Flower Embellie

I just recently bought a scallop puncher.. I've been wanting to buy one for a while now, b'coz I'm excited to make all those flower embellies I see from other sites.. And so now that I have one, here's one card I made with a flower embellie I made:

I just love how the flower looks!:) can't wait to make more of these..:P

Challenges:

• Get Sketchy's Sketch#48
• Colorful Creations Card Challenge: fussy cut, ribbon and making patterned paper using stamp
• The Shabby Tea Room - From the Garden
• Raise the Bar - Challenge#28 Distressed

Been really busy and tired from work, but I'm really glad I was able to finish at least one card...:) Hope you like it!..;)

xoxo,

My CC Bloghop entries

Had my 1st blog hop with Colorful Creations last weekend.. I wasn't able to complete all 7 challenges.. but I was able to make 3 cards despite having very little free time to scrap...:)

So here are my cards:

This one is for the 'Use your Stash' Challenge. I used my old stash/scraps..:)


This one is for a 'Button' challenge.. I also used Get Sketchy's sketch#47.. I just love love LOVE how this card came out!:)


Can you guess the challenge for this one?... BLING much?!?;) hehe!! And it also requires that the card shows a celebration.. I also used Card Patterns' Sketch#73 for this one.. First time I did a "diamond" card..:)


I really, really had fun doing these card!:) Hope you like it too!:)

xoxo,

Colorful Creations Blog Hop

Colorful Creations is hosting its very first Blog Hop, sponsored by stampandcreate.com!

I love blog hopping! I love discovering new blog sites to follow, and seeing the lovely works of the blog owners! For sure I'll find a lot of great stuff during this blog hop! Can't wait to start!:)

If you girls wanna have fun, come join us! Visit the Colorful Creations site!:) There are a lot of great prizes up for grabs too!;)

xoxo,

Ruffles

This is my first time to try adding "ruffles" to my cards..:) I love how it came out, and I'm sure this won't be the last time I'll do ruffles in my cards..:) Anyway, here's my card:

Challenges:

• Creative Scrapbooking Divas - Ruffle & Bows Card Challenge
• There She Goes - TSG59: Worn, torn & distressed
• AiFactory - #40: Distress it!
• Mojo Monday - sketch#143

Thanks for visiting!:)

xoxo,

Cards, cards, cards!!!

(edited June 12 @23:42)

For the first time since I started crafting, I was able to make more than 2 cards this Sunday and Monday night!:) Here are my cards:
Challenges:

• Card Pattern - Sketch#67
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Challenge#10 - Buttons buttons!! (2 big blue buttons)
• Papertake Weekly - Fun fun fun!!!
• Paper Sundaes - Summer Fun!
• Stamp Something - Stamp Something Digi
• Stampin for the Weekend - Summer/Travel
• Charisma Cardz Challenges - Flowers
• Alphabet Challenge - F is for Flowers
• Frosted designs - Buttons!!
• The Pink Elephant - Challenge#69 - Gotta Wear Shades / Bright Colors

Challenges:

• Cupcake Craft - Challenge#94 - Dazzle Us!
• Pixie Dust Studio - Challenge#25 - Punch it Out! (used my fave rounded corner punch)
• Pile It On - Challenge#22 - Quirky
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Challenge#10 - Buttons buttons!!
• Charisma Cardz Challenges - Flowers
• Alphabet Challenge - F is for Flowers
• Frosted designs - Buttons!!
• The Pink Elephant - Challenge#69 - Gotta Wear Shades / Bright Colors
• Paper Play Challenges - Flowers & Sparkle

Challenges:

• Paper Play Challenges - Flowers & Sparkle
• Charisma Cardz Challenges - Flowers
• Alphabet Challenge - F is for Flowers
• Cupcake Craft - Challenge#94 - Dazzle Us!

Challenges:

• The Pink Elephant - Challenge#69 - Gotta Wear Shades / Bright Colors
• Charisma Cardz Challenges - Flowers
• Alphabet Challenge - F is for Flowers
• Frosted designs - Buttons!!
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Challenge#10 - Buttons buttons!!

Woohoo!!! Made Top 3 again at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!!:)

Thanks for looking!:)

xoxo,

I am a Guest Designer!!!

This is my first time to be a guest designer since I started seriously crafting early this year.. HUGE thanks to AI Factory for the honor!! Woooot!!:) Head on over to their site ladies and check out all their cool stuff and join in on their latest challenge!;)

This week's challenge is: Anything Goes with a Punch. They don't require you to use AiF stamps, but if you want to use one, they have quite a few freebies for you. Deadline of entries for this week's challenge is on Wednesday, June 9th at 10:30pm EST. If you don't have a blog, and will be posting your project to online galleries, kindly tag your projects with 'AIF038'.:)

And here is my project! I did a card with a matching bookmark.. Like I mentioned in my previous post, I enjoyed making a matching bookmark with my cards, so I thought of doing it again with this one..:)



I used AiF digital stamps for my card and bookmark. It's from one of their Ella images: Ella at Peace. Love that image! Just pardon the coloring coz I only used colored pencils for coloring... hehehe!! I don't have Copic markers yet..:( My card layout was inspired from Get Sketchy's sketch#40:


Hope you girls like it!:) Thanks for looking!:) Ciao!

xoxo,

Happy happy!

