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Stencil Challenge | Bloom With Grace

Hello all… March is here and Spring is coming!!! I cannot wait for the colorful flowers to bloom, sunny and warmer days to be outside. Have those in my mind, I made this Bloom with Grace mixed media card.

I made this mixed media card using:

I did gelli printing on the background with the stencil and acrylic paid. And the I used watercolor resist technique to add more colors on the background.

I stamped the flower bouquet with permanent ink pad and the colored them with watercolor brush pens and water brush. I dried the watercolor paint with craft heat gun and then cut it with scissors.

Check out STAMPlorations March Stencil Challenge. More detail on their blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. Have a wonderful day!

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Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge | Warm Wishes Pop Up Card

Hello everyone… Today I wanna share my second Caffeinated Christmas Card for the February Challenge.

The sponsor for this February Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge is Pink & Main who donate an amazing prize pack!!! To play along this month challenge, you need use coffee and hearts on your Christmas card. Simple as that.

I made this Warm Wishes Pop Up card using the pattern papers and cardstock from the All You Need is Love Crafty Courtyard Kit from Pink & Main. A way of using stretching the Valentine’s Day kit with a non-traditional Christmas colors.

The coffee stamp is the Christmas Mugs Clear Stamp Set (retired) from Pink and Main. I stamped the mugs with Memento Jet Black ink pad on the white cardstock and then I colored them with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. After that, I fussy cut them with scissors.

I used the Pop Up Feature Die Set from Dare 2B Artzy. I put together the card using double sided tape and 3D foam tape. I like how fun this interactive Caffeinated Christmas Card. I hope this will cheer up someone’s on the Holidays.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a wonderful, caffeinated day!

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Coffee Date | All You Need Is Love And Frappe

Valentine’s Day is approaching… I can feel love is in the air and smell coffee, too!!! All you need is… Love & Frappe!

Today, I am having a coffee date with my crafty friend, Kendra, at Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. Kendra and I met at Dare 2B Artzy design team. She is a kind team coordinator and also an inspiration. I am so grateful to get to know her and become her friend. You can read more about Kendra at this feature blog where we shared our Coffee Date projects and also you can enter the giveaway!!!

For this Coffee Date, I made this caffeinated Valentine’s Day Pop Pop card using:

We found the inspiration from this Valentine Coffee Bar photo. I think it is so cute for Valentine + Coffee theme, don’t you agree with me?

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And this card is mail-friendly. It can be lay flat to fin in regular A4 card size envelope. So no worries about extra stamp if you want mail it out.

I hope you like this project today and give you an idea for Valentine’s Day card. Thanks a latte for stopping by my blog today. Have a fabulous caffeinated day!

I link this card at:

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Bougainvillea Slimline Birthday Card

Hello everyone… It is still February but I am dreaming of Spring already because the colorful flowers warm my heart.

Thinking of flowers, I want to share with you this Bougainvillea Slimline Birthday Card.

I had fun creating this birthday slimline card using digital stamp set from Graciellie Design:

I printed the images and sentiment with Laser Printer and then I added foil on them using Therm O Web Deco Foil Transfer Sheets (Teal, Gold Shattered Glass, Black) using a Lamimating machine.

I colored the flowers with Arteza Real Brush Pens and water brush. The foil resisted the watercolor paint. After that, I dried the pain with craft heater and then fussy cut the flowers with scissors.

I used Wavy Slimline Framelit Dies to create the frame. And for the sentiment I used the label die from Cheers Word Die. Both dies are from Dare 2B Artzy.

I hope this card warms your heart as well… Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Have a wonderful day.

I link up this card at:

New Release “BOUGAINVILLEA GALORE COLLECTION”, you can buy 3, Get 1 FREE…No coupon needed. Also you can grab the Bougainvillea Digital Stamp Bundle with 20% OFF… Don’t miss it!!!

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Artzy Challenge | You Make My Heart Beep

Hello artzy friends! We have a new artzy challenge for you all at Dare 2B Artzy blog. The theme for this month challenge is LOVE.

For this February Artzy Challenge, I made this “You Make My Heart Beep” slimline card. It is a masculine style for Valentine’s Day.

On this slimline card, I used:

  • Slimline Love Framelit Dies
  • Slim Mini Wavy Layers Die
  • Space Bots Stamp Set
  • Space Bots Die Set
  • Space Odyssey Collection Paper Pack

I used simply white and red cardstock for the card base, mats, frame, and sentiment banner.

Those robots are from the pattern paper that I cut with the matching die and fussy cutting.

I also used inlaid diecutting technique for the heart frame.

This is a quick and simple card to make for this Love Celebration Day. Let’s share the love with others with handmade card!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a fabulous day.