eat cake!

Monday, June 14, 2010

quick share of a card I made with the Silhouette shapes & some left over vinyl. Sponging on the edges are a must to add a depth to the cake. Love those tiny candles i got waayyyy back. Adds a nice touch, methinks.

Had a good getaway in Hongkong the past week with Casey. It was kinda nightmarish at first because he wanted to walk everywhere to 'take in the sights' & anyone who knows me knows that i'd much rather take a cab and take in the sights that way. Although I had aching feet at the end of every day (trust me, i made sure he heard me complaining), i realised that he's grown on me in so many ways. He is his own person in his own right & so am I. As long as we learn to respect that (a gd e.g. would be me not forcing him to take photos which he hates) we get along perfectly.

All in all, a good trip!

butterfly pull-out card

Friday, June 4, 2010

hey there peeps! just a quick share today..a cute pull-out card i made with a silhouette butterfly die cut, papertreyink stamps as well as a frame from my mind's eye. and here's a pic of the pull out.

hope you likey! am off to hongkong for a week, can't wait :)

Primas

Saturday, May 8, 2010

helloooo how's ur weekend going?? i'm spending it right where i want to, at home! :)) just baked some cupcakes topped with some buttercream frosting (tough to get the frosting right). anyone has an easy & yummy cupcake frosting to share?
here's a card i made using papertreyink's 'background basics:text style' & a sentiment from dawn mcvey's pti 'damask design'. Love the font she uses in that set. the text is stamped with a few different colours all the way up to about 3/4 of the front piece of white cardstock & then added a melon berry satin ribbon + glitter lace (from Daiso). Also added some prisma glitter using Scor-tape (papertreyink sells them), if u don't have scor-tape u have to get it. Wonderfully strong adhesive for boxes, adding strips of glitter!

Last but not least, a pretty flower from Prisma.The sentiment could be swapped for a wedding themed card, don't u think?

have a great weekend!! ;)

Wish upon a Star

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Broke out my hardly used Papertreyink's 'Star Prints' for this card...arranged most of the star images from the stamp set unto a big acrylic block, inked it up with Papertreyink's 'snow white' pigment ink & stamped repeatedly onto a piece of chocolate cardstock. Another Quick & easy way to utilise your stamps; by making a background :) The accent piece (in kraft) is stamped with PTI's 'polka dot basics 2' in choc ink then trimmed with a pair of pinking shears, i also machine stitched on a vellum pc unto it & adhered some buttons & stamped a sentiment.

The whole accent piece is then mounted on some large width-ed wire ribbon and attached to the top of the card. The whole card is then sponged on the edges with more 'snow white' pigment ink. A bit bulky to send in the mail, but a lovely addition to a pressie if you're giving it away by hand :)

Thanks for stopping by!

chipboard bday

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Quick & simple card, was spring cleaning the other day (not completed to this day! lol) and came upon these pretty old chipboard letters which i've never used! So just grabbed an orange cardstock & stamped the whole background with papertreyink's 'background basics: retro' then stuck on the chipboard alphas to spell 'birthday'. Curved a 'happy' sentiment & stamped it above the alphas, punched out a star (added a bling button atop) and voila! Couldn't get more simple than this, really...
Been trying to curb my scrap spending lately so been trying to use up my stash! You could be surprised what you can find lol :)
Thanks for stopping by!

I remembered...

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Hello peeps, I've been busy re-organising some of my stamps into CD cases & trying to clear some stash..came upon this Cosmo cricket die-cut elephant piece & decided it would be perfect to go with the Hero arts 'elephant stamp set (photo below the card) :) Totally cute & simple methinks! Anyhoos, here's what the stamp set looks like after i stored it into a CD jewel case.
Am in the ongoing process of getting my Heroarts stamps & some random favorites into Cd cases as well. I got this CD cabinet from Ikea & it's coming in VERY handy :) Not failing to mention it holds all my PapertreyInk stamps too...
Have a great weekend!

Emboss Resist Card for PapertreyInk

Friday, February 5, 2010

Have u heard?? It's PapertreyInk's 3rd Anniversary and there are SO MANY new & exciting things they're coming up with!! Nicole Heady (stamper extraordinaire cum guru!) finally made a video today over at her blog. I decided to participate in the challenge, more because I was inspired rather than to win the lovely prize. But well, 25 inks pads + a stamp set etc won't hurt anybody right? lol.
Here's my take for the challenge:
Can't wait for the new store to be up and the Make it Mondays, exciting!!
Have a great weekend where ever you are :))

Card Patterns #28

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Happy weekend everyone! I just got back from a badminton session & my body is aching all over (this goes to show how much more I need to exercise!) Do any of you play any group sports? I'm thinking of picking up some pilates too for some mid week exercise, anyone tried pilates? Anyways, on to this week's sketch!The team were spoiled by My Grafico this week. We used their products Mix and Match Stems and Birdies Stamps. I chose this adorable digital stamp to play with & printed out on thick PapertreyInk white cardstock so I could colour it in with Copic markers & it wouldn't bleed all over the table. I recommend you place a piece of scratch paper underneath anyways just in case ;)
I had tremendous fun colouring in the image this week, been some time since I took my Copics out for a workout lol! It's pretty therapeutic if you ask me ;) Just me, my music playing in the background & my colouring! Ok, Honestly I'd rather be on a white sandy beach somewhere but this comes pretty close too haha :) Here's a pic of the digi image close up :

Again, digi stamps can be so much fun & has alot of potential to it for e.g. resizing it to your own liking. My Graphico will be giving away 1 digital stamp set of your choice for one Card Patterns lucky winner!

