Ribbons and her ribbons and doilies.

Good Tuesday morning, folks!!

It's been awhile since I've played with Some Odd Girl stamps -- I've quite missed them!! Here's a card I created for one of my dear co-workers -- she has an upcoming wedding, and I was in charge of her group card. Believe me, I wanted to put some kind of plastic covering on the front of this for fear that it'll get wrinkled, or dirty, or ruined when my colleagues are signing it!

Gold is my new fave color, and I really like how this card came out. SOG's Ribbons is also so beautiful! And that gold foil doilie in the middle is also from SOG.

I colored the image first, and then looked up the current Facebook challenge. Wouldn't you know it? The theme is Trash your Stash - Use up your ribbon!! He he! So Ribbons will be the image for the ribbon challenge, and then I added some lace trim and lilac ribbon as well! Ties off the romantic feel, don't ya think (Some PUN intended, buwhahahaha)?



Till tomorrow, peeps!!

Birthday Week and a Challenge Reminder for T4TD!

Here are words from fellow T4TD DT member, Lou Mac:

There is just under a day and a half left to enter our *TIME FOR TEA APRIL CHALLENGE COMPETITION !!*


If you haven’t entered already.. where have you been?! Under a rock?!


Have you SEEN the prizes up for grabs?!

The prize offered for the lucky winner consists of 4 T4T Limited Edition set of clear stamps, the new range of T4T Treat bags & 2 digi stamps of your choice so you can crafting right away.


.. but our lovely Jo didn’t want to stop there, so she has included a 2nd prize too! This prize will consist of 2 of the Limited Edition T4T clear stamps sets of your choice as well as a T4T treat bag.


Really.. what are you waiting for?!


ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING IS:

CREATE A BRAND NEW PROJECT featuring a Time for Tea Image or sentiment (you can include T4T @ Whimsy images too), and share it with us. Either via your Blog, by hitting the Follower button or add us via BlogLovin.


Be sure to head over to the original post to share your creations with us. We all look forward to visiting!



To go along with this reminder blog post, I created a card that summed up the past week! It was my birthday, and I used Birthday Balloons. From an Easter celebration with my fam, a couple of dinners out with dear friends, and a trip to Disneyland, it was really a stellar week to remember! And this stamp is perfect for it!

I love her girly girl outfit, and I've colored her up nice and bright! I used patterned paper from one of my fave current lines - Plus One by Amy Tangerine and added baby mix sequins from Some Odd Girl and ribbon from my stash.

It's like a party on a card, don't ya think??

Love,

Transplant Nurses' Day

Happy Transplant Nurses' Day!!!!

I know, I know... they have a "day" for everything these days! But transplant recipients and donors are very special, and caring for them could be quite hard! But it's also very rewarding. I'm proud to do what I do!!

I love the new Nurse Kaylee from Some Odd Girl and wanted to play along their facebook challenge of Wishy-Washi.

It's such a perfect challenge for me because I love love love washi! It's so simple and pretty cheap, and it comes in thousands of designs!!



Welp, I'm off to work... I'll see you all in a bit! Remember that when you choose to donate your organs, you save a life! A message from your friendly registered nurse! :)

April Showers.

Hello, everyone! I'm playing along with Some Odd Girl's April Showers Challenge on their Facebook group. The challenge is all about rain showers, umbrellas, and Spring flowers.

I've colored up the lovely Rainbow Fairy a while back, and thought she'd be perfect for this challenge. We've been having lots of showers here on our neck of the woods, and I've also been seeing a rainbow here and there. The kiddies get giddy when they spot them too, and I've got to admit, they are so beautiful to look at. I always try to take a picture but photographs don't do them justice.



Anyway, back to the challenge... I am a big fan of "mixing things up." I picked some cloud overlays from Hambly (again) as they are my current cloud patterned paper (and believe me, I've got tons of those). And thought these 3-D flowers from Sassafras were the perfect colors and embellishments for the Spring theme. They are a bit more shabby chic while Hambly is all about graphic lines. Am loving how they came together though to bring this pretty unique-looking card. Quite right for a Some Odd Girl challenge, am I right?? :)

Hope you all have an awesome day and I'll see you next week!

Steam Punk.

Happy almost Hump Day, folks! Have you seen that commercial with the camel and he's going around the office saying, "Hump Day, Hump Day!" or something like that?? It's hilarious!! LOL!

So I've been off for the last couple of days. My DH has been sick, and although it was busy, it was nice having him around the house. I even got to do some coloring while taking care of my three "boys." Ever since I first saw SteamPunk Kaylee from SOG, I had been wanting to make a card of her!

