Enjoying Christmas with a cuppa

 

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Warm Cup HMV04',

others: poinsettia dies, Sizzix Winter Words embossing folder, tiny flower punch

Stamped image coloured with watercolour pencils. Die-cut the poinsettia flowers from snippet of red cardstock while the leaves were die-cut from scrap of watercolour paper. Using a stylus, I shaped the flower for some dimensional look before added to the card.

snippet of red cardstock

Challenges:

1. Snippets Playground Challenge#502
2. House Mouse  & Friends Monday Challenge #436
3. ABC Christmas Challenge March - E for Embossing, F for Focal Sentiment, G for Girls

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