BookMark Card + video

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Hi everyone! I just uploaded a new video on Youtube for these adorable cards that function as both a card & a bookmark, enjoy! All stamps from Heroarts!!

Here's the video :

Have a good week ahead peeps :)

Card Patterns #26 + gift holder tutorial

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Hello hello, it's the weekend again! What could be more fun than participating in a Card Patterns card sketch challenge while winning prizes or a guest designer spot? This week's sketch is gorgeous, like seriously dude. Check it out yo:

I'm really in love with the transparent card bases, lots of fun layering your cardstock & patterned paper! i even tried sewing on mine just to try it out & it turned out gorgeous! Just another way to adhere paper to your acetate card base ;)

That gorgeous paper is from Scenic route (sonoma collection methinks) & the stamp set I used for the tea time accent is from Papertreyink's 'Tea for Two'. The fabric brad is from Imagininsce if i recall correctly.
We made an extra project this week using their pre-cut & pre-scored gift card holders as well. (dandy!) I went for a totally fem feel for mine:

Didn't want to pull away the focus from my pretty butterfly so i kept the decoration of the card holder to a minimum. I hope you like it as much I do ;)

Btw, Our generous sponsors for next 2 upcoming weeks is Shortcuts! Really generous sponsors they are ;) they sent us lots of stuff to play with! So loving them :) Their ready-to-assemble-and-decorate products will help you create stunning creations in minutes. Make sure you drop by their blog for lots of inspiration from their design team

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Here's how I made the butterfly:

1. Buff edges of Maya Rd chipboard butterfly using nail buffer or your Basic Grey files

2.Paint butterfly with Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint (i used tattered rose) These paints dry out pretty fast, put in a few drops of water and shake if so

3.Let dry or use a heat gun (like little ol' impatient me)

4. Sponge on some Distress Inks to create emphasis in between the crackle (i used vintage photo & tattered rose) & wipe of excess with baby wipe/towel

5. Mix some pearl ex with a few drops of water & slather onto butterfly, spray acrylic coating or whatever medium you have to set the pearl ex mixture.

6. Adhere embellies (i used some lace ribbon, buttons & string ) & you're done! :)



Whether you're inspired today to make a card or a gift card holder, we hope you'll join us!Link your take on the sketch using Mr. Linky boxover at this Card Patterns post by Friday, August 7 at 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time. There's a guide how to use Mr. Linky HERE.

Remember, you stand chance to win a $15 gift cert from Shortcuts as well as a chance to be a guest designer for one of our upcoming sketches.

I hope you peeps are having a great weekend out there! Thanks for stopping by.

Card Patterns #22

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Hello & welcome to another Card Patterns post! It totally does NOT feel like a saturday to me. In fact, it doesn't feel as though the weekend has actually arrived. So maybe it MIGHT have something to do with the fact that I work on a Saturday.............-_-

Ok so I literally flipped the sketch around this time, so you could better see how the decorated front of my take( gift card holder) looks like ;) For the politically correct version, please visit the Card Patterns blog bwahaha. Sorry for the crap photos...I had bad lighting (late in the night) & I was dead tired after work. Aaargh, yes I know..No excuses. so I'm thinking I will make it up to you peeps by taking better lookin' ones for next week's Card Patterns post :) So we lucky girls (& a boy) got to play with some fantastic stuff from Shortcuts, gotta say I really love their card bases! We got some frosted, transparent ( clear acetate) as well as some cute gift card holders (all pre-scored) to play with. If you ask me, those pre folded gift card holders are gonna do me some good come Christmas time ;)

Using up some of my old stash of Making memories (curvy label) here as well as mixing in some newer patterned papers from K & co. I think it's from the berry sweet collection? Something simple & clean this week, not too cluttered. Don't really want the gift card holder to be too bulky especially since I'm sending it through the post :)




So remember guys, post your take on the sketch over at this Card patterns post to stand a chance to win a guest designer spot or a prize from Shortcuts! Also do check out the design team's take on this week's sketch. They're everything if not GORGEOUS!!!
The winner gets to walk away with a $15 Shortcuts gift certificate.