I first learned about Steam Punk when I watched one of those reality Wedding shows -- the couple wanted a steam punk themed wedding, and the network was helping them achieve their dream. Here's a link on what steam punk is all about via Wikipedia. Basically, it was during the 19th century / Victorian era when America was becoming more industrialized. There's a lot of mechanism, futuristic, fantasy, modernism involved in the style. The show was very interesting, and I had been intrigued ever since.

So I gathered up what I perceived to be "steam punk-sh" among my stash of papers. I came across that metallic, shiny, embossed paper and a few with lots of vintage keys. I also found those cool keys and bolts/ screws embellishments.

For the sketch, I wanted something special so I followed The Deconstructed Sketch # 124, which was unique and interesting, and showcased SP Kaylee (& all her ephemera) just right!!



Thanks for visiting! I'll see you soon!!

Let Them Eat Cake!!!

Hello all!!

I really love this Mae Antoinette (aka Marie Antoinette) image from Some Odd Girl. If you don't know who M.A. is, she was the Queen of France and led a very rich and indulgent life. So I made a really over-the-top and delicious card!!!



And if you'll excuse me, I'll be eating my card now! Buwahahahahaha!!!!

Embellies are from Jolee's Boutique, Martha's Stewart, and random Kawaii stickers I own! Isn't that background paper perfect too? Her story had a dark side afterall!!

Aurevoir!

He makes my dreams come true... or supports me when I strive to do it myself! :)

Hi all!

Well, I finally finished my DH's birthday card. I meant well and finished coloring these Some Odd Girl images a week ago. Genie Gwen and Genie Kody are perfect to depict my hubby and me.



My hubbs is pretty much my best friend. And although, at times, he is resistant to what I want..in the end, I always end up getting it. Because he either gives up or makes my dream come true. Hehehehe! So, yes, the genies are perrrrrrfeecttoooo!



Currently, I am pretty obsessed with setting myself apart from other crafters. What is my style? How can I be more unique? When I couldn't find the exact patterned paper for the card (even though where I stopped to shop -- Paper Tales -- in San Diego was totally cute), I decided to make my own. I wanted it to be all smokey! :) I used some gelatos and my metallic rub-ons on textured cardstock. Voila!!








Have a wonderful Monday night!!

It's Magic!

Good Tuesday morning, peeps!!

Today, I've got a card for you for two challenges. First, there's a paper piercing challenge over at Milk Coffee Challenge and a DT call too. I haven't paper-pierced in so long! They've got some really cute digi stamps. Unfortunately, I ran out of ink so I couldn't print up any of their freebies going on right now. Make sure you get yours here! Otherwise, I've got a couple of Milk Coffee cards here and here.

I've forgotten the beauty you get from a paper-pierced image. I always thought you lose dimension, but now you can add that with similar-toned copics/ ink. Here, I combined this challenge with the Ombre challenge going on at Some Odd Girl.



I really love this Wild and Free line from Glitz Design. There are a lot of ombre elements here -- that feather PL card is captivating, and her wings, dress, flowers, and shoes are from the same line. I made sure to paper pierce exactly where the ombre part would show on her wings and dress. The mint background paper is from Dear Lizzy. I added some lace and washi and pearls for a feminine feel. I've also created some ombre waves in her hair. The image and sentiment are from SOG's Fairy Magic, and it's my first time using her.

The card and image are pretty meaningful as I had just come back from the land of Magic -- Orlando and its Walt Disney World and Universal's Harry Potter Land. I also attended the Magnet Conference for nurses and its theme was the "Magic of Magnet." :)

Hope you have a truly magical day!

Bright and Colorful.

Hi errrr-body!

I'm on a little vacay/ conference for work this week so I thought I'd post about an old card I never showed here.

Here's one from the SOG booth at CHA 2013 - a card I made of Gifty Gwen.



I think bright colored cards are so fun, don't you? They always bring a smile to my face!

I'll see you all later!

Me in SOG form :).

Happy Monday and end of September, peeps!!


Alas, it is also my last day as a design team member at Some Odd Girl. It's been a pleasure and an awesome experience!!

For my very last featured SOG DT project here, I wanted to show you the Project Life spread that each DT member was asked to do. Basically, we were to make two pages about who we are, what we love, what we do using SOG stamps. Needless to say, I loved this assignment!

Here's my two page spread:



And closer looks on each side:





XOXO! And thanks so much for visiting!

YoHO yoHO...

YOHOHOHO..A pirate's life for me!!!! Remember that song from Peter Pan?

Pirate Tobie is the new digital stamp release for today (as well as the Wave Layers Cut File) from Some Odd Girl. Sadly, this will be my last post as a SOG DT member but nevertheless, I've come to show you a typical Rinne Creations. And, boy, did I want to go out with a BANG! I mean, did you see all the embellies I piled on here? Hee hee hee! Whimsical, cute, and different...that's how I like to describe my style. I'm sure you noticed that there's a bit (ok, a lot) of pink on this! I just love this paper line (forgive me, I do not know where this was from but it's been at least five years ago).



