Dad Is the Best Card

With Father's Day coming up in the weekend, there's no better card to make for both the Simon Says Stamp Monday and Wednesday Challenges with the theme "masculine cards".

I really like the Tim Holtz Retro Circles embossing folder and how the Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Gold looks against a textured black cardstock. I decided to keep the card somewhat simple with just a couple of stars and alphabet diecuts from a Lawn Fawn set.

Overall, I like the card and I don't do "masculine" themes very often. I usually tend to lean towards softer, more feminine colors or pastels but I think doing something a little different is quite fun and challenges your creativity.

Moleskine Mixed Media Art Journal

I finally broke out the large Moleskine sketchbook to use as an art journal, mostly to do mixed media stuff in it. I bought the sketchbook 3 years ago but never got around to using it. After watching Heba's video (more information on my video) where she did a "Take 5 Art Journal Challenge" with a couple of other folks, I thought I'd whip out my sketchbook and play along too.

I also wanted to use the Distress Oxide inks that I received from Blitsy a few weeks' ago.



Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the video and let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
Thanks for watching and see you again!

YouTube Channel: PlannerBug TV
Direct Link to video: Moleskine Mixed Media Art Journal - Do Not Create Limits

Hello Panda Card

Here's a second card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge with the theme "Furry Friends". This one is with the Mama Elephant's panda set that I purchased at JoAnns.

I love these bears and I'm gonna have to create a couple more "hello" cards with this set because I like that I don't really need to color each bear so it allows me to churn out more cards :-) Setting the bear against a bright background also adds an element of fun. Love it!

Best Wishes Critter Card

I don't actually have many stamp or die sets with critters but I made it a point to look for the Mama Elephant sets that were sold in JoAnns when I was in the US. These sets are pretty value for money and come with coordinating dies, which is an absolute win. And I got my sets at 40% off. Win!

Anyway, this card is for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge with "Furry Friends" as the week's theme.

I'm guessing it's a little mouse but I am probably wrong. I colored the image with Copic Markers and used My Favorite Things Die-Namics chevron background die on the peach cardstock. I stuck a few enamel dots from an old Studio Calico set.

Hope you're having a nice day!

Traveler's Notebook Process Video - Ace Hotel Photo Booth

Hello, everyone! I'm back with another new video and this time I've decided to journal about the photo booth fails at the Ace Hotel when I visited Portland. The camera started clicking with barely and warning and all 4 shots came out a little funny.

I hope you enjoy the video and do leave me a comment should you have any questions or feedback.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

YouTube Channel: PlannerBug TV
Link to video: Traveler's Notebook Process - Ace Hotel

Dropping In To Say Thanks

This card is for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge with the theme "It's A Frame Up". I've had this large Polaroid cut out die from an old Jen Hadfield set and it measures 4" by 5". The cute little cat, I think... or is it a bear (?) and balloons are from a Mama Elephant set from JoAnn's that I got when I was in US. The clouds are from Lawn Fawn and the "thanks!" stamp from Hero Arts.

I thought it turned out super cute!

Hope you have a nice day!

A Big Day Birthday Card

This is a quick one for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge with "Anything Goes" as its theme. In the past few months, I have tried hunting down this Crate Paper die from the Maggie Holmes Confetti collection as SSS was out of stock for quite some time. But I'm glad I finally got it! It cuts out the loveliest flower and leaf patterns and they make great stand-alone embellishments too.

When you cut the flower petals and leaves in different patterned papers and colors, they look particularly pretty. The "Happy Big Day" was stamped in Versamark and embossed with a white embossing powder on a small die-cut vellum tag. I like that it moves around as you shake it. The background was cut using MFT Die-namics Peek-a-Boo Polka Dots die on a peachy-coral shimmery cardstock.

Overall, the card took about an hour to put together because I had to try different compositions and little elements that will fit in. Paper selection took a bit of time too although the flower and leaves were cut with scrap paper. But I think the extra effort was worth it.