Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2015

Thankful Season Is Near

November is known as the Thankful Season. It is not too long we will be in November. But it is not only in November we can focus on giving thanks, also there is always something we can thank our wonderful God for what he has done in our lives every day.

Today I would like to share some thankful cards I made using old and new supplies from Close To My Heart.

I am so grateful for you all have been visiting my blog! And I hope you have a wonderful plan to celebrate this coming special thankful season.

I also link this card up at Kathy’s blog – The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge

Thank You for visiting today & have a wonderful day!

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2015

A Prayer Request For Indonesia

It had been a very long summer in several places in Indonesia and this long hot summer has caused draught, forest fire and even lack of clean water and no electricity.

Up until today, the forest fire has become a huge problems in the island of Borneo or known also as Kalimantan.

This is a picture from NASA and situation in Borneo (Kalimantan Island) of Indonesia.

Please PRAY for this situation, the smoke level is critical and caused lots of health problems to the people. We have friends and colleagues who live and work in Central Borneo where most effected area. They keep asking for lots of people to pray for them and asking God to send rain to put out the fire and clear off the atmosphere.

Would you join them and us in prayers?

Here’s the report from NASA:

Heavy Smoke Blankets Borneo

Heavy smoke continued to pour from peat fires in Borneo, Indonesia, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on October 19, 2015. Red outlines indicate hot spots where the sensor detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires. Gray smoke hovers over the island and has triggered air quality alerts and health warnings in Indonesia and neighboring countries. Small cumulus clouds are visible along Borneo’s southern coast. The lower image shows a more detailed view of some of the fires. Read more about the fires here.

Thank You so much for stopping by today and taking a moment to pray for Indonesia!

Have a blessed day!

Posted on Friday, October 16, 2015

The Stamp Nation WCMD 2015 and 30 Day Coloring Challenges

This week I joined 6 of 10 WCMD 2015 Challenges at The Stamp Nation that inspired by 10 countries. This cardmaking forum is amazing. They have lots of challenges, inspirations, technique tips and tutorials to improve your skill of making cards.

Here are the cards I made to enter those challenge:

1st Card – USA

Supplies:

Paper Cut Flowers stamp set (Neat and Tangled)
Jubilee paper packet (CTMH)
VersaMark ink Pad (CTMH)
Ranger White Fine Embossing Powder (CTMH)
Craft Heater (CTMH)
Thick 3D foam tape (Elmer’s)
A2 White Card
Black Cardstock
Natural Baker’s Twine

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2nd Card: Canada

Supplies:

So Very Blessed stamp (Neat and Tangled)
Black Ink Pad (CTMH)
Acrylix Block (CTMH)
Art Grib Pencil Colors (Faber Castell)
Canson Watercolor Paper
Simply Art Watercolor paint
Plaid Watercolor brush
Micro-Tip Non-Stick Scissors (ekTool)

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3rd Card: Switerland

Supplies:

Wallflower Stamp Set (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps)
Bamboo Ink Pad (CTMH)
Black Ink Pad (CTMH)
White Daisy Cardstock (CTMH)
Kraft Cardstock (Neenah)
White Primio Ribbon (American Crafts)
Red Sequins (Hobby Lobby)
Aqua Mono Liquid Glue (Tombow)
Multi Mono Liquid Glue (Tombow)
3D foam tape (The Recollections, Michaels)
Micro-Tip Non-Stick Scissors (ekTool)

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4th Card: Scotland

Supplies:

Pumpkin Digital Stamp (Neat and Tangled)
Gelatos (Faber Castell)
Aquash Water Brush (Pentel)
Crayons (Crayola)
Watercolor Paper (Canson XL)
Woodgrain Washi Tape (CTMH)
Mini Stapler (CTMH)
Corner Chomper (WRMK)

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5th Card: Japan

Supplies:

The Big, The Bold and Extrass (Winnie and Walter)
The Big, The Bold and Blessing (Winnie and Walter)
Picked Raspberry Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)
Black Ink Pad (CTMH)
Primio Twine Ribbon (American Crafts)
Clear Sequins (gift from a crafty friend)
Mini Gemstones (The Paper Studio, Hobbo Lobby)
Multi Mono Liquid Glue (Tombow)
3D Foam Tape (Recollections, Michaels)

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6th Card: Malaysia

Supplies:

Handstitched stamp set (Neat and Tangled)
Distress Inks: Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade (Tim Holtz)
VersaMark ink pad (CTMH store)
Ranger White Fine Embossing Powder (CTMH store)
Craft Heater (CTMH)
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
3D foam tape (Recollections, Michaels)
Gemstones (Darice)
Kraft A2 Card (The Paper Studio, Hobby Lobby)

I had so much fun making these cards and learned some techniques from the Stamp Nation challenge hosts.

I also link this card up at Kathy’s blog – The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge

Hopefully you also enjoy my cards and THANK YOU so much for visiting today! Have a great weekend!

Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015

Merry Everything: A Christmasy Coffee Cup Card

Christmas is 2 months away. I started my Holiday cardmaking adventure since September. Today, I’d like share a fun card for coffee loving friends 🙂

First, using my Silhouette Cameo, I cut the kraft cup shaped card from Juliana Michaels. It is a free cutting file – download here.

I use CTMH October Stamp of The Month: Twinkle (S1510). I stamped the lights using Black exclusive inks stamp pad and colored them using Faber-Castell Mix & Match pencil colors.

I stamped the circle stars slightly at the bottom corner card using White Daisy exclusive ink pad to create a background for the label tag. But I felt like it needed something. Then randomly stamoed the mini stars all over the card with White ink pad, too.

On a piece White Daisy cardstock, I stamped the tag label and sentiment using Cranberry exclusive inks stamp pad and the fussy cut around it. I finished my card with neutral baker’s twine and some clear gemstones.

This SOTM Twinkle (S1510) is D-sise stamp set that you can get it only $5 with qualifying order of $50 or more during the month of October.

I also link this card up at Kathy’s blog – The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge

Thanks for stopping by today!

Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Sending Prayers

In the last couple of weeks lots of people been praying for us, especially for our daughters who were sick at the same time. They caught the virus and took some times to heal. But this week they are recovering, the Big girl is going back to school and the Little girl’s appetite is back. We are truly grateful for all of you and for your prayers!

We need prayers every moment, every day. It is not only when we are in troubles or having hard situations, but also in many things we give thanks to the Lord in prayers. We are so thankful for people who join our prayer team to pray for the ministry we do among the people of SEA*, to pray for the Bibleless and Unreached people groups there and for us.

It is an honor and a blessing for us when we can pray for you and others, too. Prayers is powerful and we have seen how God answered prayers in the past and we are looking forward to see His glory revealed when He answer prayers.

I would love to share a card today I made for a dear friend. She just got a news from doctor that her husband has cancer. It is devastating news for her and her family. My thoughts and prayers for her and her family. We have hope in Christ. We have faith to see God be with them to go through it all and heal her husband from cancer.

On this card I did the ombre watercolor background. You can let it dry on the side or you can use Craft Heater to let it dry. I let the watercolor paper dried on the side while I did some diecutting.

For the prayers sentiment, I cut 6 times and stacked them together so it will be thicker like that. To stack them together, it is best using fine point glue pen.

I added some Silver glitter cardstock strips to the top and bottom of the ombre paper. I saw there were some empty space around the sentiment, so I added some of the hearts, scattered them around the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful day!

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