The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?

I am getting some of my sanity back, and with the part-time domestic help coming in to clean the house, I have more time to create.   I hope to make some layout pages soon, but for now, here is a card I made for the Our Daily Bread Design sketch 83 - I did not follow the sketch entirely though.

Materials used :

1.  ODBD stamps for both the sentiments and background

2.  Pattern paper : sei, cardstock : American crafts

3.  Spellbinders nesties

4.  Lace : American crafts

5.  Flowers : Wild orchid and Thailand

6.  Ribbon : HK

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Be Still and know that I am GOD

It has been a while since I last make a card.   My package of Christmas stamps and Cheery Lynn dies and I decided to make this card for the Our Daily Bread Designs stamping in time challenge -SNTODBD 47 - my favorite scripture.   Be Still and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10 has always been my favorite scripture verse.  More often than not, I am too caught up with my own troubles and problems that I forgot to cast all my worries to God, this verse, will always remind me of the need to be still, to drop all worries and frustrations and know that He is God.

Materials used :

1.  ODBD stamp : Be still and know that I am God

2.  Pattern paper : Sei sunny day, Cosmo cricket garden variety, cardstock : American crafts

3.  MS punch

4.  Cheery Lynn doily dies - french pastry

5.  Ribbon - American crafts

Call to me and I will answer you Jeremiah 33:3

I finally went to the doctor yesterday for a dose of antibiotics after coughing for more than a week!   And since I am on medication, I did nothing but sleep the entire day away yesterday.     I am much better today, so I decided to make a card for the following challenges :-

1.  Our Daily Bread Designs Blog : odbdslc75 dots or stripes

2.  Stamping sisters in Christ - use quiet colours, nothing bright, either pastels or low key earthtones, soft, muted shades of beige or neutrals. (I only use shades of pink (pastel) and hopefully my card is not deemed too "bright"

3.  Card pattern - sketch 131

Materials used :
1.  ODBD stamps
2.  Cardstock : American crafts white cardstock, pattern paper : scraps
3.  MS punch
4.  KCK swirl die
5.  Paper flowers : wild orchid crafts
6.  Ribbons : HK

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Do not let your heart be troubled, trust in God, John 14:1

I have wonderful news to share, the baby of the family, Jer finally got her driving licence!   We went out for an orientation drive today and she is a pretty much steady and safe driver.  Well done Jer!   

I made this card while home nursing a cold and cough caught over the last weekend.   

This card is for the following challenges :

1.  Elisabeth Bells World Challenge Blog, August project (bingo) and I chose : gems, lace and buttons

2.  Our Daily Bread Designs Blog stamping in time challenge, SNTOBDBD42

Materials used :

1.  Stamps : Do not let your hearts be troubled, trust in God - ODBD 

2.  Pattern paper : Sei, sunny day, cardstock : DCWV

3.  Lace, button, ribbon : HK

4.  Spellbinders nestie

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Ma's first trip to Hong Kong, April 2011

I made a layout for ma from a photo the 3 of us took with ma when we were in Hong Kong, April 2011.   This trip marked many first for ma - her first trip to Hong Kong, her first trip after pa passed on 16 years ago, the first time she went went on Viking and raging river rides at Ocean Park.

This layout is for ODBDLYLS8 - use at least one number, one embellishment and one ODBD stamp.

materials used :

1.  ODBD stamps : love, count your blessings name them one by one,  and this is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

2.  Pattern paper : Webster's pages, Life is beautiful collection

3.  Butterfly embellishment : Prima

4.  Flowers : K&co

5.  Silver trims : Webster's pages

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Praying you will be soon be well

It has been quite a while since I last made a card, I have been busy and unwell too.   It feels good to start crafting again.   I started with a get well card, made this while Vincent and Jer were watching football, yes football season started, so I guess I will spend more time crafting when father and daughter bond over football.

Here is the card I made for the following challenges :

1.  Card patterns sketch 130
2.  ODBDSLC74 Dollies

Materials used :

1.  ODBD stamp : praying you'll be soon be well

2.  Pattern paper and cardstock : DWCV

3.  Magnolia mini dolly doohickeys

4.  Paper flowers : Wild orchid crafts

5.  Ribbons : HK

Thank you for being my friend

We were supposed to leave for Shanghai this morning, Ma, Ti, Ailin, Sharon, Vincent, Jer and I.   Unfortunately Ti was unwell and we have to cancel the trip, and ma is not comfortable traveling when Ti is unwell.  So Vincent left for this morning as he has a seminar to attend.  

I made another card this morning after Vincent flew off and I am home-bound as I did a facial treatment and can't go out for the next couple of days (for fear of the sun).  I hope to have more creations now that I am home-bound.

This card is for the following challenges :-
1.  ODBDSLC 65 - create a thank you card or gift
2.  Card Patterns sketch 120

Materials used :

1.  ODBD stamp : thank you for being my friend

2.  Pattern paper : Prima, Card stock : DCWV

3.  MS punch

4.  Spellbinders nestie

5.  Baker's twine : The twinery

6.  Buttons : Hk

7.  Chipboard butterfly : DCWV

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Grace and Peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ

Thank you once again ODBD for choosing my card for customer card of the day :-)   I love all my ODBD stamps and I have to thank my mentor Angie for introducing ODBD stamps to me.