It's easy peasy to join! Kindly link your take on the sketch by typing your name and the direct link of your card blog post to Mr. Linky Box provided at this Card Patterns post. Also not to forget you get a chance to be our next guest designer :)

Deadline for submission: Friday, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time.

Can't wait to see your take!
Have a good week ahead peeps :)

Card Patterns #26 + gift holder tutorial

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Hello hello, it's the weekend again! What could be more fun than participating in a Card Patterns card sketch challenge while winning prizes or a guest designer spot? This week's sketch is gorgeous, like seriously dude. Check it out yo:

I'm really in love with the transparent card bases, lots of fun layering your cardstock & patterned paper! i even tried sewing on mine just to try it out & it turned out gorgeous! Just another way to adhere paper to your acetate card base ;)

That gorgeous paper is from Scenic route (sonoma collection methinks) & the stamp set I used for the tea time accent is from Papertreyink's 'Tea for Two'. The fabric brad is from Imagininsce if i recall correctly.
We made an extra project this week using their pre-cut & pre-scored gift card holders as well. (dandy!) I went for a totally fem feel for mine:

Didn't want to pull away the focus from my pretty butterfly so i kept the decoration of the card holder to a minimum. I hope you like it as much I do ;)

Btw, Our generous sponsors for next 2 upcoming weeks is Shortcuts! Really generous sponsors they are ;) they sent us lots of stuff to play with! So loving them :) Their ready-to-assemble-and-decorate products will help you create stunning creations in minutes. Make sure you drop by their blog for lots of inspiration from their design team

Visit Shortcut's 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)

Here's how I made the butterfly:

1. Buff edges of Maya Rd chipboard butterfly using nail buffer or your Basic Grey files

2.Paint butterfly with Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint (i used tattered rose) These paints dry out pretty fast, put in a few drops of water and shake if so

3.Let dry or use a heat gun (like little ol' impatient me)

4. Sponge on some Distress Inks to create emphasis in between the crackle (i used vintage photo & tattered rose) & wipe of excess with baby wipe/towel

5. Mix some pearl ex with a few drops of water & slather onto butterfly, spray acrylic coating or whatever medium you have to set the pearl ex mixture.

6. Adhere embellies (i used some lace ribbon, buttons & string ) & you're done! :)



Whether you're inspired today to make a card or a gift card holder, we hope you'll join us!Link your take on the sketch using Mr. Linky boxover at this Card Patterns post by Friday, August 7 at 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time. There's a guide how to use Mr. Linky HERE.

Remember, you stand chance to win a $15 gift cert from Shortcuts as well as a chance to be a guest designer for one of our upcoming sketches.

I hope you peeps are having a great weekend out there! Thanks for stopping by.

Card Patterns #23

Friday, July 10, 2009

Aloha~~~ It's the weekend again, can you believe it?? And yes, I'm working tomorrow as well uggghhh sorry that you gottta hear me whine every week bwahahah Hope you're having a great day out there though ;) Here's this week's sketch! A totally adorable one too, the sketch this week! It's time to dig out those border punches like I did with my card below: Went for a totally cool look this week, I used Papertreyink's Ocean tides cardstock together with white & some silver metallic paper. If you're reading this felicia, thanks so much for cutting those stars for me :) I also dug out my EK success border punch for this card, totally cannot for the life of me recall what the bladdy punch is called but I think it adds a nice touch to the card .

I also used vellum underneath the star frame and also cut out a smaller vellum star to give it abit of fun. That bit of text paper is from October afternoon's cherry hill collection & the bling's from prima (i cut out the part that i want, it was originally larger). The sentiment is from Papertreyink's star set. I hope you've enjoyed my share!

Remember to check out the rest of the designers takes, Shortcut's our sponsor for this week too so post your take over at Card Patterns, yea!?!

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!

Card Patterns #21

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Hello peeps, how's your weekend going?? It's Card Patterns time again and we're at sketch #21 :) Odd Bird Planet's our sponsor again this week & the design team got the chance to play with their fairytale kit. Absolutely cute stuff in that kit, i tell ya ;)The moment I saw the stamps that came in the set I knew I had to make something ala 'princess & the pea'' themed! Here's my take on the sketch:

I created a tab to pull out the duckie on the mattress (abit of masking work here with the image) to reveal a 'pea'' underneath, which was originally a tiny egg that came with the kit too but I coloured it with a green copic marker.

All papers, stamps & lace came form the kit with the exception of the buttons and sentiment stamps which in this case was from Papertreyink's ''damask designs''. I simply love the cursive font used in that stamp set.

And here's the inside of the card with a stamped pair of golden webbed feet (also from the set) hehe I hope you like my take on the sketch, I had such fun making this card!

