Hope your day is full of sunshine...

That's my wish for all of you. :) How are you all doing today? I am in that dangerous shopping mode. Been itching to get some more new stamps (not that I need more stuff in my scrapbook room). I am debating myself on which stamp I should get. I am  thinking of getting some from Paper Trey Ink, since I don't have any of their stamp, yet. But, theirs are pretty pricey. So, we'll see as I continue my search. What's your latest stamp purchase? Share your ideas, anyone???

Meanwhile, last night I got this digital butterfly stamp from Hero Arts. I could so see myself get hook with the butterflies. Awhile back I was hook on birds, then the girly Ketto line, now it's the butterflies and dragonflies. They're just too cute. And the awesome thing about digital stamp, you can resize them to any size you want. I printed a bunch of different size butterflies, colored them, took them to our living room, so I can watched TV with my mom, and cutting away the butterflies. That's what I call productive multitasking. :)

Here's my first card I made using the digital butterfly. It's pretty simple, but I think it turned out pretty cute.  Love popping that butterfly. Can you see that I love blue from all the cards I made? LOL, I need to branch out more and try more different color combo.  Now, I need to catch up with some works. You all have a great, wonderful day. Hugs,
Vera

Dragonfly...

After my previous card, I think I fall in love with vellum all over again. Vellum is so perfect to create soft fluttery wings. This time, for Mojo Monday challenge, I go with blue and light blue vellum. I have this Magenta dragonfly stamp for the longest time and I think I only used it once before??? I bought it, because I love the way it looks and afterward, just never quite get the inspiration to use it. But now.... I'll find more ways to be creative with it.

Here's my card and the upclose of the dragonfly. On purpose, I only glue part of the body, so the end tail and the wings just flutters. I stamped the dargonfly on light blue and blue vellum. I layer the light blue (just the body part) on top of the blue vellum to create some layers. Also, the thickness of the layers, allow the tail to curl and kind of bouncy for 3D effect. Please leave a comment here if you stop by. I'd love getting to know you all that take the time to check my blog. I really appreciate it all. Have a great weekend everyone. Hugs, Vera

Monochromatic green

Monochromatic green
Originally uploaded by Vera, Ling's Design Studio

Lucy's challenge really get me going with the monochromatic theme. There's something to be said about using monochromatic color. It just looks pretty. So, I made 1 more monochromatic color card.

As I continue to use up my scraps, guess what I found. My old vellum. A few years ago, using vellum was the trend. This scrap is at least about 10 years old. Hah... I've been scrapbooking since '96, so this scrap was part of my beginner years. :)

Vellum always fun to use, especially for wing related items. They create the soft and elegant look. And talking about old stuff, the stamp I used is from Magenta. Not sure if the company still around, but I remember in early 2000 I used to find their stuff at the scrapbook expo, etc.

How to:
1. Using Cuttlebug, I dry embossed the vellum paper for background. Attached to card. I only glued the part that's behind the circle.
2. Cut a circle from soft green cardstock and stamped with the old writing. I used Versamark olive green ink.
2. Attached the 1st circle to the scallop circle.
3. Attached a strip of ribbon before you attched the circles.
4.For the dragonfly, stamped it twice on a piece of vellum, cut both stamped image following the shape. Glued one of top of one another, to create dimension. Only glued the body part and creaed the wing part so it looks like it flutters.
5. Stamped greeting and add button. Voila... you're done.

I might have to give the vellum more try. It was fun to be able to use old stuff for something new. Thank you all for stopping by and please leave a comment while you're here. Hugs..., Vera.

Lucy & Sweet Sunday challenge ...

Do you have a bunch of scrap papers? I have boxes of scraps and as much as I try to sort through them and thought of throwing some away, I have a hard time parting ways with my scraps. First of all, I don't like to waste stuff. I am into saving the planet. And second, I feel challenged, too.

