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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Back from Malaysia last night, couldn't believe how much I miss my bed (and the boy in it!) :) Anyways, I got home to some new Heroarts goodies that I won a couple of weeks back & also tons of Papertreyink!! Aaaahhh...the smell of fresh stamps...looking fwd to tons of playtime. Meanwhile on the other side of town...here's a card I made with a vinyl butterfly cut out using the Silhouette machine & some Heroarts stamps.. The background is done with some Timholtz distress ink spritzed with some water then stamped onto the paper using Heroarts ' Antique flower background' to create a soft watercolour effect.

Border is punched using Fiskar's 'threading water' & sentiment is from heroarts as well..

The background of the butterfly is some sticky backed canvas which i tapped with some versamark & heat embossed using UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel), then sponged with more distress ink...

Thanks for coming by today, have a good one :) Off to check out the Papertreyink release, looks good!!

a friend that's like a chair..

Monday, April 5, 2010

That's what the sentiment from PapertreyInk's 'On My Couch' stamp set says :) Love the stamps + the additional set too! Here's a card I made using it & PTI's polka dot basics 2 for the background. All products from papertreyink except for the patterned paper, here's a closer lookie:

I can't for the sake of myself recall where i got those lovely brads! But I think look nice as sofa pillows, don't u think? :)

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great week ahead!

3D with the Silhouette

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

More Silhouette love today :) Loved this 3D posy flower download when i laid my eyes on it, gotta have it!! Cut it out EASILY with the Silhouette SD machine & sponged the edges with some Tim Holtz 'Old Paper' Distress ink. Not too sure where the blue cardstock came from (blame it on stashing too much products!) , the background stamp i used on it is from Papertreyink 's background basics: retro set. The patterned paper is PTI's Bitty Dots basic & sentiment stamp is from my beloved Heroarts 'thinking of you' stamp set.

Just finished a glass etching + vinyl art combo on my mirror...photos soon!
And a quick tip for when your Silhouette cutting mat loses its stickiness, u can stretch its usage! Here's what you do:

1. Clean the mat with water & a little soap (use a soft brush to get rid of little remaining pieces that maybe stuck on the mat)
2. Air dry or if you're impatient like me use a cloth that doesn't have the fuzzies coming off (if u get what i mean :) )
3. Use a Jumbo sized Zig 2 way-glue pen & go over the surface of the mat
4. THIS part u have to air-dry in order for the mat to have a repositionable sticky surface.
5. Voila!! u have a good as new cutting mat!

ps: i've used this technique about 4-5 times on my mat now & am still using my first mat. Have yet to break out the 2 news spare ones as yet...go figure.

Thanks for stopping by!

Bird Cages

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Here's little card i made sometime back ..... to go with my latest home deco piece, LOVE IT! i found this bird cage yesterday for $35 and decorated it. It's now sitting on my shelf, can't tell u how much i love it enough :)

Hope you're having a great week :)

Let's Chat!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Good Morning! Thought I'd post this card I made awhile back before i head out :) Just made a pretty huge order with PapertreyInk (been holding for their 3rd anniversary release). Can't wait for my goodies to get here! Meanwhile, here's a card I made for a gf using PTI's 'on my couch', which i totally fell in love with :) Just something simple & sweet for a girlfriend, here's a close up:

Hope you're having a great week!!

Thanks for popping by :)

card supplies:

cardstock: papertreyink 'vintage cream' & 'kraft'. bazzill basics

patterned paper: making memories 8x8 ledger paper pad

stamps: papertreyink 'on my couch' & 'polka dot basics 2'

others: fiskars punches & copic markers

PapertreyInk 'Paint' by Number Challenge

Monday, February 8, 2010

I am so loving the PapertreyInk's 3rd Anniversary Countdown!! Sweet surprises everyday i tell u :) They've got acrylic paints up next in to die for mini paint cans, how can one possible resist?? *accckk** Anyways...I got round to playing with today's challenge found here. There's a sketch & a 'paint by numbers' instructions to download, so fun!! My screen name starts with an 'F' so here's my palette with all the colours that i have to use:


And here's what I came up with:
And here's a closer look:

I heat embossed the flower from 'friends till the end' using white embossing powder on pti vellum & then coloured the flower with a little bit of Y11 copic marker. Other stamp sets i used for this card were: polka dot basics 2, background basics: text style, faux ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed my share, have a great start to the week!

