Two New Images at Bee Crafty!

Happy, happy Saturday, Everyone!

It's time for a romantic challenge over at Bee Crafty! That's right, our theme for the next two weeks is ROMANCE so if you still haven't made a card for your sweetie, now is definitely the time! Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away! To get you started, Bee Crafty has two new romantic images. These are actually very versatile images. They can be for any occasions. Check them out here!

I used Whimsical Girl The Kiss on my card. Are they sweet, lovable? Hmmm....maybe I should give this one to my hubby...

I am entering this card for:

Papertake: Sketch

Paperplay: Pink, white and green

A Spoonful of Sugar: Freestyle

Fab and Funky: Use a digi

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a fabulous weekend!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi!

I wasn't going to post this card til next week but because I like this one so much and am so anxious to share it, here it is! :D Prince Ian finally unites with Princess Anya!

Prince Ian is a freebie at TGF so if you haven't grabbed him, what are you waiting for??!! He is a cutie! I was having lots of fun with TGF CHA relay. Too bad it's been cancelled now.

I followed the sketch over at There She Goes. I thought it's an awesome sketch and it's perfect for this cute couple.

I am entering my card for these challenges as well:

Crafty Cardmakers: hearts and romance
Die Cuts R Us: Ribbon. I am not very creative with the ribbon here but I got ribbon. :D
Stampavie and More: Love Card
Little Red Wagon: Hearts

That's all for now. As always, thanks for stopping by!

OCS For Jamee

Hey, Peeps! Hope everyone is having a good week so far!

I made this card for Jamee, my OCS partner for this month. I followed the sketch over at Create 4 Fun. Honestly, I DON'T like how this card turned out. The colors are cool but for some odd reasons, something is not right. Weird....

My scraps are piling up again. :( At one time, I was so frustrated with them that I was about to trash all of them! But of course I didn't. It would be such a waste! So, for this card, that was what I used.

Hmmm...I am not really in the mood to talk...what's up with that??

I guess I'll go to bed a little early tonight then. Hopefully, tomorrow I will feel better. Thanks for stopping by! I apologize if I haven't visited some of you lately. I promise I will try whenever I get a chance.

Pull Out Gift Card holder

Hi! It's Wednesday and you know what that means! :D Yup, time for another La La Weekly Wednesday Challenge! We are on Challenge #23 already! I am the hostess this week and I chose GIFT CARD HOLDER as the theme. You can make any style, any theme, any size as long as it holds a gift card.

I call my gift card a "Pull Put Gift Card Holder" because I am just not creative with words. LOL I don't think there is a tutorial for this gift card because I haven't seen one of these online yet. This GCH was inspired by the one from Banana Republic (yup, I am a big fan of BR :D). It's a thin 6 x 4 box with a pull out tag. It's really not difficult to make it as long as you have all the measurements correctly.

I used Birthday Cake Maya and followed the sketch over at Stampin' for the Weekend on my card. This is one of the new stamps from La La Land Crafts' newest release. Adorable, huh? You can check out the entire release plus others at the online store. Don't forget, the special offer is still go through January 30, 2010....buy three stamps and get the foruth one FREE, your choice!

For more inspirations on GIFT CARD HOLDERS, please visit La La Land Crafts! Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Have an awesome day, everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Card Details:

Stamps:

Birthday Cake Maya (La La Land Crafts), Sentiment (Hero Arts)

Ink: Color Box, Memento, Copic

Paper: daisyd's, Georgia Pacific, The Paper Company

Embellishments: gems, ribbon

Tools/Others: embossing folder, corner punch, nesties, liquid applique

THG CHA Relay Day 3

Hey!

Is everyone having fun with TGF CHA relay? I sure am!! I am just so amazed at how many participants! So much more fun, don't you think?

This is my Day 3 card with Toby cub....so adorable! Oh, did you see Day 4's preview? OMG, you have got to get your Toby Cub card in! You are getting Prince Ian!!! Princess Anya has been waiting for him like forever! You have got to bridge the gap between them! They are not too far from each other now. LOL

This card took me longer than expected. I don't color animals too often so the coloring part took me a while. Plus, I couldn't get this darn bow right! I think the bow itself took me like 10 minutes! I guess seeing that I have time before the deadline, I took my time! LOL

I followed the sketch over at Mojo Monday. There are two sketches for you to follow this week....round or square.

Oh, darn it, it's getting late again. I got to go! Thanks for visiting, everyone! Have a great one!

