Thursday, April 6, 2017

The Ton’s Spring 2017 Release - Day 4



Finally, today is the day, peeps. All the new sets are available for purchase on the store today!!

For The Ton's Spring 2017, Effie has released 18 new stamp designs and 14 new couture mixes! There are several gifts with purchases that you can obtain with this new release. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until April 15 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order.

Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Guava Sparkle Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2x3 Sunflower Cluster Mini Stamp (and Guava Sparkle Mix)
Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2x3 Peony Cluster Mini Stamp (and Sunflower Cluster Mini Set and Guava SparkleMix).

Today we are introducing: Modern Labels, Sentiment Jewelry, Chandelier, Pragmatic Wreaths and several beautiful couture mix: Spring Fawn, Summer Skies, Amethyst Quartz, and Rosy Petals.

Please note that the incentive sets: Peony Cluster Mini, Sunflower Cluster Mini, Guava Sparkle Mix are not available for purchase till May 2015.

My first card is using the beautiful Pragmatic  Wreaths. A while back I ask Effie for hanging cluster of flowers and she came up with this set. It still amaze me how I could give her a request and she make it come to true in a way that's better than I imagined.




Isn't this wreath just gorgeous? Here's a close up of the image. For the sequins, I used Guava Shortcake Sparkling. This sequins quickly becomes my favorite color and with a name like that, I love it even better. ;)




For my 2nd card I use the Chandelier set on a piece of vellum and heat embossed it with sparkling silver embossing powder.





How elegant is this chandelier?

Don't forget that The Ton is giving away an additional ten $10 gift certificates! Comments will be chosen from each of our design team member blogs during Days 1-4 of Release Week.

The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, April 10th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced on The Ton Blog thereafter.

That's all from me today peeps. Join us tomorrow for our big hop! Happy Thursday.

Rainbow Mother's Day Card

Hi peeps. Quickly popping in to share this card I made for the latest Simon Say Stamp Mothers Flowers and Fathers release.

I get to play with this fun Mom & Dad Icon set. I decided to focus on the word "mom" itself and highlight it with the heart. I just love how pretty it is.




Once I heat embossed the word, I went to town and color the panel with watercolor to create the rainbow look. Finished with the scallop border, also from Simon Says Stamp.

Short one for this one as I have another post coming up. Don't want to overload you with long post. Hah!! Hope you love this card as much as I love making it. 

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

The Ton’s Spring 2017 Release - Day 3



Hi peeps! The fun continue as we are on day 3 of The Ton's Spring 2017 release. Effie has released 18 new stamp designs and 14 new couture mixes this month! There are several gifts with purchases that you can obtain with this new release. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until April 15 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order.

Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Guava Sparkle Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2x3 Sunflower Cluster Mini Stamp (and Guava Sparkle Mix)
Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2x3 Peony Cluster Mini Stamp (and Sunflower Cluster Mini Set and Guava SparkleMix).

For today, we are introducing: Peony Crush Bg, Mini Heart Print Bg, Dearest Peony and Pretty Mail and Mini Mail. And, we have 3 more beautiful couture mix to share called: Blue Lagoon, Raspberry Sparkle, and Kiwi Smoothie.

Please note that the incentive sets are not available for purchase till May 2107.

Seriously, this spring release makes me gaga with my excitement. I simply love all the flower sets. But this one, called Pretty Mail, oh goodness.... swoon worthy in my book.





For the inside of the shaker card I used the new Coral Necklace Couture Mix. It is such a gorgeous mix that compliment the colors I used on the floral frame.

For my second card, I used Peony Crush background, sentiment from Pragmatic Wreath, Dew Drops, and Arctic Sky ink pad. 




I was pleasantly surprised at how the Arctic Sky ink pad looks like when being stamped directly on soft pink card base. It becomes this beautiful grayish color that I just love. Then I added shadow details on the flowers with Copic and pencil color. I keep the color tone subdue since it is sympathy card.

Now, on to the giveaway. The Ton is giving away an additional ten $10 gift certificates! Comments will be chosen from each of our design team member blogs during Days 1-4 of Release Week.

The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, April 10th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced on The Ton Blog thereafter.

That's all for me today peeps. I sure hope you're loving our sneak peeks as much as we do! :)

you are here --> Vera <-- you are here

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

The Ton’s Spring 2017 Release - Day 2



Hi everyone and welcome to day 2 of The Ton Spring Release.

