Love.. love... love...

Valentine's day is coming in a few days, have you started doing your valentine projects yet?

I do not have a valentine (insert tear.. haha..) but I do enjoy the folly of the day like random people greeting you, maybe an extra treat in the restaurants on that day.. I might spend the day catching up with single friends too and maybe indulge ourselves in some cupcakes and coffee..

Here's a card for all of you. I love the versatility of Magnolia Stamps! A lot of the collections coincide with the season like Christmas, Easter, or maybe occasions like Birthdays and Weddings. But you can always use the stamps for any season or occasion! Like this little beauty from the With Love collection. I used Tilda with Heart Arrows for a Hello card to be sent to my postcrossing handmade card partner.. Hope she likes it :)

Tilda With Heart Arrows

Materials: Patterned Papers: Basic Grey; Flowers: iamroses; Cardstock: Bazzill; Rhinestones: Prima; Tulle, pearl string, felt ribbon, Glossy Accents, Stickles, Liquid Pearl, Distress Ink

Stamping: Tilda with Heart Arrows, Flower Cloud, New York, Postcard all from Magnolia Stamps With Love Collection; Memento Ink; Copic Markers; Xpress It Blending Card

Tools: Die from Simon Says Stamp

This is the Danville Wreath from Simon Says Stamp - it's really cute :)

Notice anything new in my Copic coloring? lol.. I changed it up again and tried something new.. I may stick to this for a while and then experiment again..


A new collection is coming up from Magnolia called Little Easter. Oh! I am so excited to see everything :)

Thanks guys for stopping by :)

Hello 2013!

Happy new year everybody!
I hope your 2013 is off to a new start for all of you :) As for me, well I'm taking things a bit easy nowadays.. Been busy doing some paperwork and such. I do have plans to get back to the corporate world after I've settled all my other personal stuff - acquiring a driver's license again, some identity cards, arranging the living arrangements in my own flat (ugh, I can't believe I have to spend ?? to buy appliances and furnitures!). But I have to say, it's good to be back. I've also been out and about town with old friends to eat and drink coffee with.
Before I left Singapore, I have received the last kit club for 2012 but I haven't had the chance to color them since I did not bring any tools with me when I left. But I'm finally reunited with all my craft stuff :) Don't you just love the new collection? It is just tons of cute :) So today I'd like to share the very first card I made using the adorable Bonny Tilda..

Bonny Tilda

Materials: Cardstock: Bazzill and Hero Arts; Patterned Papers: Basic Grey; Puffy Heart Stickers: K&Company; Flowers: iamroses; Distress Ink; Stickles & Liquid Pearl; Twine and Charms

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps: Bonny Tilda, Chocolat & New York from With Love Collection; Old Valentine Letter from the Valentine Collection; Memento Ink; Copic Markers; Xpress It Blending Paper 

Tools: DooHickey, Memory Box & Spellbinder dies

I've seen a lot of talented ladies with a barely there stamping ink and wondered if I could do it too! I am so glad that I found an ink in my supply that I could probably work with to make the stamp appear to have no lines. The ink I used is Memento Desert Sand. I was worried at first that it would look too orange-y, but once I colored with Copic, it made the line almost disappear! Yay!

I hope you guys have a great week ahead!

Home for the Holidays..

Hi guys! How have you all been? 

I'm finally back to Manila, Philippines for good after spending 5 years working in Singapore. Oh, I will miss Singapore so much! It's such a beautiful country, very clean, peaceful, good food & good people.. But I've come to a point in my life where I have to move on. I do have a lot of things planned for 2013, so watch out for it as it involves a lot of crafting :) 

With my big move, I have to also packed up my things and I have a lot of stuff! Well it's 5 years so it was expected and you know how crafters get when it comes to our stuff.. lol.. So all my stamps and coloring materials are somewhere out in the sea getting here soon. I miss coloring :( With the absence of my crafting activities, I do have time to catch up with friends I haven't seen in a very long time so it's still good. 

But before I left Singapore, I did a lot of cards and I'd like to share one with all of you. It's very simple, void of all the usual flowers and trinkets :) I wanted to focus on the image and my coloring. Hope you guys like it :) This is another image from the Nativity Collection which I adore so much :)

Holy Tilda With  Lamb

Materials: Cardstock - Bazzill & Hero Arts; Hero Arts sentiment stamp; Stickles

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps Holy Tilda With Lamb from the Nativity Collection; Memento Ink; Copic Markers; Copic Blending Paper

Thanks for stopping by :)
And let me wish all of you my dear Magnolia fans a blessed Christmas and a glorious New Year! God bless you all :)

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   Thank you guys for your birthday greetings and kind words! 

Advent has begun..

Today marks the beginning of advent. Now officially begins the excitement of Christmas as well.. And today is also my birthday :) No fancy celebrations coz I am not really a throw-a-party kind of chick so me and my friend will be going to Universal Studios to scare the bajeezers out of our wits and try all the extreme rides :) What a good way as well to round up all the places I need to visit before I pack up my stuff and head back home next week (actually this is the 3rd time I've been to Universal Studios).
Also starting yesterday, Magnolia has now opened their advent calendar and today is my day :) So please don't forget to leave a comment on this blog post in order to qualify for the prize package that Magnolia has generously prepared for you loving fans!

