Year in Review 2016

Hello everyone!

Today is the last day of 2016. It’s been another wonderful year for me. I’ve had a lot of fun creating projects for many challenge blogs. I love to try new things. To make each of my projects unique, sometimes it’s been challenging to find new inspirations. But I’ve found it fun to do and that’s how I broaden my crafting skills. However, I still keep practicing on every creations I’ve made.  

All of my projects in 2016 are featured in the video below.

In 2017, I’m sure there will be new things to explore. I hope it will be another great year for me.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a wonderful year ahead. All the best in everything.

Happy New Year 2017!

My 2017 Planner

Hello crafty friends! It is almost the last day of 2016. Time has gone so fast. Today it’s also my turn to share a project for inspiration at Storie di Timbri blog.

I have prepared myself for the coming 2017 with this project. It is 2017 monthly planner to help me schedule crafting projects. I have printed out monthly calendar into the booklet so my planner is in A5 size. I folded the papers in half and punched the holes along the folded line. Then, I stitched all pages together using chainstitch bookbinding technique.

I have decorated the planner cover with two magnolia stamps. They are “Santa on Christmas Eve” stamp from So Jolly Under the Mistletoe 2009 collection and “Winter Night Background” stamp from Winter 2008 collection. The stamped images were colored with distress ink. I decorated the cover with few only embellishments so that I could write on the left pages easily. Here is my handmade planner.

Inside the planner, it is monthly calendar.

I used chainstitch bookbinding technique which I had learned from a workshop last year.

I would like to enter my project to these challenges.

• Cards und More Challenge #174 – Christmas
• Cards und More Shop Challenge #7 – Anything Goes with Sparkle/ Glitter
• Country View December Challenge – Christmas
• Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #179 - Angels/ Fairies or Winter
• Live & Love Crafts Challenge #54 - Smorgasbord -> G. Christmas Tic-Tac-Toe (Bell, Snow, Candle/Lantern)
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #141 – Anything Goes
• Paradise of Magnolia Challenge #50 –Christmas
• Paradise of Stamps Challenge #51 – Winter with Optional Background with Text
• Winter Wonderland Challenge - For Someone Special/ Happy New Year

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful holiday!

Flying Rudolph

Hello everyone! Today it’s time for the reminder post at Marvelous Magnolia challenge. The theme for December challenge is

Anything Goes Christmas

I have created a Christmas card using Magnolia “Jingle Bell Rudolf” stamp from Winter Wonderland 2013 collection. I used distress ink to create night background and added some Diamond Sparkle embossing powder to make the shining stars. The card base is a die cut from Magnolia Vintage Box 2 cut out from Magnolia paper with inner frame from Spellbinders. The sentiment and red chandelier are from Yuletide Vintage box. I decorated with the die cuts from Magnolia and Doohickey box 7.

Here is the close up for Rudolph. He is sure to have the red nose.

I also added some movement part to Rudolph. Please see the video how he moves.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Christmas Song My favourite Christmas song is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The song is very cute and I love the story of how Rudolph became Santa's reindeer.
• Card und More Shop Challenge #7 – Anything Goes with Sparkle
• Country View December Challenge – Christmas
• Deep Ocean Challenge #144 - Silent Night
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #141 – Anything Goes
• Magnolia-licious Challenge – Anything Goes
• Noor Design Challenge #25 – Sparkle
• Paradise of Magnolia Challenge #49 – Sparkle at Christmas
• Simply Magnolia Challenge - Anything Goes
• Winter Wonderland Challenge – Frame It or Night Scene

I hope you like my card today. Thank you for visiting.

Happy Christmas Card

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a new project to share. It is a card I created for the new challenge at Addicted to Stamps. The theme is

Christmas

I have created this red & green Christmas card using old stamp from Lili of the Valley. The name is “Fairy Lights”. I think this stamp is discontinued and not available as Digi. However, the image is so cute that I can’t resist to color it. The sentiment is also the LOTV stamp. I decorated the card with poinsettia paper flower and die cuts from Doohickey vol 7, 12, Vintage Box 4.

The stamped image was colored with distress ink as usual.

I would like to submit this card to these challenges.

