Congrats~

Hi!
Today's card is requested by my brother for his friend that is going to get married soon. I used the slider card from Monday's update as the base. I hope that his friend likes the card.

Here's a look at the card:

I made the background using some Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste and Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts stencil. This is the first time I am using this embossing paste and it was fun. At first I tried to colour the paste using Simon Says Stamp Cotton Candy inkpad but the colour is too light so I added a few drops of Stampin' Up Pink Pirouette reinker to get the pink colour to match my Simon Says Stamp Cotton Candy cardstock.

The heart is die cut using Simon Says Stamp Large Heart Doily die. I then stamp, colour and die cut out the wedding cake using the matching die. I die cut 3 pieces of the Congrats word and stack them on top of each other to give it some dimension. After stamping the sentiments, I finished off the card by adding some Wink of Stella Clear Glitter to the wedding cake as well as the die cut word.

The following supplies are used:
Simon Says Stamp Cotton Candy cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Cotton Candy inkpad
Simon Says Stamp Married stamp set
Simon Says Stamp Cake and Congrats die set
Simon Says Stamp Large Heart Doily die
Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts stencil
Stampin' Up Pink Pirouette reinker
Stampin' Up One in a Million stamp set
Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste
Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen
Momento Tuxedo Black inkpad
Versafine Black Onyx inkpad
Copic Markers

That's all for the update today.
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Most Amazing, Spectacular & Fantastic

Hi!
I finished making my project late last night so I didn't manage to upload it yesterday. That is why I postponed the update to today. I CASED this project from Dawn Griffith (I love her ideas! Most of my cards I CASED it from her). It is another type of slider card.

Here's a look at the card:

I know that I have been using this Ellie Says Happy Birthday stamp set from Tiddly Inks quite often. That is because I wanted to try colouring it with different medium. This time I coloured the image using Copic Markers and as you can see I am a beginner at this as well. I am still trying to master the blending techniques and playing around with the colours to see how well the colours blend together.

It wasn't perfect but it will have to do. I really love the Copic Markers' colours. It is so bright and vibrant. I finished off the card by stamping some sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Birthday Messages and Birthday Balloons. Of course, no birthday card will be complete without some bling. I added some Wink of Stella Clear Glitter to her dress and party hat. I also added some Star Dust Stickles on the frosting of her cake for some additional bling.

That's all for the update today.
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Spots and Dots

Hi!
I am participating in a challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog and the theme is Spots and Dots. They are featuring Paper Smooches products this week but since I do not have much Paper Smooches products, I didn't use any in my card. 

I think I'm loving these shaker cards that I find myself making them quite often lately. I must say today's card is one of my favourites and I absolutely love, love, love Lawn Fawn's Hello Sunshine patterned papers.

Here's a look of the card:

I first die cut the heart out of Neenah 80lb Solar White Cardstock and then embossed it using the Swiss Dot embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I cut a 1 inch strip of Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine patterned paper and glued it to the botoom of the Solar White cardstock. I colored the image using Distress Markers and fussy cut it.

Here's a closer look at the card. I used sequins for the shaker portion. Lastly I finished up the card with a sentiment and some Star Dust stickles from Ranger.

The following are the supplies used:
Ellie Says Happy Birthday from Tiddly Inks
Birthday Messages from Simon Says Stamp
Large Heart Doile die from Simon Says Stamp
Small Heart Doily die from Simon Says Stamp
Small Folded Banners from Simon Says Stamp
Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine 6" x 6" Paper Pack
Distress Markers - Dried Marigold, Tea Dye, Weathered Wood, Milled Lavender, Pumice Stone, Shabby Shutters, Tattered Rose, Mustard Seed
Star Dust Stickles from Ranger
Stazon Jet Black Ink
Versafine Black Onyx Ink
Sequins

Well, that's all the update for today.
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Long Overdue Update

Hi!
I was supposed to have a new post up last Thursday but I was tied up with work. I have to bring work home and worked till late at night because I was going outstation the next day so I need to settle my pending jobs before going off.

After my trip, I was caught up with work again that I have to work on last weekend too. I spent the little time I got left of my weekend doing nothing but laying in bed and catching up on my TV shows that I have recorded previously.

That is why I only update my blog today. As mentioned in my Shake It post, I will make another similar card so here's how it looks like:-

 This time I made one using the Star Parade die from Simon Says Stamp and instead of sequins, I used die cut stars in the shaker portion.

