Card: Thinking of You

I wanted to try out 3 of my stamps today, and thought that this combination could be quite interesting. Thinking of a great pal who is in Indonesia right now, and nowadays I don't get to see him much because I no longer travel to Indonesia. 

Thinking of you

Products:

[October Afternoon] Detours "Picnic Basket"

[DCWV] The Garden Party MatStack

Stamps:

[Magnolia]

[Art Impression] "Fronts-n-Backs UMM1500"

[Hero Arts] "Wishing You Were Here 4x6"

Punches:

[Carl Crafts] "Small Butterfly"

Entering this card for the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 205 Winged Things

Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog - Color Challenge Blue & Brown

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch Challenge #134

Wonderful inspirations from all the DTs and I do enjoy going through their blogs as well. Makes me use my stamps in many ways possible and allowing me to create different cards for different moods / season.

I'm on a light mood today. Car wash didn't happen as planned, because there was a SIM open house today and Dad had a wedding to go to. Hence, we decided on tomorrow. Working on another card now, and have some good news to share later. See ya soon~

[Long Post] of Cards!

[Long Post] 

Now don't say I didn't warn you. I've been tied to my table since 12pm this afternoon hence the number. Ok, there is 1 I meant to post few days back but I forgot to bring back my camera, so it's a day late. Anyway today I didn't feel like going anywhere. Hence, crafting is the only way I can keep my sanity while at home. :)

One of my friend, Isabelle, was very kind to have loaned me her brand-new-and-wrapped color wax pastels to try out. I'm so very grateful because this is a huge investment and I really needed to confirm my preference. So this or copic markers? Actually I have yet to determine, but I do think that the wax pastels are really easy to use. Of course, I'm far far away in terms of skills but it really takes practice before I can get slightly better. Any suggestions - copic or wax pastels? Which do you use?

It's your Birthday!

Remember the earlier project where I made a picnic box? I decided not to waste the bits of pages, big enough for me to keep as scraps, but not big enough for a regular card. I thrilled upon the color challenge, because it fits the papers that I have on hand. Yay! But I'll have to ban my sweetest Miss Anya stamp set for the next few challenges, because I've been neglecting my other TGF stamps! I shan't do favoritism! Hehe...

I've always love gardens, and any scene with flowers in them. Guess it's a girls' thing yah? 

Entering this card for the following challenge (s):

TGF Fresh Farm Challenge: "Monday Fun Day #20: Red and Pink Color Challenge"

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge #204 "Flower Power"

Thank you

This card was inspired by the simplicity yet powerful card by Lori Craig and I just had to case her! My choice of blue was by erm "accident"? Haha, just so happened that I wanted to go for a different color tone from my usual. And that you will see more "accidents" down this post. Very adventurous this week~ By the way, all the papers unless noted, are mostly from scraps. I feel more space for new nice pp soon! yay!

Entering this card for the following challenge (s):

TGF Fresh Farm Challenge: "Friday Spy Day #20: Case-Lori Craig"

See this amazing card by Lori Craig? Clever isn't she? :)

Happy Birthday - Melvin Sng

Tags! I love tags so much I buy them every country when I see one, and acquire all the die-cuts that I can possibly have. And I like that it can be so lady-like on one hand, while masculine on the other. Just so many possibilities of using them in cards and in LOs. or just simply a tag on the presents. So happy that I dressed up so many of them, all kept for future use. This time, I wanted to produce something simple, something masculine. This card is meant for my cousin, whose birthday was 3 hours ago. :P I can be such a nutcase when it comes to passing them presents / cards BEFORE their birthdays. hahaha. But what are cousins for? :P Now that my sewing machine is back to my possession, I'm suspecting you will be seeing more stitches.This card was also a different color scheme from my usual, and I think it might just be another color scheme I will go for more often now. Edwin's looking super handsome! :)

Entering this card for the following challenge (s):

Just Magnolia: Challenge #144 "Tags"

YOU are my sunshine, my only sunshine

Ever think of your friends during Valentines' Day? I do. oh well, it really isn't all about lovers right? This card is already sent out to one of my best-est friend cum mentor cum teacher. In life, our parents can really teach us a lot, but there are obstacles out there that we have to get over on our own. In each of our paths, we meet different people. He was always there for me when I needed a helping hand or simply being a good example which I can follow. Guided me through the darkest periods of my life, and on Valentines' Day, I thought of him. So this card is dedicated to Hock Chuan, thank you for being my sunshine. :) This card has already been posted. :)

Cut some hearts out free hand in different sizes and sewed the middle. Lifted the sides with foam dots to make the heart look "3D".

Products:

[My Mind's Eye] 

Lime Twist: Out of the Blue "Boy" Accessories Sheet

Alphabet Soup: Girl "Flower Patch"

Alphabet Soup: Boy "Twinkle Twinkle"

Lush: "Brown Houndstooth"

Lost and Found: Madison Avenue "Happily Ever After"

Others:

Pearls - Stash collection

Sizzix: Thank You Embossing Folder

Entering this card for the following challenge (s):

My Mind's Eye: Blog Card Challenge #32 "Sketch + theme YOU"

Fabulous Sketch by Anam Stubbington

Yay! We are at the end of the post. Phew. Time for sleep before going to AR tomorrow. C'iao blog world~

A little inspired for a box...