Odd Bird planet will be giving away a Fairy Tale Kit to one (1) lucky randomly picked winner!!! This kit includes:*3 sheets of 8.5x11 white Bazzill cardstock* 1 sheet of 8.5x11 color or pattern cardstock* 6 sheets of 6x6 paper (some pattern paper, some cardstock)* 1 paper flower bunch* 1 approx 4x6 piece of fabric (either suede, velvet, or linen texture)* 1 wooden spool* 1 apple shape die cut* 1 apple shape post-it note* 1 painted wooden goose (note: some kits have another unpainted wooden shape or a chipboard shape instead)* 6 pearl finish buttons* 1 yard gold cord* 2 12" lengths of vintage lace or ribbon* 6 inches of faux pearls* 1 section of vintage pattern tissue paper* 6 tiny speckled eggs* 1 gold color heart charm* 1 vintage hand-made fabric yo-yo* 2 unpainted wooden goose shapes* 1 color cardstock sheet of fairytale themed clip art* 1 2.5x4 sheet of unmounted rubber stamps: Fairytale collection

Lotsa goodies as you can see!

Here's how to be entitled to OBP's giveaway and a chance to be a Guest Designer for Sketch 22.
Create your take on the sketch provided above
Type in the direct link of this take (from your blog) to Mr. Linky at this card patterns post.

Deadline: July 3 (Friday) at 11:59PM EST

Thanks for stopping by today, Have a great week ahead :)

Hope your birthday is HUGE + video

Monday, June 15, 2009

Hello peeps! How's you week going?? Sharing a video & card I made some time ago with u today, i hope you'll like it!I used this adorable elephant set from Heroarts for this card. LOVEEEE it! The yellow background is stamped with Adironrack's 'sunshine yellow' dye ink on yellow cardstock for a subtle tone on tone effect. The sentiment is stamped with versamark & then embossed with white embossing powder. For more check out the video I made:

Check out the new releases from Papertreyink this month here. I'm SO digging the vintage picnic basket & cupcakes set & last month's 'text style' set + other stuff !! *screaaam* my food budget is down to instant noodles this month *lol*

And I'm also seriously considering getting the Quickutz Silhouette SD! Especially after seeing Nichol Marguirk use hers so often and SO creatively. She totally sold me on the silhouette, is anyone out there using it? Friends are heading to the US of A end of the month & they were nice enough to say OK to lugging it back for me *aaaahh such sweet people, harry & michelle*

I checked out the price at the LSS and it costs SG$300 more to get it from them, so I'm saving quite abit *yeay!!!

On a non-buying note, check out the Paper Crafts gallery idol competition going on now as we speak! You have till June29th to submit your birthday card entires. Check that out here.

Anyhoos, thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed the video, i better get round to making newer ones soon. Have a good one :)

Celebrate life with Guidelines 2 !

Thursday, May 28, 2009

I love making my own patterned paper! And the PapertreyInk 'Guidelines 1 & 2' allows me to do just that. It's fun to make something that's uniquely your own, and you can pretty much use any stamps you want. Here's a card that I made using Papertreyink's 'Guidelines 2' & 'Life'. The small flowers were from another PTI set called 'Boxes, bags & tags'. Here's what the paper looked like right before I used it for the card.
Thanks for stopping by today! I'm off to play over at the Stampin' Out Alzheimers site :)
Have a great one.

Rosy Birthday

Friday, May 22, 2009

Got around to playing more with my Anniversary set from PapertreyInk. And just when I got my new PTI charcoal grey cardstock in too! Another look:

I can honestly tell you I'm loving the grey, I mean I've been wishing for a grey colour from PTI for some time now and they finally have it! The scallops are done with the scallops sentiment punch from Fiskars.

It's the weekend!! Thanks for hopping by, remember to be back for tomorrow's Card Patterns sketch :)

Card Patterns #15

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Hello it's a saturday again! wow, time flies man. Another sketch up for Card Patterns today :) Here it is: And Muh take:

I hope you like my take of the sketch! I actually made that embellishment from scratch :) The flower layers were cut out with a Bosskut die & my Cuttlebug Machine which is then adhered onto a pinwheel (which tutorial you can find here)

The flourish stamps are from a quickutz limited edition 'sophisticate' alpha die set I bought sometime back and the sentiment is from PapertreyInk's 'Damask Design' set. The cute brown shape is cut out using Stampin' UP's Top Note die.

We were supposed to use some digi stamps from:

http://thedigishack.wordpress.com/shoppe/ <----this week's sponsor

But as I'm running around with interviews & so pretty busy this whole week I finished up my card earlier, uploaded it and then realised we've got digi images to use for the cards. Like, AAaack! So anwyays I didn't get a chance to play with those gorgeous digi stamps this time round (my fave's the flower ones) but the rest of the team did! And they are absolutely beautiful! Do check what the rest did here.

And remember as always , by posting your take for this week's sketch with us you get 2 chancesto win either 1. the prize package ( i suspect some really CUTE digi stamps) and 2. a chance to be guest designer for next week. GO!

Have a great weekend sweeties :)