Last card of the year?

That's probably the last card I'll make for this year.  Need to clean up my desk and house in general to get ready for the baby to come. :)  

Anyway, here's another card for the Retro sketches challenge. 

Square cards

I think I have special liking to square cards, so I particularly like this week's challenge from retro sketches.  Here's my take on it: 

Preparing for 2015

Made another card today with the Freshly Made Sketch challenge.  Here's my take.  I find it a bit blank.  Perhaps I should add some germs to it.  

CAS(E) this Sketch

Now that I'm done with the Xmas cards, it's time to plan a bit on the cards to give out next year.  I'm playing along with the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  It's been foggy out there, so my cellphone doesn't take very good pictures of the card.  May post a better quality pic later. :) 

Freshly Made Sketches

I'm playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I got a set of glitters from last year's Halloween sale.  Surprisingly this red color fits the Christmas theme quite well. 

Haven't tried to mail out cards with glitters cuz I don't know how it will turn out when the recipients got it.  So usually those cards are reserved for the "local people" that I just need to hand over to them.  If you have any experience of mailing out cards with glitters, pls let me know how it turns out or whether it's "safe" to mail.  I'm just using stamps with glue stamp pad.  

Here is the complete look of the card. Hope you like it.   

Another xmas card

Another card for the Fusion challenge.  Though the embossed text is not as clean as I thought it would be, I do like this card better. :) 

Xmas season starts

Now that it's December, I better speed up my xmas card making!

It's the first time I participate in the Fusion Challenge.  I quite like the sketch, so thinking to make another card using the same sketch. :) 

Here is my card.  Hope you like it. 

Addicted to CAS: Tag

I started to like making tags, cuz it can easily take the center stage of the cards and so much variations when creating it.  I'm playing along with Addicted To CAS: Tag challenge.  It's been fun.  

It's been a while..

It's been a while that I've posted any cards on my blog.  I did made a few cards during those time and attempted to join a few card challenges.  But by the time I was done with my cards and took pictures of them, the deadlines were already passed. :P  

OK.  I've made this just in time! 

My friend is expecting a baby, so I'm making a baby card for her.  At the same time, I'm playing along with the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge. 

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March break starts...

Finally it's my vacation week! What's a better way to start with some crafting. :) 

I'm playing along with the retro sketches challenge.

It seems like there are a lot of thank you cards to make if I want to give it to all my son's teachers!

More thank you cards

More thank you cards coming up because I'm starting to prepare for the school ends to give them the son's teachers.  Thinking of some small gifts too. If u have any suggestions, please let me know!!

I'm playing along with this week's retrosketches challenge and Allsorts challenge - "Spring is coming" .

Here is my take on it. 

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Start to love sketch challenge

I started to like sketch challenges more and more.  You gotta try something different style.  To be honest, I'm not very good at using many patterned papers in one card, cuz I find it's hard to find a good combination.  

Anyway, I'm playing along with the Mojo Monday challenge.  Hope you like it. 

Retrosketches challenge

I'm playing along with the Retrosketches challenge.  

This is inspired by a card from Amy Tsuruta.  Love her style, always so simple yet upbeat. 

CASE study challenge

(Edit: Better photo quality. but still...)

I'm playing along with the CASE study challenge.  Sorry about the poor photo quality.  It was shot at night using my cell phone.  I like the rainbow patterned paper, but it seems like it doesn't quite match the "thank you" stamp. :)   

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Freshly made sketches

It's this monster cardstock again!  I figured that instead of remembering which card I give to whom (so that they won't be getting similar paper patterns all the time), I'll make most cards out of the same cardstock at the same time. Of course to give it out within a couple of months.  

This time, I'm playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. 

I was trying to make each word with different colors.  Since it's a clear stamp, it doesn't work very well with my colored markers.  So that's my solution.  

This is the original sketch:

Retrosketches -- Father's Day card

I guess it's a bit too early for Father's Day card, because it's just early Feb.  But I saw this monster cardstock and wanted to create something out of it.  So.. I'm participating the RetroSketches challenge. 

I'm inspired by one of the cards in that challenge.  Love the additional layers by the tags.  

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