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Pencil Colored this Very Special Birthday Card

2020-11-21T19:44:00.027+08:00

Year end always feels like a bit of a rush, rite? This whole Covid pandemic has taken 2020 entirely but now that December is looming ahead I am so ready to just let this roll by. I don't feel the rush to complete and check all the to-do list although if I'm being honest isn't that long of a list to begin with.

I did however promised myself to keep up to a schedule to make cards every week. I'm not apologizing that I haven't been able to do so- hard to stay focused and motivated to do things nowadays. I just feel like I don't want to be rushed to finish anything. However I do want 2020 to be over, it's been dragging too long.

My card. This is a birthday card that I send out to a dear friend's child recuperating from blood transplant. The nicest, most giving human being I have ever come across while herself immersed in her own pain of having to care for a very sick baby. That baby recently turned 5 years old and underwent blood transplant to fight his illness. This is sort of a reminder to take it easy in their journey to recover fully and also to myself to keep on breathing through it all.

'Nuff said but as always thanks for stopping by. Keep safe and keep on crafting.

I Dedicate This to You

2020-08-06T10:00:00.001+08:00

I was taking photos of this card while going through my newsfeed that I learned about what happened in Beirut. It's a terrible thing to happen during these already difficult times, my heart goes out to those particularly affected. If you have the means, please help out. And if your shoulders are already burdened by what's going on in your own bubble- I too wish you the best of intentions.

I dedicate this card to you.

Be well. Stay safe.

Love,

Ann

Stay Awesome y'all. And Please Wear a Mask.

2020-07-29T10:00:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone. Picking up where I left off last week is another card from the 'Make a splash' stamp set collection from Rosie's Studio.

This time I am using this gorgeous deep blue mermaid paper as my card background. Next I stamped all the little stamps from the set to a card front using Versafine ink in Majestic Blue. A shaker card is the way to go from this point on and I used gold and red sequins as the filler. Love that combination anytime!

Propped the front to the back using one layer of foam adhesive then stamped 'stay awesome' because you just have to stay awesome. No matter what.

Here's that card again. I think I can make mermaid cards forever!

Also shaker cards. With gold sequins.

That's me for this week, stay awesome, stay safe and please wear a mask whenever you need to be outside.

Markers and Inks for Missy.

2020-07-22T20:32:00.000+08:00

Happy Sarawak Day to fellow Sarawakians and if this is your first visit, thanks for your time.

No Copics, no problem. There's tonnes of other brand names around that probably is cheaper than said brand. Results will vary but not one crafter is alike.

The cute Rosie's Studio stamps on this card was colored using Marvy Artwin waster-based markers and of course, Copic markers. Fussy cut and mounted them on 3M foam tape onto the front. The card front is colored using mini distress inks and of course I had to spray some water drops to get the water effect.

The stamp set I'm using here is from an older Rosie's Studio 'Make a Splash' collection. I have the beautiful 6 x 6 paper pad as well that I haven't use but most certainly will. You can still buy the different items in the collection on their online store and while you're at it, take a look at their other collections. Simply gorgeous yet easy on the pocket. Win & win more!

That's it for this week, my crafty friends. Here's to better days ahead to you-struggling to clear your minds in these uncertain times. May we all stay sane with our creative sides. Till next time.

Covering Those Little Mistakes with Hugs and Kisses.

2020-07-01T11:50:00.000+08:00

I am excited to share this card with you today. During the days spent at home I managed to add additional colors to my Oxides stash and girlfriend..I am telling you I AM LOVING IT!

The combos used on this are spiced marmalade, picked raspberry and abandoned coral. The flower stamp is from KSCraft and it's been great to stamp with but I also want to tell you this..

Working with solvent ink -it's dries fast. I couldn't get a perfect stamping the on the oxide background so there are parts of my image that was crisp clear and some weren't. Didn't want to start all over again so I covered the images that were really blurry with flowers colored with the same oxide colors. Raised it up with foam adhesive and here's a closer side view of it.

Such a pleasant mistake. I love how it turned out in the end.

