[Ellen Hutson] January Mix It Up Challenge with Concord&9th

Hello, there!

Today's card is for Mix It up challenge at Ellen Hutson Blog. 

We need to mix Concord&9th and Essentials by Ellen products.

I have several products for each brand, so this looked very exciting.

What shall I choose and mix? It's such a fun question, isn't it? 

So here goes my card.

I chose Cozy Lady set from Essentials by Ellen, Layers of Love Dies and You're My Person Stamp set from Concord&9th.

I colored cozy lady with copic markers, and diecut it using coordinating dies.

  Then, I matched the image with heart cut background.

I cut a few strips from the heart frame to make a small window, inked edges with a distress ink, then stamped a sentiment inside the frame. 

Then I stamped blocked sentiments from "You're My Person" Stamp set, and hand-cut it.

To add cozy feeling, I put some enamel dots. 

♡

Thanks for reading this post.

Enjoy your day!

Marge

[Simon Says Stamp] Friends Release cards

Hello, Friends !

Hope you are having a good day.

Today, I enjoyed a little time playing with New Release products from Simon Says Stamp, which are called "Friends" release. 

I already shared these two cards before, which I made with "PAWS-itivity" Stamp set and Nested Talk Bubble Wafer Dies. 

Today, I'm sharing a shaker card made with "Rose Flower Frame" Die. 

For the background, I ink blended using distress inks : Seedless preserve, Picked raspberry, Worn lipstick, Fossilized amber, and Wild honey.

Then I splattered water onto it. 

I diecut vellum paper and Plum Glitter cardstock using Love Wafer Die.

Because Purple is new year's color by Pantone, I chose plum glitter and pale purple cardstock here ;) 

Sequins are from Little Things by Lucie's Cards, which I received from my craft friend for present. 

I'm adding one more card.

Here I used Mum Flower Frame Die from SSS Friends Release and Everyday Greetings Stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh. Background was made using alcohol inks. 

Thank you for reading this post.
I hope you enjoyed it.

Marge ♡

Friendly Forest

Hello !

I'm sharing two cards made with Friendly Forest Stamps set from My Favorite Things

One day, I enjoyed stamping these solid images, that was so fun, so I got lots of stamped cuts to make two cards.

I used : 

 Friendly Forest , Die-namics stitched heart Stax , Natural cardstock from My Favorite Things

 Love Sentiment, Stitched Labels 1 Dies from Pretty Pink Posh

Sequins by Little Things from Lucy's Cards

Entering this card into challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown #374 "Layer It Up"

I used :

 Friendly Forest, More Essential Sentiments , In&Out Stitched Rd Square Stx, Stitched Sentiment Strips , Studio Katia sequins.

Have a wonderful day !

Marge

Giveaway winner! --> Sindhu

Hello, Friends

Thank you so much for the warm comments you wrote to me, which moved my heart deeply. 

I can't thank you enough. 

And I will do my best to support you in thiw great craft community.

The lucky winner is Sindhu. 

Please email me and let me know your mailing addresses. 

Have a great day! 

[Pretty Pink Posh] January Release Blog Hop Day 1

Hello, there.

Marge here again.

Pretty Pink Posh's New Release Blog Hop has just started !

We are celebrating 4th birthday with lots of inspiration, prizes, gifts and sale!

It is Blog Hop Day 1, and I'm on the PPP blog with these two birthday themed cards.

Details are described there.

If you have a facebook account, be sure to join the Facebook Page ! Fun events are going on there.

        Thank you and have a wonderful day!

Marge.

P.S.) My own blog giveaway is ongoing until midnight EST Today; 

http://margecrafts.blogspot.kr/2018/01/pretty-pink-posh-celebrating-new.html

[Pretty Pink Posh] Celebrating New Release !

Hello, there !

It's finally New Release Day for Pretty Pink Posh.

As you might have already seen from sneak peek postings at PPP blog, lots of pretty, fun, versatile products are released.

Here are some cards I have shared so far on Instagram with quick review on how I made them.

For the first card, I used Love Shaker Die, Cupid Friends Stamp Set, with Coordinating dies, and Love Sentiments Stamp Set, all included in the New Release. Combination of these three sets is just perfect for making Valentine's cards, isn't it ? :)

I colored the images using copic markers, shaker background was colored with distress oxide ink (Fossilized amber), heart frame and card base were cut from a piece of Cotton Candy from Simon Says Cardstock. Soft and colorful dot pattern paper is by MFT stamps.

Shaker was filled with Spring Blooms Sequins Mix (also the new release ) and Daffodil Seed Beads. I just found that when you make shaker cards, mixing cupped sequins and seed beads makes the shakers really look pretty !!

For the second card, I ink blended an A2 panel with distress oxide inks : Peeled paint, Salty ocean, and Broken china. Then I splattered water and black pearl paint.

