Pictures from the craft bazaar

Hello! I mentioned on my previous post that I went to a craft bazaar over the weekend. Smidapaper had a booth and I was there to help. It was my first time ever running a booth and it's so much fun! A new learning experience for me indeed :) Here are some pics taken by Josie....enjoy!

On the left is Sheila and Josie is on the right. Love this picture of us! So natural!

Some handmade goodies.

That's me shopping for other crafty stuff. This booth is one my favorite at the bazaar. The owner made some really cute aprons and check out the fun banners that she sew. They are simply lovely!

It's bedtime now and I can hardly open my eyes already. So I'm going to say good night to you :) Sweet dreams!

True Love

I had a great weekend! Besides, my in-laws were out of town and I have the house all to myself. Hehe, I can do whatever I want and craft whenever I want. You can tell I love being alone :) So on Saturday, we had a craft bazaar at Rasa Sayang hotel and together with Sheila (Philip and Sarah too), we manned a table/stall full of handmade goodies. Josie dropped by and took some photos of us. I'll talk more about it later.

But for now, I have a layout to share. In my record, this is the second layout I've made thus far and I'm actually hook on scrapbooking now. It's so different from cardmaking but I'm ready to learn more about it. Here's the layout I made using of one of my favorite wedding photo taken from last year. The pattern paper that I used are mostly from the Lost & Found collection by MME. I LOVE LOVE this collection a lot! Don't you just love the glittery edge? The text backgroud? The polka dots? Ohhh, I can go on and on and on...lol :) Some of the goodies here are gifts from Sheila like the Jenni Bowlin butterfly sticker, the doily transparencies by Maya Road and the beautiful heart stick pins. She always pamper me with pretty stuff and I'm spoiled :)

Paper flowers are in rage right now and I decided to make a few for this layout. Besides looking pretty, they add dimension and depth to a layout.

More flower. Hehe....can you see the big beautiful butterfly peeking out? I can't create a layout without my favorite butterfly, can I? Lol. Some of you asked a while ago about the brand of this butterfly die and I forgotten about it. So sorry. It's by Quickutz. I was first introduced to it by my talented babe, Jessy and I fell in love with it instantly! She knew how much I loved it and generously die cut a few more for me. Thanks babe!

Before I end this, I would love to say THANK YOU for leaving me the sweetest comments on my previous post!!!! I've said it over and over that you gals are the BEST and SUPPORTIVE bloggy friends I've ever had!! I would love to hug each and every one of you but I can't so I'm sending a HUGE virtual hug to all of you! I'm off to commenting now :)

Have a great day!

CARDS October 2010 Issue

Hello! It's me again! I'm happy to share two of my cards that were published in the October issue of CARDS magazine! You know these are my first published cards and I'm really excited about it! Hope you like them :)

Have a nice day!

Pretty Package

What I like most about gift is the pretty packaging. A prety package is equally precious of what's inside and I do not mind spending a wee bit of time into making one of a kind package for my friends. I snapped some photos of a package that I recently made for a dear friend and I woud like to share them here. If you think something's wrong with my pictures, don't worry. It is just me playing with Photoshop....very amateurish :)

The package. At first I didn't know what to do with the decorative tape by Pink Paislee.....now I know :)

Close up of the package.

The goodies that I put together for her.

I had loads of fun making these and I can see myself making a few more. I'm keeping today's post short and I hope you enjoy your day!

See ya!

According to Jessy.........

I'm a butterfly freak!! Me? A freak?? Seriously? Lol! I did a quick count and realized that I made a total of 60 butterfly cards to date. I'm not sure if that makes me a freak but I do love the nickname :) To proove that I'm indeed a freak, I made yet another butterfly card...lol :)

I confessed countless times that I love butterfly, the truth is I only like them on paper and not on clothing or accessories of any kind. Same goes with my favorite color. You know how much I love pink right? Believe me, I don't like wearing pink at all! Fushchia yes but absolutely not pink. It's funny how my cardmaking style is so different from my sense of clothing. I found some pictures online that could very well explain my fashion sense :)

(ruffle bib tank, pocket T, long-sleeved T, ribbed tank)



You could say I'm a simple girl who loves neutral colors. My motto, the simple the better :) What about you? Does your cardmaking style reflects your fashion style or the total opposite just like me? 

