Hello there! 

It’s high time I get back into some challenges, so today I looked up:

MFT’s Card Challenge 401 and it’s another great one that’s easily adaptable. 

Here’s my card:

The background is some simple oxide ink through a stencil (linked below), with some wonderful layered butterflies as the focal images. 

I don’t have the matching dies, so I fussy-cut them out myself. They were pretty easy! 💪🏼

I popped the butterflies up to make it look like they were floating. 

Such a simple, but striking card, no? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thanks for stopping by! 💋

Supplies:

Stamps (MFT): beautiful butterflies, Anything But Basic Birthday Wishes

Stencil: TCW Onion Skin 

Inks: Ranger Oxide Inks

Hi there! I just got back from a week-long trip to Hong Kong and what can I say... I LOVE that city! It's going to be hard to keep me away from there again. It's only a 2 hour flight from Shanghai so it's really tempting to visit there again soon. I mean, COME ON:

Hi there!

Today I'm playing along with the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make For The Border!

I've used a set from Mama Elephant called Rock And Paws.  

I have a quick card to share today using Critters At The Dog Park by Lawn Fawn: 

So funny... I set up this shot, took it, thought "OK!" and didn't even look at the crazy twine, hahaha.. I must have been in a hurry that day, right? Anyway...

I hope you're having a great week!! Thanks for stopping by!

Hi there! 

Have you seen the new stuff for February from Technique Tuesday? A couple of cute things to colour this month, some cool new dies - it makes me happy!!

Thanks for stopping by!! 

It's almost vacation #2 time (3 weeks holiday for Chinese New Years!) and my weekend has been pretty boring... 

I have come to realize that I loathe not being busy! During the week when I'm at school 10 hours a day I long for the quiet warmth of my living room, but when the weekend comes I'm stir-crazy by lunchtime on Saturday! 

The only thing that helps is challenging myself (or tasking myself) with projects that give me purpose. 

Today's card is for this week's MFT card sketch, and I used previously unused stamps and die cuts, so yay me!

Fun colours, fun image... It's a happy card! 

When I arrived in China a couple years ago the first thing I looked for was a cardmaking/scrapbooking ladies group. I looked on local expat websites and Facebook groups, but I didn't come up with anything. I really enjoy the social aspect of our craft and when I lived in Canada I would get together with "the girls" monthly to hang out and "crop" and I knew I would miss it. And I did... Being "alone" here with no one to talk to about products, techniques and just STUFF gets boring and I was craving camaraderie. 

Enter in a lovely choir student and her mom. I got a Christmas card from them and noticed some very familiar products and my student connected her mom and I on WeChat. (Chinese Facebook) This weekend  there was a get-together with a bunch of her crafty friends and they invited me to join!  YES! 

It was very cramped because their usual space was booked, but everyone just made-do and worked it out. 

What amazed me was that besides a few small differences, we all use the same stuff! 

The crop was at a sweet little coffee shop and they made us handmade donuts and jam... Yummy! 

Unlike other crops I've been to, these ladies work with a theme each  month. This month's theme was: Chinese Zodiac shaker cards. This card features a little tiger from a Hero Arts set. 

And from the same set, a rat (mouse)! 

Thank you for inviting me, ladies! 

I'm looking forward to next month already! 

Supplies: 

Hero Arts Playful Animals, Taylored Expressions Sentiment

Patterned Paper: Echo Park, Simple Stories

Cardstock, Bazzill Cardshoppe

Die Cut: MFT

My friend Danielle designed this cute little set of birthday grumps by Taylored Expressions and I thought it would be perfect for those people in my life that just don't like birthdays. (Crazy people, I tell you!! What's not to like??!!)

Once I got the image coloured I got to work deciding which twine to use. Normally I grab some different colours and nestle them next to the paper/image like this and decide if it looks right: 

Then, I play around with how I'm going to use it on the card.. Yes, I could tie it in a bow, but sometimes I like to live on the edge!! hahaha... 

And here's the card all put together: 

The Twinery Twine used: 

I made two more using the sketch because... why not?! 

It's Friday night here in China and for me that means a short school day (we're a boarding school so the kids get to go home by bus around noon) and I get to enjoy a nice afternoon nap followed by crafting at night! 

Today I decided to ink up some new MFT goodies and tackle a couple of challenges. 

There was nowhere on the front of the card that I wanted to put the sentiment, so I stamped the girl on the inside with Memento Toffee Crunch ink. 

I was also able to find someone who sold Wink Of Stellas here in China (I left ALL OF MINE AT HOME!!!) so I've been adding a touch of glitter to my projects lately: 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Supplies: 

Stamp Set: BB Sweet Birthday Wishes
Cardstock: Bazzill Cardshoppe
Patterned Papers: Basic Grey "Highline" and Dear Lizzy "Lucky Charms"
Die Cut: Die-namics Pierced Oval Stax

I am so happy to share this spring-inspired shaker card today

On the Technique Tuesday blog! 

I am on a roll with the challenges this weekend and today's card uses the current sketch from 

My Favorite Things.... Check out my card!!

I love vacations. I love having time to relax and just make cards!! 

Today I played along with two challenges. Here's the card: 

A little glitz and glamour, a little rustic vintage. I love it! 

So first off, I played along with the current Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge. 

Here's the sketch: 

I love the panel that's a little off-kilter. It was a easy card to put together... 

Secondly, I was inspired by the Curtain Call Challenge:

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Boob Tubes

Die Cut: Paper Smooches - Birthday Words Dies

Papers: MME, Teresa Collins, Bazzill