Thanks For Being You

Hello sunshine!! I am back home from CHA. It was quite a trip. So many fab things to see and most importantly and the most fun part of course, meeting up with so many of my online friends. I am working on finishing up my CHA report and will be posting it a bit later today.

Meanwhile, I want to share this card that I made before I left for CHA for Sp & Company. I am using my favorite set called For Every Woman. I love the sentiments and the gorgeous flowers on this set.

The clean look of this card just makes me happy. Lots of white space. :) The strip patterned paper is from Echo Park. Speaking of Echo Park, I am super excited for their upcoming releases. They have some gorgeous paper pad coming!

Am entering this for Moxie Fab Cutting & Trimming challenge, since I did the fussy cut on this card with my trusted Fiskars scissors. The flower was stamped, fussy cut, and adhere to card with pop-dots.

If you're not familiar with Sp & Company, yet you can check out the store HERE and the blog HERE.

That's it for now and I'll be back with tons of pictures! :)

CHA Time

This morning as this post go up, I'll be on my way to CHA! My heart kind of split in two places right now. I love going to CHA and meet up with all my crafty friends, but oh... how I will miss my little guy, Eli. He had his first shot yesterday and he's such a doll. Didn't even flinch when he got the shot. Of course, the fact that the vet helper holding a cheese whiz on a stick that he's so intently licking on has nothing to do with the shot. ;)

Yep, Eli was the center of attention at the vet. Everybody loves him. He sat quietly and just kept tilting his head watching everybody and absorbing what's going on around him.

I am excited for CHA as well. This is my first time attending winter CHA and everyone say it's bigger than the summer one, so I am excited for that. For the first night, I'll be having dinner with Laurel Beard, Kelly Marie, Ayana Posadas, Nancy Krueger, Jenny Suchin, and Chari Moss.

I'll be taking tons of pictures of course and sharing the pics as soon as I can. And, since I'll be out looking at new stuff, I thought I should at least try to use up some of my scrap papers. I am making this card for Moxie Fab die-cutting challenge and Lily Pad pattern paper challenge.

I layered the scrap papers directly on the card base, then cut the deer shape out of white cardstock and using the negative space adhere it on top of the scrap papers. I love the way this card turn out and will definitely make more using this technique.

Thank you all so much for stopping by here and hopefully I'll meet many of you at CHA. Have a blessed weekend!

SOG Color Inspiration

Only a couple more days before I am off to CHA to get together with some crafting friends that I just adore!! It's always fun to catch up with old friends that I have met before and it sure exciting to meet up those that I haven't met in person. 

I have to admit though, this time it's going to be a bit hard to leave because I have a little man (hubby loves to call our puppy, Eli, little man... heh...) at home that's super cute that I will miss a lot while I am gone. Hubby was asking if I'll miss him, too. LOL. Of course, I will! I'll miss my little guy and my big guy!! Hubby will be taking care of our little man while I am away for some crafting fun. Thanks, honey. :)

Besides getting together with fab friends, I am looking forward to get some coloring lesson from Miss Kristy, herself!! I love working with her Some Odd Girl images and been wanting to learn directly from her, so I can really make her images shine. And, speaking of SOG, we have a new challenge going on and you'll have 2 weeks to enter!

This time it's inspiration challenge to create a project inspired by this pic:

                                                        

And, here's my card:

Can you see that I am ready for spring? Although, I can't complain this year. This year winter in Houston has been mild and me likey! It's so much easier to take the puppy out in the morning when you don't have to freeze your booty off. :)

This challenge marked the end of the current Some Odd Girl team. It's been such a pleasure working with the Odd Girls team and I am sure I will continue running into everybody on blog land. Please check out the DT final projects HERE.

Enjoy your Thursday!

Puppy Update

Hmm.... anyone still coming here? :) I am a bad blogger this week and probably for the next few weeks. Saturday, I'm leaving for CHA. Then I'll be home for 9 days then off to Indonesia for my brother's wedding. Since I'll be away a lot, I have to work in advance for various DT projects and I am working on finishing my brother's scrapbook as well.  So, I've been making lots of cards, just can't share them, yet.

