Sending Prayers

Hi, hope you had a good weekend!  I didn't get to do much except more packing and purging stuff :)  I didn't have time to craft, but, I have a card to share which I created for a Copics competition which closes today.  I'm not an expert with Copics nor feel my colouring is good enough for competitions but the push for me to send in a card, was because it is for a good cause.  This little card will be going to a little girl who is fighting cancer, and I hope she will like it.

I have friends who are fighting cancer and those who have overcome it, and it saddens my heart to hear of children who are fighting the same disease.  How I wish there is a disease-free world for kids!  My only consolation is I believe in God and I know He is in control over all our lives.

This little girl was coloured with Copic markers (obviously :)) and she is a stamp from La-La Land Summer Marci, and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches Flap Happy. 

Thank you for visiting me.

Have a great week!
Kary

Winner from Celebrating Friendship post

I am overwhelmed by the sweet comments everyone left on my blogpost last Friday.  Thank you so much for the kind words and Hugs for following my blog!  Once again, my heartfelt Thanks to Julie for inviting me to participate in her Blogoversary party.

I have a card to share which I made sometime ago, for a friend's Mother-in-law who was not well.  I love this Flower Girl image and hope the card brought her some smiles.  It was one of the early cards I made when I first bought Copic markers.

The image was stamped on a white cardstock, and coloured with copic markers.  It was cut using Spellbinders Labels 15, and sponged lightly with some dye inks.  Then it was assembled with some patterned paper and trims.

Now, onto the exciting bit - the prize is a $10 voucher to any online store of your choice. I decided to let random.org pick out a winner and the number selected was 8 - which is Gwen!  Gwen, I'm so happy you won, please email me.

Once again, thanks for visiting me.
Have a wonderful week!!

Stamps : Pergamano 41905 Flower Girls, Lawn Fawn Fly Free

Paper : Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934

Ink : Memento Tuxedo Black, Pear Tart & Summer Sky

Other : Hero Arts lace trim, Sakura white gel pen, Spellbinders Labels 15, Fiskars Apron Lace border punch

Inspired Stamps - Summer card

Hello!  It's a Summer Inspired Stamps project this week, and I hope the weather is beautiful where you are ;)  It's getting a little cold downunder but it's ok, at least the sun is shining.

On this card, I used the Inspired Stamps sets Flower buds and sentiment from Butterflies and Blooms.  The flowers are coloured using Copic Markers - Flowers (R21, R43, R46), Leaves (G40, G43, G46) and Background (BG0000).  Two of the flowers were popped up for some interest.  The clouds were created using a scallop border and sponging.

I hope you like the card.  Please check out the Inspired Stamps blog for all the fabulous creations and ideas from the Design Team.

Thank you for stopping by.
Kary

Products used : Inspired Stamps Flower Buds & Butterflies and Blooms, Memento Rich Cocoa, Olive Grove and Summer Sky, Hero Arts Layering Paper Grass, Aqua satin ribbon, BasicGrey Capella cardstock.

A New Adventure

Happy Day!  Today I'm making my way to Perth, Australia and it's always exciting to travel to a place I've never been before, kinda like a new adventure in life.

Recently, I bought some stamps from There She Goes, and I love this sentiment on the set "Dream A New Dream"  - that one is never too old to seek a new goal in life.  It's a perfect reminder and encouragement for me as I move to a new place.

Just a CAS card.  The image of the girl on ice, from Claire Keay is not new,  I coloured it a long time ago when I was learning how to colour reflection on ice using Copic Markers.  It certainly was a treasure found when I was packing up my craft supplies ;)

Hope you like it!

Have a fabulous day!
Kary

Poppies

Just recently, I ordered some stamps from There She Goes simply because they have the most gorgeous Poppies stamp set.  So, happy mail arrived and I just had to ink the poppies, and was quite happy with the result.  Here's my card, with a simple layout:

I used Copic Markers to colour all the images - Poppies (R20, R22, R24, R39), Flower centre (YR18, YR00, E79), Stems and Seeds (YG93, G94, G99, G20, YG01Colourless blender), Butterflies (BG32, YG93) and Outline (BG10).

