A Birthday Card for a Girl

Hello there~

Recently we have been busy attending various secondary school open days, trying to choose next year's school for my daughter. I just can't believe my baby girl Aimee is going to "BIG" school next year!!  Gosh! Time really flies!

Now it's about time that I picked up on the blogging and share some cards again!

My youngest daughter Jasmine went to a birthday party last Sunday. So I made this card for her friend Maleekah. I love to include the recipient's name on a card, it just makes the card that extra special and unique!

I know this Magnolia Fairytale - Ballerina Tilda stamp is an old stamp but I haven't used it for a long time. But, to be honest, which little girl wouldn't like a cute ballerina image on their birthday card. I thought it would be the perfect image and another chance to bring this stamp back to life again. Here is a side shot of the card:

The backing paper is from Dovercraft- Princess Fairy tale 6"x 6" paper pack. Just love this sweet paper and, of course, you can't have a birthday without some banners or buntings.

A closer shot of the main image.

I've coloured Tilda with Copic marker pens and paper piecing the dress. The card is not complete without adding some bling, hence, the gem stones on the top left hand corner and Stickles glitter glue applied all over! I think this card is fit for a sweet birthday girl and I really love it. Hope you do to! ^_^

I will be entering this card in the following three challenges:

• Daring Cardmakers : Birthday Buntings and Banners
• Tilda's Town: Challenge #74 Stitching - I've used faux stitching around the card and recipient's name.
• Simon Says: Use a Rubber or a Clear Stamp - I've used Magnolia Fairytale - Ballerina Tilda rubber stamp.

Hope to see you soon again!

Thinking of you

Good evening everyone, I hope you all had a good day!

I want to share this card, which I made last night, with you. I am really pleased with this card. In fact, I am loving it!! ^_^

For the layout I have used Just Magnolia: Week 97 - Bev's Sketch. Here is the sketch:

I have slightly altered the sketch but you can still see all the elements in it.

For this card, I have used Nellie Snellen's Multi Frames set MFD 005 for my Tilda with rose image. So I will be entering this card in Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Die Cut Challenge. I have coloured Tilda with Copic marker pens and paper piecing her dress with My Mind's Eye- quite contrary Summer paper. I have added glitter glue on both Tilda's wing and rose.  

On the edge of the circle, I have added 3 small flower embellishments with coordinated coloured gems in the middle. This will fit in with Papertake Weekly Challenge: Trio Challenge - 3 of something.

For Totally Tilda Challenge #18: Tilda with Chipboard, I have added this lovely butterfly chipboard on the top right hand corner. I have enhanced the butterfly by adding the clear crystal glitter glue on its inner wings and the red coloured glitter glue on its outer edge.

Here is another close-up photo to show the sentiment from Clearly Hand Stamped designed by 3Birds. As I want a subtle effect for the sentiment, I have stamped it in Brilliance pearlescent Sky Blue ink which blends in well with the blue background paper. A piece of thin pink ribbon and a blue beaded chain were added at the bottom of the card to finish off, I think, beautifully!!

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you like the card as much as I do.

Have a good night~

Abracadabra~

Hi, It has been a long time since I last blogged. Although there is little movement on my blog world, I have not stopped. I have been busy making Christmas cards to sell and to fulfil my Christmas card orders. Now, I start to think "When can I start to make MY Christmas cards for my own family and friends?!" Well, I am sure I will somehow fit this in my busy life.

I thought I would share this magic colour card with you today. (This is what I call it, if anyone knows a proper name for it, let me know!) I saw this technique in children's story books before, but never thought of applying them to cards until I received a birthday card from my friend Erin this year. She made me an amazing card by using this technique. I loved it so much and I just had to recreate it. (Sorry Erin, I had to take your card apart to reveal the secret!) So here it is, a birthday card for my mum with the same technique. The front of the card shows just the outline of Tilda which was stamped on clear acetate. I used mainly reds, oranges, yellows and gold to reflect the autumn theme.

And here is the picture of the card pulled half way which begins to reveal the message and colour.

Finally, here is the picture when the card is fully pulled out to show Tilda in full colour.

Isn't this amazing? Very magical! 

When my mum received the card, she couldn't resist to show all her friends. Apparently, they all gathered around their patch work table to study and discuss how the card was made. I hope you like this card too. 

Thanks for stopping by and I shall share some of my Christmas cards with you soon. Have a good Sunday

Have a sweet birthday, Sis!

