Cardmaking Challenge

Pinning these few cardmaking challenges to play along :

CAS card challenge

• Simplylessismoore - Week 106 One Layer  - 15th Feb
• Cleanandsimplestamping - 227 - classic triangle type shape - 23rd Feb
• CASology - Week 31 : RED - 18th Feb

Other Card Challenge

• Liastampz -  Challenge 34 - Valentines - 15th Feb
• inthepinkchallenge - Pink Valentines - Challenge #13 - 21st Feb
• craftybootschallenges - Blue & White -  24th Feb 
• simonsaysstampschallenge - Simon Says...White on White - 20th Feb

Malaysia Cardmaking Challenge 
...and I've found our local cardmaking challenge space, kudos! 

• papercraftmychallenge

Hope this will encourage more people into cardmaking hobby.

Happy Crafting! :)

CAS project : First Clean and Simple Card

Hey lovelies!

Happy Valentine's Day and wishing you a beautiful day ahead! I just found out about CAS card which means 'Clean and Simple'. I googled for the definition and found on simplylessismoore blog. Their CAS terms are:

Clean & Simple
A design of card with clean lines, minimal elements, areas of white space and few or no embellishments.

White Space
An area of the card which has no image, layer or embellishment.
This can be any colour dependent upon the colour of the card blank.

OLC - One Layer Card - One piece of card folded in half with no additional layers and minimal embellishments, where the image is stamped or printed directly onto the cardstock.

Generally, from what I've read around the basic rules is the design, less embellishment and white space area.

I thought of joining the challenge to try out CAS card but just found out that the challenge theme for this week is music. For those who wanted to join, you can go to their blog. I made a CAS and OLC card tho' but without music element on it but with inspired song title. I don't think that will count .. hehe. 

So, I'm gonna enter CAS-sual Fridays challenge - CFC89. The theme is love song.

CFC89:  With the Grammys coming up in a few days, we thought it would be fun to have a song inspired challenge.  Choose a song you love, then create a CAS project that is inspired by it!

CAS-ual Fridays' CAS terms are :  

Clean. And. Simple.  |  uncluttered  |  lots of open *white* space |  one clear focal point

You can have color... pattern...smart embellishments...even a few well placed layers...
Your style can be graphic, fun, elegant or even vintage...
It all comes down to the design...
Clean. And. Simple. 

But because I use the OLC CAS theme to enter the challenge, I thought of trying one with only a layer of cardstock base and stamping. Here you go my very first CAS card with song title inspired by Blink 182 - I miss you. I'm not use to CAS card and I will need more practice to make CAS cards, hopefully can enter more challenges like this.

Submitted to : CFC89

I'm using my fav bird stamp (I can't recall the brand), DewDrop Multi-surface Chalk Ink VersaMagic Midnight Black, Missing you by Ali Edwards, my newly bought ZIG Memory System Wink of Stella (Black), corner puncher and purple cardstock. The card size is 10cm x 16.5cm.

I tried to ink the bird stamp using DewDrop Brilliance Lightning Black at first but the ink wont stick on the stamp so I change to the Midnight Black. Then I add on the black Wink of Stella pen on the image and words. They look very sparkly and I love the effect. Here's the close-up not sure if you can see the sparkle effect but in real life, it looks pretty. Now I'm thinking to get the other colours from this range...Ohh my my..

 Close-up : Sparkle effect

 Close-up : I Miss You

Feel free to share if you have any designs using the ZIG Memory System Wink of Stella pen. 

Happy Crafting!

QuicKutz Die : Dainty Doily

Hi All,

Just wanted to share my new cutting die I received from my happymail box few weeks ago. I came across this brand in Ebay and I never heard of it actually, but because I love the doily die design, I bought it. Tadaa... 