I actually filmed this whole process hoping to somehow share my work process but at the same time I was having a hard time understanding video editing. Oh well..one thing at a time but for now I am trying to create some consistencies with this blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I do hope you come back soon and that I have a video to share about making my cards. Till then, bye.

Fairy on a Starry Nite

2020-06-22T11:27:00.001+08:00

Hi there. Today I have a silhouette card to share, using a Rosie's Studio fairy stamp set.

This is my first silhouette card so I am excited to see how I will be using this set in the future. Here's me using distress oxides to create the nite background. The stars are just dots made using white gel pen to create the thousand stars skyline.

Silhouettes are quite hard to do, in my humble opinion. I actually tried the idea on a separate paper just to have a feel of how to do it. I can't seem to get a crisp black silhouette and it didn't help that I am rather low on black inks but I didn't want to abandon ship. Maybe this is just an excuse to get them expensive MISTI..

I'm pretty happy with my progress in ink blending. I recently invested in more oxides and I feel like my game is changing for the better. I love oxides on Daler Rowney paper, they move oh-so-smooth.

What do you think of the oxides combo? A yes? or better-not-next-time?

Well that's my card for today. As my mojo is slowly climbing back from a long slumber I hope to be able to joining the many Card Challenges online. Hopefully I will be able to do some and share it here in my next post.

Using Paper or Inks with Background Diecuts

2020-06-16T16:37:00.002+08:00

Hi and welcome back. Or should I say I hope you're staying safe, practicing social distancing and washing those hands often. Until they find a cure for the pandemic that we're all experiencing, I don't think that's a lot to ask especially if it's about saving lives.

Today's cards are made using this diecut that arrrived in the mail mid March. WHO had just declared the pandemic and our postal services was starting to slow because of the statewide lockdown imposed.

I used the combination of Peacock Feathers & Wilted Violet distress oxides to create this background. This diecut is intricate and it did took me longer to get the small pieces separate. Use of proper tool is recommended.

And really, purely out from the frustration of spending too much time separating the negative pieces this second card is made. I had an altogether different idea of using pattern paper but I'm glad I stuck to the end for this happy outcome.

Hope you guys enjoyed the cards for today. I will be back next week for some other handmade cards, till next time, stay safe.

Stencilling Small Card

2019-10-13T09:47:00.000+08:00

Hi there. It's been a full year since my last card post. I've no excuses, only cards to share going forward.

I love going to random stationery stores and look at their craft sections because you never know just what you'll find. On a trip to a Popular bookstore, I found some interesting supplies like these pattern stencils that's a bit wee small than an A2 sized card but for the price point and the patterns itself, obviously I had to buy it. And probably use it.

'Cause crafters are secret hoarders, you know what I'm talking about. Anyway, though small these stencils are manageable. I was able to manipulate it in that I got the chevron pattern I wanted. I struggled but I managed.

I've uploaded my work process on my YouTube channel. I'd appreciate some feedback on how to improve on my work processes.

Thanks for the love my crafty friends, have a great week ahead.

Part Two: Use What You Have-Pattern Paper

2018-08-09T21:53:00.000+08:00

Hello my crafty friends, welcome to today's post and if you're back for part two- thank you! Time management is not my strongest suit so my work flow is broken into many days-from coming up with five different card designs to the actual creating of each design. I will try to fare better but to be really honest, this is the best that I can do now. But in the mean time, do enjoy these other two cards.

I used my distress oxides to add more color to this particular paper, it's a beautiful paper- don't all paper hoarders say that? but I felt I needed more. I guess I was thinking I could practice some other techniques to come up with a card.

Here's a short simplified way on how I did this card-from coloring to die-cutting , just in case if there's anyone wondering how.

For this last card, I used this intricate mandala dies to cut out shapes from this paper with small squares. I was a bit worried that this card would be too busy but was pleasantly surprised that the dies actually did those paper some justice and that it turned out better than I thought. I didn't think it was a good idea to use an intricate die with such a busy background but I was glad I went through with this idea anyway.

