Holiday Music Inspiration

Hi peeps! Happy weekend! It's time for a new Wee Memories challenge. This week we are sponsored by DeNami Designs and the theme is to create a project inspired by holiday music.

The stamp I got from DeNami made me think of the song Caroling, Caroling and then when it came to the sentiment, I was humming to the song Noel, so I ended up choosing that for my sentiment. :) Made the card using the sketch from Simons Says Stamp.

Check out all the DT creations HERE.

I have a busy weekend with only 10 days left before my trip! So excited. Dreading the long flight a little bit. About 26 hours of flight & transit. I've been saving my magazines for the trip, so I have plenty of reading materials and hoping for good movies on board. Anyway, I'm going through my list, working on Christas cards, trying to start packing, etc., before I knew it, it'll be time to fly out. Sigh... my blog will be a bit lonely for 20 days or so.

Enjoy your weekend and may it be filled with things that make you happy! Cheers.

Counting My Blessings

Last night, hubby and I went to dinner with my girlfriends, Leslie & Joy. We had lots of fun catching up with them. I love these 2 girls and I do consider them among the influential people in my life. They accept me just the way I am and with them I can truly be myself, silly, serious, and everything in between.

I'll never forget how Leslie reached out to me during one of my lowest point (this was way before we're even close) and she said to me how everything will be allright. I'll never forget that. And, Joy has such a kind heart. She knows ow to brighten your day. They are the best friend that everyone wish  they have. Truly, these 2 girls helped me to be a better person & friend. I have changed so much (for the better) since I met them. I used to be so shy, keep everything bottled up, let people walk all over me, and they taught me that I am special and it's okay to speak up my mind & stand up for myself. They are good influence for me. Simply said, this holiday season I count them among the many blessings I am thankful for.

With this rambling, this card shows exactly how I feel about them. And, I am entering this card for Card Creations: Favorite Occasion challenge at Moxie Fab World.

Challenges:

Woodware USA - anything goes 

Marks Finest Paper - add a bow

I love the way this card turned out. I recently found this new digital stamp company that I just totally adore. The company is A Day For Daisies. They have such sweet style and I'm so excited when I get to play with this adorable image. Love, love, love this image!

And, a quick reminder, have you send in your cards for Wee Memories "Ribbon" challenge? You have till midnight tonight to play. Hope you all have a great Friday! Cheers...

Paper Play Monochromatic

Hi peeps! How are you all doing? Today, I have new challenge for you at Paper Play Challenges. This week we're sponsored by Whimsy Stamps and the theme is monochromatic. It could be any color of your choice as long as they are monochromatic colors.

For mine, I picked aqua blue, except for the hair. I just didn't think blue hair would go well with this angel sweet face. :) The background was embossed using Papertrey impression plate. The card actually has really pretty shimmer to it as I sprayed the background with perfect pearl (mix with water).

Challenges:

Crafty Little Place - anything goes

Scrap-Creations - anything goes

Craft Your Passion - monochromatic

Stamps R Us - holiday cards

Don't forget to check out all the DT creations HERE and I sure hope you will join us and play along.

Are you gals almost done with your Christmas cards? I am not. Yikes... there's so much thing to do before my trip and I do want to spend some quality time with hubby, too. So, I decided that as much as I'd love to send fancy handmade Christmas cards to all my friends, I just wouldn't stress about it. Whatever I get to finish, that's it. After all, Christmas is more about actually spending time with your love ones, right?

EDITED TO ADD: I never heard back from Caring Hearts Prize Winner for Just Some Lines $15 worth of digi stamp, so had to choose another winner. THERESA POLLACK you're the lucky one! Please contact me ASAP. Thank you.

Enjoy your Thursday! Cheers...

My Grafico "Anything Goes"

Happy December! Seems like as soon as December starts the air feels different. It seems more jolly, in my opinion. Today, is exactly 2 more weeks before I get to go to Jakarta and see my family for Christmas. I wish hubby could go with me. This would be the first time we're apart for a long period and on top of that it's Christmas. His parents will keep him company while I am gone, but still, so wishing he could go with me. Of course, our doggies would argue with that. :)

Anyway, I have new card for you for MyGrafico "Anything Goes" challenge. This week, the DT get to play with the vintage "Christmas Digital Stamps" by Blackleaf Studio and "Let It Snow" patterned paper set from Jazzy Patterns.