Happy Friday! 

Together

I am loving butterfly. Stamp, die-cut, sticker or paper.....I love them all! I am never bored nor sick of them. In fact, I want more :) Can someone please tell me I'm not obssesive....lol.

Below is the card I made using my favourite stamp by Papertrey Ink! The lovely text pattern paper is from the Lost & Found collection by My Mind's Eye. I totally LOVED this collection! Who doesn't?

Ok...tell me you love butterfly too. Let us share our love together :)

New Store & Class

As some of you may know, Smidapaper is opening a new store soon and we are counting down to the opening day. More details on the blog soon. Stay tune!

Meanwhile, I'll be having a Christmas card class at the brand new store. In the class, I'll be showing how to create four Christmas cards of different styles with stamping, embossing, paper piecing and more. Do check out the class on Smidapaper blog. It's going to be fun! Here's the sneak of the class.......

Have a great day!

Little One

This is my second post of the day. Please scroll down for the first post. Firstly, I would like to appologize for my absence! I haven't been visiting in a while and I'm sorry about that too. I hope I'm able to share what I've been up to but the time is not right. I guess I have to wait patiently :) Stay with me ya!

I'm keeping today's post short so I'm leaving you with a card I made yesterday using the cute stamp from WPlus9. Hope you like it :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Shotout to Sharon

Hello lovelies!

Today is the birthday of my crafty girfriend, Sharon and I woud like to shoutout her birthday here! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, SHARON!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wishing you all the best on your speacial day and throughout the coming year! Hugs! 

Masculine card challenge at Smidapaper

How often do you create masculine cards? I think I can count with my five fingers, lol. I don't have a lot of male friends so I don't need that many masculine cards in my stash. But when I'm in need of one, I have problem creating it. Somehow my brain can't shake off the beautiful butterfly or that soft lovely color pink or that gorgeous ribbon in the jar :) You know guys don't appreciate girly stuff on their cards, right? What do I do? It took me a while to think and this is the result......

I have pink on a masculine card! Yay! But it does not look at all girly, right? I keep everything as simple as possible and I quite like it. If you are interested to find out how I created this card, you may check out my tutorial at Smidapaper blog. Besides the tutorial, I also challenge our readers (Malaysian only) to create a pink masculine card to stand a chance at winning a RM50 gift voucher from Smidapaper store!

"Pink is the new black as Savitri says it"!

Hello Friend!

I have been very quiet lately. Not that I stop creating, just that I need to focus on something else....something big at the moment. In fact, I have been creating a lot lately but unfortunately I can't share any of them here. In case you wonder what I've been up to, let me assure you it's not about joining new DT or anything close. I will disclose when the time is right :)

But for now, I have a card to share. My mojo has been very nice to me this week. I managed to whip out three cards in less than two hours yesterday and I'm very happy about it. I normally took at least one hour or more to create a card and sometimes two hours even. This week is going to be a very productive week for me :)

The paper I used are from Lost & Found collection by My Mind's Eye. I've been thrilled when I first saw this new collection on their website. I secretly told myself I had to have them and my wish granted, thanks to Sheila for bringing them. Soon, these will be available in Smidapaper. There goes my pocket :) The big die cut butterly is from Jessy. She generously die cut some for me and I LOVE them so much. The letter and butterfly stickers are by Jenni Bowlin and the ticket is by Maya Road, all of them are gifts from Sheila.

That's about all. I hope you come back again tomorrow as I have another CASE Study Challenge card to share. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Update

*cough*cough*....it's getting dusty here. i'm so sorry for being MIA for a week! i have no cards to share right now but i do have a beautiful picture of my crafty friends that took during our grathering.

photo courtesy of Jessy (from top clockwise: Shirl; Jessy; Evelin, Me n Sharm)

when i was in KL for four days, i had a great time with Jessy, Eric and their two adorable cats! i also had the chance to meet up with my crafty friends Sharm, Shirl and Evelin. they are really really sweet people. although i only met them for the first time but it feels like we've known each other forever. imagine the two hours chat we had! luckily, the restaurant staff did not chase us out for hogging the place :) the gals are so sweet as each of them prepared some beautiful RAK for me. i am thankful! Annie was out of town and i hope to meet her next time.

i was also introduced to Michelle for the first time by Jessy. this lady is full of wit and her jokes make me almost laugh my head off! it was indeed a pleasure to meet such an awesome group of friends! i was deeply thankful to both Jessy and her husband for being such gracious host to me. i was truly pampered by Jessy during my four days stay with her. i also enjoyed our late night crafting + chatting. crafting is really FUN when you have a great company especially with talented crafter like my Jessy babe :) THANKS BABE!

