Nature's beauty...

I love seeing deer. Although deer can be seen all year around, even on the tropical island of Guam which I've never seen, but then, I've never seen the infamous brown tree snakes (knock on wood), I l love seeing them in snowy winter... and I hate winter and snow, to live! lol.. .maybe I'm missing this scenery from western PA.. 

Christmas challenge at Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge, featuring Penny Black.  CAS & could be a card to a "male" friend. I could add more but on this, I didn't want to. Penny Black makes beautiful stamps, and you don't have to add much. ...only to make a beautiful background, trying to match these beautiful stamps. 😊 I didn't have acrylic paint nor reinker in white, so I used Uni ball white gel pen, to add those snow flakes. I even didn't want to use snow flakes stamps which I have because the tiniest one was still big to this scenery... 

But, I had to add something.. lol so, I added craft foam pad underneath of the front panel, to give a bit of dimension. 😊

I love this stamp set. I love the nature. I love the animals. ❤

Also submitting to the Penn Black Holiday head start challenge which is running from July 31 to Oct.29. 

Hope you all have a great long (in US) weekend. 

Eve

"Happy Haunting"!

A little early but Happy Halloween! ;) Well, I've been dying to use my new addition, which is Lawn Fawn's "shadow box" die set! Usually my mind doesn't get ready for the "occasions" early enough but not this year. lol I think that part of it was contributed to make "Christmas in July" card! lol Anyways, so here it is. I'm sending this to my Godmother's daughter who gets excited about Halloween. Hope she will like it. I'm also submitting to Lawnfawnatics challenge #12, "Create a scene". 

I used a sheet of acetate to attach to the 2nd hillside cutout so that I could stamp ghosts and bats and looks like "flying & floating". I used a little moon die from Lawn Fawn's winter village set. I love that stamp set and bought the die set also. Perfect shape and cut out, no stamping, and attached to the back "wall" of this shadow box. 
Spider web got the shimmer from the wink of stella :) So, can you (Lawn Fawnn fans) guess which stamp set I used for this trick-or-treater in ghost costume? I don't have"trick-or-treater" stamps. So I used a "snow penguin" stamp from "Snow Cool" (penguin's) set. 1. I used "mirror stamping technique" because I already placed the tree on the left (lol!). 2. I didn't ink the "carrot nose" from the original image. 3. I used a trick-or-treater bag from Penny black stamp set and cut that out, and attached to the "snow penguin's" hand! lol I thought it worked out pretty well ;) 

Weekend is almost here. Have a great one! 

Eve

Update : These are the sides of this shadow box. The stamp I used is "A muse art stamp" , and woodmounted red rubber stamp. I've had this for more than 12 years. Still comes in handy when the Halloween is near 😃 I don't think this company is no longer in business tho. I found this nice designed paper from my stash, and distressed them, to coordinate with this shadow box. I'll write the message on the back, in the oval die cut out, in lighter color. 

Happy Anniversary!

My best friend and her husband is celebrating 21 years of marriage :) 

I used TH stencil & embossing paste, colored the raised parts with markers. I used Lawn Fawn stitch die, old Penny Black sentiment stamp, and viva decor pearl pen. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Have a relaxing Sunday. 

Eve

3 New Valentine's day cards

Slowly catching up to post my cards. I made these 3 Valentine's day cards this February. 

I used Penny Black stamps mainly for all these cards. 

The background is stamped repeatedly by the Altenew, a small "tiny hearts background" stamp. Here is the inside of the card. I made these 3 cards at the same time, and did die cuttings on colored & designed CS. I didn't wanna waste those left over CS, so I kinda planned to use them for inside, die cutting accordingly, like you can see them below. Mixed and Matched :) "Ink bottle and the pen" stamps are from Lawn Fawn's stamp set. 

My 2nd card. I used Lawn Fawn's stitched die to make this card with a bit of interests, kinda matches with the stitches on the pillows this adorable cat is sleeping on :) 

And the inside of the 2nd card.

3rd card. The die for the saying is from Lawn Fawn dies set. 

Inside of the 3rd card. I used wink of stella to give a bit shimmer to the red heart. 

Thank you for stopping by to see my cards. 

Hope you are having a nice Easter Sunday! 

