CCM Sketch Challenge #35 and more...

Hello and how are you today? It's Thursday, that's right! It's a day for Chi Chi Memories, plus it's also sketch challenge week too. If you know me well... I love everything pink and green. I decided to continue using the color combination from the online summer camp. Check out my pink elephant Freddie! Isn't he's totally awesome? So bright and happy? Freddie is available at the Chi Chi Memories shop as a stamp set (4th of July set) and single stamp (4th of July Freebie). For more info on the sketch challenge, a chance to win digi's, click HERE!

Here is another card for the summer camp. I learned how to create this 'shaped' card from i {love} memento's blog. You can see it HERE! I distressed the card stock with Ranger distressing ink pad in concord grape, broken china, faded jeans, and brushed corduroy. For the image, I used Faber-Castell gelatos. And finally, I added some final touches.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Day 2 at camp!

Hello and happy Wednesday! Here is a card that I made for Day 2 of my Online Summer Camp class, we continue to use the beautiful color combination (see below). We have learned to create a window card. I used this gorgeous background stamp from Hero Arts called Dandelion Frame. Then, I colored it with Faber-Castell gelatos, then distressed the edges. And the butterfly is from the new Hero Arts/Basic Grey Out of Print collection called Butterflies and print. And for the butterflies, I colored them with Faber-Castell big brush pens. Well, I hope you like it.

Last Softpencil Tuesdays

Happy Tuesday, how are you? This is the last post for June release Cupcake Collection for Softpencil and it's also the last post for us as a team. As you probably already heard the sad news that the shop will close on August 1st. So, if you like any of the Softpencil's image, hurry and hop over to the shop and pick up your favorites!

This is Ratiny on a Cupcakewhich is now available at the Softpencil shop! I used the sketch from the Sweetest Thing blog. And I kept it simple and sweet. I choose red, white, and blue to celebrate July 4th. And the paper is from 365 Degrees paper pad. I hope you like it, and please visit my fellow DT ladies' blog and see their amazing creations.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

I'm at the Summer Card Camp!

Hello and happy Monday! It's finally summer here in New England, the sun is shining. The weather is absolutely beautiful. I decided to enrolled into Summer Card Camp, how fun! I'm super excited. The class starts today, if you want to join... don't worry, you can still enroll until June 29th, click HERE for details.

Here is my first card for the class, I used one of my favorite flowers set from Hero Arts. Since it's a color combo challenge, I used memento ink in rose bud, lilac posies, and cantaloupe.

And here is another card, I'm still learning how to use my Cricut. I cut out a frame from the Sentimental cartridge. I figured to do something different, a grey and yellow combo! This cutie is from Simply Betty Stamps.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

A relaxing weekend...

Hello and happy Saturday! Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Sorry for being so quiet last week... As you know, my god-sister came to visit me. We had such a great time. Not mentioning I totally got her into paper crafting... Hehe!

Check out these little kids... aren't they super adorable? I saw them when we were shopping at a local scrapbooking store (Ink About It, Westford, MA). I couldn't help it... I have to get all 3 of them. They are from Catslife Press. The paper is from Bo Bunny Ad Lib Collection.

My second card is inspired by my god sister Charmaine. She loves her Cricut cartridges and distressing ink pads... So, this card is for her. I cut the card and the 'stamp' pattern with the Sentimentals cartridges, them distressed it.

And here is another card made by Charmaine... She cut out the goodies by the cartridge from Going Place. How cool is this? All the highlight of her visit to Boston. She even included my black kitty Stewie!

To see more of her creations, check out her BLOG and leave her some love!!!

Later and have a great day!

Time to Celebrate yet?

Happy happy Thursday! Time for some Chi Chi fun. Since July 4th is coming up really soon, how about something red, white, and blue? I used the Happy 4th stamp set from Chi Chi Memories. You can get it here, plus it's on sale for only $3.96.

I was totally lazy... I couldn't find any pattern paper that I want to use... So, I colored the paper with my Copic marker to create the frame. And the sentiment is from Amuse and I used the Faber-Castell brush pen as ink. Hehe!

Hope you like it and have a great day!

Softpencil Tuesdays!

Good morning, how are you? It's Softpencil Tuesdays!!! This week, Charmy in a Cupcake from the Cupcake Collection. Isn't she cute? Unfortunately, this is the last new release from Softpencil. But no worries, Elizabeth will keep the Softpencil Etsy Shop until August.

And I'm so excited that I received my iPad skin from Softpencil, totally AWESOME! Check it out!

And I also got a skin for my god-sisiter's iPhone 4.

Of course, my birdie Motley wants to get in the action while the girls are crafting! Hehe!

Have a fabulous day! Today is the last day that my god-sister is visiting, so sad.... she is leaving tonight.