Here's a peek of what's included with the 2 sets that we get to play with. You can check out the rest of the DT works here.

Well, don't have much else to write about. What's new at your neck of the wood? Care to share? Wishing you all a great December!

Make A Wish

16 more days to go before my trip to Jakarta! I'm counting the days. Can't wait to be able to eat many yummy Indonesian food & fruits again. LOL, I already told my mom what I want to eat while I am there and warn hubby that he might get a chubby wife when I get back. And the fruits..., oh goodness, they have so many yummy fruits that I couldn't find here in the States. Yep... food is in my mind! :) 

I still need to catch up with my Christmas cards, I just didn't quite have the motivation. Instead of forcing myself to make Christmas card, I decided to do all occasion card. I made this card using Paper Crafts Go-to Sketch # 8. I love working with fairy images, especially one that as sweet & cute as this one.

Challenges:

There She Goes - cards for kids

Aly's Sunday Challenge - fairies

Charisma Cardz - for a girl

Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes

Lots of fussy cutting on this card. The dandellion is from Silhouette. I should have bought more of this fairy set. Seriously, there are so many cute stamps out there. I guess if I get to make a wish, it would be to be able to to buy all the stamps I want. Hmm... that's probably every stamper wish, isn't it? Hubby just corrected me, that I love travelling more than stamping. Hah! Can I have 2 wishes? Speaking about wishes, what's on your Christmas wish list? On my wish list are Papertrey Ink gift certificate or Michael's gift certificate as always. And, maybe pug puppy?? :)

Well folks, that's it for today. Tomorrow I'll be back with new challenge from My Grafico. Have a great Tuesday!

Cards Delivered

Wow, I think I really enjoyed my break to the max! Granted there's many things that I want to do that still didn't get done, but it sure felt great to lounge around and watched some cheesy Christmas movies. On top of that, I did get most of Christmas shopping done. My in-laws called yesterday to see if we would go with them to Katy Mills mall, I said okay immediately. LOL, hubby thought I was the only one that have to go. His dad made him go, too.

Hubby desperately trying to came up with several excuse for him not to go. He felt better when his dad showed up and said they'll do happy hour while his mom and I went shopping. Yeah, when it comes to shopping, I'd rather go by myself than with hubby. I don't like people waiting on me cause then I feel guilty.

And, another important thing that happened during the long weekend, Lori, her husband Carlton, & daughter Sarah delivered Caring Hearts cards package to Baton Rouge Caring Center. Here's Lori with Lynette the activity director, sorting the cards out. She said that the residents were excited when she showed up and can't wait to see what she brought over. It feels so great knowing that our little hobby can help brighten people's day.

I would think it would be nice to be able to send birthday card as well, but haven't quite figure out how to organize that. After my Indonesian trip, I'll figure it out how to brighten our senior citizen's day through out the year and not just during the holidays. Only 17 more days before my trip! Eekkk..... :)

Now, on to card for today. I made this card for Lucy's challenge of using something old. That vellum with snowflake background has been on my scrap stash for a few years. If I'm not wrong it was part of Christmas party invitation that I made for Lori back in 2004 or 2005? Can't remember.

Challenges:

Crafty Pad - snowflakes

Crafty Sentiments - christmas

Freshly Brewed - winter or christmas

Inktegrity - anything goes

So, did any of you taking advantage of the Black Friday shopping? I ended up ordering some Copics from Scrap-mart and stamps from Simon Says Stamp. Anyway, today back to reality. Back to work. Hope you all have a great Monday! Cheers!

Wee Memories Ribbon Challenge

Hi peeps! How's your Thanksgiving weekend going? I ate way too much on Thanksgiving day. What can I say, hubby, my sister-in-law Kristen, and my brother-in-law Mike are such good cook. Hubby made seven layer salad, Kristen made this super delicious brocolli caserole (and I usually don't like brocolli), and Mike did the turkey. Then for desert we had pumpkin pie & creme brule. Soooo yummy! 

