Miss you, my friend

Hi all, follow up to my previous post, this round about ATC from all participants.
延續之前的博文，這次分享我收到的ATC。

Oh well, I love all their creative ATCs, they all did a great job! Let's see the group photo of all ATCs.
我太鍾意她們創意的作品，真的非常棒！來看看我們ATC的團體照吧。

Herewith, the individual portrait of each ATC. :)
接下來再欣賞我朋友們的ATC個體照。

Sequence from top left to bottom right: Geam, Cleo, Pinecone, Tha, mosaic, NightRose, Ying

順序從左上到右下：純淳、Cleo、松子、Tha、mosaic、夜玫瑰、Ying

Quilled ATC

Hi, it has been over 2 months for my last update. Chinese Cari Forum's thread has been abandoned since last ATC swap in 2008. After a short chat in FB lately, we decided to come back for the swap.

The swap kicks-start someday in April, theme set as "Miss you, my friend" and deadline on June 15. During the period, I visited a lots of blog to seek for inspiration, besides, tight workflow also a cause. I was so panic whilst seeing some of the paticipants have completed their ATC.

As time draw near, I decided to use quilling for this project. Search and trial on several tutorials and then I opted for Malaysian Flower. Then began colour matching, paper trimming and layout arrangement; at last, after a few stay up late, 8 pieces ATC are completed!

Sincerely hope my partner will like the ATC I did!

兩個月的時間沒有更新了。自2008年兩回的ATC交換後，佳裡中文論壇的帖子有點荒廢了。近期在FB聊了起來，大家就卯起勁決定再來交換一次。

就這樣在四月的某天啟動了這項活動，ATC主題亦很快的定為“Miss you, my friend”，6月15日為截止日期。在寬容的時間裡，不斷地在瀏覽他人的部落格尋求靈感還是抓不到如何做這樣的主題，外加工作緊湊；接著又看到我的拍檔們逐漸完成了他們的ATC，我真的急壞了。

隨著時間的逼近，決定以捲紙來完成我的ATC。上網搜了各種捲紙花的教程並著手試玩了幾次就鎖定以捲Malaysian Flower為主。開始了選色、切紙和排列的安排；熬了幾夜總於完成了8張ATC，耶！

衷心希望我的ATC主人們會喜歡這匆忙中完成的Artist Trading Card！

Some Birdy Love You

Well, love never ends although Valentine's day is over.

嗯...雖然情人節已經過了，可是愛永不滅。

It's never too late to express your feeling, any days can be somebody's Valentine's day. And then - speak it out - I LOVE YOU!

表達自己的感覺永不太晚，每一天都可以是任何人的情人節。所以呢，大聲釋懷地說出 ─ 我 愛 你！

Be Mine

Happy New Year, all! Wishing all of you a Peaceful, Healthy and Happiness Year 2012!

Today is last day of Chinese New Year celebration, also considered as Chinese Valentine's day! I would like to wish all Chinese reader a Prosperous Year of Dragon! Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!

And now, to show my first card for 2012 - a Valentine's card~BE MINE! 

嗨大家，新年快樂！

今天是元宵節亦是中國情人節 ！我借2010年的第一張卡 — 愛心情人節卡向大家送上我的祝福 ！恭喜發財以及元宵快樂！

祝賀各位在新的一年裡「平安」、「健康」、「幸福」！！

Little Snowflakes

Hi all, this would be my last post for 2011.

Same material for the tiny snowflakes but reduce to smaller size and it was done right after the previous one. Final touch up was two days before Christmas. It was done hurry-skurry in the early morning (can even see the white glue still damping in the photo obviously) before I rush to workplace and no time for the envelope, too. It's tiny yet lovely, I like it so much!

Last but not least, wishing everyone of you have a health, happiness, and prosperous year 2012!

