CPS Challenge

I'm amazed by how many card challenges out there waiting for people who love to make cards. Through browsing to different bloggers' work, I found this CPS Challenge. And I made another Thank You card with the "paper wheels".

Clean and Simple Challenge

I started to like the clean and simple challenge, and for this week, here is the challenge:


And here is my card:

Hearts paper quilling

I usually post the completed version of the cards that I made. Recently, I found out it's fun to just build the components that can be used to make cards instead of the whole card. While I'm still in paper quilling mode, I made some hearts:



From another angle:

Ad Inspired card

I was creating some flowers inspired by Claire Choi . Her work is always amazing. I cannot imagine how she could make such beautiful things out of paper. If you haven't visited her blog before, I'd strongly encourage you to go there. It will change what you think about paper crafts!

Anyway, going back to cards. Using the paper quilling flowers, I entered the 365 cards ad inspired challenge.

Here is my card:



To be honest, it's not completely done because I would like to add some "words" on the card. But since I cannot think of whether it should be a birthday card or card for other occasion, I'll just leave it like this for now.

Christmas in August!

Yes.. it's only August. Since I will be busy around Christmas card preparation time, so I started a bit early (given that I work slowly). So, here you go with the card patterns sketch 75 challenge

More paper wheels

After creating the first not-too-successful "paper wheel", I'm addicted to create more because I just think that it looks so nice as an embellishment. Then I see a Clean&Simple challenge:


Here is my card. With the new camera, I think it does look nice. :) For the green background, I put on some Martha Stewart gold glitter (it was on sale, and I couldn't resist :-)


A closer look of a more successful paper wheel.


Hope you like it. Thanks for visiting.

Sketch Challenge

The 365 cards was having sketch challenges all week, unfortunately, I didn't have much chance to enter them all (though I'd really love to!). Anyhow, I did make it for the Friday sketch


Below is my take. The "Thanks so much" tag is supposed to stand out a lot more. I folded a rectangular strip into zig-zag pattern, and make it a wheel. Somehow it got lost in the photos.



A closer look of the "wheel":