Merry & Bright

Good morning ladies!

Can you believe how fast time is passing by?? Christmas is just 25 days away! So much to do yet so little time. My top list of things to do is to put up the Chistmas tree. Have you put up yours?

I am now in Christmas mode so please bear with me and don't get sick of my Christmas cards :) The stamped image is from PTI Take A bough stamp set and the paper is from OA. I layered the ornaments with glossy accent...but you can't really see it in the picture.

Thanks for coming here! Have a great Monday!

Christmas Cardmaking Class at Smidapaper

Happy Sunday ladies!

It's been a crazy week over here! I'm having lots of late night sleeps, then cousin's visit from Singapore and rushing to get my Christmas cards done. Phew! A day just isn't enough for me. I'm sorry if you don't see me comment on your blog that often. Not that I forget you but because of my crazy schedule. I hope things will get back to normal again :)

Sheila told me that she's going to schedule my upcoming class at her store on Dec 10th. Since Christmas is just around the corner and making Christmas cards would be right theme for this class. If you are living in Penang and are interested to join in the fun, go here for more details.

Have a fun day!

I'm so HAPPY!

Morning ladies! Happy Thanksgiving to ya!!

I have a happy news that I want to share with you. Last month, I gotten to know this sweet gal, Jessy, who is also from Malaysia while I was blog hopping. Since then, I'm a regular to her blog. And one day, she posted about a DT call at Let's Capture Our Memories. I was excited about it and submitted my application. Yesterday,  I received an email from Darlene that I was choosen to be part of their team!! I'm looking forward to work with these talented women! Oh yeah...my friend Tina is also in the team...hooray!

More Christmas cards to share.....

Good Morning peeps!

I had a great time creating with my SIL yesterday! She stayed with us for the weekend and we spent the whole of Sunday afternoon making cards. I was very happy that I made four cards, three out of which are of the same design. I'm gonna make a few more this week.

Do you notice lately that I love to make clean and graphic cards?? It's less time consuming and fun to make. But the only problem I have is I hoard lots of pattern paper and now they sit in the basket collecting dust. Not to mention that my monthly Scarlet Lime kit also come with at least 10pcs of pattern paper each month. Oh boy...I will never finish using them! Maybe I should come up with a blog candy or something to give away those paper. Please don't get me wrong of finding an easy way to get rid of my paper. I just want to share what I have and to give to those who need them more than me :)

Mr & Mrs

Woohooo! It's Friday already! Sorry, I couldn't contained myself just because weekend is approaching. I always love weekend and I already have plans for tomorrow :)

A very quick post to show you the card I made yesterday. My bestie ordered another wedding card from me. Thanks dear :) The lightning is a bit off and I didn't captured the photo the way I want it to be. The sentiment is from Unity Stamps. 

Thanks for visiting! And have a great weekend!

THANK YOU!

First of all, I would like to thank all my wonderful bloggy friends who commented on this post. Your encoragement and support have definitely lift up my spirit! To be frank, I was a bit teary when I read each and every of your comment. I have never thought that I would received such kind words from all of you. For this, I am thankful! **HUGS**

Btw, this is one of the cards that I made for the class at Smidapaper last month. It is also one of the rejected cards :)

Warmest Wishes

Morning peeps!

It's been a while since I update my post. A lot of things have been going around (good things though) and I'm too busy to make cards. I hope this week I'm able to sit down and be creative again :) This is a card I made yesterday. A very quick and simple card that took me only 15 mins to complete it.

Christmas is just a month away and I have lots of cards to make for this festive season. Everyone has been making Christmas cards and I'm falling behind. Got to start working on it soon....I hope :)

I thought I would share this with you.....I recently submitted seven cards to CARDS April call and none of them were picked. I try not to take this personally but somehow I feel a bit sad. So many thoughts have been running through my mind but one thing I keep telling myself is don't give up just because of rejection. I should learn from rejection/failure and keep improving myself. Not sure if I have the courage to submit again but I will try. And congrats to all my friends (you know who you are) whose cards are being choosen....I will take you as my inspiration :)
Thanks for stopping by!

It's A Boy!

I received an order for a baby card last week but totally forgotten about it. Thanks to Kezia (my customer...also a friend) for the reminder. So I whip out this card yesterday. I wanted to create a wave-like motion so I trimmed the paper using my ric-rac scisscors. While doing this, it suddenly gave me an idea that I could make my own ric-rac paper strip instead of spending money on ric-rac ribbon :) Can you see the sentiment clearly? It's a new alphabet stamp set that I bought last week.