• Country View December Challenge – Christmas
• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #178 - Christmas
• Creative Inspirations Challenge #263 – Christmas Creation
• Noor Design Challenge #25 – Sparkle
• Nordsalten Hobbyklubb Challenge #151 – Oh Christmas withYour Joy
• One Crazy Stamper December Challenge – Friends Always 
• Paradise of stamps Challenge #51 – Winter with Optional Backgroundwith Text
• Polkadoodles Challenge Week 48/49 – Anything Goes
• The Ribbon Girl December Card Challenge
• Winter Wonderland Challenge – Frame It or Night Scene

Thanks you for visiting my blog and hope you like my project today. Happy Sunday everyone!

Tilda in Snow Globe Shaker Card

Hi! I’m back again today with another new challenge at Magnolia Forever. The theme is

Winter

I have created a fun winter card using mini Magnolia “Tilda in Cozy Coat” stamp from Waiting for Christmas 2014 collection. This mini Tilda can fit in the snow globe die cut from Impression Obsession. I added more fun by turning it into shaker part so it would be like a real snow globe. Both sentiments are stamps from Lili of the Valley. Patterned paper is from Maja Design. The shape of card base is from Magnolia pop up box. Other die cuts decorations are Doohickey Poinsettia, Sprawling Ferns, Sizzix Tim Holtz Snowflake Rosette, Simon Says Stamp Snowflake, and Cheery Lynn Designs English Tea Party Doily.

Close up for Tilda in the snow globe. The shaker elements are sequins, seed beads, and punched snowflakes.

Comparison of mini and normal size of Tilda in Cozy Coat. The card on the right is the one I shared yesterday here.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• Cards und More Shop Challenge #6 – Winter/ Christmas
• Creative Inspirations Challenge #263 – Christmas Creations
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #140 – Snow/Glitters
• Magnolia-licious Challenge – Need A Little Christmas
• Magnolia-licious November Mini Magnolia Challenge – AnythingGoes
• Paradise of Magnolia Challenge #48 – Vintage Card
• Polkadoodles ChallengeWeek 46/47 – Anything Goes
• The Ribbon Girl November Image Challenge
• Scrap & Craft Challenge #4 – Christmas Time
• Winter Wonderland Challenge – Poinsettias or Snow is falling

Hope you like my projects today. Thank you for visiting my blog.

White Christmas with Snowy Tilda

Hello crafty friends! Today it’s already the last month of the year. The December challenge has just begun at Storie di timbre, carta e. This month theme is very flexible. It is

Anything Goes

I have created a simple Christmas card using all products from Magnolia. The image is “Tilda with Little Snowy” stamp from A Lovely Christmas 2015 collection. The sentiment is the stamp from “Dreaming of Ornament Kit” from the latest Aspen Holidays 2016 collection. I stamped the sentiment with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with Platinum Liquid embossing powder. The die cuts are from Doohickey box vol 7 (snow scene), vol 9 (clouds & stars), Sprawling ferns, and Poinsettia. The pearl blue background was created by using Pearl Blue embossing powder on black paper.

I colored this cute Tilda with distress ink using no-line technique.

I would like to submit this card to these challenges.

• ABC Challenge – U is for Unconventional
• All About Magnolia Challenge #18 – All About Holy Night
• Cards und More Shop Challenge #6 – Winter/ Christmas
• Country View December Challenge - Christmas
• Creative Inspirations Challenge #263 – Christmas Creations
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #140 – Snow/Glitters
• Magnolia-licious Challenge – Need A Little Christmas
• The Ribbon Girl November Image Challenge
• Scrap & Craft Challenge #4 – Christmas Time
• Winter Wonderland Challenge – Poinsettias or Snow is falling

Thank you for stopping by. Please come back for the next project soon.

Winter Rosette Card

Hello everyone! Today it’s my turn to share a project for inspiration at Storie di Timbri.

It is almost the last month of the year. I have seen many crafty friends started to create winter/ christmas cards. Sadly, there is no winter in Thailand. Just a little cool breeze in the morning but getting hot in the afternoon. However, I would love to create winter project too.

