Honey Bee Stamps & Chibitronics Blog Hop

* For Caring Hearts Card Drive post please scroll down or click HERE *

Hi peeps!! Happy World Card Making Day! To celebrate this special day, Honey Bee Stamps is teaming up with Chibitronics for a fun blog hop. Welcome and enjoy your visit. If you've been following the hop list, you should have arrived here from Vanessa Amann blog. In case you miss any link, below I have a complete list of all the blog.

I am pretty excited at the way my card turned out, cause it actually work! LOL. It's been a while since I made my last Chibitronic card. I had to watch how to do it all over again on YouTube. Of course, there's the manual,but as usual, am not the most patient when it comes to reading manual. I'd rather watch. 

So, here's my card using Honey Bee Stamps Gather Together set (I super duper love the critters in this set).

To start, I stamped and colored the critter image with Copic markers. Granted this set comes with coordinating dies. But, I really want the cut to be right on the line, so I went with fussy cutting the whole image with scissors and x-acto knife. 

Then I work on  the background. I watercolor a panel of watercolor cardstock with distress ink, let it dry. Then I stamped the sentiment from the limited edition STAMPtember Remarkable You set and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

On the picture above, ifyou look closely, you can see I punched out 3 small holes. This is where I want the Chibitronics light to shine through. I marked  the location of these holes on my card base and adhere the copper tape from Chbitronics kit following the holes location.

Before I adhere the panel to the card base, I tested the lights to make sure they work and also to make sure I adhere them on the right position.

The pic above shows the card without the lights on and below with the lights on.

Cute critters, bright colors and light up card, perfect combination, right? Since I didn't put a sentiment push here directly on the card, when I mail the card I will simply include a note for the recipient to press on the squirrel for fun surprise. :)

Now, how about some fun giveaway? Honey Bee Stamps is giving away a $25 gift card & Chibitronics will be giving away a starter pack. Simply leave a comments on each blog and winners will be picked randomly. The winners will be posted on Monday 10/09 on both blogs.

Also, you want to stock up on some Honey Bee Stamps? Perfect timing. There's special offer going on right now for limited time only.

Thank you so much for stopping by here and here's a complete list of the hop participants. Enjoy and good luck!

Honey Bee Stamps

Amy Rysavy

Eiko Uchida

Emily Midgett

Kelley Kohout

Kelly Griglione

Kelly Szafron

Lesley Oman 

Lisa Cisneros

Maya Isaksson

Melissa Bickford

Nichol Spohr

Taniesa Vlasak

Tiffany Au

Tracy Freeman

Vanessa Amann

you are here --> Vera Wirianta Yates <-- you are here

Wei Wei Wang

Chibitronics Blog 

A Couple Floral Beauty

* For Caring Hearts Card Drive please click HERE * 

Hi peeps! How's thing going? Phew, this past few months really been quite a whirlwind for me. Lots of stuff going on. Moving to our new place, getting our old house ready for sale & doing all the necessary repair, hurricane Harvey, meeting with my family halfway in Tokyo as I haven't seen my brothers for 3 years, the craziness of work, let just say things been quite overwhelming.

Luckily we finally settling in. Cross fingers everything goes smoothly and we'll be closing on our old house and things calm down & I can take a breather.

Often, card making is my way of calming myself down. So, I made a couple cards to take my mind off the craziness of life. ;)

My first card is using The Ton Anemone Wishes  set and its coordinating dies.

I stamped, heat embossed and color the flower and then die cut the image. I could just adhere the die cut part just like that, but I want the pink panel to also showing the shape of the flower line. So, I die cut the pink panel and adhere that to the card base and then adhere the flower on top of it using pop-dots.

Finished by stamping & heat embossed the sentiment from Fresh Cut Anemones (Coord. Outlines) set.

Next, is a sympathy card that I hope whoever received it will know that I am thinking of them with love.

I stamped and heat embossed the image from Summer Blooms set on a piece of gray cardstock panel. Colored with Copic and then did the partial die cut on the lower part of the panel using Summer Blooms dies. As you can see, I almost die cut it the wrong way, but I decided to keep it the way it is as I think it added a little extra texture to the card. A project doesn't have to be perfect all the time in my book. Sometime little error can add to the beauty. Finished the panel by stamping the sentiment from Penned Sentiment set and then I adhere the panel with foam tape to the card base. Added some dew drops for finishing touch.

I know I don't get to blog randomly very often nowadays, but I hope when I do, you enjoy your stop here. Have a blessed Wednesday!

Caring Hearts Card Drive 2017

Hi all and welcome to the 8th annual Caring Hearts Card Drive. The purpose of our card drive is to collect holiday cards for the elderly that lives in nursing homes. I started this card in 2010 in honor of my mom's request. The first year, we collected 750 cards. And each year it continue to grow bigger. Last year we received over 66,000 cards and distribute the cards to various nursing homes throughout the US, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom.

The Caring Hearts team are excited to continue bringing holiday cheers to many nursing homes.

The holidays are about family, kindness, and joy. During this time many of the elderly who lives in nursing homes would really feel the loneliness or missing their family. Wouldn't it be so awesome if we can bring a smile to their face & brighten their holiday season simply by sharing our love of card making? A simple gesture to let them know that they are not forgotten. That someone still thinking of them.

We all love making cards and what’s better than knowing our creations can bring a smile to others, right? Some helpful people already agree to help us deliver the cards to selected nursing homes.