Thanks for visiting my blog and I appreaciate each and every of the sweet comments that you left for me!

Plum Crazy Challenge

Morning ladies!! Have you watch the Michael Jackson 'This is it' show? I watched it 2 weeks ago with HB and my FIL (FIL as in father-in-law *wink*). I was amazed by how talented MJ was during the entire show! The dancers and the musicians are amazing too! I was especially drawn to those hot and hunky dancers...(if you know what I mean...lol). The songs that MJ sang during the show brought back memories too :) How about you? Do you like the show?

Anyways, I have a card made for the Plum Crazy challenge by Cath at Moxie Fab World. I rarely use this color which is why it's a challenge to me. The funny thing is I don't even have this color of cardstock in my stash. I bought it just for the challenge :) The moment I saw the Plum Fabric Flower Bobby Hair Pins that Cath featured on her blog, I was so inspired that I created this card.

The flowers are created by layering the circles that I tear from cardstock. Then I add black brads to the center....just like the flowers from the picture. I used the text stamp by Prima to create the background. Then I created the butterflies by stamping small dots (Unity Stamps) on a plum cardstock and punched out. I also stitched the butterflies with some French knots. The sentiment is from Unity Stamp too. I think this is by far the plum'mest' (is there such a word??) card I've ever made :)

Birthday Cards

Hello there! It's been a busy week here so please forgive me if I don't update my post regularly. HB just got home last week after being away for two months and I don't really get to create much except for a number of orders I received this week. I'm working on it still and I'm gonna share with you two of the cards I made yesterday. I have a few more coming up tomorrow :)

I feel like I've been neglecting my pattern paper these days and here's this card using my favourite paper from October Afternoon and also my favourite stamp from Crate Paper. Aren't those birdies the cutest thang???

I just love creating simple cards! They are cute and easy to make :)

Thanks for visiting me!

An award and a card

It's Monday and I'm feeling the blues! Definitely not a good day for me.

On a happy note, I received this award from Laurel. Thanks Laurel!!! You are the sweetest!

The rules are : I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word. Fun!

1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Your hair? messy
3. Your mother? working
4. Your father? working
5. Your favorite food? pasta
6. Your dream last night? errr...??
7. Your favorite drink? coffee
8. Your dream/goal? business
9. What room are you in? office
10. Your hobby? cardmaking
11. Your fear? maggots!
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? somewhere
13. Where were you last night? blogging
14. Something that you aren't? snob
15. Muffins? chocolate
16. Wish list item? sewing machine
17. Where did you grow up? Malaysia
18. Last thing you did? talk
19. What are you wearing? jeans
20. Your TV? home
21. Your Pets? dog
22. Friends? caring
23. Your life? messy?
24. Your mood? bad
25. Missing Someone? Friend
26. vehicle? honda city
27. Something your not wearing? watch
28. Your favorite store? scrapbook
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? lunch
31. Last time you cried? forget
32. Your best friend? HF
33. One place that I go to over and over? blogs
34. Facebook? yes
35. Favorite place to eat? home

Now I have to pass this on to 5 people - it's hard but rules are rules. I'm going to pass this award to Tina, Jessy, Evelin, Tiffany, Paulina.

I'm going to share a card I made last week using the same embossing folder that I used on this card. The sentiment is from Unity Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

Handmade From the Heart

Hello there! I hope you are not getting sick of my cards yet. I have another card to show you. I know it's two post in a day...I promise this will be the last for today :)

For the butterflies, I used the Spellbinder die (belongs to Sheila) as mask and filled the color with Tsukineko ink. Who says ink are only for stamping. It can be used for coloring too! How cool! For the background, I used the script texture embossing folder by Cuttlebug (belongs to Sheila too). I lurrrve this embossing folder.....it make the background pop.

Have a great day! See ya!

Embellish the Cure Color Challenge with Bling

Happy Wednesday ladies!!

Today's card is made for Embellish the Cure Color Challenge with Bling hosted by the talented Ashley at Embellish Magazine. The challenge was to use colors like fuschia, light pink, grey and bling. How could I resist this challenge when pink and bling is involved...lol :)

I was looking at my Unity Stamp and thought the coffee cup stamp is perfect for this card because I wanted to give this to my bestie who loves coffee too. I did not color the coffee cup as I have to stick to the color combination. So what I did was I fill the empty space with glossy accents. I can't seem to leave stamped image without coloring...I just can't stand the emptiness. So when I can't color, I use glossy accents :)

The inside of the card

Happy crafting!

