Simple Card Set

Hi!

I made some simple and quick cards which can be easily mass produced. First let's have a look at the cards before going into details.

First I rounded the corners of the card bases using We Are Memory Keepers 1/4" Corner Chomper. I did the same with the pattern papers before adhering them onto the card bases. I then used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Journaling die to cut out the 3" x 4" cards.

All the critters are from Lawn Fawn's Into the Woods Stamps set. I stamped the critters in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them in Copics. Since I do not have the matching dies, I fussy cut the images by hand. I then used the brush tip of the Memento Tuxedo Black marker to line the sides of the cut out images. This is to make them look like they have been cut out perfectly.

I stamped the tree trunk in Versafine Vintage Sepia and the sentiments using Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Butterbar, Bubblegum & Cornflower. I tied some Peppermint Lawn Trimmings from Lawn Fawn around the journaling cards.

I popped the critters up using foam tape and coated all the critters in Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen.

It is a very simple design and very easy to replicate. Hope that you like it.

That's all for the update today.

Thanks for stopping by and do drop by again this Friday for a Halloween update.

Re-vamp Blog

Hi!

This is a short update regarding my blog. As most of my blog posts are about cardmaking and papercrafting, I have decided to change my blog's name to Yippie's Handmade. Initially I started this blog is to share bits and pieces of my life as well as my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting but since most of the posts I shared is about the latter part so that is why I changed the blog name.

I will still be posting every Wednesday and Sunday so please continue to support my blog and do drop by once in a while to say hi. I would love to hear your comments. Do tell me what you like or dislike and what you hope to see more or in the future.

Oh and by the way, I have just started a Facebook page with the same name, Yippie's Handmade where I will be posting more stuff about cardmaking and papercrafting. Please support me by clicking the Like button. Though I do not have much to share in the Facebook page yet but stay tuned. I will be back with more stuff soon.

Remember to check back again on Wednesday for another update.

Thank you.

Get Crafty and Use Kraft

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Today I am participating in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge and this week's theme is...Get Crafty and Use Kraft.

Basically we need to create using Kraft. Most people started to create winter/Christmas cards but I am still lagging behind. I created a Halloween themed card using Kraft cardstock as the base.

Here's a look at my card:

I am still experimenting with photography and far from mastering the skills. I feel like the picture is too bright here.

The second one is a bit better but the focus on some part is a bit blur. This makes me dizzy when I look at the picture for some time. Hahaha...Anyway I am still learning.

Coming back to my card, I first stamped the spider web image from Reverse Confetti's Spooky cuties stamps set in Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment ink onto a Neenah Desert Storm 100lb card base.

I then stamped the critter, treat bag and candy images from Lawn Fawn's Critters in Costume stamps set and colored them in with Copics. The other social media icon images are from Lawn Fawn's #awesome stamps set. After coloring, I die cut all of them using the matching dies set.

For the Instagram background, I used the Simon Says Stamp Stars & Dots Stencil with some Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Judikins Iridescent Sparkle embossing powders.

Finally I put all the images together, finished the card off with a sentiment using the hashtag from the Lawn Fawn's #awesome stamps set and spell out the word happy halloween with Lawn Fawn's Smitty's ABC stamps set.

That's all for the update today.

Thanks for stopping by and do drop by again on Wednesday for a new update.

Spooky Halloween

Hi!
Halloween is just around the corner. Though it is not widely celebrated here but I could not resist passing off the cute stamp sets released by so many companies. I have to get my hands on a couple so I do make some Halloween themed cards or projects each year even though I do not really celebrate it.

This year I made a few cards and some treat boxes which I will be sharing with you this week. Today's project is a Halloween themed card that I made using the Lawn Fawn's Critters in Costume Stamps Set and the matching die set.

The critters in this set are so cute and having the matching die set makes cutting them out super easy. So here's a look at the card:

I first stamped the candy corn image in Versamark onto a craft cardstock to create a tone-on-tone border for the background. Initially I have planned to stamp the critters onto a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock to be layered on top of the craft cardstock. In the end I changed my mind because it does not go well at all.

So I changed my plan and die cut the critters using the matching die set after I finished coloring them with Copics. The treat bag does not have a matching die so I cut it out by hand. It was not difficult to cut. I leave a small border all around to match the other die cut images. I also cut 2 slits on the treat bag 1) to slip the cat's tail through the handle to make it seem like the cat is carrying the bag with its tail and 2) to insert some candies into the bag.

The idea here is to create a scene where the cat receives a bag full of goodies and the bag is so full that candies are falling out from the bag, leaving a trail of candies. Then came the squirrel picking up the goodies from the floor.

The paw print washi tape fitted perfectly for this scene. I then stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set on top. Finally, I used loads of Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen to cover all the die cut images for some added bling.

That's all for the update today.
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Color Coordinates Challenge

Hi!
I know I have been missing in action for a very long time. I have been busy with work and all that but I am now back and eager to share what I have been creating.

I am participating in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and this week's theme is Color Coordinates.

Here's a look of my card:

 Picture 1

Picture 2

I am currently experimenting on how to photograph my cards better. I borrowed a DSLR from a very close friend of mine. She was so sweet to lend me her camera without giving a second thought (Thanks, dear!). I am totally clueless when it comes to photography so I did some studying through Youtube and got some tips from Debby Hughes. She was so kind to point out to me the posts she had done on photography and it was a great help.

I am still learning so I might not have everything figured out yet but I do like how the photos turned out. Do leave me a comment on which picture you think looks better and I will try to achieve that for my subsequent projects. (Provided my friend still willing to lend me her camera. Otherwise it will take me ages to get one myself)

Anyway, coming back to this week's challenge, the color coordinates are Black, Orange Peel, Green Apple, Lavender and Slate. All these colors are from Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Inks. I first stamped the bats border stamp from Reverse Confetti's Spooky Cuties Stamps set in Slate, Orange Peel, Green Apple and Lavender. Then I cut out the pattern using the tag die from Stampin' Up's Chalk Talk Framelits. I also cut out another tag using the same die from some SSS Black cardstock.

I used the Frankenstein bird image from Fresh Squeezed Stamps' Frightfully Delightful in SSS Green Apple ink. I colored his beak using Copics. The sentiment is from the same Frightfully Delightful stamp set and was die cut out using the banner die from Lawn Fawn's Small Stitched Journaling die set. For the Slate layer, I die cut it out using Lawn Fawn's Large Stitched Journaling Die. The actual size of the die is 4" x 6" but I wanted it to be 4" x 5 1/4" so I did some partial die cutting to cut it into the desired size.

Lastly, I finished it off by applying some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen onto the bat image and also the Frankenstein.

That's all for the update today.
Thanks for stopping by and do drop by this Wednesday for another update.