Organizing

Last weekend I bought new plastic drawers set to organize my scraps area. I feel a bit fed up of having my table covered all the time and have paper on piles. I am one of those scatter but organize kind of scrapper. LOL. Does  that make any sense?

I mean my desk can look cluttered but I do know where everything are. Not that I want it to be like that. It just happen that way. I remember growing up my mom used to complain that I have my stuff everywhere. Not messy, just kind of scattered. They usually in neat piles, just not quite where they belong. ;)

And lately, my boy, Nick, our sheltie has been getting into weird habit of chewing papers. Not everyday, just once in a blue moon. Thank goodness, so far my scrapbook papers are safe. He only got into the mail pile. So, I am not lying when I said the dog ate my bills. :) To keep my pretty papers safe I always close the door to my scrapbook room whenever I go to work. But, I don't like doing that as I prefer to have the door open so the air can circulate and the room doesn't feel stuffed and warm.

This week, I am hoping I can get those papers that piled on the floor into the drawers and have a more organized working area. My husband always pretend to be amazed whenever I clean my desk and would say, "Wow, we could actually see your desk, how long is that gonna last?" Not long at all! LOL.

Anyway, after posting this I'll go back to my desk and  try to clean up more. Cause so far this evening, instead of cleaning  I chose to watch Lost. Still confusing as ever. If you follow the series Lost you know what I mean. Anyway, here's a quick card for you all.

That's it for tonight. And don't forget, April 1st, Digi Doodle grand opening. I'll be showing you a card that I made using their awesome digital stamp and there's also challenge you can join. Hope you'll join the fun! Hugs, Vera.

2nd Wedding Anniversary

Yesterday, my husband and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary. When we were planning the wedding we decided to do destination wedding. Best decision ever! :) Since my family came all the way from Indonesia, I didn't want to just have a wedding then off to honeymoon and leaving my family behind. We figured with destination wedding, everybody get to enjoy a vacation, too.

So, that's what we did. We got married at Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. It was a small wedding, but we all had a blast and what matter most to us was that we were surrounded by those who  matters to us. I mean seriously, we had an amazing wedding, it was intimate and since it's small I love the fact that we get to chat and spent good time with everybody.

With the ocean as the background, we didn't have to do much decoration. I chose to use gerber daisies as my flowers, which is perfect for the tropical colors and we use sea shells for the table decoration. The contrast between the blue ocean and  the bright colors of the daisies were just stunning. And on top of it all, we didn't have to get in debt at all to do the wedding. Here's a few pics from our wedding. The first pic was my  brother walking me down the aisle. Second pic was when we cut the cake. I actually had 2 cakes. I loved, loved this love bird topper. The way they embrace each other just looks so gentle and loving. The other cake has sea shells as the cake topper.

I hope I don't bore you guys with my wedding stories. :) I just have to talk about our wedding a bit.  What can I say it's one of my fondest memory.

You know, we just watched The Blind Side and that movie is so awesome. The story line, the fact that it actually happened, the fact that there's good people out there. I like when she taught him about football, how he has to protect the guys by watch over their blind side

That's how I feel about my husband. He'll watch my blind side. Today's post dedicated to my husband, who loves me so much and makes me very happy. The card below, is not my anniversary card, but does convey how I feel about my husband. All stamps from PTI, except the greeting is from Hero Arts. Butterfly punch from Martha Stewart and for added details I did some hand-stitching (part of Embellish magazine challenge).

Here's an upclose of the french knot cluster that I did for the center of the flowers. Almost look like mini rose, I think.

Well, thank you for stopping by and I hope you all have a great week. Hugs, Vera

Card Pattern Sketch #56

I just found Card Pattern Sketch blog and in spur of the moment decided to join their latest challenge. Kind of cutting it close since I think the challenge end tonight.