A close up look at the shaker portion of the card. The stars inside is not showing up very well. I think that's because I die cut the stars using the same color cardstocks as the colors in the patterned paper.

Recently I just received my Distress Markers which I have ordered some time ago and I can't wait to play with them. I stamped Ellie from Tiddly Inks Ellie Says Happy Birthday stamp set onto some Tim Holtz watercolor paper with Stazon Jet Black Ink and colored the image in using Distress Markers.

After coloring, I fussy cut the image out and stuck onto my card. I kept the card very simple because I wanted Ellie to be the focal point of this card.

Here's a closer look at the card. I wasn't too happy with the coloring. It was my first time using Distress Markers for watercoloring but I am sure that I will get the hang of it soon. I just need to practise more.

Next is a project that I made for last week's Simon Says Monday Blog Challenge but I didn't have time to post it on my blog and link it to join the challenge. Anyway since I have already made it, might as well post it up too. Last week's theme was to create something from scratch. So I made this matchbox from some cardstock and using the Envelope Punch Board from Stampin' Up!. I got this idea from Dawn Griffith over at Youtube.

I only decorated the front with some patterned paper, die cut a tag using Simon Says Stamp Medium Tags die and stamped the greetings using the coordinating stamp set Tag Sayings from Simon Says Stamp.

I just put my charm bracelet in the box for photography purposes but you can put whatever you want inside (chocolates, candies, gift cards etc).

Well, that's all for the update today.
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New Post will be updated tomorrow

Hi!
I have just finished my project for today's update but it was getting late so I will update my blog tomorrow.

Do drop by tomorrow for the new update. Thanks!

Shake It

Hi!
I am participating in a challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge. This week's theme is Shake It and they are featuring Simon Says Stamp exclusive products. We are required to make a shaker card and we can use Simon Says Stamp products if we have them.

I made the shaker card using the Butterfly Drift die. Here's how it looks like:

Actually this is my second card. I sort of messed up the first one. I have wanted to put in sequins and glitters but I did not do a good job sealing the first card so the glitters slip through and made a mess on my table.

So this time I only put in the sequins and leave out the glitter. I wouldn't want to risk messing it up again. I'm planning to buy some sequins in the near future. Sequins are very popular nowadays and I have seen a lot of beautiful cards that uses them as embellishments or use them in shaker cards. I only have one packet of sequins which came together in one of my Simon Says Stamp Monthly Card Kit so I'm planning to buy some other colours and sizes too.

At last, I finished the card with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Happy Sentiments set. I have wanted to make another one but I ran out of time. I will post it up once I get around to make it.

That's all the update for today.
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Seeing Stars & Hey! Dude

Hi!
Today's update is a little bit different because I will be uploading two projects since I missed last Sunday's update.

The first project is called Seeing Stars. I made this card using the Stars Parade Die from Simon Says Stamp and the die cut inlay technique. It is a very simple card but it takes a little more time to assemble. You will see why when you look at the pictures.

The second project is called Hey! Dude. I made this card using the All Boy Stamp set from Simon Says Stamp May 2014 Card Kit. I really love the sneakers image from this stamp set.

Here's how the projects look like:

The picture is a bit blurry. Must have shook the camera while taking these pictures. I die cut 2 different colour cardstock and also some pattern papers using the same Stars Parade die. I used the star outline cut from cardstock and then reassemble the pieces by mixing different pattern papers. 

I then finish off the card by stamping the Happy Birthday greeting and star images from the Birthday Balloons Stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.

I messed up the stamping for the card above. Can you spot it?

As I have mentioned earlier, I really like the sneakers image from this All Boy Stamp set and depending on how you colour the sneakers, you can also make it into a feminine card.

I stamped the Hey! Dude greeting in Versamark and embossed it with silver embossing powder. Actually I messed up this greeting as well. Hahaha but it is OK because this proves that it is handmade when you have some human error in it. I then added some of the die cut stars leftover from the Seeing Stars project as embellishment.

Below are the list of supplies that I used for these 2 projects.

Seeing Stars
Simon Says Stamp Stars Parade Die
Simon Says Stamp Birthday Balloons Stamp Set
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink

Hey! Dude
Stazon Jet Black Ink
Versamark Ink
American Crafts Zing Silver Embossing Powder
Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen
Rangers Glossy Accent

That's all for the update today.
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