Dreams. Believe. Inspire.

I'm too tired and too lazy for words. Just picts for sharing.

I like that it's grunge looking even with flowers :)


For Fairuz (my colleague's brother). He'll be pursuing PHD in Paris.


Dreams. Believe. Inspire. All the best!

P/S: Paris reminds me of Moulin Rouge. Can I say that the card looks Boho too? ;)

The countdown has begin =)

It's my wedding in one month! Ooh, so happy and excited. Who wouldn't eh. Hee. But most of all I'm so thankful to God that I met him. He has been so sweet and caring and nice and gentleman and patient with me. Not just to me, but to my family as well. I'm praying for a life of happiness ahead. I want to share all my joys and sorrows with him.

I made this card for my fiance. Hope he receive it first before reading this post though ;)

I looked over the net to find a nice 'number 1'. Kind of flowery, romantic and victorian but couldn't find any. So I made this using PhotoImpact. Phew, quite a number of try. Alas I'm really satisfied with this.

Pray for me and wish me all the best eh ;)

All the other colors are just colors, but purple seems to have a soul. Purple is not just a noun and an adjective but also a verb -

when you look at it, it's looking back at you.

~Uniek Swain

Ngee hee. Forgive me for obsessing with purple then. Who is this Uniek Swain by the way? I've a habit of checking out who's the owner of every quote I found. I just want to know more about them and what inspires them. But this one dude is nowhere to be found. Even on wiki, though he's quoted all over the net. Hmm.

Anyway, this is quite a simple card. Basically I used white cardstock, American Crafts patterned paper, mauve grossgrain ribbon, computer generated 'happy birthday' wish, purple beads, round purple button and bright pink eyelets. Yey, I love the eyelets colour! It's where I stuck the ribbon through.

Oh, I found a new use of the tracing wheel. The one we used to trace pattern for sewing. Well, I run it over the front a few times to create a dashed pattern. Make sure to place a cutting mat or a piece of thick paper inside the card first to avoid hitting the inside.

I had a clumsy moment with the ribbon. Hehe. When I managed to fold it nicely in shape, I had to let go one hand to reach for the glue and there goes my ribbon. So I find it easier to use double sided tape. Cut a few ready on hands. Ha!

This week's card is posted a bit early since it's holiday today for Nuzul Quran. So, I am all energetic to finish a card after sahur and take pictures. I'm so happy that I don't have to grudgingly dragged myself to work today. Hehe. Have a happy weekend everyone!

Something blue?

I've heard the phrase somewhere but I've never quite understand what does it mean. Then it was uttered by nanny Fine in The Nanny during her wedding day. She went panic when she didn't have something old something new, something borrowed something blue. By then I get it that the phrase has something to do with wedding. But what exactly is still unclear.

Lo and behold, I met the phrase again on my 7Gypsies wedding rub on. I didn't notice it before. It was accidentally that I made a blue wedding card for I want to use the blue heart shaped bead. Then I saw the phrase, I was like 'Hey, perfect!'. Naturally being a curious person, I decided to google it up. So, it was actually a modern tradition in the customs of British wedding. It is considered as good luck for brides to wear or carry 'something old something new, something borrowed something blue'. Ok, so nanny Fine married the handsome brit Maxwell Sheffield. In her case, the something blue was an old earring given by Val which she actually borrowed from Fran sometime ago but never return it yet. Lol. Get it? It was old, it was newly returned, it was borrowed and it was blue. Haha.

Ah well, you could read more on the phrase here and here.

Soft and sweet pink

To me this is a sweet card indeed. I really adore soft pink and wedding. Much like I adore white and wedding. In this card, I assemble a few shades of pink. The base cardstock is the softest followed by a brighter pink paper which I inked the edges with white stamp pad. Then followed by the patterned paper with circle shapes in pink and chocolate.

The wordings were from 7 Gypsies wedding rub on and I stamped the pink circle cut out with collage pattern in white before rubbing on the words. I also add eyelets each and am so excited using it for the first time =)

I just love the pink roses. And I made it myself! Learned it from here. It is awesome since I really have a thing for roses and now I'm able to make it from any colour and any type of paper to embellish my project. The blogger has many other tutorials as well and it is very generous of them to share. Their art craft is amazing too. Do check out the awesome blog.

I'm so addicted that I make plenty in a go for keepsake. So it'll be easier to use whenever I want to. Oh sweet pretty roses=)

Gratitude

The feeling of gratitude can be express in so many words. Best of all we are able to recognize it from some other language. Thank you, shukran, arigato, shukriya, gracias, terima kasih, merci, kamsahamnida, xie xie, em koi, khawp khun khrap (I hope I had the spelling right=p), maraming salamat and so on. At least I do from watching all the films and drama. Hehe. But I'm sure many people can too.

Doilies are a wonderful embelishment. Previously they are crocheted or knitted out of cotton thread. Nowadays they are available as papers to decorate plates as ornamentation underneath the foods. The various patterns are really beautiful that many scrappers and card makers have been using it in their artwork too. I've always been awed at the many ways doilies can be used in greeting cards but I haven't buy any for myself yet. To be truthful, the one I used here was snagged from the table I sat for a contact lens workshop last year. It was used on the sweets plates. Haha. Hey, no point of wasting right. I'm sure it's gonna be disposed afterwards. Might as well make a good use of it ;)

I don't have a recipient yet for this card. Just an idea out of the blue. Plus I wanted to try out my new 'Thank you' clear stamp. Well, I'm sure I'll need to use this card one day.

Till then. Thank you!

~It's wedding season again

Yes, it's school holiday in Malaysia and it means wedding bells around each corner. The scent of love and joy. Plus the scent of yummy foods as well. Hehe. I make this wedding card for my distant niece who got married last week. It's in deep purple! =) The shiny cardstock is a new type of card that I found at the bookstore. Really beautiful and makes a nice card.

I'm still in circles/ round/ polka dots mood. The excitement is further enhanced since I bought my first ever Making Memories Instant Setter. It punches holes and sets eyelet wherever I want it! I've been eyeing it for some time. I still have to buy the cute colourful eyelets to use with the eyelet setting but right now I'm fully enjoying the puncher kit. There are three sizes of hole punch tips available. I got the idea to make this kind of card from a handmade card magazine.

After punching the holes, I paste a piece of green patterned paper behind. Then cut a piece of mauve grossgrain ribbon, paste it and add on top a nice layered glittery poppies. It's from Blossomwood I think. The wordings are printed on a pearly white cardstock.

It's best to punch from in front of the card to get a clean cut result so I draw the circles inside and I marked first with the setter inside. Then only I punched through from in front of the card. There's a lot of ideas swirling in my mind now so watch out for more circles card from me. Hehe.

There are lots of eyelet setter available but currently I'm satisfied with mine. Very costly though, probably the most I spend for card making stuffs. Still I love it. Like my dear fiance said, it can do wonders. Hehe. If you still have no idea what an eyelet setter is, you can watch a tutorial here.