365 Cards Day 6 ~ Keep it Simple

Phew!  This was a really tough one for me.  I must say I pulled hair for a while thinking how I was going to do it (or miss a day!).  I tried stamping with a bangle I had, then with a leaf, then thought for a minute to use gauze paper with hearts stamped around.  Overlay that on a patterned paper and decorate it with 3 embellishments, and voila!!  I did it!!

Message I felt from the beginning "Home is where the heart is" or more apt "Home is where love blossoms" as represented by the hearts and flowers.

Love and light...

365 Cards Day 5 - Splattered

I am now totally hooked to 365 card challenges.  It is amazing how I look forward to reading each challenge each day and view all the entries, each totally creative.  So when I saw Day 5 challenge "Splattered", I was excited.  It did not take me long to spot, blob, blot and splatter some paint onto the little piece of white card.  Then it was piecing it together with a small piece of wrapping paper I got yesterday which was spot on with the theme.


For the 3D effect, I cut "droplets" from a paisley design out of my Cosmo Cricket deck, mounted them on for a splashing effect.


Making this card gave me a wonderful, happy feeling.  It was fun!!!

Wooden Box Crafted by Johan aged 12

Last week, Johan, my 12 year old son came home with a wooden kit. He glued all the pieces together, screwed in the hinge and lock all by himself. Then he had a look at the embellishments I have in the box, picked out the pieces he needed and began painting the box. Shortly after the paint dried, he decorated the box.

This is his creation.

365 Cards Day 4 - Super Sketchy Sunday

My first sketchy Sunday is simple in view of the Lent season for peace in a troubled world.

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365 Cards Day 3 ~ Pretty in Pink

Challenge for Day 3 proved to be challenging for me as I am not quite a pink person.  It took a while to piece the puzzle together with all the pink stuff I could collate in a short while.  I "recycled" some leftover material which I had used previously (so some of the stuff are related to my recent creations).

I would call this card "In the Pink of Health" with the smiling Matryoshka doll as something which symbolizes good health and longevity to me as it is often given as a keepsake gift.  The doll stands out in 3D and so does the pink flower on her head.

I hope you like this card.

Love and light.

Birthday Card for a Good Friend

Since I decided to make cards as a hobby, I undertook to start sending physical cards to family and friends (subject to availability of home addresses). So the idea to send a card to a good friend for her birthday took "birth". It took me about an hour to make it.

So to Lai Leng, have a blessed day and year ahead with many more to come.

365 Cards Day 2 - Imagine This "Sunrise"

This challenge got me to look at some of my colour pencil artwork which I did a few years ago.  I love nature and the outdoors and decided to mix different techniques to make the card (using my imagination).  I actually drew a mosaic sun in colour pencils directly on a white card, cut the leafy grass paper (by Cosmo Cricket) to overlay on part of the mosaic, stuck a sun face cutout taken from an old card (here's to recycling)  over the centre of the drawing of the sun, and pasted some floral embellishments to complete the look.  The sky is lightly coloured in shades of blue, purple and yellow (for the sun rays).

The message is "Have a beaming start to a bright sunny morning".