You Make Life Sweet

Hi peeps! Phew, what a whirlwind this past week been. I shipped out my last Caring Hearts box, emailed all the prize winners, our remodeling almost done (only a few touch up still needed) and at least our home looks decent again. Now I can finally focus on getting our home decorated for Christmas.

We haven't really put up the big Christmas trees since we have Eli & Abby. We only put up the table top Christmas tree. But, we figure this year we'll give it a try and cross fingers that hey won't destroy the tree. So far, so good. Day 1 passed without any incidents. We'll see how the tree is when we get home from work today. Finger crossed!

Anyway, I also squeezed in some time to do some cards. This month, the opportunity to do so have been far & few in between. When I do, I just have to crank up the production. :)

I just received this cute MFT mug die-namics and been itching to play with it. 

LOVE this! So fun to play with and so perfect for my mini card. And, yep, loving the scallop rectangle as well. 

Ooh... by the way, who's fans of The Voice? I am super duper excited for tonight's final performance. I am rooting for Jordan Smith all the way. I mean, come one, his voice is amazing!! Who are you rooting for?

Well, that's all from me today. See you all later!

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Caring Hearts Card Drive 2015 Update & Winners List

Hi everyone. I know many of you have been waiting for the update for Caring Hearts Card Drive. here we  go!

First of all, thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support for Caring Hearts Card Drive. Because of your support and generosity, we have another record breaking year!! We collected 21,681 cards & covering 127 nursing homes throughout US, Canada and Australia. 

Jennifer McGuire, Tina Schrof, Linda Langes, Anita Recksiedler, Caroline Bredeson and I are honored that you support our card drive. We are a small team & we do this on volunteer basis and your support means so much to us.

This is truly a community effort. And, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for caring, thank you for sharing our vision of giving & spreading kindness. When I started this, I never thought it would get this big, but I'm glad that it did, because we are doing what I believe Christmas is all about. That it's about caring, sharing & giving joy to others.

I am excited that many more people express interest to add their local nursing homes to our list. As long as we have cards to cover the number of residents, we gladly send cards to the nursing home that was suggested to us. :)

Now, time to celebrate this record breaking year with some fabulous giveaway. Here's the list of all the prize winners. Ladies, I'll be emailing you all. Thank you again to all for your support & caring hearts. We appreciate you so much!

Altenew $30 gc - JK Residential

Avery Elle $30 gce - Terrie Rodrigue

a2zscrapbooking.com $25 gc - Laura Walls

A Jillian Vance Design $20 gc - Kit Amot

Butterfly Reflections $25 gc - Ann Tuck

Clearly Besotted £30 gc -  Lynda Smith

Ellen Hutson $50 gc - Lillian Gates

Hero Arts $50 gc - Darnell Knaus

Janes Doodles  $75 gc -  Harriet Emmertono

Jennifer McGuire Ink 10 stamps -  Jane Reynolds

Just Dandy Studio $25 gc - Therese Dion

Lil Inker Designs $35 gc - Angela Comer

Latina Crafter $40 gc - Pamela Ramada

Lucy's Cards 8 bags of Sparkly Shaker Selection's - Lois Andrews

Mama Elephant $25 gc - Carol Henderson

May Arts (Ribbon Resource) $20 gc - Cheryl Lee

My Favorite Things $50 gc - Ruby Naz

Neat and Tangled $50 gc - Debbie Groff

Newton's Nook $25 gc - Gia Ligato

Online Card Classes 1 class - Jackie Lic

Online Card Classes 1 class - Ileana Rivera

Online Card Classes 1 class - Jennifer Gaull 

Organize More $75 gc - Patty Yates

Paper Smooches $25 gc - Jessica Boehm

Paper Smooches $25 gc - Ria Montefalcon

Pretty Pink Posh $25 gc - Tracy Ross

Pretty Pink Posh $25 gc - Miriam Leech

Reverse Confetti $25 gc - Tracie Pond & Debbie Doud

Richard Garay for Spellbinders Spellbinders package - LeAnne Rykard

Sarah Rigby (Stampin Up) $25 gc + $25 gift pack - Sandra Rice

Simon Says Stamp $50 gc - Gwen Dapper

SugarPea Designs $25 gc - Lon Tomokiyo

Technique Tuesday You're So Sweet Stamp Set - Ann Reisinger

The Ton Stamps $25 gc - Mary Elizabeth Crane

Verve Stamps $30 gc - Sue Harton

Waffle Flower $65 GC - Ashley Gohl

Waltzing Mouse Stamps £25 gc - Elizabeth McInnes

WPlus9 $50 gc - Anna Jackson

Winnie and Walter $50 gc - Leslie Hansen

Tim holtz prize pack $100 value - Gail Silva

Ranger prize pack $50 value Stacy Reynolds

Honey Bee Stamps $25 gc - Stacey Fung Chung

Honey Bee Stamps $25 gc - Diane Herniman

Cutcardstock.com $50 gc - Dana Kirby

Sweet Stamp Shop (1) $25 gc - Yanis Risela Tanjaya

Sweet Stamp Shop (1) $25 gc - Jung AhSang

Mint Owl Studio $25 gc - Jessica Richarson

Taylored Expression $50 gc - Nathalia O'Connel

www.papercrafterscorner.com $75 prize box - Susan Sisk

gina k $100 gc - Theresa French

Lawn Fawn $50 gc - Barb Darling

www.pinkandmain.com $25 gc - Kathy Nelson

Crafter's Companion $25 gc - Ann Benda

Spectrum Noir $25 gc - Donna Hitz

Hallmark Scrapbook & Crafts $50 gc - Carol Coneeny

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hi peeps! Time for another round of coffee lovers blog hop. I am thrilled that this time I have new coffee stamp sets to play with.