Thanks for coming by, Hope you're having a great weekend where ever you are :)



Card Supplies:

gift card holder : shortcuts

patterned paper: k & co

clear sticker: making memories

ribbon: papertreyink

pink journalling spot sticker: creative imaginations

button: misc.

others: ek success border punch, small alpha stickers, american craft thickers, white embossing powder, string

Tea Box with Timeless Templates

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Happy Tuesday guys! I've been busy with interviews lately so my posts as been short, sorry! I'm off for another interview later and a 2nd interview for another company this friday...I hope things turn out ok *stressed* Anyways, here's a little tea bag holder box I put together using Papertreyink 'Bun in the oven' template :) The front acetate panel accent is stamped with the Papertreyink 'tea for two' stamp set using dark brown Staz On ink and then stuck on with Glossy accents.
The button/pearl/twine is to make it easier to pull out the 'flip out' part of the box, revealing the tea bags inside. The box is stamped with Papertreyink's 'Backgound basics:retro' before assembling.

And the vintagey lace is from Daiso (like a dollar store) Incredible stuff you can find there! Yards of thoes lovely laces can be found ;) I hope you like this project share!

Ok , off to get ready for the interview wish me luck!!

Thanks for coming by, have a good one.

Tea for Two Card

Friday, May 15, 2009

Here's a card I made using PapertreyInk's 'tea for two' set from last month's release. i only got it a few days ago, but am loving it already!!! Oh and have you seen the new releases this month yet?? I'm getting the star set & most prob the rustic 'quick pick' :) Check out the new release here. The base is stamped with lines from PTI's 'journalling lines' with the fresh snow ink. THE best white ink EVER i must add! I stamped the teapot on vanilla cardstock, cut that out and mounted it on the base (die cut with stamping up's top note die) The patterened paper is from Basic Grey.

I simply love the brown accent above, it's heat embossed with white embossing powder on some brown scrap paper i had lying around. The teabag inside is strawberry flavoured :)

I sent this off to my friend Donna, who's in Shanghai working as a product designer for Calvin Klein. She makes really ADORABLE miniature houses too, and fiercely talented! Check her blog out ;)
By the way, my post for My Stamp Box's guest designer stint is up! Check it out here ;)
Have a great weekend!

Housewarming Gift

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

A couple of friends will be having their housewarming party soon so when I saw this bird feeder from nicole heady's post, I knew I had to make one! It is TOO cute! The roof is stamped with PapertreyInk's 'basic backgrounds:retro' stamp set. Love that set I tell ya ;)
The bird image is from the PTI anniversary set (not for sale) & the sentiment is from PTI's 'boards & beams' stamp set. Inside is a tealight candle holder , it's a tad too big for the nest (hence the bulge) but it still managed to fit in the box!

Try making one! The free template can be found here.
Have a great day :)

Tickets Holder

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Happy Tuesday peeps :) Angela commissioned this card last night to hold some play tickets she's giving her friend as a birthday gift. It's to the Singapore Repertory Theatre's rendition of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'. If you like having a picnic under the stars while watching a great humourous play, this is SO for you! I don't have a chance to catch it this year, but everyone whom I knew went told me it was excellent. More info here. So I wanted to create an evening scene & the masking/sponging technique worked perfect :) The couple silhouette is a stamp image from this Rubber Soul Wedding set. I masked off the veil, stamped & just coloured the image in with my black Copic marker. Then I hand drew the stars in the sky with a white gel pen.

The colours I used to sponge the evening sky are Tim Holtz distress inks (vintage photo & spiced marmalade) as well as Adironrack's sunshine yellow.
The card is made longer so I could include a folded over flap to make a pocket for the tics. I had some old creative imaginations music sheet patterned paper in my scrap bag & decided it was perfect for covering the inside ;) The pocket is held together with small eyelets set with my crop-a-dile.

And I included a little card to be inserted together with the tickets (for angela to write her greeting etc)

The sentiment in the insert if from PapertreyInk's Birthday Basics. A must get, and probabably the only set you'll ever need in terms of birthday card sentiments. I showed her these photos last night & she loved it. Hopefully her friend will love it too :)
And on a shopping note, I am SO getting lotsa goodies from PapertreyInk's release this month. Check it out here :)
Have a great day!

Friends, Butterflies & doorknobs

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Hello hello! How's your day going?

