Posted on Friday, August 22, 2014

Happy Birthday, Blow Out The Candle!

It is Friday. And it’s time for new die cut challenge and reveal day at Stuck On U Sketches! And we have a themed challenge for you today.

We challenge you to create any project that has any die cuts on it that has to do with a party. It can be a card, layout, invitation, banner, etc.. So many amazing projects to choose from. When you link up your projects here for Die Cut Challenge (or any challenges during this month you link up) – that follows all the requirements, – you will be entered to win the blog candy this month from:

I was in need of a masculine birthday card to send overseas. I went with simple colors and clean style. Here’s my card I created this card for using Silhouette Cameo:

The cutting file I used for this card is 3D Standing Birthday Card from Lori Whitlock. I cut the card base using White Daisy cardstock. I added velum for the window and added another layer to make like a pocket and filled it with silver and gold sequins. For the scallop frame I cut a piece of Cocoa cardstock.

I colored the balloons with my Sharpies markers. The sentiment I used is from Banner Wishes stamp set and the banner is from For A Friend stamp set. Both I stamped using Cocoa Mini Pigment Ink Pad on a White Daisy cardstock, added some glitter embossing powder, and heated it with my Craft Heater. When it was cold down, I fussy cut the banner sentiment using Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors. Then I added it on the card using 3D foam tape for some dimension.

Here are some close up pictures:

Thank you for stopping by today and don’t forget to check on the Design Team inspirations on the SOUS Blog 🙂 Have a great weekend!

Posted on Friday, August 8, 2014

Just Smile

It is time for new die cut challenge at Stuck On U Sketches! This week challenge theme is Lights, Camera, Action! You are challenged to create any project that use any of these die cuts: camera, film reel, clap board, and/or film strip.

When you link your project at any of Stuck On U Sketches challenges this month of August and meet all the requirements of any of these challenges: Sketch Challenge, Project Life Challenge and Die Cut Challenge, then you are eligible to enter to win this month blog candy from Lime Citron that has generously provided a pack full of their amazing product valued $60! The link up to SOUS Die Cut Challenge is open until August 21, 2014.

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Now… my project… This is an interesting challenge for me too! I love Instagram 😀 and I thought that it would be interesting if I can make a card with Instagram camera logo and has shaker window. Here’s my card:

I used 5.75″ x 5×75″ white card base and punched the bottom of the card using my Scallop Border Punch. For the Instagram camera, I cut Lori Whitlock’s 3D Instant Camera Box cutting file using my Silhouette Cameo. I resized the shapes first. Cardstock I used for this camera are: Black, Cashmere and Cocoa (Basic Combo Pack), White Daisy, Cranberry and Honey (Adventure Combo Pack), and Indian Corn Blue (Enchantment Combo Pack).

The sentiment I used Oodle of Doodles from Close To My Heart. I stamped it using VersaMark ink pad and added some Ranger White Super Fine Embossing Powder and heated it using my Craft Heater. After that, I added a little bit of White Daisy Exclusive Inks Pad with sponge dauber to give some chalkboard effect on the stamped black cardstock.

And for the shaker window, I cut the white circle 3 times and glued them together so they will be thicker. I added clear plastic and then I used 3D foam tape to add on the base. I used some of silver and gold sequins I had in stash.

Transforming from a 3D box into a card… is a success! 😀 Thank You so much for stopping by today and hope you like my card.

Posted on Friday, July 25, 2014

SOUS Die Cut Challenge: Food & Beverage

I cannot believe that Summer is almost done!!! But I cannot complain, we just have been having so much fun this Summer. July is a month full of fun for us that we had awesome cook out on the fourth of July, fantastic weather for playing outside though we had some cloudy and rainy days, road trip, camping and next week we will have VBS at our church. We are thankful for Summer!

Every single moment is worth to remember. One way of remembering our memories is scrapbooking. I have been scrapbooking since 2009 after our first baby girl was born. Now she loves seeing her baby book 🙂 I am working on our second baby girl’s book and hoping when she is bigger, she’ll love it too. Then I thought, well… I don’t have yet book about me and my husband. So, I started our first scrapbook album that record our first year memories as husband and wife. That is just the beginning 🙂

Today I would like to share with you one of the page I made for SOUS Die Cut Challenge this week.

This is one of our stories when we went to my hometown and had these local “must eat food” That was Dave’s second time visiting actually, but our first time visiting my family. Scrapping these pictures made me hungry and miss those food 😀 LOL!!!

