Snowdrop Birthday Card

stamp: Cleary Besotted 'Snowdrops', sentiment frame,

others: Leaf Circle Frame die, Copic

Another flower challenge that I participated using flower as the core theme. This snowdrop flowers were coloured with Copic before die-cut with the die. Layered the rectangle leafy die-cut frame on light mint cardstock.

Challenges:

1. The Flower Challenge #100 add circle

 

Flower in vase

 

stamp: Pink Petticoat (freebie from Simply Cards & Papercraft #83), 

others: hearts embossing folder, soft pastel colour, Copic

Due to participating in The Flower Challenge, I searched through my cabinet for floral stamps and this is one of the forgotten stamp hoarded. I coloured the circle die-cut background with soft pastel by just using fingers. The card front was also coloured with soft pastel before being embossed.

Challenges:

1. The Flower Challenge #100 add circle

LO-Christmas Memories 2024

paper (Making Memories 'Twinkle-Glitter Stripe', Imaginisce 'Gingerbread Village', My Little Shoebox 'Winter Wonderland-Snowflake Valley', MME 'Winter Wonderland-Tags', Bazzil cardstock), dies (poinsettia, deer, numbers), punch (star), bling 

 Finally pull out my long hoarded patterned papers which I so unsure how to use them (actually, no confidence how to make layout) but after participating some layout challenges I plucked the courage to use my favourite papers. Thanks to the organiser of the challenges where they feature their design team's inspiring layouts, I learned a thing or two and have more confidence in making layout. 

This layout is based on Rochelle's sketch and I adopted Tracy's Tic-Tac-Toe embellishment choices.

Challenges:

1. Rochelle Spears Sketch Challenge -2025 March
2. Scrap With Tracy - Tit Tat Toe 2025 March 
3. Challenge YOUrself - 2025 March Bling (mine are the rhinestones on the poinsettia and star)

Floral Birthday Card

 

flower stamp, IAR flowers (R5-2 soft pink Indian Jasmine , S10m-601 Achille Cottage purple and pink), Spellbinder scallop circle die, label die, Martha Stewart Frond punch

This stamp is actually a 3 layers stamps set where you suppose to stamp the most solid image with the lightest ink follow by darker ink. However, I have hard time to stamp precisely over the layer, therefore, I stamped each layer individually and cut them out with scissors before adhering them over one another on the card. 

Challenges:

1. I Am Roses February Challenge
2. The Flower Challenge #100 - add circle
3. Stamping Sensations - March (Hello Spring or anything goes)
4. We Love Stamping - March (Hello Spring or anything goes)

Surprise

 

stamp: AALL& Create #516 Peekaboo, 

others: brick wall stencil, TH distress ink (Mustard Seed, Tea Dye ), Copic, Frantic Samper 'Stitched Rounded Rectangles' die, snippet of paper from MME

snippet of patterned papers

Had this cute stamp for a while and today, inspired by the card in Lift Challenge, I made this using frame die, coloured with Copic and fussy cut it out with my favourite scissors of all time, EK Success Cutter Bee.

Challenges:

1. Lift Challenge #194
2. Snippets Playground Challenge #501
3. Stamping Sensations - March (Hello Spring or anything goes)
4. We Love Stamping - March (Hello Spring or anything goes)

Birthday Gift Cheese

 

stamp: House-Mouse Designs (Cheesy Gift HMV15), oval dies, Mijello watercolour

Done a simple birthday card using House-Mouse stamp, coloured with watercolour and die-cut with oval dies. Added bling to the sentiment.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse And Friends Monday Challenge #434
2. Stamping Sensations - 2025 March Spring or Anything Goes
3. We Love Stamping - 2025 March Hello Spring or Anything Goes

LO - CNY 2024

 

products: MME 'Lucky In Love, Francheville 'Oriental Fusion, Making Memories 'Je t'Adore', alpha and number dies, Bazzil cardstock.

Using various brand patterned papers to match this Chinese New Year festive theme photo.  Family reunion during the festival is what I love most. Layout based on Rochelle's sketch.

Challenges:

1. Rochelle Spear Scrapbooking - 2025 February Sketch
2. Scrap With Tracy - 2025 February Tic Tac Toe (mine are brad, heart, arrow)
3. Challenge YOUrself #134 - use heart

Snarky Cat Gift Tag

 

 Tim Holtz 'Snarky Cat' stamp, washi tap, Faber Castell watercolour pencils, bubble mask, soft pastel 

                 snippets of punch out multi colour cardstock      

Created the background using soft pastel and then layer a bubble mask and coloured with yellow pastel .  After the image was coloured, I fussy cut it out and adhere to the tag above a snippet of washi tape. Added snippets of tiny punched out circle from various cardstock where I kept in a re-purpose transparent medicine box.

Challenges:

1.  SUYP Cat Lover's Challenge # 109
2. Snippets Playground Challenge #500

                               

With Love Card

 

I used this Magnolia umbrella die, Love sentiment die and heart embossing folder with a snippet of leftover patterned paper. Again, used watercolour to colour the umbrella and the sentiment for a cohesive look.