So, here's a quick post for it. Not much else to say, since I am ready to chillin' with my crew (hubby and the doggies). It's been a long day and then ate way too much sushi during dinner. Now, all I can think is how comfy and inviting the sofa. LOL. You all have a great night. Ciao!

Another Papertrey Blog Hop Card

It turned out I almost stalk the wrong people. My PTI order was actually delivered by the UPS guy this time who came late, late afternoon today. LOL. And here I was being all pissy with the postman. Ay... see what PTI did to my sanity?

Well, I was so darn excited that I quickly play with my new goody and made this quick card. Love, love the Delightful Dahlia set. The stamps and the matching dies. Since I already posted my blog for the hop, I figure I just do another post.

And see the button? Another one I am so proud of. I restamped the Dahlia set and using clear glue attached the clear button to it. And after that I lined it all up, so, it looks like continuous design between the button and the flower. I thought that was neat! :) You can see the other cards I made for the hop here.

Thank you for hopping by. And I am off to check out all the other blogs. Ciao! :)

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

                  

It's that time of the month! Time for Papertrey Ink blog hopping.  I was hoping that my order would be here on time, so I can make cards using the new release products. But, up to yesterday there's no goodies waiting for me when I came home from work. Sigh.... Almost tempted to stalk the postman, but then I'd have to take time off from work. LOL.

So, I used the PTI stuff that I already have. I made 2 cards. Start with the first one. Totally all PTI. I really like how the aqua color border turned out. I used the Background Basics: Tin Types and filled the inside with the flower from Background Basics: Petal Power. Love when I can create new look by combining stamps from different sets.

Now, the 2nd card. What I am most proud of this card, beside the fact that the bird is my own drawing, are the buttons. I didn't see any button on my stash that I want to use for this card. So, I made my own look. I put the close-up look of the buttons, so you can see it better (you might have to click on the picture to get an even bigger close-up view).

Did you notice the background on the buttons? Does the pattern look familiar? Yep, using clear glue I attached the clear buttons to the butterfly stamp (like the one I used on the 1st card), cut around following the button shape, and voila I have lovely buttons that have that pretty swirl pattern from the butterfly stamp. I really love how my custom made buttons turned out.

Well, I know you have lots of blogs to hop to, so I keep this short. Thank you so much for hopping to my blog and please let me know if you hopped here. I read and appreciate each comments.

Quick edit: I was so excited and made another card for the bloh hop. You can see it here. Have a lovely evening blog hopping ladies! I am gonna hop around myself. :) Vera

My birdie & Sweet Sunday Challenge

It's been a while since I used my doodling for any cards. Finally last night I got inspired to use it again. I love that it looks so cuddly. Granted it's very cutesy and kiddy like. What can I say, I am not very good at drawing. I think I have the raw talent for it (at least my brother seems to think so, when he pushed me  to go for design graphic, which I didn't pursue), but right now I'm happy with what I am capable of. :)

I also made this card for Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. She always have good sketch challenge. So, here's  the little birdie. I am going to send this card for Jennifer's Card for Kids Drive as I think this birdie could bring a smile to any kids face.

Well, short post tonight. Hope you like this little birdie. Night, night! Vera.

DT Announcement

Yay, today is the day I can officially announce that I'm one of the lucky girl selected to be on Digi Doodle Shop's Best (DDSB) design team! I am excited and looking forward to working together with some very talented ladies. Digi Doodle Shop's Best willl be offering varieties of digital stamps starting on April 1st. I will keep you posted and let you know when you can start ordering from them. :)

I started playing with their design and I adore this beautiful iris flower stamp. I love how you can color it and use them for all kind of cards. From Easter, to Mother's Day, birthday, etc. After I finished coloring it with my prismacolor pencils, I realized that this flower is perfect for Lisa's #2 Poppy Seed Challenge. Her challenge is to include button, polka dots, and light moss color.