Eve

Masculine Birthday Card

I needed to make a Masculine birthday card, and saw this sketch at this week's challenge at Mojo Monday Blog . Here is my card. The recipient is a Pittsburgh Penguins' Fan (NHL). I don't like "Black & Gold" but it's Team's color so I can't change. lol :-) Hockey Jersey is from Stamps N'More which I bought last summer at stamp convention. I've never used this stamp til now :-) The skate is from INKADINKADO. It's a Roller skate but since he plays roller hockey, it's fine :-) I stamped Lawn Fawn's Cheveron pattern and trimmed one side, to make it close to the sketch. The sentiment is from Penny Black. All stamped images were heat embossed. The hockey jersey is adhered with pop up glue dots for a bit of dimention.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Enjoy the rest of the WARM weekend! :)

Birthday Shaker card to my "house mouse" friend

I like this type of shaker card; shaker box INSIDE of the card, and almost FULL size of the card! I can decorate it more! :-) In shaker box, I put lightly peal tinted hearts, purple "Happy Birthday", yellow(Gold) birthday cake and other little things from different bags of confettis, to match the colors of the card. The corner image is an old CTMH. The sentiment inside is Penny Black. I punched out swirls on the Echo park dp on the bottom. On the front, I used the same dp, used a Fiskars flower punch on the four corners. I love this punch! :-) ... no I haven't gotten my C-late yet...BUT fortunately I found Purple scallop circle die cut out in my stash from last october, when I did lots of just cutting, using nestabilities and the cuttlebug, and this shape & the size is the only purple I found!:-) I added a couple of flowers from the different punch to finish the card:-) The setiment on the front is TPC Studio.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day weekend, and stay safe! :-)

I'm submitting this card to;

Cute Card Thursday ~ Happy Birthday http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2012/03/challenge-208-happy-4th-birthday-cct.html

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Anything goes http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2012/03/anything-goes.html

Crafts and Me challenge ~ Lets' see Circles http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/2012/03/challenge-75-lets-see-circles.html

2 "Fancy Folding" cards

Great challenge at Stamptacular Sunday! I've almost always loved to make 2 folded cards but this year, I've been trying to make 3D/different folding cards, for a change! lol Anyways, I made two fancy folding cards for my House Mouse group I belong to, for many years, for RAK to my long time house mouse buddy, Yara for her anniversary and for a swap, "summer fun" theme. My anniversary RAK is "Diamond Folding", and the "summer fun" swap card is Origami Diamond Folding". For Anniversary card ~ I used red liquid pearls for berries, pearl pen for around the image in the nestie die and the edge of the sentiment border. I love this pearl pen from Viva Decor. Fun to make pearls more than liquid pearls. I colored & trimmed the mice, layered using Dementional glue dots, and for a little heart above the mice :-) The sentiment is Penny Black. Love the vertical sentiment :-) For Summer Fun swap card ~ You can't see it on the picture, but used glitter on the sand. Usually on the beach, sands reflects the sunshine, and glisten! :-) On the second picture, the "post it note" which I attached SHOWS... forgot to take it out when I took the picture :-( oh well, it's always in the mail so I can't take another picture. lol... I used Inkadinkado's seashells stamp, and distressed it, and they were all heat embossed. On the front, I used another inkadinkado's sentiment stamp, handdrew the stitch line, and attached the seashell button. Thank you for visiting my blog today. Your comments are always appreciated! Have a great weekend! :-)

House Mouse Birthday Card for the Swap

I made this card for the swap in the house mouse yahoo group I belong. I'm submitting this card to Allsorts challenge where they are running "FREE" theme (meaning Anything is fine! :-) ) I colored Ice cream in 3 colors! like the one I recently did, to POPSICLE image! LOL! :-) I cut the scallop circle nesties from pink textured & brown CS separately, cut the top of brown one to layer on pink nestie, so that pink sentiment label pops up more on brown color (and used dimentional glue foams, too) I used the glaze pen over the mice hats but doesn't show well on the picture... I used Glitter glue for the flame. Those glitter gems are from my house mouse online buddy, Peggie, from my Bingo winning prize! (thanks Peggie!)
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a great weekend! ~~

Christmas in July! Criss Cross Card :-)

This is the theme at Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Also, "Fancy Fold" is the challenge at Delightful Challenge. I've been making more different "folding" cards this year, as you all noticed?? Because, I got MS's Scoring board this year. How FUN to fold, using the board!! lol! :-) I might make more different "folding" cards for Delightful Challenge before their deadline :-) I've recently made this Criss Cross card using Tilda, but Vertical one. I made Horizontal one this time :-) I've received this PB image from my online friend last year, and had been wanting to color it :-) I used stickles for snow, and for the first time I used very light blue to outline the image (learning from Elizabeth A.! thanks! :-)), instead of light grey I've been using. I've bought this light blue Copic marker at the stamp show I've went last weekend. Inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment & holly and used liquid pearls for berries. For this, you can just put the name on the white part, and when I mail this card, I'll put a piece of white cs in the back of this moss green cs, to write a note to the recipient. I'm also submitting this card to Allsorts challenge where they are running "FREE" challenge (meaning ANYTHING is fine! :-) )

By the way, my best friend called me. She received her birthday card & her daughter's birthday card from me. Their birthdays are only 3 days apart so I mailed them together, in a larger padded envy. She told me that her daughter who enjoys my card very much (she became 10) made a handmade card for her mother (my best friend), getting inspired by ME! :-) I'm tickled :-)

Thank you very much for stopping by my blog today. You'll all have a great weekend!! :-)

Tilda with Summer Flowers!

