Friendly Challenge

Happy Monday y'all!

I hope you had a great weekend! I sure did! I had a very prodcutive weekend....been spending a lot of time in my craft room and created thirteen cards in a span of three days. It rarely happens and so glad it did :)

Today I have somehing fun to share. My creative babe, Jessy host a friendly challenge and asked a couple of her crafty friends (including me) to join. She sent us an inspiration photo and I was drawn to the colors and the patterns of the cushion pillows. Although these are not my usual favourite color combo but it's a defnitely a good challenge to make me step out of my comfort zone in a while.

Photo inspiration from www.thelennoxx.com

At first I can't decide if I should create a CAS card or shabby chic one. Luckily Echo Park and October Afternoon paper came to my rescue and help me decide which style to go for. Phew...they sure save my day :) Though simple but I love the result. I hope you like it too.

I thought the sentiment fit the challenge perfectly. A friendship card for a friendly challenge :) I hope this inspires you and let's check out the rest of the particpants here.....

Sandy Ang

Lori Hairston
Wati Basri
Helen Tilbury
Rachel Clarke
Kirsty Vittetoe
Sharmandeswari
Cindy Lee (that's me)
Janet
Amelia Khalik
Jessy Christopher

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Cardmaking Class at Smidapaper

Hello there!

I'll be having another cardmaking class on Saturday, September 25th at Smidapaper. Learn how to make precise windows on your cards. This session also teaches ink blending techniques, background stamping & puching. For more details on the class, check out Smidapaper blog here.

Also, do check out my weekly post at Smidapaper blog. I'm sure most of you have your fair share of paper scraps left over from your projects. But do you use them often? Well, I don't so I challenged myself to create with nothing but scraps and I managed to came up with three mini cards. Let's just say I'm proud of myself :)

Have a great day!

I Miss You!

Hey there!

Sorry for being so quiet lately. I was not feeling well for the whole of last week and I'm still feeling sick while typing this. I had a really bad cough that makes me feel very weak and tired. My mom make me took lots of medicine but none of them work. So, I guess I'll have to bear with it until it recovers by itselves.

Today it's a replacement holiday for me (and for many of us) as our Muslim friends celebrated Hari Raya on last Friday and Saturday. I stayed at my mom's place over the long weekend and since there was no internet connection at her place, I resort to go somewhere with a free wi-fi....McDonalds :) Youngsters nowadays don't study at home, do they? Almost 80% of the patrons are youngsters with their laptops and books (and I almost feel like one if you consider me young.....lol) Ok, I better not waste my time as my battery is running low. Let me share a card I made a while back.

Stamped the lace borders by Kaisercraft in different hue of green and blue. The polka dots background and butterfly is by Papertrey. I love it when two different stamp sets work well together!

I hope you are having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Wool you be mine?

Hello lovelies!

Today I'm sharing a card I sumitted for Paper Crafts call and obviously it didn't get picked and I get to share it with you.

Speaking of submission, I was lucky to have a few cards in the upcoming issues of Cards magazine and one card in Paper Cratfs. I thought I would share a story of how it all started. My first ever submission to Cards magazine was July last year. I would submit my cards (I counted....around 15 cards) to them every once in a while but none ever get picked. I was upset and decided that they never like me and almost gave up. Sheila was the one who stood by me and gave me the confidence I needed. I told myself to try one last time and if it doesn't work out, I should forget about the whole publication thingy. Imagine my surprise when I received the first acceptance email from them back in May! I was so nervous that I almost died!! I literally screamed on the phone when I shared the happy news with my bestie and it took me almost an hour to calm down...lol! Since then, I started to work on submissions and it's been good so far.

My point of sharing this story with you is NOT to brag....which is the last thing I want but hope to encourage some of you who wish to submit. Give it a try when you think you are ready and if you don't succeed the first time, don't be sad and don't let the whole publication thing take over your life (I learned my lesson). Take it easy and keep trying. One day you will enjoy the fruits of your labor :) Happy submitting!

Birthday Card

Happy Monday!