TGF CHA Relay Day 2

Hello! Hope everyone is having a great day!

This is my card for TGF CHA Relay Day 2. I tell you, this is definitely not one of my best cards! I thought I had to leave a comment before 6:00pm CST today to go to the next round so I rushed to finish this card in 15 minutes....that includes coloring, making the actual card, taking a pic of it, crop it in Photoshop, and uploading it to SCS and TGF gallery. Then as I was leaving a comment on TGF blog, I noticed everyone is still leaving comments for Mer Ian! Phew...I have until tomorrow 6:00pm to leave a comment. LOL Okay, I hope I get this right.

Anyway, I followed the sketch over at Taylored Expressions. Awesome sketch, by the way....I didn't do such a good job with it though. Oh, I met Taylor at the CHA Super Show the other day! She's tall....and friendly. A couple of her Baker's Dozen crew were there as well. She has some really cute new stamps! Hop over to her TE and check them out!

Well, I am gonna organize some of the goodies I got at the show. Plus, I still need to work on my DT projects. I shall be back soon with more creations. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happily Ever After

Hey!
Did anyone get a chance to go to the CHA Super Show, CHA Trade Show? I went to the super show the last two days. It was fun! I got a shopping buddy on Saturday too! I had a blast with Lisa, my teammate from La La Land Crafts!

TGF is having a CHA relay all week. For details and rules, please hop over to their blog.

Well, as you can see, Mermaid Anya finally found her mate! They are happily ever after now! :D I started with a fish tank style card but thought about it and changed my mind since I am pretty sure lots of people are going with the UNDER THE SEA theme. I was right. :D Check out the beautiful creations at TGF Gallery!


Well, it's way past midnight. I am going to get some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzs. But before I go, I need to link my cards for these challenges first. :D

Sunday Sketch Challenge: sketch 53
Anya Ink: no printed paper
Anyone for Anya: Heart 4 Heart's Sake
Stampin' Sisters in Christ: a touch of green
Prairie Fairy Friday: Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by, Everyone!

Card Details:
Stamps: Mer Ian and Mermaid Anya (TGF), computer generated sentiment
Paper: Bazill, Georgia Pacific, The Paper Company
Ink: Versa Magic, Memento, Sakura white gel pen, Copic
Embellishment: ribbon
Tools/Others: Stickle, heart nesties, embossing folders, corner punch

Sweet Wonderful You

Oh, I am so glad the weekend is almost here! It is still raining here...and really windy too. I walked to the post office during lunch earlier and I thought I was gonna get blown away! So windy!

I hope everyone is not sick of pink and red yet because you will be seeing quite a lot here! :D Fidget Goblinspider is such a cutie that I decided to play with her again....same outfit, just different colors.

Originally, I have wanted to use a different sentiment here, "Will You Be My Valentine" to be exact. But my printer keep messing up so I just went ahead and used Sweet Wonderful You by Hero Arts.

Okay, gonna wrap it up. I have one more long day at work tomorrow. But before I go, I am going to link my cards for these challenges first!

Die Cuts R Us: Sketch
Cute Card Thursday: Fairy Fantastic

Thanks so much for keeping me company! You guys are awesome!

Card Details:
Stamps: Fidget Goblinspider (Sweet November Stamps), sentiment (Hero Arts)
Papers: K&Company, Georgia Pacific, Bazill, The Paper Company
Ink: Cat's Eyes, Copic,, Memento
Embellishments: buttons, ribbons
Tools/Others: glitter, nesties

Sneak Peek...New Bee Crafty Images!

Hugs and Kisses

Hi there!

I am on a roll with Valentine's Day cards! hehe I started this card with the Jen's recipe over at Club Anya and Friends. Oh my gosh, I don't think I played along at all this year! I am so behind with challenges!

Jen's recipe is Olive green, Pink, Dark Brown, and Sparkle! Lately, I love to distress and add stickle to the distressed edge. It's such a nice sparkly touch to the entire card! I am not sure if you can see much on this picture but you are more than welcome to click on it for a closer look.

I love it when I can create a card and then manage to submit it for more than one challenge. :D It's like to kill MANY birds with one stone!

Everybody Art: sketch
Creative Belli: hearts. Heart patterned paper, heart stamp, hearts on Anya's dress...
Your Next Stamp: Anything Sparkles
Anya Ink: Use flowers
Simon Says Stamps: Punch It!

Well, that's all for tonight. It's super duper cold here because it has been raining and will rain the rest of the week. I hope it will clear up before the weekend. CHA this weekend...anyone going?

