CASE Study Challenge 141

Hi there! If you're wondering...YES...I'm back from my vacation. So if I am, why have I been neglecting the blog lately? It's been a week and a half already, but I'm still suffering from jetlag. I also came home to a lot of DT assignments that have piled up. I have a few releases coming up. So I promise, the blog won't be so quiet in the next few weeks! 

Welcome to another round of CASE Study Challenge! We have Maile Belles as our May muse. I'm glad to have the opportunity to practice my CAS. It's a work in progress! Let me know how I'm doing ok? :) Here's Maile's card for CASE Study Challenge 141...

This has to be one of my favorite color combinations. For my card, I chose to use the same colors and decided to go with the hearts as well. I grabbed some WPlus9 stamp sets and started stamping.

Supplies:

A Pocketful: Valentine / Heartfelt Mix / Pretty Patches: Apple / Pretty Patches: Pumpkin / Pretty Patches: Tree / Quite Like You

I wanted to use a pocket and have little hearts popping out from it. Some I stamped straight onto the card panel. The rest I raised using foam tape. So, how's this for CAS? I hope I'm doing this right, because Maile is one of the CAS Divas that I absolutely love! :)

There you go! Are you a Maile fan? If so, I hope you'll join us over at CASE Study Challenge Blog. Thanks for stopping by today. I'll be back soon with another card for you all! :)

Happy Mother's Day

Hi there! I have a card for a very special woman today. It's for my wonderful mom. A sister who worked hard to put her brothers and sisters through school. A daughter who worked hard to give her a family a better life. A mom who worked hard to make sure her daughters would not go through the hardships she did when she was younger. A mom who is always kind and soft spoken. MY MOM. My mom who loves God so very much. And whom God loves very much too because she would not have survived 2 aneurysms if not for Him. I'm grateful for every day that she's here with us. I miss her every day and wish that I wasn't half way across the world.

I LOVE YOU MOM! 

I was at Barnes and Noble this morning and saw a beautiful card with lovely embossing. I wanted to try to make my own version of it. This is what I came up with...

For this card, I used Rosie Posie from Papertrey Ink. I stamped some of the flowers and shaded them with Copic markers. I also heat embossed the rest of the flowers in white. I wanted to use my blending tool to give a beautiful aqua shade to the card. The embossed white flowers stand out quite beautifully this way. The sentiment is from A Special Lady by WPlus9.

As I was making this post, I realized that my older sister Cathy is just like my mom. She has three rowdy boys who always keeps her on her toes. And she also works so hard to make sure that they have a good life and a good education. I'm very proud of her! :) Happy Mother's Day Ach! :)

Well, that's it for today! Thanks for stopping by! I wish all the mom's out there a Happy, Happy Mother's Day!

CASE Study Challenge 140

Hi there! I'm back! I had such a great time. It was really good to be with my family again. I haven't seen them for over a year and that's the longest I've gone without seeing them. I came home to a long list of projects though. I actually missed my stamps, inks and papers. lol! So I was glad when I got to sit down in my craft space and start making some projects.  It's only marred by the fact that I have horrible jetlag and a cold. I haven't been very productive because of it. Hopefully I'll be back on track by the end of the week. 

I did not want to leave you guys hanging. I know I've barely posted anything in the last few weeks. I apologize for that. So I made a card for this week's CASE Study Challenge 140. This month's muse is Maile Belles!!! She's one of my favorite Papertrey Ink designers. I know two things for sure...one, I HAVE to join this week because it is Maile. And two, I have to use Papertrey Ink products. Here's Maile's card for this week.

Since I'm really not feeling well, I hope you don't mind if I keep this post short and just filled with pictures. Just know that all products are from Papertrey Ink. :) I'm usually a little rusty when I get back from vacation...I hope this is ok! :)

The flowers are from Lovely Layers stamp set.

The pattern I made on the band of vintage cream cardstock is from Sweet Love stamp set.

I hope you'll be joining us this week over at CASE Study Challenge! I'm getting my pictures from my vacation ready for posting. I'll have them up in a few days! Thanks for stopping by today! See you again! :)

My first tutorial...

Hi there! I've missed everyone! It's my last week of vacation and I'll be back home on May 6th. I don't have any posts for this week, but I'll be appearing on Paper Crafter's Library     as a Featured Designer. 