I made a winter rosette card using Magnolia “Tilda in Cozy Coat” stamp from waiting for Christmas 2014 collection. The rosette base was created by scoring the 3” wide paper at every ¼”. The sentiment stamp was from Lili of the Valley and then I hand cut the banner along the text line. Instead of using paper flowers, I decorated the card with snowflake rosette die cuts from Tim Holtz.

Close up for Tilda. I colored the stamped image with distress ink.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• All About Magnolia Challenge #18 – All About Holy Night
• Cards und More Shop Challenge #6 - Winter/ Christmas
• Fussy and Fancy Challenge #177 – Different Folds or ShapedCard
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #140 – Snow/Glitters
• Live and Love CraftsChallenge #53 – White Christmas
• Magnolia-licious Challenge - Need A Little Christmas
• Polkadoodles Challenge week 46/47 – Anything Goes
• The Ribbon Girl November Image Challenge
• Simply Magnolia Challenge – Vintage
• Winter Wonderland Challenge – Poinsettias or Snow is falling

I hope you like my project today. Have a wonderful winter day.

Welcome Baby Boy

Hello. Today it’s mid of November so it’s time for the reminder post at Marvelous Magnolia challenge. The theme is

Anything Goes

I have created a card to welcome a baby boy using Magnolia “Tilda’s Family” stamp from Princes & Princesses 2012 collection. The card was decorated in soft baby blue and cream tone. I used die cut from Spellbinders Floral Ovals as the frame for the image and the banner from Doohickey volume 9. Papers were from Magnolia and Maja Design.

Close up for Tilda’s Family. The image was colored with distress ink.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #175 – Flowers & Pearls
• Magnolia-licious Challenge – Anything Goes
• Nordsalten Hobbyklubb Challenge #150 – Anything Goes
• Paradise of Stamps Challenge #50 – Anything Goes
• The Ribbon Girl November Card Challenge
• Simply Magnolia Challenge – Vintage

Thank you for visiting.

Friends Tag

Hello everyone! To share with you today is the project I created for Addicted to Stamps challenge. The theme is

Banner/ Flags/ Pennants

This week, I just had an opportunity to meet a very old pen friend. We had started writing letters to each other 20 years ago but we had never met. She came from Netherlands to have a vacation in Bangkok. So we arranged to meet each other for the first time. I had only one day to prepare a gift for her as a memento of our first met. So I created this simple tag. Since I wanted this tag to be used as a bookmark, I tried to limit the use of embellishments to keep the tag flat as much as possible.

I used 2 sets of Penny Black stamps which were “In the Garden” and “Loads of Love”. The Stamped image was colored with distress ink. The flag die cuts were from Magnolia Doohickey “Castle”, “Flags”, and “Christmas Tags”. Then I colored the flags as Thai and Dutch flags. Here is the close up for the tag.

I would like to enter this project to these challenges.

• Cards und More Shop Challenge #5 – Anything Goes
• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #174 – Anything Goes with Ribbon orLace
• Creative Inspirations Challenge #261 – Anything Goes
• Deep Ocean Challenge #141 – Use Die Cuts or Punches
• Paradise of Stamps Challenge #50 – Anything Goes
• Penny Black Saturday November Challenge – Anything But aCard
• Scrapy Land Challenge #53 – Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day.

Shaker Star Easel Card

Hi again! As I mentioned a few days ago that I was a new DT member at Storie di Timbri blog. Today it’s the start of November challenge. The theme is

Stars

I wanted to make the star as the focal point of the card so I combined shaker part and easel part into this star. I used Little B Stars die to create the shaker star. The sentiment stamp was from Lili of the Valley. I also stamped the Magnolia “Fairy Dust” from Fairy Tale 2010 collection with gold ink around the sentiment. The cute angel was Magnolia “Tilda Captures Stars” stamp from Nativity 2012 collection. I cut her out and attached her with a piece of acetate sheet so it looked like she could soar above the star.

 When open the card, the shaker star can stand and little Tilda is soaring.

Close up for Tilda. I colored her with distress ink.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• Country View NovemberChallenge - Stars
• Deep Ocean Challenge #141 - Use Die Cuts or Punches
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #139 – Flowers
• Midweek Magnolias Challenge #150 – Anything Goes with aMagnolia Image.
• Paradise of Stamps Challenge #50 – Anything Goes 

Hope you like my two creations today. Thank you and have a nice day.