:)

Hey There Mr Crab!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

I totally fell in love with the Crab card that KUKU made (pls find her video below) so i decided to make this :) I didn't exactly own all the punches that she used so I improvised it here and there. Me hope you likey! The sentiment stamp is from PapertreyInk's 'On my Couch Additions', so fun to play with! And the little trio hearts is from PTI's 'Love Songs'.

Hope your week's going great! :)

Card Patterns #30

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Aloha peeps! An easy, quic & simple sketch from Card patterns this week. And speaking of quick, I got to play around with my Quickutz Silhouette for this card too :) check it out yo--->

My mat's not too sticky anymore (can u bladdy believe it!?) so i resorted to using my Quickutz 'Manhattan' QuickStripz paper with adhesive on the back. And I wasted a few really pretty patterned paper too. Darn! Anyhoos, I got managed to get it right in the end :)

I hope you liked my simple take this week. Thanks for stopping by :)

Do remember to post your take over at the Card Patterns blog & stand a chance to win stamp sets from our Sponsor Sherrod Studio this week! Only for Card Patterns' participants!15% off all orders placed for this week!Promo Code: SSCP08 (upon checkout)And not only that!One lucky winner will receive his/her choice of stamp sets $15.00 value or less. You can check their site HERE to view their stamp collection.

Card Patterns #27

Monday, August 10, 2009

OK I am so incredibly late with my post, so sorry! It's a long weekend here, yesterday was Singapore's 44th birthday & Monday is a public holiday so I've been busy being the little butterfly hahaha There was the doggy day out with Teddy, Ethan's baby shower & William's birthday/housewarming on Saturday & was out shopping +movie yesterday. As for today (monday) i just got back from a badminton playing session & making dinner (lamb chops!) as I'm typing this. I hope i don't overcook those babies sitting in the oven right now :) On to the card we go:

I took 15 mins to make this card this week, literally threw on what was on my desk lol. Great fun with this one ;) The bottom of the card is stamped with the 'polka dot basics' stamp set from Papertreyink, I bought the polka dot V2.0 can't wait for it to arrive! Can't live without the dots ;)
Here's a close up look:

Shortcuts is giving away $15.00 Gift Certificate to 1 lucky random winner. This will include the participants from last week. If you participated last week, you'll have more chances of winning!Shortcuts is also having a promotion just for Card Patterns participants. Hurry, it's valid until end of this month only!Just visit their online store and enter the discount code CardPatterns15 during checkout and receive: 15% off your order!(15% will be taken off package price only, not S/H charges. Orders must contain at least $5.00 in product and be placed before August 31, 2009)

Just link your take from the sketch above to Mr. Linky Box provided on this post.Deadline to be eligible for a Guest Designer Spot for Sketch 28 and prize from Shortcuts is Friday, Aug 14.

Have a great week ahead, off to check on those lamb chop playalongs ;)

this is the song that doesn't end, yes it goes on & on my friend....

card supplies:

cardbase: shortcuts & grey cardstock from papertreyink

patterned paper: amy butler lotus line from K&co

stamps: polka dot basics by papertreyink, 'let's get together' from Studio G stamps

chipboard accent: scenic route

flower: heidi swapp

ribbon: berry sorbet satin from papertreyink

brads: making memories

inks: stazon white & starlite black brilliance ink pad from tsukineko

Card Patterns #25

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Happy Saturday Peeps! My blogging has officially been reduced to once a week. *crap*. I wish I had more time to play with my scrap goodies, will be sure to put in more effort esp. since I just bought my Quickutz Silhouette SD, Yeay!! It's still in New York @ the moment waiting for my cousin to bring it over...can't wait!! Been so inspired by Nichol margouirk & the rest who've been using it (basically meant that I HAD to get it! lol) Anyways, on to this week's sketch! This week's the last sponsoring stint from Odd Bird Planet, would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their generousity. Had such fun playing with their 'fairy tale' kit! And remember, you get a chance to win the whole kit too. Lotsa good stuff in that I tell ya ;)

A tad of layering fun with papers this week, all the patterned papers used are from the Odd Bird Planet 'Fairy Tale' kit. The main flower accent is a K & Co Amy Butler lotus flower stamped on kraft cardstock with Versamark then heat embossed with white embossing powder. Must say I totally love that stamp set.