That's all of my cards made using supplies that's readily available in my stash. I am pretty sure you have some lying around somewhere and hopefully you find some more ideas from my cards. See you, bye!

Use What You Have: Hoarded Pattern Paper

2018-07-07T17:32:00.001+08:00

Hello my crafty friends. It's been quite a while since my last ''Use What You Have' card series so today I am sharing with you a few cards that I've made using patterned paper as my primary supply.

The patterned paper I am using here is an oldie-circa 2011 called 'Fly a Kite' a 6x6 pad by MME. I started hoarding paper while doing my scrapbook layouts and photo albums way back and it is not something that I am proud to admit, especially since my albums are not near finished. Hmmmphh..

Moving along swiftly..

This paper design is a bit busy but by creating a border like these can break it up while adding interest to other parts of the card. By the way, this is a 220gsm silver A2 top folding sized card.

Here's a closeup of the rub-on sentiment, also an oldie from MME because I just like to hoard supplies.

For this second fun card, I nestled a pencil-colored hedgehog to the nook I had created at the bottom edge using a cloud border die-cut purposely to offset the rest of the paper. I love these Rosie's Studio epoxy sticker and the best thing is they're are available in our local Mr. DIY.

Check out the shimmer on the clouds of this card. I scooped a tiny bit of Pentel's poster color in Pearl Silver to my acrylic block and added water to dilute it.

I was super excited of the result! It did exactly what it says-gives a pearlescent shimmer to my card front. But if I had to do this card again, I'd probably added even more of that magic shimmer to my card front.

And that's part 1 of destashing my old patterned paper pads. I will be back as soon as I finish the other 3 cards that I'd plan of making. I hope you come back for part 2. Meanwhile, you can also check out my humble video channel and leave some comments. Till we meet again in Part 2.

Using Small Dies for a Shaker Card Window

2018-05-29T15:49:00.000+08:00

Hello my friends. I have yet another shake card to share with you today and this time I pulled out my much loved Labels Sixteen and used the smallest dies to cut out a cluster of windows as my shaker panel.

I used oxide blending technique and also took out 3 different colors of sequins measuring 5mm for this shaker background.

You can see my work process below or at my Youtube channel.

That's my card for today, I hope you like this card and if you do, please comment below. Have a great day and I will see you next time soon.

Use What You Have: Journal cards as card toppers

2018-05-19T17:17:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone. Today is a special day for Teachers and as part of a gift for my son’s teacher, I made this easy, quick card using Rosie’s Studio Journalling cards. Here’s a few photo of the card and link to watch it on Youtube is right at the bottom.

If I were to recreate this card, I would use a smaller sized sequins because there wasn't much of wriggle room for the sequins to move about. These were 7mm gold sequins and you could probably get smaller ones from your local fabric store.

I especially love these pattern paper with gold foil accents. I'm pretty sure I'll be using more of Rosie's Studio paper for my other cards. I made a video of my workflow and posted it on Youtube and I love for you to go over my channel and have a look. Thanks for stopping by and watching my videos, I will see you soon with some other card ideas using supplies you most probably already own. Waste not, crafters. Till then, bye!

Use What You Have: Assortment of Patterned Paper

2018-04-15T19:54:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone. Today's card is all about using that one (or one too many) hoarded paper. I have in my drawer of ~~disorganized~~ shame these gorgeous paper from a Dear Lizzy collection. The collection has obviously been discontinued since it was from waaaay back but you can check out other collections that are even more gorgeous than this particular one.

This card took a little under an hour to make-the watercolor paper at the back of the jar was just a piece from a previous card, I only added distress ink to break the too pink-ish feel of this card. To top this off I added that little jar of flowers to the side that also acts as a sentiment that reads "love more and worry less". Anybody else thought that it was a weird choice to put a jar in another jar?

As I was assembling the supplies it didn't cross my mind that the small jar looked didn't look like a vase and by the time I noticed, it was already adhered to my card. But I liked it anyways-the sentiment was too stinkin cute.