For The Ton's Spring 2017, Effie has released 18 new stamp designs and 14 new couture mixes! There are several gifts with purchases that you can obtain with this new release. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until April 15 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order.

Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Guava Sparkle Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2x3 Sunflower Cluster Mini Stamp (and Guava Sparkle Mix)
Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2x3 Peony Cluster Mini Stamp (and Sunflower Cluster Mini Set and Guava SparkleMix).

For today, we are introducing: Wishful Wildflowers, Wildflower Banner, and Marvelous Perfumes. We're also introducing 3 new couture mix: Pink Diamond, Pretty Petals, and Hot Cocoa.

Note that incentive products will not be available for purchase in our shop until May 2017

Now, let's get to the card. First up is my card featuring the Wildflower Banner set.




How gorgeous is this set? It's such a fun set to color and you can bet that I'll play with this set a lot. Here's a closer look of the flower.




For my 2nd card, I use the Wishful Flowers to make shaker card. For the shaker card I used the Blue Lagoon Couture Mix  and added some extra Aqua Satin Beads and Light Aqua Buggle Beads. The sentiment "Wishing You All Kinds of Happy" is my favorite sentiment that I usually use for my birthday card on the inside. I am thrilled that Effie decided to add this to a stamp set.





Now, The Ton is giving away an additional ten $10 gift certificates! Comments will be chosen from each of our design team member blogs during Days 1-4 of Release Week.

The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, April 10th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced on The Ton Blog thereafter. That's all from me today. Come back tomorrow for more fabulousness.

Monday, April 3, 2017

The Ton’s Spring 2017 Release - Day 1


Hi everyone and welcome to The Ton's Spring 2017 release. I am so excited for this release, as Effie has released 18 new fantastic stamp designs and 14 new couture mixes! And, there are several gifts with purchases that you can obtain with this new release. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases & the threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until April 15 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order.

Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Guava Sparkle Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2x3 Sunflower Cluster Mini Stamp (and Guava Sparkle Mix)
Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2x3 Peony Cluster Mini Stamp (and Sunflower Cluster Mini Set and Guava SparkleMix).

For day 1, we are introducing: Fresh Cut Sunflowers, Fresh cut Sunflowers Coordinating Outlines
Sunflower Bouquet, Sunflower Garden and 3 new sequin mix Coral Necklace, Violet Sprinkle and Belle's Dress. INCENTIVE STAMPS/MIX - Peony Cluster Mini, Sunflower Cluster Mini, Guava Sparkle Mix.

My 1 card is using the beautiful Sunflower Bouquet, with sentiment from Chandelier set (you can take a peek of this set tomorrow). The soft line background on the card was made using the Freestyle Stripes background stamp.




All this yellow makes me feel super cheerful. Seriously, this set is so fun to color. By the way this set also have coordinating dies. Here's a closer look of the flowers. And, you know I love sequins, so I sprinkle some Peach Mousse sequins to finish the card.




Continue with the happy theme, here's my 2nd card using Sunflower Garden with sentiment from Modern Labels set (another set that makes its debut later in the week). Oh, for the center of the sunflower on the left, I used Champagne Seed Beads as extra detail and fun texture on the card.




All I can say, not only this release have a bunch of beautiful sets and the sentiment on the sets are among the best in my opinion.

The Ton is giving away an additional ten $10 gift certificates! Comments will be chosen from each of our design team member blogs during Days 1-4 of Release Week.

The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, April 10th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced on The Ton Blog thereafter.

Well, that's all from me today peeps. Thank you for stopping by here and I hope you enjoy the sneak peek from our 1st day.


you are here -->Vera <-- you are here

Saturday, April 1, 2017

The Ton April Challenge: Anything Goes



Hi peeps! Happy April. Yes... first quarter of the year has passed.  Sometime I wonder where did the time go? They seem to just zoom pass darn past.

With new month, that also means time for new The Ton Challenge and we make it super easy, Our challenge theme for this month is "Anything Goes". Couldn't be easier than that, right?

Here's my card for this challenge using the beautiful Fresh Cut Poppies (Coord. Outlines) set with its matching dies.