And, I do enjoying my long weekend and break from work. It's nice to chill out at home. On top of  that, yesterday, I was so excited that I got to spend a couple hours hanging out with Trinh and just stamping. She brought her Hero Arts stamps for me to use and she used my Papertrey Ink stamps. We both were so busy chatting and just ended up stamping a bunch of images, without completing any cards. Love it!

I so wish my friends that do stamping live close by instead of in another city, so we can get together more often. :) Thank you, Trinh for coming & see me. Truly enjoy it hanging out with you!

Now, on to Wee Memories "Ribbon" challenge for this week sponsored by Charleston Scrapbook Co. 

See, while I was cleaning up for Trinh's visit I saw my pile of short ribbons, that basically too short for anything, but perfect for die cut. I just glued all  the random ribbons on a piece of cardstock & then cut the tree shape out of it. 

Challenges:

Crafty Creations - christmas

Freshly Brewed - winter or christmas

ABC Christmas - CHRISTMAS and x is for xmas

I also added glitters on each line of the ribbon to add some sparkles to the tree. Love it when I can use scraps. Nothing get wasted. :)

Check out all the awesome creations by the DT here. Well, that's it from me. Still enjoying the rest of my long weekend. Love it. Cheers!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Wednesday everyone!! Are you ready for Thanksgiving festivities? All those yummy goodness to eat and hanging out with the family. Growing up in Indonesia, I didn't celebrate Thanksgiving. But, I do enjoy celebrating it and hanging out with hubby's family. We're going to his sister's house and will be spending our Thanksgiving there. Good thing she only lives like 10 minutes away from us. :)

Anyway, here's a quick card for you. Really loving using baker's twine right now.

Challenges:

A Spoonful Of Sugar - anything goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - circles

Card Patterns - sketch (I flipped the sketch)

Also, I want to mention really quick, sweet & talented Tiffany (I Heart Art) is doing a giveaway here and hint... hint... it's a generous one. Go check out her blog.

Well, I am taking day off from blogging tomorrow. I wish you all a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving day. Enjoy your time with the family. Thank everyone for your visit to my blog, for your encouragement along the way, and for your friendship. I am so thankful and grateful that through blogging and card making I have met so many wonderful, amazing girls. I am thankful for my life and for all the blessings I have received. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Frosty The Snowman

Good morning people! How are you doing? Are you already off for the holidays? I am so looking forward to my days off. I've been looking at lots of scrapbook layout lately & really want to get back on doing some layout. So wish I have time to do both card making & scrapbook.

A couple weeks ago, Tamara from Stockberry gave me this cute snowman to make card sample with. It's been a crazy couple weeks, so slightly late, but here's my card using CPS sketch.

Challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs - blue and white

Pollycraft - blue

One Stop Craft - snowmen

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - anything goes

Not much to write today. Hope you're enjoying your week! Cheers...

Short week

Don't you just love it when you know this week is going to be a short week (for work)? I feel energized & excited. LOL. As much as I love my work as purchacing coordinator for a home builder, I do love having more time at home to do my own thing. This weekend, I have long list of plan from card making, to movie watching, to shop, etc. And... only about 3 more weeks before my trip to Indonesia! :)

I better stop rambling. Tend to ramble too much when I am excited. You know, I've been following CASE Study challenge since they first started and always want to play their challenge, but somehow I often missed it. Granted, the last few weeks been so crazy busy for me. But, I am happy to say that I get to play this week! Yay for me. Mojo slowly but surely is coming back.

Besides, this week inspiration is from Heather Pulvirenti, one of my favorite card maker. I just love her style. This is Heather's card for CASE Study:

And, here's my card for CASE Study Challenge 15:

Challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - circles

Marks Finest Paper - add a circle

AiFactory -  bling

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - anything goes

Freshly Brewed - show off your style

Many of you already contacted me to claim your prize for Caring Heart Card Drive. For the rest who hasn't claim it, you have till Friday to contact me! That's it for today folks. Hope your week starts great and for those of you who travel to be with your family, have a safe trip. Cheers!