The first time

I just got back from two weeks of Japan's trip. So I managed to post the good news. I'm so happy that I'm allowed to share the good news with you all. Finally! This is something BIG for me. Ok. Long to short. I submitted few cards to Paper Crafts couple months ago and one of the got chosen. Yes! So here's my card.

Photo sources: here

My card were also mentioned in Papercraft website as newbies for the issue: Volume 10. Thank you for Susan and the rest of the team for giving me a chance and this is definitely a big encouragement for me to produce more good works in future. And also Angeline Yong and Marlene too. 

I loved the simplicity of this card and also the band aid die. I picked out a little piece of gingham pattern paper from a bunch scrap paper. It is unfortunate that it only offer delivery to U.S. addresses.

If you get any chance, be sure to see what the rest of the newbies have done with this volume's release!

Izzy Anderson 

Diana Fleming

Catherina Fongjoyo

Rachel Izakowicz

Elizabeta Kushner

Carolyn LaBille

Latrice Murphy

Jacqueline Nimrichter

Deborah Nolan

Erin Lee Schreiner

Chrissie Tobas

Finally got my hands in craft

... and glue.. and cut..and punch...yeappp! Few more weeks till Christmas.

I made all these Christmas cards at a lovely friend of mine, Marlene's place on last Friday for a Christmas bazaar. We challenged each others to make at least 24 cards (at least). We had a great laugh when the clock hits 2 am in the morning and we still have few things to touch up. So basically both our challenges kinda failed... in a good way :) need to sleep.

So...you'd get this if you get challenge up at midnight...

I played around with my new PTI's stamp set. Love the simplicity and Marlene is kind enough to lend me her baker twine. 

... a "merry Christmas"

The original of this card is without the berries die... and I thought..'it looks kinda bored'. So that's the reason I decided to add on the berries and leaves die cut. 

... a "Holiday Greeting"

I didn't expect this card will look gorgeous with this patter paper. The leaves in the patter paper are glittery and just love the red, black, gold color combination.

... a "Peace be with you"

Decided to leave it as it is. Again, love the simplicity of all the cards above. Even though it took some time for me to apply the foam tape at behind of the tiny slimm-y font die, it worth doing it when I know the outcome is gonna be awesome.

Anyhow, I managed to sell two sets of these cards (3 pcs in one set) and few old cards during the Christmas bazaar on last Sunday. It was a great experience for me. I didn't earn big money but earned the experiences. Thank you to an aunt who been doing this years now. She told me, "as a crafter, never give up easily. Life is all about learning and experiencing disappointment, it doesn't mean end of the world. You just have to keep going and keep trying."-  Thank you for the reminding, auntie. I will keep that in mind. Never give up but keep trying.

November gonna end in few more days. Geez.. time flies. Few more weeks till Christmas and I need to send all the Chirstmas cards out before it is too late. 

Anyways, if you would love to drop a comment regarding my cards, please do so. Till then, stay safe and god blessed y'all. Love xoxo

Hello Babies

I haven't make any cards in a while and my hands are getting 'itchy'. Inspiration hits me so here goes my works~ I continuously made few baby cards during past few days. Few friends of mine gave birth recently so I decided to give them a little gift. :)

Before I end this post, I just realized there are few works that I forgot to update at here. I made all these before Christmas. Enjoy!

Yes. That's me in the mirror. :)

 

Hello bloggers

It's been a while since my last post. Sorry about that!! My creativity just died (or I should say.. ideas overloaded!) and I had to take a step back. I've been working on wedding invitation cards, birthday cards and I found that it was really fun and challenging too!! Luckily my client, Hilda who basically made my life so much easier. She was the one who asked me , do whatever I think it's good, as long as the card is presentable. Ha! Thanks love for giving me the opportunity to be part of your big day :) So I managed to post the cards out last week and I got a happy client at the end!! :D

Here's my take for the wedding invitation.

 

Wedding's thank you card from the couple to the guests

Last but not least, a handmade mirror frame for my sister's 23th birthday. Happpy birthday, sis!!

I got the mirror frame from Ikea then just added some embellishments and die cuts. I think probably this is not my best but I'm glad she like it.

I've a list of long-due work on hand and I really wish I'll able to find the energy to complete them. Wish me luck. teehee

Till then, take care. :) 

Creative + Fun

At last! I made all these a while back. I didn't manage to take photo for some of the works before I gift them out. Such a shame! but meanwhile, enjoy reading (well...I should say browsing. teehee)

 

My Chinese New Year cards that I made for the relatives. It's a flower pot just in case you're wondering.They just have to pull the flowers up to read the message. I got this idea from the internet. Everyone were impressed with this :)

 Another chinese new year card for relatives

 Sister requested for her valentine

Another card for her another valentine :)

 For her friend's mum

I bought a good number of the small note books from local bookstore and gave them a new look with some cardstock and embellishment.
 