Oh, and not to forget, I also have this super cute little fella that require lots and lots of attention & love. Eli is such a sweet & playful puppy. He helps heal our hearts and hubby and I are so in love with him. 

He plays a lot and sleep a lot, too. To be honest, I have a hard time being away from him. I miss him when I am at work and can't wait to come home and play with him. So, going to CHA and being away from him for 4 days going to be pretty hard. And, then 3 weeks in Indonesia.... acck... I'll miss him SO MUCH. I hope he won't grow up too fast while I am away. :)

Eli is adjusting very well. He makes himself at home right away. He's learning to use the pee-pee pad, which is a huge bonus. And when he's tired, he'd give us this look that just melt your heart. Big sister, Ollie also starts to warming up to Eli and they start to play chase, often end up with Ollie's tail in his mouth. LOL.

Yeah, this new mommy will be bragging about this little fella quite a bit. Hubby and I joke that Eli is our first baby together. Before that hubby has Hank & Nick, and I have Ollie. So, that make Eli our first one that we have together. Hah!

Okay, let me drag myself out of puppy chat and move on to card chat. If you've been following y blog for a while, you know I L.O.V.E my Silhouette. So, when I saw Moxie Fab die-cutting challenge, of course I have to play. 

For this card, I used Silhouette to cut a transparency film and the I colored the transparency film with Tattered Angel glimmer glaze. Once the glaze dry, I did a final coat with Tattered Angel glitter paint and adhere this shimmery peacock off the side of the card.

Thank you all so much for stopping by here. Have a blessed Wednesday!!

May Arts & Hero Arts

Hi all. Quick post for today. It's my day at May Arts blog. You can check out my post HERE.

This week we are  teaming up with Hero Arts!! And as usual, there's fab giveaway you can enter as well. All you need to do is leave a comment on May Arts blog. Here's a peek at one of the card.

Also, I want to wish a happy Chinese New Year to all my family and friends who celebrate it. May this year brings you health, joy, and blessings. Have a blessed Monday everyone! 

Stitched Together With Love

Hello there. Are you excited that it's Friday?? I am! We have a new little guy who took so much of my time that trying to juggle everything has left me exhausted this past few days. So, I am really looking forward to weekend! Hoping to get some sleeping time. Our little man, Eli, he is a sweetie. He steals everyone's heart with his playfulness & sweetness.

Although, I caught myself crying a couple times still. I can't help missing Nick and Eli sweetness reminds me of Nick. How I miss my big guy. My heart still ache thinking of him. Eli definitely helps us in moving on, but I think it'll be a while before I can stop crying when I think of Nick. 

Anyway, let's talk card, shall we. Today, I have this simple and sweet card using SP Stamp Sewing Chic and for the life of me (sorry, lack of sleep), I couldn't remember the brand of the paper. But I know, you could get it at SP & Company shop. :)

In case you didn't know, SP & Company also has a blog where you can find many ideas and inspirations. Check it out HERE. 

Next, I made a card for my exit from A Day For Daisies. Our term is ending and it's been such a pleasure working with Tammy's sweet, beautiful images. Here's my card using the latest release "Sitting In A Snow Globe".

Thank you all for stopping by and happy Friday!! One more week before I am CHA bound! 

Birthday Sweetness

Surprise, surprise!! To commemorate Some Odd Girl 2nd birthday, Kristy surprised all the girls on the DT with not one, but three super sweet birthday sets! Are we lucky or what?? Thanks, Kristy!! 

Back then she called them the shush stamps. ;) But, without further delay, I am please to introduce you to:

Birthday Mae

Cupcake Mae

Baker Mae

What do you think?? I squeal when I saw these sets. They're just way too cute. To get you hand on these cuteness simply visit the SHOP.

Tomorrow, I will be sharing one of my favorite card using Some Odd Girl images made by non-DT member. Each of the DT member get to pick a favorite card, so come back tomorrow to check whose card we pick! :)

Speaking about sweetness, I have a sweet news  to share. First of all, I want to thank everyone for their kind words on my post regarding Nick. First day was the hardest, to face the morning without his greeting. I cried so much that day that my face probably looks like a watermelon. 

