Aiseh. I meant to post a new card. Hmm, not exactly 'brand' new. It was done and sold last 2 weeks. But clever me didn't transfer the picts from my camera yet. And I was so excited to share this one because it's kinda different from everything else I've done. Guess it'll have to wait until I got my hands on the camera back home. So in the meantime can I just share the picture of this beautiful flower instead? It was from my honeymoon trip at Cameron Highlands. Believe me, I only used Canon S90 for this :)

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone

~G.B. Stern

Ok, now I have a thing for blue roses. The one I made here is quite a spontaneous idea. I feel it will be too pale a card if all were in pink colours. Then I remembered my wedding hand bouquet of blue and purple hydrangea. Blue is not in my list of favourite colour but now I do find certain hue of blue as striking and interesting. While I'm fiddling with these blue roses, my head is brimming with ideas of blue rose's cards. I can't wait to start on one but I have tons of laundry and cleaning up to do after my wedding leave. Patience honey.

A peek on the inside

This card is a request from a colleague for another colleague. I hope Puan Mimi likes this card :)

Click!

Woot! I have a brand new camera now. So I'll be taking my card's photos with lots of enthusiasm. I'm so excited that now the actual colour of the cards won't be compromised. You may have notice that lately my cards have been photographed outdoor because the natural daylight really helps compared to indoor photos. But now I don't have to worry anymore. Yeeha!

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.