Thanks So Much

One trend that I do love at the moment is feathers. I love playing with feathers. It add such a fun element to your projects. Especially when the feathers has fun dots pattern on it. Cuteness, right?

Challenge: Simon Says Stamp monochromatic challenge



I got the feathers and sequins from JoAnn. The patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Fact 6x6 paper pad. The flower is from Papertrey Ink Mini Bloom stamp set. Have you tried playing with feathers, yet?

Also, I have a blog hop winner to announce. The lucky gal who won Paper Crafts Holiday Cards & More Vol. 8 is.....

Congrats, Lynne!! I will contact you. Thank you to all of you who participate in the hop. I really appreciate our sweet & kind comments. Have a blessed day everyone.

Bookish Tia

Quick post for today. This week, Some Odd  Girl is putting the spotlight on Bookish Tia.

My team mates has created some fabulous project with this smart cutie pie. Check out their creations HERE. And for the next 2 weeks only, you can get Bookish Tia for 35% off.

Also, our August sketch challenge is still going on. Come join us and CLICK HERETO PLAY. Thanks for stopping by and may your week starts off wonderfully.

Triangle Birdie

This weekend is a slow one for me. I finally get a chance to just chill out and catching up on some magazine and did a Glee marathon. And also play in my craft room, of course.

It took me a while to catch up with the triangle trend. Finally decided to give it a try. And what do you know.... I combined this trend with my love of bird.

To make this card, I first cut the bird and then cut all the little triangles and adhere them to the bird. LOL, I think about one third of the way, I started to re-evaluate my idea. Almost decided to chuck the whole thing. It feels like it took forever to cut and arrange those small triangles. But, I am glad that I kept going as I am pretty happy with the result.

I am making this card for Moxie Fab Trendy Triangle and Simon Says Stamp Triangle challenge using goodies I got from i {heart} papers. The patterned paper are from Echo Park Bundle of Joy Girl and Bundle of Joy Boy Dots & Stripes 6x6 pad. The sentiment is from Neat & Tangles Across The Card set.

So, what do you think of the triangle trend? Yay or nay? I am still on  the fence about it. Well, that's it for me for this weekend. Enjoy your weekend, peep.

Holiday Cards & More, Vol. 8 Blog Hop!

Happy Friday and welcome to Paper Crafts Holiday Cards & More blog hop. We are celebrating this super fun & festive issue filled with many awesome ideas for the holidays. You should arrive here from Kelly Griglione blog.

For this hop, we're asked to create a festive treat wrap and share a favorite holiday recipe. One of my project that get published in this issue is a cookie tote that looked like a gingerbread house. So, continuing with the house theme, I decided to create two house cookie box. I am also entering this for Moxie Fab Holiday Food & Treat Wrap challenge.

Both house were made using Silhouette. I love that machine. I really do. :) Now, for the first house I decorate the top with sparkly May Arts ribbon to add a festive feeling. Colored the window with copic to add warmth to the house. The cute Mrs. Clause is actually one of the gnome from There She Goes My Little Friend set. 

The next box is decorated with Santa from PTI Tiny Treats Christmas set and reindeer from PTI Holiday Tags Stamp set. I lined the window with wax paper.

Now, the recipe. I definitely not a cook. In our household my husband is the cook. Thank goodness, other wise I'll be living of cereal and ramen noodle. Ha... But, I do like making dessert. Unfortunately, since there's only the two of us and 3 dogs, I can't make dessert too often. It can be dangerous, if you know what I mean.

My favorite dessert is cheesecake and tiramisu. I've been known to eat them for dinner on rare occasion. For today I decided to share my favorite tiramisu recipe.

If I am not wrong I got this from Kraft website long time ago. One of the reason I like this recipe, no baking required.

　

TIRAMISU

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

3 cups cold milk

2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

48 NILLA Wafers

½ cup brewed strong MAXWELL HOUSE Coffee, cooled

2 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, coarsely grated

1 cup fresh raspberries

Instructions:
1. Beat cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Beat in milk and dry pudding mixes. Stir in 2 cups COOL WHIP.

2. Line 2-1/2-qt. bowl with 24 wafers; drizzle with 1/4 cup coffee. Top with half each of the pudding mixture and chocolate. Repeat all layers.

3. Top with remaining COOL WHIP and raspberries. Refrigerate 2 hours.

　

Easy peasy. It's great for party since this recipe is for 14-16 servings.

Last but not least, the giveaway part. PC is giving each of us an extra issue to give away. Simply leave a comment here by midnight CST, Tuesday, August 13 and I'll announce the winner on Wednesday. From here please hop to Maurine Anderson. In case you missed a link, below is the complete list of the hop participants. Thank you so much for stopping by here. 

 Lorena Cantó Lavería

Kalyn Kepner

Erin Lincoln

Jeanne Jachna

Nina Yang

Amanda Coleman

Karolyn Loncon

Kelly Griglione

Vera Wirianta Yates <--- you are here

Maurine Anderson

                                                                        

You Are Amazing

Hi peeps. How's summer at your neck of the wood? It is hot, hot, hot here in Houston. I feel so bad for hubby who has to be outside most of the time. He is overseeing all of the houses that are on the ground, which means he has to face the heat most of the day. Luckily, he does love his job. He loves seeing the houses being built from scratch. Not loving the heat, though.

 

With the dog days of summer upon us, we rarely do anything that require us to be outside. Especially hubby, since he's out on the field most of the time, by the time we get home, he does not want to go out unless he really has to. Yep, summer in Texas can be brutal.