I'm playing along in the Crafty Friends Challenge #5, and the theme for this challenge is Flowers.  An easy challenge to play along, isn't it?

Thanks for visiting me.

Have a Beautiful day!
Kary

Products used : There She Goes "Poppies" stamp set, Neenah Solar white cardstock, PTI Pure Poppy cardstock, Copic markers, Memento Espresso Truffle.

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Hello Friends!  Hope you are having a lovely weekend!  It was far too hot here to do much, but I did get round to make a few cards. One of the cards was for my favourite challenge - Waltzing Mouse Stamps Sketch #100!

When I saw the sketch, I knew I wanted to use the rose from the Roses in Bloom set - I had in mind a romantic birthday card, not sure why ;-)  Do let me know what you think, if it worked out.

I stamped the rose on white cardstock, masked it to stamp the second rose image.  Then I masked both the roses to stamp the large leaf as shown. The images were coloured with Copic Markers and fussy cut out.  The third rose was stamped on another piece of white cardstock.  After colouring the image, I fussy cut (lots of cutting..here) and adhered it to the first piece using pop dots.  The Copic Markers I used are : Roses (R02, YR00, YR0000, YR30) and Leaves (G40, G43, G46).

The cardbase (linen cardstock) was cut using Grand Rectangles and embossed.  On the patterned paper just above the cardbase, I adhered some chevron die-cuts (horizontally) and two crinkled ribbons in maroon and green (vertically), with a strip of die-cut in between them. For the Oval piece, I used the Floral Oval die - cut once with a maroon shimmer cardstock and again with a peach shimmer cardstock.  The centre piece of the maroon oval diecut was cut out along the tiny pierced border.  Using the Petite Ovals, I cut two sizes, one with the linen cardstock and another with the Cryogen (shimmer) white cardstock.  The Cryogen piece was sponged using Memento Peanut Brittle first before adhering the roses image on it. What a lot of layers huh.

The sentiment was from Compact Sentiments set, stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and cut and embossed with Petite Oval die.  To finish off the card, I die cut a butterfly and adhered it just above the roses.

Here's another look at the card :

This week's Waltzing Mouse sketch is Special as it's their 100th Sketch celebration.  There will be more lucky winners if more people participate in the challenge.  For every 50 participants, there will be an extra lucky prize for grabs.  And, to top it off, a lucky person will be chosen to be the Guest Mischief Maker for a month!  So, if you have never joined the challenge, it's a great time to do so.  I look forward to see your creation!

Thank you for visiting me.

Have a great day!
Kary

Products used : Waltzing Mouse Stamps sets Roses in Bloom and Compact Sentiments, Memento Rich Cocoa & Peanut Brittle, Copic Markers, Spellbinders Grand Rectangles, Floral Ovals, Petite Ovals, Memory Box Vivienne Butterfly die, My Favorite Things Solid Bracket border die-namics and Chevron Stripes die-namics, Crinkled ribbons - Maroon and Green, PTI Linen cardstock, Cryogen cardstock, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Maroon & Peach Shimmer cardstock, Webster's Pages Sweet Season 6x6 pad.

Just Breathe

This is a card I made sometime ago just for fun, because I needed to take a break.  I just want to be this girl embracing the world with happy thoughts, gazing at the sky and not worrying about getting dirt on her dress.

It's not the best of designs, after a tiring day... and all I could think of was pink!  Haa....  I'm sorry I can't recall the Copics I've used on this card as I didn't note it down.  The girl image is from Just Breathe set, and the patterned papers from Authentique's 6x6 pad, Uncommon.

Please visit the Unity blog for some Wonderful inspiration and eye candy from all the Friends with Flair participants today.

Thanks for visiting me, and for taking the time to leave me a comment - they always make me smile.
Kary

Products used : Unity stamp Just Breathe by Phyllis Harris, Memento Rich Cocoa & Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Hero Arts Layering Paper Carnation, Authentique Uncommon 6x6 pad, MFT Die-namics Upsy Daisy, Spellbinders Classic Edges Two and Classic Decorative Inserts Six, Pearl from Zva Creative.

A Card and A Tag

Don't you just love the sweet PI girls?  Here's another one which has not seen ink.  She is just the sweetest Scientist!

