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#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-2017-2: Enjoy

Hi again! This second box card is better than the previous one. Heh. I made this for one of my colleagues, Espie. (I made a criss cross card for her birthday last year.)

I just made it like I normally do when I work on mixed media box cards except that I did not use modling paste. I only layered inks. Here is what it looks like.

I thought against glazing the embellishments.  I made do with just the layering of inks and embellishments. I hope you like it. Thanks for looking!


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper Ivy, Rives Board Paper Tradition Black, 12"x12" patterned paper, Eno Greeting Resin Embellishment, paper flowers, beads, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Peacock Feathers, StazOn Midi Ink Midnight Blue, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Honeycomb and Boutique, Uni Ball Signo Broad White, Martha Stewart Edge Punch Doily Lace, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One, Cuttlebug Machine V2 

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-2016-24: 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

CARD# HPJ-2016-18: Happy Birthday

Hello! Here's a trishutter card that I made for Sam's best friend. If you're wondering who Sam is, she's my colleague's daughter. She asked her mom to find a gift for her best friend's birthday (which was last Friday) and her mom thought of me. She told Sam that I make pretty cards and I can definitely make one for her. She showed her some of my work (I don't know which ones) and she said she liked them. When she asked me about it, I obliged of course. It feels great to find that people appreciate what I do and it's exhilarating to know that they think of me on this type of occasion. I'm so thankful for having such supportive friends! 

Anyway, enough of the background story. Let's look at the card. It rained on the day that I finished the card so I was not able to take photos of it outdoors. I took snaps of it at work before handing it over to Ate Liz. So, excuse the poor quality of the photos.

It measures 4 1/4" x 6" when closed.

Just as I always say when I post a trishutter card, I just love this special fold card! I don't get tired of it. It displays the pretty designer papers well and I can make a lot of stuff on the different panels. Well, I only made the decorations minimal on this card. I focused the embellishments on the front of the card. The inside (center part) would be for Sam's message. I wanted to make it easier for her to write on it. Besides, the papers are all so pretty already they don't need that much embellishing.

So that was that. Thanks for looking today! Have a great week!


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Amy Tangerine 6"x6" paper pad Stitched, American Crafts 6"x6" paper pad Dear Lizzy, Heidi Swapp 6"x6" paper pad Mixed Media, chipboard embellishments, tag, paper doily, paper flowers, pearls, string, metal charms, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workship Stencils Mini Tile Texture, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Olive Green and Bahama Blue, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps True Friend, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Sentiments, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint Pearl White

CARD# HPJ-2016-16: Live Laugh Love

Hello there! Here is the third box card in the set. This was for Ate Jolly. She loves orange so I made something with elements of orange and of course some black and gold.

This is the most embellished of the three. Since I used black for the main die cut, I added a patterned paper for the background. I used bits of scrap from previous projects to build the background. Also, I added a resin embellishment. I adhered a couple of paper and silk flowers. I put in several metal charms and stamped on the paper. I then brushed some micro pearls over the embellishments. After drying, I adhered the sentiment and added the crystals as a final touch.

Since the die cut for the belly band is already ornate, I did not bother to add a punched border on the flaps of the box.

So that was that. I am so glad how the cards turned out. I was totally in the zone when I made them. Heh. My creative juices oozed out freely after weeks of not making anything. Watch out for my next post-it's a mixed media canvas. Thanks for looking!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Rives Board Paper Tradition Black, Best of Studio Calico 12"x12" paper pad, Eno Greeting 8"x8" paper pad Romantic, printed text, Eno Greeting Resin Embellishments, paper flowers, metal charms, lace trimming, self-adhesive crystals, micro pearls, Mod Podge Matte, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Spellbinders Nestabilities Captivating Squares, Cuttlebug Machine V2