Rushing to get more Christmas cards done

It seems like there are more Christmas cards to make than I expected this year.  I normally have completed the Christmas card rush by this time already.  Looks like I have a few more to go.  :) 

I'm playing along with the Clean and Simple sketch challenge and 365 cards - "Delicate" challenge.  Glitter is definitely a delicate ingredient to work with (at least for me).  I still haven't got the courage to send cards with glitters by mail.  Not sure if it can stand the rough handling before reaching the recipient!    

Bring on the Bling

I recently was trying to find a better way to take photos with the cards I've made.  I think it does make a difference if the lighting and background is right.  Hopefully I can find the best spot to take photos in my home.... if I'm not trying to rush in some card challenge and need to take it with my cell phone. :) 

I'm participating in 2 card challenges:
1) Allsorts challenge - Bring the Bling 
I got that purple ribbon/garland during last Christmas.  Just love it!  Regret that I didn't get it for other colors! 

2) 365 cards challenge - make it a white space card with minimal decoration on top. Use only 1/3 or less of the card space

I better brush off the glitter on the unwanted places before giving it out.  I'm new to glitter.  If someone has tips on how to make the glitter sticks better, please leave me a comment!!  I'm using glue pad to stamp.   

Stamp a background

Stamping the background of the card isn't something I do very often, because I found it hard sometimes to make it look good.  I'm playing along with the 365 cards challenge, I hope my attempt isn't too bad.  I've stamped and embossed it.  It's quite fun to stamp randomly onto the card. :P  

Rock your style

I'm participating in 365cards challenge --"rock your style". My style has been clean and simple.  I particularly adore cards with few elements in the cards yet still look fabulous.

Here is my card:

I recently have developed the love of glitters , may also be because of christmas is coming. :)

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Butterflies

Got this butterflies card stock earlier and I'm loving it. Its the first card I made out of it.  I'm playing along with these 2 challenges:
Mojo monday challenge
365cards challenge - Sparkle & Shine

 

I tried to use glitters for the sentiment, but it turns out that the characters are not very sharp, so I went back to use regular ink.     

Super Sketchy Sunday

While a lot of crafters are making vday cards, I guess I should make something similar.  I'm making a wedding anniversary card for my parents.  After I'm done, I realized I haven't made a vday card for my hubby (and I thought I did!)!!  So I'll wait for another challenge to participate to make a card for him. :)

This card is inspired by 365cards super sketchy sunday challenge.

The "silver" section actually has silver embossing powder which adds a bit of elegance to the card.

The paper roses were made a long time ago but I couldn't find the use of it at that time until now. :)  I followed an instruction somewhere from this blog. Unfortunately I'm unable to find that post again.  If I find it, I'll post it here as well.

bunch of flowers

I know it's only Jan and I'm already thinking about mother's day.  It's mostly because I just realized I haven't used the Martha Stewart flower stamp set for a long time while I was de-cluttering / reorganizing my crafting closet. Then I found the 365 cards Back to Nature challenge.   And this fits into this week's all sorts challenge CAS theme.  Here is my card:

This is a closer look.  At first, I thought white/green twine doesn't go with the pink button, but I don't want to introduce another color to the card.  It turns out pretty good. :) 

Missing Posts

I just found out at least 2 of my blog posts have disappeared!  Not sure why.. I suspect when I was trying to add the labels to the posts, I somehow deleted them.  :~<

Anyway, let me add back the cards for the posts.  To be honest, I forgot which card challenges I've participated, I was able to recover the cards.

For the first card, I'm delighted to be chosen to be the spotlight designer in the 365cards challenge.

For this card, the birdie card stock is one of my favorite card stocks.  :)

New Year's Eve

It's the time of the year that you'd think "time flies! it's almost the end of the year".  From what I've read in the book "Time warped", human perceive time goes faster when they are happy. I wish all of you think 2012 passes by very fast. :)    When I looked back, I'm happy with what I've accomplished... crafting-wise and other stuff.  It's more important, right?

