The word of our God shall stand forever

I made this card after I came back from my painting class and lunch with 3 of my treasured friends.

I so love the prima 6 x 6 papers which is perfect for making cards, no wastage, no cut pieces lying around waiting to be used again.  Here is my card for the following challenges :-

1.  Stamping Sisters-in-Christ challenge #78 - this week's challenge is based on Isaiah 40:8 and the challenge is to use stamped flower image on the card/project.

2.  Peachy Keen sketch challenge 47 - think bling

I secured the two pieces of cut-outs with a pearl brad...

...and it opens reveal the verse from Isaiah 40:8 

Materials used :

1.  ODBD stamp and Peachy Keen stamp, coloured with copic markers

2.  Pattern paper : 6 x 6 Prima sweet fairy stack, cardstock : DCWV

3.  Spellbinders nestabilities

4.  American craft pearl brad

5.  Prima pebbles with crystals

6.  Distress ink : mustard seed

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Congratulations

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am so happy since yesterday, my youngest daughter, Jer had her A levels results yesterday and she has all As and we are so happy for her, the baby of the family.  She has done well and we thank God for His grace and we are really really proud of her.

I made this card for her and to enter the Peachy Keen Stamps sketch challenge 46 :-

 Natalee, one of my very first Peachy Keen stamp, isn't she cute!  Just like my Jer :-)

 To close the card, I used a pearl brad and "hook" the end of the brad to it.  To open, simply "unhook"

Materials used :

1.  Peachy Keen stamp : Natalee, coloured with copic markers

2.  Pattern paper : downloaded from Craft beautiful magazine, card stock DCWV

3.  Pearl brads : American craft

4.  Spellbinders nesties and tag

5.  KCK embossing die

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Chinese New Year blessings

Chinese New year is just round the corner and there are still so much things I needed to get done.  Somehow I am very very late this year and I have no help as my full time domestic helper Ju-an had been unwell and returned home.

So, while trying to do some spring cleaning, and going for my painting class, I made this chinese new year card for the girls. Qi is attending a conference in London so it is great that the two sisters could spend cny together.   I also sent a parcel of cny goodies together with the card, so they would not miss home too much.   Here is my card which is based on Peachy keen sketch challenge 44 with a twist - use monochromatic colour scheme.

Mandarin oranges are a must for chinese new year, as is the colour red, and the challenge called for a monochromatic colour so I decided to make a chinese new year card.

A closed up of the oranges, aren't they too cute for words?

 福 （fu) - blessings

吉祥如意 (ji xiang ru yi) - good fortune as one wishes (I need to practice writing my calligraphy more regularly)

Mandarin oranges 

Materials used :-

1.  Peachy keen stamps : Orange from PK 239 Faceless fruit set,  coloured with caran d'ache colour 

     pencils, face : PK-490 Everyday character face assortment (size : 1")

2.  Pattern paper : me & my BIG ideas, mambi color basics (red), waffle paper : Pacon, 

     cardstock : popular

3.  Fu punch, ribbon : Hong kong

4.  Spellbinders nestabilities 

5.  EK success punch

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To love and to laugh

I have been feeling very aggrieved when someone I went out of the way to help, turned around and slapped me on the face.  So much for helping, but as Flo told me time and again, its ok, God knows and God cares and God will bless me richly.   And true enough, thank God, I won the January Digibells challenge,  see previous post, hearts and chocolates.  And this cheered me immensely plus God provide comfort in the form of support and encouragement from my buddy and Liz.

