CARD#s HPJ-2017-07 to 20

Hi again! This time, I am going to show you the cards I made for our colleagues in the US. 

I so love how they turned out. I'll definitely make some more similar cards in the future. They look awesome!

Each card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". 

So, how did I make them? The same way as my canvases and art journal spreads. Heh. I coated the cards (slightly smaller than the front of the base) with gesso then stenciled with light molding paste. After drying, I stamped the images and texts. I then splattered inks onto each one. 

CARD# HPJ-2017-07: Time Orange

CARD# HPJ-2017-08: Perfume Pink

CARD# HPJ-2017-09: Time Green

CARD# HPJ-2017-10: Time Blue

CARD# HPJ-2017-11: Balloon Blue

CARD# HPJ-2017-12: Balloon Orange

CARD# HPJ-2017-13: Victoria Circles

CARD# HPJ-2017-14: Victoria Wired

CARD# HPJ-2017-15: Victoria Script

CARD# HPJ-2017-16: Girl Stitched

CARD# HPJ-2017-17: Girl Orange

CARD# HPJ-2017-18: Girl Green

CARD# HPJ-2017-19: Girl Blue

CARD# HPJ-2017-20: Girl Pink

For the sentiment, I inked the clear stamps using my white pigment ink pen and stamped on pieces of black board paper. I adhered them onto the front of the cards. 

So, what do you think? Aren't they gorgeous? I'm sure I will be making more of the same type in the future. They're fun and easy to make, but of course it takes more time to finish them because of all the needed drying. That was that. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you check out my other projects. Happy Thursday!


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Elit Board Paper Vellum White, Rives Board Paper Tradition Black, Pebeo White Gesso, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencils Mini Chickenwire Reversed, Mini Cut Circles, Mini Art Is and Mini Tile Texture, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boho Dreams, Victoria, Provincial, Boutique, Journal and Perfume, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps You're Invited, Stitches and Dreamer, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Bahama Blue, Scarlet, Jack O'Lantern and Butternut Squash, Ranger Distress Stains Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Broken China and Tumbled Glass, Uni Ball Signo Broad Pen White

CARD# HPJ-2016-19: Explore

Hello! It has been raining hard everyday for over a week now so I had to take photos of my recent projects indoors. Hmf. Sorry for the poor quality of the photos.

I made this mixed media card for Vina, a friend who left our company several weeks ago. It's not a farewell card but rather a best wishes card because we will surely still be able to meet her outside of work. She loves to travel and we ask her to include us in her tipid trips. We just spent the weekend with her at another friend's farm. We certainly had a great time amidst the torrential rain.

Anyway, here's the card. It didn't turn out like what I originally imagined, but it still looks good. I was supposed to put a picture of her (from when we went to the Tall Heritage Village last April), but I was just too lazy to have the picture printed so I just came up with this. I hope you like it.

I distressed the papers before adhering them onto the card base. The steps I took in making this card are similar with how I make my canvases. There's just a slight difference on this one since I used glimmer mist to add color to the resin frame and I splattered some on the background.

I used one of the cute pin buttons that I bought from Papemelroti to embellish the front of the card.

I also adhered designer papers on the inside of the card. I made a pocket to hold the cardstocks for the messages. I punched the edge with a Martha Stewart Edge Punch to add more flair to it. I didn't notice that I have not taken a photo with the cardstocks on. Hmf. 

Anyway, I know you have an idea how it looks like with the cardstocks. I placed the completed card inside a Papemelroti box with a mini notebook and key chain from the same store.

Check my next post if you have some more time. It's a card for another colleague who will be moving on to another post.

Thanks for looking today! Have a great week!


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper Ivory, Prestige Board Paper Zulu Black, Eno Greeting 12"x12" paper pad Retro Series, Rosie's Studio Sticker Book of Phrases, paper flowers, metal charms, Eno Greeting Resin Embellishment, Papemelroti Pin Button, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Bricks, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Mod Podge Matte, micro pearls, Pebeo Gesso, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Olive Green and Cinder

THANK YOU!

Hello! Happy Tuesday! I need to go back to work tonight, but I still have a holiday fever. [Sigh.] I just hope it wouldn't be a tough night.

Anyhow, I am here to share to you several cards and whatnots that I made over the past few weeks as a way of thanking the owner and Design Team Leader of Bee Happy Crafts who was so generous to us for providing such lovely tools and supplies and for appreciating what we do.