I keep thinking, surely there's something I can do with them. :) Anyhoo... that's what I do with this card. Strictly made with leftover stuff. I stamped the birdies  on my white scrap papers. With my white paper, if there's space to be stamped, you can bet I'll try to utilize it. The background also leftover paper and the ribbon, too. On the background paper, I stamped only 1/3 of the bottom with Hero Arts Flower & Dots stamp, then I glued a strip of cardtsock to cover the transition area and add ribbon on top of the strip for extra texture.

I made this card for Lucy's card challenge (she's one of my favorite, favorite card maker) and also for Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday challenge. And hey, it's Wednesday, so I shouldn't miss my dateline like my previous try. :)

Do you guys love challenge? Who's challenge do you usually do? Please share the link. It's always fun to find new challenge. That's all for now and may your day be a blessed one.

Brrr...

Oh my gosh, this morning it was 26 degree here. That's the lowest I ever experience since I moved to Houston in 1995. For those of you who's used to winter you probably think it's only 26. Heh... Come on, I am a tropical girl, so this is super cold for me. If it's gonna be this cold, I'd at least would like to see some snow (I have a feeling, my mom doesn't agree with this...).

To make me forget about the cold, I made this cheerful owl card. Stamp is from Rachelle Anne Miller collection. I colored the owls with Copic markers. Add stickles glitter to the caterpillar and the snowflakes. Really love this sentiment "Anytime Message" set from Hero Arts. This set is so versatile and have lots of message for all kind of occasion.

So, what project are you working on now? Me... hopefully my family scrapbook. I've been slacking big time on my scrapbooking. My new year's resolution for 2010 would be to do more scrapbook pages. Hopefully to go through at least through the pictures from 2007. Yes... I am that behind.. :( Please share..., new project, new year's resolution? I hope you all know how much I appreciate you take the time to check my blog. Hugs,

Vera

Sweet Sunday Sketches

Finally... I get my groove back. :) After the hectic card making schedule during the holidays, I took a short break from making cards. Also, I have my mom here, so I try to spend as much time with her when I am home from work. But, when I saw Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketches for this week, and I just have to play . I love her challenge, but usually tend to miss the dateline. Yeah... I am one of those people that sometime wait till the last minute before deciding OK, let's do it. LOL...

Note, posted after I published the blog: Yep, just found out I missed the dateline again. Aarghh... Oh well, it's still fun to make this card.

Here's my first card for 2010!

I love this possum stamp by Tina Wenke. Sooo cute. What do you think? Perfect for Valentine? I know it's not red or pink, but it's very cheerful. :) This reminds me of my husband and I. We like to goofing around and I think this card reflect how I feel about our relationship. Oh, and that strip paper, is left over of the old KI Memories paper when they first came out. I do love that paper. Okie dokie, that's it for tonight. We have record breaking low temp here in Houston, so I am ready to bundle up and snuggle. Y'all stay warm. Hugs,

Vera

Happy New Year...

Happy New Year, everyone!! Hope you all had a great time welcoming the New Year. We had a pretty quiet New Year's eve. Went to Galveston in the afternoon for my MIL's late birthday celebration, then we swing by Joy's place for an hour or so. By ten at night, we were home and comfortably watching TV and I welcomed the New Year with my mom, my hubby, and our 4 legged babies, Nick, Ollie, & Coco the hedgehog. :)

On top of the Christmas hustle and bustle, my MIL and my mom both have their birthday close to each other, right after Christmas. So, this past month, I've been busy working on an album for each of them. For my MIL, I made an 8x8 scrapbook and for my mom I made an 11X8.5 scrapbook. The one for my mom was kind of hard for me to work on it without her knowing. She comes all the way from Indonesia and I don't want to just ignoring her by keep working on the album. Besides, she'll get suspicious. :) One night, hubby also get involved and keep her company and watch Hotel for Dogs with her, just so I can finished up the album. Love my hubby. So... thoughful and kind. :) Like my mom said, I am very lucky.

