woohoo!! I won!! I'm the winner of Etsy Inspired Challenge #101

wow, i just saw my name ONLINE, as a Winner!! ha!! I'm doing a happy dancing now! If you are interested in the card, it's under EIC101 blog post. Now i can use this Blinkie on my blog! woohoo!! I DO have a shop in Etsy, and i'm happy to win in this blog!! although, my shop is right now empty... what a timing...lol... i'm planning to upload pics.of my goods in my shop by the end of this month :-) Again, THANK YOU to Etsy Inspired Challenge!! :-)

EIC #101

This is my first submission to Etsy Inspired Challenge. I have a shop in Etsy and i've been following the challenge blog but never had made a card to upload there. (Right now, i don't have anything in the store. I'll upload some pics. by the end of this month though.) Anyways, this weeks challenge is from Lover dover's shop. The 2nd pic. is the one i was inspired by, to make this card. I luv the combination of Red Gingham Check, Black trims, white lace & watermelon!! Very summery, and you all know, i luv to make SUMMER cards, ALL YEAR AROUND! LOL :-) Pop up glud dots were used for the 'hello' tag.

Postcard to my mother

I know she would luv this postcard. She luvs the beach as much as i do! She still goes to scuba diving around the world at the age of almost 70! I'm glad she is quite healthy!

HM Postcard Swap Cards

These are the postcards i made for the swap. I was required to send 2 postcards. I enjoyed making these 2. For the first card, the palm trees stamp is from Vivid Jungle (Guam's Original), and the sand stamp is from CTMH. For the second card, Ice Cream Parlor stamp is from Darcie's and the bee stamps are from CTMH. I paperpieced the awning of the parlor. Since they were the postcards, i didn't put any embellishments so the surface stays rather flat. These were rather fun to make! :-)

the Corrosive Challenge #76 is a Sketch!

I luv these 2 stamps i used. I don't have any military personel in my family but most of my friends from last 12 years are in the military, living in the lands of Military (mainly Navy); in Guam & Hawaii, and it always makes me to think about those who serves this country, esp. when sketch shows Stars & Squared card base. The images are heat embossed but hard to tell from this pic. I just can't take a Good pic. of this card, for some reason :-( I really wanted to embellish more, esp. on the red background paper with stars BUT when i challenge sketches, i try, as close as the original sketch. So, this is the finished card for this challenge. If i send this card to somebody, i might embellish more :-) oh, i rotated the sketch by 90 degrees.

Color Throwdown #104 Challenge

When i saw these color combination, it reminded me of the tropical island life, with beautiful flowers & beautiful leaves, under the sunshine :-) ... again, i miss the life on the islands...

Copic Certification - general info.

Today's fact finding : When i get Curious, i have to ask & find out. Curiousity might kill the cat someday...lol Anyways, for some reason, i got curious about copic certification, whether it's been offered in Japan where the Copic are manufactured, or not. And if they do, how much, etc. I just found out that only in US, Europe & Australia, you can get certified. The reason, according to the general manager of the maker of Copic markers is because Scrapbooking/Rubber stamping isn't as popular as it is in those countries mentioned. Copic here is very big now but apparently, not in Japan where its HQ is.