Magnolia Autumn Card

Hello everyone! Today it’s the first of November so it’s time for the new challenge at Magnolia Forever. The current theme is

Autumn

I made this autumn card using Magnolia “Tilda in the Wind” stamp from seaside 2016 collection. I love the windy movement of her hair, scarf, and skirt and I think it really matches the falling leaves. I used many dies from Magnolia Doohickey volume 5 (Mushroom, acorn, leaves, Ivy vine), 8 (wire mesh), and 11 (leaves frame). The leaves frame card base was colored with distress ink Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, and Scattered Straw. I also use distress ink (Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo) to dye the seam binding ribbon to match the card.

Tilda image was colored with distress ink.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• All About Magnolia Challenge#17 – All About Autumn
• Deep Ocean Challenge #141- Use Die Cuts or Punches
• Fussy and Fancy Challenge #175 – Shades of Autumn (Fall)
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #139 – Flowers
• Midweek Magnolias Challenge #150 - Anything Goes with a Magnolia Image
• One Crazy Stamper November Challenge - Fall/ Winter Fun
• Paradise of MagnoliaChallenge #46 – Halloween or Autumn
• Simply Magnolia Challenge - Vintage

Thank you for stopping by. See you again soon.

New DT Member at Storie di Timbri, Carta E…

Hello! Today I have exciting news to share with everyone. I got invited by Tiziana to join the design team of Storie di timbri, carta e.. I think this is a great opportunity for me to expand my crafting experiences and meet new friends. So I immediately said yes and joined the team. Thanks Tiziana for inviting so I can display this badge on my blog.

The name “Storie di timbri, carta e..” is in Italian which means stamping story, paper and … So the content is about stamping, card making, and papercraft projects. We have monthly challenge starting on the first of every month. This blog is also very active. Every other days, DTs will post tutorials or projects for inspiration. It is a great place to learn new things and getting inspired. You can visit the blog here.

I will start to share my creations on this upcoming November challenge. I will also post the tutorial or inspirational project on the 30^th of every month. I hope you can participate the challenge and enjoy the blog posts.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful Sunday!

Flowers For You

Hi! Today it’s time for reminder post at Marvelous Magnolia Challenge. The current theme is

Your Favorite Stamp

I have created a criss cross card using Magnolia “Tilda with Rose Basket” stamp from Pink Lemonade 2014 collection. She is one of the cutest Tilda stamps. I decorated the card with paper lace punched by Martha Stewart, Spellbinders and Doohickey dies, and many paper flowers.

This sweet Tilda is colored with distress ink.

Basket die cut from Doohickey club volume 7 really match the stamped image.

The panel inside can be pulled out to write some messages.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• As you like It Challenge –Favourite Flowers (Die Cut or Bought & Why). I love to use bought paper flowers. There are many types and sizes of paper flowers to select from.
• Cards Und More Challenge #169– Watercolour
• Craft Heaven Shop Challenge#15 – Mood Board
• Fussy and Fancy Challenge #174 – Bing Board (Pearls, Lace, Flowers)
• Live and Love CraftsChallenge #52 – Traditional Pink
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #139 – Flowers
• Noor Design Challenge #23 – CAS or Fully Loaded
• Nordsalten Hobbyklubb Challenge #148 - Pearls are a Woman's Best Friend
• Scrapy Land Challenge #51- Anything Goes
• Simply Magnolia Challenge – Shabby Chic

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a wonderful day!

Behind the Scene of Halloween

Hello everyone! Let’s start with some exciting news. I just got invited to join DT team at Addicted to Stamps Challenge. With no hesitation, I immediately accepted this invitation because I loved stamping and coloring the stamped image. So this opportunity was definitely right for me.

Today it’s the first challenge I created for Addicted to Stamps challenge. The theme is

Embossing Wet (Heat) or Dry

Last week I had busy time cleaning my house because one of my cats peed around my craft room. I had to clean the floor many time to get rid of bad smell. Also it’s almost time for Halloween. I came up with the idea that the witch might have busy time with her black cat too.