I haven't been able to show my gratitude sooner (last October when my third month as a Design Team member ended), but I really wanted to give her a gift (or should I say several gifts) as a token of my gratitude. I just was not able to send them to her sooner. As the saying goes, 'It is better late than never.' Heh. I hope she likes them. Here they are.

1. Thank You Card
This is not what I had in mind when I was picturing out how the card would look like, but as I was making it, things started to happen. Hah. It was supposed to be orange and blue, but it turned out to be green instead of blue. I can't figure out how that came to be. I still had fun making it though. It is a little bit weird, but I think it is okay.

CARD# HPJ-2016-01: Thank You So Much 

I distressed the papers from the Tim Holtz paper stash. I stamped on the surface and embossed the image using weathered white embossing powder. After which, I adhered the embellishments. I added glass bead medium for texture glazed the embellishments. I sprayed glimmer mist as an afterthought. Voila! There goes my thank you card.

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel White, Eno Greeting 8"x8" paper pad Comfortable Afternoon, Papemelroti Tag, chipboard sticker, Eno Greeting 3D sticker, Eno Greeting resin embellishment, buttons, paper flowers, beads, self-adhesive crystal, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Diamonds, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Ranger Embossing Powder Weathered White, Ranger Heat It Tool, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Bahama Blue, FolkArt Acrylic Paint Emerald Green, Stanley Glue Gun 

2. Blank Cards
I made a set of blank mixed media cards which she can give to her friends on their birthday or to just say hi. I actually did a little experimenting on these cards. I changed the process which I usually follow when I make mixed media cards. I tried to mimic Elena Morgun's way of making her cards. Her process is great, but I think I will just stick to mine. It felt a little awkward and weird. I am more comfortable with how I do things, but I will definitely use some of her techniques like using chipboard for added dimension and completing the front of the card before adhering it onto the card base. I love her works. I wish I could be half as good as her.

Basically, I made the cards using similar materials. I just changed the layouts and the sentiments.


For each card, I layered several bits of patterned paper and topped it with various embellishments. I splattered some paint over it to make it more interesting and of course I added a couple of crystals because they are one of my staple supplies in making cards. Heh.

CARD# HPJ-2016-02: Hello

CARD# HPJ-2016-03: Celebrate

CARD# HPJ-2016-04: Enjoy

CARD# HPJ-2016-05: Birthday Wishes

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Rives Board Paper Tradition Black, Moods Board Paper Stormy Grey, Tim Holtz Paper Stash 8"x8" Miscellaneous and French Industrial Revolution, printed texts, Eno Greeting Wooden Flourishes, paper flowers, metal charms, beads, self-adhesive crystals, buttons, brads, shrink plastic embellishments, Eno Greeting 3D stickers, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity Musica, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Sentiments, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, The Crafter's Worshop Mini Stencil Chicken Wire Reversed, Golden Light Molding Paste, Golden Glass Bead Medium, Golden Soft Gel Medium, Pebeo Gesso, Reeves Acrylic Paint Mars Black, Ranger Embossing Ink Pad, Ranger Embossing Powder Super Fine Black, Ranger Heat It Tool, Stanley Glue Gun

3. Tags

I love how the Christmas tags I made for the Design Team last year turned out and I wanted to use the same principle in making another set. Here is what I came up with. (Sorry for the stenciled part. I must have overheated the molding paste. TT.TT.)

TAG# HPJ-2016-01: Cherish

TAG# HPJ-2016-02: Remember

TAG# HPJ-2016-03: Moments

TAG# HPJ-2016-04: Memories

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: DCWV 12"x12" Chalkboard Stack, All About Scrapbooking 12"x12" paper, printed text, Eno Greeting Wooden Flourishes, paper flowers, metal charms, buttons, beads, The Crafter's Workshop Mini Stencils Art Is, Brocade and Chicken Wire Reversed, Prima Marketing Stencil Harlequin, Golden Light Molding Paste, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint Blue Topaz and Pearl White, Ranger Embossing Ink Pad, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity Musica, Ranger Embossing Powder Weathered White, Ranger Crackle Paint Rock Candy, Golden Glass Bead Medium, micro pearls, Golden Soft Gel Medium Gloss, Stanley Glue Gun

P.S. For some reason the color of the text would not change to black no matter how many times I try so please bear with it. I'll figure something out later. Also, I have yet to add the paper clips, bookmarks and altered box. I will post them as soon as I finish editing the photos. Thanks for looking today! Have a great week!