A sweet combination...

HB019 (with name)

I got this soft green paper a few weeks ago and wanted so much to make a card with it with a combination of white and pink. And the day finally came for me to do that when a customer of mine wanted a soft green and pink card! :) Her request couldn't have come at a better time.....I was eager to experiment it and see how it will turn out. I have done a combination of soft apple green and pink paper before and I loved how the colour suits each other and wanted to see if this soft green would look good too with pink and it did.....so I'm very happy with it.....I even made the handmade envelope of the same colour....to match the card.... :) sweet!

HB019 (without name)

This is the same design I made for another customer.....but the only difference is that the wordings does not include any particular name on it.....just a simple "Happy Birthday" on the card. The colour of the card looks a bit different because this one I took using the scanner instead of the digital camera :).

Striking pink and red birthday card

HB018 (VERSION2)
*This card is available for order.
(I designed this card as a replacement for HB018 due to the paper which is unavailable at the stores at the moment)

HB018 VERSION 1 (NOT AVAILABLE)

This is another card request that I designed for my customer....a request for a pink and red combination......I love how the red + white flower stand out on the card....very striking and catches your attention straight away... :)

I wanted to show everyone this design I made which is exactly the same as the one above except for the wordings in front that does not include any name on it except for a simple "Happy Birthday". :)

Brown owl with a twist of green

HB017

I designed this card a few days ago for a regular customer of mine....she requested for a birthday card with an owl on it. She requested a card with an owl before which was last year for the same friend's birthday...so I used the same template for the owl but I made the card a bit different in colours and layout design..a mixture of olive green and shades of brown which I love so much.... :)

For my favourite teacher

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TD004b

This particular card has the same apple decoration on the inside of the card just like the one in MTD001. The only difference is the design on the front of the card, which is much more simplified with simple dotted lines framing the wordings on the card.

I'm so glad that I am able to blog about this card design before Teacher's Day arrives this coming Friday hehehe! As we all know, Teachers’ Days are intended to be special days for the appreciation of teachers. We honor and recognize the lasting contributions they make in our lives. On this special day, students expresses their respect to their teachers by preparing a special party for them.....they also prepare the food and drinks plus the gifts, flowers and cards that expresses their love for their favourite teachers....Even ex-students pay their respects to their former teachers by visiting them at their homes... :)

I've always wanted to design a teacher's day card with an apple in it! hehehe! And finally I did! The red apple has always been a symbol of appreciation for teachers by their students....and that's what I am trying to portray here in my design.....the red apple with a gold heart shape on it as a gift for their favourite teacher.....with simple wordings on the front of the card, says it all.....with the tiny heart shapes and flower decorations that are made by punched out papers and also cut by hand....adds a special touch to the design.....the gold vines are hand drawn as well........this card would be perfect for that favourite teacher that you have always wanted to show appreciation to..... :)
Happy Teacher's Day to all teachers around the world!!!!! :)

Lots of love for Mother.....

MD005

Soft purple paper stock with combinations of white and soft pink....so sweet....lots of love on Mother's Day.....I used a much thinner paper stock, so it's easier for me to cut the sides of the card to make the wavy patterns.....using special patterned scissors this wavy cut is easily accomplished in seconds hehehe.....I love the white paper that I used to make the heart shapes for this design because it has a metallic line patterns on it....it shines when reflected on the light...very nice :) For this design I didn't make any wordings/wishes on the inside of the card....so, you can write your own special wishes from the heart to your lovely mother and make her the happiest person in the world on Mother's day :).

For a sweet mom.....

MD004

I love these colour combinations....the peach, cream and green colour is so soft and sweet....I also added some wordings inside, simple wishes for your dear mother on Mother's day....that matches the card....in my opinion that is hehehe.........I have always wanted to write something in my handmade cards, but was never really good in doing so....so this is sort of like an attempt to make it happen....some may like it, some may not....the wordings can always be changed according to your request....so it doesn't necessarily need to be the ones that I wrote hehehe...... :) therefore it can be personalized, no problem at all...... :)

Untuk Ibu tersayang....

MD003

I'm pretty excited today to post this design as this is one of the many designs that I will be making with soft colors combination.....and also because I wanted so badly to use the many coloured buttons I have in my collection....mostly I wanted to use them for flower decorations on cards, so I managed to use them in this design... although I have used buttons before in another one of my flower card designs but that one is a quite tiny button compared to the one I am using in this design....I also made my own wordings inside the card in Malay language...."Selamat Hari Ibu khas buat Ibu tersayang" which simply means....Happy Mother's Day especially for beloved Mother.....hehehe.....and I added some simple decorations of gold dots on it.....Of course the wordings can be changed according to preference.....or if you wish to add more to it to personalize the wordings....it can be done...no problem at all :)

Orangy gold flowers...