Anyway, back to cards.  I'm playing along in 365 cards super sketchy Sunday challenge. I got a pack of vday crafting kit some time ago, and saw a bunch of hearts that are made from non-traditional vday color.  So I'm making a line of hearts that mix the ones in the kit and ones I've cut out.

Hope you like it, and have a happy new year!

masculine card

I don't know about you but I always have a hard time to make a masculine card. So I like to see card challenges like 365 cards to have a challenge "Create a masculine card with a touch of pink" so that I can see what others do for a masculine card. And this is my take on the challenge. Hope you like it. :)

Merry Christmas

Haven't made any cards after I'm back to work from mat leave. It's good that Christmas coming and it gives me some excuse to squeeze some time for cardmaking. :)

I'm playing along with 365 Cards challenge - so soothing challenge. Don't know about you, I do feel brown and green is quite soothing. Since it's a christmas card, I'm participating in the PaperPlay challenge - christmas time challenge.

I like this design so much that I created a similar card but with red/brown color combination.

Hope you like it.

Summer vacation?

I find a bit contradicting when I see the 365 cards challenge title - "summer vacation". I'm technically on maternity leave, so everyday is like a summer vacation for me? Anyway, when I think of summer, I'd think of hiking and going out to the nature. So I made this card with birds and flowers. With a baby, I'm yet thinking how to hike with a stroller. Some might suggest a carrier, but carrying 20lb to hike may not be a fun thing. oh well, hope you like this card.

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Sunday sketch

I'm playing along with the 365 cards sunday sketch challenge. I saw someone using different colors of the flower stamp to create a bunch of flowers which look very nice, so I was trying it. Unfortunately, it wasn't as nice as hers. It probably doesn't show very well in the picture, I embossed the bottom part of the card to give it some texture. Now, it looks like a wall.... with green wallpaper, with white panel at the bottom and a wall art. :P

a very merry christmas

Having kept checking the mailbox for a few days, my blog candy from Amy from Tsuruta Designs finally arrived!! Love the stamps and Amy even sent me a card. I took a few pictures but they are on another camera, let me upload it later!

Anyhow, one of the stamps I got is this "a very merry christmas" stamp. It looks great. And I made this card for the 365 challenge - So Unusual challenge. The glittered reindeers are from the Martha Stewart glitter set that I used my friend's when we gathered as "crop day".

Happy father's day

father's day is coming soon, i'm making a card for my son to give it to my hubby for his first father's day. i'm also playing along with the 365 cards bulletin board challenge.



hope u like it.

Baby card

I'm playing along the 365 card challenge for the Saturday sketch.

I find babies come in batches. When my son was born about 6 months ago, I know 2 friends who were having babies around that time. And in a few months, I know a few friends who will be having babies too. So, I'm making a card. I guess you know it's for a baby boy from the color of the card. I wanted to put a sentiment on it, but I cannot find a good place to put. Therefore, I give it up. :-) Hope you like it.

You are loved...

I'm making the wedding anniversary card using the pink roses I made earlier.
http://blog.naver.com/paper6262/60062286543

It's still a bit early, cuz our anniversary is 2 months away, but hey, it's better done earlier than later, right?

I'm participating 2 card challenges:
1) 365 cards blog inspired - the blog logo has lots of flowers so I'm using the roses as embellishments
2) card patterns sketch 111





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Diana (http://www.dianacraftdesign.ca/)

Clean & Simple

I've been quite busy lately but need to make a card for a friend's wedding. So I kinda broke my record to create this card very quickly. It's not a traditional wedding card. I remember the card that my friend gave me was also not very traditional, I guess he would like to have something different. :)



For this, I entered the clean and simple challenge.

White space challenge

I'm entering the 365 cards white space challenge:



My favorite color lately is orange, so I made a card with the orange tone. :)



I've added some dimension to the robot.

Faux Framed

I realized I haven't used much of this Martha Stewart stamp set, so I decided to use it for the 365 cards Faux Framed challenge. I created 4 1.5"x1.5" square for 4 little pictures in the card.