CARD# HPJ-2017-27: Best Wishes

Hello! This will be my last post for the day. It's another box card and it's for Donna. I made a mistake on the focal point for the belly band, but I just sticked with it. Anyhow, I've used the same techniques as the previous ones. I hope you like it.

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Best of Studio Calico 12" x 12" Sampler, American Crafts 6" x 6" paper pad Amy Tangerine Stitched, Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boho Dreams, Rosie's Studio Clear Stamps Flourish, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Dusty Concord, Peacock Feathers and Evergreen Bough

CARD#: HPJ-2017-26: Black Monster

Hi there! Here is another box card. It is similar with the one I made for A last March, but I totally made it just plain black and white (and gray). John likes black and white. 

 I used the same set of stamps for this card. But for the main image, I used the other bigger stamp. 

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Recollection 12" x 12" paper pad Blackjack, American Crafts 6" x 6" paper pad Documentary and Amy Tangerine Stitched, Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, ColorBox Ink Pad Wicked Black, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Monsters, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Weathered Wood, Aqua Flo Waterbrush, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One, Cuttlebug Machine V2

CARD# HPJ-2017-25: Blue Birthday

Hi again! Here is another mixed media card. I made this for Ate Lany. Her birthday will be on the 24th. Well, I went a bit over the top on the flowers, but I can't undo it anymore. She has to bear with it. Heh. It just came out like that. I was only supposed to put in the one light blue inside the frame, but I ended up adhering one after another. It still looks pretty to me though. What do you think?

                                    The card measures 4" x 6 1/4".

I originally wanted to make a tall card which was at least 7 1/2" long, but the main paper that I wanted to use was only 6" so I would have to settle for a smaller version.

Did I tell you before that I looooove distress stains and inks? Gah. They are just so versatile. I love using them on my projects (I should remember adding glass bead gel or Mod Podge first though before putting them in.) 

So how did I make it? I distressed the papers. I adhered the first patterned paper onto the base while I worked on the main patterned paper separately. I stenciled onto the paper with light molding paste. I then stamped some text after it dried. Then I added color to it using distress stains in shades of blue. The background will not be complete without splattering the inks onto the surface. Afterwards, I added the embellishments. I decided against adding glass beads. I glazed the flowers with metallic acrylic paint as a finishing touch before adhering the whole thing onto the base. Oh, I also put in a sticker from my new sticker book for the sentiment.

That was that. Another card done! I'll just put it into one of my acetate boxes later on or on a box with the gift that we'll be giving her as a group. Thanks for looking today! Have a great Sunday!


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Best of Studio Calico 12" x 12" Sampler, American Crafts Dear Lizzy 6" x 6" paper pad Serendipity, Rosie's Studio Foiled Sentiment Pad, paper flowers, silk flowers, stamens, Eno Greeting resin embellishment, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Chickenwire Reversed and Art Is, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Musica, Ranger Distress Stains Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Faded Jeans, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint Pearl White

CARD# HPJ-2017-23: Enjoy

Hi there! It's the weekend again. How time flies! Here's a card I made last weekend for a friend's birthday. 

I have hoarded a couple of Rosie's Studio paper pads from National Book Store last week and so I thought I had better make use of them for Janice's card which is coming up really soon. 

I thought of using kraft for the base so I had to choose between the kraft paper pad and the Romantica one. I was drawn towards red and black so I chose Romantica. 

 After deciding on the papers and color palette, I started on the actual card. The base measures 4 1/2" x 5 3/4". I had to work on the front of the card separately before adhering it onto the base. I distressed the edges of the black board paper and the patterned papers then adhered the red patterned paper onto the black board paper. The other sheets of patterned paper were placed inside the base of the card.

I stenciled on the middle part of the paper and added glass beads before splattering some ink on the surface. (I let each layer dry first of course.) I affixed the wooden embellishment and attached the paper flowers and beads. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of black board paper and put a brad on one end to add some interest. After which, I adhered it on top of the wooden embellishment. I glazed the paper flowers with metallic paint. Lastly, I put some crystals to complete the look. 

It was done just like that! Heh. I will be working on another mixed media card next and then on two box cards. Thanks for looking today! Have a wonderful weekend!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: American Crafts Kraft Board Paper, Black Board Paper, Rosie's Studio Paper Pad 6" x 6" Romantica, paper flowers, beads, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishments, brad, Uni Chalkboard Marker White, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Sentiments, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Cut Circles, Golden Glass Beads, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Cinder, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint Pearl White, WRMK Eyelet Setter, Stanley Glue Gun

CARD#s HPJ-2017-21 and 22

Hello! The projects on this particular post are two box cards for my colleagues whose birthdays are in April. Here they are.

