CARD# HPJ-2017-24: With Love

Hello! Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. I hope you have an awesome day!

I always make a card for our mom for Mother's Day. Though we will be sending it to her late, I know that she will definitely appreciate it. It will be weird if she does not get any card this year. Heh.

Here it is.

 It measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

Do you remember the set of cards I made for our colleagues in the US a a couple of weeks ago? I originally set out to make 20, but I only ended up completing 14 since there were just 14 of them. So there were 6 more which I left alone (This means the background is gessoed, stenciled on and stamped.). I chose the one that somehow fits what I want to do with mommy's card. She loves green so I went with this color.

Since the background is already pre-stamped and stenciled, I only had to color it and add the focal point. What I did was I stamped the flowers onto a piece of white cardstock and fussy cut them. I adhered chipboard on the pieces before finally placing them on the card. 

The card does not look that good in the photos but it is really pretty when you see it in person. It is one of my favorite recent projects. 

I will end it at that. Happy Mother's Day again. I hope you check my other projects. Thanks for stopping by! 


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Elit Board Paper Vellum White, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Cut Circles, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Botanical, Rosie's Studio Clear Stamps Flourishes, Rosie's Studio Foiled Sentiment Pad, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Squeezed Lemonade, Crushed Olive, Brushed Corduroy and Forest Moss

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

ART JOURNAL PAGE #3: Fly

"Take wing. Fly!"

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Kaisercraft , Eno Greeting 12"x12" paper pad Retro Series, Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishments, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Perfume, Butterflies, Grid and Boutique, Heidi Swapp Clear Stamps Mixed Media, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Inkadinkado Clear Stamps Inspirational Lift, Papermania Clear Stamps Bellissima Alphas, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Squeezed Lemonade, Crushed Olive and Peacock, Ranger Liuid Pearls Avocado

PAPER BAG MINI # PR-2015-02: Memories

Hi! I wanted to share another commission that I made for a friend, but unfortunately, I was not able to take photos of the finished project. I was in a rush so I only have the ones for the base which was not yet decorated. I mainly used green because it is the favorite color of the recipient. I may not be able to show you how it looked here, but let me just tell you what I did to the pages. I added paper flowers and stickers as well as die cuts. I made a lot of tags and journaling cards which I placed at random inside. There were paper clips and whatnots. 

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: White paper bags, chipboard, Best of American Crafts Sampler Stack 12"x12", Best of Crate Paper Sampler Stack 12"x12", paper flowers, Eno Greeting Stickers and die cuts, lace trimmings, ribbons, Rouge de garance Chipboard Elements Valse and Passiflore, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Friendship, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Old Paper, Reeves Gesso, ticket punch, Stanley Glue Gun, Die-namics Dies Mini Circle Doilies, Cuttlebug Machine V2