Hard to capture it with the camera, but the flowers itself actually has very pretty shimmers to it as I covered it with Radiant Pearls. And I decided not to put any sentiment, yet as I am not quite sure whether I want to use this as Easter or birthday card. :) Besides, who says the front of the card has to have sentiment, right?

So, do you like the flower? Please share your thought and for the next few months, I am looking forward to sharing more from DDSB. Have a great Tuesday. Hugs, Vera.

CPS 159 challenge

Just a quick post. Made this card for CPS 159 challenge. This card totally reflect my style. I just love the clean look of it. :)

Got this cute bunny from Mami Doodles, you can get them here. And, I had so much fun coloring it with my Copic markers.

You recognize that flowers? If you saw my previous post, I made a card using the same flowers. This beautiful flower is one of the Hero Arts design that Silhouette offers. The only different, on the previous card, I used the middle part of the set. On this one, I use the left and right side and save the middle part for another card. Hope that makes sense. :)

Okay, short post for today. Don't want my husband to think I am ignoring him! LOL. You all have a great evening. Hugs, Vera

Spring cleaning

Hi there. I've been wanting to clean up my stamps collection. I have quite a few of retired Stampin Up! stamps that I don't use anymore. Some are practically brand new, never been used. Some, only been used once or twice. I took really  good care of my stamps. I just hate for these stamps just being stored and not use.

Here are some of the stamps that I want to get rid of. Please email me directly if you're interested. I am selling the set at $5 each plus shipping $4. But, if you buy more than 1 set, I'll combine the shipping. The large background is only $3 plus $3 shipping. And this is for shipping in US only. You can pay me by paypal. Or if you want to trade, I am open to that, too. I am looking for: Hero Arts Cling Stamp Large Flower or any of the new ones, or old Papertrey Ink sets or Penny Black clear stamp the hedgehog set.

I also have some old scrapbook papers that I want to get rid of. Any idea on what's the best way to get rid of them? They're from my old stash, still in great condition. At this point I'll be happy to ship it to anyone who wants it and just pay the shipping if you think you know anyone who might be able to use them. I just have way too many stuff and am determine to clear my clutters!

Thank you for stopping by and please email me if you're interested to trade or buy. If you want  to trade, would be great if you can email me pics of your stuff. Okay, I am pooped from all the cleaning. :) Good night! Vera

Be positive

1st day of spring!! Yay... Hope you all have a nice weather on you side of the world. Right now it's a bit cloudy on my side and it supposed to be raining. But, that's okay, cause that means I don't have to water the flowers! Always look at the positive side of thing! :)

Don't get me wrong, I am not all rainbow and sunshine, eventhough that's what my friends called me. But, I do believe on looking at the brighter side. After going through some stuff in my life, I realize that when I was  too focus on the bad stuff that happen, it made life more miserable. That I actually have the power on how I want my day to be. I think there's a saying, life or experience can be good or bad depends on how you choose to react to the situation.

So, I choose to see both side, but leaning way more to the brighter side. How's that?? LOL. Even when I have bad day at work, I can be upset about it, but I also remember to be grateful that hey, I am thankful that I have a job, I have a roof over my head, etc. So, that's my speech for welcoming spring. LOL. I just wish people would be less grumpy in many ways. Been dealing with some grumpiness lately and how people just tend to be negative.

Another way, I choose joy by making card, of course!! Creating gives me joy and the plus side, it brighten the days whoever receives it! So much joy around papers, stamps, color. Isn't that right?? Anyway, I made this card for my husband.

Simple and clean looking, but design was I think it's very eye catching. The white area make the color parts stand out. Branch cut by Silhouette. Birds by Hampton Art, which I cut out after I stamped & colored it with Copic makers. And of course, no card is complete without some glitters. :) This card going to Lucy's challenge 7, too.

Now, I am going to enjoy my Saturday. We're going to see Bounty Hunter. I love Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler just plain yummy... LOL. So, hopefully the movie will be funny. Enjoy your weekend by welcoming spring with positivity! Hugs, Vera.