Micheal Jackson

Have you heard the news yet?? Michael Jackson, the king of pop died this morning (My local time) at the age of 50. I was shocked when I learned about the news on radio this morning. He was sent to hospital due to cardiac arrest and died shortly after. He's such a talented entertainer and in fact, he's one of the greatest entertainers in the world. May his soul rest in peace.

Sorry for starting my post with solemn news. Now, let's move on to another X'mas card I made (do I deserve another pat on the back?? lol). I bought the Maya Road chipboard house last year and used it to make a mini book for my BFF's birthday. I don't remember why I didn't use all and left one in my stash. So, I decided to use it on this card.

I covered the chipboard house and background with paper from October Afternoon (told you I {heart} October Afternoon). The window and door are cut from some leftover PP. The white with blue snowflakes PP were from Basic Grey. I stamped the X'mas trees and colored with Sakura pens (I {heart} Sakura pens). I cut the snowmen from KI Memories PP. Add stickles to the roof, stamped the greetings and "poof".....my 2nd X'mas card for year 2009 :)

Oh yeah...it's Friday today! Happy Friday!!

1st X'mas card for 2009

It's already Thursday and tomorrow it's Friday! Can you tell that I'm excited about it? First of all, I would to appologize to those who visit my blog but don't get to see any updates from me. It's not that I did not craft at all, just that I did not upload them yet. I enjoy making cards but I just dread on posting them. Sometimes I'll stare at the screen and my mind is blank. I just don't know what to write. There are times where I just feel like posting the photos and not having to write anything. But then, I drop the idea. This is not how a blog should be. An ideal blog would be one that's fun to read and full of inspirations. Mine is far from ideal but hopefully, one day I'm able to achieve that (well, maybe someday?)

I'm still deliberating on whether I should post more of my personal stuff or only cards. Maybe I'll just start with whatever pictures I have in my camera. No, wait! I don't have any pictures in my camera except...yeah, you guess it, cards! How pathetic, lol.

Anyway, I have one card to share today. I'm early with my X'mas cards this year. I went to buy more paper two days ago at Smidapaper. Sheila (the owner) is kind enough to wait for me at her beautiful store (it's actually her house). It's such a bliss to shop at her place!

What's wrong with me? First, I said I don't know what to write but now I can't seem to stop :) Ok, let's move on to my card. I have one card to share today. I'm early with X'mas card this year (a pat on the back for me, pls...lol).

I {heart} October Afternoon paper now :) I cut the X'mas tree from the newly bought October afternoon paper, then add some trim and secured it with brads, handstiched the borders, add a ribbon and voila....my 1st Xmas card in the year of 2009!

Thanks and have a wonderful day! It's almost Friday!

2-In-1

Oh no! Haze is here! The weather was okay yesterday but it was hazy when I woke up this morning. It was so bad that there's not even a hint of sunlight. I just hope and pray that we will have a heavy downpour today. We've been having this extremely hot weather for weeks...and now with the haze, I just don't know what to say.

Enough about the weather. On to my cards. I managed to create 2 cards based on 2 different sketches in 1 night. The one below is for 2S4Y.

And this is the card I created for Card Patterns. I'm giving this card to a friend who had just delivered her 2nd baby girl.

Sorry for a really short post today. I feel so sleepy right now...went to bed at 2am y'day. Plus, the hazy weather just make me lost my mood :(

Anyway, thanks for stopping by my blog!

Top 5 at Card Patterns!!

Oh wow! I was surpised to see my name on the top 5 list at Card Patterns this week! I'm on cloud 9 now :) Thanks to Michelle and all the talented DT over at CP!

I have 2 cards to share today. One is a father's day card order and another one is a random card.
For the card order, I used some of my old PP and a die-cut heart from Cosmo Cricket. I made my 1st flower ribbon and I thought the result was so-so. I shall do it better next time.

Can you see the laced-up pocket? It's actually a gift card holder. I punched the edge of the PP using the the fiskars border punch then, I used DMC thread to laced up the pocket to hold a gift card. I got this idea when I saw a corset while I was in a shopping mall last week :)

That's all for now and thank you so much for visiting my blog! Have a great day, ya!