Card Details:
Stamps: Miss Anya (The Greeting Farm), sentiment (Hero Arts)
Paper: K&Company, Georgia Pacific, Bazill
Ink: Distress Ink, Copic, Memento
Embellishments: gems, ribbon
Tools/Others: embossing folder, flower punches, stickle

Valentine

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This card is for Inky Impressions challenge. Our theme for the next two weeks is to create a card with hearts and pink. It could be a Valentine's Day card, Thinking of You card, any occasions as long as it's pink with heart(s) on it.

Fairy Lili is one of favorite Inky Impressions stamps. She is perfect for all occasions. I decided to make a Valentine's Day card as you can see. I bought a pack of blank heart shaped cards form Joann's for $1 and so this is perfect! You will be seeing a lot more hearts! :D

This is a great challenge for you to start making your Valentine's Day cards if you haven't done so. So come on, let's play along and have some fun!

For more inspirations, please hop over to Inky Impressions and check out all the amazing DT creations!

Card Details:

Stamps: Fairy Lili (Inky Impressions), Sentiment (Inkadinkado)

Papers: K&Company, Georgia Pacific, The Paper Company

Ink: Distress Ink, Cat's Eyes, Copic, Memento

Embellishments: Prisma, gems, pearls

Tools/Others: Heart nesties, glitter, stickle

Thanks so much for stopping by a second time today! :D

Explosion Card

Hello, Everyone! Time for our La La Weekly Wednesday challenge over at La La Land Crafts! Our incredibly talented Elena is our hostess this week and she chose FANCY FOLD as the theme! She would love for you to play along with a card with different folds, not a usual fold card. This might be a challenge for some of you but hey, it is a challenge! LOL But there are lots of tutorials out there so I am sure nothing you guys can't handle!

I've always wanted to make an explosion card and this challenge is PERFECT for me! Thanks, Elena! I found this tutorial a long while ago and finally sat down and made this one. It looks complicated but it's actual not. I think I am going to make a couple more! :D

I used Birthday Lala on my card. I followed the sketch over at Friday Sketchers.




For more inspirations, please check out all the amazing creations from my teamies!
Jane Matsumoto -DT Coordinator
Elena Joldersma
Kathy Page
Kristine Breach
Lisa Hjulberg
Maureen Wong
Cheryl Rowley
Pam Sparks

Card Details:
Stamps: Birthday Lala (La La land Crafts), Sentiment (Hero Arts)
Paper: DCWV, Georgia Pacific, Bazill
Ink: Distress Ink, Cat's Eyes, Copic
Embellishments: Ribbon, gems
Tools/Others: Nesties, embossing folder, border punches, corner rounder

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Birthday, Kathy!

Today is my La La Land Crafts teammate, Kathy's birthday! Happy Birthday, Kathy! Enjoy your special day and may all your wishes come true!

To celebrate Kathy's special day, Elena, our birthday coordinator came up with an awesome idea to make the special girl feel EXTRA special. Thanks so much, Elena! You are one super duper creative, talented girl!

Elena thought it's cool to do a little WALK OF FAME for Kathy and I wouldn't agree more! Kathy's creations always amaze me! Most of us use Copics or prismacolors and such but do you know that Kathy uses Twinkling H2Os and distress ink for coloring??!! Oh my gosh, you have to check out her stuff! They are so creative, so inspiration! I especially love her distressing techniques...her favorite, that's why her blog is called Distressed stamper!

To honor Kathy's special day, I decided to CASE one of Kathy's card. I love every one of Kathy's cards but I chose to CASE THIS ONE since it has a heart on it. :D

On my card, I used Pumpkin Lala but replaced the pumpkin with the birthday cake from Pepper with Cake.


Hope you have a great one, Kathy!

Card Details:
Stamp: Pumpkin Lala, Cake from Pepper with Cake (La La Land Crafts), birthday sentiment on heart (Hero Arts), "Kathy" (Scrappy Cat alphabet clear stamp)
Paper: Chatter Box, Colorbok, Georgia Pacific
Ink: Copic, Distressing ink, Cat's Eyes
Embellishments: ribbon, twine, button, pearl, lace
Tools/Others: stickle, border punch, nesties, liquid applique

Thank you so much for stopping by, everyone!

Another Sweet November Stamp

Hi! Hope everyone is having a good Monday off.

I am enjoying the day at home with the family. It's raining dogs and cats outside! It might rain all this week, I heard.

