Wedding/Anniversary Card

Today, I have a layered card and keep it as clean as possible with white as my main theme.
A card that can be used for celebration of wedding as well as anniversary.

 

 

 This is a side view of the card to show the multiple layers.

Tip:
I used a wet cloth to slightly dampen the punched out floral shape before I embossed them to create a stronger and deeper impression.

Art Supplies Used:

• Cheery Lynn Designs dies Fanciful Flourish (B117)
• Cheery Llynn Designs die Fanciful Flourish Left (B292)
• Cheery Lynn Designs die Victorian Garden Doily Frame (FRM128)
• Cheery Lynn Designs die Tropical Leaves (B119)
• Joy Crafts Leaves
• Nellie Snellen SMALL ROSE FLOWER Floral Punch
• Nellie Snellen MEDIUM ROSE FLOWER Floral Punch
• Nellie Snellen Large Rose Flower Floral Punch
• Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters Distress Ink Pad
• Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS Ranger TDP40248
• Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad WORN LIPSTICK Ranger TDP40309
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE Ranger TIM21506
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Barn Door
• Fiskars Circle Cutter
• White Cardstock

I presented this card in the following challenges:

• Crafting When We Can Challenges #93 For A Couple
• DiesRUs Challenge 25 It's Our 1st Anniversary
• Sister Act Card Challenge1#05 Anything Goes
• Noor Design UK Challenge 6 May Flowers
• Creative Card Crew 86 Fancy Folds (10/5)
• Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 183 -  Lots of Layers
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Don’t abandon the coral"
• ColourQ challenge #290
• AAA Cards: Game #38 There is a hole in my card

Thank you for stopping by. 

XOXO
Mee Foon

Harbinger of Spring - Crocus pop-up card

When the words "Purple" and "Spring" come to my mind, I can't help but think of those beautiful crocuses announcing the arrival of spring with such cheerfulness. 

A pop-up card with a few crocuses blooming in a white and blue porcelain pot.


Close-up of the flowers.

The card when it is folded.
(Recycling the beautiful leftover die cut out).

Supplies used:

• Cheery Lynn Designs Lace Corner Deco A (B161)
• http://www.cheerylynndesigns.com/fancy-corner-cuts-4-b431/
• Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish (B117)
• Cheery Lynn Designs Victorian Romance Flourish (DL151)
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad FADED JEANS Ranger TIM21452
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SEEDLESS PRESERVES Ranger TIM32847
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MILLED LAVENDER Ranger TIM20219
• Cottage Cutz Expressions Die Sweet Peas
• Cottage Cutz Expressions Die Thank You
• Water color paper
• Blue, yellow and purple color cardstocks
• Faux pearls

I presented this card in the following challenges:

• Diesrus Challenge blog Challenge 24
• Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #180 Pretty in Purple
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge In The Middle
• Avenue 613 Challenge 119 Anything Goes
• Die Cut Divas Challenge Blog In the Garden

Thanks for stopping by.

XOXO
Mee

Cheery Blossoms and Koi Spring Card

A very oriental theme card with cheery blossoms blooming over the Koi Pond.

To create the rain drops on the surface of water, I embossed a plastic sheet with multiple stacked circle dies without cutting through the plastic.
Left Photo: Stacking of the circle dies   
Right Photo: Embossed water mark

Art Supplies Used:

• Spellbinders Standard Circles LG Die (S4-114)
• Spellbinders Standard Circles SM Die (S4-116)
• Cheery Lynn Designs Die Tiny Flower Kit (B376)
• Cheery Lynn Designs Die Embellishment #2 (B188)
• Cheery Lynn Designs Die Pine Branches (B146)
• Cheery Lynn Designs Die Koi Fish (DL219)
• Tim Holtz Distress Markers FIRED BRICK Ranger (TDM32540)
• Tim Holtz Distress Markers PEELED PAINT Ranger TDM32601
• Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SPUN SUGAR Ranger TDP40194
• Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad BUNDLED SAGE Ranger TDP39891
• Tim Holtz Refill Distress Ink FADED JEANS Reinker Ranger TIM21575
• Martha Stewart CANING PATTERN Punch All Over the Page 42-91002
• Martha Stewart Crafts Punch Modern Garland (42-40042)
• Prima Paper Firefly Collection Magique
• Graphic 45 Bird Song Paper
• Plastic Sheets
• White Shimmer cardstock (for Koi fish) and other color cardstock
• Water color paper