這將會是2011年的最後發的帖。

雪花體積縮小不過依舊採用紅色珠光紙來製作。卡片是在聖誕節兩天前匆匆忙忙的清晨完成(照片裡還可以看到未乾的白膠)，甚至在沒有信封的情況下帶著去上班并送了出去。我個人非常喜歡這兩張可愛的小卡片！

最後，祝大家在2012裡健康、幸福、富足！

Merry Christmas

Today, sharing another snowflake Christmas card.

今天分享的依舊是雪花聖誕卡。

Honestly, it's fun to play with quilling and I am in love with it! Red pearlescent paper (photo doesn't show the effect) used for this card and a diffirent design of snowflake apart from previous post. Hope everyone like it.

說是話，我開始迷戀上捲紙這門玩意兒！這次用紅色珠光紙來作有別於之前圖樣的雪花。希望大家會喜歡。

Christmas is just around the corner, wishing all of you a Merry Christmas in advance!

聖誕節已經一步步接近了，借此機會預先祝福大家聖誕快樂！

Little Chickadees Christmas

Morning all...

早安…

A quick share today, my latest two simple cards - little chickadees from the Inkadinkado-Cool Christmas clear stamp.

今天簡捷分享我最新兩張簡易的卡片，三只可愛的小山雀是Inkadinkado-Cool Christmas的透明印章。

Have a sweet weekend!

祝你有個愉快的週末！

Snowflake Christmas Card

A very good afternoon all! Today's weather is so sunny...hmm...

下午好！嗯～今天的天氣真是陽光明媚。

Still, quilling snowflake card. I used gold paper to quill the snowflakes this round,  added with striped background paper and clear embossing for the sentiment which is from Papercraft Inspirations Issue 91 free stamp.

今天，仍舊是捲紙雪花卡。這次運用了金色紙來捲，添加影印的條紋紙為背景；以透明燙凸粉蓋上Papercraft Inspiration第91期送的聖誕賀詞。

The other simple card, I used snowflake & scallop punch for another card. Same striped background paper and sentiment as above card. Added a little pearl in the middle of the snowflake and completed.

而另一張卡則極為簡單的一張卡片，以雪花和扇貝圓形打洞器來設計並在雪花中間加上了一小顆珍珠。背景用紙沒有改變，跟上述的卡是一樣。

Last but not least, Happy Thanksgiving and wish you all sweet blessings for a wonderful holiday.

最後，感恩節快樂！祝福你有個美好甜蜜的假日。

Merry & Bright

Here come another Christmas card.

It's simple and fun to make the snowflakes by quilling technique and hand written sentiment. I really like the result and the little sparkle of the center white snowflake.

再來一張聖誕卡。

這次採用了簡單有趣的捲紙做法來做三個雪花以及手寫聖誕祝語。非常喜歡做出來的結果與中間那個閃閃發光的白色雪花。

Christmas Cards

Notice a facebook event page created from a group of local handmade crafters regarding handmade card for Haiti's children. It's a meaningful and I decided to join this activity.

Initially, I was stuck in the time of process and deadline for sending is getting near. At last, I managed to finish 10 cards and sent them out early this month. There were 11 cards in this picture, the Christmas tree cupcake is dedicated to the volunteers - Dr. Winson Seow and his team for their great efforts in Haiti. All materials used for these cards are downloaded from internet and some sentiments are from alphabet stamps.

看到facebook手作族有關【情牽海地】為海地小朋友做卡片的活動號召，覺得非常有意義，心理就暗自決定要做十張聖誕卡。期間除了有點偷懶也因為太久沒有動手而卡著，當收卡截止日期一天天貼近時，就一頭栽下去猛做。終於我算盤的十張卡片在月初寄了出去。圖片裡有十一張卡，杯子蛋糕的那張卡是給偉大的蕭源盛醫生和他的工作團隊為海地兒童付出的貢獻。至於這些卡片所用的襯紙與圖案都來自於網路上免費下載以及聖誕賀詞則使用字母印章蓋的。