Thanks so much, everyone for all the awesome comments! I really appreciate each and everyne of you for always taking the time to stop by my little crafty place. Some of you had wanted to know if my sister is as crafty as I am. My answer: No. Yes, she's my twin. I was more anxious to see the world so she's my younger sister. :D We are not identical but we do share similar interests. She is not into arts and crafts though. She thinks it's time consuming and just doesn't have the patience or the time for it. I remembered she wanted to learn to crochet, so I taught her, which was difficult since I am left handed and she's right. A few years later, she gave me her crochet stuff and asked me to finish it (a scarf) for her. She gave up!

On to my card... Isn't this little fairy adorable? Meet Fidget Goblinspider! She is one of Amy's unique Sweet November Stamps! She's available for purchase at All That Scraps.

Get Sketchy has an awesome sketch to follow this week and I thought the little fairy is perfect for it. Oh, in case you are wondering why I tie a little blue bow on her hair, I accidentally cut her hair! I had to cover it with something to save the image! LOL You probably don't notice it if I don't say anything. hehe

I am entering my card for these challenges as well:

Incy Wincy: Favorite medium. My fav: COPIC!
Little Paper Shop: Button It
Tuesday Morning Sketch: Buttons and Bow
Your Next Stamp: Embossing
Flutterby Wednesday: open theme as long as there is a butterfly, fairy, angel...

Thanks so much for keeping me company on this rainy day!

Card Details:

Stamps: Fidget Goblinspider (Sweet November Stamp), Sentiment (Hero Arts) Paper: Chatter Box, Colorbok, Georgia PacificInk: Stampin' Up, CopicEmbellishments: ribbon, twine, buttonsTools/Others: Embossing folder, corner rounder

Love is in the Air!

Happy Sunday, Everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend!

I am keeping this post short and sweet as I need to get my babies ready to go to my twin's house for her son's birthday party.

Valentine's Day is not exactly my favorite Holiday but because I love anything HEARTS, it's is my second fav. :D Can you see all the hearts on this card? :D

This card is for the Sugar Bowl challenge, a sketch challenge which includes distressing, hosted by one of my La La Land Crafts teammate, Kathy! I LOVE Sugar Nellie stamps...wish I have more of them though. :(

Later for now...

Card Details:

Stamp: Sugar Nellie, computer generated sentiment

Paper: K&Company, Georgia Pacific and The Paper Company CS

Ink: Distress Ink, Cat's Eyes, Copic, Sakura white pen

Embellishment: heart charm, ribbon

Tools/Others: nesties, embossing folders

Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Stamping!

You Don't Want To Miss This!!

Check this out! La La Land Crafts' new release is here! The shipping came earlier than the expected 1/20/10 date! Plus, there is a special offer going on! Between now and 1/30/10, when you purchase three stamps, you get a 4th one FREE! How great is that!!!! You don't want to miss this great offer so go check them out HERE!

Love Grows

Yes, love grows! See? A heart tree!

Hello, Everyone! Aren't you glad the weekend is finally here? I know I am! It's a long weekend for some of us too! Hooray!!

I haven't craft much lately but hope to catch up this weekend. I have some images colored up already so hopefully, I can get a couple done.

Bee Crafty's new challenge starts today. Our challenge is to create a card/project using YOUR FAVORITE COLOR COMBO. I personally have several so....I am going with lilac and green this time. I used Wedding Bay Tree and followed the sketch over at Mojo Monday. This is my first time using this image. I thought this image is suitable for any occasions, not just for wedding cards or Valentine's Day cards.

I am entering this card for Charisma Cardz as well with their Anything New challenge. Bee Crafty is sponsoring theme this week so combine their challenge with Bee Crafty and you get double the chance at winning an adorable Bee Crafty image!

Wells, that all for now. I need to get started with my chores and will check with with everyone later. Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

Card Details:

Image/Stamp: Wedding Bay Tree (Bee Crafty), sentiment (Hero Arts)
Paper: daisyd's, Bazill
Ink: Copic
Embellishments: ribbon, pearls
Tools/Others: scallop circle punch, corner punch, MS heart border punch

All Shaped Up!

Hey!

Are you guys ready for another fun, fun La La Weekly Wednesday challenge? I hope so because this week it's all about SHAPES, challenge set by our talented Maureen Wong! She would love to see some amazing cards with shapes other then the usual square.

My mojo was kind of disappeared after my mini vacation so I just made a plain old round one (my first time making one). I thought an image in a sitting position would look better in a round card so I invited Sitting Lala over for some fun!