Happy Fathers Day and more...

Good morning and happy Fathers' Day to all the special DADS! I don't really celebrate Fathers Day, since my dad passed away while I was very young. But I do missed him, and wish he is around. However, I'm very blessed to have my god-father and my father-in-law. They are both wonderful. I'm sure a lucky gal! And here is a card that I made to honor this special day!

Here is something a little more girly. The beautiful stamp in from Hero Arts. I color the image with Faber-Castell big brush pens, I also added some extra sparkles with the Copic Spica pens.

Plus, here are some more creations from my god-sister Charmaine, she sure is a natural. She has only been crafting for only 4 days... She is already playing with distressing ink pad, perfect peals, stickles, embossing folders, and the Cricut!

I hope you enjoyed her little showcase. Have an AWESOME day! We are off to Boston.

Crafting away with my god sister...

Happy weekend everyone, how are you? Hope you are enjoying the weekend. As for me... I'm having a great week, my god sister came to visit me here. And we are having a blast! We eat, sleep, shop, laugh, and CRAFT! Yes, she wasn't a paper crafter before... I have got her into the dark side of the crafting world.

Here is a picture of her IN ACTION! Yes, she is into Tim Holtz.

Sure, it doesn't take her long to have her own goodies...

Check out her amazing creations pieces! She used my Cricut machine, cut out these beautiful hearts, flowers, etc. from the Love Struck and Walk in Garden cartridge. She used Tim Holtz distressing ink pads, stickles, perfect peals, and glossy accents. Trust me, this picture does not do justice.

Above is her very first set of cards...

Finally, here is a card from me... it's super simple! Since I was too busy WOWing all her stunning pieces.

Off we go craft again, I will keep you posted on what she creates... Later!

Sale, sale, SALE over at Baby Buds Designs!

Howdy, just want to drop by and let you know that there is a big SALE over at Baby Buds Designs! They are only a very limited selection of images left at the Etsy Shop, so hop over and grab yours today!

Yep, here is a video of my BBD projects!

Chi Chi Memories sketch Challenge #34

Happy Thursday!!! Are you ready for another fun Chi Chi Memories Sketch Challenge? I hope you are. Here is a card that I created for sketch challenge #34. I used this adorable Candace from the Happy Summer set, she is just simply adorable!

I hope you can join us and HERE is the sketch and more info.

Softpencil Tuesdays!

Hello and welcome back to another Softpencil Tuesday! I'm super excited to show you the new June released Cupcake Collection, they are so so cute! First up, Amy on a Cupcake! She is available now at the Softpencil Shop! Ok, I did had too much fun doing some paper piecing the other day... I used a Prima background stamps to create Amy's dress and the cupcake wrapper. And I glitter up the cupcake with lots of glitter, hehe! Unfortunately, can't really see it well on the picture.

Okay, you probably already saw it at the Softpencil blog... Yep, my dear friend Elizabeth (owner of Softpencil) created this AWESOME skin for my iPhone!!! I love my iPhone already, now I love it a lot more!

And here is how its look on my phone! Cute, huh? I even ordered one for my iPad, I'll show you once it arrives!

Want one? Just email Elizabeth! Here is all the info!

Meet Emma and another video! :)

Hello and happy Sunday! Hope you are enjoying the weekend. Since summer is right around the corner, how about something bright and cheerful? Meet Emma from Baby Buds Designs! She is so so cute with her curvy hair, and I'm way over due for something blue. Plus I want to play along the TTCRD challenge - "paper piecing".

I don't know about you... but for me, when I use digi stamps and trying to print the image on the design paper is always a challenge for me. I never know which side to print on... actually I'm too lazy to figure it out. So, I made my own paper!

What I did it:

• I printed Emma twice from my printer
• I use one of the Emma's, use a polka dot stamp (Stampers Anonymous) with versamark, heated dry, then ink her whole dress in Ranger distressing in broken china
• Wipe out the extra color with a baby wipe
• Cut out her pretty little dress

Goodies that I used:

Paper: Basic Grey Lauderdale

Copic markers: E000, E00, E01, E50, E53, B00

Others: Washi paper tape, twine, glitter

Well, I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

Woohoo.... weekend!

WoohOOO! It's finally the weekend! How are you? No, I don't have the weekend off... but it's okay, I will have a few days off in a couple days. Check out this adorable owl from Paper Smooches! I have been eye-ing this adorable set called Chubby Chums. And I finally got it and so excited.

I used this super cute paper from Prima So Cute paper stack. And I create the frame with the spellbinders and for the olive green dew drops... I airbrushed the white dew drop with copic markers YG95.

Hope you like it and have a great weekend!

P.S. No video... I was recording while I was making this card, but my battery ran out. Oh well, next time.