I presented this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Card Crew 84 Handmade Flowers Challenge
• Cheery Lynn Designs 179 Flowers Challenge
• Craft for the craic Aprils Challenge-die-ing-for-spring
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge April Showers and/or Spring Flowers
• Card Mania Challenges 67 Flowers
• Hiding in my Craft Room Challenge 194 Think Spring! 11 April
• Avenue 613 Challenge118 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by. 

XOXO
Mee Foon

Birthday Card for a boy

Today, I have a card made with inspiration from my cute Rottweiler which loved to play with my plants and wiggled her ears when she was caught.

Video on the wiggling ears

Materials used:

• Dog stamp from paper smooches stamps Chubby Chums set
• Cheery Lynn Designs Tropical Leaves (B119)
• Die-Versions Lady Lliberty Fonts
• Lawn Fawn SPRING SHOWERS Dies
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BUNDLED SAGE Ranger TIM27102
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS Ranger TIM27188
• Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TDP39860
• White Water Color paper
• Assorted colored cardstocks

I entered this card in the following challenges.

• colourQ challenge #285...
• Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 178 - Back to Nature
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
• Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Anything Goes 

Thanks for dropping.


XOXO
Mee

Thank you Card

Autumn always brought back wonderful memory during my college years.  Leaves started to change to beautiful colors and  nice homemade pumpkin pies were available at the farmers market. 

These are the inspiration for my Thank You card.

 Using the corner dies, I cut a message card revealed when the front page is folded to half.

The rusty look of the barbed wire is created using the embossing powder.

Following are materials I used:
Ink

- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Tumbled Glass (TIM27188)
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Bundled Sage (TIM27102)

- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Frayed Burlap (TIM21469)

- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Walnut Stain (TIM)
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Spiced Marmalade
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mustard Seed
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Festive Berries
- VersaMark Watermark Embossing Ink

- Acrylic White Paint

Embossing powder
- Ranger Embossing Powder Antiquities Rust
Dies

- Cheery Lynn Designs Min Fanciful Flourish (B117S)

- Cheery Lynn Designs Grass Border (B126)-

- Cheery Lynn Designs Barbed Wire (B405)
- Cheery Lynn Designs Fancy Corner Cuts #4 (B431)

- Cottage Cutz Merry Chris Moose
- Cottage Cutz Rustic Sign and Trees

- Die-Versions Igloo Font

Texture/Embossing Plates

- Cheery Lynn Designs Rock Embossing Plates (G12)
- Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine Issue122 Free Spring embossing folder

For this card, I am entering it in following challenges:
- Simon Says Stamp Good ‘ol Days Monday Challenge
- Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 157 - Give Thanks


Thank you for stopping by.

XOXO
Mee
 

Not too early for a Christmas Card....

This is a card I made from one of Simple Stories 25 Days of Christmas paper collection I found from the 70% discount paper stack in a local scrapbooking store.  Perfect for a nostalgic Christmas ambience with the grungy style. 

Other materials I used for this card:
- Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia (S5-055) to cut my felt flowers
- Tim Holtz Distress Markers Ranger DUSTY CONCORD to darken middle of the flowers
- Spellbinders Nestabilities dies Eyelet Circles (S4-304) to cut the metal foil
- Cheery Lynn Designs Pine Branches (B146)
- Rangers Perfect Pearls Interference Greeen (PPP17769) to color the pine leaves
- Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Pad VINTAGE PHOTO (TIM19527) for the border
- Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE (TIM21506) to add the golden glow to the card
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN TIM9497 to add the golden glow to the card
- Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Inkpad
- Ranger Ancient Golds Embossing Powders
- PVC Sheet

Thanks for stopping by.   And a Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year....