CARD# HPJ-2017-21: Bird

This card is for Acel. Her favorite color is orange so I made a vibrant orange card for her.


CARD# HPJ-2017-22: Monster

This one is for A (Adrian). The card that I made for him last year was also black and white, but this time I added blue and green elements to it for variety. 


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Studio Calico Sampler Pack 12" x 12", Recollections 12" x 12" Blackjack, Bo Bunny Paper Pad 6" x 6" Et Cetera, American Crafts Dear Lizzy Paper Pad 6" x 6" Documentary, Eno Greeting 3D Stickers, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Monsters, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boutique, Ranger Distress Stains Tumbled Glass and Broken China, Water brush, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One and C, Cuttlebug Machine V2

CARD#s HPJ-2017-03 to 06

Hello! Here is a set of cards I made for Raine, a colleague's daughter. She had her birthday last March and she especially requested that I make her a card when we went to their farm last February. She didn't need to ask. I would really make her not just one, but four. She can use the other three for her friends' birthdays. 

Let's start with her birthday card. I made a trishutter card for it since she had mentioned before that she loved the one I made a couple of months ago. I actually made it somewhat similar to that card. I used the pretty papers from the Documentary paper pad. I did not embellish heavily since the papers are already very pretty what with all the patterns and colors. I only added some texture using light molding paste and stamped texts. 

CARD# HPJ-2017-03: Happy

I have committed a little mistake on this card. You see I did not originally think of dripping some ink on the front of the card for the background. If I had decided to do that beforehand, I would not have adhered the patterned paper to the base yet. Ugh. It was a mess. The ink of course soaked through the patterned paper and through the base. Tsk tsk tsk. My bad. Anyway, it looked great after everything dried. I'm still happy with it after all the mess. And I heard Raine loved it so I shouldn't feel bad about it.

For the other three cards, I used the same techniques as the trishutter card only that they were just two-fold cards. 

CARD# HPJ-2017-04: Celebrate

CARD# HPJ-2017-05: Shine

CARD# HPJ-2017-06: Hello

That was that. Thanks for looking today! I hope you check my other projects. Have a wonderful week!


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, American Crafts Dear Lizzy Paper Pad 6" x 6" Documentary, Rosie's Studio Chalkboard Elements, Eno Greeting Resin Embellishments, self-adhesive crystals, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Chickenwire Reversed, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Botanical Odyssey and Boutique, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Cinder and Scarlet 

CARD# HPJ-2016-29: Green Birthday

Hi! This one here is a simple mixed media card. The embellishments are minimal yet there is still some texture and dimension that make it interesting. I made it for a colleague's mom. I was told that she liked it. I'm glad she did. Here it is.

The card measures 4 1/2"x5 3/4".

I can't remember exactly how much time I spent on this card, but it was really short. I used light molding paste to stencil onto the background of the card. I then distressed the edges of the papers. I adhered them onto the base afterwhich I added the embellishments. I glazed the surfaces of the embellishments with metallic acrylic paint. I stamped some text onto the background as well. I stamped the sentiment onto a black board paper and affixed it onto the card. I added a crystal as a finishing touch.

This is what the inside looks like. I adhered a piece of patterned paper whose edges I also distressed. 

I still have several projects in progress. I don't know when I'll be able to finish them. I'm super busy these days. But I'll put them up once done. 

Thanks for looking! I hope you 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, Eno Greeting 3D Stickers, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishments, paper flowers, self-adhesive crystal, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint Pearl White, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Tile Texture, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, StazOn Midi Ink Cloudy Sky, Stanley Glue Gun, Aleene's Turbo Tacky Glue

CARD# HPJ-2016-28: Vintage Birthday

Hi again! Here's a trishutter card that I made last month. It was supposed to be posted in time for World Cardmaking Day, but things happened. I was not able to participate online. 

Anyway, it's a mixed media card. I love how it turned out!

The card measures 4 1/4"x 6" when closed.

Like what I usually do with my trishutter cards, I use pretty papers for the various panels and little to no embellishments. I focused the embellishments on the front of the card. I just stamped some sentiments and image on the inside panels to add interest.

To add texture to the already pretty background, I stenciled with light molding paste and layered several die cuts. I then adhered the resin frame and put in the paper flowers. I brushed some gesso onto the surface of the embellishments. For the sentiment, I wrote on a black board paper using white pigment ink pen. And as a finishing touch, I stamped some text on the background.