A short history of QuicKutz brand, in July 2010, QuicKutz sold all of its assets to an investment group that formed a new company called Lifestyle Crafts around the company’s product lines. The original QuicKutz, renamed legally as QK2015 because the QuicKutz trademark had been sold to Lifestyle Crafts....  (source : scrapbookupdate.com).

I use Sizzix BigShot Tab2 platform to cut this. Roll it and voila! The dainty doily paper with lovely intricate design. The cutting die is 4x4 and the doily paper (shape) size is approximately 3.5" x 3.5". Let's see what we can do with this. :)  Happy Crafting!

Hearts for the Valentine's day

Valentine's Day is just a few hours away and one of the many ways you can show your appreciation for someone is with a handmade card. So, let's celebrate the colours of love: red, pink, and white! Below is one of the cards I've made for Valentine's day and can be used for any other occassion. 

  

I incorporated different shapes of die-cut hearts from various cardstocks and patterned papers. I always wanted to try to make ruffled ribbons but I don't have a sewing machine to do so. So, I thought of doing it without one. There you go, ruffled polka dots ribbon with pink and white ribbons on top to embellish the card. Final touch to the card is the embossed sentiment 'with love'.

This card was made using high quality cardstocks (acid free & lignin free) with Bazzill Embossed White Cardstock - Polka Dot as the background on pink base card.

 Close-up: No-sew ruffled ribbon (polka dots) with pink and white ribbon on top 

and the embossed sentiment

Close-up: different sizes of heart shapes with pop-up hearts

Hope this inspires you! Happy Crafting! :)

Supplies used: 

• Sizzix Bigshot Machine
• Sizzix Die - Originals Cuts™ Hearts
• Sizzix Die - Heart w/Wings #2
• Pink Polka Dots Ribbon
• Light Pink Ribbon
• White Ribbon
• Free Stamps from Simply Cards & papercraft magazine (Issue 105)
• DewDrop VersaMagic Midnight Black
• VersaMark™ Dazzle watermark stamp pad - frost
• Tsukineko Embossing Powder #11 Iridescent
• Foam tape
• Bazzill Embossed White Cardstock - Polka Dot 
• Pink Cardstock
• White Cardstock (Inside) 

I'm always curious 'bout the cardmaking challenge happening around the globe, so I thought of submitting mine. It will be fun and you can see so many talented cardmakers out there. Here's mine. Will look out for more sites to submit for the next coming cards :)

• Daringcardmakers - Love Is In The Air...
• Simon says... have a heart

Happy ChineSe New Year!

To my dearest ArtsyOcean-ers,

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Xin Nian Kuai Le! 

{wishing you more prosperity in the coming year! happy new year!}

 

Image Credit : Benjaminkanarek of paperblog.com

Wish that the Chinese New Year of the Snake brings 

peace, happiness, good health & fortune to you & your loved ones.

I have no internet connection few days ago and hence, my late wishes. Hope you all had fun playing, laughing, catching up with friends/family/relatives and not forgetting the joy of receiving 'ang pao' (red packets) for the singles.

I didn't manage to make any CNY cards but I did a small mini CNY card (a request by sis) and I bought tons of papers and craft supplies again. (will share with you all in another blog post). Ohh no, I'm about to become a Scrapping Hoarder. :) 

Below is my CNY blossoms card on red base cardstock, metallic copper background, and a patterned paper. I embossed the tree branches with copper embossing powder, I drew the black thingy in the blossom flowers and I embossed the 'Gong Xi Fa Cai'.

 Close-up

So, 2013 is thought to be a lucky year by many (because the snake resembles the dragon, and the dragon is the luckiest zodiac animal of all). *wink*  Let's hope 2013 be good and let us welcome 'cai shen dao' (the God of Wealth).

I hope that I can make and share more of my creations here in artsyocean and also contribute something to the cardmaking/scrapbooking industry.

Till then, Happy CNY!