I got my prize RAK for winning a challenge at Colorful Creations last night! I just love 'em! I got so excited with it that I decided to scrap last night (which I usually do on weekends only, when I have more time :P)... haha!!

However, I ended up not being able to use any of the stuff... hehe!! Not because I didn't want to use them.. only because I decided to do a color combo challenge from Colorful Creations, and the colors of the candies are different..:P But, I'm sure I'll be using them very soon!;)

I am just sooo happy with the card I made last night..:) I was able to try out a few things that are fairly new to me..:P I just love how the card came out!!!

So, without further ado, here's my very chic and cutey card:



Not sure if you can see it in that 2nd picture above, but I added some pink chalk around the edges of the my paper where the butterfly image is.. Still not sure if I'm using my chalks right.. LOL! But I sure love that misty/vignette/shimmery effect it gave my image..:P And then for that butterfly, I paper-pieced the wings since I don't have markers yet for coloring stamp images.. ehehe!!

I also (just recently) bought a Martha Stewart edge puncher which I used in this card.. only my 2nd time to use it.. this is my very first edge puncher! and of course I also bought the matching corner puncher... hehe!

And then my card opens like this:

I normally just do the usual 1-fold cards.. ehehe!! I think this is only my 2nd time to do a 2-fold card.. I haven't really tried to be very creative with my card's orientation and folds yet.. still getting myself used to doing the card's design first.. LOL!!!!

Anyway, so here are the wonderful challenges I'm submitting my card to:

1. OCC Sketch Blog - I slept at 1am this morning just to be able to submit my entry on time for this sketch! LOL! I even don't have this blog post yet.. just pasted my card and a promise to update this post, just so I can meet the deadline.. ahaha!! because it already happened to me twice, I already finished the card, and then I didn't have enough time to blog.. then ended up not being able to enter my card..:( Anyway, here is their very very cute sketch#16:
2. Colorful Creations - Color Combo May Week#2: PINK, BLACK & WHITE
3. Colorful Creations - Card Challenge: Critters (butterfly)
4. Pile It On - Challenge#20: Out of the box. How I did my card based from OCC's sketch is entirely from a different perspective or "out of the box" for me..:)
5. Cupcake Craft Challenge - Theme#92: Black & Grey Plus 1 Colour Choice. Obviously my choice color is PINK! Hihihi!;)
6. There She Goes - TSG56: On The Edge. When I saw their new challenge, I really got excited! Because as I mentioned earlier, I just bought my very first edge puncher! LOL! Their requirement is for your card to have these TWO features: altered corners (i used my rounded corner punch) and a border punch (the flower punch) on one of the layers..:P Lovely, right?;)
7. Crazy Challenge - CCH#16: It's A Girl Thing!
8. Inky Impressions - Challenge#35: F.L.O.W.E.R.S. In this card, I used F - flower punch (I hope this counts.:P), O - for my polka dot paper, and S - for that sparkly pink gems..:)
9. Sew Many Challenges - Week#15: Anything Goes
10. Totally Gorjuss - Challenge#31: Bling It On. (my 3 pink blingy gems.. the pink chalk I used has some glitters on them too... I think it's just not too obvious from my picture.. ahaha!!)
11. Ooh La La Creations - Challenge#54: Bright and Cheerful
12. Flutter by Wednesday - #111: Butterfly
13. Stampin for the Weekend - Challenge#39: Card to make someone smile or cheer them up. I don't know with you, but for me it's always good to know that someone is thinking of you..;) plus this chic colors is definitely cheerful!:)
14. The Shabby Tea Room - Week#11: Polka Dot Tea Party.
    

Whew! Finally finished my post! LOL!!:P I think this is the most # of challenges I've played in at one time!:) I sure hope I win in some/most of them!;) LOL!

Thanks for viewing!!! ♥♥♥

xoxo,

A-Z: letter 'C'

I had two entries for letter 'C'...:P I really wanted to just submit a picture of my mini-Coca Cola collection.. but I wasn't too happy with my shots, hence the 2nd entry..;) hehe!! anyway...

Here's my first 'C' for Coca Cola (Collection). I love Coca Cola items!! I have a small collection, but most of them are back home in the Philippines. These miniature bottles in the picture is part of a set bought by my hubby for me from his trip to the World of Coca Cola last August in Atlanta...:)


My second 'C' is for Colors. These are just a couple of the coloring materials I have for my crafting: colored pencils & watercolors...:)


Thanks for looking!:)

xoxo,

A Card & A Bookmark

I didn't go to work today, had to use up my leaves coz I resigned... and so I was able to scrap!! Yipeeeeeee!! ehehehe!!