 

Anyway, enough of me whining about the heat. I live in Texas the past 18 years, I should get used to it, right? Well, let's get on to card.

 

I made this card for my i {heart} papers post.

 

 

I am loving the vases from Paper Smooches Crystal Clear set. The tall vase is my favorite. In fact I have a couple tall vase like that in our house. The sentiment is from Avery Elle Framed Font set. i {heart} papers don't have this set in stock, but they do carry most of Avery Elle stamp.

By the way, with new products coming in, i {heart} papers have all the 6x6 paper pads (excluding the new products) on sale for only $4 each for a limited time. So, if you want to stock up on your 6x6, now is a great time. And you better hurry before the sale ends.

That's it from me today. And tomorrow, please join me and some fabulously talented ladies for Paper Crafts Holiday Cards & More Blog Hop. See you tomorrow.

Birthday Owl

Hi peeps. After two days of showcasing holiday sets from Some Odd Girl clear releases, today I'm sharing a super cute & fun birthday owl! Meet Owl-Days.

 

When it comes to critters, I do think Some Odd Girl has some of the cutest & sweet critter sets out there. When I saw this owl, I was like awww.... cuteness. And I thought that topsy turvy birthday cake would make the perfect background for it. Gotta love my Silhouette.

 

I am also entering this card for MarkerPop challenge #28 anything goes.

So, what do you think of the owl? Adorable, right? Hope you like it as much as I do. Thank you for swinging by here. Cheers....

Partridge & HoliDeer

Today the release party from Some Odd Girl continue with the team showcasing HoliDeer and Partridge sets.

I actually made these cards before CHA as Kristy asked me if I could help out and make some simple card with step-by-step tutorial to be distribute to store owners as idea sheet. Of course I jumped at the chance. And the results are the two card here and the two from yesterday's post.

My favorite part of this deer card, besides the deer? The silk ribbon! They are from May Arts and I love using the silk ribbon to make double loop bows.

From green, we go to salmon red. Well, that's what I call it. It's not really red, not really pink, kind of in the middle. Again, with the holiday season, I figure people think of making quick card and even though Some Odd Girl images are gorgeous when they are colored, they are just as gorgeous without much coloring. Just like the Partridge on my card where I only colored the pear. I added some sequins for interest, so the card doesn't look blah. :)

So, what do you think of the 4 mini holiday sets? (You can see the other 2 sets on my post from the day before yesterday). Check out what my team mates has created for this new releases at Some Odd Girl blog.

SOG Chris Mouse & Snow Bunny

Hi everyone and welcome to Some Odd Girl August clear release party. As we're only about 4 months away from Christmas, Some Odd Girl is releasing some cute and awesome clear stamps to help you get your holiday cards ready.

Today we're showcasing 2 super cute mini sets. First up is the cute Chris Mouse.  Just look at his adorable smile. How could you resist this sweet face? 

For the fussy part of the Santa hat I used "White Liquid Applique" to create the foamy bubble look. I love using liquid applique. They're so fun to use and add just the right amount of texture to my cards.

Next up is this energetic Snow Bunny. Love the buck teeth! Ha...

With the images being so cute, I feel like the card doesn't need much embellishment. I prefer to keep the card design simple so the cute images really stands out and take the center stage.

So, what do you think of the mouse and the bunny? Do you love cutesy stuff? I sure hope you do. LOL, cute stuff makes me smile. Need more cuteness to brighten your day? Check out Some Odd Girl blog to see what the other Oddies has created. Thank you so much for swinging by here and hope your week starts off wonderfully.

SOG August Sketch Challenge

As we enter the month of August, Some Odd Girl have new sketch challenge for you all. :) You can check out the sketch, challenge & prize detail HERE.

 

And this is my card using the cute fairy from Fairy Magic set.

 

 

I rarely take my glitter out, just because I don't like to mess with all the glitter dust. But, I think this fairy needed the glittery wings, so the glitter came out. LOL, I have glitter all over my hand and Eli is my snuggle pup, so he always want to get pet or sit on my lap. Well, when I am playing with glitter snuggling with me comes with a risk. Poor Eli was sparkly for the rest of the evening.

 

You have one month to play along and I sure hope you will join us. :)

Ikat & Cupcake

Happy August and yay for my favorite day of the week! Today I am sharing a card  for i {heart} papers that featuring my two favorite things. Ikat pattern and cupcake. Well, actually, as much as I am a dessert person, I never really big into cupcake. I guess, I just haven't found one where I am like amazed by it. The ones I found so far, tend to be too sweet and sugary.

Anyway, let's talk card instead of cupcake. It makes me craving snack talking about sweets. I made my card inspired by this pic from Wplus9 Monday mood board #17.

                                                 

I decided to use cupcake instead of doing monogram because this card is going to my SIL who owned a bakery in Jakarta. Whenever she delivers an order, she always attach a card made by me, so it needs to have cupcake, cakes, or dessert pic in general. And, since I plan to go home at the end of the year, I need to start build up my stock for my SIL.

I am a bit obsessed with the ikat pattern. Just a wee bit.... Hah!! This time I am using Wplus9 Backgrounds & Borders 1 and Sweets & Treats set. Currently i {heart} papers don't have this set, but they do have the Sweets & Treats Filler set in stock. They yummy color ink is the Soft Cantaloupe from Hero Arts Just Beachy set.

Hope your Thursday goes smoothly and thank you for swinging by here. Cheers & have some sweet! ;)