My birdie & Sweet Sunday Challenge

It's been a while since I used my doodling for any cards. Finally last night I got inspired to use it again. I love that it looks so cuddly. Granted it's very cutesy and kiddy like. What can I say, I am not very good at drawing. I think I have the raw talent for it (at least my brother seems to think so, when he pushed me  to go for design graphic, which I didn't pursue), but right now I'm happy with what I am capable of. :)

I also made this card for Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. She always have good sketch challenge. So, here's  the little birdie. I am going to send this card for Jennifer's Card for Kids Drive as I think this birdie could bring a smile to any kids face.

Well, short post tonight. Hope you like this little birdie. Night, night! Vera.

DT Announcement

Yay, today is the day I can officially announce that I'm one of the lucky girl selected to be on Digi Doodle Shop's Best (DDSB) design team! I am excited and looking forward to working together with some very talented ladies. Digi Doodle Shop's Best willl be offering varieties of digital stamps starting on April 1st. I will keep you posted and let you know when you can start ordering from them. :)

I started playing with their design and I adore this beautiful iris flower stamp. I love how you can color it and use them for all kind of cards. From Easter, to Mother's Day, birthday, etc. After I finished coloring it with my prismacolor pencils, I realized that this flower is perfect for Lisa's #2 Poppy Seed Challenge. Her challenge is to include button, polka dots, and light moss color.

Hard to capture it with the camera, but the flowers itself actually has very pretty shimmers to it as I covered it with Radiant Pearls. And I decided not to put any sentiment, yet as I am not quite sure whether I want to use this as Easter or birthday card. :) Besides, who says the front of the card has to have sentiment, right?

So, do you like the flower? Please share your thought and for the next few months, I am looking forward to sharing more from DDSB. Have a great Tuesday. Hugs, Vera.

CPS 159 challenge

Just a quick post. Made this card for CPS 159 challenge. This card totally reflect my style. I just love the clean look of it. :)

Got this cute bunny from Mami Doodles, you can get them here. And, I had so much fun coloring it with my Copic markers.

You recognize that flowers? If you saw my previous post, I made a card using the same flowers. This beautiful flower is one of the Hero Arts design that Silhouette offers. The only different, on the previous card, I used the middle part of the set. On this one, I use the left and right side and save the middle part for another card. Hope that makes sense. :)

Okay, short post for today. Don't want my husband to think I am ignoring him! LOL. You all have a great evening. Hugs, Vera

Spring cleaning

Hi there. I've been wanting to clean up my stamps collection. I have quite a few of retired Stampin Up! stamps that I don't use anymore. Some are practically brand new, never been used. Some, only been used once or twice. I took really  good care of my stamps. I just hate for these stamps just being stored and not use.

Here are some of the stamps that I want to get rid of. Please email me directly if you're interested. I am selling the set at $5 each plus shipping $4. But, if you buy more than 1 set, I'll combine the shipping. The large background is only $3 plus $3 shipping. And this is for shipping in US only. You can pay me by paypal. Or if you want to trade, I am open to that, too. I am looking for: Hero Arts Cling Stamp Large Flower or any of the new ones, or old Papertrey Ink sets or Penny Black clear stamp the hedgehog set.

I also have some old scrapbook papers that I want to get rid of. Any idea on what's the best way to get rid of them? They're from my old stash, still in great condition. At this point I'll be happy to ship it to anyone who wants it and just pay the shipping if you think you know anyone who might be able to use them. I just have way too many stuff and am determine to clear my clutters!

Thank you for stopping by and please email me if you're interested to trade or buy. If you want  to trade, would be great if you can email me pics of your stuff. Okay, I am pooped from all the cleaning. :) Good night! Vera

Be positive

1st day of spring!! Yay... Hope you all have a nice weather on you side of the world. Right now it's a bit cloudy on my side and it supposed to be raining. But, that's okay, cause that means I don't have to water the flowers! Always look at the positive side of thing! :)

Don't get me wrong, I am not all rainbow and sunshine, eventhough that's what my friends called me. But, I do believe on looking at the brighter side. After going through some stuff in my life, I realize that when I was  too focus on the bad stuff that happen, it made life more miserable. That I actually have the power on how I want my day to be. I think there's a saying, life or experience can be good or bad depends on how you choose to react to the situation.

