Salute to Teachers

So today is Teacher's Day and it's the last year of my mother as a teacher. I'm always proud that my mother is a teacher and I believe that most of the things I did today is influenced by her. She teaches Integrated Living Skills majoring in cooking and sewing. That's where I got my passion for art and card making I guess. She teaches me well.

Just like I mentioned last time, I am in possession of a few new art tools. It's been really fun experimenting in this card. I'm using my new clear stamps which is Prima Collage stamps diana and Prima Collage stamps ticker. The rest is available stuff in my collection. The base is dark brown cardstock.

That's the collage diana stamped with Brilliance 3 color pigment inkpad in Peacock. Lovely aren't they? The colour is both excellent and shimmery. I'm keen on buying more of Brilliance inkpad in other combination of colours.

That's the collage ticker stamped using the same colour. Both were stamped on an off white shimmering paper. I wrote the word 'teacher' using a black ink pen. They do look like rub ons huh. But no, it's hand written and I must say it's a bonus I can write symmetrically. Hehe.

Then all the pieces were assembled like in the image. On the bottom right I added a strip of seaweed green colour structured paper punched with leaf pattern showing the beneath same structured paper but in different shade of green. Then I added some flower shaped beads on the top right corner.

So here's to you mother. Happy teacher's day! =)

My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.

~Graycie Harmon

True enough. A mother's comfort is never forgotten. It lingers in our heart and our existence. For my mother this year, I want a sweet soft theme card to represent the woman she is. So I picked this soft pale orange embossed card. It's actually embossed with rose pattern and I've used this type of stock card before in blue.

I don't want to go overly with the design. Therefore I simply paste a white transparent ribbon horizontally. Before that I pasted the word 'mother' using the foam letters in pink underneath. I was contemplating to add more embellishment underneath but none seems to suit the idea I had in mind. So, I just then add a few flower beads along the top strip of the ribbon. I really like the sparkly effect=)

I love you mother! Happy mother's day (^_^)

Happy Chinese New Year!

Blazing gold and red aren't they? Hehe. I made this card for Dr Ng, my head department. This is my first attempt at Chinese New Year card and boy, was it hard to find the right theme. I want it to be modern yet oriental and was so glad to come across this symbol. It means 'money' according to my colleague=p I used gold paper for the pattern and wordings. It took hard work and calculation to make the symbol symmetrical. The pattern was then pasted on top of red foam to make it look elevated and stand out. Love it!=)

Inside I inserted beige paper and decided to inscribe prosperous wish on double layered paper. Simply hand written with black ink pen.

This is the blazing red card in it's transparent handmade envelope!=p

Ooh..and I finally made my own sticker with my blog address to paste it behind my handmade cards! Wee~ =)