Tutorial at Smidapaper Blog

hey there!

i just got back from KL yesterday. it was truly an enjoyable trip for me and i will blog about that later. meanwhile, do you still remember this card i made quite a while ago?

i have been receiving emails about the ruffles i made on this card and i thought a tutorial would be in order. if you want to know how i made them, please visit Smidapaper blog HERE. i hope the simple tutorial is easy for you to understand.

thanks so much for visiting me! i know i have not been commenting lately but i do visit your blog regularly. i will definitely leave you some love when time permits. See ya!

Thankful for friends like you!

Hello my lovely bloggy friends!

As I sit here in front of my laptop reading your comments, I am reminded how blessed and thankful I am to have bloggy friends like you. I always thought to myself what if I never start blogging, would I miss the chance of knowing all the fabulous people from around the world? Definitely YES! I am glad I took the first step and the rest is history :)

I'll be travelling to KL and spend my four days with this babe. We are going to have a blast, that's for sure!! I am meeting some of my crafty friends too. Ohhh....I am getting excited! Can't wait to see the gals!

I made a card with my new favourite manufacturer, Echo Park. The colors of the paper are so vibrant and it makes me happy just by looking at them.

Thanks for stopping! See you again!

Happy Birthday Jessy!

Hey there!

**Ahem...clear throat**

Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happyyyy Biiirrtthhdayyyyy to JESSYYYYY, Happpppyyy Biirthdayyyyy tooooo youuuu!!!!!!!

I hope that your day is blessed with happiness and joy! I will celebrate with you again when I see you on Thursday! Ooohhh....I can't wait!



Above is the card I made for her and below is a matching tag for her gift. I knew I had to break out the beautiful pattern paper by Melissa Frances that Jessy gave to me as a RAK. I thought it goes well with her elegant style, don't you think?

I surely hope she likes them :) Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave her some love today!

Together Forever Mini Album

Hello lovelies!

It's Friday again! I'm always happy when it's Friday, who doesn't? Lol :) I'm here to share a mini album that my friend commissioned me to make. Yep...you heard me right. Not a card but a mini album. I can't share the contents but only can show you some of the details inside.

The cover (I seriously love the butterfly!! Thanks Jessy! I'm considering of getting one soon)

Paper fabric by Dear Lizzy and butterfly die by Papertrey

Sheila knows I love ticket and bought me a pack of Maya Road's ticket (thank you my friend!)

Bought the tiny sentiment stamp from Wati not too long ago and I love the crisp result that the stamp gives. It's from Technique Tuesday by the way.

I got to run! We are having a group outing and my colleagues are waiting for me! See you soon!

I am...........

back with my regular post! It makes me happy! I truly appreciate the time you took for leaving me a comment every now and then. I'm so fortunate to have a group of supportive bloggy friends like you all. You made me fall in love with blogging like never before. So, THANK YOU!

I'm here to share another card I made during my card frenzy weekend. It is a very simple card with a mix of Girl Paperie and My Mind's Eye paper. The colors are soft and pretty, don't you think? You know how I love my ribbbons right? The cream satin ribbon is my new love :) Both sides are identical so you don't have to worry which side to flip when tying a bow. Love it already? You can get them from Smidapaper :)

That's all I have for today! Do come back again tomorrow for another round of CASE Study Challenge. Have fun!

Grad!

Hey there!

A colleague of mine ordered a graduation card from me. It's for a guy so I keep the design as masculine as possible. No pink, no ribbon, no polka dots and no flowers.....oh boy. I dig through my stash and happily found the Basic Brey ledger paper that my crafty friend, Vi gave to me a while ago. The die cut borders and alphabet paper is from the So Sophie collection by My Mind's Eye and you can get them from Smidapaper. The chipboard letters from Cosmo Cricket. I guess this has to be my favourite of all the masculine cards I've ever created :)

Thanks for your lovely comment!! Hope you are having a great day!