MIss Piggy Christmas Card

This is a recap for one of the Christmas cards made last year... and today is also the 12th day of Christmas which is also known as Christmastide and Twelvetide. It said that the twelve days and nights are celebrated in widely varying ways around the world. Some give gifts only on Christmas Day, some only on Twelfth Night, and some each of the twelve nights. So, let's open and reveal few 'gifts' from ArtsyOcean.  :) 

This Christmas card was made specially for a friend who is a big fan of Miss Piggy.  Few info about Miss Piggy :

• Miss Piggy is a Muppet character
• In 1996 TV Guide ranked her number 23 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.
• Miss Piggy began as a minor character on The Muppet Show TV series, but gradually developed into one of the central characters of the show. She is a pig, specifically, a mangalitsa who is convinced she is destined for stardom, and nothing will stand in her way. She has a capricious nature, at times determined to convey an image of feminine charm, but suddenly flying into a violent rage whenever she thinks she has been insulted or thwarted. [source:wikipedia ] 

Here, presenting to you, none other than the glamourous Miss Piggy!! It wasn't easy for first-timer like me, especially to bring out the glam of Miss Piggy... pheww... 

(p/s:  image has been watermarked)

I used:-

• Pastel green cardstock (card base), red and white (image) cardstock, silver metallic paper
• Kaisercraft Silly Season Collection Paper and Holly Hobbie Christmas Joy Paper Collection (free from Cardmaking magazine Issue 110 November)
• White, red and green ribbon
• Foiled Christmas sentiment (free from Cardmaking magazine Issue 109 October)
• Sakura souffle pen (for white dots, eyelid and blue eyes)
• Copics colour (E00 skin white, R37 Carmine, a little of B12 Ice Blue, E93 Tea Rose and 0 Colorless Blender) - not much shading as I'm still learning
• My mind's eye - Fine and Dandy by Jen Allyson - True Blue Bling #FAD137 (yellow rhinestones)
• Embossing gun 
• Beacon glue 
• Bone folder

Embossing for Christmas hat and poinsettia flower 

• VersaMark Dazzle Watermark Stamp Pad (Frost) 
• Embossing Powder Tsukineko (#11 Iridescent) 

Embossing for the hair

• Embossing Powder Tsukineko (bottle in Japanese characters - I can't read but the colour looks like shiny copper)
• Embossing pen (clear)

Embossing for eyelid

• Embossing Powder Tsukineko (#11 Iridescent) 
• Embossing pen (black)

Scroll down if you would like to see close-ups of the card.

Can you see the VersaMark Dazzle (frost) effect combined with Iridescent embossing powder effect on the Christmas hat? It's a bit hard to emboss the hair as I've embossed the eyelid first and both the black and copper colours were mixed up a little bit there.

Wishing you joy! foiled sentiment

Red ribbon on top of green ribbon (antique trim from makingmemories vintage findings - trims cool/froid)

Embossed poinsettia flower with yellow bling rhinestones

This is the inside view of the card - red cardstock with Season Greeting's sticker elements (found/bought from a scrapbook store in Perth) and handwritten Happy New Year!

Ok, that's all from me now. Hope you enjoyed my Miss Piggy presentation and feel free to comment. Happy 1st Weekend of 2013 and Happy Crafting!

Two Zero One Three

Happy New Year to You!

I would like to thank my family and friends for their support and encouragement given and to you, lovely peeps, thanks for dropping by my quite new blog. I'm very happy to have made more than 300 wedding invitation cards and thank you tags for my sis which I did not think it's possible at first, with just few basic tools. Although it's a small start, but from there, I got to know the existence of die-cutting machines, cutting tools, accessories, embossing, letterpress, stamping, copics colouring and so many more. For those who have requested digital cards & customized handmade cards, thanks for believing in me.

For 2013, I hope to improve my card-making skills and produce more beautiful creations. Hope you all can stay with me, continue to ❤ what I do and to share it with your friends/family and may 2013 bring us all happiness & good things. Happy New Year!