Final Revised Version of the Gatefold Card for Supreme Scrap Tournment Card Challenge #2

I don't think I can go on revising and revising my gatefold card anymore after this.

It's really a white to off-white shade of colors this time.  From changing even the cream colored buttons to white and priming up all the leaves and background paper to white. . .  upon request by the organizers to comply with the monochromatic hues.

Here's the final and last revision I could do to my very own gatefold card for the Supreme Scrap World Tournament #2:

My tea dye inked portions on the inside of my card, I did my best to cover them in white and all my heart stamps are now covered in silvery white instead of the tea dye ink showing so much of itself.  It's as silver as a silver bullet can be.  I really don't want to reach this point where I have already made my hearts all silver as hard as a silver bullet is.

My abaca twine are not the earthly regular twine and are in off-white creamish color, as one of the organizers would point out to the threads color.

I'll be showing you how my gatefold card has undergone 3 changes in the entire duration of Card Challenge #2 in SST:

FINAL REVISED CARD:

all hearts in tea dye are now covered in silvery white ink.  It's all I have here with me.  White acrylic painted hearts will make all hearts on my card disappear and non-existent or visible for everyone to see.  This is the time that I did wish I could have gotten white crackle paint for those.  Thus, I have to make do with silvery white ink from MS.

REVISED CARD:

butterfly all covered in white medium and so is the leaf on the front of the card

ORIGINAL VERSION OF CARD:

Lovely as ever,

 

More Refined "Gatefold Card with Irish Blessing Quote" for the Supreme Scrap Tournament Challenge #2

Good afternoon, everyone!

It's me again back with a more refined version of my "Gatefold Card with an Irish Blessing Quote" as entry to the Supreme Scrap Tournament Card Challenge #2:  Create a 3D monochromatic card of any colour scheme of your choice with no use of cutting machine.

Here are photos of card entry: (refined this afternoon to be re-submitted) I hope these set of photos of my card project thoroughly qualifies me for the 2nd card challenge round for SST.  A predominantly off-white colour scheme 3D gatefold card done with much dry embossing of various designs and border punches and lots of DIY flowers from doilies in my stash of supplies and DIY flowers out of white "katcha" fabric (almost cheesecloth in material) way back in the olden days.

DETAILS OF THE GATEFOLD CARD'S INSIDE:

 First layer: Pattern paper base adhered on white cardstock, smudged and primed with gesso for an off-white appeal.

Second layer:  a seprate white cardstock triple dry embossed with only 2 emboss designs in 3 parts of the cardstock going three passes on my cuttlebug.  Inked for a more elaborate visual of the design.

Third layer: one big doily trimmed on one side and adhered on top of the embossed cardstock.

Fourth layer: 2 border strips of white cardstock double border punched with embossed details on top and bottom horizontal edges.  Carefully adhered.  Decorated with primed up with gesso Prima flowers layered on one side.  Added crocheted Jolee's flowers and adorned with natural colored abaca twine and rhinestones.

Fourth layer:  On top of the doily, created a DIY flower out of white "katcha" fabric.  Further layered with primed with gesso leaf, primed with gesso prima flower and on the very top an off-white crocheted Jolee's tulip flower with rhinestones.

Fifth layer:  An Irish Blessing cling stamp utilized to stamp the quote on a white cardstock.  More stamping with a wooden heart stamp and a swirl cling stamp for more intricate design.  Trimmed the white cardstock with the quote border punched at the top and lower edge of the cardstock.  Popped for dimension on all the layers on the left inside of the card. 

Final touches of inside of the card:  adornment of more off-white mini flowers, buttons primed with gesso all over (some beneath the white mini flowers with only one left visible), and a buttefly accent primed in white gesso script impressed with a script embossing folder.

Here are more angle shots of my gatefold card:

The card's front:

 DETAILS OF THE GATEFOLD CARD'S FRONT: 

Doilies from Greenbrier were utilized to form a DIY flower, adhered and glued on the card front.  This is secured with a button with a white mini flower on top with a leaf primed with gesso as accent.

Here's wishing to qualify with this revised / refined gatefold card of mine for the second round of Supreme Scrap World Tournament Card Challenge #2.

REFINED VERSION:

BEFORE:

Wish me luck!!

Lovely as ever,

 

"Irish Blessing" Gatefold Handmade Card for the Supreme Scrap World Tournament Challenge #2

Hi, everyone!

I'm back sharing another card project for Supreme Scrap Tournament for Card Challenge #2 - create a 3D card in monochromatic color.