I did no-line coloring on the Pretty Petunias Stamp Set using an distress ink (Antique linen) and Daniel Smith Watercolor paints (Quinacridone coral, Undersea green).Then I cut them using coordinating dies .

I then adhered the flowers and leaves onto the panel using glue and foam tapes, sentiment was chosen from Birthday Friends Stamp Set. Final touch was adding some  4mm and 6mm Metalic Gold Sequins and Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix. 

For the second card, I stamped petunias using MISTI and masking technique, then watercolored them using distress inks (Brocken China, Cracked Pistachio, Peeled Paint, Mowed Green). Sentiment is from Love Sentiments Stamp Set , red colored label was cut using Stitched Labes 1 Dies.

The New Release also has fun birthday themed stamps and dies.

Here in the 4th card, I used  Birthday Friends Stamp Set and Coordinating dies to make a delightful birthday card.

I inkblended the background panel using distress oxide inks (Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, Cracked Pistachio).

All the images were colored using copic markers. I also used Scallope Borders 2 Dies, Twine and Bows Dies, Sparkling Clear Snowflake Sequins Mix, and 3mm sparkling clear sequins. Stripe pattern paper is from Doodlebug design.

The last two cards are featuring Birthday Scene Stamp set. This set is an inexpensive small stamps set, but it does all to make a card. Using only one stamp set, you can make this whole scene without masking or adding something at all !! This set is definitely my favorite among the new release !

For the 5th card, I stamped the Birthday Scene Stamp set on an A2 sized panel, then colored with copic markers. Then I masked them to color the background using distress oxide inks (Antique linen and Cracked Pistachio). I chose a celebrating sentiment from Everyday Greetings Stamp Set. Then I cut the panel using Scalloped Frame Dies, I cut the frame twice to make it stand out . Then I finished off the card using Northwest Sequins Mix , Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix and twine.  

For the last card, I added candles from Birthday Friends Stamp Set on the top of the balloon to give it some interest, otherewise, similar process. I also used Twine and Bows Dies, Stitched Borders 2 Dies Party Time Sequins Mix and  3mm sparkling clear sequins . The plaid pattern paper is from Lawn Fawn, and the red cardbase is School House Red from Simon Says Cardstock.

That's it for today. Thank you so much for your stopping by.

I hope you enjoyed reading this.

Please go over to Pretty Pink Posh Blog and Store to look at the New Release and get lots of inspiration.

We are also celebrating the 4th Birthday with fun events through 10th~ 12th,  so please join us in the Blog Hop and Facebook page as well.

Marge

** Giveaway Info **

Please write any comments below, I'll pick one lucky winner and send a small Pretty Pink Posh product and a card with warm greeting message in it.

Giveaway is open internationally for 24 hours (until Midnight EST or 9PM PST), not sponsored by Pretty Pink Posh or other companies, open only to who make cards.

I'll announce the winner 24hours later. 

Thanks :)

[Pretty Pink Posh] Pretty Petunias Card

Today I'm sharing a card made with new stamps sets from Pretty Pink Posh, which will be released on Jan 10th officially.

I used Pretty Petunias set and Love Sentiments Stamp set for this card. 

I stamped the images using MISTI with masking techniques, then watercolored using distress inks. 

I love the simple outlines of petunias and leaves. 

 

 I'll share some more cards with petunias soon. 

Thank you.

Marge

Pretty Pink Posh Design Team Announcement

It's been quite a while since my last post.

Hope all of you had a great time crafting like I did.

Frankly speaking, it's been always a challenge for me to maintain an English Blog cause I'm not a native English speaker at all.

So I had to focus on making cards rather than blogging using foreign language.

Today I have a happy news that I'll be on Pretty Pink Posh design team for another term.

It is my honor to work alonside super talented ladies. I'm very grateful for this precious opportunity. 

To celebrate new design team, I made this card.

I used stitched tab dies from pretty pink posh for the first time. I have loved this die for a long time, but couldn't have chance to use it. And now I'm very satisfied with how it came out. Hope you will enjoy too!

There goes a big giveaway at the Pretty Pink Posh blog to celebrate new design team!

Please visit there, write a comment, and grab a chance to win $100 Certificate !

Thanks for stopping by !

Marge

World Card Making Day! at Simon Says Stamp Blog

Hello, there!

Today, I'm going to share a very exciting event at Simon Says Stamp Blog to celebrate the World Card Making Day!

Focusing on the "World", twenty cardmakers were invited, each being representative of her (or his) home country.

I'm so hornored to be invited as a representative of my country, South Korea. 

Now, we were asked to make some holiday cards, and here goes mine.

I wanted to make a peaceful night scene on Christmas Eve as well as a fun shaker card!

Once you have a card design in your mind, the making process is very simple.

1. Prepare A2 size panel from a piece of watercolor paper, then blend it using distess inks, Black Soot, and Hickory Smoke , then splatter with diluted Gesso on it using a brush.

