Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Mother’s Day Card: There’s No One Like You

April showers bring May flowers. That the quote of the month 😄 I love seeing more flowers and today I am sharing more Mother’s Day cards with flowers…

Both cards I stamp the Antique Rose Stem from Hero Arts with Distress Mini Ink Pads. I dabbed each color directly on the stamp. It is one advantage of using mini pad. Then I spray with some water. Just enough water, cannot be too much or less. And then stamp on Canson Watercolor paper that I used as the card bases.

The first card is the first generation stamping. It looks brighter.

And the second card is the second generation stamping. So, right after stamping on the first card, without adding any inks or water, stamp the image right away on the second card.

The second generation stamping gives softer colors.

I added some splatter on the background using Gansai Tambi watercolor paint and some clear sequins (gift from my crafty friend) that I added them on the card using Tombow Mono Liquid Glue.

On 1.25″ x 2.75″ Black cardstock pieces, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Blossoming Expressions stamp set (CTMH), cut the dove tail with Micro-Tip scissors and I added them on the cards using 3D foam tape.

I love the watercolor look from Distress Inks 🙂

Thank You so much for visiting my blog today!

I link up the card at these challenge:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #226-#227 – Anything Goes

a2z Scrapbooking April 2016 Challenge

April Pinterest Inspired Challenge

A Blog Named Hero – April Challenge

Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Wood-Burning with Stencil, Stamp and Hand-lettering

Wood-burning art is interesting and beautiful art work. It is like painting on a wood plank or slice but use wood-burning tool instead of paints. It require patient and time to work on one art. I first time tried wood-burning was when I made some projects for Christmas last year.

I made couple wood-slices ornaments for our tree, gifts and also for a friend’s request. And on the weekend, I worked on these bigger wood slices (approximately 8″ and 10″ tall). And if you have little kids, better work after they go to bed or when they are not around. The wood burning tool is VERY HOT!

First wood slice, I used the medium size I got from Target (YES, you read it correctly :D). I taped down the Feathers and Arrows LARGE – ARTplorations Stencil, and began tracing the arrows with pencil.

After removing the stencil, I traced the sketch with the hot wood-burning tool. Then I saw some empty spaces that I thought might need some things there. So I wrote the quote using pencil and traced them with the tool again. Woalah! Love it! 😀

On the second medium size of wood slice I got from Target, I stamped the big coffee cup from Hero Arts with StazOn ink pad then trace it with the wood burning tool. The word coffee was written with pencil, then traced it with the tool.

On the third wood slice, I wrote the quote from Micah 6:8, one of the popular Bible quote that always remind us what the LORD command us to do to others in the community. First I drew some lines to make sure when I write it straight. It is a big slice, a bit intimidating 😀 This wood slice is from Walnut Hollow.

Then, I wrote the quote with pencil and then traced them with wood-burning tool. Then I erased the pencil lines.

On the second take, I stamped some big poppy flowers from Donna Downey (Unity Stamp Co.) with StazOn ink pad and then traced them. I doodled the stalks and leaves, then traced them with the tool.

I spend all day to work on 4 wood slices, 3 successful projects, 1 failed. But I have a plan for the failed one 🙂 And I think I like this wood-burning projects! I found lots of ideas on Pinterest, too!

Thank you for stopping by today and I do hope you like these wood burning projects. Have a fabulous day!

Posted on Monday, April 11, 2016

1 Kit, 4 Card Designs and More

We had a cold weekend, even some snow! We stayed home, resting and finding fun things to do inside, like my husband and the girls put up the hammock stand that came from REI. So looking forward to have it outside at the backyard 🙂

And… A box I has been waiting finally arrived, too! A happy mail from Hero Arts, the My Monthly Hero kit.

I ordered it on the release day and it is now sold out. In this box there are so many fun crafty supplies: stamp set, matching die set, card samples, watercolor paper samples, pearls, watercolor brush, and sample of Daniel Smith Watercolor paints.

So, since it was cold day, I spent my day in my craft rooms doing some projects for a local Art and Craft Bazaar. I had a chance to make cards using the kit. The first card is one layeres card.