I coloured her with the following Copic markers : Skin (E50, E01, E11, R20), Hair (E11, E13, E15), Blouse & Shoes (R20, R21, R22), Pants (BG53, BG45, BG49, BG10), Beaker (R20, R00), Background (B0000).  The Die-namics used are Prima Donna Petals for the flowers, Ticket Mini Tabs Foursome and Chevron Stripes (love this!).  The background is a kraft cardstock embossed using Tim Holtz's Texture Fades embossing folder inked with Memento Rose Bud before running it through my Big Shot.  The patterned papers are from Simple Stories Fab{U}lous 6x6 pad.  By the way, there are so many perfect sentiments in this Pure Innocence Scientist set to go with the card for the inside.

The card follows this MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch:

I also made a tag from the same image for the Crafty Friends Challenge #4 - Anything but a Card.

The Copic Markers I used here are: Skin (E50, E01, E11, R21), Hair (E21, E23, E27), Blouse (YR04, YR07, YR09), Pants (E30, E31, E34).

Thanks for visiting me.

Enjoy your day!
Kary

Products used : My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Scientist, Die-namics Prima Donna Petals, Mini Tabs Foursome, Chevron Stripes and Scalloped Ribbon edge, Copic Markers, Memento Rich Cocoa & Rose Bud, Tim Holtz Collage Texture Fades, Neenah Solar White & Desert Storm cardstock, Hero Arts Layering paper Shallows, Silver brads, Orange Chevron twill ribbon, mini roses, pink pearls, Spellbinders Large Scalloped Circles, Simple Stories Fab{U}lous 6x6 pad.

Orchids

Can you tell how much I love flowers? {smiles} This month, the Flourishes Challenge, Bring Back Beautiful is all about Mother Nature.  When I was young, my aunt and uncle lived in a huge estate with the most beautiful flower garden.  My uncle loved orchids and I believe he had every species of orchids existing in the country at the time! 

So, no surprise here, that I'm using the Flourishes Orchids set for my card...

This was surely the most challenging floral image for me to colour.  I struggled trying to make it look right but I think it worked out ok ;-)  I was watching the TV and trying to colour at the same time.

The Copic markers I used are: Orchids (RV11, R81, R83, R85, YR21), Stem (YG21, YR21, G40, G43, G46), Background (BG10 & Colourless Blender).  The orchids image was cut using Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Rectangles and sponged with Memento Summer Sky around the edges.  The sentiment was stamped and cut with MFT Oval Stax 2 and sponged with Memento New Sprout.  The patterned paper and the blue cardstock were cut using the Spellbinders Grand Labels Twenty Three.  The patterned paper and trim are from Webster's Pages.

I'm also submitting this to the Stamping Sisters in Christ challenge #140 (just made it!).

Have a beautiful Sunday!
Kary

Products used : Flourishes Stamp set Orchids, Memento Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky and New Sprout, Webster's Pages All About Me 6x6 pad, Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Blue cardstock, Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Rectangles & Grand Labels 23, MFT Oval Stax 2, Webster's Pages Everyday Poetry trim, Pearls.

Sending Caring Thoughts

Hi, I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!  Just a short post today for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #170 Challenge, where Beate challenged us to use Flowers on a project.  I was waiting for my Flourishes order to arrive and it came today!

On my card, I used the image from the stamp set Zinnias, and here are the Copic markers I used: Flowers (Y13, Y15, Y17, YR23, YR24) Leaves (YG61, YG63, YG67), Vase (BG0000, BG10, BG11, BG13), Shadow (E70, E71), Outline (G0000 & Colourless Blender).  The Zinnias image was cut using Spellbinders Classic Square die, and I sponged the edges with Memento Summer Sky.  This was adhered with pop dots onto a Fleur De Lis Square die-cut.

Thank you for visiting me.  For my dear friends in the US, Happy Memorial weekend!
Kary

Products used : Flourishes Stamp set Zinnias, Memento Rich Cocoa & Summer Sky, Copic markers, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Hero Arts Pool Designer Paper, American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan 6x6 pad, Spellbinders Classic Square & Fleur De Lis Squares, MFT Mini Foursome Tabs.