I met up with an old BFF of mine earlier today for tea (we were pissed off with each other over some misunderstandings) and cleared the polluted air that accumulated over months. Weird thing was, after we purified the air we got along just like old times. Friends like these are hard to find huh?

Anyways, I'm not someone who likes to bear grudges, it's too taxing/tiring feeling angry. But I'm prob the kind of person who needs to cool off for abit first ie. i'll be ignoring you for awhile. *lol* I guess occassionally there are times when you just don't 'click' with certain friends anymore (not talking about today's friend) but I do feel that if you appreciate the person as a friend, the relationship will definitely be worth saving.

All in all, it was great to hear and talk about what we missed in each other's life(lots of goss too, since our boyfriends are best buds). i actually missed her quite abit. ;) OK, on to today's card!!I've been dying to get my hands on some Martha Stewart punches esp. the butterfly ones (hello martha, singapore needs your stuff! *wave wave*) but i couldn't find them anywhere so I was simply thrilled to get my hands on a EK success one. Just a simple card with punching from scrap papers. great way to recycle! The middle trio of the butterflies is punched out from some DCVW glitter paper (12x12 paper pack). I need to use them more often i guess, was hoping to win a Cricut expression over at Moxie fab world's HUGE giveaway last week. It would have been nice to use those papers with the cricut. Alas, no win but the cricut dreamin' is still on :)

The gorgeous 'for you' stamp is from Kim Hughes 'baked with love set'. I seriously don't know what i was thinking when i bought that set, i mean i don't even bake?! or at least i was hoping to get started on baking i guess? now, i just need to go out and buy an oven *lol*

Another item I'm adding to the handmade stash I'll be giving to my beautiful cousin. Made from lovely K & Co berry sweet papers i present to you the door hanger:

Hope she loves it! I'll make sure she hangs it on her door, otherwise i'll make her hang it around her neck *lol* not a very nice gift-giver huh? bwahaha. Off to pack for tomorrow's trip, can't wait!

Baby gift set

I had a video ready for today but YouTube has been down for maintenance or something for quite awhile so I can't upload anything in time. So, here I am sitting in my room/studio with the heavy thunder and lightning + rain outside (shivering dog under my desk included!) Thought I'd share with you this baby gift set I made for Isaac's 2nd birthday a couple of weeks ago. I loved Barb Schram's baby card here so much i had to case it :) I cut the little 'flag' on top with cuttlebug's tiny tags die set using some white foam & the cuttlebug then stamped the sentiment from Papertreyink's 'bitty baby blessings' stamp set. That set is a must have for baby everything!
Above is the box I custom made for this small pillow below:

All wrapped up nicely with tissue & kept folded closed with the punched out circle accent I stamped using the Just Rite stamper set. Love how I can personalise it :) Looks like it came from a boutique, eh? I save the tissue papers that the Papertreyink stamps come in, knew they'd come in handy one of these days *lol*

And there's the pillow! Recognise that fabric? Thanks Regina ;) I think it turned out pretty cute & i'm glad Isaac (and his mum) loved it! It's always nice to make something for someone from scratch & this set was one of them. Thanks for joining me today, I hope you're inspired to make something for someone today!

BTW Have you seen the number of ppl participating for sketch#12 over at Card Patterns this week? I mean wow!! We've even got a boy on the list *lol* (and he's good too!) Remember, this week's sponsor is Unity Stamp Co & there's also a guest designer spot up for grabs. GO!

Have a good one ;)

Yeay for Safari mari + some sewing!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Ok so I've been on the quiet side these few days but only because I've been busy making these :) I totally loved Lauren Meader's 'from the desk of' template here but I'm not going to be able to dig out $5 this month to buy her template (most of the time I just case hers and come up with my own measurements) erm..is this illegal? anyways! What with a holiday end of the month and on top of bills + other 'must gets' from Papertreyink, i just gotta cut down! *i'm sure alot of you can stand with me on this* tee hee. On to the project! I played around with measurements etc (let me know if you'd like them) & somehow manage to come up with a similar one that can fit in the normals cards as well as other goodies. So I'm making this for my cousin (bringing it over when I meet on our trip) & I know that she'll love it! Although she visits my blog sporadically i'm kinda hoping she won't see this fingers crossed. OK what's inside you say?
A couple of stuff, a covered notepaper pad using that gorgeous patterned paper (god help me to remember who from) as well as that little tube thing there that fits....read till the end of post! ;)

