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-2017-24: 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-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-2017-07 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#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#s HPJ-2016-30 to 50: Holiday Cards

Hi again! I wasn't supposed to take in more commissions aside from the tags, but a friend asked for a favor so I took some time to make twenty Christmas cards. I made them light and simple since they will be mailed abroad. I just hope the recipients like them. Here they are.

For the first set, I went vintage. I just adhered some diecuts and stickers to add dimension and interest to the cards. 

As for the second set, I made it really neat and simple. Half of it was splattered with ink while I let the other half alone. They turned out cute. I want them for myself! I think I'll make more cards with this style for other occasions. Gah. Wait till I get my hands on those Tim Holtz and Prima stencils! I'll go crazy stenciling away. Haha.

So, how did I make them? Easy peasy. I first stenciled using light molding paste. After drying, I splattered glimmer mist onto five of the cards. I then added the stamped images (I adhered some chipboard at the back of the cutouts for dimension.). I wrote the sentiments on pieces of black board paper using white pigment ink pen. And that was that! Done!

By the way, the cards are 4 1/4" x  5 1/2" (A2).

How do you find the cards? I hope you like them. Till next time! (I will post about six more cards before the year ends.) Thanks for looking today! Have a great week! Happy Holidays!!!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Kraft Board, Rives Board Paper Tradition Black, Pink Paislee kre8v.kit Snow Village, Eno Greetings 3D Stickers, self-adhesive crystals, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencils Mini Tile Texture and Mini Bricks, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Holly Jolly, Sentiments, Holiday Wishes and Snowflakes, Shimelle Clear Stamps Santa, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Fa La La, Pebbles Clear Stamps Winter Wonderland Snowman, ColorBox Archival Dye Wicked Black, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Creme de Cocoa, Black Gold and Bronze, Uni-ball Signo Broad White