Here are photos of my 3D Gatefold Handmade Card:

I first created the inside of my gatefold card with lots of layers: a base layer of pattern paper followed by an embossed white pattern paper which was double and triple embossed.  Another layer of paper doily with my DIY white fabric "kacha" flower, layered with another primed flower (white mediums applied) and primed leaves and to top it up with a crocheted flower from Jolee's Botique.  Top and bottom are double punched and embossed border strips of white cardstock, layered with more primed Prima flowers and crocheted Jolee's Botique flowers and natural colored abaca twine all over the border strip.  

A stamped quote of an Irish Blessing on a white cardstock with more wooden heart and swirly cling stamping which is properly border punched at top and bottom and finally popped up for dimension, adorned with more flowers and a butterfly.  Buttons here and there with some to give dimensions to white mini flowers as well with rhinestones and the like.

The "Irish Blessing" read as:

"May the wings

of the butterfly

kiss the sun,

and find your

shoulder to light on.

To bring you luck,

happiness and riches,

today, tomorrow

and beyond."

My gatefold card standing on its own

Another angle photo of my gatefold card

My gatefold card squeezed shut.  A big flower created DIY out of baking cupcake doilies with a buttons and a flower with leaves and rhinestone to seal the gatefold card shut.

Lovely as ever,

 

"The World is My Home" ATC entry for Supreme Scrap Tournament Cardmaking Division Challenge #1

Hi, everyone!

I've completed my very 1st Artist Trading Card entry for the Supreme Scrap World Tournament under the Card Division Challenge #1.  The challenge is to create an ATC about home without using embellishments shaped of a home.

Here is my ATC:

I have been creating atcs only a few years ago and just last year, I got to creating atcs all year-round for the local Filipinos and the international atc community at atcsforall.

This time with SST Card Challenge #1, it was to my surprise that our challenge is to create an atc instead of a handmade card.  It took me a few days to conceptualize everything and had to do things step-by-step and step back in between to think things through and over.

My atc is a collage atc with pattern papers from K&Company's Que Sera Sera and Making Memories' Panorama.  Collaged and various washi tapes designs here and there.  Star Stamp heat embossed and various embellishments cut by hand from various pattern papers and popped up for dimension from one side to the other side of my atc.  

It's not a quick atc to make with various dabbing of color here and there.  Wooden heart stamps stamped and cut for embellishment with one going for a double heart on the lower left corner (Martha Steward and Postoffice heart stamp).  

My initials imprinted on light colored pink wax affixed on the top left corner above the fireworks cut-out.  

And my quoted wish:  "THE WORLD IS MY HOME"

There you go, that's my atc entry for Supreme Scrap World Tournament Card Challenge #1

Lovely as ever,

 

Supreme Scrap Tournament 2014 Challenge #1 - 1000 Steps from Home

Hi, everyone!

This year 2014, as I'll be bidding of most of my crafting commitments goodbye, I joined a Supreme Scrap World Tournament (SST).  This tournament started last year but I wasn't able to join or participate in the tournament.  I had to decline the SST invite accorded to me as I had too much on my hands in crafting in terms of managing 2 challenge blogs here and abroad and various endeavours e.g. getting into digital crafting as a Creative Team Member and the like.  It's my very 1st tournament to join and a world tournament at that.

I have been having feeling quite nervous as Tournament Challenge #1 was going to post and so as the others in the Philippine team/continget.

Here I am with my very 1st LO for SST Challenge #1 with a theme of 1000 Steps from Home.  The Challenge is to prepare a double page LO either mixed media or not and never use spray inks in the preparation.  3 or more photos to show on the LO as well with 50 plus words in your journaling.

Here is my double page LO:

1000 Steps from Home ~ Where do I Live?  ASIA

I created my double page LO utilizing 3 Birds.com pattern papers, pink heart doilies from my friend in the USA (Cheryl Nyboer), colorful chipboards from 3 Birds.com, foam alphabets from All About Scrapbooking (Filstar Distributor Corp.), journaling cards from Webster pages, washi tapes, UK pop tapes, assorted buttons, string of pearls and a play of mixed media on opposing sides of my LO with DIY stencils and stencils from Maya Road. 

My 2-page LO is in bright and pastel colors, created the way I would create the base of any digital LO of mine (a 1st for me to try on a paper / traditional layout) and expounded on both sides with lots of journaling cards and use of different brands and stencil designs.  I originally planned to utilize abaca twine instead of a string of pearls but my glue this time around would take me more than a day to stick and glue each few inches of the abaca twine.  I guess, patience which usually is my virtue got over me with choosing between a string of pearls and abaca twine to adorn my 2-page layout. {sigh}  Still looks wonderful for me.  I was also going to highlight by tracing the title or alphabets found in the middle of my 2-pager but haven't got the time to do so at the right moment. {sigh}

Thanks so much for having me for Tournament Challenge #1, Bep Walters and Nanette van der Veen.