For the sentiment I used the Brushed Hug dies and layer it in two color to create the shadow look. Finish it with some sprinkle of Guava Shortcake Sparkling Sequins. I think the sequins help soften the bold colors for this card & am pretty happy with the way it turned out.

I sure hope you will play along with us. The prize for this challenge will be a $50 gift certificate to The Ton shop! You can check out all the rule and enter your card on The Ton Challenge Blog. Looking forward to seeing your creation. 

And, pssttt... be ready for The Ton Spring Release that will starts on Monday. There'll be lots of amazingness coming your way. Cheers....  :)

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

SugarPea Designs Birthday Bash



Hi peeps!! Welcome to SugarPea Designs 3rd Birthday Bash Celebration!

We are so honored to have the opportunity to celebrate this incredible milestone that all of you helped make happen! Today’s festivities included some incredible inspiration from the SugarPea Design Team and some of our very Special Guests.

Personally, I feel very blessed to be part of SPD design team for the past 2 years. Wendy is awesome to work with and I am also forever grateful for her continuous & generous support to Caring Hearts Card Drive. And, SPD cute stamps provide me with the cuteness that I needed in my card making journey!! :)

Now you can’t have a Birthday Bash without prizes and there are lots of prizes to be won! A few of our blog hop participants will be giving away a SugarPea Designs stamp set, so please leave comments for each hop participant for your chance to win!

In addition to this, ONE lucky winner will be randomly chosen from all comments left to receive a $100 Gift Certificate to SugarPea Designs. You have until April 15th to enter to win. Winners will be announced on April 17th.






But that’s not all…we also want YOU to be part of the party by sharing a card with us.

Once you have completed the hop, we’d love it if you’d keep the celebration going, by creating a Birthday card or project and linking it up at the SugarPea Designs Blog for a chance to WIN a Mini MISTI and Creative Corners Tool (link up deadline is April 15, 2017).

Here's my birthday card featuring the cutie pie from Caring Critter set combine with sentiment from Celebrate All The Things set, SugarCut Celebrate and SugarCut Party Banner Duo.




And.... I feel kind of silly, that I just  now realize how awesome is the Party Banner Duo dies. Yes, yes, I should have played with them sooner. Super slow thinking on my side. I literally gasp when I realized how cool is the layer look it created. I watercolor each banner first, added some shimmer with Spectrum Noir shimmer marker, before adding the outlining layer.

And, did you know that SugarPea also carry some sequins? On my card, I used the Lily White Sparkly Shaker collection. Here's a closer look of the card.




I really love the way this card turned out and I always send my favorite card to people that I love. On this case, this card is now on its way to Jakarta, Indonesia to my older brother whose birthday is coming up! I know, he will get a kick out of this card. I am also entering this card to the current Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.

Psst.... we also have special going on for a limited time. Use the code: BDAY03 to receive 10% off their entire purchase (valid until April 2nd)

You have quite a few blogs to hop to, so that's all from me. Thank you for stopping by here and thank you for all your support for SugarPea! 

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

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Sending Hugs & Happy Thoughts

Can you have too many floral stamps? No, right? I just bought my first set from Studio Katia, called Together We Bloom, cause this set is simply calling my name. By the way, Studio Katia was also one of the sponsor for Caring Hearts Card Drive. That was where I heard about them for the first time and when I saw SSS carry their set, I was like, hey, I like their style.

So, here's my card using Together We Bloom. On this card, I only use the flowers. The sentiment is from Altenew.



Here's a close up look as I try to capture the shimmer on the flowers.




I think this is one company that I need to start follow. I am liking what I've seen from them so far. Okay, short post. :)

Sunday, March 19, 2017

XOXO

Hi peeps. How's your weekend? Mine was busy with working around the house. We re-painted our closet and fix and touch up various stuff. Let's just say my arms feel like jello now.

For today, I want to share  this card that I made a while ago. Just haven't got a chance to post it here. So, today is the day. Hah!




These cats are from Mama Elephant Little Cat Agenda set. They sure are fun to color. On 3 of the cats I added the letter I, a heart and the word you. Hidden message that's hopefully not too hidden. :)

That's all from me. Thank you for stopping by here. Cheers...

Merry Mayhem

 Hi friends. How's it going. I know, my poor blog been so neglected. I do still making cards quite a bit, but I feel like people don...