Yesterday, a guy came walking into he Art Republic asking for ideas to decorate a box. He wanted to give it to his gf and propose to her. Wow! So sweet!

I came back home feeling really inspired. So I wanted a garden, shabby, love and flowery feel kind of box. Not just any box I find, so I decided to make one. Thought that would be a great idea to house the ring that was given to me by my dd. Haha did you for a minute think I was going to propose to my bf? Nope! :)

So after all the hard work of pasting the pieces together, and getting the cover to fit the base, I finally got it somehow. Trust me, it took 6 hours for the box!

Love Box

Box Base Details

Opened Box

Flower Bed with Ring

Base of Cover

Do you think that it would be appropriate for housing my wedding rings in future instead of the boring ring cushion? I love this project a lot. Somehow it has been some time since I last touched hands on a shabby look. Hope it still fits the bill. But having said  that, I must go get more flowers since I'm running out of stock after this box...

For the base of this box, I think i would include a heart charm coupled with our names. However, since that guy is so camera shy, I decided to take a photo before I add our names and photo to the base of the box.

Sweet magnolia holding the heart just tells me how much i sit around recently and thinking of him. He's now in Japan and every day is like forever for me. erks. How can that happen when we've been together for practically forever?

Products:

Kaisercraft - Sweet Nothings "Devoted"

Prima flowers, paper flowers, pearls, feather, lace - stash collection

Die-cuts/Punches:

Fiskars Fence Border Punch

Sizzix Heart Diecut

Stamps:

Magolia - "With heart"

Copic:

Entering this card for the following challenges~

Simply Magnolia - Hearts and Love Challenge

Magnolia-licious Highlites - February DT Challenge - Vintage and Shabby Chic

Just Magnolia - Pink and Pearls and Lace

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 203 Pink Valentine

Do spend some time hopping over to the challenges, I'm very sure you will be bought over with the talent of the DTs. Sure, I was dripping saliva over the beauty of their projects, and you know now what got me started. I play along challenges quite often, and they bring me to another level of scrapbooking. I'm very thankful for the challenge sites, because they bring us scrappers all together. Feeling really good to see each others' projects and sharing ideas. :) 

Ending blog post with lots of love,

Card: Triple Tier Card

So they say a special card for a special need? I've decided to go a little extra mile on this card for a great friend of mine. Hope she likes it~

Closed Up

Pull the ribbon to display the triple tier

Back

 Products: 
Graphic45 - Le Romantique Collection "Daydreams"  
Graphic45 - Steampunk Debutante Collection "Time Warp"

Graphic45 -  Steampunk Debutante Collection "Ephemera Extraordinaire"

GCD Studios -  Melody Ross Collection "Epoxy Stickers" 

Ribbons, buttons, lace, pearls, flowers - stash collection

Entering this card for the following challenge~

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #202 - Buttons and Bows

Some days just need a little laziness in them. And today was such a day for me. Tomorrow will be another busy day.

Card: A Little Bird Told Me...

What says you about a round card this time round? Somehow the challenges posted kept bringing my thoughts of a round card like this... And who knows because i might come up with an album like this soon~ This was so fun I didnt even notice the time creeping by... This took 6.5 hours of hardwork non-stop!

I didnt want to put too much of a theme in the card, as I wanted it to be readily given when i need it... LOL, I'm sure you find yourself in situations where you have last minute birthdays or presents to give to a special someone. Though now after the hard work, I'm not sure if it will ever be given because I like this quite a bit.

I had crystals surrounding the first scallop to emphasize on the stamp image - Penny Black - Good Friends. The stamp was on my previous purchase, but never got time to start playing with them until today. :) Must say that it was the motivation from a purchase today that got me going. The umbrella image is colored twice to create a more 3D effect. I didn't pop it totally, so it has a curved pop. I still need to improve on my copic coloring.. Took me 2 hours to get this image colored. haha...

Not sure if you can see the background image stamped with Hero Arts - Friend Definition. Used my newly purchased Soft Sand ink pad - love love love that subtle color!

Completed the cover with some pearls and flowers, I just have to apply some pop to my cards... :)

The first scallop can be pulled to the side and disclosing the other 2 layers.

So the completed card opens out this way, with each layer slightly larger than the previous layer. Like it? The middle layer has a tag for me to pull out and write some message for the receiver.

 I am badly trying to use up my scraps, and I'm really proud to say that they were completed with whatever was in my scrapbox. I'm trying hard to credit the sources below, so bear with me if I miss out anything.

Products:
Prima Marketing - Madeline Collection "Beautima"
Graphic45 - Once Upon a Springtime Collection "Tags"
Kaisercraft - Clear Crystals
Pearls, flowers stash collection.

Stamps:

Penny Black - Good Friends

Hero Arts - Friend Definition

Kaisercraft - Le Chateau 

Also entering this card for the following challenges, and also my a few of my favourite card challenge sites!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 186 - Floral Frenzy

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 201 - You're a Gem!

Taylored Expression Sketch Challenge 151

So hope you have had a fruitful crafting time yourself too! I'm going to get some rest now, and prepare for the book binding technique class tonight. :)