My mom's album is basically about her trip to the US this time (except for the cover page & I put one of my favorite poem about mother). So, I printed out the photos from Thanksgiving and our Disneyworld trip and just make a pretty simple album. I decided simple but done is better than fancy but only 2 pages done. Here's a couple of the pages from the album. (I actually tried to load 5 pages,  but somehow the other 3 keep coming up the wrong way).

Well, things still a bit hectic, but one of my New Year's resolution is to maintain my blog more consistently.  Hopefully, I can do much better this year. And, I do like to domore scrapbooking this year. My boxes of photos is growing and I better catch up.

Here's to 2010. May this year be filled with joy, peace, happiness and beautiful  blessings for all of you. Thank you all for your support and kindness. This blog is keep going and growing because of you all.

Love,

Vera

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones. This year, I feel extremely blessed as I have my mom here with me. The last time I get to celebrate Christmas with her was in 1998. The downfall of being so far away. :( She did come to the States several  times and I went back to Indonesia several times, too in between, but it wasn't on Christmas time.

So, this year, I am so thankful to have her here with me. It means the world to me to be able to celebrate Christmas with my mom. I believe the greatest blessing of Christmas is to be able to celebrate it with people you love. I have my mom, my loving husband, and my amazing in-laws  and our Christmas was awesome.

My mom cooked a bunch of delicious Indonesian food. Everybody is still talking about her cooking. Yes... it was that GOOD!! The funny thing was, the next day my husband cooked her some snow crabs and she said that was better than the Christmas dinner. And, I look at her, what?? She said, the Indonesian food is just normal for her, but the snow crabs are special. Just loved her. My husband felt like a hero with that comment.

I do miss my brothers and wish they could be here with us. But, here's to next year. Hopefully, we can be all together next Christmas. And to all of you, I wish you all the very best and may Christmas joy stay with you everyday. Hugs....

Vera

Disneyworld Trip

Hello there... Sorry, I am slacking big time on my post. Went on a week vacation to Disneyworld with my husband and my mom. I don't get to take my mom travelling that often, so I love it when I get a chance to do so.

We had a blast. Magic Kingdom was crazy packed (went there on Saturday). Literally after the parade, you can barely walk. We were packed like a sardine. :) We also tried the air balloon on downtown Disney. That was awesome. We got up to 400 feet and had an amazing view of Orlando.

As you can expected, being away for a week, and come back to piles of work, I haven't really start on my Christmas card. Nothing like last minute card making, right? If I am lucky, all my friends will receive their Christmas card by New Year. Haha... I am working on it as we speak.

Meanwhile, here's some pictures from our trip. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,
Vera

Daily Giveaway at Created by JB

Hi y'all. How's your weekend? Mine is a bit rough. This past Friday, in Houston we have the rare occassion where we got some snows. Just one day. But, that's enough to make lots of people sick. Including my husband. The drastic weather change just crazy. He came down with a cold and then, our two dogs got into an "arguement", with one ended up with eye injury. I was freaked out when I came home and saw my baby's eye all puffy and red. She looks like she's been in a boxing ring. Hopefully she doesn't have any infection and will be okay. Oh yeah, on top of it all, we're scheduled to go on vacation this coming Thursday.

So, husband is all wiped out from medicine and poor Ollie snuggling with him. I am hoping that both we'll be okay for our vacation. I am not feeling the best myself and been taking vitamins and all prevention to keep me from getting sick, too. What a weekend...

On a brighter note... How about some giveaway?? Have you get a chance to stop by Jenn Biederman's blog? She's doing a huge giveaway. She will choose one lukcy person to receive some of her favorite goodies from Hero Arts & Purple Onion Designs + a card & ATC made by hers.  You do not want to miss it. There's LOTS of goodies. You can check out all the details here: Created by JB

Anyhoo, just want to share the giveaway news with you. Hope you get to check her blog and I wish you all good luck. Have a great Sunday everyone. Stay warm and don't get sick. :)

Vera