XOXO
Mee Foon

Continues to Bloom....

This layout is made from the 12x12 paper the Optimist collection from Prima Marketing.  Instead of framing the photo, I did a bit of fuzzy cutting and applied gesso the photo edge to create a seamless transition between the photo and the chalkboard paper. I used some pencil colors to extend the grass and also the sky.

This layout is for my line dance teacher who has started line dance as part of her exercise program and subsequently branching into teaching and creating Senipadu Youtube channel to allow the students to revise the dances from the class.   With each years, she gains more followers from all over the world and also inspires others to dance to a healthier life through her unique dancing style. 

 

The base of this layout is a cork board.  On the front, I used one of the paper that has the caption "Bloom" and cut out some of the wordings from another piece to reflects her "journey".  I cut out some flowers from cotton cloth using Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die and painted with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Bluish Green Flowers - Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass, Red - Victorian Velvet, Fired Brick, Yellow - Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade Orange , and tints of Peled Paint).  

I used another paper in the collection to create a chalkboard on the other side.  She will be able to  capture comments or personal notes as throughout her "dance" journey.

Hope this provides some ideas on how to use chalkboard pattern.  Thanks for stopping by.

XOXO
Mee Foon

How to make a miniature Garden Bench

Today I would like to share how I built a wooden garden bench for my current "Magical Garden" project.

I wanted to use thick chipboard to build the bench.  After searching through my Sizzix Bigz dies, I found Tim Holtz Vintage Valise die.  I cut the following pieces (as highlighted in red):

Following are the steps I went through to build the bench.

Step 1:  Trim off bottom parts of the handles.

Step 2:  Glue the trimmed handle with the corner pieces to form the legs of the benches.

I use Glossy Accents glue but you can use other strong glue/tape.  Wait till dry before next step.  

Step 3: Put some glue on the top of the bench legs.

Step 4: Place the strips onto the bench legs and leave it to dry properly before moving it.

Step 5: Gesso the chipboard.
Tip:  It is fine to leave the brush lines as they will show up as wood grains.

Step 6: Finally, I distress the bench slightly with Tim Holtz Pumice Stone distress ink to add some woody greyish tint for the wood grains.

Hope you find the tutorial useful.  Please feel free to comment especially on how I can make future tutorial better.

Thanks for stopping by.

XOXO
Mee Foon

Mixed Media Photo Frame

This is my entry to this week Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #96 Hearts a Glow.   It is a mixed media project combined with Graphic 45 Secret Garden collection.   I have to admit this is one of those "On Going" project that has undergone tons of changes with the help of Gesso.  Finally, I settled for a more shabby chic shade.

The Cheery Lynn Designs dies I used for this project were
- Heartland America Large DL110
- Two of Hearts DL128
- Small Exotic Bbutterflies DL112AB.

The alphabets were cut from foam using Cottage Cutz Sugar & Cream alphabet die.

Another look at the project without any photo.  I wanted to make it into a photo frame where the photo could be changed.  I cut two Heartland America hearts.   I trimmed one of them to only retain the border to cover the PVC sheet on top of the bottom heart.  A close-up look at the hearts.

The original paper collection has a blue ribbon with a key.  As I was going towards the lavender color theme, I colored my satin ribbon with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad Dusty Concord.  I also added more colors to the fuzzy cut flowers with the Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Markers (Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Dusty Concord).

Tip: A new trick I discovered to enhanced my fuzzy cutting.  As I cannot remove the small background areas between the flowers and leaves, I use "Bundled Sage" Distress marker to go over the yellow background.   This hides the background and creates an illusion of more leaves.

Thank you for stopping by.

XOXO
Mee Foon