So, I choose to see both side, but leaning way more to the brighter side. How's that?? LOL. Even when I have bad day at work, I can be upset about it, but I also remember to be grateful that hey, I am thankful that I have a job, I have a roof over my head, etc. So, that's my speech for welcoming spring. LOL. I just wish people would be less grumpy in many ways. Been dealing with some grumpiness lately and how people just tend to be negative.

Another way, I choose joy by making card, of course!! Creating gives me joy and the plus side, it brighten the days whoever receives it! So much joy around papers, stamps, color. Isn't that right?? Anyway, I made this card for my husband.

Simple and clean looking, but design was I think it's very eye catching. The white area make the color parts stand out. Branch cut by Silhouette. Birds by Hampton Art, which I cut out after I stamped & colored it with Copic makers. And of course, no card is complete without some glitters. :) This card going to Lucy's challenge 7, too.

Now, I am going to enjoy my Saturday. We're going to see Bounty Hunter. I love Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler just plain yummy... LOL. So, hopefully the movie will be funny. Enjoy your weekend by welcoming spring with positivity! Hugs, Vera.

TGIF & Sketches 2S4Y

Thank goodness it's Friday!! Yay...  So, even though last night I didn't have a very good sleep, at least I feel better knowing it's Friday and after work I can just relax and do my thing. Actually, I consider Thursday, too as one of my favorite day. Not sure why. Maybe because of the anticipation of knowing the next day is last day of work for the week?? Or maybe because my favorite TV shows are on Thursday night?

I kind of leaning towrd this reason. LOL. It started since Friends was still airing on NBC. Love Friends!!Yep, Thursday would be the day I have my movie night. From Friends, to CSI, and now Gray's Anatomy.  And last night, I kind of get hook on Flash Forward. Never really watch it, but I was browsing and decided to give it a try and couldn''t get myself away from it. :)

Enough rambling about that. Let's move on. Did  this card for 2S4Y sketches challenges. I {heart} my Silhouette. Cut this beautiful flowers on white cardstock and then I just colored it with Copic. I know Silhoutte has some Hero Arts image, and I am pretty sure this one is one of them as Hero Arts has similar stamps.

This dies actually has more flowers to it, but I cut it apart as I want to do my card vertical and the extra flowers would be just too wide. Used chalks for the soft background and of course you know how I like my glitters. Those glitters really make the flowers popped, don't you think?

Time to go to work. 10 more hours to weekend!! LOL. Hope you have a great Friday and please leave a comment if you stop by here. I love reading your comments and get to know you all. Cheers..., Vera.

Card & blog candy

I made this sympathy card for another wonderful card maker who's always so sweet and encouraging to me. She recently lost her dad and I just want to let her know that I am thinking of her.

I used Papertrey Ink new Background Basic Tin Types and  then highlight the center of each flower with platinum liquid pearl. It always amazed me how a  tiny dot can make such a different on a design sometime. I punched the border using Martha Stewart punch. At first, I wasn't really sure whether I like this punch or not, but it kind of grow on me. :)

Butterfly is from Hero Arts digital Flutterbies. A month or so ago, I just printed out a bunch of this butterfly in different sizes and just store them in an envelope for easy reach when I want to make a quick card.

                          

And boy, do I have a treat for you today! Judy is doing an awesome giveaway on her blog Paper-Rose-Petals. Just look at the yummy goodness she's sharing. You can check out all the details for the giveaway here.