IMPORTANT DETAILS:

This card drive will be going on from October 2 to November 17, 2017. We need to receive your card by November 17, 2017.
Please make the cards for Christmas or Holiday Wishes only.
All cards need to have a message inside (can be stamped or hand written).
Sign your name and where you are from inside the card.
Please include an envelope for each card and please don't seal the envelope.
Please stick to standard size A2 or 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" card as this will help us in packing more efficiently
Please don't use any pins (safety reason).
This is totally optional. But, if you'd like to include $2 or $3 to help with shipping, it'll be much appreciated. We cover the shipping cost ourselves, so any donation toward shipping would help tremendously.

For US, you can mail the cards to:

• Vera Yates, 1314 Roy St., Houston, TX 77007 
• Christy Wilkerson, 8057 Hunters Ridge Drive, West Chester, OH 45069 
• Jana Millen, 1047 Valley Wood Dr, Batavia, OH 45103

For Australia:

• Deb McCleary, CHCDrive, PO Box 213, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia 

For Canada:

• Caroline Bredeson, 7 Brown Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 1L9, Canada 
• Rita Andrews, 28 West Gissing Rd, Cochrane, Alberta T4C 1L6, Canada 

In each package, PLEASE include THIS SUBMISSION FORM. This helps us in keeping track for prizes! For each card you send, you will get a chance. So the more cards you send, the better your chances.

To thank you for your generosity in supporting this drive, we have several PRIZES ready for several winners. There will be many winners. :)

Also, if you 'd like to help us promote the card drive, whenever you're sharing your projects for Caring Hearts on social media, please use the hashtag #caringheartscarddrive. Part of my life goal is to spread kindness and make kindness a trend. :)

The nursing homes that we supported are based on what people suggested to us. If you want your local nursing homes to receive cards from the card drive, please email me or Jennifer the name of the nursing homes and the number of residents, so we can make sure that we send enough cards. Each year, we never know how many nursing homes we can support as the number are totally based on how many cards we received. To keep things organized, we assigned the 6 collecting addresses above.

I'll update the prize list as more prizes coming in. And huge thank you to all the fabulous, generous companies who support this card drive by donating awesome prizes.

PLATINUM PRIZES (everyone sending 100+ cards will be entered for these prizes)

                                                                Hero Arts - $100 GC

Gina K. Designs - $100 GC

Jennifer McGuire Ink - $100 in craft supplies

Organize More - $75 GC

Waffle Flower Crafts - $100 GC

GOLD PRIZE (everyone who send cards will be entered for these prizes)

Altenew - Two $30 GC

A Jillian Vance Design - $20 GC

Avery Elle - $30GC

a2z Scrapbooking Supplies - $25 GC to the store,
$25 in Hero Arts Digital Stamp

Bossy Joscie - Christian Greeting & Planner set

Butterfly Reflections Ink - Two $25 GC

Catherine Pooler - $50 GC

Clearly Besotted - approx $50 GC

Concord & 9th - $25 GC

Cutcardstock.com - $50 GC

Ellen Hutson - $25 GC

Hallmark Scrapbook & Crafts - Three $50 GC

Honey Bee Stamps - Two $50 GC

Jane's Doodle - $50 GC

Kat Scrappiness - $50 GC

Lawn Fawn - Two $50 GC

Lil' Inker Designs - $35 GC

Little Things from Lucy's Cards - £25 GC

Mama Elephant - $25 GC

My Favorite Things - $50 GC

Neat & Tangled - $50 GC

Newston's Nook Designs - Two $25 GC

Online Card Classes - Three free class spots for 3 winner

Paper Smooches - $50 GC

Pink & Main - $30 GC

Pretty Pink Posh - Two $25 GC

Reverse Confetti - $30 GC

Right At Home - $20 GC

Simon Says Stamp - $50 GC

Studio Katia - Canada $50 CG

SugarPea Designs - $50 GC

Taylored Expressions - Two $25 GC

Technique Tuesday - $30 GC

The Ton Stamps - $20 GC for The Ton stamps

Winnie & Walter - $50 GC

Wplus9 - $25 GC

I will update the prize list as I get more. :) Please feel free to share about this card drive. We really appreciate your support & generosity. Let's rock this card drive and bring Christmas joy to as many nursing homes as we can!! Thank you. 

PS: Thank you to Chaitali Narla for designing the badge. :)

Edited to add: Caring Hearts results & winners announcement can be found HERE and all winners already been notified.

The Ton October Mood Board Challenge

Hi peeps and welcome to The Ton October mood board challenge. With cooler weather coming in, I think we all ready for some warm drink, whether it's pumpkin latte or cocoa or whatever float your boat. ;) So, this month mood board is coffee inspired or you could also use the colors or the designs from the mood board as your inspiration.

For my card, I used the coffee theme, the floral design on the coffee cups a my inspiration.

As much as this card is clean and simple, I am pretty darn proud that I was able to combine several different sets on this card. For stamp set I used The Ton Tea Party, Macarons, Mini Wild Floral, Floral Banner Mini along with their coordinating dies (Macarons, Mini Wild Floral, Floral Banner Mini).

I started by adding a line of shade on the bottom part of my card base as the ground for the teacup. Then I stamped the teacup base/plate directly on the card. Stamped the teacup and fussy cut it since I didn't have the matching dies. Stamped, color and die cut the other elements like the macarons, the flowers and the banner. Once I am happy with the arrangement, I simply adhere everything together and voila.... my simple and clean card is done.

I think this month mood board is super fun and I hope you will play along. You can enter your October project at The Ton Challenge Blog and who knows, you could be the lucky winner of $50 gc to the shop. Good luck!