I had an affair........

.......with October Afternoon of course!! Pardon me for my cheesy post title. Hehe...what were you thinking?? I  just fell so much in LOVE with the new paper from October Afternoon called "The Thrift Shop and "Fly A Kite"! I had to grab them the moment I saw them in Smidapaper :)

My mom is in China right now, so we did not spend Mother's Day together. Since I didn't go back to my mom's place, I spent my Saturday and Sunday playing with my newly bought paper. Ahhh....such a bliss!

I did not list the supplies I used on these cards but if you have any question, just shoot me an email and I'll be happy to answer any of your question. Anything for you ladies :)

I love the soft colors of these paper. So girly girl right?

That's all from me today. But I will be back with more OA goodness! Stay tuned!

Fun Stuff!

Hello there!! Hope you are having a fabulous day! I am sure I do.

Before I go on to share my cards, let me show you the sketch that prompted today's cards. I've never share this before but each time I create, I have to have a sketch or a plan before I start. Be it my own or someone else's sketch. I always keep a sketch book near me and jot down whenever an idea pop up. So I thought it would be fun to share with you the sketch I did yesterday and the cards I created based on it. Feel free to use the sketch if you want to....that's why I am sharing here :) Do let me know if you create a card based on the sketch. I'd be happy :)

All supplies except the kraft card base and buttons are from October Afternoon. I will never get tired of it :) Btw, see my handriwting right there? Yes, terrible I know. I am still learning to like my own handwriting :)

This is the first travel card I've ever made using paper from Studio Calico, paperclips from Glitz Design and letter stickers from Jilibean Soup. The travel tag is from Scarlet Lime. A real simple card....just cut and paste :)

Have a great day my beautiful friends! Hugs to y'all!

Card Express Class at Smidapaper

Hello sweeties!! I'm back and it feels great! I hope I can write a little bit longer but I am getting really busy here. So this is another quick post to show you what I have for today. It's a baby card I made using paper from Making Memories and Jilibean Soup. A super easy card but it took me almost half an hour just to come up with the design!

This month is going to be busy but fun for me because I have two classes coming up at Smidapaper. On top of that, we will have a Make & Take on this Saturday....for free. So if you are living in Penang, do come and join us! To find out more about the classes or the Make & Take, go here.

Until then, have a great day ya! You will see me back to commenting soon! Hugs!

NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY SPECIAL

Happy Saturday! A very quick pop in to show you the card I made for The cutting Cafe. The digi image that I used is from the All About Boys set! If you plan on makig a card for the little boy in your life, then you should really check out this set.

In appreciation of SCRAPBOOKING DAY....Regina from The Cutting Cafe is having a buy one set get one free of equal or lessor value...This special is good until MIDNIGHT of tonight May 1, 2010....Pacific Standard time....
What are you waiting for? Hurry...go get yourself some digi image now! HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!!

Monochromatic Love

Yippeee!! It's Fridayyyy! Let's do the happy dance together! You can tell that I'm in a good mood today :) I've already got plans for tonight and over the weekend. And the best thing is, Monday is a holiday! WOOHOO!

Ok...enough about my excitement over the long holiday. Let me show you the card that I made. I wasn't planning on making any card yesterday because I was tired (been sleep deprived since last week). I reached home at 9pm, took my shower and went to my craft room to sort out the mess I created. While looking through the stuff I have, I realized that I have some collection of black rub-ons. You know black is not my usual color but this rub-ons is calling out to me (I'm weird that way). Guess what? A girl who's supposed to be in bed by 10pm ended up making cards way past her bedtime :) And this is what she created.....

Ok...I know I said that my love for shabby chic is fading but somehow I ended up with this. Notice the monochromatic color? This is my first time trying mono card and I'm entering it for the Caardvarks challenge. The sponsor for this challenge is Core'dinations and coincidentally the card base I used is also by this company. I was searching high and low for black cardstock then I stumbled upon this black cardstock with turquise core by Core'dinations. The alphabets and love rub-ons is by Glitz Design. The glitter chipboard heart is by Melissa Frances which my super sweet friend, Carly graciously sent to me all the way from Canada (Thanks hun!) The stitching at the bottom is not real though....it's rub-ons by Cherry Arte. The card is not complete without the beautiful lil flower by Prima :)

I'll be back tomorrow with another Cutting Cafe card. Till then....see you!