I made this card for ODBD Stamping in Time challenge (SNTODBD37) - use ODBD images to create your own background paper.   I stamped a pink vellum with versamark, and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I used both an image - the swirls with dragonfly as well as a sentiment to make the background paper.  

Materials used :
1.  ODBD stamps inked with versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder for the background, and ODBD sentiment stamp
2.  Pink vellum : fancy paper, card stock : Fylnmark
3.  Spellbinder nestie
4.  Satin flowers and ribbon : HK, paper flowers from Yenni who makes beautiful cards.  Thanks Yenni for all the goodies besides the flowers.

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Be still and know that I am GOD - Psalm 46:10

I have not been crafting much these days, somehow do not have the mood to do so, I hope to be able to get out of this rut soon and spend more time crafting and making cards.

I made this card after coming back from yoga this evening, for the following challenges :-

1.  Card pattern sketch 118
2.  ODBDSLC63 sentiment only challenge

Materials used :-

1.  Be still and know that I am GOD stamp : ODBD

2.  Pattern paper : K&Co, card stock : DCWV, core impressions : basic grey ornate collection

3.  Flower : mulberry street, gift from my dear friend Ying

4.  MS punch

5.  Spellbinders nestie

6.  Ribbon : HK

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It is such a blessing to have a friend like you!

I made this card after I came back from my yoga session this evening for the ODBDSLC62 sketch.  I have always been blessed with good friends around me and I thank God for this special blessing.

Materials used :

1.  Stamp : ODBD

2.  Pattern paper : prima sweet fairy, card stock : DCWV, glitter paper : KI memories

3.  Spellbinder nestie

4.  MS punch

5.  Lace, flowers : wild orchid crafts

6.  Swirls : prima

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Wishing you all God's blessings today and every day

I met up with SK and SH, my two dear friends from school to celebrate SK's 49th birthday!   We decided that for our 50th birthday next year, we are going to try something different, maybe skydiving?

I made this card for SK's birthday and for the ODBDSLC61 plaid or gingham challenge

Materials used :

1.  ODBD stamps

2.  Pattern paper : lasting impressions, yardstick : DCWV

3.  Spellbinders nestie

4.  Magnolia doohickey 

5.  Flowers : prima and wild orchid

6.  Flowers embellishments : K & company

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Thinking of you...happy mother's day...

I made this card for my yoga instructor to send to his mother in India, I hope he likes it, I tried to make a simple card with small embellishments since this has to fit into an regular size envelope.

This card is also for the ODBD Stamping in Time : On Assignment Challenge (SNTODBD33) - paper piercing.

the card opens to this :

Materials used :

1.  ODBD stamp : Thinking of you, inked in versamark and heat embossed, Peachy Keen Happy mother's day stamp 

2.  Pattern paper : DCWV, cardstock : DCWV

3.  KDK embossing dies

4.  Half pearls : Wild Orchid crafts

5.  Flowers and ribbons : Hong Kong

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When prayers go up and blessings come down

This is my second post of the day!   I received my ODBD stamps late last week and have been wanting to use them for my cards!  I love ODBD stamps and this card is for ODBD SLC57 - no coloring

Material used :

1.  ODBD stamp 

2.  Pattern paper : DCWV, pattern paper : DCWV

3.  Spellbinders die

4.  EK success punch

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Our treasure and joy

Ever since I saw these 2 photos of Jer, I know I have to do a layout page.   All my layout pages are done with help and assistance during classes.   This is the first time I did a layout on my own.   And since I so love the webster's pages paper and vellum, I simple have to use them for the layout. Here is the layout I made for the following challenges :-

1.  Webster Pages March challenge : create a shaped layout
2.  Our Daily Bread designs blog week 1 (ODBDLYLS3) -**fuchsia flowers or the color fuchsia for the anniversary flower OR
**crystal or glass for the anniversary modern gift (this can be faux crystal gems, a glass embellishment, etc.), AND**ODBD stamps!

I stamped the image on a piece of vellum cut-out with cloudy white versamark ink, and used white embossing powder to create this.

I used a brad to fasten the them together and viola it opens to this verse 

I stamped image on a cardstock, cut it out and cut a piece of Webster's page netting and stuck it onto the image and secured it with pearl strings.

I love the sparklers but I didn't have a red colour, so I used copic marker to colour a clear piece (I learned this from Webster's page DT Gerry van Gent)

Materials used :

1.  Webster's pages : Lullaby Lane diecut

2.  Webster's pages bloomers

3.  Webster's pages petite 6 x 6

4.  Webster's pages sparklers 

5.  Webster's pages fabric ribbons and nettings

6.  MS punch

7.  Spellbinders nestabilities

8.  Stamps : ODBD, Unity and Clear stamps

9.  Prima crystals

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Happy Birthday Ma - Wishing all God's blessings today and everyday

Today is ma's 73rd birthday, here's wishing ma all God's blessings today and everyday.  I just came back dinner with her at my brother's place and we had a wonderful time.   She had a bit too much wine to drink and was kinda tipsy but happy.   It is good to see how happy and healthy she is.