Challenges:

1. Lift Challenge #193 - partial die-cutting

Best Wishes Card

 Using flower die and patchwork embossing folder, made this card based on Lift Challenge which requires partial die-cutting. The flower was die-cut from watercolour paper, then coloured it using the aqua brush and Mijello watercolour.

Challenges:

1. Lift Challenge #193 - partial die-cutting

Have a mice birthday

stamp: House-Mouse 'Birthday Splash' SSCM5007

others: Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dot' embossing folder, sentiment label die, Copic, rainbow tape

Image coloured with Copic and fussy cut it out. I love cutting images with scissors, better than die-cutting with machine. Embossed the card with Swiss Dot embossing folder, die-cut the stamped sentiment with a label die and added rainbow colour tape to the bottom to ground the image.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse And Friends Challenge #432 - ATG/Embossing Folder
2. Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2025 - add a die
3. Stamping Sensations - January 2025 anything goes with stamping
4. We Love Stamping - anything but square
5. We Love To Create - Challenge 1 - anything mixed media/paper crafting
6. Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge
7. Polkadoodles Challenge #2 W1 - anything goes

 

Lunar New Year Card

snippets

 I made this card based on Lift Challenge 'partial cutting'. This is Chinese New Year lantern die come in a set of 2. Die-cut the red part and then partial die-cut the front coloured panel. The partial front panel was embossed and colour with soft pastel. Adde strip of rainbow colour tape to the edge. The partial coloured front panel was added with foam tape.  Die-cut the Chinese sentiment 新年快樂 (xīn nián kuài lè) which means Happy New Year.

Challenges:

1. Lift Challenge #193 - partial die-cutting
2. Snippets Playground Challenge #498
3. Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2025 - add a die
4. We Love To Create - Challenge 1 - anything mixed media/paper crafting
5. Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge
6. Polkadoodles Challenge #2 W1 - anything goes

Christmas Card

Stamp: Apple Blossom Craft Collection-Woodland Party (2015),

others:  Sizzix Winter Words embossing folder, Spellbinder Oval die, IAR flowers (R2-517/v small pink rose, G3-827 Curly Roses light brown, R5-000 red rose), MS Frond punch

I received this stamp from Di of Pixie's Crafty Workshop sometime ago. Coloured and fussy cut the image. I stamped the beanie hat with vivid red pink and cut it out to layer over the original image. Embossed the front panel soft pink cardstock with Sizzix Winter Words embossing folder. Added I Am Roses flowers to decorate the card.

Challenges:

1. I Am Roses Challenge January 2025
2. Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2025 - add a die
3. Stamping Sensations - January 2025 anything goes with stamping
4. ABC Christmas Challenge - A & B for Anything Christmas/Building
5. We Love Stamping - anything but square
6. We Love To Create - Challenge 1 - anything mixed media/paper crafting
7. Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge
8. Polkadoodles Challenge #2 W1 - anything goes
9. Gem Of A Challenge - #1 anything goes

 

Christmas

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Holiday Happy SSCM5009'

others: Christmas word die, wreath die, soft pastel, watercolour

snippet of white an red glitter cardstock

Image was coloured with watercolour pencils and fussy cut it out. Use yellow and pink soft pastel to colour the background of the front panel white cardstock. Next, I diecut wreath from green cardstock while the Christmas sentiment was die-cut from snippet of cardstock from my stash. I like the glitter red cardstock as it gives the sentiment a festive feel. 

Challenges:

1. Snippet's Playground Challenge #497
2. Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2025 - add a die
3. Stamping Sensations - January 2025 anything goes with stamping
4. ABC Christmas Challenge - A & B for Anything Christmas/Building
5. We Love Stamping - anything but square
6. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #431
7. We Love To Create - Challenge 1 - anything mixed media/paper crafting
8. Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge
9. Polkadoodles Challenge #2 W1 - anything goes
10. Gem Of A Challenge - #1 anything goes

 

LO - Me

 

papers: MME (Whirly Bird, In Bloom), Making Memories (Floral Rouge, Twinkle),  Bazzil 

others: Lifestyle Circle Scallop die, Spellbinder Classic Circle die, Martha Stewart Punch Around The Edge 'Loop' Punch, alphabet dies, AAL & Create tag die, sticker from my stash

Based on Rochelle's sketch, made this layout with the theme about me actually. To me, enjoying festive season with family is the most important part of my life. I used my favourite manufacturer (MME) patterned papers and mixed with other brand too. I had a hard time matching the paper and the photo. Even the cardstock colour selection for the title took me ages to decide. 

Rochelle's sketch

Entering the following challenges:

• Challenge YOUrself - 2025 January #133 Create A Page About You
• Rochelle Spear's  2025 January Challenge
• Scrap With Stacy 2025 January Tit-Tat-Toe Challenge (mine are tag, circle, sticker 'Live for today')
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Sending Love Your Way

 

stamp: Spellbinder House Mouse Design 'Flying To See You' 

others: hearts embossing folder, Copic, soft pastel 

The image was coloured with Copic and fussy cut it out. Using soft pastel, I coloured the white cardstock background with yellow, light orange and cyan colour before embossed with the hearts embossing folder.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - HMFMC#430
2. Polkadoodles Challenge - WK 50 Challenge 1 anything goes