Paper Made Bakery Farewell

Today I am posting my last post for Paper Made Bakery. It's been a fun 6 months designing and working for them. Shannon is so sweet and easy to work with. Thank you Shannon for the opportunity. Please check out my post HERE as I am sharing some of my favorite PMB project.

One of them is this layout that I made of my baby boy of course. :)

That wrinkly face, that tongue and that cute expression... gahh... who could resist it? Of course, I am bias since I am his human. ;)

Spread Happiness

Hi peeps. How's your weekend going? Mine is filled with movie (we rented Jack the Giant Slayer, which was kind of okay, nothing special), trips to check out the new Costco in my town and laundry!! Hah... I actually am super excited to do laundry this time because hubby got me a new steamer. I love it! So much better than ironing. Glad that I get to apply the lesson I learned from working at clothing store, which is how to steam clothes efficiently without burning your fingers. :)

And I am squeezing in a card to play along with Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger A Painterly Palette challenge. Here's the inspiration pic:

                                           

As you can see I am still into ikat pattern. Last time I play with the ikat pattern here I was using muted color palette. This time I go with happy color palette inspired by the cheerful color from the pic.

To create the colorful pattern I simply use my ZIG markers to color the image and then I huff on the stamp to moisten the ink before I stamped the image. This card come together pretty quick which I love, since lately I've been trying to balance my time between work, crafting & actually have down time to relax. :)

Now, I am off to relax and catching up on my piles of magazine. Good nite.....

Mixed Media Backgrounds/Handwritten Blog Hop Challenge

Mixed Media Backgrounds from Tobi Crawford is perfect for all you Mixed Media crafters, but is also fabulous for cards, scrapbook pages, and other projects. Mixed Media Backgrounds is a 4x6 set that includes a total of 10 stamps and will sell for $15.00. 

Handwritten is a mixture of fabulous fonts and styles, perfect for adding that personal touch to any card or project. Handwritten is a 4x6 set that includes 16 stamps and will sell for $15.oo.

I had so much fun playing with these sets. I pretty much finished my card the same afternoon I got my sets. Not that I am over excited or anything like that. ;)

Would you like to win the new Mixed Media Backgrounds and Hadwritten stamp sets? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, July 27^th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

You Are Amazing

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Hi peeps. This is my second post for today.  I was browsing for some inspiration and saw Avery Elle July's challenge. Just the inspiration that I needed. :) Here's the inspiration pic:

Inspired by the feather pattern I created the background pattern on my card using Avery Elle Ikat Addition set. I love the ikat trend. So proud to see this traditional Indonesian fabric pattern everywhere nowadays.

The ikat pattern is so much fun to play with. I simply love the various possibilities of patterns that you can created by mix and match the single image. To create the modern feeling, I position the sentiment right in the middle. The sentiment was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad. You can get the stamp set and the ink pad at i {heart} papers.

 

Fun pattern, right? And simply by changing the color combination, you can end up with totally different look. Give ikat pattern a try and I am sure you'll be hooked. :)

 

Thank you so much for stopping by here and happy Thursday (which one of my favorite day of week)!!

Strut Your Stuff Blog Hop

The newest addition to Wendy Leach’s SUPER FUN Sock Goblin line, Strut Your Stuff….these stamps will make you feel like a kid again.

Strut Your Stuff is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 2 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

I loveeee this set. It is so sweet & adorable. I mean just look at the cute girl with her stripe pj and piggy tails and the li'l hippo critter. Dreamy!

Would you like to win the new Strut Your Stuff stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, July 27^th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Amalia’s Daisy Fairy Blog Hop Challenge

The new Amalia stamp set from Megan Suarez…just gorgeous!! Not only is Amalia a ballerina, but now she is a fairy as well!

Amalia’s Daisy Fairy is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 3 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

You couldn't quite see it on the picture, but the wings on Amalia actually shimmer as I traced them with Wink of Stella glitter pen. For a slightly different look, this time I choose to highlight only certain part of the and leave the rest untouched.

Would you like to win the new Amalia’s Daisy Fairy stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, July 27^th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

School Doodles Blog Hop Challenge

The new School Doodles set from Torico is FULL of super cute and fun images perfect for any parent, teacher, scrapbooker, or card maker. With 49 stamps, the possibilities are endless!

School Doodles is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 49 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

Would you like to win the new School Doodles stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, July 27^th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Happy Octee

Hi folks, how's your weekend? I hope you had a good one. Saturday night I was down with an allergy and after hubby gave me Benadryl, I pretty much went to la la land by 9pm. Lame, right? LOL, I was an optimist and told hubby oh, I just need 15 minutes nap and I'll be good. Yeah, right.... an hour later I couldn't keep my eyes open for more than 5 minutes.

Then Sunday is cleaning day and took the doggies to get their nails trimmed. I feel bad for the groomer as both Abby and Eli do not like getting their nail trimmed. I can give them a bath with no problem, but nail trimming... they bucked like crazy!!

Anyway, nuff' about the everyday stuff. Let's get on to card. I made this card last week for Some Odd Girl, but haven't share it here, so I thought I let this smiley Octee pop up in here to say hello. :)

Seeing the big smile on my pinky Octee makes me smile. I loveeee cutesy stuff.  Well, that's it from me today Please come back tomorrow as we're starting There She Goes Stamp release week!

PS: I also been cleaning up my craft room & need to do some purging. I have some stuff for sale HERE.

Birthday Bot

This week There She Goes Stamps is highlighting previously released "Bots" sets, which include Birthday Bot, Friendbot, and Nursebot.

Since I rarely have any boy's birthday card, I decided to use Birthday Bot so I can have boy's birthday card handy when needed.

Well, I really have no idea what else to write. It's been one of those week, that just work, work, work and I am sure that's something you guys doesn't want to hear about. So, keeping it short. Okay make it super short.  Here's to happy Friday!

And, oh yes, you can check out  my the Trendsetters has created to highlight the Bots series at TSG Blog. :)

Hey There Sweetie

Works been so stressful lately, that I was struggling a bit to create this week. But last night I basically forced myself to sit on my desk and just play. Sure enough, once I start playing with the stamps, I can feel some of my frustration and stress melt away.

I love Wplus9 Monday Mood Board challenge and use that as the inspiration to create this card for my i {heart} papers post.

Yes, I am still so in love with this set, which I am sure by now you know that the gorgeous flowers come from Wplus9 Fresh Floral Cuts with the matching Fresh Floral Die. 

I almost went with a white card base, but ended up stepping out of my comfort zone and used  my purple cardstock. I find purple a hard color to work with, what about you? Do you love working with purple or no? Or is there any particular color that you find challenging to work with? Please share your thought.

Thank you so much for stopping by here and I hope your Thursday is a wonderful one. Cheers.....