Lovely as ever,

 

"CropStop Mini Album Cover" for the Color Room

I've been planning on creating Mini Album Projects

documenting the past Design Teams I've been with.

And one of the 1st Teams I've been with was CropStop.

When I saw the Color Room Palette,

I just couldn't resist thinking of how my album cover would look like.

I already have the raw chipboard album and just needed the right

inspiration to get my CropStop Mini Album Project going.

So, for The Color Room Release #152,

I have the cover of my Mini Album completed.

Here it is:

Initially, I was planning to go with a shabby chic appeal but

my foam die cuts beckoned me and I decided to go for a

kiddie or child-like look for my mini album.

Varying shades of pink from laces to trims;

blues and yellows from my foam die cuts.

All in all following the Color Room color palette #152 & the sketch below.

Sweetly,

 

"Good Times" LO for Scrap Around the World & Life Paper Scrapbook June Challenges

It's my first challenge to join in at

Scrap Around the World &
Life. Paper. Scrapbook

I had seen their previous challenge last month and

had not the time to join though I really wanted to take part

in their challenges as early as last month.

For their June 2013 Mood board and sketch,

I created a single page LO of

the family's recent summer trip to Singapore.

It has been quite a while since I created a family LO.

I veered to another subject in my scrapbooking since last month.

And it is such a welcome treat for me

to be creating back again LOs with family photos.

It was my first visit to Universal Studios.

I had yet to step into a Disneyland Park.

But the Universal Studios Singapore proved to be

a fun and enjoyable birthday treat for me and my young sister.

"Good Times" LO of our visit to USS.

Scrap Around The World Mood Board & Sketch

My foal point coming from the Mood Board is the Camera.

I utilized mixed media for a more shabby chic however

how predominantly bright and cheerful the LO colors are in play.

I went along with the sketch with the banners

on top and bottom of the (2) photos;

flowers; washi and fabric tapes all about the LO too.

I enjoyed creating with this month's SATW challenge.

It did pave the way for me to start scrapping

my Singapore Birthday Vacation 2013 with the family.

I hope I'd be able to continue and keep up.

And finally completely scrap all the photos worth

documenting or capturing in an LO.

Thanks so much!!

Entry also to Life.Paper.Scrapbook's
June 2013 Colour Challenge #5

PUBLISHED at:

Good Times (Pens Dept):

Scrapbooking.com article: http://scrapbooking.com/article/80177

Printable step-by-step tutorial:  http://scrapbooking.com/cgi-bin/Phase_2/layout.pl?serial=80178

tutorial Video:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IAKgZTHX0Y&feature=youtu.be

 

Happy Mother's Day

I would like to share with you

my Mother's Day card entry at

the recently concluded

Memory Lane Store Mother's Day Card Contest.

Just want to say . . .

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to ALL THE MOMS!!!

 

Loveliness,

 

My MMM 1st Idol LO entries for Treasured Memories

This is the 1st or is it 2nd Contest

I've joined this year 2013 . . . 

Treasured Memories'

Make More Memories 1st Idol.

Here are my LO entries for the 4 Challenges:

Challenge #1 - Coca Cola's "Buksan and Saya"

Challenge #2 - Sketch by Valerie Solomon

Challenge #3 - Sketch by Leah Fung

Challenge #4 - old photos, new style or technique & journaling

Loveliness,

 

"Hotel Kimberly" LO for Sketches4All Sketch Challenge #11

Another sketch challenge for you for my December 2012 hosted challenge at Sketches4All.  We have a sketch by Brenshevia Baker of Let's Get Sketchy Challenge Blog.  Create CARD or an LO with the sketch below. . .

 

Here’s my Sample LO:

SUPPLIES:  Pattern Paper:  Echo Park’s Holly Jolly; Doily Lace: Filstar Distributors Corp.; Chipboard Embellishments: Bo Bunny’s Blitzen; Glitter Glue: National Bookstore; Other: Christmas décor; red ribbon.

  You just need to:

1. Upload your LO in the Sketches4All's gallery with a tag: Kath’sSketch11

2. Challenge starts December 1, 2011 and ends December 31, 2011 (at Manila, Philippines timezone). To view Manila time: http://localtimes.info/Asia/Philippines/Manila/

3.  Upload your LO also to my challenge discussion thread in Sketches4All.

Love & Regards,

 Kathleen (Kath) MC B. Hernandez

Sketches4All (S4All / S4A) Design Team Member

{creative team member and monthly challenge host}