Throwback Thursday Challenge

For weeks now, I've been trying to play at  Ms. Emma Aguilar's Throwback Thursday Challenge  yet too  many things are going on with our lives and this was the first chance I get to play with her weekly challenges. 

Anyways, the rule for this week's challenge is to create a "SPORTS' theme project, using "Sportsmania" cartridge or any old cartridges that has sports relevance.  My little boy had been bugging me for weeks now to make a project using Disney - Pixie Cars.  But nothing would fit the images on the cart until now.  I made the design while being out yesterday afternoon and been cutting images and doing paper piecing almost the whole night.  With this design, I combined Pixie Cars and Everyday Paper Dolls cartridges.  I really had a hard time doing this card but I was so pleased with the result...

I am not really in the mood to ink the edges of the card so I decided to use my precision pen and white jelly roll pen.  I also added some bling, bunch of baker's twine from the Divine Twine and some stamp sentiments.  I also used Peachy Keen faces.

When my baby boy saw this card, he started chanting non-stop, "I want it for my birthday"...

RECIPE:

PAPER: Embassy, PTI, MS, Stampin up!, CTMH and DCWV

STAMPS: Peachy Keens, Autumn Leaves and Fiskars

INKPADS: Memento Tuxedo Back,  Versamark

TOOLS: Cricut Expression, Gypsy, MS Score board (scored the trophy just to give a little dimention), Fiskar circle punch, PC paper trimmer, Marvy Uchida heat tool, 

CARTRIDGE: Disney Pixie Cars, Everyday Paper Dolls

EMBELLISH: Baker's twine and metallic bling

OTHERS: Jelly roll pen, precision pen and white embossing powder

To note, lately, I've been joining some hard challenges and I think the harder the challenge, the more I am having fun!

Fall/Autumn Card Kit

I love Fall/Autumn as much as I love Halloween. Who wouldn't, right!? Colors are so vibrant everywhere. Two weeks ago, I made a whole bunch of cards with this theme.  I think these are one of the best cards I ever made. To note, I used long forgotten stickers and chipboards as embellishment and card sentiments. I so love this kit!

 Inque Boutique/SU! Stamps

 CHIPBOARD

 SU! Stamp/Jolees Quilled Stickers/ Autumn Leaves Chipboard

 Unbranded clear stamp from PI/The Paper Studio Stamp

 CTMH Stamp

CTMH Stamp

Until next project...

Anniversary

May is a special month in our family. Not only it's the Mother's Day but it is also our anniversary and my boys birth month. On the crafty side, it is a busy month for me especially with family and friends wedding and baby shower.  So even if its late and  I'm doing my best to be on time to create special cards and some scrapbook pages.

It was hard to let the day go by without without making an LO of me and my forever boyfriend.

Materials used:
Paper: Bazzill, Embassy, PTI, Scenic Route and Bo Bunny
Tools: Colorbox Cat's eye chalk inkpad, Tim Holtz distressed ink pads, MM acrylic paint, MS craft edge punch and MS craft punch
Embellishment: Tim Holtz grungeboard, Prima crystal, DCWV sticker stack and satin ribbon 

Here's the anniversary card I made for my dearest darling husband:

Materials used:
Paper: GP, SU! and My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Belles and Whistles, Fiskars and The Paper Studio by Stampendous
Inkpads: Versamagic, Rubberstampede and Memento
Tools: Copic markers and MS edge punch
Embellishment: Prima flowers and leaves
No time or chance to celebrate either the anniversary or Mother's Day.  DH has to go work for another 8days straight, 12hrs/night shift.  I made him a special meal though to take to work and secretly include this card and a love letter with his food.  

When he came home at 730AM, he gave me these roses, chocolates, a card and a very nice flower plant as a gift. 

Isn't this plant lovely?  Love the sentiments on the card that DH gave me and want to share it with you:

Happy Anniversary Hon....  Love you more than I ever did before...

My newly dressed-up blog

Life lately was a little bit maddening so I didn't have the time to work on my blog.  Moving too a new house was not a joke especially if its big.  A week ago, our household goods both in GA and from Korea finally got here.  Boy, you should see my house now, it's a huge mess.  Although most of the boxes are gone with a couple that still need to work on.  My craft room was a disaster place and I'm really running out of place to put on my things.  Purging is really must.  My plan was to share some with my kids, sell some and host another blog candy for my dear craft friends.

Speaking of blog candy, my friend, Joan and I are currently hosting blog candies, click HERE and HERE in celebration of the National Craft Month. I have been participating during the first week but like I said earlier life was a bit maddening right now.  Today, I mostly work on my craftroom and I'm taking breaks in between so I can finish my blog's new look. I can say that I was very productive today eventhough I'm so beat.

