Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #107

This is my first card to this challenge. I stumbled onto somebody's blog, and saw this inspiration photo. I got so many ideas, looking at this photo. Unfortunately I found this photo very late. I just finished one card, and the challenge will expire in almost 2 hrs! Anyways, this is my card. The dress, the sentiment on the vellum and hearts are from Lawn Fawn, and Cherry blossoms is from Posh Impressions. Except the sentiment, all is heat embossed. I had this paper stack of Asian theme and found the chinese character which Japanese uses it for wedding, and cut it using my nesties. I used another paper with many butterflies from this paper stack for the background. I also did paperpiecing using another paper from the same paper stack, to match with the cherry blossoms. I've handdrawn the wavy stitches & dots around on the butterflies' background paper. I attached the dress & the chinese character with pop up glue dots to give a bit of dimention. I wish I had more time, and I would've made a couple more cards using this pic. I luv this inspiration pic.! I'm also submitting this card to Simon Says Challenge. This week's theme is "Embossing"! :-)

"HOPE" card for Japan

I'd been wanting to make a card, for Japan, to say "GANBATTE!". This word can be used in many ways but in this situation, you can translate as "hang in there", "Be Strong!". People say this word to cheer them up, others & themselves. Anyways I became to know this challenge through my "mouse friend" Mary Anne, and I finally made a card. For this week's challenge, the owners of this blog challenge are donating to the RED CROSS , depending on the numbers of people who plays for this challenge. Great timing :-) For the challenge, 1. I have to use Stash which has DUST on it! (lol!) and 2. I have to use color "RED" in honor of Japan. well, the STASH I used which I hadn't used is this DCWV "The far East Stack" 8"x 8" printed textured paper, which I found at Joann at Clearance section, over a year ago? I've hardly made Asian themed card but the price was soo good (70% off! ) to pass it up! lol... The crane stamp is Posh Impressions. I made a "Japanese flag" and stamped the crane over the center of the "flag". The sentiment is my own handwriting, "KIBOU" (meaning "HOPE"). There is always "hope" in everything...

EIC #113

This week's Etsy inspired challenge is from the Putu Princess Escapes. I hardly make any asian type card but when i found this Posh Impressions' Japanese Stamp set, i had to buy cuz luved Dee's authentic Japanese designs! I was impressed with these designs, and i even e-mailed her husband (who is the CEO at Posh Impressions) through Club posh, and he e-mailed me back, saying that Dee stayed in Japan as an exchange student in her high school years! No wonder! Anyways, i particularly luv this stamp! The small pic. is the one i got inspired from. The carps & flowers are heat embossed. I scattered tiny pearls on the flowers & fern. I used water drop STICKERS all over too. I used glitter here & there, on the Wave design paper. The main image & flowers are attached with 3D glue dots to give a bit of dimention. I also distressed the edges of the main image & background cs, colored with the distress inks.