We have two more challenges to go at City Crafter Challenge Blog, this week we are going for cupcake(s).
Here is my card....
the products I used here are Altenew, Papertrey Ink and My Creative Time.
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Showing posts with label friendship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friendship. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 437 ~ Woodland Animals
This week at City Crafter Challenge Blog
The theme is Woodland Animals
I used a mixed of products on this project.... first the Fox, it is a mini stamp set from Papertrey Ink.
Cover plate at the background is from My Favorite Thing, and the rest are from the kits laying around the house, LOL!
Hope you stop by City Crafter Challenge Blog and play along with us!
Crafty Stuff for Sale
If you are looking for a bargain or two, stop by my Crafty Stuff for Sale page, maybe you could pick up something you like, a retired stamp set or a brand new paper pad or kit.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 403 ~ Is Anybunny There?
This week at....
The theme is.....
Is Anybunny There?
Check out challenge details HERE!
here's a close up.....
hop over to City Crafter Challenge Blog for more.....
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 399 ~ Book Smart
This week at City Crafter Challenge Blog
The theme is Book Smart, check out challenge details HERE!
I used one of my very old Papertrey Ink stamp set called All Booked Up
I hope you could join us this week at...
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Send a card to a friend.....
At Simon Says Stamps, there's something fun going on....
Yes, it it true, we all have piles of handmade cards sitting somewhere in our craft room, we should really make it a point to send them to our friends.....
not birthdays, or Thank you.... just send one to your best bud for no particular reason, simply saying HELLO!
Products used -
Hello die and "you" stamp - Papertrey Ink
Dotted line stamp - Paper Smooches
Enamel dots - Altenew
Hop over to Simon Says Stamp's Blog to join in the fun!
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
A new fun card challenge
There's a new challenge blog in blogland, have you hear about it yet?
The fun people behind the scene is Darnell, famously known for her NBUS challenge.
The feather images I used on both cards is one from Papertrey Ink "Feather Finery"
this is a "friendship" card, where you can mail it to any friend that is special to you
products used -
Feather image - Papertrey Ink "Feather Finery"
"You" word die -Papertrey Ink
Sentiment - Papertrey Ink
Enamel dots - Altenew
Here's the second card using the same feather image...
I stamped the feathers on the base and then use a frame die to cut the middle part..... and I want this to be a Valentine's day card so I add a heart as well.
products used -
Feathers image - Papertrey Ink "Feather Finery"
Frame dies - Cut-plorations
Heart die - Papertrey Ink
Banner die - Papertrey Ink
Sentiment - Papertrey Ink "Feather Finery"
So, which one you like better? Pink or Kraft?
You still have time to play along - Twofer Card Challenge
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 395 ~ At the Tearoom
I am back from Hawaii, and I already miss those beautiful islands......
the only bonus back here is that I am with my sweet Papi....
we finally found a good pet sitter, my friend Kim's daughter Adalynn. She loves Papi and come to our house everyday to play with him. I also set up 4 indoor cameras on top of my pet cube, so I can see Papi in every corner, you won't know how much your dog misses you when you are gone until you monitor, it kind of break my heart when I saw him looking at my empty chair and then cried, sometime he even howled, I never really heard Papi howl before, guess he was looking for his pack. Poor boy! : (
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This week at City Crafter Challenge Blog
The theme is "At the Tearoom", check out challenge details HERE!
I love tea, and having tea time with girlfriend is the best!
Come on and check out our challenge this week at City Crafter Challenge Blog
Products used -
Teacup images - Altenew "Tea Time stamp and die set"
Sentiment - Altenew "Tea Time stamp and die set"
Enamel dots - Altenew "our family enamel dots"
Friday, December 15, 2017
2017 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
Today's card is for 2017 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog hop...
for me... more of a tea lover, I love coffee/tea cup in Japanese style....
these little coffee/tea cups images are so perfect, they are from Altenew, a stamp set called Tea Time.
tiny snowflakes and sequins, I love the clean and simple look, what about you?
products used -
Coffee/tea cup stamp set - Altenew "Tea Time"
Sentiment - Altenew "Tea Time"
Frame die - Stamplorations
Snowflake stamps - Papertrey ink
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
My recent new love is this Tea Time stamp set from Altenew.
Perfect to play along with...
the scalloped frame die is from Papertrey Ink
You still have time to play along with
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Trip to Singapore and City Crafter Challenge Blog 378 ~ Pick One!
I spent most of August on the road, 2 trips to San Francisco, and then Utah and Colorado, Iowa and finally Singapore.
This trip to Singapore, we flew the newest direct flight from San Francisco.
If you fly often, you would agree with me that Singapore is one of the best airline in the world, just look at the meals they served on the flight to Singapore.
and this is just economy class, I flew a few first class seats with other airlines before and the food not even quite as good.
we picked our food from a menu that has two different entrée, I usually go for Asian and DH of course like his western. In between meals, you can ask for anything you want from the sneak menu, the items includes wrap, muffins, fresh fruits to cookies, chips and nuts.
food is big on my list, we visited a few of my favorite local food center, and Randy has became a food snob like me, I won't blame him, after numerous visits to Singapore, he is now spoilt just like many other Singaporean.
we also visited The National Gallery for Yayoi Kusama's exhibit.....