When I think of "summer flower", I think of Sunflower :-) I used my new hero arts envelope pattern stamp to make a background paper, stamping in yellow first, brown , second, but moved the stamp a bit, and again, I stamped it in yellow, moved a bit again so no stamping image would overlap each other, to make this background paper. Then I distressed the edges. I also colored the white flower with yellow ink to match, cuz I didn't have a yellow flower. I'm submitting this card to Magnolia stamp lover, where the "summer Flower challenge" is going on. Thank you for taking time to visit my blog today! :-)

Penny Black Critters!

I made this card, using my fav. image which I hadn't used for a year. Now it's time for all Critters on Penny Blakc Saturday Challenge! When I started to think of the card design, I saw this nice sketch at Card Pattern challenge, so I combined those 2 :-) Those 2 hedges are colored, trimmed and attached with dimentional glue foams to give a bit of depth, and the sentiment also. I used Glossy accent on ladybugs, cuz their red wings are always shiney :-) I used yellow glitter glue on the bee's wings. Others are pretty much self explanatory. Thanks for visiting my blog today. You'll all have a nice evening!

House Mouse Birthday Card

I made this card for the house mouse group. I used the sketch from stampendous blog a couple of weeks ago, and I thought it was cute but til today, I didn't have time to make a card. Also at ...Wee Memories, the challenge is "Party time!" So I made a Birthday card :-) I used Fiskar's "everywhere punch" to punch the squares out, to make it looks like the party mice, peeking out from the windows :-) The sentiment is from Penny Black. I used the gold & silver glitters on the little swirls & the ribbons on the top of the hats. I used gold & silver gel pens to draw the dots around the squares. I'm going to mail this to my friend in the group next month for her birthday :-)

Anniversary Card

I made this anniversary card for my House Mouse friend. She is living "happily ever after" and I wanted to send her the card with lots of hearts & in red. I also wanted to make 3-D card since she luvs to layer a lot on her cards. This is my first time, making a Wiper card, something different :-) It's kind of hard to see in the picture, but lots of gems are placed, esp. on the main heart cut out. Since I put lots of gems, and the theme at House Mouse & friends Monday challenge this week is "Adorn with jewels", I decided to submit this card. Although this card is 3-d itself, I also layered a big heart with dimentional glue foams, and trimmed HM image and layered it with dimentional glue foams on this big heart also. I'm also submitting this card to CRAFT and Me Challenge #39, "Bling it On". Thank you for visiting my blog today! :-)

"Clean & Simple"!

That's the challenge at Penny Black Sat. Challenge blog this week. Here is my card. I LUV this PB cats' image, esp. for spring card! I luv this sentiment from Lawn Fawn too :-) Since it's "Clean & Simple", I didn't do too much, other than coloring the image, put a bit of glitter on butterflies, corner heart punches, placing tiny white pearls in them, baker's twine, nestie die, and distressing around the sentiment.

Very "SPRING" card! :-)

I received this Penny Black stamp from Kathy R. earlier this week (thank you, Kathy! ), and had been wanting to use this CHEERFUL stamp, coloring being inspired by her enclosed card! Her coloring is always vibrant & beautiful, and the card has a big butterfly on it, in Green. Since this stamp has a big butterfly, I wanted to color Vibrant like hers in different colors~Yellow. I made it in Yellow & WHITE because I saw the Tuesday Trigger challenge at Moxi Fav. (the pic. below my card). This pic. inspired me with these two colors & SPRING-like card. I'm also submitting this to Penny Black at Allsorts challenge since this month's challenge is "Welcome Spring", a card with Penny Black stamp, and to SCS for "Spotted Canary Spring Challenge". I didn't ink the hearts of this stamp so it would look more SPRING, to me! :-) I colored the image with Le Plume pens in different shades, like Kathy R. did, on her Gorgeous cards! (she uses tombo pens.) They both don't blend, like Copics but it's ok. I got more vibrant color effect (at least, in person! lol!). It's hart to tell from the pic. but I used glossy accent for those dots on the wings & the bottom tip of the wing. I used sakura clear glaze pen for lines of the wings, its' antenas, and the brown body. I did cut one larger wing image, and attached with dimentional foam on the top, but adhered the oppsite side with regular glue (no dimention) to the body. Since the wing is large enough, it doesn't show the gap of the height. I used the impressabilities on the background white CS. The sentiment and the main image were attached with dimentional foams. It's March. I WANT SPRING! :-)