I made this card dedicated to ma for the Our Daily Bread Designs blog odbdslc50 sketch challenge :-

Materials used :-

1. ODBD stamps : Wishing you all God's blessings today and everyday, and Happy Birthday

2. Design paper : crafty secret pastel, card stock 

3. Spellbinders nesties

4. Magnolia doo hickeys

5. Flowers : Wild orchid crafts

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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path

I had such a fantastic time at painting class today.  My painting should be completed in another 3 weeks and I hope to have it posted here.

And I baked a fruit cake when I came back and finally made this card for the Our daily bread designs odbdslc49 : sentiment and overstamping

I kept my card simple as I want the sentiment and the overstamping of the image to stand out, here is my card :

Materials used :

1.  ODBD stamps, both sentiment and image, stamped with distressed inks (black soot and milled lavender).

2.  Pattern paper : crafty secrets radiant pack and cosmo cricket mitten weather, cardstock : Popular

3.  EK success daisy chain punch

4.  Spellbinders nestabilities

5.  Buttons : Hong Kong

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Praying you'll soon be well

Vincent left for Kuwait yesterday,  and with Jer busy working for her the internship, I have plenty of time to spare, so I made this cheery card Siti who has an operation recently.


This card is also for the ODBDSLC47 - You choose your challenge - Challenge Anniversary.   Feb 5 is the first anniversary of ODBD shining the light challenge, and in celebration of their challenge anniversary, for this week challenge we are to choose from the following :  

ODBDSLC22- Distress it

ODBDSLC26- Dies and Punches

ODBDSLC27- Texture it

ODBDSLC28 Forgotten Embellishments

ODBDSLC29 Sparkle

ODBDSLC31 Wing it

ODBDSLC32 Leaves

ODBDSLC33- Charm it

ODBDSLC34- Three of Something

ODBDSLC43- Something new something old

I chose dies and punches!  Here is my card :

Materials used :

1.  ODBD stamp : Praying you'll soon be Well

2.  Pattern paper : Prima marketing fairy flora collection, Cosmo cricket garden variety, cardstock : Local bookstore, Popular

3.  Spellbinders : circle and scallop nestabilities scalloped circle and circle

4. Sizzix bigz dies : flowers daisies #2 and tattered leaves

5. EK success butterfly and leaves punches

6. Magnolia fence doohickeys

7. Kaiser pearls

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All we need is love

Love is patient,

Love is kind,

It does not envy, it does not boast,

It is not proud. It is not rude,

It is not self-seeking, nor easily angered,

It keeps no record of wrongs. 

Love does not delight in evil

but rejoices with the truth.

Love always protects, always trusts,

always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

I have been impatient with Liz this morning and I am going to post this card I made, to her, as a way of apology, I am sorry darling I love her and I should be more patient.  I miss both you and Min, more so, during the festive period.   

When I saw the figure 8 bow from Amazing paper grace, which Becca has a you-tube video on how to make this.  It is relatively easy and since I do not have a ribbon with the stitch round the edge, so I sewed it with running stitches.   Using the same method, I sewed running stitches on a much thinner velvet ribbon and make the base for the flowers to hold up the card.  

Here is my card for the Our Daily Bread Designs blog - stamping in time : On assignment Challenge (SNTODBD27)

Figure 8 bow and the base made with thinner velvet ribbon for flowers

 I added a bookmark (I left a slot at the back of this easel card)

Materials used :-

1.  LOVE stamp : ODBD

2.  Pattern paper : Little yellow bicycle - lollipop stripe with glitter, cardstock : AC - primaries

3.  Spellbinder nestabilities, Magnolia Doohickeys, Sizzix movers and shakers die - love

4.  Distress ink - spun sugar

5.  Ribbons and organza flowers : Hong Kong

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My art and a simple card

I am so happy that Astrid (my art teacher) featured my very first piece learned under her in her latest newsletter.   I am still beaming.   Here is the link to Astrid's newsletter  Astrid's November Abstractionsgo check out her website, her paintings are really awesome!   My painting is not completed yet, I still have to work to blend the colours.

Now for my latest card,  I am inspired by Becky, (she makes simply beautiful cards, simple but stunningly beautiful), so here I am trying to make a simple card, with little details but still ended up with quite a fair bit of embellishments.

So here is my simply not so simple card for the following challenges :-

1.  ODBD stamping in time : On assignment challenge (SNTOBD20) embossing
2.  Sweet stamping challenge 47 for Emma - diamonds are a girl's best friends

Materials used :-

1.   ODBD stamps from the scripture series 1, customer favourites, inked with versamark and embossed with hero art embossing powder

2.   Pattern paper : cosmo cricket pixie-Licious mini deck

3.   spellinbinders nestie 

4.   Basic grey rub-ons and rhinestones

5.   Prima SIIC swirls clear crystals 

6.   Organza flowers and ribbons : bought from Hk

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