I won my very first challenge from Peachy Keen stamps (who has the cutest stamps ever, and they can be found here ), thus Peachy Keen is very closed to my heart, so this week I decided to make a card for their Tuesday sketch challenge 43 and after making the card, I realised is also suitable for their Lets face it Friday challenge : X's and O's

Here is the card :-

A closed up of the faces

Materials used :

1.  Peachy keen stamps : PK-505 : too much fun faces and PK-164 Dolly Dumplins, 

     sentiments : unity stamps

2.  Cardstock : Popular, pattern paper : scraps from stash

3.  half pearls : wild orchid crafts

4.  punches : EK success 1" circle, fiskars small scallop, EK success leaves, EK success hearts

5.  Crystals : prima

6.  Sizzix love embossing folder

7.  Ribbons : Hong Kong

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Peachy Keen challenge 31 - a get well card for Super Hero Sam

I am so happy and honored to have won the Peachy Keen challenge 30 and the news really cheered me up tremendously as I was having a bad week!  Thank you Peachy Keen for choosing me and I promptly bought myself Vivienne and friends, they are super cute!  

I have wanted to make a card for Sam, a 5 year old boy who is fighting Bukitt's lymphoma, but somehow never get down to doing it.  So for this challenge I decided to make another card for Sam.    Updates on Sam's health, treatment and recovery process can be found at his website Sam Humphries.  You can also check out Sam's facebook page Super Sam facebook

Send them to Sam is a card campaign and I hope all who is reading this will send cards and well wishes to Sam to cheer him and to encourage him in his fight against the illness to the following address :-

Samual Humphries

27566 E Elmhurst Pl

Aurora CO 80016

USA

Here is the card I made for Peachy Keen Challenge 31 which is based on a sketch. 

  

Material used :

Peachy Keen stamps PK-244 Bee Happy colored with copic markers.

Pattern Paper : The paper company bugs and bees, I took the longest time to find the right paper to use as I can't use too flowery or colorful paper as this card is for a boy.   I was sooooo happy to find this paper among my stash.   

So I hope everyone who come across this blog post will make and send a card to Sam.  Sam will be a very very happy boy to receive cards from all over the world.

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Peachy Keen Challenge 30 - shadow box

I started on the 12 x 12 layout for the Peachy Keen challenge 30 after I came back from my calligraphy class today.    Vincent brought home some Liz's baby photos from his office a couple of weeks ago and I decided to work on those.   As I looked at the photos, I wonder why have the years gone to?    I chose a photo of Liz when she was one year old and she is now 21 years old  (to be exact, 21 half)!

I decided to work around "many different faces of Liz" theme.   I have lots of fun stamping the different expressions and they were so cute and I burst into laughter time and again.

Unfortunately I do not have the shadow box and I only have a create and not the expression so I cannot cut a frame to resemble the shadow box, but fortunately we only have to create either a 12 x 12 or 8 x 8 layout and the shadowbox part is optional.   I still wish I have the expression to cut the frame though, and I must remember to put a cricut expression in my wish-list, which hopefully can be fulfilled when I get my craft room.

Peachy Keen challenge 30 - shadow box : http://www.peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

Here is my card :

Materials used :-

Pattern paper : DCWV Nana's nursery baby girl stack

Peachy keen stamps used :
- PK 34 - Oh baby - colored with copic markers
- various faces from PK 505 - too much fun faces
- various faces from PK 490 everyday character face assortment
- various faces from PK 159 simple simons

I cut 13 faces with cricut everyday paper dolls cart,  I also stamped different faces on the booties, the baby rattles and the milk bottle.   I apply Pebbles pearlescent chalks on the cheeks for the rosy pinkish look.

When Liz (who is back for summer holidays) asked why my display photos of her gets younger when she grows older?

Peachy Keen Challenge 29

I received my peachy keen stamps in the mail yesterday and the prize for the random peachy keen challenge 28 in the mail today, and the first thing Vincent said when he passed me the envelope is : "you are buying stamps every day!"   Well I am  happy that the peachy keen stamps arrived because I want to make a recipe card for the peachy keen challenge 29, which asked for a summer recipe for picnic or bbq.    Here is my recipe card for grated carrot topping, super easy to prepare and very yummy when topped with rice or noodles for both picnic outing or bbq with family and friends :-

I used PK 271 (the carrot), colored with copic and use cricut "from my kitchen" to cut the recipe frame, pattern paper is from doodlebug design (I do love the bright vibrant colors).