After that it's just playing around with the really pretty patterned paper & dimensionals. The 'smile' stamp is from an old October afternoon stamp set & the inside sentiment (see below for pic) is a stamp from Unity Stamp Co.

Join in the fun & share your interpretation of sketch #25 with us. You get a chance to win either the 'fairy tale kit' from Odd Bird Planet or a Guest Designer Spot!

Here's how to join:

1. Link your card using Mr. Linky Box over at this Card Patterns post.

Click HERE on how to link your card using Mr. Linky.2. Deadline: Friday, July 31 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend! :)

Card Patterns #24

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Blessed Sunday everyone! Well, it is Sunday noon here now as we speak ;) And yes, I just woke up...let's just say I had a long night bwahaha. How's your weekend going? Let's check out Card Patterns sketch #24, shall we?
We were once again being sponsored by Odd Bird Planet. Do check out this post to check out what you get to win!

I had some fun making that flower on the card (only the middle paper part though, the cloth flower came with the kit from Odd Bird Planet) I used the stamps from the kit to make the centre, punched them out & layered them. Do check out Kristen's flower too on this week's post, gorgeous! I also totally enjoyed my Martha Stewart heart confetti punch :)


The team is working on something great, something better... to help and hopefully inspire many of you . We're all excited about this. We're hoping to be able to finish it this week So here are some hints. Tabs, pictures and more pictures and a [+1]! Excited yet? Look out for those changes coming up !
Please don't forget to join us and link up your card to Mr. Linky Box provided at this Card Pattern's post by July 24 at 11:59PM EST . HERE's a simple tutorial on how to use Mr. Linky.

Thanks for coming by, have a good one!

woof woof!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Love this cute set from Gel-a-tins! The sentiments are really cute too...I guess I'm more of a dog rather than cat person (no offence) but I was traumatised when I was a wee little thing. The story goes that I was 3-4 & got scratched by a nasty one, although I was really just trying to be nice :( Oh well...never had a thing for cats claws since then...

So the base card is stamped all over with the dog images from the stamp set in black & a piece of patterned paper (cannot remember who from for the life of moi!) It was just a scrap lying around so I picked it up to use it. Feels good to use up all those scraps :)
Anyways, I'm really tired today although I'm in need of an ice cold beer (visualising...aaaah*)
Nothing feels better than a cold one at the end of a long tiring day at work, yes??? bwahaha
Where ever you are folks, hope you're having a good one. Beer or no beer!

Hello rainy day!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

I'm still here, just posting in periodic spasms now haha. We had beautiful weather today here in Singapore & by that I mean rain & cloudy skies! It has been SO unbearably hot & humid (like 35celcius) for the past week that when I woke up this morning, looked out my window & saw grey skies I literally jumped for joy!!! Now that I think about it, the heat might have drove me insane. Not to mention my utilities bill this month from all the air-con usage. (have yet to pick up enough courage to open the envelope yet) *lol*

On to the card! It's one I made awhile back:Played around with some older basic grey papers here & I just LOVE the little chipboard letter stickers (also from BG) that K.werner is using oh so often in her videos lately for e.g. this one

The swirl stamp from stampington & co. is one of my faves, also one that i often use.

Some stuff that i'm loving:

-this layout from natalia (the bird houses are SO cute!)

-jennifer mcguire's thinking inking class ( SO many techniques!)

