Count Your Blessings

Surprise... surprise... more watercolor card. ;) I think on many card making blog right now, you see plenty of watercolor project.  I wonder how long the trend will last. But, as of right now, I am just enjoying practicing what I learned.

For today's card, I applied what I learned from Tasnim Ahmed on day 8 of the watercolor class. What I love about this class, it makes me look at my stash of old sets and see a new way to use them. This rose is one of my favorite from Papertrey Ink.

I used three different shades of pink and purple to color the rose. The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti. 

I went to the doctor yesterday to figure out what's wrong and they're running some test. I am soooo done feeling nauseous and having heartburn constantly in the past few day. Wonder how I can still make card while feeling sick? This is my therapy. I can forget how awful I am feeling when I just concentrate on creating. 

Last night, actually was a good night in the fact that I actually able to sleep. But, in the morning I open my mouth too soon. I was like oh, I am feeling great. Then a few minutes after it all came back with a vengeance. The problem is I have to keep eating  here and there to control my heartburn, but with feeling nauseous I have no appetite and have to force myself to eat & keep it down. Plain oatmeal is my best friend right now.

Anyway, I am keeping my finger cross and chugging along, hoping we can find out the culprit and fix it. That's it from me. I'll see you all later.

Painted Flower Jar

So, since I am catching the watercolor bug, I have more watercolor card to share with you. This one is one of my favorite. Using the stuff I learned from the class makes me feel like an artist! ;) I think this class is one of the best one so far.

Here's my painted flower jar card. It's so relaxing to do this. Yes, it takes longer and yep,  the card will only go to someone who could appreciate it,  but it's so fun!

For this card I used the mason jar from Paper Smooches Crystal Clear set and the flowers from Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals and More Fresh Cuts (the sentiment also from this set). To color the jar and flowers I used combination of Memento ink pads and Kuritake ZIG Clean Color Real Brush (awesome watercolor marker  by the way). And, a little enamel dot couldn't hurt, right? This enamel dot is from Doodlebug Sprinkles Swimming pool assortment. All supplies (except for the Kuritake brush) are from i {heart} papers.

I just bought a new watercolor pad, so I'll have plenty of paper to practice on. Hope you're enjoying my current obsession with watercolor. Thank you for stopping by here and may your Wednesday be a great one! 

Life Is Like A Roller Coaster

It's time for new Riley & Company challenge. This time the challenge theme is vacation. Well, for some of us, vacation means a visit to a theme park, so I used this roller coaster fun image for my card.

Since, I like to make card that I can actually give out, for the sentiment I used one that is an encouragement as I don't think I ever send out any card for vacation. :) Inside the card the statement continue into: "You can either scream every time there is a bump or you can throw your hands up and enjoy the ride."

Anyway, super short post today. I am back to work today and have lots of catching up to do. Amazing that amount of work that can pile up when you miss a day. See you tomorrow with more watercolor card! :)

Hello Spring Blooms

Hi peeps. I am back with another watercolor card that I made over the weekend. This card also homework from day 3 inspired by Jennifer Rzasa's card. What can I say, day 3 is one of my favorite lesson. But, I kind of mixed in day 6 lesson in here, too (the flowers were spritzed with pearl water, so it has nice sheen to it).

Kind of funny to think that I used to struggle when it comes to making cards with flowers. Now, I love them. I guess like they say your style and preference could change over time. And, I am for one not complaining. :)

For this card I used Wplus9 Spring Blooms set and the hello is from Altenew.

Well, that's it from me today. I am not feeling so well today and am staying home since I didn't get any sleep last night. So, I am taking it easy and chilling with the dogs. I don't like being sick, but I think my puppies kind of happy that I stay home with them. :) See y'all later....

Watercolor Homework

This week, a few days behind, I decided to sign up for Online Card Classes for their watercolor class. Boy, it is a fun class. So glad that I signed up. I get to learn some new technique and I found combining stamping with watercolor can be quite relaxing.

Well, my first card that I created using what I learned from the class is homework from day 3, which is watercolor stamping and this is the result.

On my process, I think I messed up about 4 panel before I finally find a design that I am happy with. And, once I start, I couldn't stop. This class totally make me look at the stamp sets I have with new eyes. 

