Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2015

Spring Daffodils

Spring is one of my favorite seasons because the flowers are just gorgeous. I am looking forward to enjoy the beauty of the Daffodils at our backyard in the next week. They have some buds coming out and when they bloom, they bring the Spring colors 🙂

Today’s card is inspired by them 🙂 and also some inspirations from Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge – Spring Pinterest Inspiration:

First, I stamped the image on a piece of watercolor paper with Versamark Ink Pad, and then added some Ranger Gold embossing powder and heat set it using my CTMH Craft Heater.

Using CTMH Watercolor Pencils, I colored the flowers and stems and then using my aqua paint brush (retired) to wet them. I decided to add some blue on the background. I picked up the color directly from the CTMH Watercolor Pencils using the aqua paint brush and add it to the paper lightly.

Then using CTMH Craft Heater to dry the watercolor completely (quick way, but you can let it dries naturally) and then I stamped the sentiment from Greatest Love stamp set (B1444) using Black Exclusive Ink Pad.

I also link up this card at:

The Daily Maker – 30 Day Coloring Challenge

CAS-ology Challenge week 138 – Blossom

Inspire Me Monday Week 167

Thank you for visiting today and I hope Spring already arrived at your place!

Posted on Friday, March 20, 2015

Hello Spring

Since a couple of weeks ago, our oldest daughter who is in Kindergarten and can read now, kept telling us almost every day when is the first day of Spring. I asked, “How do you know that March 20th is first day of Spring?” She replied, “I read it on my calendar. It says Spring begins on March 20th.” I went to check and sure enough she was right 🙂

So, Spring begins today, officially… But we have been nice days since Monday (3/16/15). It was raining on Thursday and Friday, but this week was great.

I have some pictures to share with you that I created these digital layout using Picture Life App with my iPhone. All pictures I took using my phone, too.

Look, the winter is past,

and the rains are over and gone.

The flowers are springing up,

the season of singing birds has come,

and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.

(Song of Songs 2:11-12, NLT)

HAPPY SPRING ALL!!!!

Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2015

Just Because

Do you know CTMH is on Instagram, too? You find & follow with this name @ctmhcorp and using this hashtag: #jrlcreativechallenge.

On Instagram, they have weekly creative challenge. And this week new challenge is to send someone a happy mail 🙂 This card I created for a dear friend of mine who have been a great blessing in our family.

This is a card I made for this challenge:

And I decided to add something in the inside of the card 🙂

This card I also link up at Create With Joy – Inspire Me Monday Week 167

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Supplies from Close To My Heart:

Stamp sets: Doodled Designs (A1170), Happy To Be Friends (C1605), Brushstrokes (C1608), Choose Happy (SOTM S1503)

Cardstocks: White Daisy

Embellishments: Junebug Puffies, Sparkle Clear Assortment

Exclusive Ink Pads: Flaxen, Canary, Pixie, Thistle

Embossing: Ranger White Embossing Powder, Craft Heater, Versamark stamp pad

Acrylix Blocks: 1″ x 1″, 1″ x 3 1/2″, 3″ x 3″

Others: Watercolor paper, glue runner, Sharpie pen (Black), Black cardstock.

Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2015

You’re So Fabulous

Finally, I had a chance to spend time making some cards this weekend after coming back for a mission conference and catching up with some works 🙂 Today, I would love to share with you a simple and clean card I made with CTMH Operation Smile™ Stamp Set, You’re the Bomb stamp set.

Operation Smile® is a charity organization helping to repair childhood facial deformities for free while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together we create smiles, change lives, and heal humanity.

Operation Smile® fulfills its mission with five programs:

International Medical Missions: Operation Smile® coordinates more than 30 medical mission sites in 25 countries annually (international and local in-country medical missions).
Chapters and Foundations
U.S. Care Network
Education
Student Programs

And, through your purchases and time, as consultants and costumers, you help sustain a charity that has helped over 200,000 children in the last 30 years!

This gorgeous stamp set specially created to support the work of Operation Smile® all around the word.

When you purchase the C-size You’re the Bomb stamp set at full retail price until March 31st, 2015, Close To My Heart will donate $3 of the proceeds toOperation Smile® to keep helping with this charity effort. You can make a difference in the life of a child!

You also can always give donation toOperation Smile® whenever you shop at my CTMH store website. At the cart or check out page, you will see the box at the bottom of your total where you can give donation before you checking out. If you have any questions, please contact me or visit my store to purchase and donate!

THANK YOU for shopping and giving a smile on a child’s life!