I love this particular trishutter card! It's so pretty! I wish I could keep it for myself, but it has to go somewhere. I hope that whoever gets to take it home would love and cherish it like I do. 

That was that! Thanks for looking! Up next is another mixed media card. This time, it's a top fold card. I hope you check it out. Thanks again!


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Eno Greeting 12"x12" paper pad die cuts, Heidi Swapp 6"x6" paper pad Mixed Media, paper flowers, Eno Greeting Resin Embellishments, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Tile Texture, Pebeo Gesso, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Perfume, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Sentiments, Heidi Swapp Mixed Media Clear Stamps Script, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Uniball Signo Broad Pigment Ink 0.7, Stanley Glue Gun

CARD# HPJ-2016-27: Precious

Hello! Here is another box card. I hope you like it!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper Ivory, All About Scrapbooking 12"x12" paper, best of Studio Calico 12"x12" Sampler Pack, manila tags, printed text, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishments, paper flowers, metal charm, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Chicken Wire Reversed, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Cinder, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Heidi Swapp Mixed Media Clear Stamps, Martha Stewart Edge Punch Daisy, Spellbinder Nestabilities Labels One, Cuttlebug Machine V2

CARD# HPJ-2016-26: Pink Birthday

Hi! It has been a while since I last posted anything on this blog. I've been really busy (still am). The holidays are here and there are just a gazillion of things that I need to finish. [Sigh.] I have a couple of projects which I made weeks ago, but I couldn't manage to upload them. So here is the first one. It's another box card. I hope you stick around for the others.

What's different on this box card version that I made is the belly band. I usually use board paper or patterned paper for the band, but this time, I used a length of organza ribbon to hold the embellishments. It's pretty, but you need to make sure that it's tied really tight so it would not slip down.

So that was that. Please check the next post. It's a purple and green box card.

Thank you for stopping by today!



MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Best of Studio Calico Sampler Pack 12"x12", Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper Ivory, Kaisercraft 12"x12" Paper Pack Forget-Me-Not, manila tags, organza ribbon, Eno Greeting resin Embellishments, paper flowers, button, pearls, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishments, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Scarlett, StazOn Midi Ink Cloudy Sky, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint Pearl White, Martha Stewart Edge Punch Doily Lace, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Thirty-Four, Cuttlebug Machine V2, Stanley Glue Gun

CARD# HPJ-2016-25: Enjoy

Hi! Here's another late post. It's a mixed media card for a colleague's sister-in-law.

The card measures 4 1/2" x 5 3/4". 

I distressed the edges of the papers that I used for the card. Before adhering the patterned paper onto the black board paper, I stenciled on it. I then splattered ink all over the surface. After drying, I added the tag with a stamped sentiment and decorated it. I stamped on the dried molding paste as a finishing touch.

That was that. It was an easy card to make. It just took time for everything to dry, but I like how it turned out.

Thanks for looking today! Stay dry!



MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Ivory, Prestige Board Paper Zulu Black, Eno Greeting 12"x12" paper pad Retro Series, tag, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishment, paper flowers, string, self-adhesive crystals, The Crafter's Workshop Stencils Mini Brocade, Golden Light Molding Paste, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Jack O'Lantern, Olive Vine and Butternut Sqquash, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, StazOn Midi Ink Cloudy Sky, Pebeo Gesso, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Sentiments, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity 1

CARD# HPJ-2016-24: Pink Love

Hi! I had issues with our internet connection last time when I was finished with this project so I did not get to post it until I have forgotten about it. It's a trishutter card for Sam's birthday. Here it is.

The card measures 4 1/4" x 6".

I did not embellish the card that much since the papers are so pretty already. It looked so delicious I wanted to eat it. Heh. 

Basically, I just adhered patterned papers on all the panels and added the embellishments on the front part of the card. I put in some cute little hearts inside though. 

I was told the recipient loved it. Thank you! It was for a teenage girl and I originally did not know what to make for her except that it should have lots of pink since she's fond of the color. So this is what I came up with. I'm glad she loved it. I have more trishutter cards coming. I just haven't taken photos of them yet, but there are two more for my friends' birthdays. I hope you come back to check on them. Thanks for stopping by today!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel White, American Crafts Dear lizzy 6"x6" paper pad Polka Dot Party and Serendipity, Eno Greeting Resin Embellishments, Rosie's Studio Wood Veneer, paper flowers, beads, Ranger Liquid Pearls Flamingo, Petal Pink and Bisque