For our album I used My Crush™ Bluebird Book and Memory Assortment from Close To My Heart. I added some of the Color-Ready Trinkets Wooden Shapes, Chocolate Woodgrain Washi Tape, Honey Triangles Washi Tape, and Silver Geometric Washi Tape.

The banner I embossed a piece of White Daisy Cardstock with Chevron Embossing Folder using my WRMK Evolution Advanced. I cut Cocoa Cardstock for the title using my Silhouette Cameo. I used this free font, Bira font worked well with die cut machine! Do you see that fork, spoon and knife? I found them at Silhouette Online Store designed by Megan Hardy. After I resized them, I cut them from a piece of Champagne Cardstock to match the color with the book page.

So, I have 6 pictures for this limited space and the solution is this awesome Memory Protectors™ Flip Flaps™ Small Assortment! They are Slide photos or other artwork into the pocket and attach the Flip Flap with its adhesive strip. 4 each of 2″ × 2″, 3″ × 3″, 3″ × 4″, and 4″ × 4″.

On this page I use only 2 of the 4″ x 4″ that holds 4 pictures and I added one more picture on the page, there I have 6 pictures on this 10″x7″ page! I added Bronze Shimmer Trim on to cover on the flip flap. I love this Flip Flaps pockets! 😀

Hope to see your project link up with us at SOUS Die Cut Challenge and other challenges until the end of the month, you can win the blog candy!

Have a fun weekend with your love ones!

Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014

Stuck On U Sketches, Die Cut Challenge: Going Somewhere

WooHoo! TGIF!!

Who doesn’t love Fridays? 😀 I know I love Fridays for so many reasons…weekend is here, we get to spend lots of time as family, creating memories, and we always always love to have our Papa home with all day on Satudays & Sundays. We love to drive around with top-off-Jeep on pretty sunny days. So we hope that tomorrow will be a sunny one.

And… it is time for a new challenge at Stuck On U Sketches, it’s the Die Cut Challenge time 🙂

It is a challenge for me to create a project that have something that going… what came to my mind when I read the challenge was gotta be related to things that move LOL! And I always in need of Thank You cards, so I created this one for a dear friend…

I found this cute scooter from Silhouette Online Store designed by Lori Whitlock. Cardstocks I used for the scooter are Black (from Basic Combo), Sky (from Whimsy Combo), Lagoon (from Adventure Combo), White Daisy. I cut the shapes with my Silhouette Cameo, all at once. Before I put them together, I stamped the diagonal stripes from In The Background (D1540) with Sky Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2194) on the layer of the scooter. I put them together using the glue pen.

On a White Daisy Card (X254), randomly I stamped the clouds from Lifting Spirits set (C1570) with Sky Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2194).

The banner I picked from one of the banners from Lifting Spirits set (C1570) and stamped it with Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2105). The sentiment on the banner is from Give A Lift (D1581) which I stamped with Ruby Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2170). I used the Piercing Tool Kit (Z1114) to poke the holes on the back of the scooter and the edge of the banner to tie up the thread. I added everything on the card using 3D Foam Tape (Z1151) for extra dimensional.

This card is on its way to my friend’s house 🙂

This challenge is fun! I hope you all can join us at SOUS Die Cut Challenge: Going Somewhere this week! We have blog candy for the winner of the month. You are welcome to play as many as challenges you want over SOUS Blog every week to get more chances to win 🙂

Can’t wait to see your projects!

Posted on Friday, June 27, 2014

Sending Love Your Way!

It is Friday again… We love weekend, especially when we can have fun and enjoy the day. My daughters love to play with the sprinkler at the backyard, especially in the hot hot summer days!

And… today is Stuck On U Sketches has new Die Cut Challenge on their blog! The challenge is that add ANYTHING IN THE WATER die cut shapes on your project.

You can create any paper projects as long as they have die cut shapes on your projects. And link up your project at SOUS Die Cut Challenge here to be eligible to win the prize from our sponsor this month, The Cutting Cafe

Here’s my take on this challenge:

I created this card using my Silhouette Cameo. I found this whale with wave set on Silhoeutte Online Store. Isn’t that cute? The background cloud I stamped the 3 clouds from Lifting Spirits stamp set (C1570) with Sky Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. The plane, banner and sentiment are also from the same set. I stamped them with Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad and colored the plane with pencil color. Then fussy cut them and I added them on the card with glue dots, the very bottom wave I used 3D foam tape to give extra dimension.

Join us and let’s have fun! Link up your projects at the SOUS Die Cut Challenge! And thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

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