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

FEBRUARY-MARCH CRAFT HAUL

Hello! Here are some supplies and tools that I bought last two months. I bought the following from Bee Happy Crafts.

1. Shrink Plastic 2. Project Life Paper Pad 6" x 6" Adventure Edition 3. Baker's Twine 4. Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Provincial 5. Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boho Dreams 6. Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Blue Bay 7. Crate Paper Clear Stamps Heart

I also bought canvases and a pack of water brushes from Deovir Arts. 

 

Lastly, a couple of pin buttons and paper products from Papemelroti.

CANVAS # HPJ-2017-03: Life Is Good

Hi again! What I am going to share next is a triptych. It's a work of art that is divided into three sections (in this case, three canvases). I have been hooked with the techniques I am using with my art journal spreads that I have employed them on canvas as well. I still haven't gotten over the splatter technique yet and I don't think I will ever be. You will see for yourself when you check my next posts. Hehe.

For this triptych, I used pink and blue as the main colors. My new distress stains (in shades of blue) have arrived during this time so I made use of them for the project. 

First, I coated the canvases with gesso. Afterwards, I stenciled on the surface with light molding paste (I ran out of molding paste. TT.TT) I then proceeded with the stamping. I stamped like mad! Hah. Then I added the first two colors (light cream and light pink) using watered down liquid pearls. I found that they are permanent when dry and whatever liquid material you put on top of it would not smudge the original layer. Great! Lastly, I added the blue elements using distress stains. 

I adhered a journaling card on the first canvas, a postcard on the second one and another journaling card and a diecut with a pin button on the third one for the focal points. I forgot about the stains being water reactive so they smudged a bit when I brushed some micro pearls. Gad. I never learned because the same thing happened on my second triptych and on the fifth canvas. Hmph. 

I love the subtle shades of pink and blue on this project. I thought of putting some other embellishments, but decided against it in the end. It is simple yet beautiful. I hope you find it as such yourself. Thanks for stopping by today!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Conda Canvas 8" x 10" and 10" x 14", Pebeo White Gesso, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Chickenwire Reversed and Tile Texture, Ranger Liquid Pearls Bisque and Petal Pink, Ranger Distress Stains Broken China and Tumbled Glass, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boutique and Journal, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Stitches and It Is Written, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Heidi Swapp Mixed Media Clear Stamps Script, Journaling Cards, Papemelroti pin button, post card, Eno Greeting diecuts, chipboard, Mod Podge Matte, micro pearls

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 

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

CARD# HPJ-2017-01: Bam!

Hi there! I don't know if there are or if there is someone who actually reads what I post here, but I still want to write and share what I do. Here is the first card I made this year. I am not that proud of this one, but this is what I came up with after cramming.

I don't have papers with superhero designs or anything close. I just gathered images from Google to make the background and printed it at work. Heh. I had to re-adjust the measurements because the paper was slightly smaller than an 8 1/2"x11" sheet. Gad. I am mathematically challenged so it took me forever to make the correct measurements and botched several bond papers in the process.

I pre-cut the die cuts at home. I just adhered the 'Superman' logo on a die cut and added it to the belly band to close the box. 

The box card looks plain but I could not do anything more since I had to finish it before the birthday celebrant arrived for the surprise. I'll do better next time. AND I better collect superhero-themed papers and embellishments for future projects.


MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: A4 Paper white, printed paper, Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One, Cuttlebug Machine V2

ART JOURNAL SPREAD# 10: Live

                                      "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.                                                                       Live the life you've imagined."

                                                       "Live beautifully. Dream passionately."

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Chickenwire Reversed, Ranger Distress Stain Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire and Broken China, Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Diamonds, Boutique, Madame Boutique, Film Edges, Confidence and Journal, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Stitches and Dreamer, Inkadinkado Clear Stamps Inspirational Lift, 

ART JOURNAL SPREAD# 9: Friends

                                           "Friends are special treausures of the heart."

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Tea Dye, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Bahama Blue, Prima Marketing Stencil 12"x12" Harlequin, Golden Molding Paste, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Botanical Odyssey, Boutique, Journal, Dictionary Meaning, Edges, Wanderlust, Grid and True Friend, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps It Is Written and Steampunk Gears, Inkadinkado Clear Stamps Inspirational Lift, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity 2, printed photo

ART JOURNAL SPREAD# 8: Freedom

"I am no bird; 

and no net ensnares me.

I am a free human being

with an independent will."

-JANE EYRE, Charlotte Bronte

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Tile Texture, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Scarlett, Candied Apple, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Victoria, Boutique, Journal, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity Music, Squares

ART JOURNAL SPREAD# 7: Grow

"Bloom where you are planted."

Grow!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Evergreen Bough, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Bahama Blue and Cinder, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Diamonds, Boutique and Film Edges, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity Music, Bo Bunny Clear stamps Dreamer, Postcard, Artline Calligraphy Pen 0.3 Black

ART JOURNAL SPREAD# 6: Voyage

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Iced Spruce, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Worn Lipstick, Ranger Distress Stain Faded Jeans, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Bricks, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Triangles, Boutique, Journal, Wanderlust, Film Edges, printed photo

ART JOURNAL SPREAD# 5: Sunrise

"Sunrise is that beautiful moment when the dreams that have been sleeping in your soul begin to wake up."-SUSAN GALE

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Squeezed Lemon and Worn Lipstick, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Jack O'Lantern, Butternut Squash, Ranger Distress Stain Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Broken China, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Art Is and Tile Texture, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps It Is Written and Stitches, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boutique, Edges, Film Edges and Journal, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Circles, Heidi Swapp Mixed Media Clear Stamp Script, printed photo, Rosie's Studio Sticker Book, M&G Pen

ARTJOURNAL SPREAD# 4: Escape

                                                                                                       "Be unique."

                                                                                 "Shine. Get up and glow."

                                                                                                          "Imagine."

                                                                                                              "Dream."

                                                                                                            "Escape."

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Old Paper, Crushed Olive and Forest Moss, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Chickenwire Reversed, journaling cards, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boutique and Wanderlust, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity Musica, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Dreamer, Inkadinkado Clear Stamps Inspirational Lift, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, StazOn Midi Ink Emerald Green

ART JOURNAL SPREAD# 3: Adventure

                                                                                          "Adventure awaits."

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Dried Marigold and Spiced Marmalade, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Tile Texture, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Wanderlust, Grid, Boutique and Edges, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Dreamer, Heidi Swapp Mixed Media Clear Stamps Script, MultiCraft Clear Stamps Let's Travel, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity Musica, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Butternut Squash, Jack O'Lantern, Jingle Bells and Bahama Blue, Rubber Stamps, Ranger Archival Ink Sepia, Coffee, Jet Black, Chrome Yellow and Pale Ochre, Post Card

ART JOURNAL SPREAD# 2: Simple Things

                                                                                  "It's the simple things."

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick and Rusty Hinge, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Tiny Circles, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Perfume and Dictionary Meanings, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps It Is Written , Journaling Card

ART JOURNAL SPREAD# 1: Moment

                                                                             "Make every moment count."

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Pebeo Gesso, Ranger Distress Ink Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord and Peacock Feathers, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Tile Texture, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boutique, Botanical, Butterflies, Triangles and Diamonds, Heidi Wapp Mixed Media Clear Stamps Script, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Clear Stamps Stitches, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Stitches, Rubber Stamps, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Bahama Blue and Scarlett, Printed Photo, Journaling Card

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