Let's Make Cocktails - HSN May 7th!

It has been a very long hiatus since my last post, nothing big to announce I'm just have been busy with everyday life routines. We are finally settling in at our new home, it took quite awhile to find that familiarity (the feeling of being home) but it's not that hard to do together with the family. 

I'm back to share my first project I have created for HSN for this coming May 7th! May is definitely a celebratory month for us, my husband big day is in May so is our wedding anniversary. And don't forget about Mother's day (which falls on the same day as anniversary day this year!), so I don't think a glass of cocktail is enough! LOL. Hence I made it more fun by adding some shaker elements to it, let's get the party started! 

Without further delay, here is the card for the day!

This shaker card is made with the Let's Make Cocktails shaker dies and stamps set, yes - you have everything you need to make this shaker card! Of course, you will need your own glue and clear acetate! lol. They are several others designs available so make sure to check out Crafter's Companion Facebook or CC's HSN Fans group to see more inspirations shared by other design team members. And while you are at it, prepare the shopping list because I have a feeling it's going to run out fast.

That's all for today! I'll be back to share more projects for the coming HSN release soon. Have a wonderful day my crafty friends!

Supplies:
- Shaker Card Stamps and Dies (Let's Make Cocktails)
- CC Construction Cardstock
- CC Luxury Cardstock (Gold)
- Gemini Junior

Others:
- Acetate Sheet
- Sequins

A friend is like a good bra...!

Made something fun today, planning to send this to special friends who get my jokes. It's not hard to find a friend but to find a friend who understands you and won't get offended by your goofiness requires some luck, fate and effort. I'm grateful I have some close friends who accept me for who I am. People who first know me will take me as a quiet and very serious person (thanks to my introverted personality) but once you get to know the inner me, I like to tell jokes too and laugh hard. Life is too short to be serious all the time, don't you think? I used to be very responsive in conversations and make people laugh with sarcastic reply but after living in the States for a long period of time without these close friends around to have fun with, I kinda became even more serious and less humour in me (lack of practice I guess). I miss my friends back home, miss their company and laughter. So here it is, I dedicate this silly card to you Chin Ling, Oi Wun, Ivy Cheng, Li Yong, Qiao Shuang, Chew Fah. Thank you girls for your support and love all these years, wish I could hug you right now!

P.S: Sorry for my old rusty brain if I missed your name, please know that you have always been in the deepest part of my heart! :) 

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion Clear Acrylic Stamp Set (A Good Friend)

- Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers

 - Spectrum Noir Harmony Inkpad

Happy Birthday Card Using Tri-Blend Markers

Is anyone crafting in this cold weather?! I don't feel so good today, not a big fan of cold weather. But instead of resting in bed I decided to color this cute bunny (I know it's not Easter yet although I wish it was). It's just too adorable to not color it and using the Tri-Blend markers it's even easier to color the flowers in the pot.

I don't usually use grey on my card but I want to try something different so I will experiment using colors I wouldn't normally use in my future creations. I hope you like this card! 

Supplies:

- Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers

- Crafter's Companion Clear Acrylic Stamps

Twinkling Trellis With Pretty Peony

My first card using both the new Create-a-Card Twinkling Trellis die and the Sara Signature's Pretty Peony paper crafting collection. This adopted the shaker card concept because there is no sequins in it even though I added a layer of clear acetate for the dimensional look.

The background was created using the Gemini FoilPress machine, the stamping plate used is called Grande Dot. This foiling machine is the best, it makes no errors, every foiling is perfect. The flower is a stamp from the Pretty Peony collection, it comes with a coordinating die so you don't have to fussy cut them. The stamped image is colored with Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers. 

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion Gemini FoilPress Machine

- Sara Signature Pretty Peony Collection

- Gemini Create-a-Card Background Die (Twinkling Trellis)

I'm BACK!! - Celebrate Shaker Card

Hi all, I'm back! It has been a long hiatus since my disappearance back in September last year, can't believe it's more than four months since my last post. If you are wondering what we are up to it's because we were in the process of moving! It was not easy to get everything back to routine, my kids need to change schools and many other things to touch up around the house. As a matter of fact, I'm still unpacking boxes after moving in two months ago. And I had just set up my small craft station last week so I get to start crafting again, yay!! (Still having difficulty finding my supplies!)

I made a couple of cards with the new craft table hubby got me for Christmas, I told him new things always inspire me. LOL. Here is one of the cards I made. I'm so glad Crafter's Companion has finally came out with their version of "torn panel" background die, love the trendy look! I colored the background using Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers in rainbow colors and create a shaker cards with it. I  filled each panel with unique sequins, I think it makes the card pops out even more. The sentiment is from one of the Gemini's Expression dies called Celebrate, it was on HSN last week!

Here is the list of supplies I used:

- Gemini Junior Machine

- Gemini Create-a-Card Background Die (Torn Panel)

- Gemini Expressions Everyday Sentiment Die (Celebrate)

- Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers

- Crafter's Companion Watercolor Cardstock

- Varieties of Sequins

Crafter's Companion On HSN Today!!!

Crafter's Companion is on HSN today!! Here are some sneak peaks for some of the new crafty goodies that are on HSN today.First of all, the Gemini Stamps and Dies range. They are three bundles available and each bundle contains 3 stamps and dies sets. 

Secondly the Crafter's Companion's in house designer stamps set, this set is called Festive Stag colored with the brand NEW Spectrum Noir Holidays Sparkle Markers set!

And have you heard?!! The Advent Calendar is already available now so you can craft everyday starting December till Christmas. An unique die to reveal each day, how fun is that?!

Sara is amazing, she has came out with another fabulous paper crafting collection called SEW LOVELY! So lovely indeed!! Look at the patchwork embossing pattern, I'm in love!

Another Holiday's crafting collection, what?! This is the Sara's A Winter's Tale collection, doesn't it just too cute? You should see the rest of the team designers create with this beautiful collection, you're going to NEED it too!

These stamps are designed to work with the Spectrum Harmony Ink Pads, that's why it comes in bundles with the ink pads! They are two bundles available which makes a total of six new color ink pads! How can you say no to these ink pads? They are so easy to apply and they are water-reactive, I love them!

The last card I'm sharing today is this Christmas card made with the Die'sire Edge'sbles dies! Two bundles available and four dies each (Total eight dies!). I used mainly glittered cardstock on this card, it's so shiny! And the layers, I just love to add dimensions to my card!

These are not the only products being released today by Crafter's Companion, they are much much more such as the Gemini Stitch machine!! You'll have to visit their website to see the complete list of new items, click HERE to check out! 

Sara Signature Winter Wonderland Papercrafting Collection

Last month Sara released one of her popular winter paper crafting collections - the  Winter Wonderland! Everyone fell in love with this collection when they first set their eyes on this because it's so beautiful! It uses the contemporary Christmas colors including blue, silver, white, green. It's indeed one of the kind collection she has ever released!

They are so many dies, embossing folders, stamps to choose from I couldn't decide which one to create first. So I picked randomly which was this very elegant Christmas tree and snowflakes dies. I like the metallic blue mirror cardstock together with the silver glitter-cardstock, they are such a perfect color combo for this card!

It was hard for me to create a 3D tree as the cutting die is really intricate (I tried cutting the same image for like at least six times on mirror, glitter cardstock and adhesive foams and believe me, I was almost had a heart attack when I had to throw out those cutouts) so I decided to glue as it is on the patterned cardstock and fill the blanks with glitter cardstock. The sentiment is absolutely a nice touch to this card though especially along with the stamped sentiments.

Supplies:

- Sara Signature Winter Wonderland  Paper Crafting Colleciton