Overwhelmed with Laziness

Not exactly like me, but this year's Chinese New Year, I've sent some greeting cards I got from some charity community. Apparently the husband had made a donation before, and has too many of these cards which ended up in my stash eventually.

I sent CNY cards with letters to three of my friends - two being thanks and reply to the Christmas cards and gifts and another simply in hope of an update of her unborn baby.

So, I was so preoccupied about this unborn baby (and also blame it to my unbelievable laziness) that I missed two birthdays (which fall on the same day) for my teacher and colleague. I am awfully sorry about it. Yet I am really excited and happy about how the baby card and gift are coming along.

Let's look forward to that!

Dots Themed - Sugita Sensei

A really simple single-sheet card for the only male Japanese Teacher at the moment, though I stopped going for classes quite some time ago.

Though simple, it was really tedious and I spent a significant amount of time getting those dots ready and on. I did not punch on nice color paper to get those dots. Instead, I used the paper dots from my office puncher, carefully selecting and colored each one with a marker or pen. Lastly, glue them on one by one to the card.

The dots are to create a subtle image of a hourglass (because I think simply dots was too simple and maybe even boring) to signify time passing or something along that line.

Simple message in thought bubble and a cute wondering My Melody at the end of it. A perfect fit and I'm totally glad I always keep those scraps.

New Additions to My 'Ever-Growing' Tools

 So happie to be introducing the new addition of the family (of tools) - 

 The Paper Cutter and the Glue Tape!

 Had been contemplating the purchase for quite some time, and finally bought it, with the Glue Tape, despite its manufacture origin. It's not exactly easy to have a whole collection of pink stationery, but at least I'm making an effort.

Have already started playing with the Paper Cutter, making strips of scraps for gift-wrapping or just for cutting cards. Totally love it. Though it would be so much better if the spare parts are more accessible. Gonna keep hunting still!

(But just very recently, I noticed that the very same paper cutter is on promotion! Now I'm contemplating to get the bigger pink paper cutter with the same price I got this.)

Overseas Christmas - Shimada

Can't believe that posting everything about Christmas would take a month, and I'm not done yet. Among all the knitting and cooking for the Christmas Gift Bags, I also made a card specially for my teacher overseas.

Something that I regret very much and wanna bang my head against the wall is that, I forgot to take a photo of the completed card before sealing it up! The only photo I took was this.

This is the first time I tried to make a card out of the norm. Instead of folding it into halves, this card is being folded at one-third length on the right. So the message would read:

冬に咲く                       キセキの桜が…
幸せを込めて、          キセツのお祝いを             　　おくる

Translation:
The miraculous cherry blossom that blossoms in winter...
Together with happiness, seasonal greetings        　　　it brings

This teacher of mine, is a great fan of One Piece, and like me, her favorite character in this anime is Tony Tony Chopper~ Which is exactly why I made this card.

I decorated the back of the card with some watermark stamps using VersaMarker. Was totally excited to use it the moment I got it from ArtFriend. That was why I forgot to take photos of the completed card. I even made an envelope (from recycled paper) specially for this card because of its odd size! (and because I messed up the size buying the envelopes =X)

Well, I suppose I will be using more of the VersaMarker for its watermark effect, and probably for heat embossing. So stay tuned for that~

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