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

VALENTINE'S DAY TREATS

Hi there! Welcome me back! I've been MIA for almost two months. Sorry for that. My devices are having all sorts of issues. I am not even sure if this post will show up fine since I cannot see the font I usually use for my blog even though I have tried copying and pasting a text with the right font. I am seeing it as Times New Roman instead of Special Elite. Arrrggghhh! Please bear with this for now. This is better than being unable to post anything at all. I am using our ancient laptop because my laptop is dying. At first I thought it really died but after some time, I was able to turn it on and the lines were gone. But then again I can only use it at a certain angle or else the screen would turn black with green and blue lines appearing. Tsk.

Anyhow, here I am with a bunch of projects that I have completed while on hiatus. The first set would be for some treats I made last February for Valentine's Day. Last year, I did not get to make cards nor treat bags for my friends so I made sure I would make them this year.

I prepared 33 treat bags for my colleagues and a card with a box for Tita Ning (a colleague's mom who sees me as the proxy of her daughter who has not come home for quite some time). If you would like to make the treat bags, you can find the tutorial by Beate Johns here. 

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Papemelroti kraft board paper, Rives Board Paper Tradition Black, Eno Greeting paper pad 8"x8" Reminiscence, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps True Friendship, Baker's Twine, Edison Self Lock Plastic Bag #3, Hershey's Kisses, Ritter Sport Chocolates