It is simply AMAZING, if you have a chance anywhere in the world to see her work, you MUST GO DO IT! Pictures just don't do justice for her work.
The infinity room is the highlight of this exhibit, I get this from the internet because we were given only 20 seconds in the room, I decided to absorb as much in this short 20 seconds instead of taking picture, so I don't have any picture in that room.
you can find a lot of Yayoi Kusama's work online.
The very famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore is closed for renovation, so we didn't get to see the inside this time, we did it every trip, just for the taste of old Singapore.
new thing I see in Singapore this trip is the 30 cars display building, looks just like matchbox cars....
just like other trips to Singapore, we took public transport everywhere, sometimes to places we want to go, sometimes just from terminal to terminal, doing sightseeing on the top of a double decker bus...
I dare to say there is no place in the world run public transportation as good as Singapore, we can take bus anywhere, hop off the bus and have covered walk ways that leads to either train stations (MRT is what we called in Singapore, like subways in NYC), shopping mall, food center, government service center, and to your home if you stay in one of those government housing (I would say 90-95% of Singaporean stay in government housing high rise buildings) Yes, we all do in Singapore, stay in government housing, but I mind you, I can sell my house in Vegas and still can't effort one of those units. That is why they said Singapore is one of the most expensive city in the world, but if you are Singaporean, you will get a big sum subsidized by the government, yes, if you work hard you will have your own place in Singapore, the government takes good care of you.
What makes DH really angry about his own country is everything else in Singapore he enjoyed, he sees that there is no way USA can catch up, like the public transportation for example, we got a translink card, for bus and train (subway), I top up 20 SGD dollar (17 US$) every trip, you just tap in and out when you use the system, we spent about 20 each for the whole entire trip, some trips are as low as 22 cents, where can you find in this world, in a fully air conditioned, brand new buses. Even if we take cab once in a while, it is less than 10 Singapore dollars. At the bus stops, you have electronic board to see how many more minutes your bus is arriving, and now I even have an app on my phone that tells you that, we would wait in our hotel room until we see that the bus will be there in 5 minutes then we started walking out of our room to the bus stop right in front of the hotel, how convenient!
If that is not enough, besides being the world best airport that has a huge sunflowers garden, shopping mall bigger than many other towns elsewhere, a swimming pool with huge water slide, free movies with recliner chairs while you wait for your flight, I need to tell you that it took me less than a minute to pass through custom, even DH is not a Singapore citizen and hold a US passport, it took him less than 5 minutes too, and it is not a small airport, Singapore airport handles 58.7 millions visitors each year!
The more Randy goes to Singapore, the more depressed he is with his own country. Health care is one, his doctor make mistakes again and again with his prescription order, the drug store did the same, and he witness me trying to get into a doctor's clinic here with numerous phone calls and lots of tears and still getting nowhere, I did all my medical in Singapore once a year, he always bug me to get my appointment early and then he witnessed me making 4 phone calls in 30 minutes a few days before we leave and get all my 4 medical appointments all set up, and then he would go to the clinic or hospital with me, and in less than an hour I get everything including taking my prescription at the same location of the doctor's office. This trip here, I had a skin condition that is pretty urgent, I've seen two doctors here and paid close to two hundred US dollars even we have insurance, the last one gave me a tube of cream to collect at CVS pharmacy, it was 95 US$ when I went to collect and I refused to do it, I rather wait till I go back to Singapore, so first thing I do in Singapore is to go see doctor for this, guess how much is my bill, doctor's visit and medication cream before government subsidized is over 50 Singapore dollar, and after subsidized, I paid 19.40 Singapore dollar, which is like 16 US$, after two application, my skin is all clear. That makes DH really really sick, and said, I WANT TO MOVE TO SINGAPORE!!!!
OK, I would shut up and stop bragging about my country, oh yes, it is the cleanest city in the world, crime rate is close to zero, no guns, hardly any corruption, and policeman are as friendly as your friends! Ok, I'll stop! LOL!
We took a river boat this trip, watch the light, water, laser show by the Marina Sands resort.
we had a family get-together over the weekend, here's a picture of my mom, brother and sister...
we also went to East Coast Park for a walk....
saw someone glam-ping there....
and then eat more.... especially seafood.....
I grew up eating seafood like this, just few hours fresh from the sea and become a seafood snob, DH laughed at me when I complained about fish we get from the tank in the Asian supermarket here aren't fresh, no, they are NOT, they are "kept" fish grow up in a tank, fresh seafood are those fresh from the sea, they taste different! Let alone frozen fish, Yikes!
I put on at less 2 to 3 pounds by the time I get back to SF to see my babies...
and he can't wait to go home with me as well!
an hour after our 15 hours flight, we drove another 9 hours from SF back to Vegas!
It is HOME SWEET HOME!
Ahhhhhh..... I probably not going to travel for a while!
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This week at City Crafter Challenge Blog
The theme is PICK ONE!
We want you to pick one of the above as your background for your project.
I pick the pink/orange splash for mine.
I used a few of my ink pad on the acrylic stamp block, and then spray some water, place the watercolor paper on top to get the result for the background, let it dry before I stamp the sentiment and glue some sequins on it.
there were some ink left on the acrylic block, so I spray more water and get a lighter color version....
well, it is not exactly the color the challenge asked for but I don't like to waste anything, especially precious inks, LOL!
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