Unity Friends with Flair (25.05.2012)

Hello Friends!  So happy this week to receive my new Unity stamps! I just had to ink up my favourite - First Love by Phyllis Harris.

Isn't this the cutest little girl and her dog?  I'm taking a break from patterned papers today and decided for a Clean and Simple look.  The girl and her dog image was coloured with Copic markers and here are the colours I used: Girl's skin - E50, E01, E13;  Girl's hair - E15, E13, E11, YR21 (highlights); Girl's Outfit - R20, R22, B91, B93, B95, B97; Girl's shoes - R30, R02, R32, R35; Dog - E000, E30, E21; Ground - E11, E13, E15; Outlines - B0000 & Colourless Blender.

Since I got my sewing machine set up, I just can't stop sewing on my projects ;)   Be sure to stop by the Unity blog to check out the links to all the Awesome projects by the Unity peeps this week.

Thank you for visiting me today. Wishing you all a Happy Friday and a wonderful weekend!
Kary

Products used: Unity Phyllis Harris stamp First Love, Memento Rich Cocoa & Nautical Blue, Copic Markers, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Hero Arts Layering paper Punch, Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Hearts, MFT Hearts a Plenty die-namics.

From the Heart

Hi, hope you had a wonderful weekend! It feels like the days are flying by so quickly and I'm falling behind with my list of to-dos. But, well, I really can't complain as I got some new goodies to play with over the weekend.  And, I did ink up some stamps that are in a box just waiting to be used.

Here's my card:

from this  TCM's May Sketch

This time I stayed true to the sketch pretty much, it's fun just to do so.  No fancy colouring, just a few Copics on that beautiful dress (V000, V01, V04 and RV10, RV13, RV14 for the sash).  The dress was cut out and adhered with pop dots onto the card, where I've also stamped the dress form image with Memento Rich Cocoa.  I added a piece of sheer gathered trim at the bottom of the dress.  The dress form and the sentiment are from TCM's Sew Lovely and the flowers from Simply Delightful stamp set.

Here's another closer look at the card..

There's plenty of time still to play along this challenge if you'd like to.

Since this is a CAS card, I'm submitting it for the Simon Says Stamp challenge as well.

Have a Fabulous week!
Kary

Products used : The Craft's Meow stamps sets Sew Lovely & Simply Delightful, Memento Rich Cocoa & Sweet Plum, Copic Markers, Viva Decor Pearl Pen - Lilac, i-rock crystals, sheer gathered trim, Stampin' Up Embossing folder Square Lattice, Hero Arts Layering paper Lilac.

Hi!

Hi! Sometimes you need a card with just that simple sentiment ;)  My card was inspired by the challenge at Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #169.  This week Maki has a really fun one, to pick an alphabet and use supplies/elements that begins with that letter on your project.

I picked the letter "C" for my card - Circles, Copics, Cutting.  I used the patterned paper from My Mind's Eye with circles on it for the background & a Circle doily, Copics markers for colouring and I did some cutting around the stamped image.

As the patterned paper is already quite busy, I just added a strip of washi tape at the bottom to anchor the stamped image.  The Copic markers I used for colouring the image are - Flowers Y13, Y35, Y38; Leaves & stems YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97; Frame BG10; Outline around flowers G0000 and Background Y00.

The main image was stamped with Memento Peanut Brittle and I also stamped the larger floral image on the doily circle using Memento Cantaloupe (another C?).

Love this challenge and thanks to Maki for making it so fun!

Thanks for visiting me today.
Kary

Products used : Flourishes Botanical Bookplates Vol 1 & Magnolias (sentiment), Flourishes Bookplate die, Memento Peanut Brittle, Rich Cocoa & Cantaloupe, Copic Markers, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 2 - Sunshine 6x6 pad, Tim Holtz washi tape, MFT Mini Doily Circles die-namics, Ivory cardstock.

Teepee Girl

I've been neglecting my sweet Pure Innocence girls for little while - but I'm back ;)  I'm a big fan of animation and this little girl reminds me so much of Pocahontas.  I just had to colour her and this week's MFT sketch MFTWSC72 helped me put the card together.