You have until March 25, 2010 to enter. Good luck and I'll see you on my next post. I have some really yummy cards to share over the next few days, so don't for get to check back here. Have a great Thursday. Hugs, Vera.                                  

Coco

How about another scrapbook page? This page is all about my smallest four-legged kid. Her name is Coco and she's an African pigmy hedgehog. She's been my baby for almost one and a half year now. She's my early Christmas present in 2008 from my husband.

Yeah, I think everybody scratch their head when I said  I want a hedgehog. I basically emailed my husband picture of a hedgehog and asked him if I can have one. LOL. They're just so cute looking! I found a hedgehog rescue and fell in love with Coco.

Coco is low maintenance and love to snuggle. How do you snuggle with all those quills?? Easy, when she's comfy, all her quills lay down and she'd just find an area to bury herself (usually by my elbow) and just sleep or sometime she tried to chew on my shirt. :)

All the papers are by Jillibeans. I cut the letters using my Cricut machine. And that little hedgehog stamp on the right side is from my old Stampin Up! collection. These pictures were taken in our back yard.

Hope you enjoy meeting Coco here and I'll post more cards tomorrow. Thank you all for stopping by and let me know what you think of Coco. :) Hugs, Vera.

Jillibean cards

I've been trying to be good at not buying more patterned paper till I used up the ones that I already have. But, we all knows how hard it is to resist buying papers, right? My husband called me paper addict. LOL. I do love paper. Love looking at them, playing with them, thinking of different combo that I can do, etc.

Well, about a week or so ago, after much resistant, I ordered a few more papers. And, I've been looking at Jillibean papers and finally decide to give it a try. I do love the quality of their papers. It's good quality and thick. I like the fact that their papers are double sided and they mix and match so perfectly.

Here's the 1st card I made using the papers from Minestrone collection. For the center of the flower, I glued clear button to the patterned paper and then trimmed the paper. (Bought a bunch of clear buttons on Ebay. I really should become the spoke person for Ebay since I refer so many people to  them. LOL.) Now, I can customize my buttons!!

Here's the 2nd card. Super simple, but pretty eye catching. I used one of my favorite design from Silhouette, the birdie! Really enjoyed playing with the Jillibean papers. I also made a book cover, which I'll share here tomorrow.

And, psstt... I have an exciting announcement to make soon. Has something to do with design team. That's all I can say for now. I am waiting for the okay and once I got it I'll definitely share it here. :) You all have a super duper Monday and may this week be a great one! Hugs, Vera (Ling)

Scrapbook time

A little switch-a-roo from my regular card post. I actually made a couple pages this weekend. In case you didn't know, my love of paper crafting start with scrapbooking and then branch out to card making.

I've been scrapbooking since high school (although back then I didn't know it was called scrapbooking), and seriously get hooked on it since 1997. I  was a scrapbook consultant for 4 years, then I taught intermediate to advance scrapbook class for a LSS. Then my life took certain turn and for a couple years, I didn't do any scrapbooking. I did manage to continue making cards here and there.

Last year, I made 4 albums. All presents, for my mom and for my in-laws. This year, I want to focus on our (hubby, me, and the critters) scrapbook. Yesterday, I completed this layout of my babies. I can't tell you how exhilirating it was. I love every minute of it. I love looking at the colors, the pattern, the process of seeing it all coming together. It was fun. Maybe it's because I haven't scrapbook just for myself for so long, that when I did this page, I was just very excited. It such a simple thing, then again I am a believer of enjoying the simple things in life.

Here's my page of Ollie (the pug princess) and Nick (my Sheltie boy). It's simple page, but I love it. :)

What do you think? Aren't my babies cute? Okay, okay, I know they look more like spoiled brats on these pics, LOL, but yes, my pug actually love laying on her back like that. Hope you don't mind we're doing a bit of scrapbook here. Hoping I can do more pages this year, so my post can be a mix of pages and  cards. Well, you all have a great Sunday and may your day be a sunny one. Hugs, Vera (Ling)