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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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.   

Finding a good use of a flower punch

My friend got me a flower punch some time ago which I don't quite know how to use it.  I recently saw a few blog posts from the crafts site which gave me some inspiration. I've used different ink pad to stamp on the background paper and put the punched flower paper on top.  I quite like this effect. :)

Anyway, I'm playing along with the retrosketch challenge and Allsorts' "Lets Get Cute" challenge.  I guess the punched flowers qualify in the "cute" category.  Hope you like it.

Another sketch challenge

There's some big clearance event happening at Michael's around my home.  And I got some good stuff today.  One of them is glue pad.  Still too excited about this new toy.  I'm sure the following few cards I'll be making will have glitter on it. :)

Chinese new year is coming up.  Wanna create a CNY card but not too much of the traditional stuff.  Here is what I created with the inspiration of this week's Retro Sketches challenge and Allsorts Flower Power challenge. 

Hope you like it. 

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. :) 

Ribbon, Stripes, purple

Saw a quite interesting card challenge from allsorts challenge. It's called color bingos. From the bingo grid, select a line in any direction or four corners. So I picked ribbon, stripes and purple.

Here is my take on it:

I got some purple card stock from last time I made a purple card, and then use dry embossing to give some patterns on the paper. Also, I've got crocheted flowers from AimyaSara Etsy store.

RED

This week's all sorts challenge is to make a red card. Here is my take on it.



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Love...

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind
~ William Shakespeare

I'm making a wedding anniversary card for my parents. I'm also playing with a few card challenges:
1) Card pattern challenge - Sketch 109
2) Polycraft Monday Challenge - Old/Neglected stamp
The stamp I used in the card is one of the stamps I bought at the beginning of my card making hobby. For some reason, it's been hidden for a while.
3) Allsorts challenge - blooming blossoms



Here is the close up:



Hope you like it.

Clean & Simple

There are quite a number of cards to make for April and May. You probably will see more postings in the next few weeks. Here is a birthday card I made (my mom's birthday is coming soon) inspired by the Clean and Simple challenge. And with this, I'm entering the All Sorts Challenge "For a Special Lady" challenge.



I used the quilling apples I made earlier.