Posted on Saturday, March 1, 2014

Christmas in February

What? Christmas in February? 😀 LOL… I am feeling Christmas spirit in February. Few weeks ago, I made cards for fund raising event that my husband and I had to help the people in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia who lost their Bibles because of the flood water and mud hit my home town. These are 2 of 80 cards I made.

Both cards I made using Sparkle & Shine paper packet and complement elements. The stamp set I used from the Frosted Cardmaking Workshop On The Go Kit. Both kit retired from Close To My Heart.

First card I used the sketch from the Paper Players Challenge #184:

Supplies: Sparkle & Shine paper packet, White Daisy Cardstock, Recollections clear gems, Doodle Twine Christmas Collection from Doodlebug Designs, Tombow glue runner, glue dots.

Here’s the second one that I link it up this card at Christmas Cards Challenge #13 – Anything Goes:

Supplies: Sparkle & Shine paper packet, White Daisy Cardstock, Martha Stewart lace border punch, Nicole gems, Recollections clear gems, Tombow glue runner, Glue Dots, 3D Foam Tape.

And here’s one more Christmas card that I made using the sketch from Page Maps for Scrapping Everyday Miracles March Card Sketch Challenge:

I hope you enjoy my cards 🙂

Posted on Friday, February 28, 2014

Digital Friday: Many New Kits!

I have some new digital scrapbooking new kits that I love from my favorite designers released today. They are gorgeous, aren’t they?

First is from Jen C Designs, her new My Story Collection is out for March. This kit is perfect for your digital project life scrapbooking. This kit is available at her stores:

Scrapbookgraphics | Pickleberry Pop | Gotta Pixel

Second new kit is from Sherri, Jumpstart Designs. She teamed up with Anna BV Designs to create this gorgeous Digi Duos, Come On Get Happy:

Last but not least…. Pixelily Designs! Her designs are gorgeous and I love to scrap using her designs. This week she released Be Bold and Brave for GingerScrap Buffett March, where you can get each pack of the kit from $1.00 – $2.00, great deal this month!

Also, Lily has new Template Galore Bundle #1 – 16 templates for only $5! Grab it now at her stores: GottaPixel and GingerScraps

Here are the 2 layouts using her new kit and template bundle:

Posted on Friday, February 21, 2014

Digital Friday: You & Me + 1

This is my second post today…. you can go here to read my first post…

This is week has been so rough for me. After heard about the flood that almost washed away my hometown last month, I got sad news from my family that my Uncle passed away unexpectedly. It was a very shocking news to all of us. And then last week 2 volcanoes erupted again in North Sumatra and Central Java caused thousands of peole lost their homes and families.

This just broke my heart.

I can only pray for them. Asking God to comfort my Aunt and cousins. Asking God protect the survivors and send helps.

I sat at my desk and went through our picture archive and realized that there are so many things I can praise God for.

Because He is God. He cares for us. He is faithful. He is too good for us.

I give thanks and praise for who He is.

I thank God for my husband. Honestly, we don’t have lots of pictures together, but we have some 🙂 and TONS of our girls’ pictures…

Valentine’s Day just passed but love is still in the air… I scrapped 2 layouts on us this week. First layout I used Jen C Designs new kit, Mad About You and Memory Maker Template Vol.1 (Feb Template Grab Bag):

And the second layout I used Pixelily Designs new kit, Collecting Moment – February and her template, At First Sight:

I am so thankful for our life together! And scrapping it is one way to remember God’s blessing in our life together.

And….. this is cute one is one of your labors of love… 😀 I used Jumpstart Designs new kit, Pieces of My Days and the template is from LorieM Designs for PBP February Template Challenge.

What’s your weekend plan?

Posted on Thursday, February 13, 2014

Best Wishes

I would like to share a card I made for a family. It is simple, one layer card. I am inspired by a card at Muse Challenge #54, the flowers bunch with watercolor effect. I combine with the repeating stamping technique from One-Layer Simplicity Challenge #2.

I cut a piece of white daisy cardstock to make the card base 4.25x 5.5 (A2). Then I stamped the flower image from Card Chatter set (retired) repeatedly with Black Pigment Ink and I dried it with Craft Heater (retired), or you can let it air-dry for a couple of minutes. Then I stamped the sentiment fromBanner Wishes set with Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. I used 1″ X 3 1/2″ My Acrylix™ Block the sentiment fit perfectly on that block.

After the stamping process, I colored the flowers and leaves using American Craft color pencils and I added some glitter using Wink of Stella clear glitter brush. I added some black sparkles and punched one corner with corner rounder to finish the card.

Thank You for stopping by! I hope you like my card 🙂

Posted on Tuesday, February 4, 2014

1000 Gifts Journaling Book

Today I would like to share with you my #1000 Gifts Journaling Book that I made. This journaling book I use to write every single Gift I receive every day in 2014 so that:

I will continue see and remember that God is my shepherd and He provides everything I need (Psalm 23)
Knowing that He continually be with me through the dark days and show me the light to follow His path (Psalm 23)
That I will dwell in His presence with praise every moment (Psalm 23)
My prayer is I ask God to teach me to number our days that I may get a heart of wisdom (Psalm 90:12)

I use this plain black Moleskine journaling book (my husband is a HUGE fan of this brand, he gave me some books to use).

Using Craft Paper Trimmer, I cut the Skylark paper (X7177B) into 5.5 x 8.25. I used my Xyron sticker maker to add the adhesive at the back of the paper. Then I added it on the journal cover, pressed gently all over it, then trimmed the extra edges.

After that, I cut the border arrow border arrow trim and added it slightly to the left side. Then I cut the stripe banner from the paper, and added it using 3-D Foam Tape to give some dimension to it.

I decorated it with big Aqua Dots. This is my new favorite too. There are 108 adhesive-backed enamel dots: 7mm, 5mm, 4mm; 3 aqua shades.

At the right bottom corner, I used the left over from the arrow border trim and a short peace of the other side of the paper, and added 2 5mm Aqua Dots.

And I added the name of my journal and the Bible verses using Keyboard Kraft Alphabet. This a handy alphabet stickers you can use for any projects! I finished it with sponged Chocolate Pigment ink from Basics Exclusive Inks™ Mini Pigment Pads Set using Sponge Daubers to give some vintage looking and I used white Signo Uni-Ball gel pen to make the “stitching” looking line 🙂

And….. here is my #1000 Gifts Journal:

I am so super excited to you see here today! Thank you so much for visiting 🙂 Hopefully this blog post give you a lot of inspirations to create beautiful projects for His glory!

I link this up at Close To My Heart New Products and Spring/Summer 2014 Idea Book Blog Hop and Linky Party!