Use up your Washi tape! -1-

I am a washi tape collector and it is so hard not to take them home when you see a cute design! I know you will all agree with me! And the thing about washi tape is.. you never seem to be able to finish a roll! I bought my first MT washi tape more than 5 years ago and I still have them with me today. They do last forever…and ever…

I have spread my addiction to my friends as well and they always come back to me with the same questions: What do I do with it now? and my answer is always: Use it on Anything.

Vague answer I know so I am starting this ‘using up your washi tape’ project and show you how I use up my supplies :)

I am going to keep all the designs simple with the minimal use of any craft tools so basically you only need some card base, some stamps ( or you can print the font out from a Words document) and a few embellishments maybe.

First project: Washi tape focus Father's day card

Pattern Paper Lover

Second post this week. I so deserve a browie point.

This week CAS-ual Friday challenge is totally up my street. I love my pattern paper. It is so much fun ( and quick) to make a card out of pattern paper.

Here is what I made again with  a bargain 6*6 paperpad I found in TK Maxx :)

My own pattern paper

Weekend flew by as usual and I feel like summer is so far away! My table at work is covered with applications for next session at the moment and I am thinking: will I ever finish checking them? ( September maybe?!!)

Anyway, a new challenge for this week at A Passion for PTI ( and I am not late this time, haha) A real challenge I would say because I never really stamp my own background for a card! I am a patter paper girl but I thought I would give it a go. And I am using a stamp that is in Daydreamer which I have never even noticed(!!). And a new colour combo as well.
Challenges really bring you out of your comfort zone!

I am happy how it turned out and I thought I will keep the design simple since the background is so busy.

Positive thinking mode on: it is 5 more days till another weekend and I just ate some chocolate today so life is still good :D

Catch you later.



Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey- Daydreamer
Paper: Stampin Up- Rose Red

Lovely Monday

4 months to go till my ‘project of the year’, I better hurry up and use my time more wisely from now on! So glad summer is here as well.

Did some photo sessions with my products the other day and I am happy with the result. I finally have time to play with my camera, photoshop for a bit and I am sure the daylight bulb is a big help.

It is nice to be off today and lets celebrate! ( Suppose to enter this card to A passion for Papertrey as well but I guess I am a bit too caugth up with things this weekend and I am a bit late..Opps..)

Hope you have a nice weekend off and I think I need some rest now after a very busy long weekend and be ready for tomorrow :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey- Military Stars,Signature Greetings
Other :Washi tapes,Limitless Layers: 1 3/4" Circle Die

Felt

I can’t believe Easter is over for more than 3 weeks.

And I should blog more, I know. Time just flies! And we finally have some sun in Scotland. Still cold outide if you don;t have a jacket but at least the sun is out! Hurray!

Enough of the weather talk, back to my card, I am entering this card for the A passion for PTI texture challenge.

I pull out some felt which I have not used for a very long time and die cut a little elephant and make a baby card with a pretend polaroid frame.    

See, No stamp!

Easter is coming and we have more snow this week. Heavy enough to make your journey to work like hell but not heavy enough to shut the College. Boo.

I am doing CAS-ual Friday challenge again this week! and the challenge is to use no stamps! Easy peasy! Is time to dig in my trash  treasure box. After washi tape, my current passion is 6*6 paper pad! I’ve lots of them and I think I need to use them more often ( like any other things I've got)!!

How about some chevron pattern which is so in trend just now and a Cath kidston inspired pattern?!

3 birds one stamp

Snow, snow, snow. Where I thought Spring is coming, here comes more snow.

Since there is not much to do, I have cosied up in my little flat and made a few cards with a stamp set I bought ages ago.
 

I am entering A passion for PTI ‘fifty shade of grey’ challenge ( I am not into the book btw..just not my cup of tea, haha) and CAS-ual Friday Chipboard challenge. And i did a father card as well!

New year?

Happy new year everyone?! I can’t believe it is already February! And I guess it is time to blog again. I blame my laziness to my cracked laptop screen! (which is now fixed).

3 weeks holiday in Hong Kong and Taiwan was great and  I was having too much fun shopping for craft supplies in Taiwan and I am so not going to buy anymore craft stuff for a while.( I might of said the same before Christmas?! I am trying to be serious this time tho..)I am totally running out of room to put all the new papers, new embellishments and ..um..20+ rolls of washi tapes.

 

Anyway, first up is a cute valentine card and I am entering in for the A passion for PTI challenge, seems ages since I entered a challenge!

Last post in 2012

Last day at work before my 3 week holiday! Hooary!!!! Been crazy in my household trying to sort out all the Christmas presents, clear all my bills, empty all the food in the cupboards and get everything in order before I dash off for HOLIDAY!!!! Finally. Just need to pack my suitcase this weekend!

In case you have not received my Christmas card ( coz I only sent them out last week..even for overseas..oops ) here is one. You must be the lucky one if you have it by now :)  

Merry Christmas and Happy New year everyone! Many big plans for myself in 2013. Bring it on!:D Stay Cozy if you are in Scotland but for me, it is flip flop time!

Krafty Christmas

I love my kraft card base and they feature in my projects quite a lot if you have not realised. I love making one layer card with my kraft card base, not sure why but I always think kraft and one layer card is a perfect match? It is time to mass produce some Christmas cards as well, don’t you think?