It's been quite a while.....

since I used stamp on my cards. Frankly speaking, I'm not good at stamp. I can look at it for hours and yet create nothing out of it. I've got some decent stamps but most just sit in my drawer and I totally shut the daylight out of them. If they have a life, they are going to hate me so so much...haha. But I can't help myself whenever I saw beautiful stamps and I know I have to buy them even though they are just gonna add to my unused stamps collection. And that's exactly what I did last week when I was in KL. I went to this scrapbook store and saw some cute mini stamps from Prima. It' s not only cute but quite worth the money. It's actually a 5-piece stamp set. The package comes with a mini stamp, 3 die cuts tags and an ink. Can I resist buying them?? No, of course not. In fact, I bought three! I promised myself that I'm gonna have to use them no matter what. Be it on a card or just a piece of paper. A promise is a promise and here's what I did with one of the three stamps.

The 'Happy Birthday' stamp is from Hero Arts. I'm so used to clear stamps and it's nerve wrecking when it comes to rubber stamps. I can't see exactly where I stamp...whether it's straight or crooked and most of the time the results are blah. Luckily, this Sassafras PP has printed lines and I use it as a guideline to stamp. Pheww...it's straight isn't it?

CPS#18

Yesterday, I made a card for Card Patterns using paper from Coredinations and Fancy Pants. Ohh...I'm loving the coredinations cardstock that I just bought. They are so much fun to use! You can do so many things to it. You can tear it, emboss it or sand it to reveal the core. I embossed mine using the swiss dots folder, then I sand the surface to reveal the pink core. The butterly were traced and cut from a journaling block by Making Memories. I added some flowers, some blings, ribbon...and tadaaa...here's the finish product!

Hope you are having a great day, ya!

Baby Girl

Me and my family (in-laws) will be travelling to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to attend a relative's wedding and I will only come back on Monday. Imagine, 4 days without crafting! Anyway, I have one more card to show you before I go MIA again.

This card was created a few weeks ago for a blog friend who's expecting her 2nd baby girl. I also altered a square box to match the card. Then, I fill the box with a tiny pair of baby bootie. She already received my gift and I'm glad that she liked it.








Have a great day!

Hello!

I felt really bad for not posting anything for almost a week! I've created a few cards but just don't have the time to upload it until now. 2S4Y is having their annual card showdown starting this week and will be running for the whole month of June. I'm glad I could take part despite my tight schedule. Here's my take:

I traced the hearts on the baby clothes and hand-stitched them (you know I'm addicted to stitching now)

I tried to use up all my old PP (so that I can buy more..hehe) and so this card was created.

Next, is another card order from a friend. He wanted a kite on the card and here's what I came out with. This card was totally inspired by Roree (one of my fav cardmaker). It's for a guy and so I try to keep it as simple as possible. I don't want it to look too girly.

Thanks for coming here!

One too many desire

I made this card yesterday using the SEI pp that I got since last year. I always ended up buying paper that I don't really like or had a hard time figure out what to do with them. The easiest one to use would be those with polka dots or lines or simple symetrical designs. They don't usually sit at my desk for long. I guess I'm not that creative after all...lol.

The bird with the golden swirls you see here is a sticker that my SIL bought for me from a local bookstore. Isn't she's sweet? And I finally can see the embossed dots on this picture.




I just got myself a cuttlebug machine months ago and now I wish to own the slice machine by Making Memories. I also wish to buy a Nikon D-40 camera and also a HP Pavilion notebook. The desire to own all of them are so strong that it's driving me nuts. Oh no, I think I have to stop thinking about them, at least for a while. Oh yeah, did I mention that I want an i-phone too? A girl can't be too greedy, can she :)

Have a nice day ya!

Dear Friend Card

Finally it rained! We need it so desperately! We had hazy weather for 3 days and luckily it rained this morning. It was extremely hot here! It was so hot that the moment I step out from the shower, I was cover in sweat again. That's how it's like to be living in Malaysia :) Or at least in Penang (one of the state in Malaysia)

I finally got the swiss dots embossing folder from my friend and here's what I created for CPS#16. I never did an umbrella card but I like how it turned out. I handstiched the umbrella and add trim to the edge. I then distressed the edge of the brown cardstock but I don't think you can see it in this picture.

Have a great Tuesday! See ya!