Was happy with how my card turned out.. and it's my first time to make a matching bookmark!:) I looooove to read pocketbooks, so I'll be definitely making more bookmarks..;) Anyway, here they are:
A closer look below..:) I'm also happy I was able to use the new stamps & puncher I bought recently..:) I just love them..:) I wish to really learn how to do different techniques and styles with 'em...:)

Challenges:

• Colorful Creations - Color Combo: and shade of Pink, Yellow and Brown
• Project Tuesday - to make a card with a matching bookmark
• AllSorts Challenge - Week#52: Birthdays!
• Pile It On - Challenge#19: Photo Inspiration, see photo here. I love brown furnitures! and in the same way I love using the color brown in my crafting!:)
• Card Patterns - Sketch#64

• Crafts And Me - Challenge#4: Anything but a Card. Not sure if this is counted, but obviously my entry is the bookmark I made...;)
  

I hope you girls like it!:) Thanks so much for looking!:)

xoxo,

A-Z: letter 'B'

As I mentioned in my previous post, hubby & I created a fan page in Facebook for a photography activity. This week, we're doing letter 'B'. And here is my entry:


B for Bold and Beautiful Birthday girl in Black & white..;) hehe! How's that for 'B'?..;)

She's my sister (and Best friend), Jasmin.. She has been asking me to take a picture of her in B&W for the longest time.. Finally, I was able to do it..:P and coincidentally, she celebrated her birthday last Tuesday too.. hehe!

To see more pics from this set, check my FB album. Thanks for looking!;)

xoxo,

Time for "Photos"

We sold my DSLR last year... and then I got hooked on scrapbooking...;) so the unavoidable ending.. neglected my photography and been doing a lot of "Scraps" post... and so for a change..

I am doing a "Photos" post this time.. hehe!

I used my hubby's camera on this one.. We started a photography activity on Facebook where we invited all our photographer friends to join in.. It's called 'A-Z Just For Fun' fan page. Every Monday (we started last Monday, May 3), we get a new letter.. And those who want to join should shoot a subject that starts with that letter.. ex. A for Apple, B for Boxing, etc.. Then post it on the Fan Photos..:) As the title says, it's just for fun.. no prizes to be won.. no winners..:)

This activity gave me the chance to shoot again..:) At the same time not take too much of my time, since it's a weekly activity.. and we just need to be able to take at least one picture per week/letter..;)

So obviously, we start with 'A' (duh!).. ehehe!! And here's my take:


A for Affection... and/or Anthony (my hubby's name)..;) hehe!!

And here's my set up:

Info: Nikon D300 | 17-55mm @ 17mm | f8 | 1/5s | ISO 400

Excited for my 'B' next week! Thanks for looking!:)

xoxo,

Another Mother's Day Card

(edited May 27, 11:30)
I made another Mother's Day card.. this one is for my MIL..:) I love how it turned out..:)


Challenges:

• The Pink Elephant - Theme Challenge: "Mommy, I Love You"
• SP Color Combo#46
  
  
• Colorful Creations - Mother's Day Card - chosen as WINNER!!:)
• Just Us Girls - Sketch#31
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Challenge#5: Anything Goes (made Top 3!)
• Stampin' Royalty - #17 Punches - I used my fave round corner punch for the edges of my BG paper
  
• The Creative Cottage - #8 Circles - center embellie has circles..
• Crafts and Me - #3 Sparkle
• AI Factory - #34 Use Buttons- chosen as WINNER!!:)
• Creative Card Crew - April Showers bring May Flowers
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #28 Shapes
• Pixie Dust Studio - #20 Picture for Inspiration - love that pink bedroom!:)
  

Thanks for looking!:)

xoxo,

Thinking of you..

Another card I made... Still not sure if I'm giving this to the moms too for mother's day..:P we'll see...:) might be..:P hehe!!

Challenges:

• If the Shoe Fits - Chocolate and Teal
• Taylored Expressions - sketch here (but AGAIN, I was too late to meet the deadline.. sigh..)
• Simply Scrapping - Inchies
• All Sorts Challenge - Be inspired by this photo.

Thanks for looking!:)

xoxo,

Mother's Day Card

(post edited May 5 @09:30)
It's almost Mother's Day, so I decided to start doing my MD cards for my mom and MIL*..:) Here's my 1st MD card:


It's my 1st tri-fold card..:P Inside it just says "Happy Mother's Day!!!"... I forgot to take a picture of the inside..*blush* will try to add it in this blog later...:)

Here's the challenges I joined with this card:
Get Sketchy#35

Colour Q#29


Pixie Dust Studio's Challenge#19: & Creative Divas's: Tag You're It!


So happy to share that this card won at Creative Divas and was chosen as one of the Top 5 for Get Sketchy!!! Yipeeeee!!! It's my first time to win in a non-ning challenge site (Get Sketchy)!:) Didn't win the Super Stuffed Package I was drooling over (hehe!), but being included in the Top 5 is already an honor!:)

Thanks for looking!:)

* MIL - Mother-In-Law

xoxo,