Thinking of You

Hey there!

I finally got my September kit by Unity Stamp yesterday! Gosh...it took me more than a month to get them. I planned to subscribe to their monthly kit but due to the long shipping, I changed my mind. But I have to say that their stamps are so cute! No regret buying them though the long wait.

This is a card I made yesterday using the embossing folder by Cuttlebug. They are not mine though. Sheila lend me a few of her Cuttlebug embossing folders as well as Spellbinders die. I'm having tons of fun using them on my cards :)

**Edited to add picture

Have a great day!

Woot! Woot!

Good Morning ladies!

What could be better than to woke up on a Sat morning and saw that your card being featured at CARDS blog! Woohoo! My 'Sweet Baby' card was picked by Paige and I feel so honored! Can you tell I'm grinning from ear to ear?? :)))

A gift set for a special person

Happy Friday Ladies!! As promised, here's the project that I've been wanting to share with you. It's a gift set that I made for a special person.......my SIL!

The gift set contents include a minibook, a matching card and a compact blusher by Clinique. Have you try this blusher? You should because it gives you a natural rosy cheek. I love this!

Here's a closeup of the gift bag. Originally it's a rectangular box that I had keep for the longest time and decided to turned it into a gift bag......now that's recycling :) I cut the top flaps to create an opening and wrap it with the new embossed cardstock by Bazzill Basic. Then I punched a strip of white cardstock and adhered to the top edges. I punched four holes (two each; front and back) and added eyelets using my newly bought crop-a-dile. I used some polka dots ribbon to create the handles and finished it off with buttons (a girl like me can't seem get away with buttons, huh).

The card....using October Afternoon paper and die-cuts. The 'birthday' was my handwriting. Yes, you read it right....my handwriting. Big deal! At first I was intimidated to write but a after a few moments of contemplation, I finally give it a try (but you can still see the imperfectness).

The mini book......using paper from Cosmo Cricket, October Afternoon and Making Memories.

The inside of the mini  book.....

Buh-bye! Have a great weekend!

Sweet Baby

Hello Ladies! Happy Thursday to y'all!

Seems like I haven't been posting in a long time....even though it's only been a few days. I've been really busy working on a project that took me a week to complete. But I can only show them to you tomorrow. So please come back again :)

Before I go on, I have two happy news to share. First, I won myself a blog candy hosted by Susan over at Imagine.Create.Express. Oh my....I was just too surprised for words! Thanks Susan!!

Second, remember the first sketch challenge hosted by Savitri and her adorable daugther M? GUESS WHAT?? I won the challenge because M picked my toaster and bread card! Yeay! I won a gift card for Julie Billingsley’s store at Sweet Shoppe Designs. Thanks for your pick, M!

Here's the card I made for the CARDS blog challenge. This time Paige challenged us to create simple, colorful, collage-y cards. My card was totally inspired by Kim Hughes card featured in the Nov 2009 issue of Cards as well as on their blog. You may check it out here.

Have you seen the latest collection of stamp by Crate Paper? You must if you haven't because they are just so cute and so fun! I used the Little Sprout collection on this card (if I remembered correctly)
I'm putting all my favourite things on this card....owl, tree, polka dots in pink, October Afternoon paper, tear edges, Fiskars border punch, MM letter stickers and a flower button! Ohh...I just love it!

I will be back tomorrow...see ya! Happy crafting!

Mix Feelings

Happy Friday ladies!! Are you feeling good today? I am very excited because tomorrow will be my first time teaching at Smidapaper. I have mix feelings actually. Some part of me are excited but somehow there are some part of me are actually nervous and afraid. Excited because I was given the opportunity to do something which I've been dreaming of doing. Nervous because I have never teach and since this is my first time, I'm not sure if I can handle it well. Afraid because I don't know if people would actually like my design and would want to learn from me. Arrgghh....I guess I'm too tense up. Any remedy to help me relax a bit? Have you been in this situation before? Please share with me....

I have a card to share with you today. I made this card a while back for a colleague who wanted to give this card to his gf for their one year anniversary.

Enjoy your day!