Laura's Sketch 26 & 2S4Y Ultimate Card Showdown

I finally had the chance to use the Sassafrass Lass pp that I bought since last year. I always wanted to use it but didn't know how until yesterday when I want to create a card for 2S4Y challenge. Not sure if my card interprete the sketch correctly though :)

If you didn't already know the big news from 2S4Y, they are going to launch their 1st Annual 2 Sketches 4 You Ulitimate Card Showdown! How cool is that! For more details, go to 2S4Y and feast your eyes on the grand prize that they offer to the one lucky cardmaker. I can't wait for June to come :)

CPS #15

I got mysef a cuttlebug machine 2 months ago through Amazon. My friend who just got back from US is kind enough to bring back for me. It's heavy, mind you. I was a bit afraid to use it at first. It seems like the plastic is too thick to go through. After much courage and lots of ooohhh and aaahh (my friend was with me at that time), I finally got it through! Haha...silly me :) Anyway, I'm having tons of fun playing with my new toy! Too bad I just bought 2 embossing folder. One is happy birthday and the other one is swiss dots. I have to buy more :)

Let's move on to my cards. For this week's Card Patterns Sketch, I created a card using the happy birthday embossing folder. Oh boy, the photo does not do justice to the card. You can't really see the embossed wordings on the card, can you?



I hope you can see it clearer here. I hand-stitched the border and stamped the swirl in black ink and covered it with stickles. Once again, the photo does not do justice to the card :(

And here's another card order I received from my SIL. This card is easy for me. The only hard part is the stitching since I do not own a sewing machine.

Thanks for all the lovely comments you leave on my blog! I appreciate it so much!

Card for Mom

Hi there! Here's one more Mother's day card that I wanted to show you. The Mother's day cards that I created earlier had been sold out. So, I made another one for my mom. I always wanted to create a distressed paper flower but never got the chance to do so until this card.

I crumpled and distressed the edge of the flower. And since I do not own any distressing tool, I have to use the conventional way to distressed the edge. Sand paper and scissors, of course. Then, I hand-stitched the border as well as the ribbon stem and leaf. I try to create the whole vintage look but I'm not sure my card look quite like it. But it's ok because my mom loves it!









Thanks for visiting!

Fab 5 at 2S4Y

Oh wow! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw my name on the fab 5 list at 2S4Y! I'm so so so happy and honoured! Thank you Laura and Kazan! Check out here

Laura's Sketch 25

I was asked to create a farewell card by my SIL. The recipient is a guy and she wanted the card to be as simple as possible. It is always a challenge for me to create masculine card. I was so used to flowers, ribbons and all the girly stuff and it took me a moment to think what else can I use to embellish my card? Well, only two thing came to mind. Star and button. You can't go wrong with that, can you?

Wow, I've missed Laura's sketch for months! Can you believe that? I'm just so glad that I could play along this week. And congratulations to all the ladies that make it to DT! Can't wait to see their work in weeks to come. Anyway, here's the card I created using Laura's sketch.

Stitching is fun and I'm so addicted to it. If I see any space on my card, I would just fill it with stitches. A lot of work, yes but a whole lot of fun!

CPS #13

Sorry for being MIA for almost 2 weeks. My husband was away for 5 months and I got to helped him packed his stuff. In case you didn't already know, my husband is a sailor and he's usually gone for 3-5 months. He stopped sailing for almost 1+ year to continue his mate master studies. Thank God...he passed his exam with flying colours :) He used to sail for 9 months and we only get to see each other once a year. But now, he only required to sail at least 3 months and get 1 month holiday. A lot of my friends have asked me how could I stand without seeing him for months? Well, I would tell them if you love someone, you would sacrifice for him or her. And they also ask what do I do while he's away? My reply?? Making cards of course!! Lol :)

It's fun and enjoyable to see all the beautiful cards created by the DT and the participants. And here's what I came out with. This card took me less than an hour to create (it usually took me more than an hour to create just a card...I'm that slow)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a nice day, ya!

Happy Friday!

The weather is gloomy and looks like it's going to rain soon. How I wish I can lie down and have an afternoon nap now:) I'm attending my 1st step class tonight and I'm hoping that I have enough energy to sustain the one hour class :) Anyways, I have two more cards to share today.

I hope you are not getting bored of my mother's day card. This card was totally inspired by Ivanka. It hit me the moment I saw the sentiments on one of her card. For this card, I try to used up some of my stash. There are mixture of paper from Making Memories, Crate Paper and KI Memories. The house, love and grass were free template from Paper Crafts. Can you tell that I'm addicted to stitching?

Happy Friday!

CPS #11

I've been visiting Card Patterns for a while now but never participate in their sketch challenge before. So, here I am trying my hands on their sketch this week. I would have to say that they have a bunch of talented designers with beautiful creations! Hop over to their site and you'll know what I mean.

Here's my interpretation of the sketch:

I hand stitched the corners as well as the alphabet stickers on the ribbon. I had so much fun doing it and I think I'm going to incorporate stitching in most of my cards :)

I have two more cards to show you. More stitching :) I feel so lucky to be the owner of hundreds of DMC threads.....'wink' :)

Thanks for looking!