I have a little tutorial that I've prepared for you there. Be sure to check it out! Here's a little sneak peek of my project. See you there! :)

CASE Study Challenge 138

Hello there! I'm back with another card for CASE Study Challenge. This is the last one for our April muse JJ Bolton. It's also going to be my last for a few weeks. I'm still on vacation and didn't get to make cards for the May CASE Study Challenges. I'll try to make it up to you as soon as I get back though. I have two weeks left of vacation time and I'm planning to enjoy every minute of it! :) 

Here's JJ's inspiration card for this week. I took the silhouette image of the girl and decided to use that as my inspiration for my card.

I loved the silhouetted image of the little girl in JJ's card and wanted to use the silhouette of the little girl from TCM's Butterfly Kisses. But instead of stamping it black, I heat embossed it white on vellum paper. 

And since it's a little fairy girl, I wanted to surround her with flowers. So I grabbed my WPlus9 Folk Art Florals and started stamping away. Then to give it more depth, I shaded parts of the flowers with Copic markers. I love how that came out. I think I'm going to use that technique again on another card. :) The sentiment is from WPlus9 Embroidered Bouquet.

Don't forget to head on over to the other CASE Study DT girls' blogs for more inspiration. Thanks for stopping by today! I'll see you again soon! :)

Stamping Royalty 2013

Hey friends! I just wanted to share something fabulous with you all!!! I made it in the Papercrafts Stamping Royalty 2013 contest!!! I'm absolutely giddy about it!!! Lol!

I'm still on vacation for 2 more weeks. I haven't had the chance to post my pictures yet. Hopefully I'll be able to this weekend. I miss you all and apologize for not being able to comment these past few weeks. I'll make it up to you when I get back! See you all soon!

Waltzingmouse Stamps April 2013 Release Blog Waltz

***This is my second post for today. For CASE Study Challenge 137, please scroll down.***

Hi there! Welcome to the Waltzingmouse Stamps April 2013 Release Blog Waltz! Yay! You've reached the final day of our April release! What do you think so far? Aren't the sets amazing?! I'm pleasantly surprised that for someone who has such a hard time with masculine cards and tends to shy away from it, I've found myself enjoying this release so much! I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am!

You should start the Waltz from the WMS Blog, Claire has the entire list of Blog Waltz participants. If you've found your way here from Jen's blog then you are right where you're supposed to be. If not, make sure you start from the beginning. As with all of our WMS Blog Waltzes, one lucky participant will have a chance to win a prize!!! Let's get started here.

First up is this super CAS card I made. Can you believe it?! ME?! Doing CAS?! :) I hope I'm doing this justice...seriously!!! Anyway, I just stamped a sentiment from Man of the Hour on a white card base. Then I stamped a border stamp from My Kind of Guy to flank each side of the sentiment. That's it! :)

Next up is another masculine card. This one I made using ALL of the 3 stamp sets we're releasing this month. I stamped the rectangular and circular frame from My Kind of Guy straight onto the kraft card base. Then I decorated it with the little circle embellishment from Nordic Baby.

I die cut a banner and used a white marker to outline and color it. Don't you just love it?! I was so happy with how it turned out! The sentiment is from Man of the Hour, which I heat embossed in white.

And finally, my last card for today, and YES, it's also a masculine card!!! I'm crossing my fingers here that you've found a lot of inspiration for your own masculine cards. This one is another CAS card. I just heat embossed the sentiment from Man of the Hour onto the charcoal cardstock strip and adhered it onto the kraft card base. Then I stamped the mustache image from My Kind of Guy above it.

I wonder what the CAS card goddesses think of my cards...lol! I am absolutely floored as to how they make CAS cards look so finished and awesome! I really, really hope that I'm doing this style justice! Let me know! :)

Remember, you must leave a comment on all the participants of the Blog Waltz for a chance at the prize. You have until April 21st at 11:59 PM (GMT), 5:5 9AM Central (March 12), 3:59 AM Pacific and 6:59 AM Eastern to leave comments. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, April 23rd. Now if you're all done here, please head on over to Karin's blog to continue with the Waltz! Thanks for stopping by today! I'll see you again soon! :)