It is time for Technique Blog Hop with my fellow CTMH consultants. This month is all about Picture My Life cards. These journaling cards are not only for journaling! You’ll find more creative ways of using them on your project.

You should arrive from Cathy’s blog, and if you get lost, you can start the blog hop from Melissa’s blog.

I created a card with one of the PML cards that come with the Florence Paper Packet. There are 12 – 12″ x 12″ B&T Duos™ papers, 2 each of double-sided patterned papers including Picture My Life journaling cards.

I saw that Flaxen patterned journaling card and I thought it would make pretty background paper with the new A Bunch Of Love stamp set. On a piece of Watercolor Paper, I stamped the flower image and sentiment with Black Archival Ink and cut it with the matching A Bunch Of Love Thin Cuts with my Evolution Advanced die-cutting machine.

Make sure the stamped images dry completely before you color them. I used my Craft Heater to dry them and then I colored the flowers with Watercolor Paints and waterbrush. Then I added some clear gems on them.

I added some Rose Gold Foil Tape on the card to create the stripes. I love this new foil tape 🙂 Then after that I added the Flaxen patterned journaling card on it and last is the Bunch of Love die-cut image with 3D foam tape for some dimension.

Your next hop will be my crafty friend, Danielle’s blog, to see what she has created this month with Picture My Life cards.

I hope you like the card I made and be inspired to create with Picture My Life cards today. THANK YOU for visiting and have a fabulous blessed day!

I am playing along at:

Addicted to CAS – Stripes

Happy Little Stampers – July Anything Goes with Dies

WAW Challenge Week #238 – #239

The Daily Marker 30 Days Coloring Challenge

Virginia’s View Challenge #22

I have another happy news to share with you all… This month, I am starting my designing journey with Addicted To Stamps and More challenge team! I am so excited and thankful to be part of the amazing creative team and creating with them for the weekly challenge.

And this week, we have a new challenge:

It is all about making your mark on your creations. Usually this would be pencils, markers, pens, paints, chalks etc. You can think outside the box!

And… this is my card for this challenge. I used CTMH Watercolor Pencils to make my mark on this card.

I stamped the sentiment and butterflies from Your Beautiful Self stamp set (CTMH, retired) on a piece of Canson Watercolor paper with Archival Black Ink Pad to create the background. Then I colored one of the big butterfly with watercolor pencils and waterbrush. I added some light blue to fill the space between butterflies. And then I finished my card with some clear gems and some yellow and orange twines.

Hope you play along with us this week and when you link up your project here, you can win a prize $12 Gift Certificate from our sponsor this week, Sami Stamps, a digital stamp company that provide bot JPEG and PNG formats.

Can’t wait to see your projects! Happy Crafting and have a fabulous day… Thank you for visiting!

I also play along at:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Week #238 – #239

STAMPlorations July CAS Card Challenge

The Daily Marker 30 Days Coloring Challenge

Virginia’s View Challenge #22

After having a full rainy and stormy week, we finally had a sunny weekend! We took a Jeep ride to Library on Saturday and Sunday evening to Church. Thankful for sunny days 🙂

Today, I’m sharing a card I made using one of the Angie Girl stamps and Brave Spirit Diamond Stripes stamp from Unity Stamp Company.

I stamped and heat embossed the Diamoned stripes background on a tag that cut out of Canson watercolor paper.

Then on another watercolor paper, I stamped the Quinn girl image with Ranger Archival Ink and then watercolor it. When the image is dry, I fussy cut it with non-stick micro-tip scissors.

For the sentiment, I cut out a white cardstock strip, stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with the archival ink.

I really love the sentiment from this stamp set.

For me, it is a reminder to be kind always, have fierce mind, and always to be brave in spirit in any circumstances. We have choice to make every day and I hope this also can be a reminder for you.

I put them together and adhesive and 3D foam tape. I used a paper doily and Black cardstock for the background and finished it with some clear gems.

I love the girl. What do you think? 🙂 I hope you like the card today. Thank You for visiting and have a fabulous day!

I am playing along at:

The Daily Marker 30 Days Coloring Challenge

Virginia’s View Challenge #22

UNITY Girl Challenge 7/7 – 7/14

CASology Week 205 – Chevron

AAA Cards Game #68 – Tags

Tag You’re It #51

I am so blessed with 2 amazing, fun and beautiful sisters. They are my best friends forever! I wish live close to each other. When I count my blessings, I count them twice 🙂

My card today is dedicated for them. It is a clean and simple card with the Ornate Blossoms stamp set, Ornate Blossoms thin cuts, and Friend In Me stamp set all are from Close To My Heart.

I heat-embossed the flower on White Daisy Cardstock with Ranger Gold Princess embossing powder and heat set it with Craft Heater. Then I cut it with matching thin cuts with Evolution Advanced.

For the sentiment I heat-embossed it with the same embossing powder directly on the card base (American Craft). Then I added the Ornate Blossom on the card above the sentiment with 3D foam tape.

My card is done and I join the Happy Little Stampers – July Anything Goes with Dies Challenge.

You are invited to play along this month challenge with us. You can link up any projects you created using any die cut sets. And you have a chance to win a prize from Happy Little Stampers Shop!

Hope to see you can play along! Thank You so much for visiting and have a fabulous blessed day!

I also link this card at:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge week 238-239

Addicted To Stamp and More Challenge 201: Anything Goes