Anyway, both hubby and I were heartbroken and we spent the day after start looking for other dogs or puppies. We still have Ollie and we  don't want her to be lonely. And, for those of you who love dogs, knows how hard it is to resist a puppy. 

Well, we open our heart and house to welcome this little guy. At first, I did felt like it was too soon and maybe we were too emotional when we made the decision, but as this little guy look at us, I can't help thinking of how he has the same look that Nick used to give us. 

                                      

I cried when we picked this guy up. I was asking hubby if Nick would understand  that I am not replacing him. And, I was reminded that no dog can replace each other place. Each dog has its own special spot in your heart. We decided to go with another pug, since Ollie is getting old and grouchy sometime. Bigger dog might not be good for her. 

At first we were going to name him Elvis, per hubby suggestion. He does looks like a hunk of burning love, doesn't he? But, mommy didn't quite agree with that name. Mommy wants to name this guy Jagger (since I love Maroon Five song) or Ham.

Anyway, we kept arguing back and forth. I think right now we settle on Eli based on one of my favorite TV show Eli Stone. I don't know if you remember that series, but kind of like Glee they have lots of singing and the guy was super sweet. And, this little man (the way hubby like to call him) tend to stop his play when he heard a song on TV. He'll stop and move his head side to side watching the TV.

So, even though I still cry when I think of Nick, I am happy to welcome this sweet little guy to our family. :)

Some Odd Girl Birthday Party

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Welcome to Some Odd Girl Birthday Bash week! Today, January 16th through January 17th we HOP! We are so thrilled and honored to have been able to share two whole years of Some Odd Girl madness, so we have a special treat just for you! 

The Odd Girls will be sharing their TOP 3 favorite creations of their term with you. Why is this special? We're playing a little game, you have to name the Some Odd Girl stamps used in those creations! We promise no retired stamps, so if you aren't sure, just pop by the Some Odd Girl shop and find those names and place a comment with the answer in the comments section! A random winner will be chosen out of the correct answers from one of the Odd girl blog to win 1 of the 3 brand new Birthday Celebration Clear Stamp Sets! That means 3 winners people!

Here are my Top 3 cards from this term with Some Odd Girl.

Leave your guess on the comment section (I turned on the comment moderation for today and tomorrow's posts, so everybody can guess the name of the digi fairly & no peeking on each other's answers).

Remember you have two days to complete the task at hand and be sure to leave lots of love at each members post for more chances to win!

Here's a complete list of all the links for the hop:

Some Odd Girl Blog 

Amy

Cor

Leah

Robin

Vera ----------------- You're HERE!!!

Melissa

Caz

Elena

Lou

Christina

Kristy

Make sure you check out Some Odd Girl blog this week as we have quite a few surprise in store for you.

Lawnscaping Winter Wonderland

Hi all, short post for me. Just want to let you know about the latest Lawnscaping challenge. This time our theme is winter wonderland and we are sponsored by Lawn Fawn.

Please check out the DT fab creations at Lawnscaping blog. Thank you for stopping by here.

Rest In Peace Nick

Tonight, my heart ache deeply. Hubby and I came back from our San Antonio trip early because we're worried about our doggy, Nick. My friend who doggy sitting for us called and told me how he's been throwing up.

When we came home, he gingerly stand up and then lay back down. I spent the whole afternoon sitting with him, caring for him. By night, he couldn't stand up. And I tried to make him drink by pressing wet paper towel to his lip.

About six months ago, he went through the same problem of throwing up and not eating. Vet said it might be liver problem and said he probably dying. I prayed that if it was his time then don't let him suffer and if it's not his time please let him be back to normal again. At that time, God gave him back to us. He was back to his bouncy self by the next day.

Tonight, I said the same prayer and God decided heaven is better for him. My heart ache so much and my head feel like it's hammering. He's my boy, my shadow. The one who follow me wherever I go, keep  me company when I am in my craft room. My protector. My boy.

Nick, you took a piece of my heart with you. Rest in peace my dear boy. Thank you for your love, your loyalty, your companionship. Part of our heart will always belong to you. Till we meet again my Nicki boy. ♥