Where I create...

Happy Thursday! May I take you on a little tour of my crafting room? This is a room that I had envisioned in my head for the longest time so it is really exciting to see it come to life :)

I have graduated from having part of the kitchen table, a corner of the study, a corner of the dining room in Beijing to a corner of the living room in DC to a proper room for all my stash, tools and supply :)

When we got an email of the layout of our future Jakarta apartment, I picked this room. I had imagined plenty of natural light of the room as it is facing east and I am glad it is. I love it in the morning with plenty of sunshine :)

We made a few trips to Ikea before we headed out to Jakarta and I am glad we did! :) Love these square bookcases and especially because it is the perfect size to store 12"x12" paper and card stock. I love arranging and rearranging the cabinets so this is still an ongoing process until I find a system that works for me.

Hannah normally puts her stuffed toys here but I love to sit on this Ikea arm chair and browse at craft magazines.

My cutting station :) A kitchen furniture from Ikea which was the perfect height for me to stand and crank on the Big Shot machine. This little table has wheels so it can easily rolls to other parts of the room and it comes in handy when friends visit.

This is a full view of one side of the room. My work table is on the left side with the white chair. The walls are still bare- this will be an ongoing project as well :)

I will have more photos tomorrow. Thank you for stopping by and taking this little tour with me. It is a special place for me :) If you have any ideas or thoughts, feel free to leave a comment. I am always on the lookout for organizational ideas.

Have a good day, you all.

Hugs,

Liza

Fox & Friends baby card

Happy Sunday! This is one of the new stamp sets in the Occasions Mini catalog, called Fox & Friends. Super cute! And the new border punch that I got from Sale a Bration. I made this for a friend who is expecting a new little one :)

Recipe: (all by SU!)

Cardstock and paper: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Welcome Neighbor DSP

Stamp set: Fox & Friends, Short & Sweet

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray

Tools: Circle punch, Scallop circle punch, Scallop Trim border

Everything else: Silver brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Enjoy the rest of your weekend :) We are heading out to the door to church now.

Hugs,

Liza

New goodies

Hello! Where has the time gone? A week has flown by! Hope all is well with you all there. I have new goodies to play with :)

New punches! They snap shut and store flat when not in use. I can just picture them lining up on my work table. And these new clear stamps! They store flat in a DVD case. I lined up the little I have now on my work table. Lovely!

New Designer Series Paper to play with as well! Just opened these at random. Really pretty! I am still admiring them...

I am signing off now. Have a good rest of the week, you all.

Hugs,

Liza

Happy Birthday, Hannah :)

Hello :) Today my little Hannah is 4 :) She was so excited about celebrating at her preschool. Pak Medi, our cook, baked a chocolate cake yesterday and this morning she woke up way too early, ready to "help" decorate the cake.

I stamped "Happy Birthday" on scrap paper for the cake :)

We made these little goody baskets for all her little friends at preschool. She loves cranking that Big Shot machine. I am just using left over patterned paper for this project. The baskets look good with double sided patterned paper.

This morning, my husband explained the meaning of "blessing" and "to bless" to our children. Happy blessed birthday, little girl.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

Liza

CAS49

Hello! CAS stands for Clean and Simple. A quick, cheery card for CAS49 over at SCS today :) Love the combo of red polka dot on soft blue :)

Hope your week is a good one. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Liza

CC252

Hi! I made these cards for Color Challenge 252 over at splitcoaststampers.com here which is:

Handsome Hunter, Certainly Celery, Bermuda Bay, and a neutral of choice (mine is Basic Gray). I cut my Top Note panel on the long side of it and stamped the tree from Pendant Park set.

And then, I made another one with the Top Note panel cut on the short side of it. This one is a graduation card for a friend who had been going to night school for the past couple years. He finally got his degree last weekend!

I hope you week is off to a good start. My son starts school today and I am back to normal routine after the Holidays. Take care!

Recipe: (all by SU!)

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay

Ink: Handsome Hunter, Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay

Stamp set: Pendant Park, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Tools: Big Shot machine, Top Note die, 3/4" circle punch, 3/16" corner rounder

Everything else: Certainly Celery ribbon, brads from Marlene, Stampin' Dimensionals

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #21

Hi! When I saw Dawn's color challenge here yesterday, I was immediately thinking of a baby card :) Soft yellow works for both baby boy and girl. Here is what I came up with. The layout comes from FTL71 here.

My color combo is So Saffron, Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip.

I dry embossed the Chocolate Chip circles and then pasted them under the Bermuda Bay panel to make large scallop edge.

This baby elephant is colored with dabs of So Saffron markers. I hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Hugs,

Liza

Recipe: (all by SU! unless mentioned)

Cardstock and paper: Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, October Afternoon dp

Stamp set: Out of the Box, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron marker

Tools: Big Shot machine, Finial Press Textured Impressions, circle punches, Scallop Circle, Modern Label punches, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallop Edge punch.

Accesories: Bermuda Bay ribbon