There's a lot more of Pirate Tobie (AARRRRRGGGGHHHH) to be seen on the following blogs:

Katie, Mila, Rachel, MP, and Rene.

You can view the new Wave Layers Cut File on Judy's and Rene's blogs too.

I'm sure going to miss working with the lovely crew of SOG. Thanks so much for the opportunity, Kristy and Leah! I had a blast and learned so much!!

See ya laters, mate,

The Mad Scientist and the Witch!

It's Tuesdayyyyyyyy!!! And time for new digital stamps and cut file releases at Some Odd Girl! Make sure you head on over the SOG blog because I wrote up the post today :). We've got two digi stamps (which I have examples of here) and a new background cut file too. Here are Mad Scientist Tobie and Cauldron Tia.




Please pardon the date stamp. I accidentally put 2014! I thought a little lab scene would be good for Mad Scientist Tobie here. And can you hear him cackling his EVIL LAUGHTER? ***BUWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA** Lol!



I added that cute little shortie Frankenstein too! Ain't he precious?

And I wanted to make an adorable-looking witch! Cauldron Tia is quite powerful though, and she's got a dark side of course!!



Make sure you peep in the little blog hop we've got going on on the SOG blog, too! Lots of inspo from the other DT peeps! Some of the lovely ladies have projects for the new Star / Moon background cut file as well!



See you all very soon!!

Vampiress!

Hi everyone!

I dunno about y'all, but in my neck of the woods, Halloween is in full effect. The stores are full of them, and my brain is debating about costumes for the kiddos. The good news is I've got Halloween mojo too! So I was stoked when I saw Some Odd Girl's new digi release - Vampiress.

I think she is super cool. I love her Victorian, but ultra hip clothes. Those fangs and that facial expression are eerie but lure you in! I decided not to make her too cute-sy so I colored her that gray skin tone and gave her white eyes! Oooooooooooooooooooooohhh! Lol!



I also wanted a little scene. Nothing better than a Haunted House for a Halloween card, right? And that bejeweled spider fit the bill, I thought. Her hair is that pop-py bright violet because she's one sassy little thing! I also wanted her clothes to be dark but memorable so deep reds and purple and greys were the way to go.



Here's what she looks like in a more CAS card.



Today, the other DT members are also showing another release - the Web background cut file. Please go the the following DT blogs:

Tab,

Anna,

MP,

and Leah C.

And for Vampiress, go to the blogs of

Katie,

Tab,

Angie,

Mila,

and Leah C.

Toot-a-loo!

SOG's September Sketch Challenge and Card Swap.

If you are looking for my Yumi and Fumi Handmade birthday blog post, please go HERE or scroll down.

Hello, folks! It's the first of the month, and that means another super duper cool-io sketch challenge over at Some Odd Girl!

Here's my take, with the sentiment location off a bit. I don't know why but I always like to be just a little different. :)



I also made this card for a card swap that we were having at the Some Odd Girl community. I gave it to Miss Alexis of Digital Lace.

I used Artist Mae for the image and sentiment. But I also went a step further and made my own patterned paper and used the heart and circle in Deer Mae.

I incorporated a lot of neon here... neon ink as well as neon splatters. And there are lots of varying textures from the cork behind her to the glittered arrows.



I hope Alexis loved her card. Because I am quite happy with how it turned out!

Have a great day, everyone! Make sure you go to the SOG blog for more rules and details on this challenge! We'd love for all of you to play along (SOG stamps are a must!).

Penguins & Pups!

Hello, hello, helllooooooooooooo, Blog World!!

It's Digi Release Day at Some Odd Girl! Seriously, how cool is it that pretty much on every Tuesday, there is a new digital stamp at SOG? Awesome, I tell ya!!

And today, I've got two of them to show you! Introducing Momma & Baby Penguin:



Aren't they sweet? I accidentally printed them too big than I intended, but their size kind of balanced out the busy background. My good friend, Sheena, had given me a gift a few months back - supplies to make that rosette. I love it! It resembles a snow ball! Thank you, Sheena!!



This image would be perfect not only for Holidays, but also for Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc.! Adorable, right?

And the second image is Holiday Pup:



Lots of pattern-mixing on this one. But if you look closely, it's really a two to three-layered card :). My favorite embellishment though are the Martha Stewart star glitter confetti. Each row is pretty much a different color. Very subtle, but they really add to the card.



Now, please hop on over to the rest of the participating DT and SOG blog for more inspiration!! I don't know about you, but I truly love seeing everyone's take on the same image(s).

For Momma & Baby Penguin:

Anna,

Vera,

Judy,

and Angie.

For Holiday Pup:

Katie,

Mila,

Rachel,

and Vera.

Have a lovely day!!