Also this frame from Ikea which I altered using some GORGEOUS paper from Scrapbooking from the Inside Out (May kit, na-ah not out yet peeps!) but I can tell you it'll be worth every single penny! Anyhoos I can't show you the frame because I altered it for part of my guest designer stint with SFTIO next month. All I can say is that it's pink ( fave colour here) and I wrapped it up so it doesn't colour clash with the rest of the stuff. Inside is a photo of my cousin & me that we took during her last trip here.

So here's what's inside that little tube! It's a cute little pouch thingy that she can use to put lipgloss etc . Handy Dandy huh? I learnt how to make this here. I also made that little square tube thing ;rolled up the pouch & stuffed it in. You'll never guess that is what's inside right?

Still on the topic of sewing, I'm DYING to get my hands on some Amy Butler fabric! I just broke out my A.Butler Lotus paper from K&co & made a card with that. Seriously, someone point out to me where I can get my hands on some on the cheap pwetty pweaase. So far I'm placing my hopes on getting some 'knock-off' versions when I get to Jakarta end of the month, hopefully :)

So here's another one I made. Actually, this was the one i ORIGINALLY intended to give to my cousin. But if you notice, the zipper's on the WRONG side. I only realised my mistake after I zoomed thru the last bit of sewing. And the mistake actually began BEFORE i started sewing (placed the zipper on the shorter side of the fabric. Like, DOH!!

I still think it's cute though, I'm so keeping it for myself haha.

That's all for choo day folks, take care & have a good one ;)

Spring Garden Planter Box

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Hello there! How are you enjoying the Easter countdown so far? I've got something springy easter-ish lined up for you today :) Learn how to make this box from Lauren Meader's video here. I think i totally springed it up! This box is sold !

Those gorgeous papers are from Making Memories 'flower patch' line, ADORABLE! And you can probably use it for babies too ;) Anyhoos, back to the box. I made it to put a little planter inside, i actually bought the soil and all too! and some balsam flower seeds (totally easy to plant and maintain). It also helps that balsam seeds are larger so you don't have a cluster of them growing in the small planter. The 'fresh spring garden just for you' accent is from papertreyink's 'hatched for you set'.

Here's what it looks like inside, the sentiments are from papertreyink's 'life' set. Some new fors ya, I've got a special video just for you tomorrow. Here's a sneak peak!!:

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Feeling Spring yet?

Monday, March 23, 2009

Hi there! Thought I'd do a 'Spring-ish' post today, since alot of you readers are looking forward to that :) Over here where I am, it's hot & humid all year round so I'm actually seriously jealous that you have all 4 seasons haha. I had fun playing with my 'Green Thumb' set from PapertreyInk for the card above, it was one of my submissions for the Guest Star Stamper contest they have going on every month. I inked the edges with some yellow distress ink to make it 'pop' & adhered some round clear epoxy stickers from Making memories to the round red flowers to add more interest. The sentiment is from papertreyink's 'friends till the end' set, as is the ribbon (sweet blush twill). Patterned paper is from Scenic route if i'm not mistaken. Me likey! do u? :)

Below are more photos of yesterday's card as a set. I also somehow forgot to post the inside of the card *the heat here is making me swoon*. I need a glass of ice cold lemon tea & some airconditioning. Or perhaps a nice cold dip in the pool will be nice...(ok i'm getting distracted here!) On to the photos!
You can find the video tutorial for the card set box on the left side of the blog, it fits 5.5" by 4.25" cards & envelopes perfectly :) I made this in mind for a friend's birthday coming up, I hope she doesn't she this post. If she does, I have to get her something else haha. I just couldn't wait to share it with you guys!

There's 5 cards + envelopes altogether, I stamped the envelopes too.
Love it!Really simple & easy to do :) I hope you try the card set box out!
And here's the inside of the cards:

I'll be posting a video on Copic colouring tomorrow, come back will ya :)

Have a great day!

ps: Dawn McVey has a colour challenge up! Hopefully I'll find some time to play along, check it out here :)