For my card today, I am using the latest set from The Ton Stamps called Hug In A Mug and Caffeine Crush Sentiment set.

I wasn't sure at first, if I'd make it for this hop and kind of making this card literally last minute, last night right before I went to bed. Nothing like squeezing in things last minute.

For complete list of the hop participants please go to: Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.

Super short post as I know you have many blogs to hop to. And, in case you're wondering when I'll post the update on Caring Hearts Card Drive, I'll post it either later today or by tomorrow the latest. I have several people emailing asking for update and I know I am behind, but we've been swamped as we received another record breaking amount of cards and scrambling like crazy behind the scene to get the packages out as fast as we could. So, stay tune and thank you for stopping by here. Cheers!!

Love You Always & Forever

If yesterday we challenge your creativity with a sketch, today, we're offering a fun color combo for you to try.

Pretty cool color combo, right? Sorry folks, I can't resist and just  have to play with the elephant again. What can I say, I am a sucker for cute critter!!

How sweet is this elephant? I made this card with my niece, Shakira in mind. Let jut say, my li'l niece would have good stash of cute card that she can collect as she grow up. Well, I hope she keeps all my cards that I send her way (to my mom who's reading my blog, please remind my brother that he better keep my cards! LOL.)

To keep  the card pretty flat, I did in  laid die-cutting for this card. I die-cut the scallop rectangle on the white card panel first, then the purple and laid the purple panel inside the white. The white on top is from the die-cut white scallop ractangle. Does it make sense? Basically, I only used 1 white panel cardstock on this card. 

Please check out MFT Challenge Blog to see the team fabulous creations for this color challenge.

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Tons of Fun

Hi peeps! Happy Wednesday. it's time for a new sketch challenge from MFT. Here's the sketch:

And, here's my interpretation of the sketch. I am sure you're not surprise that I chose to play with this new, cute elephant set from MFT.

Besides pug and giraffe, elephant is another animal that I have quite a few collection of. LOL, who am I kidding, I have all kind of animal related collection. From figurine to stuff animals, to coffe mug, I can't resist them.

Anyway, when I saw this elephant set, you betcha it was love at first sight! And, even though it took me forever, I am so glad that I finally figured it out how to do soft gray Copic coloring for my elephant. It's been a long time coming and I still have lots of practice to do.

Well, I hope you'll join us and play along! For more inspiration, please check out what the team has created for this sketch at MFT Challenge Blog. Cheers...

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Take Life One Cup At A Time

Hi peeps and welcome to day 2 of The Ton release day. All the new release sets are available at the shop right now!! Yep, we sure don't make you wait long. ;)

I, for one, cannot wait to get my hands on the new ink pads. I've seen all the colors and they're gorgeous!! Perfect for layering and all. Meanwhile, while waiting, I get to entertain myself with the all the beautiful sets that being released  this month.

And, when I said entertain, I mean admiring the sets. Crafting time is far & few in between for me at the moment. We haven't even decorate our house, yet. The trees are out, but that's about it. No ornaments, nothing. 

I did manage to make this card, though that I just completely love.

Look at those tea cups!! How pretty are they??!! I think the rose pattern is just so elegant and totally make me think of the British tea time. Make sure you check out The Ton blog for more fun & fantastic inspiration from the team.

GIVEAWAYS

Don't forget, we have some fabulous giveaways for our new release! We are giving away seven $10 gift codes (leave your comments on the DT member blogs) and one $25 gift code winner (leave a comment here).  To qualify to win, you must leave a comment here.  The more comments you leave on the other DT member blogs will increase your chances of winning our gift code giveaways.  The comment period will close on December 11 at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced thereafter.

Thank you so much for stopping by here! Hoped you enjoyed all the eye candy. 

Rose Terrace

Phew.... What a whirlwind last week was. I finished packing all the cards for Caring Hearts and I am working on finalizing all  the forms and we will announce the giveaway winners soon. Sorry, for the delay, but this year we received so many cards (21,931 to be exact) and it took us a while to sort and pack everything. 

I will do a special blog post with all the details. Stay tune.

Meanwhile, here at The Ton, we're celebrating our December release and we have some beauties & fun sets to share with you all.

I literally got this Rose stamp on Saturday and immediately put it to use and create this card. 

I added some more details to the image using Copic markers. This background stamp is just so pretty, don't you think? Added a little gold for sparkle and elegance.

And... guess what?? We are releasing tons of new ink pads that would be perfect for layering. Here's a peek of the colors. Lots of yumminess!!

Also there are several sets being shown today. Make sure you check out The Ton Blog for all the sneak peeks. All the new release sets will be available in store on tomorrow 12/8/2015.

Now, how about some giveaway?? We are giving away seven $10 gift certificate (from DT member blog) and one $25 gift card from The Ton Blog. To enter to win, simply leave comments on each blog each day. The comment period will close on December 11 at 11.59 pm. Winners will be announced on The Ton blog on December 13, 2015. 

The Ton Blog

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Emily Midget

Ruby Naz

Mayline Jung

Eunji Jung

vera Yates <--- you are here

Keeway Tsao

Come back tomorrow for more sneak peek! :)

Sketch 257

Aacckk.... It's December already. I am so not ready!! I feel like lately so much going on and I can barely keep up.

Anyway, here's a new sketch challenge from MFT to hopefully inspire your creativity.

I dig out the window dies for this sketch. As you can see, I use the window to replace the rectangle The sketch is to inspire you, so, go wild! ;)

Okay, super short post here, peeps. I've been buried in cards and after work I pretty much spent  my whole evening just sorting through stuff & do house stuff. So, chat later! Please check out MFT Challenge Blog to see what the team has created for this sketch challenge. Thank you for stopping by here.

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