This was fairly a simple design to make and great to give as a handmade card for any occasion. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Use What You Have: Floral Background, 2 Ways

2018-04-10T12:40:00.000+08:00

Hello my crafter friends. After a long absence I am finally back with not 1 but 2 cards for you today. I've already posted it to my Youtube channel and I'd love for you to check it out.

I knew when I started that I will be using old supplies. This means I am 'forced' to think of ways to use the stamps in my stash over and over again. Now one thing I learned over the years is that you can totally use individual stamps as card background. For this card, I stamped the elements onto a watercolor paper and using Versafine ink I was able to safely color my spring inspired stamps with Inktense color pencils.

I currently own 6 colors from Art Friend's open stock and am looking into buying the 24 pencils in a tin packaging because I think I'm in love. I was very careful and only did some light strokes on the areas I figured would be the darkest but as I got more confident with my lighting I added more colors to it. Boy! the colors were really vibrant and intense. And I'm not even good in coloring but I was really satisfied with the way it looked in the end. Did I mention I fell in love with it?

For the sentiments, I used this cutout sentiments from Rosie's Studio and generously used distress ink over it. I could've just left it at white but I just don't think you can do wrong by adding more colors to an already vibrant background. At least that was my thought process while making this card.

While making the cards, my iphone decided for itself that it had had enough and refused to take more recordings. I was left with bits of clip here and there and ugghh..it was quite a mess of a disaster. But let me breeze you through the process of making this second card. I stamped the same background on a piece of kraft card stock and instead of coloring, I attempted the embossing look by tracing the ink outline with a gold Uniball Signo pen.

What do you think of this faux gold embossing look? Yay or nay? If you decide to try it in your project, please let me know of the result. I would love to have a look at your project.

Finishing the 2 cards are just standard procedure, I used green and black cardstock respectively to make a side and a landscape top folding card AND that my friends is how I made 2 floral background cards, 2 ways.

You can check out the video below and with that I will see you soon with another card.

Minimal Supplies Cards

2018-01-16T21:25:00.000+08:00

Hello my friends in cardmaking. I've been so inspired by all the beautiful love themed cards that's been shared around craft blogs and YouTube channels that I wanted to challenge myself to make some valentine/love cards using supplies that's in my supplies. In other words, I'm going to force myself to use supplies that I've been hoarding. I'll disguise this challenge as a training but really it's just another way to trick my brain to quit buying and actually use the pretty pattern paper that's been in my stack for many many many moons.

Here's an outcome of said challenge. Let's call it Card #1 of the Minimal Supplies-Love Edition.

You'll be seeing a couple more of such simple card -it's quite the challenge, really. I kept second-guessing myself to use several different layout- too often to the point I thought that I might never be able to finish this card. It's so true that as a crafter (and a person) you are your own worst critique. I was literally assembling this card while 'telling' myself how to go about it in 2-3 different ways. In the end, I stuck with the idea to use a whimsical pattern paper together with a 'structured' one. I was pretty pleased with this one. What do you make of this idea? Yay or nay?

Till then, thanks for dropping by and have a great day ahead.

Positive Vibes

2018-01-09T21:26:00.001+08:00

Hi friends, how are you in keeping up with new year's resolution? Or did you gave up in coming up with one and told yourself new year's resolution are so overrated. Some people write journals, others make a mental notes of some sort, and I chose to make a card to remind myself of my personal goals. Luckily I still have loads of leftover diecut shapes from Rosie's Studio for this card.

Here's hoping that your coming days be filled with amazing experience and nothing short of positive vibes. I say that while raising my glass of OJ. See you soon!

Tis the Season for Handmade Cards

2017-12-19T16:22:00.000+08:00

We're a week away from Christmas! There's something about year end-weeks leading up to Christmas and the week after where it feels like a never ending rush to finish up on that one assignment, another last minute chore, one other thing. I hope your household is doing fine and well this particular time of the year- after all this is the time when families near or far gather together to have drinks, eat good food and reminisce about the past. Or ponder about the future. And the future is of course new year 2018 in about 2 weeks time!

