Buzzing to You on Your Birthday with rs#51

It has been a busy start to 2013 and three weeks since my last card.

Everything is like a flurry of happenings

and we celebrated the Chinese New Year (today being the 10th day).

This simple card is made just for retro sketches rs#51

A lovely sketch indeed.

I turned it clockwise and came up with this.

Dragonfly and flowers by Spellbinders.

Buzzing to you

on your birthday...

Happy Birthday to Me

This birthday card is freshly made for

Freshly Made Sketches #70 with colourQ challenge $173

 

Finally making use of Cuttlebug's Happy Birthday embossing folder.

The flower and leaves are from the evergreen Spellbinders Carnation Creation.

It was my birthday yesterday.

So, Have a blessed Happy Birthday to me!!

This card is also submitted for Daring Cardmakers Embossability.

Nautical Happy Birthday Card

This card is inspired by two wonderful challenges

Unscripted Sketches #194 + Piggyback and These Inspired Challenges Inspired By #58.

 

While the inspiration photo is rather feminine, I took a masculine look

~ a nautical touch to the card ~

The fishbone paper is from DCWV Tradewinds Stack.

The Spellbinders die cut birds are from my stash cut out of a shoebox.

Used Sizzix Framelits Tickets for the frame.

Twine is Maya Road and grosgrain ribbon from my stash.

Piggyback for Unscripted is Happy Birthday sticker by Mrs Grossman's.

The initial card looked like a boat in the ocean but not quite it.

So I modified the look with the brown grosgrain ribbon and the birds

and the result is fantastic, me thinks!

So Happy Birthday to the Birthday Boy!!

Bird walking out of the frame...

CAS Valentine's Card

This card is made for Inkspirational Challenge #3 with colors from Dynamic Duos DD#36

and Sentimental Sundays Challenge #138 ~ Negative Space

 

The photo does not do this card justice.

The red came out not as red as the actual card.

I used Spellbinders Classic Heart and Butterfly on the red card

and used both the positive and negative of the card,

except for the largest heart,

and embossed the whole thing to get the frame.

With Love from me to you on St Valentine's Day.

Layered Birthday Card

Combined these two challenges for this card

Stampin' Royalty #159 and Color Throwdown #225.

 

This is one of the toughest card I have ever made, by choice of combination.

It took the longest time!!!

Perhaps because I found the orange too contrasting.

But in any case, it is done with a lot of trial and error.

Papers are a mixture of Echo Park and plain card stock.

Die cuts using Spellbinders and Sizzix.

It's a layered Birthday card!

Hello Friend Freshly Made

This card is freshly made for Freshly Made Sketches FMS69

I tipped the card to portrait and kept it clean,

blue and white with a contrast of yellow ribbons on white buttons.

Patterned papers are from DCWV Citrus Stack

along with plain blue and white card stocks.

Die cuts from Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Circles.

Sentiment die cut from Cuttlebug.

This card may be suitable for CASology Week #27 BLUE.

Chinese New Year Cupboard MOJO276

This card is made for Mojo Monday's MOJO276.

Rotated the card portrait and made this oriental mahogany cupboard

for the Chinese Lunar New Year 2013.

A red door welcoming the Year of the Snake.

The patterned paper of the lotuses are from DCWV Tradewinds stack.

All die cuts using Spellbinders dies.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

Freshly Made for FMS68

This card is made for these two wonderful challenges

Freshly Made Sketches and colourQ Challenge.

 

Love the colours but struggled a while in perfecting the card.

At first, I followed the sketch to a T.  It did not look right.

So I toyed with the same papers and took a different root.

I cut a window in the patterned paper with Sizzix Ticket die

and ran the outer paper with the die on Spellbinders Magnetic Spacer Plate

to make a fine embossed frame.

The flowers are made with Spellbinders Carnation Creation

and set in place with brads.

Look, no buttons!!

What a stunning card.

Thanks! You're the best

This card is made in a second attempt for two lovely challenges.

Fab Friday 09 and Dynamic Duos #34

 

This card is also submitted for CAS-ual Fridays

This time I have used Spellbinders Butterfly die

on plain cards with a simple message

in a CAS card, completed with pearls.

The butterflies are actually cut out of a card box for extra dimension.

Thanks! you're the best

Just Because... Card Freshly Made

This card is made for two of my favourite challenges.

