Bill's hand made birthday card - Buffalo Hunter Happy Birthday

Hi, I made this card for Bill's 42nd, THE answer to Life, Universe, and Everything! We had a quiet dinner together to celibrate both of our birthdays together at a local restaurant.

One more card, Tulip

Tulip I love this one also. Stamp is by Anna Griffin. It was rather difficult to get this look. I experimented with several inks. Finally I used pink passion pigment ink from Stampin' Up on the tulip, and then LIGHTLY penciled in edges of petals with watercolor pencils to emphasize and darken them; then LIGHTLY smuged inside the petals with a damp sable brush (no. 2 round). Brushing water or permanent markers onto the stamp did not work well.

I used Picasa to upload this picture. Only one picture can be loaded at a time using "Blog This" button. Works well. Blogger.com's own Picture-Icon for loading pics no longer seems to work at all.

Jennifer Yoon's hand made cards

A version. I really like this dragon. It has a graphic, bold quality. Don't remember who made it.

This one I will leave as is. Looks very dramatic without any coloring. Stencil by All Night Media.

This one uses quite a lot of different coloring. I was not able to be fully satisifed. I used Ranger's Perfect Pearls turquois powder applied with water dampened brush. It warped the card a bit. I pened in shadows around outer wings with Sakura silver gel pen and blue ink marker. Lettering uses All Night Media plastic stencil and blue ink pad applied with a flat stencil brush.


The apricot cardstock used in this card is a really beautiful color. I think the stamp was All Night Media, but I am not sure. Stamp is very beautiful and looks wonderful in many simple designs. I think I like elaborate and intricate designs in general rather than casual and breezy ones. Ink is metallic red pigment from All Night Media. It shines more than ANY OTHER INK. Plus it's only about $3.00 - cheaper than a reinker. It takes a LONG time to dry -- at least a day, maybe a week. It never dries on vellum even after months. Embossing with clear or sparkle powder is recommended for matt paper and required for glossy paper. I don't emboss. I don't mind just letting it air dry for a couple of days on matt cardstock. I love the colors and shine. BUT, it does stain the stamp, which I DO mind. Oh well. I even used StanzOn all purpose cleaner for solvent & other inks, but it still stains the rubber. The background paper was nice too with toning leaves printed on it.

Jennifer Yoon's hand made cards & technique

July 2006 ~ December 2005

Here are pictures of my handmade cards. I have started making cards since December 2005. Alisa Yu introduced me with Stampin' Up. Since then, I have branched out into other designers and various methods. I love many of the ones showcased here. Ochida asked me to post photos of my cards. So here is my attempt at combining this post with learning to use Blogger.com. I have used Microsoft FrontPage 2003 to layout this web page (after a dismal attempt at using a free page layout template provided by Blogger.com).

Note: Most of the cards in this group uses Crane & Co.'s 100% cotton paper, pre-packaged with stenciled dots along the bottom. This is my favorite paper for dry embossing. The embossed designs really pop out because it's a bit thinner than other cardstock, yet the paper is very strong due to the cotton fiber and will not rip. My favorite brass stencils are from Dreamweaver Stencils, but a few I love are also from All Night Media.

( *** I buy from StencilswithStyle.com (Love this place); PlaidOnline.com (for All Night Media and Anna Griffin, very slow shipping but better search and product info); AddictedtoRubberStamps.com (very fast shipping but expensive and very slow search function); and eBay for used Stampin' Up stamps. *** )

Enjoy. Jennifer Yoon

Koi. One of my favorite!
This one turned out really beautifully! I sent it to Ochida. I used Billiance pearlescent inkpads applied with Fantastix brush-tip foam applicator. Koi design by Dreamweaver Stencils (www.stencilwithstyle.com -- love this company); paper 100% cotton thin pre-made cards from Crane

I have added waves (stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils) to Koi. It looks dramatic without any coloring. I can't decide if I will leave it as is or touch up with a few focal points of coloring.