So before we get really settled for the upcoming Christmas, I'm just going to share some cards I made during one of those rushed moments. I went safe with my cards by using the traditional colors of the season-the greens and reds.

I made a free-hand drawing of those cute penguins and the snow globes using my 0.2 micron waterproof pen and colored them with Koi Coloring Brush pen. I added snow to it (cause snow globes gotta have snow, right?) using some Polar White Flower Soft.

I found an image of a poinsetta that I loved and resized it to different sizes to fit onto my card base. If you're going to use a free image from the net be sure to have it print using a laser printer or you can make a photocopy of your images if you plan to use watercolor so that your image doesn't bleed.

Disclaimer: Always check with the owner for copyright and permission to use online images.

I slapped some distress ink in Broken China on my card base. No blending needed, I wanted to get the harsh line look for the background and I knew that the poinsettas would really pop against it. Coloring them with Red and Sap Green from Koi brush pens with not much grace either, just having stress free coloring.

I adhered some smaller flowers with foam tape for added dimension while sticking the bigger ones with double tape. To date, this is my most favorite Christmas card to make and I can see making similar cards in the near future.

Well that's all I want to share today. I've sent out some of them so that's that but I think I'll be making a couple more for some 'just in case' occasion.
Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a Merry Jolly Christmas.

Distress Ink Background + Fixing a Stamping Booboo

2017-11-05T08:52:00.000+08:00

Hello again. I'm starting my November card with some distress inking. I haven't had the luxury to purchase the Oxides that's been highly praised, that's going to be in my wishlist for a bit longer meanwhile I'm just going to use the originals till I run out.

First off, I stamped this moroccan-esque background with Versamark and heat embossed it with clear Zing powder. And then I went wild with the inks. There was no particular 'recipe' on how I ended up with these colors other than the fact that my collection of inks aren't that big to start with, therefore I used Barn Door, Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint. I adhered that sentiment to the top right corner and cut it like so to add interest.

I'll let you in on a secret- I didn't have a stamping block that was long enough to mount this stamp so I improvised and placed it on a stamp block. Absolutely not the way to stamp but I had to do what I had to do for this card. The sentiment was purposely placed there cause it was missing the stamped impression and it was the biggest void ever!

I recorded the the process halfway and stopped when the idea that this card might never be started sinking in.

I'm telling you, there were so many things that went bonkers with this card and I could've ended its life within the first 10 minutes but I kept pushing through and in the end distress inking saved me. I'm glad I did because I like this imperfect card. Heck, I love it. It's absolutely me.

And that my dear friends, is how I started my November cards. I'll be back with another card next week but till then have a great weekend ahead.

Enjoy Every Bouquet

2017-10-28T23:45:00.001+08:00

Hello friends. October is winding down and before you know it, Christmas will be upon us. I like to think of November as the beginning of the end because that's when everyone seems to be rushing for something. School holidays is about to start in 3 weeks and that definitely requires proper planning for the kids to stay occupied and fingers crossed we get through till new years.

Back to my card, I initially thought of submitting this for a challenge but then decided against it because obviously I was having second thoughts about it. Not for the card itself but the time that's lapse since I did the first submission post. You can read about it here.

I used watercolor pencil to color a few flowers and leaves both from discontinued stamp sets from Lawn Fawn. And of course I fussy cut them then layered them onto a 3 3/4" x 5.5" kraft paper.

I added 2 layers of foam tapes to parts of the leaves and flowers to get a raised effect. Some parts of the flowers and leaves I've adhered to the kraft paper. The kraft paper was actually embossed and had it been a white cardstock, you'd be able to see the gold metallic finish on it.

This card took me a longer time to finish because of the coloring- that I am still learning to improve, and also from fussy cutting the flowers and the intricate leaves. I love this flower and leaves set so much and you'll see me using them on my future cards quite a lot.

And as always thank you so much for stopping by. If you want to share your go-to flower stamp sets do leave a link on the comment below, I would love to hop by and see it. See ya!