Although my last post was only three days ago but it feels like forever. It's not that I am slacking but because I can't share some of the stuff that I've been creating. But this week I will be back with my regular post as I have a few cards that weren't picked by Paper Crafts and I'm happy to share it here :)

I'm digging the tea cup and the spoon stamp by Papertrey Ink. Have no regrets buying them!

I'm keeping this post short and simple. Thanks for coming by! I truly appreciate your time!

Happy Birthday to Josie!

Hello LOVELIES!

I'm feeling tired today! Sheila and I did something really fun yesterday until past midnight. What did we do you may ask? Well, someone commissioned us to make 46 place cards for a birthday party and after 6 hours of talking ...opps...I mean working, we completed the place cards :) By the time we finished, it was already 1:30am! Hubby called this morning and was shocked that I got home late or shall I say early morning. At least he shows some concern which is very sweet by the way...lol :)

I just had a wonderful lunch with my crafty buddies, Josie and Sharon. Today is also a special day for Josie because it's her birthday! This birthday girl is so sweet that she bought us lunch at a Japanese restaurant! Josie is one of the sweetest and happiest girl I've ever come across! I just adore her! HAPPY BIRTHDAY my dear!!! May you have a wonderful day!
I'll leave you with a card I made using paper from my new favourite manufacturer, Echo Park :)

Spread you wings and fly!

Last week, I got a visit from a special friend and spent four wonderful days by showing her around Penang or rather food hunting :) I guess most of you already know who this special friend is but if you don't, she's Jessy, the talented  babe from KL! It was really fun having her around and she was such a great companion! Every night before we went to bed, we'll have our little chat just about everything and it made me feel like I was a teenager again (psst...I'm not that old anyway, lol). Sheila even invited us for dinner on Friday and we had a good laugh the entire time! I'll be going to KL next month and I can't wait to see her again!

After I dropped off Jessy at the airport yesterday, I went home feeling greatly inspired that I whip up this card using colors that I rarely use. I was definitely out of my comfort zone while creating this card. The big beautiful butterfly die cut is a RAK by Jessy and you know how much I love my butterfly :) I combined a few different techniques on this card and I love how this turned out to be. I hope you like it too!



Thanks for stopping by my lil corner! Have a great day!

Gift Box

It's Monday....and I'm having one of those "I'm sleepy" day again. I went to bed at 9:30pm so basically I had over 8 hours of sleep yet I'm struggling to stay awake right now. I seriously need COFFEE! Care to join me?? Lol :)

Last week, I told you that I have a fun project to show you and this is the fun project I was talking about.....a handmade gift box! I made it for the Smidapaper blog and if you interested to make one yourself, please check out the simple tutorial here. I hope you like it :)

The inside of the box revealed the fun embellishments I put together. You realized it's all pink, right? Even the cupcake liners are in pink. I can't help it...lol :)

It's a perfect gift for a crafty friend, don't you think?

Don't forget to check out Smidapaper blog for the tutorial :) Have fun!

Embellish Quirky-Cutesy-Clean Style Color Challenge

It's FRIDAY! You know how much I love Friday, right?? :)

I thought I would pop in quickly to show you a card I made for the current challenge at Embellish Magazine. Here's my take on the challenge using my new stamps by WPlus9. Ohh...I just love it! This is my first baby stamp ever! Yeah....no kidding! You know how I'm obsessed with butterfllies right?? lol :) Can you tell that I'm addicted to the faux stitch rub-on tape already???

Ok...I'm such a bad bloggy friend, I admit that. I've been so busy here...lots of deadlines to meet that blog hopping seems impossible. Please forgive me, pretty please........:) But I promise I'll visit you soon. Real soon :) Forgive me already?? lol...

Short and sweet

Hello there!

I'm gonna get busy again this week so if you don't see me posting or commenting on your blog, just remember that I'm still alive :) I have a really fun project that I'm working on right now and I hope that I can share with you soon. I have to make this post short again so I'm leaving you with a card that was rejected by PaperCrafts.