Penny Black Sat. challenge wk 139

This weeks' challenge at PB sat. is "Men's Card", so I made it rather simple, trying not make it shiney/pearly nor cute. It's hard, NOT to be cute with Penny black stamps but this is what I made. I recently received this Penny Black stamp from Kathy R (thank you Kathy!!) & wanted to use it! I did a bit of "cutting" for this image, dimentional foams on the owl's wings only. I used glossy accent on their eyes. I stamped vine on the background CS, and used the printed woodgrain paper. I'm sure I'm DECORATING more using the same image Next Time, for more girly card! lol! :-)

WMC43

What a nice Challenge this week at Wee Memories; "live, laugh, love"! I can make cards for this theme all year around!! :-) But well, this is my latest creation :-) I've been wanting to use this image & red heart doily! I placed tiny pearls in each small hearts on the border. White background paper (with "love" writings) & circle layering red heart paper is Bo Bunny which my HM online friend Sue K. sent me (Thank You, Sue!:-)) I used red glitter pen to draw "stitches" around the cats image & sentiment. I'm sending this to my godmother for Belated Valentine's day! lol... I did send e-valentine's day card but she is always looking forward to my Handmade card, so I'm sending this tomorrow :-)

Clean & Simple 124

I luv this sketch. Simple, yet, the card looks nice :-) Anyways, I luv the way my card turned out :-) The rose stamp is Penny Black (old one! :-)) and the sentiment is a dollar red rubber stamp from Michaels :-) I used heart brads on where the stamped heart images are. I used the pop up glue dots for sentiment & the roses.

Tilda~Blue~My Fav.things...birthday card

I received another box from Guam, more of my stamp collection :-) This porthole stamp is one of those stamps which JUST arrived here :-) I'd been wanting to make a Birthday card for Audrey B. from Magnolia group I belong to, cuz she made me a BEAUTIFUL Japanese Tilda card for my birthday, and her birthday is coming. I also wanted to make a card for Magnolia Stamp Lovers' "Blues" challenge. I had another image, already colored in blue but after receiving this porthole stamp a couple of days ago, I changed my mind, and used my new addition, MINI Tilda Mermaid stamp. Good thing I did, cuz I just learned that at Just Magnolia blog, the latest challenge is "my fav.things", and One of my Fav. things is anything to do with the Beach/Ocean!! Esp. now, it's sooo tooo coooold here, and I miss my islands lives very much...when I'm making beach/summer cards, I'm very happy! :-) About my card...on the front, I attached stamped image of porthole with 3D pop up glue dots, after I used nesties to cut out the circle from the center of this stamped image, and other layers. I also cut the transparent sheet to make a "window", but when I took a pic. of inside of the card, because of this "window", you can see the reflection of my camera...lol... Inside of the card, I stamped Mermaid tilda, colored with watercolor pencils and glitter. For water bubbles, I used plastic stickers & glossy accent. I put some space between tilda and sea shells, to write the message to Audrey.

Simon Says ...Silver, Blue, White!

... and this is my 3rd card submission! Apparently i made more christmas cards in these colors for most obvious colors in this month! I get inspired by the NATURE the most, and Early Snow & cold December in this area this year made me to make cards with "snow" a lot... I luv to make Christmas cards in Red and Green, and i remember i made those colored cards back in July for a couple of "Christmas in July" blog challenges... I don't know when was the last time the temp. went up to 32F... so snow which has fallen early this month still stays on the ground! And looking at the ground every day for last couple of weeks, i got inspired more for making cards with these colors. I'm mailing this christmas card to my online friend in Michigan, Elizabeth who sent me my winning of her blog candy a couple of months ago. I hardly win anything if somebody choose the random number, and i didn't know i won her blog candy for 3 days after she announced it on her blog, and she tried very hard to reach me! lol! I was soooo happy when i found that out! Anyways i made this for her, and realized again, that i could submit to Simon says challenge this week too! :-) I used Frosted lace stickles on the ground (under the chick's feet). The stamp is from Penny Black and Elizabeth is in PB DT, so i decided to use this image which i recently received from another online friend of mine. (thanks Josie!) I've written "jingle bells" in silver gel pens, as if these chicks are singing the song! :-) I used cuttlebug's snowflakes folder, used Stickles here & there, to give some more sparkles on the already white shimmery CS.