The Flower Challenge #13 -Use Your Favourite Flower

2017-10-21T12:13:00.000+08:00

Hello friends. I have a card submission for 'Use Your Favourite Flower' challenge that's happening throughout October and it's part of The Flower Challenge 1st birthday celebration so you can expect lots of prizes being offered if you win their challenge. I'm hoping to win the stamp set from Neat & Tangled but then again all the prizes they're offering are gorgeous and very generous.

Before I found out about The Flower Challenge #13, I made myself a personal challenge- that I must be aware at all times craft supplies are not exactly cheap therefore the temptation to shop must be resisted at all costs, that I was going to use the supplies I already have as much as creatively possible and that I was going to make a short video of my card making process.

This is the result of that *personal challenge*.

For my submission, I knew I was going to be using 2-3 inks for my stamping that didn't require much coloring (limited supplies restrictions) and I ended up with 2- Versafine ink in Vintage Sepia and Versamagic Dewdrop in Pumpkin Spice. I made a pencil mark outline as a guide for my stamping. I stamped the big flower and leaves first then added those lighter colored flowers to sort of fill in the gap between the bigflowers.

Have you ever tried this technique? What was your experience in terms of limitations and how did you go around it? As always, when I'm not doing any cards I will be at my FB page sharing stuff-mine and others of course! I would love to hear your stories.

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~A little on the side note..
I had filmed a trial run of making this card on my little point & shoot camera, but on playback it was really blahh..I figured that I'd just use my iphone to get everything filmed and edited but that lasted a few minutes, (storage,storage, sigh!) so yeah..that last part of my personal challenge didn't happen. Oh well, you can't win 'em all.

Late post: World Cardmaking Day 2017 + 5 Cards from Rosie's Studio

2017-10-10T14:05:00.000+08:00

Happy World Cardmaking Day to you. Did you participate in any cardmaking event over the weekend? If you did, that must've been fun.

I had spent the whole of last week making these 5 cards. Allow me to quickly run you through my day as a crafter. After finishing my day job at 5pm, I rush to picked up the kids from school, have dinner at my in-laws and afterwards do some cleaning up from the mornings' mad rush to work/school. I have about an hour each day to sit and try to finish a card before it's time for the kids bedtime stories. I thought I would be able to finish the 5th card just in time for last weekend's event but such is life. I ended up at the hospital to have my son checked by his oncologist and though he didn't have to spend the weekend at the hospital (thank goodness) but I did have to nurse him back to health. So that's that, now back to my cards.

I recently discovered Rosie's Studio craft supplies and the Here & Now collection just made me fall madly in love with its rich colors and their beautiful journal cards. I made this first card using that journal card and the foiled geometric paper that I lightly distressed with Faded Jeans.

I really loved that geometric paper and used it as a background for this second card. These are assembled using die cuts that are stacked on foam tapes to create interest and dimension to this fussy cut card..

and speaking of fussy cutting your stamped images, I did just that with this faux window card. I colored leaves, little flowers and butterfly using my limited collection Copic Ciao markers, arranging them so that they sort of were like sticking out from the window. By the way, those leaves were from a discontinued stamp set by Lawn Fawn that I've recently just bought for less. The sentiment is actually from a sentiments sticker from Rosie's Studio, and they capture the mood that I was going for on this card.

I find it hard to come up with ideas to make a manly card but this 4th card was surprisingly quite easy to do. I went for the monochromatic look, save for some red love and cork shapes die cuts and voila, a no-fuss-easy card befitting a guy. This literally took me less than half an hours fussy cutting and die-cut rearranging. And just like that..

we're down to my 5th card for this year's World Cardmaking Day event. I die cut the word "beautiful" using this flowery pattern from Rosie's Studio paper pad and mount them onto leftover black foam of the same die cut word. I then aligned these to the centre of the card base to say "beau-tiful".

With a few sprinkles of turquoise sequins, this finishes my 5 card and while I want to call it a series so bad, that's going to have to wait for a while more because craft supplies are not cheap! I do hope you enjoyed going through these cards. I get my card inspiration from super talented cardmakers like Yana and Justine among others, their video cards rock!