Surprise

...from a friend...
朋友俏來的...一份驚喜！According to her, this isn't a surprise to me as she confirms my mailing address before she sent the parcel. It reaches me a day before my birthday, this really amaze me!
她說...她把原來的驚喜扭轉了，原因是 ─ 在郵寄前向我確認了我的地址。我還是非常雀躍，當這份禮物呈現在我眼前，而且郵差叔叔還非常用心的在我生日前一天送到我家！

Ta-dah!! goodies behind the package - a handmade card and handmade fabric box. :)
郵寄包裝背後的驚喜 ─ 手作生日卡和時下盛行的手作布盒。Close up for the card design...
卡片及布盒近拍……Further, let's see what have been filled in the fabric box - four pieces patterned linen!
接著，看看布盒里藏了些什麼 ─ 四塊漂亮的亞麻布！This fabric box is perfect! Spongy top covered with linen fabric throughout the box and embellished with pretty lace at the edge; inner was covered with polka dot fabric.
這個布盒真的很棒喔！全盒用了單色亞麻布并在頂部埔棉，邊緣以純白的蕾絲裝飾；盒的內部以白色圓點布覆蓋，手工真的很好喔。

My honour to own these pressie and thank you so much to you - Samantha!
擁有這份真摯的生日禮物和祝福是我的榮幸，謝謝妳Samantha！

Valentine Card

Happy new year! Oh boy, this is a super belated new year greet!! XD

And, Chinese New Year is just around the corner! Two more days to Chinese New Year - Year of Rabbit. Suppose everyone has done the spring cleaning, putting on all CNY decos, cakes & cookies making and now is busying with the reunion dinner preparation!

I had a new year resolution this year, which is at least to produce one craft item in any kind. It could be felt sewing, cross stitching, card making, paper quilling or maybe something new and so forth. Hence, I came out with this very first item for this month (and this year!!) - a Valentine card. Pair of quilled hearts with stamped sentiment, inner page stamped with XOXO, simple and easy!

新年快樂！呵呵～這是個遲來得新年祝福。

再過兩天就是農曆新年了！相信大家已經把房子打掃乾淨并裝飾了富有年味的裝飾品以及製作蛋糕餅乾了，目前應該為準備除夕年夜飯忙著吧。

我在今年暗自許下願望，希望每個月至少有一樣作品完成。無論是不織布、十字繡、卡片製作、衍紙或其他手工製作等等。所以，在一月的最後天交上了今年的第一張卡片 - 情人節卡。一對衍紙愛心蓋上簡單的寄語，內頁蓋上了XOXO就完成了，極為簡單。

Cash Gift Envelope

This post is supposed to post on yesterday as a last card for year 2009. Due to an unexpected duty, it was postponed to post in the first day of 2010.

這篇文章原本應該在昨天發出來為我結束2009的最後手作。但是因為工作上有突發狀況而推後到2010的第一天。
Upon receipt of my best friend's wedding invitation, I attempted to make this cash gift envelope. I make a minor mistake on the measurements, thus the size is too small and can only fit Ten Malaysia Ringgit but not bigger notes. I wish I have time to do another bigger size right before his wedding to deliver my blessing after finishing my current workload.

在收到了好友的結婚邀請卡後就動手做了這張放禮金封套。因尺寸的拿捏出了點小錯誤而太小，所以不適放入面值較大的紙鈔而只能放十元的紙幣。希望忙完工作後，並在好友婚禮前再弄一張正確尺寸的封套送上我的祝福。
Again, may all of you Peace, Joy, Good Health and a Bountiful New Year!

Cute Dress Card

It has been more than a month from my last update. Well, I'm totally lazy without reason.

Today - 090909...what a special date! Thought of doing a small update, I purposely make this cute dress card. It's a free template from Stampington, print, cut and covered it with patterned paper and embellished to complete.呼～一個多月的時間沒有更新了！除了懶還是懶。

今天是一個很特別的日子 ～ 090909，所以心想著要來點小更新。因此，著手弄了這張/件可愛的娃娃裙。一張非常簡易的卡片，裙子的型版是從Stampington網站免費下載。裁出型版襯上小花紙以及小裝飾點綴就完成了。

It's a boy

June...always rumbling! Apart from lot of June brides, there are a lot of new life coming! Having 4 of my friends "upgraded" to parents, such a broody season! haa...