Cadrmaking Class and weekly post at Smidapaper

Yeah! It's Friday! My favourite day of the week :)

Today I don't have a card to share but I do have a tutorial that I want you to check out. Starting this month, I will do a weekly post at Smidapaper and in fact, I've already started since last week. What I'm hoping to share on the weekly post are some of the crafty tips that I've learned. Last week I did a product feature on American Crafts foam tape and this week, I did a simple tutorial on how I organized my ribbons using cardstock scraps. It's inexpensive and super easy. Check out the tutorial here and perhaps you could share with me your ribbon storage too :)

Also, I have a cardmaking class on next Saturday. The theme for the class is "Occasions" with stamping. It's going to be fun and if you are around here, do come and join us! More info on the class can be found here.

Here's the sneak....

Let your dreams take Flight

Thank you for being so sweet on my last post! You all have been such a great friend to me! Now I know I will never be lonely when I have great company like you all! I just love the blogging community :)

I made a card last night using colors that I rarely use. In fact, it is so unpopular that cardmakers tend to shy away from using this color. I too find it a little intimidating but I braced myself and created this card anyway. By now you know what color I'm talking here. I can't tell if I like what I created but it's definitely too purple-ish for me :) If there are two things that I love from this card are the butterfly and the stamped doily. The butterfly is actually made of tissue using the buterfly die by PTI. I die-cut four butterflies and stamped each with polka dots before layer them together.

Be sure to come back again tomorrow as I have something to share :) Have a great day!

Best Friends

Hello my lovely friends!

I had a good weekend but I didn't get to spend as much time as I would love to on crafting but starting this week or for the next couple of months, I will have plenty of time to spend on making cards (imagine the big grin on my face). Hubby just left to join his crew yesterday and won't be back till December. Of course I will miss him a lot during his absence but they said crafting is the best remedy to cure loneliness. I couldn't agree more :)

I'm here to share a mini card I made for a recent publication call which obviously is a reject. I submitted three mini cards but only one get picked so I'm still happy :) The sentiment sticker is from K&Co as well as the flower sticker which is made from vellum (isn't it cute?). The graph border die cut is part of the So Sophie collection by My Mind's Eye and they are available at Smidapaper.

Thanks for stopping! Have a great day!

Amy's Birthday!

Hey there!

I hope you are not too surprised that I post on Sunday. Today is August 8 and also the birthday of my bloggy friend's Amy Tsuruta!! HAPPY BITHDAY sista!!! Today's card is made specially for you. Here's wishing you all great things in life, hope this day will bring you an extra share of all that makes you happiest!! Hugs!

TD Challenge 03

Happy Saturday lovelies!!

I am back wih another challenge by Tiffany Doodles and this time the DT were asked to create a card using flowers digi image and I choosed to work with the plumeria. I have no idea how to color the image and obviously it was my first time using Copic markers (they belongs to Sheila) but I went with it anyway :)

Thank you so much for your kind thoughts on my previous post!! You guys are the best! Hugs!

Quick Post

Hello! A very quick post to show you a simple card I made last week. Things are not going so well for me at work today and I am not in a mood of talking right now. Sorry.

To a FRIEND

One of the reason I love Papertrey Ink so much are the endless possibilities you could do with their stamp. The other day when I sat down on my desk, I took out all the background stamps I have and immediately an idea came to mind. I whipped up this card within an hour. Suffice to say....this is one of my favourite card :)

Thanks for looking!

Card Style Week: Let's Do Shabby & Vintage

Happy FRIDAY! Yeah!

Sometimes creativity is a funny thing. I told you on yesterday's post that I lost my mojo but when I sat down on my desk at night, I was so inspired that I created a shabby chic card. Though inspired but I still have a tough time deciding which paper and embellies to use. Finally, I decided to work with Webster Pages paper and Tim Holtz glimmer chips. The rest of the embellies just fall into places :) I love it when that happens....though rarely. I did a lot of distressing using tea dye ink and white acrylic paint. The beautiful white doily is from my babe Sharon. This will be my last card for the Card Style challenge at Moxie Fab World.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and I truly appreciate it! I know I have not been visiting much lately but I will catch up with you all soon. I promise! Have a great ahead!