I am definitely more organised this year because I remember I only start last year when I am watching ‘im a celebrity get me out of here!’( Yup, I was watching bug eating at the same time  as making nice Christmas cards. )

Is time to have a cuppa , how cold Scotland can be? I think I am going to buy a few more onessie :)

Supplies:

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up- Crumb Cake

Stamp Set: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Signature Christmas; PTI- Signature Greetings
Other :Washi tapes

Edge of Glory

Did you think of the lady gaga song when you seen my title and even have the song in your head now? i did!haha:D

Anyway, just a quick card then I am heading to my beloved bed. I am totally stressed out at work these days and I am feeling I am on the edge from 9-5. 9 weeks till Christmas I am telling myself. (3 days till weekend..) and maybe starting to do Christmas shopping soon will make me feel better?!!

Rosey challenge

Hi ya,

I just put together a quick card today to fix my flower cutting addiction and I am entering this card for the CAS-ual Friday challenge.

I am using the my new Clearly Besotted Stamps as well. The rose image is just too pretty, don’t you think? ;)

Two more days to go till the weekend again! And 75 days till Christmas! And my annual trip! Woo hoo!

TGIF:)

TGIF and my long weekend holiday finally arrived!!! been missing in blogland for a few weeks coz I m kinda busy, excuses I know. the truth is I just love my bed too much and I start to hibernate(!!) since it is totally winter in Scotland. -1 C in October, really?

OK, the real reason is I started to take up some new responsibilities at work that totally stress tired me out and I did an intensive Photoshop course in September (to ‘try to’ improve my photography and design skills, CS6, I can’t wait to get you on my laptpp!)  and I am still taking orders for personalized albums. I am a woman that can’t multitask and I just can’t find time to blog.

I am still trying to do craft for an hour or so every so often, I just dont have time to tidy all the photos and blog them.( and my room is covered in craft supplies that are still in the boxes. No more craft shopping until Christmas seriously. Maybe just one more, have you checked out the new clearly besotted stamps yet?  their flowery stamp set just echo my current flower cutting addiction.)

Going to share some baby cards in this post. How adorable are these PTI images.

 

Addiction

Recently I found another very therapeutic crafty thing to do when I am watching TV at night time. It is..cutting out stamped flowers(!!) crazy I know.

So you will properly see me doing different projects with these cut out flowers.

You're a star!

Got a new PTI set from ebay, loving the star images and I can’t keep my hands away from it.

Made a set of 5 congratulations cards and going to enter the set for this week A passion for PTI challenge. ( Congratulations to Team GB, and how nice is Jess Ennis! Wish there is less TOWIE people and more proper true inspirational people on TV!)

At the moment, I am exploring some new techniques in doing up my blog and photos. As I am not a computer guru so it might take me some time to do it. Please bear with me if you see the interface of my blog it is in a total mess(!!)

Banners

A quick card sharing today to kick start my birthday week :D

Entering this card to CAS-ual Friday challenge. No excuse not to play along while banners and flags are the most ‘it’ items in the craft world.

Will be doing loads of inking this week with my new toys that came all the way from the states.

Catch you later :)

Supplies:

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up- daffodil delight, elegant eggplant

Pattern Paper: Papertrey Ink

Stamp Set: Papertrey Ink- Flower Fusion #7, Everyday button bits

Aim high

This week CAS-ual Friday topic is something in the sky, so what objects should I go for? First, I thought of a bird..then butterfly, but I want to make a more boyish card this week, so I am going for rockets!! And I can use all the left over scrap paper from the baby album. One stone, 2 birds:D found a perfect quote for this little card as well. 

All my recent cards are all kinda Olympics inspired, wonder what I am going to make next week when it is all over? and rumours that the Spice girls will be in the closing ceremony?! Totally brings back childhood memory(!!)

But now, let’s cheer for Team GB and hope more medals to come!

Bike

New card, new challenge. This is for the a passion for PTI challenge-summer time.

Summer is the time to get your bike out and go for a ride! ( ok..that’s not totally true for me since I have no idea how to ride a bike, hahaha) Anyway, it's the spirit that counts.

I finished most of the cards these days while I am watching the Olympics, trying to multi task a bit otherwise I will get nothing done within these 2 weeks!

Getting a bit emotional when I was watching Team GB male gymnastic team the other day. Keep up the good work everyone. ( And come on Andy Murray, you can totally do it!!)

My duvet inspired cards!!

I am entering another challenge! I am totally on fire! lol  (and only 3 more pages left on the baby album!)Trying to kick the lazy bug away before it comes back in winter.

So this week CAS-ual Friday challenge is my favourite colour combo! Lime, aqua and navy.

I need to made two cards to show how much I love these colours and one design is actually inspired by my current duvet cover (!!) Most of the stuff in my room are actually in these colours.

back in black

A really quick card for the CAS-ual Friday challenge.

5 minutes on setting up and paper cutting, 5 mins for a trial card on draft paper, and 2 minutes for stamping on the actual cardstock.

 

For me, making the trial card always took longer than making the actual card (!!)

And I finally got around to use this WMS stamp set for the first time as well! I think I bought them more than 6 months ago..opps…

Anyway, sun is out today( finally!!) and I’m planning to start my gum session again!

Catch ya later.