This weekend been a pretty productive one. I accomplished  several DT works and created some watercolor cards just for fun. I'll be sharing them throughout the week. 

Thank you for stopping by here and may your Mother's Day be an amazing one. Cheers....

You Are My Happy

Yay... I get to scrapbook again. Slowly, but it feels so good. I decided to start an album for the "kids" and am using Studio Calico album. It's the perfect size as it can hold lots of pages and the smaller size allow me to complete the pages faster.

I am a slow scrapbooker as my perfectionist tendency usually come up to the surface when I scrapbook. Like, when things doesn't line up perfectly, it bugs me to no end and I kind of have to force myself to just let it go. That it's okay to have some imperfection on my page.

Anyway, I have these pics of hubby and Eli that I just love. Here's the way my page turned out. 

Eli was only about a couple months old on this pics and totally adorable! Of course, being his mommy, I will always think he's super cute. Hah... Hubby never really owned by a pug till he met me. Ollie was his first pug. And, when we got Eli, I told him once you hold a pug puppy, you can't go back. Heee... There's just something about pug that totally make my heart goes all soft.

These 2 are my happy. :)

I am entering this layout for Moxie Fab NSD: Scrapbooking Rock challenge. 

That's it for me today. See y'all later....

Watercolor Fun

Growing up I remember that I love playing with watercolor. Not that I am good at it. I just love playing with it. :)

 

I made this card a while back for a submission. It didn't get picked up, but it was a fun card to make using the blowing with straw technique.

 

 

 

The sentiment is from one of my favorite Technique Tuesday stamp set called Loving Words by Ali Edwards. I simply heat embossed the sentiment and then drop some watercolor droplets and gently blowing through a straw to spread the color. And... tada.....

Super quick and simple card to make. By the way, i {heart} papers just added some more new stuff to the store. You can check them all out HERE. May your Tuesday be a great one. :)

 

Purple Onion Designs: Oscar & Charlotte

Happy Monday! To start this week, I am sharing my card using the latest Stacey Yacula stamps for Purple Onion Designs. This time I am using Oscar & Charlotte.

 

 

Both images looks like they should be holding something, so I fussy cut a cupcake from My Mind's Eye patterned paper for each of them. Thank goodness, the cupcake is just the perfect size, otherwise I'd have to think of something else for them to hold. Hah... Love it when things work out effortlessly.

 

Guess what?? I just realized that Oscar is supposed to be a fox. My mom thought it was a squirrel and I told her, no mom, it's a raccoon. Turned out we both wrong. Hah... Yeah, I'd have color Oscar in orange or brownish color if I had known that when I made this card. Oh well, card world is kind of fantasy world where our imagination can just go wild, right? Who says the animal has to be certain color, right?

 

And the enamel dots are still from my DIY pile. I just wish the beads comes in more colors that I'd use. Right now, the choice is limited.

 

Oh yes...., with new month, it means there's new Naughty or Nice Challenge. This month it's all about Furry Friends. Any projects with critter counts. You can check out and enter the challenge HERE (there's a prize for this month's challenge as well).

 

Have a very happy Monday!



i {heart} papers NSD Sale

Happy National Scrapbook Day! To celebrate i {heart} papers have special sale going on all weekend long. 10% of your entire online order of $40+. I am sure we all can use some more pretty papers or new stamps, right? ;) Have fun s hopping & celebrating.

Spring Blooms

Happy May!! Bye, bye to the 1st quarter of 2014. Where did the time goes? I am a bit behind in getting my Mother's Day card order ready. Sooo needing to catch up.  Here's another Mother's Day card I made.

For this card, I used the latest Wplus9 Spring Blooms and Strictly Sentiments 4 set combined with patterned paper from Dear Lizzy Splendid Sunshine paper pad. For some shimmer, I brushed the leaves with Wink of Stella Brush Glitter marker. And, of course a couple enamel dots wouldn't hurt, right? This time I used the enamel dots from Doodlebugs Sprinkles Limeade. (All supplies available at i {heart} papers)

This card came together pretty quick once I figure out what I want to do. I think the thinking process took longer. My mojo is just not quite there, so I am struggling a bit. But, at the end am quite happy with the way his card turn out.

I hope your Thursday is a good one!