My oh, my oh, my!! I am so excited that I successfully made the Magical Marquee card! If you want to have a go too, you can follow Jan Tink's video tutorial HERE! I should have just followed the measurements on the tutorial but nope I had to create my own larger size and that is when it gets a bit complicated! It took me a while to measure it all up and most important to test that it works. So here is my card:
Recently my little sister has been really into baking cakes and I think this cute cupcake making Tilda is just the perfect image for her. Copic marker pens have been used for colouring Tilda. I have again used My Mind's Eye summer paper for paper piecing Tilda's dress. Text (Wishing you a birthday...) and background roses are from Taylored Expressions - For the Love of Cupcakes.

Here it is when the card is half opened. The magical part is that you can start to see the "yellow text curtains" gradually open up to reveal a tiny diamond shaped window.

And here it is when it is fully opened. Lots of yummy cupcakes appear from the diamond shaped window with the greetings saying "filled with cupcakes!".

Here is a close up view. All cupcakes have either been coloured in by using Copic marker pens or gel pens. Also they have been decorated with either crystal Stickles or Crystal Lacquer, just to make them more scrumptious!

Well, can I hear you say that it is really not that magical when you can't see it in action?! So with a little fairy dust, here it is my Magical Marquee card in motion (My first video clip! It is a bit pink... I don't have the software to adjust the colour. Anyone know any free software to do so?)




Happy Birthday, Fan! Hope you had a great and wonderful day! I hope you all like this card just as much as I'm loving it! Hee hee!

Have a magical day!

Just Magnolia

Here is a thank you card which I made over the weekend for entering in the Just Magnolia Week 64 Challenge - Bev's sketch.


When I saw the sketch, I just fell in love with it! I flipped the sketch 180 degrees and it took me no time to create this card.

Tilda was coloured by Copic markers, Brushables pens and Sakura Glaze pens. I bought the pink beaded chain a while ago. It is very pretty but I never knew how and where to use it. Finally I got to use it this time! I pierced two small holes on card and pushed the first bead of the chain through the holes which hold the chain in place. I then used silicone glue to attach the beaded chain on card. Background paper is from "My Minds's Eye" which is my favorite at the moment.
I enjoyed making this card and I certainly will use this sketch again! Have a nice day!

Love,

What time is it....... Party Time!

Well, we certainly had a very busy weekend!

Friday the 5th was our daughter's 7th birthday and here is the card I made for her. She was very excited when she received the card.


Since I had the experience of making the birthday cake with beads and wire last time, I thought I would try to create my own bead design this time. So I came up with this cup cake design. It even has a cherry on the top! I am quite happy with the result. Here is a close up picture of the beaded cup cake.


If you are interested in trying beads and wire on cards, have a look at this book called 'Step-by-Step Bead Cards' by Kate MacFadyen. It is a good place to start. There are lots of projects in the book and the clear instructions make them easy to produce.

I actually took Friday off to prepare my daughter's birthday. I spent most of my time baking cakes and making up party bags for her birthday party on Saturday. On Friday night we had a home made chocolate lemon cake with poppy seeds to celebrate her birthday. (I have to say the cake was yummy!) Then on Saturday, we took her and her friends to a Wacky warehouse for an hours play and then McDonald's for lunch. This year she decided to have a "Cup cake and High School Musical" theme birthday. So I decided to make this birthday party a bit different by making my own cup cakes and party bags.


Each cup cake was decorated with High School Musical (HSM) images and sugar stars. Then they were wrapped individually with clear cellophane bags and red/ gold ribbons. Not only do these cup cakes look good but also they are a lot easier to hand out for people to take home.


For the party bags, I also used clear cellophane bags to fill with lots of sweeties, chocolates, HSM stickers, balloons and party toys. I quite like the fact that you can see what you will get in your party bag. Apart from the contents, the actual party bag costs next to nothing!! The bag was sealed by stapling a folded thick card to the opening. The folded cards were cut out from cereal boxes which were then covered with free Laura Ashley wall paper samples. I decorated the card with HSM images which were cut from various gift boxes and packages. A sentiment "Just for you" has also been stamped on white card, cut into circular scalloped shape and attached to the card. Before stapling the card to the bag, I fastened a gold piece of ribbon onto the card to make a handle. This is simply done by cutting two small slits located at the fold. Then I threaded the ribbon through the slits and tied a knot at each end of the ribbon. Here is a closer look at the party bag.


