Whoops!

Hello everyone! Sorry about having been MIA for some time now!

I had totally forgotten to update my blog and I just came to transfer photos from my camera, and it turns out there are a few cards I have been forgetting to share!

It appears that I have not updated this blog at all this year! Well... it is rather late, but Happy New Year! Hahahaha.

Well, a lot has happened in the last 3 or so months. I survived my first surgical run as a doctor with flying colours in my assessments :)

I finally had my jaw surgery to correct my underbite and I'm happy to say that it all went very well - so well that I had no post-op pain at all! It has been just over 4 weeks now and I am progressing well. Still have to stick to soft foods, but doing better each week. Apparently I now look quite different. My friends are having a hard time getting used to the "new me" lol

And as for crafting, I haven't had the chance to do too much. But photos suggest I have done more than I had thought. There are actually more cards, but I had to give them away so quickly that I had forgotten to take photos!

Anyway, hope these make up for my time away from action!

This is a card I made for a boy I know for his birthday. I always struggle to make cards for guys, but kids are a little easier. I hear he did love the card :)

 This was for my friends' wedding as I could not make it due to last minute roster changes :'( It's a very simple card.

Then another simple birthday card for a baking friend... she bakes at least 3 times a week but doesn't cook all that much!

A more summery card, to whom it was for, I do not remember...

My friend brought back Party Poppers set I bought back in December back from New York in February just after my surgery. I just got to play with it the other day!

And the cards turned out so well I had to make more but in different colours!

 I am keeping things rather short today, but hope you liked the cards.

I don't think I can sit down and write all the tools and stamps I used today, but if anyone is curious as to what I've used, don't hesitate to email me (see by my photo).

 Thanks for coming by!

Last minute X-mas stuff...

Hello again everyone!

2012 is drawing to a close very soon and I figured I'd better post the Christmas productions before the year ends.

Sorry it is of not much help to those who needed these ideas a couple of weeks earlier!

Just a simple tag and a card. The wine tag uses the same technique as in the previous post with embossed image and blended inking in the background!

A close up image...

And a very simple Christmas card using Mat Stacks negative die cuts and kraft inked background images. I tried with a snowflake image as well and looked even better!

Anyway, a very quick post today.

Happy New Year everyone! :)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

{Snowman Wine Tag}

STAMP: [PTI] Background Basics: Sheet Music, Winter Snow Globe

INK: [Adirondack] Pitch Black; [VersaFine] Onyx Black; [Versamark] Watermark ink pad

PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White

OTHER: [PTI] Grosgrain ribbon (Hawaiian Shores), Winter Snow Globe die collection, Tag Sales #5; [SU!] Embossing Powder (white); foam tape; [Copic] Sketch Markers (Y35, 0, T1)

{Peace, Love & Joy}

STAMP: [PTI] Stocking Prints, Happiest of Holidays

INK: [PTI] Kraft, Dark Chocolate

PAPER: [PTI] Kraft

OTHER: [PTI] Mat Stack #5 die; foam tape

Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

It has been far too long since my last post! My apologies for lack of updates. Life is busier than expected now that I've started being a real adult (aka started working!).

I did manage to whip out a few cards every now and then.

But tomorrow is Christmas in NZ (only 2 hrs to go!) and it just so happens to be my grandmother's birthday too. So I had to do the annual honours of making her birthday card.

I decided that I had to move away from the whole Christmas theme because I think I've done it before and it's her birthday we are celebrating, not somebody else's! ;)

So... I had this light bulb moment with this card using white base and white embossing powder for background and smudging several colours across with the Tim Holtz blending tool. It worked surprisingly well, especially with that scrap vellum I had lying around! All in all I am very pleased with the result :)

Hope you all have a fabulous Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Enjoy the silly season.

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Friends 'Til the End, Over Under Easy

INK: [PTI] Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Berry Sorbet; [Versamark] Watermark Ink Pad
PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White; Vellum
OTHER: [SU!] Heat Embossing Powder (white); [Filigree] Heat Embossing Powder (black); [Tim Holtz] Inkssentials Blending Tool

Sorry for lack of update

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all well!

Apologies for lack of update these days. Work has been chewing through my life then weekends got taken up by camp and graduation (yes! graduated at last!). And there was a reason why doctors get paid well lol

Anyway I hope to get more crafty when time allows. Sorry things haven't been particularly exciting on my blog lately!

Hope all the Christmas preps are going well!

Euna

Assorted Colours Christmas Cards

Hi everyone!

Hope you are all getting cracking with the annual Christmas card-making madness! I am beginning to get a little tired trying to make new things all the time so I decided to do a set of Christmas card in assorted colours!

It's a reasonably simple card and can easily be mass-produced. It certainly is not a traditional sort of card, but it works for people down South where Christmas sits in the middle of summer.

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 1 goes perfectly with the new Papertrey Ink Over Under Easy set and make a nice focal point. I just added a bit of bow to the mat and also stamped it with coordinating inks in the background.

This could easily be sold as a set or gifted as one. The Over Under Easy set has lots of other sentiments so could easily be used for other occasions too!

Anyway, hope you liked these. Will try and post more cards later.

PS - I have officially become a doctor! Eek! First day at work tomorrow!!!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Over Under Easy: Holiday Additions, Background Basics: Sheet Music

INK: [PTI] Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Royal Velvet, Summer Sunrise; [SU!] Melon Mambo; [VersaFine] Onyx Black

PAPER: [PTI] Stampers' Select White, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Royal Velvet, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise

OTHER: [PTI] grosgrain ribbon (Lemon Tart, New Leaf), satin ribbon (Aqua Mist, Royal Velvet), saddlestitch ribbon (Raspberry Fizz); [Spellbinders] Nestabilities: Labels 1; foam tape