Here's my card:

My little Pocahontas (Pure Innocence Indian Girl) is coloured with Copic Markers - Skin (E50, E01, E13, R20), Outfitt (R20, R22, R24, E0000, E13, E30, E31, E33), Hair (E51, E21, E99, E29), Background (B0000).

I used several Die-namics on the card.  The girl image was cut out using the Oval Stax 2 Die-namics, and layered on the Oval Decorative Doily.  The Sheltering tree was cut with Kraft cardstock and I sponged the new Memento Toffee Crunch (Love this new colour!) on it.  And, I cut a piece of red felt using Royal Rolled Rose.  The patterned papers are from Simple Stories Generations 6x6.

Hope you're having a wonderful Saturday!
Kary

Products used : MFT Pure Innocence Indian Girl, MFT Die-namics Oval Stax 2, Oval Decorative Doily, Sheltering Tree, Royal Rolled Rose, Memento Rich Cocoa & Toffee Crunch, Neenah Solar White & Desert Storm, Brown & Ivory cardstock, Simple Stories Generations 6x6 pad, Red felt, Hero Arts Pearls. 
 

Inspired Stamps - Gift Box

Welcome to Inspired Stamps inspiration post. This week, the DT's assignment is Anything But A Card! I was inspired to make a little gift box for cards, using the stamp sets "Lovely Lace" and "Esther's Bouquet".

The gift box measures 5"width x 4.5" height x 2" depth.  I started with a 8" x 11.5" light yellow cardstock and randomly stamped the Lovely Lace doily with Memento Desert Sand, and the circle sentiment (in the middle of the doily) with Memento Potter's Clay.  Esther was stamped on a white cardstock and coloured with Copic Markers to match the yellow cardstock and the stamped doily.  The markers I used are Skin - E50, E51, E53, R20; Hair - E21, E23, E25, Y11; Eyes - G99, YG67, YG03, YG01, Colourless Blender & Copic Opaque White; Bow - Y06, Y21, YR23; Dress & Socks - Y21, Y06, YR23, Button - YR09, YR02, Flowers - R01, R02, R14.

If you are interested, the box was made according to the following dimensions:

After scoring and cutting out the triangle as shown above (blue lines), I used Fiskars Apron Lace border punch along the top edges of the box.  Then it was time to assemble the box.  For the handle, I cut a piece of kraft cardstock measuring 2" x 11" and punched the edges using the Apron Lace punch.  The ruffles were made from Seam binding by sewing a running stitch along the middle of the seam binding and pulling one end of the string to make the ruffles.  I secured it to the handle and along the bottom of the box using 1/4" Scor-tape. The handle was attached to the box with 2 large brads.  On top of each of the brads, I affixed a daisy flower and a felt rolled flower.

Thinking the box needed a little something, I added a strip of blings.  On the 1/8" Scor-tape, I placed the i-rock crystals on one side of the tape and then adhered it to the box.

To prevent anything sticking to the exposed adhesive in between the crystals, I scooped some clear glitter on the strip and tapped off the excess.  Lastly, I adhered Esther with pop dots onto the front of the box.

I was surprised that the box didn't take longer than an hour to put together, and I was quite pleased with it.  Now I have a little gift box of cards to give away ;)

Wow, this was a long post!  Be sure to check the Inspired Stamps Blog to see the rest of Design Team's awesome project this week.

Thank you for visiting me.
Have a lovely day!
Kary

Products used : Inspired Stamps sets Lovely Lace & Esther's Bouquet, Light Yellow Cardstock, Neenah Solar White & Desert Storm cardstocks, Memento Rich Cocoa, Desert Sand & Potter's Clay, Copic Markers, MFT Rolled Scalloped Flower die, Yellow felt, Scor-tape (1/4" and 1/8"), i-rock crystals, Hug Snug Seam Binding - Chalk White

Giveaway Week 5 & Winner!!

Hello Friends!  I can't believe we're at the last week of November, which means it's also the last week of my Birthday Giveaway.  Thank you so much for your kind & sweet comments the past few weeks - I can't tell you how fun it has been for me.  Be sure to visit me this whole week, as I'll have some exciting prizes for you.