-this copic/texture tutorial from debbie olson

ps: the creative guy over at my new company has been really nice to be willing to do up a new banner header for my blog! Can't wait to see what he comes up with. So far he's told me to bring a few patterned papers & letter stickers/thickers. I simply cannot decide what to bring. i want to bring my whole 12x12 cropper hopper full of patterned paper there. HELP! anyone have any suggestions? think bright & happy colours

thanks for stopping by, have a great day :)

Card Patterns #19

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Welcome to Card Patterns #19! My birthday falls in the 19th so it's my favourite number :) I love this week's sketch so much & decided to flip the sketch 90 degrees CCW to make my card. So I began by made a swing card using a kraft cardstock base. You can find the tutorial over at split coast here.

The My Graphico images are resized using Adobe Photoshop CS3 but you can use any other photo imaging program on your computer for e.g. microsoft paint. Once I was happy with the sizes of the images, I printed them out first on regular printer paper and then cut small pieces of patterned paper that I wanted to use, adhered on to it with repositionable adhesive & ran it through the printer again. Came out perfect & really easy to do!

Here's what the card looks like when its closed:

The butterflies are cut out then matted with white paper & distressed with vintage photo distress ink, then accented with flat backed pearls. I took care to connect the butterfly trails on the front of the card to the inside :)

The front sentiment is from papertreyink's 'friends till the end' stamp set and inside sentiment is from heroarts. Both are embossed with white embossing powder & heat gun. The scallops are done with a Fiskar's scallop sentiment border punch. I use it so often that it's got its own permanent space on my studio desk now.

I printed out the bird and tree digital stamps on patterned paper then paper pieced it, the clouds are stamps from an older sassafras stamp set and is clear embossed.

The edges of the whole card is sponged with white kraft ink as well as some 'vintage photo' distress ink. Here's a close up of the heart accent at the bottom right:

This week's sponsor is My Graphico! They're a relatively new company considering they started in January of this year , but let me tell you that their digital stamps are in fact one of my favourites in the digi industry. Check out their community site here.

Also check out the other designer's take as well as what's to win from My Graphico for this week's sketch at Card Patterns here.

ps: did you notice my new watermark?? Isn't it GORGEOUS?? Card Patterns owner/co-ordinator extraordinaire Michelle made it for me, and OH that girl is SO talented :) If you're reading this mich, thank you & i love ya !

I hope you've enjoyed my take on the sketch, do check out the rest of the designer's take on this week's sketch. Also, remember to post your take on the sketch and stand to win digital stamp sets from My Graphico as well as a chance to win a guest designer spot :)

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!

card supplies:

cardstock: kraft cardstock from papertreyink

patterned paper: cherry hill collection from october afternoon

stamps: my graphico digital stamps ,sassafrass (clouds) & unity stamp co. (tree trunk), 'friends till the end' papertreyink stamp set (sentiment) & heroarts (sentiment)

metal frame: making memories

ribbon: summer sunrise grosgrain from papertreyink

others: string from daiso, small heart punch from ek success, flat backed pearls, clear & white embossing powder, white gel pen

My Stamp Box May Guest Designer + video

Monday, May 25, 2009

Hello peeps! My last instalment of the My StampBox guest designer feature for this month is up! Check out the post over at MyStampBox here.
Here's a video sharing with you the crackling and distress technique :)

I hope you enjoyed it, have a great day :)

Tea for Two Card

Friday, May 15, 2009

Here's a card I made using PapertreyInk's 'tea for two' set from last month's release. i only got it a few days ago, but am loving it already!!! Oh and have you seen the new releases this month yet?? I'm getting the star set & most prob the rustic 'quick pick' :) Check out the new release here. The base is stamped with lines from PTI's 'journalling lines' with the fresh snow ink. THE best white ink EVER i must add! I stamped the teapot on vanilla cardstock, cut that out and mounted it on the base (die cut with stamping up's top note die) The patterened paper is from Basic Grey.

I simply love the brown accent above, it's heat embossed with white embossing powder on some brown scrap paper i had lying around. The teabag inside is strawberry flavoured :)

I sent this off to my friend Donna, who's in Shanghai working as a product designer for Calvin Klein. She makes really ADORABLE miniature houses too, and fiercely talented! Check her blog out ;)
By the way, my post for My Stamp Box's guest designer stint is up! Check it out here ;)
Have a great weekend!