Wedding Layers.

Hiya everyone!!

Here's a quick post on a card I made for a friend's wedding. I think I've made about 5-6 wedding cards in just the last few months...so many people are getting married this year!!

I'm also entering this card for The Greeting Farm's Garden Variety Tuesday's challenge - Layers. It may not seem like it but this card has four layers - the white cardstock, the pink cardstock, the bluish patterned paper with the saying, the clear overlay at the bottom, and the image of I Do.

How about you? Is it wedding season where you are from?

Ta-ta! Have a fab Labor Day weekend!

Girly Girl Anya.

Hiya, folks!!

I have been wanting to play with my TGF Stamps for a while now. And their Garden Variety Tuesday's Challenge of Girly Girl is happening right now, and this card is kudos for it!

I've taken Holiday Anya 2, and given her a l'il hair cut for a dearie who's battling cancer right now. But things are looking up, and she is celebrating another special occasion right now! And I think Allison Kreft's papers and ribbons are just perfect for Summertime and lifting spirits.

And, of course, Cathy's felt flowers bring the most amazing feminine touches! Check out her beautiful store.



I'll see you back her tomorrow, peeps! Hugs and kisses!

It's Sketchy time!

Hi folks! It's time for a Christmas Card Challenge! This week, we've got a sketch for you! Go to the CCC blog for more deets and inspiration from the rest of the Design team. Here's my take on the challenge:



I've used TGF's Princess Anya (No. 3). She's not a Christmas stamp, but I dressed her up in golds and a deep burgundy...she looks pretty festive in my book :). Especially with these Holiday papers and stickers.

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone! And remember, you've only got 170 days till Christmas! LOL!

The Color Purple (and a Future Giveaway).

Good Friday morning, everyone! I decided to play along with Card Pattern Sketch # 165.
For the stamp, I used TGF's Birthday Anya II. I used papers from Wild Rose Studio's Bella. I even upcycled kraft packaging from CatShy Crafts. Speaking of, that is where I got this beautiful homemade felt flower.
Isn't it gorgeous? I highly recommend Cathy's shop for these amazing embellishments!
And in the near coming future, I will be telling you how you can get a chance to get a hold of Cathy's felt flowers for free! :)
BTW, in case you were wondering, the recipient of this card is also named Cathy. I love it when up cycling works perfectly!
Love,
Rinne

Caroling Anya.

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Hello folks!

For the 13th week of Christmas Card Challenges, we challenge you to add a music element to your card.





I used these Melissa Frances design papers and stickers to accompany my image - Anya from Xmas Sweeties. She may have been smiling but in this instance, let's pretend she's caroling and singing "Deck the Halls."

Remember that you don't have to participate in the weekly challenges, our only rule is that your card should be new and Christmas or Winter-themed. Please visit the CCC blog for more info and inspiration!

Have an awesome rest of your weekend!

I Adore You.

Good morning, everyone!

For my last post as The Greeting Farm's February Guest Design Team member, I wanted to make a Spring-themed card. I thought Birthday Anya II would be perfect for the new & sweet papers of Dear Lizzy's Neopolitan.

I used the same rolled paper technique that I did on one of the cards for my first post. See below for my quick tutorial.

I created this card using my favorite design methods -- layering embellishments and creating lots of textures! The background of ruffled crepe paper actually came like that -- it's from Dear Lizzy's new line from American Crafts. It was a bit tricky cutting it (make sure you don't cut the part where it's glued), but the result was worth it. Every supply is from that line except for the two birdies -- they are from Imaginisce.

I'm also trying out new color combinations for hair and skin. The hair combo is E50, E21, E23, E27, and I got it from the talented Arabella. For her skin, I didn't quite have all of the Copic shades. Hence, the result is that Anya looks a bit like she overdid it at the tanning salon, a la Jersey Shore style. Before I colored her hair, my sis said she looked like Snooki. Hahahahahaha!!!! I tried to correct it by using a colorless blender -- you can kinda see where I tried to take off some color (ooops!).

Aside from her skin, I'm loving the way her dress and its pleats turned out. I taught myself how to color ruffles in. I must say that I'm pretty proud of it :).

Anyway, here's a quickie on the rolled paper. Pics were taken by my phone so they're a bit blurry/ grainy.

Cut slits on your patterned paper. Make sure it's double-sided.



Take a paper piercer or lollipop stick, and roll the paper around it. You have to roll several times using your fingers and work in the fibers of the paper to make it more pliable.



Try to keep the rolls on different levels for a better layering effect.




Anyway, it's time for this girlie to go! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Favorite Book Turned into a Movie at TGF.

Hello, everybody!

I barely made it, but I decided to play along with The Greeting Farm's Customer Challenge at Splitcoaststampers- "A Night at the Bookstore."

I went with the Favorite Book Turned into A Movie and went with The Help. It was my favorite book last year. And I felt that the movie did the book some justice. If you haven't read it yet, I suggest you dive into this moving tale about this historic time. Despite some challenges, these women show a great lesson in humanity. They overcame adversity through friendship and love.

I chose Nurse Anya, Cheeky Cherry Pie, and a retired stamp called Hope and Grace Laundry (i think). I altered them a bit by taking off the nurse's cap and cutting Cheeky's hair. Pardon the uneven coloring of their faces as I do not own all of the Copics to do African American faces.

And yay, I got to use my scraps! The crinkled ribbon is home made by Amy.
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In other news, have you seen how I was picked to be on the SOG Customer Showcase? I FINALLY 'won' something at SOG, LOL. And I'm very grateful to Amy, who was actually the one who chose my card. Amy, thank you so much - you are probably my biggest supporter here!! For more info on my card, see this post.

Smooches!

Party in A Card

Good morning, y'all!

Am finally getting to play with some stamps I won from TGF! This card features Simply Anya. She is such a beauty and so much fun to color!

I'm playing along with A Monday Funday Recipe {TGFM16}: sentiments.

My card is super girly, no? It's for one of my BFFs who said she didn't really want to celebrate her birthday. I don't know about you, but I'm BIG on celebrating my birthday. I mean, how often do we, as women, celebrate ourselves?? (sorry, don't mean to alienate the male readers out there). It's the one day of the year you can claim as your own. So what did I do for my friend here? Why, I went ALL OUT of course! :)

I call it "Party in a Card." Tee hee!

XO,


P.S. Most of the supplies are from House of 3s from Pink Paislee (the polka dotted paper was actually part of the packaging, the tag with flower on top, the cake sticker, the banner with sentiment, and the paper with numbers). The rest are from my stash. I colored her with Copics and stamped her using Memento Ink.

Jolly Elf

Hello, hello, hello!

It's one week till Christmas!! Are you all ready?? I know I'm not! Where the heck did the time go? Seems like it just flew by these last couple of weeks!

Today, it's time for Christmas Card Challenges (Week 3)! Today's challenge is to use non-traditional colors!





I took out my beloved Elf Anya for this week. I paired her up with some design paper goodness from Crate Paper and Pink Paislee. The letters are from Bella Blvd, and the jeweled brads & tag sticker are from Echo Park.

Hope you get to play along! Pls visit the CCC Blog for more info!

I'm also using this card to play along with the Thursday Throwback (Holiday Edition) at the TGF blog.

In other news, Sarah of Serendipity Stamping has a great blog giveaway! Won't you help her get to 100 followers?



Toodles!