Happy Home + U R Berry Sweet

Hey there!

Today I have not one but two cards to share with you. I was in the mood of creating yesterday and as soon as I reached home from dinner with my family, I dashed into my craft room and started to dig into my old pile of October Afternoon paper. My love for shabby chic cards started to fade and I'm back with my simple and fun style. I would not say that my style is clean because I can't seem to leave the white space alone. I just have to add something to it.

First up is a card I made for 2S4Y.

Don't you love that puffy thickers from American Craft :)

Thanks for coming by and leave me some love. I hope you are having a great day!

Hello Friends!!

Hello there! I hope you are having a great day! I have a card to show you but before I get on to that, let me share a good news with you. This card was featured in the Embellish Stitching Color Challenge that I particpated a while ago. Yay! I'm doing the happy dance right now!

Also, I received this award from one of my sweetest and super talented friend, Carly! You should really check out her awesome blog. You'll be amazed I promise you.

Ok...I'm supposed to list 10 random facts about myself (warning: it could be boring so you may skip this part if you wish) So, here goes....

1. I must have a cup of coffee everyday.

2. I'm very impatient on the road and when I get mad, I'll drove very fast (that's bad I know).

3. I used to have people telling me that I look very serious and fierce but once they got to know me, I'm a total opposite. A bit on the crazy side I would say :)

4. It's only 5 min drive to Smidapaper (my local scrapbookstore) and I visit them almost every Saturday. We just joked about it last week that this is my new hang out place.

5. I met my husband when I was 17 years old and got married after been together for almost 11 years. It's a love at first sight kinda thing.

6. I got married a year ago but have not gone for our honeymoon yet. I insist that we go Bali and I'm still waiting....

7. I spend too much time on the internet.

8. My pet peeve is rude people.

9. My favourite show is Glee. I never missed a single episode and I can't wait for the 2nd season to air.

10. I consider myself  lucky to have a bunch of good and caring friends. I love them!

It's really fun to list down random things about myself. And I'm going to pass this on to 10 amazing friends that I've come to know through blogging.

1.Yvonne  2.Evelin  3.Jessy  4.Annie  5.Jill  6.Sparkle  7.Tiffany  8.Bonnie  9.Vivacela  10.Wati

I made this card yesterday night using more paper from American Crafts. It's all cut and paste....no stamping. I just realized that I have lots of paper and stickers that's been sitting in my basket (yeah I keep my supplies in basket) for too long. I promised myself to use them more often on my cards.



That's all I have for you today! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs!

Thank You

Happyyy Fridayyy!! Yippeee!!! You know I always welcome Friday with open arms! I'll be staying over my mom's house over the weekend with no internet access, so I'm sharing this with you today. The color is totally inspired by a decor magazine I was reading. This is not my usual color but I thought of giving it a shot and do something out of my comfort zone. If you notice, you'll hardly see purple on my card unless if it's for challenge. Otherwise, no purple at all. It's not that I don't like this color.....just that I never thought of it. I don't know why. But I love how this turned out. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura's Sketch 50

Hey there! Just a quick post to show you the card I made for 2S4Y. The color was inspired by Embellish Magazine....Ashley does have an innate ability to match colors! The polka dots, butterfly and sentiment is by Papertrey Ink. The beautiful ribbon is from Perfectly Pretty, an Etsy store owned by my talented friend, Carly. Can you tell that my latest favourite are these cute lil flowers by Prima???

I know I have not visit some of you for a while BUT I promise I will when things are back to its normal pace. Hugs to you all!!

Dear Lizzy

Hellooo! First of all, THANK YOU so much to all of you who commented on my previous post! You all just know how to brighten a gal's day! Hugs to you all!

Today's card features the Dear Lizzy line again. I had so much fun making flower from the fabric paper that I think I'm going to make more of these.

Thanks for stopping by!

Let's Hang Out!

Hey there! This is my second post.....please scroll down for the first one. I'm back to share another card I made over the weekend. This card uses lots of Dear Lizzy line courtesy of my sweet friend, Jessy! She knows that I love this and graciously gave me a RAK full of Dear Lizzy stuff! (Thanks dearie!) I am so fortunate and it's a blessing to be surrounded by so many great friends! That's the reason why I LOVE blogging!! This card is dedicated to all my bloggy friends....I really wish I could hang out with each and everyone of you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Color Cue {3} Challenge

Hello friend! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! Today is Monday and I'm usually not at my best on this particular day. You can say that I've been hit with Monday blues......every week! However, today is an exception because this card has made to the top 5 at 2S4Y!! YAY! I have a big smile plaster on my face as I am typing this. Thanks to the 2S4Y team!

