CREATE: a day of encouragement...=)

 Hi there! Just wanna share these birthday cards i made for my friends. These are just simple ways to encourage and uplift their spirit..

Every time there is birthday celebration or baptism in our campus ministry at church i am thrilled and excited to make cards for them. Thought of making an accordion instrument inspired card because we usually give one big card to the celebrant where everyone can write their words of encouragement and this was one of them=). 

This card was created using paper scrap, corrugated paper to add texture, glue and  a puncher. I hand cut the flower and butterfly. And i punched holes on the edges to create butterfly path.

Accordion Card

                    I love these colors together..they're my favorite ones especially the turquoise/aqua..

My husband bought me a book ' Expressive Handmade Books " by Alisa Golden. Her book teaches wonderful techniques and materials in creating handmade books. I'm excited to learn from her. It's inspiring!

One technique i knew even before i saw it in her book is the accordion. I never knew it was called accordion though..haha!!! but one thing i know for sure is that this book gives me creative ideas for my next projects.

Two Connected Accordion Card

To make it longer and provide more space, i made two connected accordion card with eight panels. This was just made of brown folder, a little help from my glue and marker.

10 Easy steps: ( for more instructions, read 'Expressive Handmade Books' by Alisa Golden)

1. Cut the brown folder into two.
2. Measure the desired size of the card.
3. Fold the first folder in half, widthwise. Open. Make sure this folder is one inch longer than the other.
4. Fold the extra one inch then matching the cut end to the fold with one inch folded inside.
5. Fold the ends to the center fold, one end at a time. You should have valley,peak, valley folds, forming a
   "W".
6. Fold the shorter folder in half.
7. Fold the ends back to the center fold, and crease, making sure they are aligned.
8. Apply a thin layer of glue to the front of  first folder (the peak side).
9. Set the second folder on top of the first folder so that the edge are aligned. Press down (the folder1 will
    be hidden behind the second folder)
10. Then design it your way.

Have a great day everyone!=)

CREATE: BuTtons Up!

BUTTONS! buttons! lots of buttons..these colorful, cute, tiny buttons are one of my favorite crafting must have. They are fun and very useful. 

Here are some of my button-inspired creation and a peek of my first ever distressed look card. =D 

Notice the edges of the circles...i used stamping ink with a sponge to give it a distressed look layered together with these coconut shell buttons which are one of my favorite in the bunch that suits perfectly to achieve an aged look of the card.  

This flower was hand cut by me using Paper Royal Flamingo and curled up the edges a little bit then used distressing ink. Then embellished with purple striped ribbon and a button on the center.With corrugated paper underneath to add texture and silver trim to soften it up and to add spark to it

Hope you learn something new today. Have a great week everyone!

looking for InSpiRatiOn...???

It's good to have books around that will help you get inspired to do things that you love. And lately, i'm kinda stuck and lost!?...undecided...sometimes i wanna paint, make handmade cards, finish my scrapbooks... (notice the 's'!) haha! it just means there are lots of them. And obviously i am not posting anything for so long now.. =(

while looking for inspiration...i found these colorful buttons and trims from my craft box...hmmm?..i wonder what will happen to them soon..

i think it is time to create and work! work! work! see you next time with my button inspired creation...=)