I am off for more works. I've so much due dates on hand and it's a shame that I'm down with nose block and headache. Hopefully the dizziness won't stay for too long, else I don't know when can I complete all the works. Keep me in your prayers!!

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*UPDATED!

Two more new works to show you guys.

A client (my dearly Harvery) asked me whether I can help him to create a card for a birthday girl. So this is what I created for him. A pinky bubblegum machine with a small container at the front. 

 "Happy Birthday"

 And this is obviously a booklet where I put down my ideas and sketching before create. :)

l o v e . t h e . c o l o r . c o m b o

Hey what's up baby

I absolutely love my holidays. Now that Semester is over, I'm just waiting to sit for my one and only paper before I am officially done with Uni. Now that I've got slightly more time on my hands than others, I'm finding myself perpetually cramping in my craft room once again. And this time I approached my ideas differently through sewing. It isn't surprising, the amount of times I've poked my fingers *ouch*. I made six (6) cards in total. For the first card, I created a quilted background and die cut it with SU! top note die.

After which I had the background cut out. I then tied it with brown grosgrain ribbon and punched out the sentiment with big oval punch and scallop oval punch.

Nothing to impress you all, but just a little novelty here. It involves a little bit of sewing and it's actually pretty fun. I bought a pack of felt from a craft store and decided to create something out of them. For the first four cards, I cased one of the card that Dawn created a while ago. Thank you Dawn for the permission :). I love how the works turn out. Absolutely lovely. Like I said, it's nothing too special apart from the pairing of a felt flower to a matching color. Hehehe. I made the flowers and the cards in such a way the color theme complimented one another.  Here are some pictures of each individual cards.

 "Ms. Purple"

"Ms. White"

"Ms. Pink"

"Ms. Yellow"

'Any stamper knows that you can never have enough sentiments?'- from PTI. This is so true and I believe I can't agree more.  Do you see the sentiment? It's a new stamp set from PTI called Inside and Out: Thank you. The phrase and its saying is sooo perfect for any thank-you cards. And it is easy as 1-2-3.

The flowers with bling bling button

And now with their matching cards

This how the flowers look like. A poppy pin at the back. You can pin them anywhere. Bags, clothes, anywhere. This is my first attempt at them and I know I'll be creating more in the future; but with more materials to decorate them, like fur, leaves etc. Or you can attach it with a ribbon so it hangs at the door, mirror. Anywhere. :)

Last but not least,

Isn't this cute? I die cut the clouds out with felt and inked the edge with SU!'s Sahara sand ink. :) I made this card specially for a very special friend of mine, a pinch of boyish-ness emphasised with a small plane. I'm really glad to have known him and wish to show how much I truly appreciate this friendship.

You're happy, I'm happy, Everyone's happy

The title of this post isn't exactly the best.. I'll work on my creativity. Anyway, getting up for uni in the mornings just isn't my thing. I'm practically nocturnal, sleeping when everyone else gets up. And I'm quite the sleepyhead too- 6 hours of sleep just isn't enough for me. For the past few days I've been getting up at 7ish for group meetings and it is starting to take a toll on me. I get really grumpy if I don't get enough sleep, and I'm just thankful I didn't kill any of my friends and siblings. I'm just glad everything's over now.

Because I got myself a set of eye mask to relax and rid my puffy eyes! And not to mention, the horrid pimples!! 

Anyway, here's my card that I made during Michey's Birthday party last Saturday. It was a card-making's party. It was fun :) More photos over here. Each of us get to do two cards and the rest is all up to us on how to design them. Fun, fun, fun.

Here's my take. I added Ranger Liquid Pearls in Silver Pearl when I got home. Just a extra touch on the cards. 

Apart from that, I made a really last minute gift card for my cousin, Sin Yea who just gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Baby Jayden last week! My sister and I actually got little Jayden a few sets of clothes even before he was born.

That's about it for today. Hope you're happy, I'm happy and everyone's happy today and coming weeks. Hehe.. eye masks, here I come.

Adiós

so.not.creative.in.title

One of my friend, Shu, had ordered 35 christmas cards with 3 different designs for her friends and family. So far, I only finished 20cards, 15 more to go. First, she likes the christmas tree that I created on gift tag a while ago. So, here's what I finished so far.

1st design: A Very Christmas To You

2nd Design: Brrr and Joy

Fun design and cute snowmans' design. Hope she like it. Luckily she gave me plenty of time to prepare and I do not need to rush. 15 more to finish. 

Other than that, I also created two boxes for my lovely friends. Yet to be post. I'm so so sorry to the delay. I promise I'll post it out a.s.a.p. I just couldn't resist to add more stuff :p

I created these boxes from cardstock and embossed their initial with clear embossing powder.

I'm not too what's their favourite color, but hope they will like it. 

Cards shown as an example only. They will only find out what's inside when they receive it. Hehe :D