Penny Black Sat.challenge wk126

ok, another Difficult one for me..."LET IT SNOW" challenge...but i found a very old Penny Black stamp in my collection - snowmen! :-) It is a long stamp, and i barely fit it in the regular size CS. I sometimes use partially if the stamp is long or big but this one, it was rather impossible to trim the stamped image cuz all snowmen's hands were stretched out to the next snowman! lol! I colored the snowmen with Le Plume markers, added fun flocks & glitter here and there. I used cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder, petit oval nesties (added with 3D dots for the sentiment), and i WROTE "let it snow", using sakura quick glue pen, poured glitters on the letterings. ...still Denying this sentiment...lol...

Simon says... are you all WHITE??

that's the challenge this week, and again, i finally finished it...it's due tonight... I made this card, BUT i really don't like making a card, thinking? SNOW... I can make BEACH/summer cards all year around but NOT the one with the snow... i can do christmas cards, in SUMMER/warmer weather, NOT with the snow... My first warm christmas was back in college time, in Key West, FL. Then Sydney, Australia, and Guam & Hawaii. I have many years of Christmas withOUT snow! lol! anyways, i need to make a card with white so, i thought of SNOW or wedding, and i chose snow... This House mouse image actually has christmas lights over the igloo but i didn't ink those parts, cuz my card had to be all WHITE (or as white as it can be!). So, i HAD to hide the parts i didn't ink, on the igloo with the snowflake punches, with 3D glue dots :-) I used 2 cuttlebug folders. I painted parts of the raised snowflake images with perfect pearls, mixed with water. I also used glitter glue. The light is coming out from the inside of igloo cuz the mice has a little gas heater inside of the igloo, to keep themselves a bit warm! ;-) I wish i could've taken this pic. while sun was still out by the window, but no time. It gets dark outside early these days... so i had to take a pic. with the flash with the regular room light... I also tried to find other sentiiments to go with this image, other than "let it snow" which i really didn't want to use (or say) but surprisingly, there are not many short sayings with snow images...If you can think of other great "short" sentiments, which can go with the snow image, please let me know! :-)

Penny Black Weekend Sketch Challenge - "sketch1"

I luv this stamp cuz i can use as ONE image, like this, or i can use the individual cat, like i did (actually two together out of these 3 cats) in a previous post. I used white rick rak on the red CS and under/bottom of the Red CS. Again, i used my fav. Souffle white pen to draw the parenthesis on the both side of the sentiment. I used the gold gel pen to draw the vein on the red part of the poinsettia & green metalic gel pen on the green part, to give a bit of life! :-)

Mojo Monday #163

Again, time flew, and i finally finished this card! hyuuu... I think this is a cute sketch! I used glitters on the berries, the edge of the nesties, snowflakes & snow on the ground. I used my fav. Sakura Souffle white pen for those snow/dots on the mug cup and snow on the birdhouses. I used Glossy accent on the candy cane to give more shiney look like real one :-) I luv this stamp. It's Debbie Mumm's design, from Stampington Company. I still luv Debbie Mumm's designs and buy her fabrics (i sew :-)) and other things but i dont' think nobody makes her RED rubber stamps anymore. This stamp is dated, "1998" (and i probably got it, in early 2000s) but hardly ever used it before, so it still looks like new :-) She & Joann (the craft store) make Clear Stamps sometimes though. Her design is a classic Country, and i luv it! :-) In person, the color of this card is a bit more darker blue.

"House Mouse" News!!

I "met" "Maxwell" in a teacup ("Feeling Rosy" rubber stamp) 10 years ago, in a stamp store in Guam. Now they will be on the FABRIC in mid Feb. 2011, and since i sew too, i'm very excited!! :-) You can see the designs here; http://www.house-mouse.com/php/House-MouseDesignsFabric.php They are soooo cuuute!! :-)

Simon says...

"Punch Em'!" so i used Christmas Tree punch. I decorated the trees with Red & Gold Liquid pearls :-) I used white flock on the top (pompon) of the santa's hat & the rim. I decorated the rim of the main images with the red glitter. I luv this christmas background paper. It's a bit shimmery, not too much, but also very colorful :-)

the Corrosive Challenge #87 Halloween (or Orange/Black)

I've been wanting to use this SCARY tree cut out from Cricut. I drew some lines with gel pen, to give a bit "life" into the tree :-) Except the tree & bats, i used dimentional glue to give a bit depth into the card.