Freshly Made Sketches and Dynamic Duos and their latest...

 

I just love Spellbinders which helped with this card.

The flowers stand out really well.

I used just ordinary plain coloured papers

and a remnant chequered wrapper for this card.

A button and two jewels complete the flowers.

Sentiment is from Hero Arts Everyday Messages.

Just because... you are you.

Thank You MOJO273 and cQc#169

This card is made for Mojo Monday's MOJO273 and colourQ's cQc#169

 

A simple card for these two challenges.

Used plain cardstocks and DCWV papers,

cut with Spellbinders Scalloped Circles and Classic Circles

as well as Sizzix Label.

Ribbons and pearls from stash.

A Thank YOU card for someone special.

Anniversary card for three

This card is made for three super challenges

Unscripted Sketches #189 + Piggyback, Dynamic Duos DD#33, and Less is More ~ Anniversary

 

I flipped the card sketch to the left,

used this beautiful patterned paper from DCWV's The Tradewinds stack,

with Maya Road twine topped with a black circle cut with Spellbinders

and piggybacked the circle with the sentiment

Happy Anniversary from Hero Arts.

Simple elegance.

You're the best Card with retro sketches

A beautiful Sunday dedicated to cardmaking.

The boys are on their gadgets.

It is raining lightly outside.

This one is for two really beautiful challenges

retro sketches rs#42 and Dynamic Duos DD#33

 

The patterned papers are from Echo Park Everyday Eclectic.

Scalloped Circle and Circle cut with Spellbinders dies.

Sentiment stamp is Hero Arts.

The best for the best!

Monkeying Around with 365-384 Sketch

December 14th was International Monkey Day

and this card was made for two challenges

Daring Cardmakers and 365 Cards Day 284 ~ Sketch

Animal Crackers from DCWV just cracks me up

and this was so suitable for this challenge, the monkey, I mean.

The big monkey (apologies) is hand cut from Animal Crackers.

Circles and Scalloped Circle are cut with Spellbinders.

Sentiment oo oo eee eee! says it all.

MOJO271 with cQc#167

Paired this card for these two challenges

Mojo Monday's MOJO271 and ColourQ Challenge cQc#167

 

The three green papers are from DCWV premium stacks,

cut with Spellbinders Banners, Classic Circles and Scalloped Circle.

For a truly personalized message, I penned down the sentiment.

Friday Mashup with Pals Paper Arts Christmas Card

This Christmas card is made for two

a sketch from Friday Mashup FM89 

"Mash it Up" and create a "project with the Sketch showing some Bling".

with colours from Pals Paper Arts

This card is also for CAS-ual Fridays CFC81 : Knotty or Nice
Create a Clean And Simple project that features a knot or knots.

The three different papers are from DCWV premium stacks.

The red part and ovals are cut with Spellbinders dies.

Tied twine from Maya Road

and stuck three red flowers for the bling.

The card turned out looking like Santa's costume

hence, the HOHOHO!!!

Freshly Made FMS64

Made this card for Freshly Made FMS64.


Cut the flower from this lovely DCWV paper with Spellbinders Classic Circle die
and backed it with Spellbinders Scalloped Circle die in green.
The red and yellow papers are also from DCWV Citrus Stack.
Added twine to the card to make it look like a flower on its stem.
A cheerful card for any occasion.

MOJO270 Contest Colors of Life

Back in the business of making cards,

this one for Mojo Monday's MOJO270 Contest

in red, yellow, green, blue and white, to celebrate life.

My brother just brought back some more stuff from Joann's

in his recent trip back to Malaysia,

including Spellbinders Shapeabilities Banner Basics Three

and Sizzix Framelits Ticket dies which are used here

alongside the older Spellbinders Butterfly

and papers from DCWV (the blue jeans and green).

It was such an enjoyment making this card after some 2 weeks.

To all my fellow cardmakers, let us enjoy life!

Two Thank You Cards for Two Challenges

I am back with two cards in one post

and off to a 4-day silent retreat in a faraway hill tomorrow.

Both cards are made with the help of the Cuttlebug with Spellbinders dies,

and stamps from Hero Arts.

The first one is made for Friday Mashup FM85 ~ A Thankful Fall.

It is a pot of daisies made with love and gratitude.

The second card is made for Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge PPA147.

I turned the sketch clockwise and chose pink, green and white for a cheerful card.