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.

Penny Black Sat.Challenge wk111

This week's theme is "Christmas in July". I CROPPED this cat wearing a santa's hat image from the stamp of 3 cats. I stamped Music randomly to make a background paper, to match the christmas song on the bottom. I FRAMED, using redtapes to adhere the red glitter. ... this is my FIRST christmas card to make this year, and i wasn't really up to it... i just don't wanna think of christmas right now, while ENJOYING beautiful hot summer days!! ... but it seems all challenge call for "Christmas in July" this month... I luv making "beach" card all year long! LOL :-)

PB old card, from 2004, too!

Since i was looking for the cards in my previous posts, i went through the old cards, and i found this. We were talking about "cropping" yesterday in one of the yahoo club i belong to, and i decided to upload this OLd card again! this PB stamp is actually for Winter scene (it's a snowball fight!) but me living in a tropical island back then, of course, i had to make the scene to the beach, with sandballs fight! :-) yes, my life had been "life is a beach!" LOL

Being Published back in 2004! Old cards! :-)

today, one of my yahoo club friend asked whether anybody has ever been published in the magazines. I had 3 cards in total, being published, but oh boy, those cards are rather simple compared with the cards in recent years! For the card with ship, i even got a phone call for the interview, like where i live, how long i've been stamping, where i get the inspiration from, etc. There was the interview details in the magazine beside the card. For the second card with fish ("under the sea" theme), i got the e-mail of "interview" (Q&A), and also some introduction about me, but shorter, and the 3rd card with the cat was published just in the READER's submissions page, without any comments, only my name. (NOT the shaker card one). Back then, lots of TECHNIQUES were introduced, and for the first card & the 3rd cards, i used Posh impressions' rainbow sponging. For the 2nd card, i used polished stone technique. I was living in Guam (US territory), the tropical island, tourist destination & the land of US Navy, all three cards were made from the inspiration, just me living there. no, cats don't fly there!! LOL but in rainy season, we get squalls every day, and we can see rainbows so often!! The colors of the ocean sometimes becomes the one with the polished stone technique. Water is clear & beautiful colored fish are all around! And the ship... not only Cruise ship sometimes stop by there but BIG NAVY ships stop by also. Anyways, i was inspired by the nature & life all around me, living in Guam :-), and that's how i answered to those interviews :-) They were all published in Scrap & Stamp Art Magazines by Scott Publications. I was getting excited but then the life took a turn to bad... and i had to stop stamping...

HM RAK to my online club friend

This stamp is so summery, and for a change, it's a happy hopper! This is my first card, using this image, and i luv the way my card turned out. I like the way i ended up doing with the sentiment. That's an open space, and i knew i would put the sentiment but i didn't want it to be just so simple. I was looking at the Polkadots of the kite, and remembered circle punch. I punched a couple from the scrap paper of those two colors i used for this card. I moved around to see what's the best way to put, and this is what i came up with. I'm glad that the recipient liked it :-)