2. Stamp images on a copic friendly white cardstock paper, color them using copic markers and cut them with matching dies.
  I used Angel Friends Stamp Set with Angel Friends dies set, Holiday Pals Stamp Set with matching dies, Happy Snowman Stamp set with matching die. Snowman's hat is from Raindeer Friends Stamp Set & matching dies set. 

3.  Make a house from Stitched Duo 3 dies and Stitched Borders 1 die, then make a shaker element.
  Background of shaker was made using distress inks, Squeezed Lemonade, and Scattered Straw.
  Sequins are Metallic Gold Confetti, Metallic Silver Confetti, and Marshmallow Confetti from Pretty Pink Posh.

4. Make a snowy hill using Drifting Stitches Borders die from Simon Says Stamp Exclusive.

5. Layer each elment one by one using foam tapes, then adhere the panel onto a card base.

Thank you for reading this post.

All the supplies I used are linked in the text.

I hope you enjoyed it. 

Please come to the Simon Says Stamp Blog and join the World Card Making Day party :) 

There's a fun challenge where you make holiday cards, and have a chance to win $50 gift coupon. Ten lucky persons will be chosen randomly. 

Happy World Card Making Day!♡

Marge.

To visit other 18 cardmakers' blog below :

1.       Australia  - Gayatri Murali - https://handmadebyg3.com/

2.      Belgium 🇧🇪 - Laura Sterckz - http://makingcardsisfun.com/

3.      Canada  - Sarah Moerman - http://sarahjmoerman.blogspot.com/

4.      China  - Scarlet Liu - https://www.instagram.com/cnscarletliu/

5.      Colombia  - Bibi Cameron - http://www.bibicameron.co.uk/

6.      England - Jo Nevill - http://bootsblogspot.blogspot.com/

7.      Germany - Maria Fischer - http://rieslingmama.blogspot.com/

8.     Greece  - Vicky Papaioannou - http://www.clips-n-cuts.com/

9.      Italy - Barbara Schiassi - http://yayascrap.blogspot.com/

10.  Malta - Lorraine Aquilina - http://loraquilina.blogspot.com/

11.   Poland  - Marzena Ziuziakowska - http://macarena-creativa.blogspot.com/

12.  Russia - Svetlana Pavlova - http://svetlanaskrapit5.blogspot.ca/

13.  Scotland (no flag emoji for Scotland) - Debby Hughes - http://limedoodledesign.com/blog/

14.  South Africa  - Anna-Karin Edvaldsson - http://layersofink.blogspot.com/

15.   South Korea- Marge Yoon - http://margecrafts.blogspot.com/

16.  Spain  - Amanda Korotkova - http://www.littlecraftypill.com/

17.   Switzerland  - Isha Gupta - http://hobbyandideas.blogspot.ch/

18.  Ukraine  - Svitlana Shayevich - http://craftwalks.com/

19.  USA  - Barb Engler - https://bdengler4.blogspot.com/

MFT card design superstar challenge - Coloring category

Hello, I'm sharing a card to enter into MFT card design superstar challenge - coloring category.

Here is my card.

I wanted to make a cozy autumn scene, and stamps from My Favorite Things are just perfect to make a scene. 

I first made an A2 sized panel with white card stock, then stamped images using masking when needed, then colored with copic markers.

Then I trimmed the panel, and then mounted on a white card base, using 1mm thickness foam tapes. 

The stamps I used are :

Warm & Fuzzy Friends, BB Harvest Mouse, Beary Big Adventure, Pure Innocence Spring Friends, and BB Up in the Air.

Thank you for reading this.

I hope you enjoyed it. 

MFT card design superstar, Clean and Simple genius

Hello, there!

Today I'm sharing a care for entry into the My Favorite Things card design superstar challenge clean and simple genius category .

Please click the image below to link to the challenge site. 

I wanted to make a winter scene in a drop as well as water drop effects on my card.

First I die cut a big water drop, stamped images using masking on it, then colored with copic markers. To give it a glassy look, I gave shades using copic markers and then brushed a little amount of white gesso on it. 

Then I prepared an A2 sized card base, then stamped water drop images from Abstract Art set using dye inks from MFT. 

The large waterdrop diecut piece was mounted using fun foam. 

I also added a smaller waterdrop die cut above the larger one to express drops falling down.

As a final touch, I added a silver metalic twin ribbon. 

To make it Clean and Simple, I let most of the spaces empty white, and made a one layer card. 

Supplies I used are all from My Favorite Things

Stamps : Abstract Art, Winter Wonderland

(I couldn't find the product infos about the stamps I used at MFTstamps.com) 

Dies : Color Drops Stax Die

Inks : Blueberry, Tropical teal, Summer splash, and Berrylicious 

Hope you enjoyed this. 

Thank you

Marge Y.