Death Valley and City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 436 ~ Zig-a-Zag-ah

I went to Death Valley National Park over the weekend.....

it is the biggest National Park on the lower 48 states of America...

just look at the rock formation, no wonder Star Wars movies staged here...

although its already end of October, but it was still hot after 10 AM

Badwater basin is pretty cool though, it is 282 below sea level, one of the lowest spot in the world

one of my favorite hike is Natural Bridge Canyon, not only it was partly shaded, the view was amazing....

here's another one of my favorite - Artists Palette, pretty cool huh?

now back to this week's card for City Crafter Challenge Blog

The theme is Zig-a-Zag-ah.....

I am not the most patient, and really having problem lining up these cross-stitches pumpkin...

they are too difficult for me, LOL! I started with the stitched peonies and finally gave up, the stitched peonies stamp set is now on sale on my Crafty Stuff for Sale Page, if you are interested to pick it up, hop over there now, I tried on the petals and it doesn't work for me so the rest of the stamp in that set was totally new.

Products used -

Waffle Flower Crafts

Hope you come play along with us this week at....

City Crafter Challenge Blog

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Here at home, the girls are back, and my cousin, who is posted to Texas for a few months came visit, we have a house full, I love this time of the year!

Wishing all my friends..... have a wonderful Thanksgiving too! I am so grateful for you!

Happy Thanksgiving (2016)

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Happy

Thanksgiving

To

All My Lovely Blog Friends!

 

 

PTI Make it Monday #257 ~ Sentiment Strip Grounding

I am done with summer camp so that free up my mornings, since I had to get a few of my DT's projects done, I spent a couple of hours in my craft room early this week and get this done as well....

PTI Make it Monday #257 ~ Sentiment Strip Grounding

I used a very very old PTI polka dots background stamp set for the background, embossed with clear powder after stamping, and then used various ink to create the pastel mixed color background.....

pumpkins and sentiment are from PTI Pumpkin Patch Stamp and die set.

the longer banner is PTI Tag Sale Quilted Die, and the shorter banner is PTI countdown details die. 

You can check out Lexi's video HERE for PTI Make it Monday #257

 

Project Life ~ November 1 to 30

I finally get my act together and work on my Project Life for November and December, so here you go.........

Project Life

November 3

November is just the everyday thing, nothing exciting, but I did find time today to make some Kuih Pie Tee....

Kuih Pie Tee is a thin and crispy pastry tart shell filled with a spicy, sweet mixture of thinly sliced vegetables and shrimps. It is a popular Peranakan dish in Singapore.

I bought this Kuih Pie Tee mould last July when I was in Singapore.



it is quite time consuming though, these little pastry tart shell has to be made one at a time...

I cook the vegetable, shrimps and egg before I make the pastry tart shell, filled them up and they taste yummy, Papi agrees too......

November 4

It has been raining a lot in Vegas lately, the weather is either cloudy or rainy, so not like Vegas!

November 6
My neck and shoulders were hurting for a few days now, DH bought me a spa session at The Venetian, ahhhh..... feel so blessed.

November 12

I finally got myself a pair of glasses, I have been seeing this new eye doctor since August 3, and couldn't get my contact lens work, tried so many new pairs and it keeps breaking, and then I have to go back to the doctor, wait for my new order to come in etc..... a lot of time I have to struggled with blurry vision, getting new glasses is like ahhhhh.........

November 24
Today DH went to the dog park with us...... it was fun!
It was a little cold so Papi put on his new sweater.....

November 26
Today is Thanksgiving day, it is the first time we have no kids at home, just the two of us!
We didn't do anything big or special, just like any other day.

November 28

We went to Home Depot to get some new ornaments for our front porch as well as new lighting

November 29

Clare, Jared and their friends Catherine and Jonathan went camping at Utah, they stopped for a night on their way back to LA, as requested by Clare, we always have Korean BBQ when they came back.

November30

The kids left early this morning.....

Happy Thanksgiving!

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I am wishing you many blessings this Thanksgiving and everyday there after.

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 284 ~ Into The Wood!

This week at

City Crafter Challenge Blog

Stella picked the theme

INTO THE WOOD

(Click HERE to check out details)

my wood details was a woodgrain stamp from PTI, I stamped it and embossed it with clear embossing powder, and then add the colors using ink pad and sponge.

Hop over to

City Crafter Chalenge Blog

for more wonderful work by our guest and the CCCB Designers.

Summer of Color 5 ~ Week 3

The Challenge:

Summer of Color 5 (Week 3)

I love purple.....

so I am happy to work with 2 purple this week

the first one I used is the ink from PTI

I added a lot of water to make the smooshing effect background

the second purple is from a deep purple cardstock, and I used it with the "Grateful" die 

the yellow color come from another cardstock, used with PTI scribble die

I also added some sequins

Thanks for stopping by....