But, first, I have a card to share.  This card was made for the MFT sketch challenge this week.  I think this Pure Innocence girl is one of my favourite Christmas stamps.  It's a little challenging to colour her esp with the candle, and I still need more practice.

And, here's another view:

So, here's the bit that everyone is waiting for - This week's Giveaway item is sponsored by Inspiration Emporium.  I am so amazed by the generosity of Joy Kennedy - I had ordered some products from IE's online store and when the order arrived I discovered an additional item sent in error.  I wrote to Joy and she suggested that I give it away on my blog.  So awesome!  For those of you who live outside the US, I would suggest you check out Inspiration Emporium as their overseas shipping is the BEST!  So, here's the prize for this week - Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles dies!!

The rule is really easy - be sure to comment on every post this week to qualify to win this set of dies.  As per the previous weeks, if the winner is a follower of my blog, there will be an additional prize.  I'll leave that as a surprise once again, but you're going to love it.

Thank you everyone who participated last week.  Random.org helped me picked a number from all comments from last week.  The winner for Week 3 giveaway is....

lisa arana!!

Woo-hoo, Congrats Lisa!!  You win the Inspired Stamps set!   I have emailed you and look forward to hear from you.

Thanks to some of you who wrote to me offering feedback and what you'd like to see.  I'll work on it and hopefully be able to do more next year.  December is a crazy month and so is January as we'll be celebrating Chinese New Year, and I guess it's the busiest time for my family.

Have a great week!

Stamp : My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Christmas Caroler

Paper : Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas

Ink : Distress Ink Ripe Persimmon, Memento Rich Cocoa

Other : MFT Die-namics Crown border, i-rock glam rocks, Spellbinders Labels 10, Stampendous Champagne Crushed Glass Glitter, Scor-tape, seam binding

Copic Markers : Hair - Y26, Y11, YR23, Boots - R32, R35, R39, Skin - E000, E01, E11, Dress - shadows C1.

Inspired Stamps Blog Hop

Hi, and welcome to the Inspired Stamps Blog Hop.  If you have come from Jenn's blog you are in the right place, and if you didn't start at the beginning of the hop, make sure you head to the Inspired Stamps blog for all the details.  You wouldn't want to miss any of the wonderful inspiration the Design Team has to share.

The Design Team's assignment this week is to create a Christmas focused Tag.  For my tag, I've chosen to use the HLO : Christmas Boy image.  He is really so cute, and I love the ornament he holds in his hands.

Here's the tag:

Stamp the HLO Christmas Boy on white cardstock and colour him with copic markers : Skin (E000, E01, E13, R21) Hair (E31, E22, E35, E37) Ornament (YG11, Y13, YG17, Y21) Outfit (B93, B95, B97, B99, E40, E42, E43). Add some sparkle onto the ornament with Atyou Spica Clear marker.

Cut the patterned paper to size and punch both the ends with a border punch, then adhere it to the tag.  Emboss the middle section of the tag where the pattern paper is, with an embossing folder, I used a snowflake folder.  Spritz some Glimmer Mists (Bahama Blue & Mel's Diner) on the doily and adhere it to the tag as shown.  Adhere the cut out image of the HLO Christmas Boy on the doily.  Add a sparkly ric rac trim at the bottom section of the tag and some baker's twine above it, and tie a bow, and add a glittery dot on the bow.  Stamp the Merry Christmas sentiment on some ledger paper and cut it down to size and adhere it just above the doily (I added some white faux stitches but I think it would look better with real sewn stitches).  To add some texture to the tag, I added some Flower soft (Polar white) at the top and bottom ends of the tag.  Finally, adhere a chipboard glittery snowflake with a gem stone in the centre on the top right corner of the tag and a ribbon through the top of the tag (I dyed my own seam binding using Tattered Rose Distress Ink).

Here's a closer look - hope you can see the Flower soft, and the embossed section of the patterned paper.

Thanks so much for joining us, and I hope you have been inspired by what you've seen.  I'm the last stop of the blog hop today, but, don't forget to head to the Inspired Stamps blog and leave a comment for your chance to win some prizes.

Take care, and have a great day!