I heat embossed the flowers and leaves using Ranger™ Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder, then colored them using Daniel Smith watercolor paints. Oh…they are GORGEOUS colors!

I heat embossed the sentiment on a piece of vellum paper with Ranger™ Princess Gold Embossing Powder. Then I added the vellum on the card using Tombow Adhesive for vellum, it is transparant. I added some of the green pearls on the card.

The second card, I diecut the layered on the white cardstock pannel and I stamped the flower using Black Archival Ink and them colored it using ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Peony Purple Marker and Golden Yellow Marker.

I added the pannel on the cardbase using some 3D foam tape to give some pop to the flower petals. I stamped the sentiment using mini ink pad that came in past Hero Arts kit. I added a gem in the middle of the flower.

For these 2 designs, I added some Gold DecoFoil with double-sided tapes. Loving the extra shiny on these cards.

For this card, I curled the petals after I diecut it. I colored the flowers using Gansai Tambi watercolor paints.

I die cut one side of these card base, added some colored papers inside, foil and the small diecut flowers.

I love this kit! Endless possibility to create cards for sure.

Thank you so much for visiting today and I hope you are inspired to create today 🙂 Blessings to you all!

These cards I also link at:

a2z Scrapbooking April 2016 Challenge: Watercoloring

FUSION: Orchid Occasions

Simon Says: Happy Birthday

SSS Monday Challenge: April Showers Bring May Floweres

Little Tangles Challenge 67 – Die-cutting

Die Cut Divas – April Challenge

Pinterest Inspired Challenge – April 2016

A Blog Named Hero – April Challenge

Posted on Saturday, April 9, 2016

Happy Mother’s Day Card Set

Mother’s Day is a special day when we all dedicate to celebrate special mom figure in our lives. It is getting closer and sending out handmade cards to moms is one way to say that they are special. Today I am sharing more Mother’s Day cards I made 🙂

These 3 card sets I made using stamp sets and die set from Close To My Heart: Springtime Wishes stamp set, Springtime Wishes Thincuts, Happy To Be Friends stamp set, Block Uppercase Alphabet stamp set, and Inked Alphabet stamp set.

First, diecut the flowers and leaves out of White Daisy and Black Exclusive Cardstocks. Then I stamped some of the images using Slate and Sorbet Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads on the White cardstock, and some of the images I heat embossed them with Gold Embossing Powder on the Black cardstock.

Papers I used on these cards are from Charlotte Paper Packets. And I finised the cards with some Clear Sparkle Assortments gems.

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Today I also join a group of talented CTMH consultants at Joyful Stars Blog Hop. If you arrive from Lori’s blog, then you are on the right track 🙂 but if you are here first, please continue hopping to the next blog, Donna’s blog, to see what she has created for you. And the full list of blog hop participants is at Joyce’s blog.

These cards I also link at:

Word Art Challenge Week 224/225 – Anything Goes

Little Tangles Challenge 67 – Die-cutting

Die Cut Divas – April Challenge

WOW! Embossing April Challenge

Thank You so much for visiting my blog today and I hope you all find some inspirations from Mother’s Day project. Have a fabulous day!

Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2016

Some Blooming Sympathy Cards

It has been raining in the last two days and the temperature is colder than what we think Spring temperature would be. I saw some pictures of my friends on Instagram and Facebook that they got snow! Snow! In Spring time! I think the weather is a bit confuse…

But some tulips are already bloomed in our little garden at the front yard. They give some colors to the view out side the window for sure.

Inspired by some of those blooming flowers, today no matter how cold outside is, I am still in the Spring mood 🙂 and working with a set of these flower cards.

For these cards, all I did was stamping, embossing and coloring them.

On kraft cardstocks, I stamped Blossomy Condolences stamp from Unity Stamp Co. With MISTI, I can stamp the flowers 4 times at the same spot.

Then I heat embossed those images using Ranger White embossing powder, then colored them using Prismacolor pencils.

I added some Vintage Photo distress ink at all the edges. The background is Tim Holtz Idea-ology tissue paper that I added them on the cardbases using glue sticks.