Tilda With Banner

Materials: Cardstock: Bazzill and American Crafts; Patterned Paper: Echo Park; Metal Embellishment: Bo Bunny; Chipboard: Maya Road; Flowers: iamroses; Others: Lace, Tulle and Ribbon, Stickles

Stamping: Distress Inks, Archival Ink, Langton watercolor paper

Tools: Spellbinders

Since all my Copics have been packed, I'm going back to painting with Distress Inks and I almost forgot how fun it is :)

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible for the prize :)

Have a great day!



The Reason for the Season..

.. is because Jesus Christ our Saviour is born ..
I have received my DT package from Magnolia this week and I was very excited to do a lot of coloring and card making with the new Nativity Collection stamps. I absolutely love this collection so much - being Catholic - as the nativity scene is a big part of our Christmas celebrations. In Manila, Philippines majority of households always have a nativity scene included in their Christmas decorations. And of course we have a nativity play as well :)
I'd like to share a card with all of you today to showcase Tilda as Mary with the baby Jesus. This image just warms my heart :) This card is also especially made for the Magnolia fans from Japan - did you guys know that our dear Tilda and Edwin are so loved in Japan? Isn't that just cool :) I also love Japan! I hope I can go to this magical place in my lifetime.

Tilda With Holy Baby

Materials: Cardstock: Bazzill and American Crafts; Patterned Papers: Aspen Frost Basic Grey; Sparkles: Kaiser Crafts; Flowers and pistils: iamroses; pearl string, pompoms, lace, ribbon; Liquid Pearls & Stickles; Distress Inks

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps: Nativity Collection; Copic Markers; Memento Ink; Xpress It Blending Paper

Tools: Spellbinder dies

Thanks for dropping by and have a great week ahead :)



The Nights are Getting Longer

.. because Christmas is coming :) ..

Preparing for Christmas is always enjoyable. I love doing my Christmas lists, wrapping gifts and doing handmade cards and such. I've never volunteered to cook for Noche Buena (which in our culture is a feast celebrated on Christmas Eve to welcome Christmas day), only because I am not a good cook so I usually just buy something from the bakeshop like cake or pastries .. lol ..

But if I did know how to cook, I would most probably prepare a roasted suckling pig, just like the one my sweet Tilda is cradling in her arms :)

Tilda With Pigling

Materials: Cardstock: Bazzill & American Crafts; Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye; Flowers and pistils: iamroses; Rhinestones: Prima; Transparency: Hambly; Liquid Pearl, Distress Ink

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps Tilda with Pigling from A Christmas Story collection, Memento Ink, Copic Markers, Xpress It Blending Paper

Tools: DooHickey dies, Spellbinders

I am loving all the new Magnolia Stamps :) And how precious are the new Nativity Stamps?

Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend..



Hi guys!

The days are getting shorter from my side of the world meaning Christmas is near :) And no we don't get snow here :( Soon we need to shop for Christmas gifts, plan and attend parties, get ready for Christmas dinner.. I'm excited this year coz I will be going home to Manila to celebrate with loved ones :)

Apart from Christmas, there are some stuff going on that is going to change my life soon. I'm scared and excited at the same time. But I am looking forward to making something that I have always planned this past few years..

But putting that aside, I would like to share a card I made using the gorgeous stamps from the Christmas  Story collection from Magnolia.. Admit it guys, you want everything in this collection (if you don't have everything yet :).. Lovely lovely stamps :)

Snowy Tilda

Materials: Cardstock - American Crafts, Bazzill; Patterned Papers - Magnolia; Flowers - iamroses; Sparklets - Kaiser Crafts; Metal embellishment - Bo Bunny; Others: felt ribbon, Distress Ink, Stickles

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps Snowy Tilda and Old Swedish Church from A Christmas Story collection, Memento Ink, Copic Markers, Xpress It Blending Paper, Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic

Tools: Spellbinders

Thanks for dropping by and have a great week ahead :)

A dream is a wish your heart makes..

Hi guys!
I'd like to share a card I made some days ago. I wanted to do a boy card so I had to restrain myself from using any paper flowers.. lol .. but the girl in me just can't help it :) So I made it more subtle by just using a couple of the fabulous DooHickey dies..
A dream is a wish your heart makes.. It's actually a lyric from a Cinderella song. I love that line because I believe it's true..

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Materials: Cardstock - Bazzill; Patterned Papers - My Mind's Eye; Rhinestone - Prima; Misc: Stickles, Twine, Distress Ink; lace

Stamping: Magnolia Stamps Edwin with Airplane from Princes and Princesses collection, Memento Ink, Copic Markers, Xpress It Blending Paper

Tools: DooHickey Dies

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your wishes come true :)

Magnolia Day 2012

We all wish we could go.. lol .. But all of us are really excited for the biggest day in Boras this October :)

This will be a fun event to be attended by the wonderful DTs. They will be having tutorials and demos so please if you are nearby, swing by the shop on these days :)

The new collections will also be available on the Boras shop on Magnolia Day so this is going to be so exciting :)

If I had a bajillion dollars I would fly off at this minute and camp out the shop :) lol..

For those who will be coming, enjoy the day :)