Belated May the 4th be with you...

So my weekend was a little busy, but all good because I managed to have a "Craftanoon" with some friends. I still don't have a single friend nearby who stamps as seriously as I do (that also happen to be in my age group!). However, it turns out my friends are into a bit of crafts and already had their initial "Craftanoon" making candles, and wanted something new. Therefore, with Mothers' Day looming ahead this weekend, we proposed to hold a stamping session.

I do admit, I managed to drag most of my posessions and overwhelmed the crowd. They did think it was all very cool though!

It was a little difficult to get much done as I spent most of the afternoon showing how to stamp and explaining what on earth that green machine called Cuttlebug was for.

Anyway, I did manage to make a Mothers' Day card. I was determined to use my new sets that had arrived last week. Hello, Foxy was out of question since I ripped the stamp into two after 2nd use :(

But anyway, here it is...

I also made a card before my Hello, Foxy stamp split into two. I had to make a thank you card to someone at the hospital who kindly donated an old radio for my Girl Guides to pull apart one night! :)

Hope you liked the cards. I am a little tied up sorting out raffle tickets for Crohn's and Colitis Group, so will hold off on listing all my supplies. If anyone wants to know where I got things from, it's all from Papertrey Ink!

See you laters!

Birthday cards

Long time no see! This seems to be my usual first line now!

I've been very busy over the last 3 weeks with barely any time to myself. Fortunately, I had cause to make some cards yesterday (namely brother's birthday!), so here they are!

I just had this random thought I should tie a dog to balloons (!!!). It worked rather well! And I am loving my new bookprints impression plate. It is awesome for just any card.

And I am still using my Copics and haven't quite lost my touch yet.

Then I also had to make a card for a little girl named India so that she's vaguely have it in time for her birthday in May all the way out in the Cook Islands!

 I admit, I got a little lazy and this is pretty much the same card I made a year ago... just in pink. Old tricks are your best friend sometimes.

Anyway, hope you liked them. I might make more of the first card because it is just too cute.

I have made a new stamp order (because PTI just had to come up with the Star Gazer series... I have this thing for Astronomy/Constellations/Stars). So hopefully I'll make a few more in the next few weeks.

Otherwise, my life is going alright. Has been busy at the hospital last week seeing as I worked the entire weekend too. But I am enjoying it a lot (ENT rocks) :D

Thanks for popping by. Hope you all have an amazing day.

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

{Celebrate Today - Balloon Puppy}

STAMP: [PTI] Cupcake Collections; [My Cute Stamps] Puppy Pals, Space Ships & Robots

INK: [Adirondack] Pitch Black; [VersaFine] Onyx Black; [SU!] Real Red
PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy

 OTHER: [Copic] Sketch Markers; [We R Memory Keepers] Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (aqua); [PTI] Book Print impression plate

{Celebrate - Zoo}

STAMP: [My Cute Stamps] Puppy Pals, Circus Animals, Cats Meow; [PTI] Fillable Frames #3, Fillable Frames #5

INK: [SU!] Melon Mambo; [VersaFine] Onyx Black
PAPER: [PTI] Raspberry Fizz, Stamper's Select WhiteOTHER: [PTI] Grosgrain ribbon (Raspberry Fizz), Fillable Frames #3 die, Book Print impression plate; [We R Memory Keepers] Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (aqua); foam tape;

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