Lately, Jessica over at The Whimsical Butterfly is into the pleated ribbon treatment so she definitely inspired me to add it to today's card. I think this card was my first and last time using pleated ribbon. It does add a nice touch to the whole card. :D

Since it's almost Valentine's Day, I added a couple of hearts....even though it's a Thank You card. This card measures 6x6.

I am entering this card for these challenges:

There She Goes: 3 different embellishments
Creative Belli Blog: Any type of glitter or rhinestone
Crafty Cardmakers: What's New. Making a round card is new to me.
2RedBananas: Think Round
Lily of the Valley: A Thank You Card
The Corrosive Challenge: Distressing
Simon Says Stamps: Shabby Chic
Die Cut R Us: Leftovers: I used all scraps...leftover Eskimo Kiss patterned paper
Cupcake Craft Challenge: Going Girly

Thank you so much for stopping by and happy crafting, Everyone!

Card Details:
Stamps: Sitting Lala (La La Land Crafts), Sentiment (Hero Arts)
Ink: Copic, Cat's Eyes
Paper: Basic Grey (Eskimo Kisses)
Embellishments: twine, button, ribbon
Tools/Others: stickle

Ready for Christmas?

LOL I am just teasing you guys! I am still trying to recover from last year's Christmas! I still haven't put away my babies presents so I am definitely not ready yet!

Since I was late with all the Christmas stuff last year, I thought I better start EARLY this year....way early. I'll try my best to make a Christmas here and there. I can't promise every week though.

I colored this girly (Inky Impressions) a long while ago and never gotten around to use her. Plus, it seems like forever since I play along challenges so this card is for Papertake Weekly.

Did you know? Besides stamps, Inky Impressions now carries embellishments (spacers, dinky drops, ribbons, etc) as well! Check it out!

Don't forget, the current sketch challenge is still going on! You have until next Tuesday to enter!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

La La Land Crafts Blog Hop Winner

Hello!

Thank you so much for hopping along with us in celebrating the release of La La Land Crafts' new stamps!

Here is the lucky winner of Love Note Rosie:

PAPERCRAFTY

Congratulations! Please email me at kimlayu@gmail.com with your contact info. We will send Love Note Rosie over to you right away!

La La Land Crafts INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW RELEASE Blog Hop

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If you came from Lisa's blog, you are on the right track! :D If not, please hop over to La La Land Crafts for a complete hoppers' list. You won't want to miss anyone's amazing creations!

Welcome to La La Land Crafts' INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW RELEASE Blog Hop!! This is a sneak peek type of Blog Hop. La La Land Crafts is releasing NINE new images on January 20th and is currently accepting pre-orders in the online store!

You can check out all the new images at La La Land Crafts. Every DT and GDT have made cards using one of the new stamps. Wanna know what's the best part??!! EVERY blog has a blog candy so you have a chance at winning all NINE of these stamps! How great is that??!! All you have to do is leave a comment on each blog and you are in! Plus, once you are done with the hop, go back to La La Land Crafts, leave a comment and you are in for another chance at winning a stamp of YOUR CHOICE! I tell you, you get to win some many goodies at La La Land Crafts! Remember, each week we have our La La Weekly Wednesday Challenges and you get to win prizes as well! Fabulous, isn't it?

For my card/project, I used Love Note Rosie! Yes, you get to win her! :) When I first saw this image, I knew I want to make something that has something to do with notes...post it note, notebook...something like that. So to go along with my card, I altered a notebook! I keep the LO on the notebook the same as my card so that they coordinate. I like to coordinate stuff. hehe





Your next stop is LA LA LAND CRAFTS. Please hop over, leave a comment and get a chance at winning a stamp of your choice!

Thank you so much for hopping along, everyone! Hope you enjoy this awesome hop and GOOD LUCK!

Inky Impressions Challenge

Hello There! It's time for another awesome Inky Impressions Challenge! For the next two weeks, we have a great sketch for your to follow! Awesome, isn't it? :) Courtesy of Domi, my talented teammate!
Here is my take on the sketch! I absolutely adore Lili's Stuffed Bunny! Isn't she the cutest?

For more inspiration, please hop over to Inky Impressions and check out the rest of the DT creations! We would love for you to play along and have fun with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by, Everyone!

Card Details:

Stamp: Lili's Stuffed Bunny

Paper: K&Company

Ink: Copics

Embellishment: Ribbon, gems, gem brads, twine, button

Tools/Others: Nesties, flower punches