A Memorable Day At the Yellow Violet House

Following my teaching stint at Lasting, I was given the chance by the Yellow Violet House to also share my talent to their interested scrappers.

My class comprised of 5 amazing students who also shared the same passion I have with scrapping. We made 2 types of cards and a mini album, We were scheduled to work on the projects from 9am - 3pm but because we had so much fun we had to extend til 6pm.

Here are some photos of what i taught at the Yellow Violet House

We started by coloring the Lala Stamp on this card and worked on the card itself.

Love the sidedetails on the card! Specially the lamp post!

Another card we made. We also colored the baker tilda shown here and this card can be used to share your favorite recipe with your close friends or relatives

We used a hand made paper flower embellishment and some beads to make the card more lively.

A sneak peek of the mini album we created. 

I will be having another card-making class scheduled on May 11 at the Yellow Violet House and I am looking forward to being there once again.

Distress Ink Coloring and Card Making Class at Lasting Impression

Last April 13, 2013, I held my very crafting class at Lasting Impression in San Juan. Im so happy and thankful at the same time for having a full class considering that its my first time to teach.

We started with the distress ink coloring. I showed my students the techniques and used and learned from researching online. I can say that the internet is really a wonder when it comes to crafting as it opens new doors and opportunities for me to enhance my creativity. Even though I already have some knowledge in distress ink coloring,

A lot of people are generous enough to share their techniques just like Susan Lee, based in Dubai, who helped me a lot by giving me tips and sharing her knowledge on how to color using distress ink. I also learned from Iris Uy when it comes to mix media and because of them, i got inspired to share my talent and knowledge in crafting

I prepared 3 different card designs for the class.

I discussed how to make this easel card. I chose this Magnolia Stamp (Taylor Tilda) as  it brings back fond memories of my other who is a seamstress and I myself also love sewing. I embelished the card with some mini flowers and a spool cut out using tim holtz (sewing room dye) which i intentionally spooled with some yellow thread to match the yellow color of the fabric.

I found this round side step card design at www.paperpapillon.com . Credits to the design tutorial given by Marlene.  I embelished the card with hand made flowers using Martha Stewart and Memory Box dye cuts.

Since its summer, i thought of using this bath cap tilda stamp for this  6x6 card. i added some small pearls and a cute little ribbon to embelish it.

I had a memorable time teaching this techniques and I feel good in being able to see others complete the project. I would like to thank Vivian Uy of lasting Impression for giving the opportunity to teach and also everybody who attended the class for making it fun and lively. Im looking forward to teaching more techniques soon!

Thanks So Much! A Special Request

A student who was about to graduate cannot think of something special to give to his professors as a token of gratitude for their help throughout the years of teaching him at school.

He asked for my help and I came up with this little project. of colorful cascaded thank you cards.

I used Pirate Edwin #66 for his male professors:

and Pirate Tilda #66 for his female professors:

I also used some small embelishments like a cute pink and white flower tied with a small bow for the female cards and a tiny heart cut out with a blue string and small buttons.

I really had fun making this set and I find it really thoughtful for the student to remember his professors on his graduation day that's why I couldn't say no when he asked for my help!

Updating My Blog

Its been a while since my last post. I actually just tried to create a blog last year but due to so many activities, i was not able to update it.

I checked on my phone/camera and saw that i already have loads of photos of the projects I made, that I shouldve uploaded so I thought that its about time that I post it here for everyone to see.

I would like to start my update by posting this cute little card I made with a taylor tilda stamp that i colored with distress ink. I also used a tim holtz dye cut (sewing room) for the spool and added some flower embelishments that i found really pretty. I love using Magnolia Stamps especially Tilda.

Here is a snap shot of the inner part of the card:

I shall be posting a couple of more cards from my past projects on my next entries. stay tuned!.