Santa's Helpers

Hello friends. Am popping in on my often neglected blog to share a couple cards I made featuring Spellbinders' Santa's Elves dies set from North Pole Friends Collection by Simon Hurley. When I am stuck creativity wise, I always find going back to my clean and simple root help to get me unstuck.

I kept both cards super simple and let the elf take center stage, When an image is happy and colorful, I don't think it needed much else.

My card making been slow going lately. I've been dabbling more in watercolor and also been working more on my pictures on Project Life app. That sure does take a lot of my time. I still love card making, though and hoping to get a few more cards done soon. Till then, take care and be kind to one another, friends. <3

Spellbinder's Country Christmas

Hi friends. It's been a while, isn't it? I honestly haven't been crafting as much as I used to. And, I've been exploring other hobby. Currently, I am playing with watercolor. So, yeah card making definitely been reduced quite a bit. Still love it, though! Anyway, I did get some new goodies to play with and want to share the result with you. Today, am showcasing the newly released Christmas Horse Drawn Wagon die set. This is a gorgeous set part of Country Christmas Collection by Annie Williams.

There's quite a bit of details on this die set, but I think that's what make it fun to play with. I decided to make 2 cards while I have the dies out. Might as well. I need to build up my Christmas card stash as they're quite low at the moment.

 
For the sentiment, I used older sets from I believe a couple years ago. In the past couple of years, I've been trying to be more diligent on using the sets I already have and not just let them collecting dust. So, definitely glad that this sentiment get some love.

Friends, that's all I have for now. Maybe I'll share my watercolor journey on this blog as well. I just do it for fun. Totally in beginner, practicing stage. Is there new thing you are trying at the moment? Please share on the comment section. We can cheer each other on! Till next time...

Trio Pink Star Tulip Birthday Cards

 Hi friends. How are you all doing? It's been a while since I posted, since I haven't been crafting as much as I used to. Hubby and I took a trip to Iceland and it was totally amazing beyond our expectation. The landscape and nature of Iceland is simply breathtaking. From the many places I've visited, this was one of my favorite place.

Of course, with trip, catching up with work also comes with it. And, since I took like around 4000 pics, I was also busy sorting through pics and making album for our trip. Yes, I still scrapbook, though digitally nowadays. Anyway, this weekend, I finally spent a few hours in my craft room and just make cards for fun. I made this trio of cards using Altenew Pink Star Tulip set.

Altenew is definitely one of my favorite company. They have many gorgeous sets and I am guilty of hoarding many of them. I pretty much repeat the same step for all 3 cards. Die cut all the pieces from white cardstock and then just ink blend the colors on the pieces.

The first one I go with purple soft teal combination. Then the next one I went with fuchsia, orange combo.

Then for the 3rd card I did blue and blue combo. :)

When I feel stuck creatively, going back to clean and simple card always get my mojo going. It's my favorite kind of card. Well peeps, that's all from me for now. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. Till next time. Cheers. 

Jump For Joy Trio

Hello friends. It's been a while. I haven't been crafting as much as I'd like, but today I finally have something to share. When I saw this cute Jump For Joy Froggy Fun Bundle, I knew right away I have to have it. Most  importantly because my niece loves frogs. So, any time I see cute frog sets I like to get them so I can make frog theme cards for her.

I ended up with 3 cards so far with this set. For the first card above, I thought a teal frog would be cute. And, of course I made one with the regular green frog color.

For the card below, I paired the frog with the stencil set that comes with the bundle. Sentiments on each card comes from the stamp set that also part of the bundle. I mean, seriously, you can make cards for many occasions with this Jump For Joy Froggy Fun Bundle.

 

I hope you enjoy today's cards. Till next time. 

Artsy Florals Cards

Hi friends. This year, I am determine to use more and more of older sets that I have on my stash. After all, in current economy, we all being pretty careful with our spending and honestly going through my old stash almost felt like shopping, because I forgot  that I have some of the sets that I found.

Today I am playing with Pinkfresh Studio Artsy Floral Washi set. And, the good thing when creating just for fun, I get to mix and match sets from different companies.

For the card above, I die cut the scallop frame using The Ton Scalloped A2 Nested Dies. Then I arrange all the flowers that I die cut using Coordinated Artsy Floral Dies. Added butterfly from Spellbinders Floral Friendship collection. Finished by adding the sentiment.

On to the next card. This is definitely not my typical style. Adding lots of layer is outside my comfort zone, yet it's fun to try.

 
I hope you enjoyed today's cards friends. Till next time.

Playful Watercolor

Hi friends. Happy 2025! Hope you all started this year in a wonderful way.

For this year, my intention is to creat emore with sets that I already owned. I feel like I tend to focus too much on new sets. Meanwhile I have many older sets that I still love and I feel guilty of letting them just collecting dust.

So, as part of my intention, I want to start by sharing this duo that I made just for fun featuring Altenew Dynamic Duo Playful Watercolor set. I had this set sitting in my pile for a while and boy, once I start I could feel that this is the set that I could use to jumpstart whenever I have creative block.

I simply ink up the flower and the leaves in 2 color to create the color gradient. Then, I inked up some of the flowers, fussy cut it and adhere with foam adhesive to create extra texture.

 For both card for the sentiment I used an old sets from My Favorite Things. I believe this set was from 2016 set that I got when I was part of their challenge DT. Yep, it's that old. And, I kept it  because I like the sentiment design.

I hope you enjoy today's cards and hope I can inspire you to use the olders sets on your stash. I am contemplating of making this a weekly challenge to myself. Hah! Or at the very least every 2 weeks. I am being realistic here. Care to join? :)

That's all I have for today friends. I wish you all a year filled with good health, grace and blessings. Cheers...