Now onto today's card. The color combo is based on a challenge hosted by my talented friend, Dawn! I was at first intimidated by the challenge but decided to give it a shot anyway. I would not have thought of using this color combo myself but to my utter amazement, I love the end result! Thanks for the inspiration Dawn!

Everything on this card except the gray cardstock is by Papertrey Ink. The text background is stamped in white acrylic paint. Yes, you've heard me right. I tried with white ink on a piece of scrap but the result isn't that prominent so I opt for white paint instead. I love my new discovery!

Have a great day!

Hello Friends!

Happyy Fridayyy!! Love when it's Friday!

When I got back from work yesterday, I was so inspired to create with my Papertrey Ink stamps! Can you tell that I love polka dots? Yes, they are my all time favourite pattern! Once again, I de-hoard the prima flowers that Sheila gave me. Lovely! The design is based upon Kazan's sketch. Wow....it's their 50th sketch already! 2S4Y is the very first sketch challenge that I joined when I started cardmaking. It was only 7th or 8th sketch when I first join them...and now it has reach 50! How time flies!

Hope you are off to a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Little One

Hey friends! A quick pop in to share with you the card I made using the fabulous digital image by The Cutting Cafe. Ohhh...how I love the "All About Babies" set!! I printed the cute lil pram onto PTI rustic cream cardstock and fussy cut. Then, I embossed it using my cuttlebug and to achieve that shabby look, I distressed it with Ranger's Tea Dye ink. Then, I decorate the pram with lace, pearls and buttons. I finally broke out the Prima flowers that Sheila gave me (thanks dear!).....they are just lovely!

Hope you are having a good day!

Welcome Little One

Hello there and Happy Tuesday! Hope you are off to a good start today! I have another Cutting Cafe card to share with you. I printed the sail boat from "All About Babies" onto cardstock, fussy cut and embossed the sails with my cuttlebug. I changed things a bit by adding eyelets to the boat. This is another fun way of me using scraps. Yep...everything here is from my "scrap tray" :) I also scraplift the design from one of my card.

There are 40 assorted images in this set and you ought to check out the store to see them all!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday

Happy Monday, ladies! I've not been very creative last week, hence the lack of post. It's good to be free from crafting for a while, don't you think? Anyway, I made a quick card on Saturday using some scraps that I saved. Whenever there is leftover from previous project, I don't discard them. What I do is I keep them on a three tier paper tray that I bought from IKEA and I called it my "scrap tray". So I went through my scrap tray and found this lace cardstock. It is originally in white and I changed the color using "Seafom" acrylic paint by Making Memories. The frame and sentiment is by Papertrey Ink. That's all I have for today and hope you are having a great week!

MFW Challenge: Picking Up the Pieces

Happy Wednesday! I'm back with another card I made for the Moxie Fab World challenge. It's all about paper piecing and here's my take:

Remember this card I made using the hot air balloon stamps from Practicing Creativity Designs? Well, I used it for this challenge but in a different way. I stamped the image multiple times on Cosmo Cricket paper, fussy cut the image and arrange it to form a flower. Easy peasy! I did the same for the butterfly stamp by Papertrey Ink. The text background and sentiment are also by Papertrey Ink.

More Coffee......

**Edited to add: I just entered this card for 2S4Y sketch challenge

Hello there! Today, I'm sharing a card using the coffee digital stamps by The Cutting Cafe. This is my second card created from the set. The first one featured the clean and simple style. So I thought of adding some shabbiness to this card by inked up everything....except the ribbon of course. Last Friday was a happy day for me because I received my stamps from Papertrey Ink. It's been forever but it was all worthwhile :) This time, I bought their Rustic Cream Cardstock and I fell in love with it in the instant! It's heavy and I don't have to worry about the card not standing upright with all the heavy embellishments. Cool! I also bought their rustic twine which I used on this card. Don't you love the striped ribbon?? I got them from Perfectly Pretty store which owned by my sweet and talented friend, Carly.

On other note, I changed the background a tad and love the effect it has on my photos :)

Have a great day!!