Cards using free (YES! absolutely Free) printable paper.

2017-09-14T13:30:00.000+08:00

Hi there. If you joined in from my FB page link, thank you so much.

I also mentioned in a previous post that I'll be making cards using inexpensive supplies. This card is just so. I turn to Pinterest for some card ideas to recreate and I chanced upon some beautiful shapes. I didn't have hexagon stamps but surely I can make some of my own? In my first attempt I tried drawing those hexagons on a watercolor paper. It looked so sad that it made me sad. I turned to the power of google to look for printable hexagons and found a design that I like and printed it with a laser jet printer. I found it best to further set the ink using a heat gun just because I keep having ink smear whenever I touch the printed paper.

|Try making these bee card using this printable paper found here |

But the end result was worth the fussy cutting. Don't you agree? This second card was also using the same fussy cut method. I made a three window shaker card that's slightly smaller than a size A2 card that's filled with turquoise, purple and white sequins. The design of this card came to me wanting to use those color sequins as focal points.

You can do no wrong with colorful sequins. (NTS: browse stores for other colored inexpensive sequins.)

That's my cards for this week. I hope it motivates you to create your own designs using supplies you most probably have own. I would love to hear your comments just so I can continue to grow as a card maker. See you soonest.

Paper + Watercolor

2017-09-02T14:55:00.000+08:00

Hello friends. We are enjoying a longer weekend this week all through Monday since Malaysia came out 1st in medal standings in the recently concluded SEA Games. It's indeed a welcome break from my 8-5 paying job and a good time to spend even more time on my card ideas.

I've had these stack of paper pads that's been sitting on my table just screaming at me to use them. They're so dinosaur years and I'm embarrassed to say I've only used 1-2 pieces from each pad. So I just took 1 paper out, cut it to size 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" , mounted it on a fun foam and this is the result.

This was super easy and didn't took that long to finish. Often times I amaze myself with how much supplies I hoard- this could've been done aeons ago and if I stick to this kind of 'method' I could do more cards.

This is another such card, only I made some cuts along the coconut trees' leaves to add some dimension using foam tapes at the back of the raised cuts. No stamped sentiments here- stickers from my hoarding were mounted on foam tape. Easy peasy.

Now this, I had the most fun. There are lots of videos like this and this that I really like and wanted to try. I didn't want to spend so much on new supplies but this watercolor set from Popular was inexpensive and it had the basic colors and that sold me. Initially I was worried about how messy the black was at first but then it looked so much better after adding all those white spatters.

That's it from me for this week. I'll be back next week for some cards made using inexpensive stationery bought supplies. Hope you'll join me then.

Card Inspired

2017-08-19T10:16:00.000+08:00

Hello friends! Here's those cards made after watching those awesome 1 kit 10 card videos.

Doing these cards with these how-to videos as reference made a big difference to the way I used my own supplies. I don't have much but I take comfort in knowing that the cards that inspired my own don't use up too much supplies either. Whenever you feel a bit stuck to come up with your own card design, it's great to draw inspiration from others and try to recreate with a twist.

Have a great weekend ahead.

So, this much happened..

2017-08-14T16:35:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone. I've been spending time at my little work space trying to make sense of the stash of paper and supplies that's spread on my table. Struggling to express some kind of creativity, I turned to the wonderful place that we call youtube and boy! that place never seem to disappoint.

I found my creative energy re-energized with the abundance of ideas by esteemed crafters and with that came the drive to take out my scissors and Bigshot and attempt to re-create or rather interpret the cards using my limited supplies. And by limited, I mean they're old 2-3 YO.

Over the next few posts, I'll be sharing some of those cards that made the final cut. My aim is to use up as many supplies that I have, so that I won't feel guilty of hoarding stuff the next time I feel like browsing through those oh!-so-pretty online supplies store.

The photo of hedgehog up there ended up being in one of my finished card. I hope you'll be back for them. See you!