MBL070 (NOT AVAILABLE)

Bright orange and gold colour that simply catches your attention right away....it's a combination of ideas I had in my head these past few weeks.... I have been enjoying making flower designs this way, using the same coloured paper from the background and layering it with a contrasting coloured paper to make it stand out. I'm also loving the petite or tiny flowers that matches the big flower at the top....I just got it last month and can't wait to use it for my small projects....it will look cute on them hehehe.... :) This card can be used for any occasion.....and if anyone is interested in this design...I can also change the colours according to your liking....but it has to be any two colour combination that is.... :)

Paper Lips popping up! :)

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Finally today I am able to post this design in my blog....after a long time spent figuring out how to do a man's lips popping up in a card! :D hahahaha! This pop up card is a request I received from a good friend of mine who wanted to give this card to his lovely lady hehehehe! I have made a pop up card before using a photo of a woman's lips that I got from the net.....but I never knew how difficult it was for me to find a photo of a man's lips that is suitable....if anybody knows where to get one, please let me know ok? hahahahaha!

So in desperation for a photo of a man's lips, I even tried to take photos of my own lips to use for the card...but it didn't turn out right.....after all I am a woman duhhhhh..... hehehehe! So I decided to make paper lips with a thin mustache on it all by myself.......and I put a heart shape on the lips to show that he is somehow giving his lady love lots of love with his kisses.....ahaks ahaks heheheh........and the card comes with a matching hot red handmade envelope......the design on the card has some similarities from the first one that I made except since this particular card is to be given to a lady...it has to have a feminine touch to it....so I made two flowers with heart shape petals to give a romantic touch and lots of petite size heart shapes scattered around the flowers too....the two flowers of course is kinda symbolic, to represent two people in love hehehehe.....LOL! :)

Happy Mother's Day...

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MD001

I had problems with my PC recently....maybe it needed some rest or some sort hehehe! Fortunately it is working now and no more problems! Yippee! :) Now I can get some work done.....well today I have a couple of new cards to show here in my blog...and both are for Mother's Day.... :). As we all know, Mother's Day is celebrated around the world every year on various dates according to each country and for Malaysia it will be celebrated on May 11th 2008. Mother's Day has been celebrated for a long time now and stories of how it came about, please see this link here.

I designed these book fold A6 size cards with two flowers that symbolizes a mother and her child.....the bond between the two is very special indeed.....something that I feel between my mom and I.....and so does the rest of us who are fortunate enough to have that kind of bonding....this is the first time I've ever made an A6 size card that's cut this way....usually it's a vertical book fold....but the red + pink design combination is a horizontal one and the brownish design combination is a top fold...and I love them both! :)

A cute thank you card.....

SGC005 (SOLD OUT)

A cute customer of mine requested a few of this cute little apple green A7 size card from me recently....she was so in love with the birthday card design I made for my aunt's birthday, that she wanted the same design for her thank you card....except that colors she wished for are apple green and turquoise....this was quite a daunting task as the flowers that I had to do and work with were very petite and quite a struggle to paste on the card......lots of patience needed for this one hehehehe! :) Even though it was difficult to do... I am very happy with how it turned out.... :)

Half the size....

SGC004

This cute A7 size card is a smaller version of my Valentine card that I made a while back.....this cute card can also be used for other occasions....not necessarily be used only on Valentine's day... :)

54th Birthday....

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*The buttons on the flowers are out of stock. If you like to order I can replace the buttons with sequins :)

It has been quite a while since I last posted any card designs in my blog....I know..hehe...I have been quite occupied with life and also with my new product that's been selling really well lately since it's first appearance in my blog hehehe...I knew I should try and balance things up and get back to designing cards. And today I'm very happy to be able to post an entry on a card design I made for my dear customer...it's for her mother's 54th birthday...inspired by the pastel colors that I have been working with lately for the beaded bookmarks and also by the craft work I saw at the craft exhibition a few days ago...finally this design came to mind...it's soft and sweet color is very soothing to the eyes..... :) I love the ribbons that I used for this card...I just got them a couple of weeks ago...not knowing yet what to do with them...and now I do hehehe....what's great about it is that it has two different tones and it's color is very soft and sweet. I also was requested by my customer to do wordings for the inside of the card...and I decorated it with tiny punched out flowers...so cute...it's to match the flowers on the front of the card. I love the cute tiny buttons too! :) I wanted to use some other buttons, but they were too big for the flowers....luckily I had these tiny ones available...and they match perfectly well. Hope to be able to post more card designs soon.....I wish I wish hehehehe.....

Happy Birthday Maksu!!! :)

Alalalalalalalala....comelnyer Maksu I niiiiii hehehehe.... :D

HB015 (NOT AVAILABLE)

Today is my aunt's birthday! :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAKSU!!!!! She's 51 this year and yet she looks like she's in her 30s!!! How lucky to be able to look so young at that age....wonder if I will look that young when I reach 50! Yikes!! hehehe! We went out for lunch to celebrate...but I forgot to get her a cake!! Ooops! Maksu....jangan marah...I'll get you one when I come back from Alor Setar ok? hehehehe! She got presents too! Will not mention it here what they are hahahaha! Rahsiaaaaa.... :D

Made her a special dark red/marone colored card with cream and gold embellishments...I love the edges of the card where I used a scallop scissors to cut with...the flower petals are individually cut and pasted on the cards...same goes to the leaves...all cut by hand...they all look like they are dancing hehehe swaying from side to side and from up and down...I made a marone flower for the envelope...matches the card really nice. :) Happy that she loved it... :)