When my daughter handed out those cup cakes and party bags, people were impressed. You could hear "WOW" from everywhere!! It was a success!! Even one of the parents asked "Which shop did you buy these party bags from?" Ha! I then responded proudly "These are not shop bought. I made them!!" I was so chuffed!!

I hope you like my cup cakes and party bags as much as I do. I certainly will make these again, especially as they had turned out so good and that they were completely different to the usual cakes and party bags.

STAMPS: 1) Magnolia unmounted stamp- CC09 Chasing Tilda from Chasing Butterflies Collection 2009.
2) Papermania clear stamp- Just for You from Exclusive FREE Clear Stamps.
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black and Whispers permanent-waterproof black ink.
PAPER: Pink with green squared pattern paper is from Paperchase Scrapbook Pad- Pack 25 Paper Stack Pastels. Rest of the papers/ cards are from my own stash. Red flowery and black and white wall papers, used on party bags, are from Laura Ashley.
DIE CUT: Quickutz- RS-0017 Balloon
Others: Copic markers, seeded beads, wire, gems, clear glitter glue, decorative scalloped scissors, card candy and ribbons have also been used.

Happy Birthday Sis

I know I am well behind with my posting but here I am now. I want to share this card with you today. It is a card I made especially for my little sister Fanli's birthday. She just loves mushrooms!!

I came across this wonderful Corner Bookmark Tutorial, from Jenny Moors' Stamping Moments blog, and I just fell in love with it. It is just so different from the ordinary oblong bookmark. I've used my newly bought Papermania Snag 'em Stamp Duos- mushrooms and fairy prince stamps, my beloved Magnolia Tilda stamp, along with my own stash of papers, cards and ribbons. I had to hand draw my own big mushroom in order for Tilda to sit on it. I guess my card didn't turn out too bad at all. You can remove the bookmark which will reveal a little message underneath it.



And here is a close up of the corner bookmark itself.



Not only has she got a card for her birthday, I hope this bookmark will accompany her while she is relaxing after work or on holiday reading her favourite books!

Happy Birthday Pop up card

I know I am really late on posting this. This is a card I made last weekend for my friend David. It has been in the post already so at least my card won't be late!! Hee hee!! ^_^

Cards for men are always a challenge but I am quite pleased on how it turn out. I have used A spoon Full of Sugar: Challenge 56 - Sketch By MichelleO for the lay out.



The original 'Chasing Edwin' Magnolia stamp, from the Chasing Butterflies 2009 collection, Edwin is holding a net. I have cut out the net and replaced it with a champagne glass. I guess you can replaced it with any thing to suit the occasion.
For inside of the card I have tried a pop out birthday cake. This took me a while to made it. The idea came from my daughter's pop up children book. I have to be honest it is not as easy as it looks!



Well, I do love this card and most of all hope my friend will love it too!!

A special card for you~

This is the second time I participate on Friday Sketchers challenge. This week's sketch is by Heidi from Norway:



I have enjoyed making this card and I think the sketch is great. I will sure use it again.

As my good friend Erin is going back to Taiwan tomorrow, I have made this leaving card for her and her family. I have paper pieced Tilda's dress and layered the oval shape and Tilda figure on sticky foam pads to give it a 3D look.



I hope she likes the card! It is so hard and sad to say goodbye...
We will give her our love and best wishes and know that she will be doing great in starting a new life in Taiwan. Take good care~

雅齡要加油哦~
真的很捨不得妳走,missing you already!
記得我們雖隔十萬八千里但也要保持不到三分鐘距離的友情喲!

My first challenge!

This is the first time ever I have taken part in a blog challenge and the blog is:
Friday Sketchers Challenge Blog

Here is this week's sketch #52 by Claudia Rosa.



And here is my card.



This is a card for my sister-in-law Sharon. She loves pink and who doesn't! So I thought I would try the combination of pink and brown. I have used my new Magnolia 'Tilda with rose' stamp. It took me a while to finish this card as I made the heart shaped ribbon buckle myself. Threading and attaching those dangling beads took a bit of time too. However, I think it is well worth it.

Well, this is my first challenge and I certainly enjoyed it. I am sure this will not be the last! I am actually looking forward to the next sketch and if I have time maybe I will try other blog challenges too! Hope you like my card.