A Fun Interactive Card

Hello everyone!

First post of 2016 and we have the first snow of the year today too! It wasn't very deep but it sure looks pretty. The snow didn't last very long though but it feels cold!!

So let's get on with sharing today's card. It's always a struggle with cards for boys/ men. I don't own many "male type" stamps. (Maybe that is what I should be investing in this year!! ^_^) But hey, there's nothing to stop me from creating my own "male type" image. Since we crafters have so many snippets of papers and cards, why not try to use them?! I cut various shapes by hand and constructed this cute robot card.

It was fun making this card. It's kind of like a puzzle, trying to put different shapes together and seeing what kind of robot you can come up with. The cogs are easy to create too. Use a circle shape and simply cut off equal sections towards the centre. It's not precise. No measuring, just eye ball it. It doesn't matter if it gets messy in the middle. Just use another circle shape to cover it up. Ta-da! There you have your cogs! Cogs have to move to keep the robot going. So I can't resist making an interactive card! By using a split pin, the biggest cog can move away to reveal  the 'Happy Birthday' message underneath.     

Here is a close up photo. Love the gold corrugated card. It just adds texture! I also noticed that I didn't use any stamps on this card today. Ha! It's a stamp free card. That doesn't happen often. I hand drew the faux stitches, robot's mouth and fuel meter and used a few peel off stickers too. (Peel off stickers?? Ha! One of those crafty things that finally sees day light again!! Hee hee! ^_^)      

I hope you like this card. It's a bit different and unique! 

Challenges entered:

• Cute Card Thursday #408: A bit of fun! - Interactive cards are fun to play with! 
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 212 - Lots of snippets of papers and cards. 

See you all very soon!

          

Happy New Year~ Oh Happy Day!

Hello everyone!

I am here today with a quick post to wish you a very happy New Year! May your 2016 be better and filled with lots of love and prosperity!

Here is my card to celebrate this happy day!! ^_^

I used an old Lawn Fawn stamp set Hello Sunshine for this card. I think I need more practice on using the distress ink for the background. It just looks a bit patchy! Boo~

Here are some more photos from the side and close up:

I white embossed all clouds and sentiment. Used lots of snippets of pattern papers and hand cut all the little flags. These birds are just so sweet. They are stamped, coloured in by using Copic Ciao marker pens and propped up by using foam squares. 

This card will also be going to the following challenges:

• Cute Card Thursday #406 - Anything Goes!
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Weeks 208 and 209

I hope you like the card. Oh~ wish you have a happy day and in 2016 every day is a happy day!! ^_^

          

Baby, it's cold outside! Merry Christmas~

Hello my crafty friends!

I hope you all had a very happy Christmas! We had an amazing Christmas day and Boxing day. Seeing the exciting faces of the children opening their presents was just the best thing in the world! Now that the chaos and panic is over, I can finally sit down and calmly share some of the Christmas cards I made this year. Starting off with this cute alpaca Christmas card:

I mixed Perfect Pearls pigment powder in water and sprayed it all over the sky (created by using distress ink). This is the first time I used this technique and I love the effect when the water reacts to the distress ink and leaves it washed out with shimmery sparkle dots everywhere. It just creates a starry sky! Lawn Fawn's Forest border die was used to create the background. Snippets of white cards were used to create snow hills, Christmas tree (by Beth Hughes Designs) and the alpaca (Winter Alpaca stamps by Lawn Fawn). Here is a closer look of the card:

Although this is a fairly small 4" x 4" card, a lot of work has gone into it. Lots of layers, dimensions and textures!  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Pixie's Snippets Playground- Week 208 and 209
• Lawnscaping Challenge #120- Merry Christmas
• Cute Card Thursday Challenge #405- Anything Goes

During these few quiet days, hopefully I will be able to blog more of my Christmas cards and, if I can, find time to craft would be even better!! ^_^

Thanks for visiting! See you soon~