BTW, below I will be sharing my NCM projects and hope you like it:

1st Entry:  Sweet Pea:

Recipe:
Paper: American Craft, DCWV, GP and MS
Tools: Memento Ink pad, Copic Markers, Spica Glitter pens, MS edge punch
Embellishment: Ribbon, Prima miniflowers, MM swirls and flourishes chipboard, BG half pearls

2nd Entry:    Fiskars, Thomas Kinkade

 

Recipe:
Paper: American Craft, MS, Embassy, GP, DCWV
Stamps: Hero Arts, Fiskars, Thomas Kinkade by Cornish Heritage Farm, The Paper Company Studio, Inkadinkado, Stampendous,
Stamp pads: Versafine Onxy Black Inkpad, Brillian Moonlight White, Versamagic Red Magic, Memento Potter's Clay
Tools: Embossing powder by Stampendous, Peral-Ex, Perfect Medium by Ranger, Heat Tool, MS edge punch, craftknife, ATG gun, nristle brushes
Embellishment: Ribbon by MS, Ribbon by Heidi Grace and half pearls

3rd Entry:  Flourishes

Recipe:
Paper: GP, American Craft, Recollection, The Paper Studio, K & Company, DCWV
Stamps: Flourishes
Inkpads: memento, CTMH, Versamagic, Versafine
Markers: Copic markers
Tools: Spellbinder dies, Cuttelebug machine, MS edge punch
Embellishment: Prima Flowers, Melody Ross buttons, Karen Foster floss, Heidi Grace trim, MS Ribbon, rhinestone, half pearls

4th Entry:  Password Journals

Recipe:
Paper: Neenah, The Paper Studio, DCWV, Bazzill and American Craft
Stamps: Prima, Flourishes
Inkpads: Memento Dew Drops
Embellishment: Grossgrain ribbon
6th Entry :  Flourishes

Recipe:
Paper: Recollection, DCWV, Embassy, Neenah Paper, K & Company, Bazzill, and GP
Stamps: Flourishes
Inkpads: Memento and CTMH
Tools: EK Success edge punch, Spellbinder dies, Cuttlebug machine
Embellishment: Grossgrain ribbons

5th Entry: Prima

Recipe:
Paper: Neenah, The Paper Studio, DCWV, Bazzill and American Craft
Stamps: Prima, Flourishes
Inkpads: Memento Dew Drops
Embellishment: Grossgrain ribbon

7th Entry: Prima

Recipe:
Paper: Recollection, Luxe design, GP, Heidi Grace, Embassy and The Paper Studio
Stamps: Prima, Hero Arts and Stampin' Up!
Inkpads: Memento
Coloring: Copics
Embellishment: Half pearls, rhinestones, pins, ribbons

8th Entry:  Assorted Projects mostly cards

A GIFT FOR A FRIEND

Recipe:
Paper: The Paper Studio, Bazzill, PTI, Recollection and DCWV
Stamp: Imaginence, Stampin' Up! and Hero Arts
Inkpads: CTMH and Memento
Tools: EK edge punches

Embellishment: Dress Up buttons and grossgrain ribbons

A GIFT FOR MY BROTHER, CARLOS

Recipe:
Paper: Luxe Design, Recollection, The Paper Studio and GP
Stamp: Hero Arts and Stampin' Up!
Inkpads: Memento
Tools: Copic markers, EK edge punch and Fiskars edge punch
Embellishment: Heidi Grace ribbons, Karen Foster floss and buttons

UPSY DAISY & CTMH

Recipe:
Paper: The Paper Studio, PTI, Recollection and Bazzill
Stamo: Upsy Daisy and CTMH
Inkpads: Stampin' Up!, CTMH and Memento
Embellishment: MS trim, PTI jute string, buttons and rhinestones

THOMAS KINKADE; REDISCOVERING BUTTONS

Recipe:
Paper: Recollection, the Paper Studio, GP and K & Company
Stamp: Thomas Kinkade by Cornish Heritage Farm
Inkpad: Stampin' Up!
Embossing Powder: Stampendous
Tools: Heat tool
Embellishment: Groosgrain ribbon, buttons and PTI jute string

STAMPIN' UP! - VINTAGE VOGUE

Recipe:

Paper: The Paper Studio and Recollection
Stamp: Stampin' Up!
Inkpads: Memento
Embellishment: Grossgrain ribbon, buttons, Karen Foster floss and half pearls

* A gift for a friend:

REDISCOVERING GLITTERS

Recipe:

1.) I stamped a vine image in Tsukineko glue pad unto a black cardstock.
2.) Then I sprinkled it with my newly bought jewel Glitter Ritz, a very fine glitters.
3.) Adhere it to couple mats and added ribbon as embellishment.

 CHALKBOARD TECHNIQUE:

1) Stamped vine image to a pigment inkpad.
2) The way to apply the chalk is by tapping. Tapping will let the pigment ink grab the chalk. I used 4 different shades of green.
3) Adhere to couple mats.
4) Added sentiment.

 

REPURPOSED RUBBERSTAMP MOUNT

I have been unmounting my stamps lately. Some of my stamps like Belles & Whistles came in a laminated sheets. Instead of just getting rid of them, I thought of altering it. Last week, we went to Hobby Lobby and I finally found a nice trim that would look good for this bookmark project. So far, I'm happy with the result....

In a week, March will be over and I hope everyone will be looking forward to celebrate with us again the National Craft Month next year.  Please keep on posting your craftwork on the blog candies. I am so dying to finish my craftroom and the whole house so I could start playing with you guys, again.

Hope you like the new dress of my blog.  Dressing it was the next best thing to crafting.  Have a great day...

Happy Crafting...