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Hi Everyone!

Just got back home tonight. We had a nice long weekend with our friends and together we visited Harewood House in Leeds and Crich Tramway Village & Museum in Derbyshire. The weather was great! Even though the temperature was on the cooler side, around 11 to 13 degrees, we had bright warm sunshine which was very comfortable and pleasant. We all had a great time and enjoyed the company of our friends!

I thought that before I go and have a rest, I would share this card, made last Saturday, with you. I used my new stamp set: Into the Woods from Lawn Fawn for this belated birthday card. Gosh! You wouldn't believe how hard it is to get hold of this stamp set in the UK. I have been waiting for this set since before last Christmas!! Now I finally got it, I just couldn't wait to have a go.

 

Apart from the sun and cloud images, which are from Lawn Fawn- Hello Sunshine set, the rest of the images are from Into the Woods stamp sets. Here are some more photos from the side and close-up.

 

 

I just love these cute images! The sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch! #72 is a great way for me to test out all these stamps. 

Also since there is a brand new challenge at Make the Day Special Stamp Store, where I bought these Lawn Fawn stamps, I will also be entering this card in their first challenge: Anything Goes!

I hope you like the card and thanks for stopping by. Better get ready for bed now as my holiday is over and it will be a working day for me tomorrow. Boo..... : (

 

Birthday Wishes

Hello Everyone!

I am back! Not been a good blogger for a month so hope this will be an improvement on that! ^_^

You wouldn't believe this, I had the whole day today to make cards! Wow! That certainly doesn't happen often. I really enjoyed my day today!

I'd like to share one of the cards I made today. Also I want to catch the last train for Seize the Sketch #17 before the challenge ends. So here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Actually this image, designed by Adam Pescott for Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine, was something I had already coloured in ages ago. I thought it was about time to put this cute bear together on a card. Here is a picture from the side:

As my daughter will be going to a birthday party soon, I believe this image will make a sweet birthday card to give to her friend who will be turning 8.

School Easter Holiday break starts this Monday for two weeks. We will be taking our girls to visit friends in Yorkshire. A few day trips and a visit to the cinema are also planned. Hope the weather will be good during the break so that we can all enjoy it!

Thank you for dropping by. That's it from me now! Have a nice weekend.

 

For my Valentine!

Hello!

How's your Saturday so far?! It was such a windy and rainy night, last night. I was worried that my roof might get blown away! ^_^ This morning the wind continued to blow hard and strong. One of our back fence panel has finally came down. Not good! :'( Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed your Valentine's Day yesterday. For those who are Chinese, or Taiwanese like me, I hope you also enjoyed the Lantern Festival yesterday and hope you all had those yummy sticky rice balls!!

So I am here today to share the Valentine's card that I made for my husband yesterday.

 

I thought of the card game that my daughters play sometimes. You have to shout out "Snap!" when you saw the same matching cards that have been turned over. (Is this card game just called 'Snap'?) It is quite exciting to play. The main fire on the log stamp image is from Lawn Fawn's Cosy Christmas set. The two little hearts above the cute fire is from Lawn Fawn's Making Frosty Friends. It just shows that Christmas stamp sets are not just for Christmas. I then created a simple border on the top and bottom of the card by using the hollow and solid heart stamps from Summertime Charm set, also from Lawn Fawn. Sentiments are created by using the studio g- Alphabet Stamp set  Series 1, cART-Us clear alphabet stamps and Stampendous!- a la Mode Alphabet. Finally just added crystal Stickle glue on those small hearts for some shine.

 

Here are some more photos of the card.

 

 

I am not sure if this card is masculine enough for males but hey it's Valentine's day! It's got to have some sort of reddish colour, hearts and the feel of lovey dovey in it, right?! ^_^    

 

Oh! Just to mention that we, in the UK, are so lucky to have an internet shop called Make The Day Special. They stock and sell all famous U.S. brand stamps, dies and craft supplies, like Lawn Fawn, CAS-ual Fridays, Mama Elephant, Paper Smooches etc. If you also love these hard to purchase U.S. brands then you must check it out! Make the Day Special is currently running a romantic theme competition. You still have time to join, just enter it by tomorrow the 16th on their Facebook site. That is where I am going next!

 

Hope you have a nice weekend and I promise I will be back to share my daughter's birthday invitation and party goodies soon.