellow).  Distress ink (Crushed Olive) is used for the background.

Challenges:

a2z Scrapbooking Supplies April 2015 Challenge - Stencil

Virginia's View Challenge #14 - Layers and Dimensions

Thanks for stopping by,  I wish you a lovely day!!

In the garden

Oh how I long to be in the garden!!

Good news though, the snow is melting away, those days I could spent in the garden shall arrive soon.   In the mean time, I stamp and play the April Challenge over at Die Cut Diva - In The Garden.

My card:

And since I have a bit of layerings (layer of colours, layer of CS and die cut labels), I will link up to Virginia's View Challenge #14 - Layers and Dimensions.

Also I'd like to link up to SSS Wednesday Challenge - April Shower and/or Spring Flowers.


Supplies:
Stamp: kesi'art (Tu Me Manques), BasicGrey (2084 Crumpets), KaiserCraft (Texture - Butterflies)
Ink: Ranger Distress (Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade, Barn Door, Wild Honey, Old Paper, Crushed Olive),  Hero Arts (Butter Bar)
Cutting Die: Lawn Fawn (Stitched Labels)
EP: Ranger (Clear)

Thanks for stopping by, I wish you a lovely day!!

Tropical floral

Hi there,

I was away last week and without internet, so it was a bit tough not able to stroll in blogland!  :)  So a lot of catching up to do this week and when I saw CASology's cue word "Tropical" I knew I want to play with my 15 year old Stampendous Hibiscus flower stamp!  Cause nothing speaks tropical to me more than the sight of a Hibiscus flower!!  It's an outline stamp, so perfect for me to play along Kathy's 30 Day Colouring Challenge.  I also want to play for the Tag You're It! Challenge, and Virginia's View Challenge #13 - All Things Embossed.

Here's my card:

For this card I tried a new colouring method after I saw Jennifer's Coloring With Pigment Ink video on her blog.  Oh yes I used my fingers to ink the flowers and then embossed with clear EP.  All other stamped images are embossed with clear EP as well.  This is a close up you could see the flower is covered with EP.

CASology: Week 137: Tropical

30 Day Colouring Challenge

Tag You're It! Challenge #17

Viginia's View Challenge #13: All Things Embossed

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a lovely day!!

Small Scale Shaker

Hi, welcome back!

It's been a while since I last played the challenge over at A Blog Name Hero.  Their current challenge is Small Scale - meaing to use small section of your card, small pieces or small-scaled items.  So I thought I'd combine this challenge theme together with Virginia's View Challenge #12 - Shaker Card to create a small scale shaker card.

Flower and leaves stamp from Hero Arts.  Cutting die for shaker element is also from Hero Arts.  Sentiment is Technique Tuesday.  The veins on the transparency are hand drawn using black gel pen.

Challenges:

A Blog Named Hero - Small Scale

Virginia's View Challenge #12 - Shaker Card

Thanks for stopping by.  I wish you a lovely day!!

CAS(e) this Sketch with a Clean Slate

Hello all, hope you're keeping warm!  We've got cold weather still!!   Brrrrr!!!!  The bright side is that it's the perfect excuse to stay indoor and craft!!  LOL

So without further ado, I present to you my one layer card:

Stamps:
KaiserCraft - Texture Butterflies (CS854)
Hero Arts - Say it All (CL574)
Embossing folder:
Darice - Butterflies
Ink:
Memento - Tuxedo Black
Others:
Colouring pencils

Challenges:

CAS(E) this Sketch #106

Virginia's View Challenge #11 - Clean Slate

Thanks for stopping by, I wish you a lovely day!!