Wednesday 21 February 2018

Japan Holiday - Kawai Haruka

I'm quite amazed that I was able to finish making so many card in such a "short" period? XD This one was made for a teacher who went back to Japan earlier last year.



Still featuring the Beary Special Clear Stamps from My Favorite Things. Well, it's simply too cute to be using them just once, right? Embellished with the freebies I got with some crafting tool purchase. Oh, not to mention the strips of wrapping for the background.



Packed the inside with plenty presents! A combination of clear stamps from both Christmas and Beary Special. I don't think the overlapping would have worked out without the Stamp Platform. So I guess, with these recent additions, I can say that my card-making has been brought up a level.

I have also mailed a couple of postcards while I was in Japan. It's something I always do when I go overseas, and most of the time, like this time, I would forget to take a photo. So it's gonna be just memories in my head. See ya soon~

Wednesday 14 February 2018

Christmas Get-Together 2017

It's the 14th February~! Valentine's Day~! Gonna make myself busy, making chocolate truffles, but the post for it would have to come later! Because I made yummy snacks and beautiful cards for Christmas as well, and I'm here to tell and show you all about them.

The Get-Together Party this year is much earlier than before, not that I know of the reason. But thanks to that, we were able to attend (and have a revival performance) despite the year-end holiday we've planned.




I baked some butter cookies and packed them with whatever I could find around the house, since I didn't have much preparation time. Most of them were similar to last year, with a couple others to make up for the number.


With the abundance of namecards to be recycled, I decided to make full use of them this time as well. And with the combination of my sponging, stamping and coloring skills, I would say that I fared quite well in this project. Gonna keep looking forward for the next~!

Wednesday 7 February 2018

Beary Special - Lingx

Back again with a little gap *Whoooops* Just as I expected, I got super busy with the December babies and Christmas, followed by the Japan holiday in which I fell terribly sick during, and now the big preparation for Garlic's baby's first birthday. Still busy, busy, busy~

Have been trying to keep my cards simple recently, as I've seen beautiful cards that don't flood every inch with details. So this time, I've decided to focus on the front of the card like the previous time.



Found a piece of leftover wrapping paper that fits perfectly without trimming, so it settled my background. Bought a Compass Circle Cutter from Carousell for just $1, and it wanted to contribute. Thus the pink spotlight for our centerpiece. Though the cutter isn't in 100% working condition, it still did its job well.

The usual recycled namecard for the cute clear stamps. Oh! Did I mention that my husband got me the Stamp Platform (from Tim Holtz, Tonic Studios) for my birthday? Totally love it (though I'm still figuring my skills out)! But the next thing I'm going to want will be a bigger work-space to store my ever-increasing tools.



Alright, let's peek into the inside of the card~ Simple centerpiece with a little caption stamped. I guess, Simplicity is Everything, sometimes.


Paired with a type-written letter on some up-cycled paper. I suppose I could have done a better job, or at least sponged it with a Distress ink for some vintage feel (which I would love to add to my To-Buy list).