LESSology challenge #18 ~ It's a wrap

Hi all, I hope you have a wonderful labour day weekend!

It is September and time for our new challenge at LESSology

As the holiday is getting closer, we want to see your creativity ideas with those gift wraps.

My plan is..... make use of what I can find at home

umm.... like this thing that came out of an old pair of flip flops

and then punch out a few circles from those brown paper that came with all those online orders

string them together with baker's twine, that makes a pretty near embellishment for the gift

now stamp on the same brown paper and you are good to go

come play with us at

LESSology Challenge #18 ~ It's a wrap

and just look at the prize package..... WOW!!!!!

this month is really special as LESSology turn one!!!!

Happy Birthday LESSology!!!!

now you want to hop over to see what our creativity team had for you

There are 14 projects in total!!!!! 

Ready???

Here you go....

LINK - LESSology Challenge #18

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 125 ~ Monochromatic

Happy Tuesday!!!!

At City Crafter Challenge Blog, Lovely Linda is our host this week.

Monochromatic is what we are doing over there, stop by and check it out!

this card is made specially for my girlfriend Susan, her birthday will be in October, that is how far I am ahead of my work these days.....LOL!

alright, pop over to City Crafter and check out the DT work! They are amazing!!!!

Life is still good and PTI Mr Bones' Halloween Spook Out

I really have to be thankful, life is still good so far....

although little one is far away from me but she texts me many many times a day, tell me about her day, classes and friends....we video chat while she is in her dorm room all by herself, 3 other roommates are away from the room a lot, they party over the weekends and hardly in the room, I was worried about Dolce thinking that she would be so lonely but she seems fine, she is a good girl since young, even we live in Las Vegas, not even once my 2 girls go out to the strip, or party with friends, they are the kind that come home after school, read, watch TV, I am so blessed to have good kids like them.

Husband tried to keep me very busy, we go out a lot since we got home, went to Air Supply's concert last night, boy, they are still very good even they look like this now

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and not like this....

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I really really enjoyed the concert and would definitely go again next time they are here

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I also play a bit in my craft room after we got home from lunch today, this is what I make today

Papertrey Ink is having a

you might want to check it out!!!!

feels good to dig out all the PTI goodies I have.....

Patterned Paper - My Mind's Eye

Stamps - Black bird stamps from PTI LOVE BIRDS SET

Buttons - PTI Dark Chocolate Vintage Buttons

Twine - PTI Rustic Jute Button Twine

Alphabet die - PTI block alphabet die collection

Goodie bag die - Front and Center #1 Die

Ribbon - Michael's

Other - Brown lunch bag

My day so far.....

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nice, easy and calm......

since I got a lot more time in my hands now that I don't have the girls with me, I play with this photo taken at San Francisco my last trip there. I am still so new to Photoshop even I bought it almost a year ago, just have no time to play with it.

I also get into my craft room, get a lot done today... when I said a lot, I mean 2 cards, LOL

I am not a very fast crafter, it always take a long time to get just one project done.

I not only break into my newest flower die from PTI, that got here last week when I was gone, I also used the older stamp set "All About You" for the sentiment as well as another die from PTI

I made this card specially to enter the challenge over at

A Passion for Papertrey

if you know me enough, I am a huge PTI fan, I bought their stuff every single month, I got so many that  I can't possibly use them all even I create something everyday, well, playing with A Passion for Papertrey kind of let me find an excuse to dig out the old stuff to use

Jingle Belle Holiday Bingo.....

First of all, I would like to say

♥ THANK YOU ♥

to all my blog friends, thanks for your sweet and caring comment for my post yesterday, I just can't put into words how I feel about your concern, care and love, thank you so much, I am so glad we met on blogland......

I guess I should start posting daily to keep myself busy huh?

Alright, today's card is for the challenge over at

Jingle Belles - Holiday BINGO

I am doing "embossing" + "tree" + "ribbon"

I tends to go for CAS when comes to holiday card, thinking ahead is always good right? such as postage, quick and easy, envelope friendly etc...

you might want to hop over to 

Jingle Belles

right now!!!

I am back....

Hello friends....

I am back

to my little nest

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except

it is 

EMPTY

now

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I was trying very hard not to be sad the whole way home

but I think the feeling of empty-nest syndrome had won the battle

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...........

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as mother

 taking care of my children seems like the only purpose in life

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out of a sudden

they are all gone

and I didn't know what my purpose was anymore

....

......

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right now

I probably need time

and find things to keep my mind busy

...

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...

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...

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I hope I will continue to find

JOY

on my path

as I know

♥

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some things will never change

regardless 

you

are

far

or 

near

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 124 ~ Bake Sale

Hello there, we are having a 

Bake Sale 

at City Crafter Challenge Blog today

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Please come join in the fun.......

City Crafter Challenge Blog