Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to share another card using the holiday stamps before we start getting into the New Year's ones. I bought this Cherry Lynn doily die in Honolulu and wanted to use it on something. You'll need to run it through your machine more than once but I'd say the results are worth it. I love the intricate lines it forms- makes it really look like a doily! Had this colored up Setsuna waiting on my desk to be used, so I added him the front as the focal point.


Here's a close up of St. Nick...


And here's the inside of the card... I FINALLY used my Sizzix 3-D tree die I got last year after Christmas. It was really easy to put together and the results are awesome. Now I wish I got the snowman one too. I placed Yuki next to the tree by attaching her to the tree itself.



And finished it off with a sentiment. Layered the Merry Christmas (Island Scrapbooking Laser Cut) onto some Spellbinder labels that I used as tags. Because it looked rather plain, I added the ribbon and holly branch.


Have a great week!

Sister Stamps Mobile

When I got my hands on these awesome Sakura dies by Lifestyle Crafts (formerly Quickutz), I had a vision of this project. Its amazing how sometimes the image in your mind actually comes to life (and sometimes it totally bombs!). Anyway, since the sakura die has 5 petals, I thought I could hang something from each petal.

Here's the result...


My only concern was stability. Because paper is so flimsy, I was worried on how to stabilize the sakura so that it wouldn't bend or curl. Finally I saw this tutorial on the Papertrey ink blog that explains how to layer chipboard. Since the dies are wafer dies, they won't cut through thick chipboard, but they cut fine through my old cereal boxes. So I harvested 2 boxes from our recent shopping trip and they worked perfectly! After cutting several layers, I adhered them together and then cut out a red sakura for each side. Then smaller sized sakura in washi paper to add to the red sakura.

After adding each girl. I decided to add some beads to help with balancing out the mobile. In between the longer strings, I added in the smallest Sakura die cut. I just love how it turned out!

Here's close ups of each girl.








So I hope you enjoyed this project! If you were inspired to make a mobile, let me know so I can check it out!

Washi paper- Hanko designs
Sakura dies- Lifestyle Crafts

Dropping You A Line...

Included in my stack of goodies was this card... To thank Aunty for all her help, I had given her a gift card to one of our favorite stores... Vera Bradley! She sent me this thank you to tell me how much she loved her new bag. I gotta say that I love how she colored up that bow! I've been too intimidated or maybe I just forget to try to blend using 2 different colors. I think she did a great job. And I also love the layout of this card. So clever to have Yoko's line hold the sentiment.


Here's a close up of Yoko-chan.


Thanks so much Aunty! I love this card!

Friendship is Precious

Isn't this bridge just amazing!? I just love it when cardmakers incorporate a scene into their cards. Being that we are such a new company, we don't have accessory images (yet) and there aren't a lot of asian themed images we can use. So what do we do? Improvise! Here Aunty Jan used a Colluzze Cutter to make her bridge. I'm not familiar with that product, but I sure what to learn how this was done? I'm guessing you could probably get a similar result by using your nestibilities and some "i"'s or exclamation marks!

Here's a close up of Yoko.. I just love her kimono coloring!


The sentiment on this card "Friendship is Precious" is acutally a Hero Arts stamp. Thanks for all the great cards Aunty!

New Yuki Winner...

Hey Yuki fans... it appears our winner didn't respond, so I'm pulling a new winner for the Yuki stamp. The new winner is:

**CrEaTiNgWiThAlOhA** said...

How adorable is she....My fav. present was the dolls....christmas will be my fav. holiday it is when i am a year older....TFS...liann

Congratulations Liann! Email me at sisterstampsllc@gmail.com with your mailing address by 10/12/11. Thanks!

Birthday Ayako

I gotta admit, when I saw this ek success punch on the shelf, I didn't like it. I thought it was busy and I'd probably never use it. But then Aunty sends me this card and I love it! Now I gotta go find me that punch! The texture from the punch really added something to the background of this card. I love how she punched gold and layered it onto red cardstock.

Oh and did I mention those little flowers? I believe they are from a hand punch and she added in stickles for the middle.


The sentiment is by Amuse Art Stamps. Love this card!

Just For You

The last time I went home, Aunty asked me to teach her how to blend using Copics. So we had a play date and I taught her what I know (which isn't much). When I saw this card I was so impressed with her coloring! I love how she colored up Nobu's kimono and hair. I think she did a great job!
We saw this embossing folder while craft shopping together. It didn't catch my eye, but it sure caught Aunty's and now I know why! That folder sure made a cute background for Nobu's playful spirit! And here's a close up of Nobu...


BTW, the sentiment is by Hero Arts and the embossing folder by Darice. Thanks Aunty for this cute sample!