So I have created this funny Halloween box using Magnolia “Tvi Tvi Tvi Tilda” stamp from Little Easter 2013 collection. The box was made with thick cardboard painted in black. I used Spellbinders Scalloped Border 2 dies to cut the edges of the box. The patterned paper was pressed in the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder to create more texture. Then I decorated the box with many die cuts from Doohickey, Cottage Cutz, and Lawn Fawn.

 Both sides of the box…

 Close up for the front…

I would like to enter this projects to these challenges.

• All About Magnolia Challenge #17 - All About Autumn
• Country View October Challenge – All Things Spooky
• Deep Ocean Challenge #139 - Favorite Season
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #139 - Flowers
• Magnolia-licious Challenge – Fall
• Midweek Magnolias Challenge #148 – Anything Goes with aMagnolia Image
• One Crazy Stamper October Challenge - Fall/ Winter Fun
• Paradise of Magnolia Challenge #45 - Autumn
• Paradise of Stamps Challenge #49 – Autumn or Halloween
• Scrapy Land Challenge #51 – Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you like my project and see you again next time.

Clean & Simple Birthday Party Card

Hello! Today it’s the beginning of October month so it’s time for the new challenge at Magnolia Forever. The theme is

Clean & Simple

I have created a clean and simple but colorful birthday card for this challenge. I found colorful birthday party patterned paper in my paper stash. So I chose Magnolia “Congratulation Tilda” stamp from You’re So Special 2011 collection because she went really well with the paper. The pierced rectangle die and sentiment stamp were from My Favorite Things. To keep the card C&S, I minimized the embellishments by using only ribbon and pearls.

Close up for Tilda, colored with distress ink.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• The ABC Challenge - Q is for Quick (Clean & Simple)
• Crafty Ribbon Challenge #169 – Ribbon or Lace
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #138 – AnythingGoes
• Midweek Magnolias Challenge #148 – Anything Goes with aMagnolia Image
• Noor Design Challenge #23 - CAS or Fully Loaded

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a wonderful day!

Graduation Card

Hi everyone! It’s time for the reminder post at Marvelous Magnolia challenge. The theme for this monthly challenge is

Lace or Ribbon

This month is the time for graduation ceremony in Thailand. So I decided to make a graduation card using Magnolia “Diploma Tilda” stamp from 4^th-Graduate 2015 collection. The layered die-cut frames were from Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles. The “Congratulations” text was the stamp from We Made It 2016 collection. Patterned papers were also from Magnolia.

 Here is the close up for Tilda. The stamped image was colored with Distress ink.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• The ABC Challenge – P is for Pearls
• All About Magnolia Challenge #16 – All AboutDoohickeys
• Deep Ocean Challenge #137 – Bingo! (Lace, Flowers, Pearls)
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #138 – AnythingGoes
• Noor Design Challenge #22 – Flowers & Lace
• Paradise of Magnolia Challenge #43 – Show Us Your Colors
• Scrapy Land Challenge #49 – Anything Goes
• Simply Magnolia Challenge – Anything Goes
• The Ribbon Girl Card Challenge – Anything Goes

That’s all for today. Thank you for stopping by and see you next time.

Happy Birthday To Karina

Hi everyone! Today it’s the new challenge from Magnolia Forever. The current theme is

Charmed

I made a birthday card for our crafty friend, Karina. She will be celebrating her 50^th birthday today. I used the cute “Tilda with an Armful Flowers” stamp from the latest Seaside collection. Since she is the cat lover just like me, I also used “Napoleon” cat stamp to represent one of her cats. Here is the birthday card for Karina.

Close up for Tilda and the cat.

I would like to enter this card to these challenges.

• ABC Challenge – O is for Open (Anything Goes)
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge #130 – Not A Square
• Crafty Ribbon Challenge #165 – Anything Goes with Ribbon
• Deep Ocean Challenge #136 – Things with Wings
• Fussy and Fancy Challenge #171 – Let’s Fly Away
• Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #137 – Use A DieCut
• Magnolia-licious Challenge – Anything Goes
• Noor Design Challenge #22 – Flowers & Lace
• Paradise of Stamps Challenge #47 – Happy Birthday
• Simply Magnolia Challenge – Anything Goes

Happy Birthday to Karina!

Thank you for stopping by and see you next time.