Floral Fusion & Roses

Today, I h ave the pleasure to bring you the new color challenge from My Favorite Things. Here's the fabulous colors for your inspiration to use any way you want.

For my card, I chose to play with the Floral Fusion dies and using ink daubers added the various colors.

It has kind of a funky vibe, isn't it? Me, likey. Check out what my team mates have created for this challenge HERE and join us, will you?

Now, since I am in the mood to play with flower theme, I made another card just for fun. After my roses card on my post yesterday, I just have to make another one. That rose background stamp is simply gorgeous & so fun to play with!

This card is inspired by another card of mine that I made a couple years back for a publication. I love stamping on patterned paper, especially when you have the right patterned paper that just complement the image so perfectly.

Well,  that's it from me for now. Hope you  have a fantastic Thursday! Cheerio...

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SugarPea & StampNation

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Hi peep. This week, SugarPea Designs is excited to be joining forces with StampNation & sponsoring their latest challenge. Fun stuff, right? In case you're wondering what is StampNation, go check it out HERE.

Our challenge is to create a project based on this  inspiration pic.

I used the colors from the pic as the inspiration for my card. You can see the full card HERE.

Of course, with fun collaboration like this, we can't do it without fabulous giveaway. We're also giving away two fabulous prizes.

Hop on over to StampNation to see the full challenge details and for loads of inspiration using SugarPea Designs clear stamps & dies. Play along with StampNation's chalenge and you could WIN a $50 gift certificate to SugarPea Designs store.

And, Catherine from StampNation has generously provided us with a prize of 1 Month Subscription to StampNation to give away to THREE lucky SugarPeeps! To win, simply comment on the SugarPea designers blog listed below.

Lisa Lara

Anita Madden

Vera Yates <-- you are here

Brianna Loeffelbein

Wendy McGaffey

Hope you will join us and play along! 

Happiness Is Trying To Catch You

Hi peeps. It's time for new My Favorite Things sketch challenge.

I've been wanting to play with this roses background and so excited that I finally get to use it. I heat embossed the roses with gold embossing powder and only color some of the roses (to represent the circles on the sketch) and leave the rest blank.

I am totally loving this Sno Cone cardstock combine with the gold. It balances out the boldness of the gold. Check out what the MFT Challenge team has created for this challenge HERE. Can't wait to see your project!

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Little Monster

I realized that I don't do enough boy cards. On my stash there's only maybe 4-5 of them. Time to fix that, right? Lucky for me, there's several new cute sets that  will be coming out this week from Crafter's Companion.

Here's a peek into one of the set, called Freddie.

Crafter' Companion: Freddie, Spectrum Noir: BT1, BT2, BT3,

CT3, EB3, FS4, IG1, IG2, TN1, TN2

A boy in a cut monster outfit? How adorable is that? I am saving my boy cards for my nephews because when I saw this set, it totally made me think of them.

The funny thing, my puppy, Abby actually have a Halloween monster costume that look just like this costume. Hah... Not that I could make her keep it on her. When we put it on her, Eli immediately tried to pull it off her.:)

Hope you enjoy this sneak peek. There's a lot more cuteness from Crafter's Companion and I'll share another one tomorrow. Stay tune as today I have more post scheduled. See you in a bit!

SugarPea Designs Color Challenge 2

Hi folks. It's time for new color challenge from SugarPea Designs. Above is the fun color combo and here's my card using Let's Fiesta set:

I have lots of fun practicing no line coloring with this image while sticking to the color combo. Skin color counts as neutral color of course. 

The SugarPea team has created some fabulous project for this challenge. Go check it out HERE and come play along. We'll choose random winner from all the challenge entry and you could win a GC to the store. 

And..., today, Newton's Nook Designs is featuring yours truly. I am thankful that I get to guest design for them this month. Here's a peek of my card that they feature today:

You can see the full card at Newton's Nook Designs blog. Well, tat's all from me folks. May your weeks starts off wonderfully!

Kimono Beauty

I am still enjoying playing with this Butterfly Silk set from Crafter's Companion. On today's card, I am happy that I found the perfect patterned paper that complement the kimono beauty on this card.

Crafter's Companion supplies: Butterfly Silk,
Spectrum Noir: TN1 TN2, CG1, CG3, CR8, FS4, HB1, HB2, PL2, IG8, IG10

Love the way the strip of bamboo pattern paper added a look of texture. Hah...because of this set, I ended up getting another Asian theme set. I haven't get a chance to play with it yet, but I will soon. And, when I do, you know it, I'll share it here.

Hope you have a beautiful weekend.

MFT Summer School

Hi all. Have you been enjoying My Favorite Things summer school? This whole week, the MFT team been sharing various lesson in design. Today, our lesson is all about white space.

For many CAS designers, we love white space. Now, when we talked about white space, we're not necessarily talking about white as in the color white. In CAS design, white space = blank space.

Blank space doesn't mean boring. Often, the white space give your eyes a place to rest the eyes, area that give your design a pleasing openness, a pleasing balance. And, no, it doesn't mean it's simple card either. You can add lots of layer and be fancy, but by leaving some blank space, it keep the design from becoming overwhelming.

For my card today, I did go with white for my white space, simply because I do love the color white and I want my penguin to shine bright like a popsicle! :)

How adorable is this li'l guy? Pair him with blue polka dot swim trunk, he's ready to impress. Hah!

Well, today's lesson is definitely one of the most popular subject. Many member of the DT participating in today's class. Please swing by to the main class at MFT blog and check out what teh girls has created for this lesson. So, grab a cup of joe or tea and enjoy the class. TG

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You Are My Happy Thought

In case you don't know, I love animal. I love learning about animal (gotta love Discovery & National Geography channel) and I respect the animal kingdom. I grew up having dogs, bird, fish, bunnies and squirrels (my brother found them as babies & ended up rescuing & nursed them). My mom used to shake her head when she found out my brother & I would sneak the squirrel to our bed & nap with them. So, yeah, I love animals. I think they're awesome.

As you can guess, my love for animal goes into crafting as well. Give me anything that related to animal and I am happy.

When I saw Wplus9 Happy Mail & Party Animal set, swoon... that was love at first sight. I was going to say especially the giraffe, since I have like 5 giraffe stuff animal and one of them like 4 ft tall, but who am I kidding. I have several bunnies & bear stuff animal as well. And, I didn't  mean when I was growing up. I mean now. as adult. Hah!

I am very excited to share my first result of playing with these adorable sets.

I was inspired by Joni Andaya's card HERE. I love her style and her works are amazing. I made this card with my niece in mind. What a cute gathering, right? Makes me think of children storybook that I used to read. Out in the meadow, the animal gathers & have a little party. 

Here's a close up look of the gathering. :) I used Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush for the watercoloring.

Entering this card to Simon Says Stamp Challenge to create project using your favorite technique or products. This card is it! Watercolor & my favorite stamp sets.

I am super giddy with the way this card turn out. Will be sending this out to my niece. She's only 2,5, but I hope later on she can appreciate the card. Hah,.. I'll make her daddy save this card for sure. So much work & love goes into this card.

That's all from me today. I hope you have a beautiful day. Enjoy the little things.

Newton's Nook Designs June Release Day 2

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Hm... Is this the day I'll see pig fly? Hah! Three posts in a day. Very, very rare for me. Anyhoo.... How excited are you over the Newton's Nook new set? Well, today the cuteness continue.

For those of you who have followed my blog for a while know that I am a big time dog lover. Supporting various rescue group is my passion. Needless to say, I squeal when I saw this cute "Fetching Friendship" set.

The lab on this set reminds me of our Hank who crossed the rainbow bridge a few years back. Hank was hubby's first baby and he has a very special place on our heart. Here's a peek of my card:

Oh, I sure do love doggie set stamp. You can see the full card on Newton's Nook Designs blog.

And, guess what? We're giving away a set of "Fetching Friendship" to one lucky winner. Here's how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Wednesday, June 17th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Thursday, June 18th

Go check out what the DT has created for this new set. They are one talented team, so I am sure you'll fu=ind plenty of inspirations.

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Vera Yates - Guest Designer

MFT Sketch 233

Good morning, sunshine! Well, I am scheduling this post ahead. Hopefully, we do have sunshine today. It's time for new MFT sketch challenge. Here's the sketch:

And, here's my card:

Yep, at first, I wasn't going to get this Modern Blooms set. But, after seeing my team mate's work (Veronica... ahem... enabler), I ended up getting it. We all could use more flower sets, right? ;) I am also entering this card to Simon Says Stamp Challenge which is to use your favorite technique or product. My favorite at the moment is watercoloring, which is the technique I used to create the background on this card.

This is a fun sketch  to play with, so I sure hope many of you will play along. You can check out what my team mates has created for this challenge HERE. More post coming up in a bit. Cheers...

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