Initially, I was intent to do a card to my girlfriend, whose gave birth a baby girl. But with no reason, I've made "it's a boy" card instead! Perhaps I like blue colours, do not say that I am old fashion. heehee...As for baby girl card, didn't know when will I begin to make, the little girl is full month soon.

六月...總是鬧轟轟的，除了眾多六月新娘，還有很多的新生命的降臨！身邊竟有四位朋友在六月升格當媽當爸的，還真是個多產的季節唷！呵呵～～

我也被這些喜悅感染，動手做了這張卡。最初的原意是要做一張給我的好朋友，祝賀她誕下了女寶寶；可是就不知道什麼原因做起了男寶寶卡。也許是我比較喜歡藍色吧，不要說我重男輕女喔。至於女寶寶版，也不知道什麼時候會動手弄，寶寶都快彌月了！

A Simple Card

I've kept this post 3 weeks ago as I wanted to have a surprise for my friend. Well, it seems the card has lost its way to reach the destination. Can you believe it takes more than 3 weeks to post a card within Malaysia, this is ridiculous and what's wrong with our postal service??!!!

I've been experiencing lot and lot this type of problem, okay...fine...forget about it! I rather don't demolish everyone's mood.

Here it goes the pictures of my "lost" card...heehee

In this card, I used Martha Steward Heart punch on corrugated paper in different direction and overlapped on colour cardstock as we as the Leaf punch from Carla, I scraped the vein by using back of the craft knife. Lastly, I embellished with ric rac and stamped sentiment for the final touch up.

The inner is simple, I stamped the "congratulation" in between the bracket.

This is handmade envelope for the card...

因為想要給朋友驚喜，所以一直把這則寫好的帖收存快三個星期了。但是沒想到郵局再度的讓我失望。寄出快三個星期的卡片好像石沉大海般，難不成國內發送也需要多過兩個星期的時間？我們的郵局到底在搞些什麼呀？這樣的服務未免讓人心寒...吼～

算了，對遺失郵件這事我早已經麻木了，沒什麼大不了...只要習以為常就好！

還是來看看我這張卡的“遺照”吧...呸～呸～呸～這是好兆頭的卡片唷！哈哈哈...

這是一張非常簡單的卡片，主要工具是心型和葉子造型打洞器。我以不同方向在瓦楞紙上打出心型並黏貼在另外的心型色卡上，葉脈則以刀背劃；再以緞帶點綴並蓋上祝語。內頁也非常簡約，只是在括弧裡蓋上了"congratulation"罷了。

對了，卡片的封套也是我自己做的...(臭屁ing...) :Þ

PS: I'll update this blog if the addressee received this card.
注：我會修改這個帖如果手件人收到了這張卡片。

Thank you...my friend

This surprise reaches my mailbox while I was out of town. Thank you so much, my friend - Jiexi, sending such a lovely card to get rid of my low-spirited mood! She claimed that this card was made in the early day when she begun her making card. It's my honor to have it!

*muak*

Thanks

It has been two months apart from my last post. I was just idling away my time and unable to rivet on crafts making. Between times, I went to Singapore to meet up a few good friends and go to Malacca for attending a girl friend's wedding ceremony! It was a great time to talk about old days!

Phew! I made a card eventually! It was in process about two months to complete, as mentioned, I was unable to focus and no idea on paper positioning, colour matching, stamp image selecting (as I've no much stamps in my collection...*sob*) and image colouring. Anyway, I'm quite satisfied with the result of my card, though there is many progressive space compare to those masters. I'll keep up with my skill.

距離我上一個PO已經是兩個月前的事了。懶散是最大的因素，無法集中在手工製作。此外，我也走了一趟新加坡，主要是和一班好朋友見面敘舊並一同前往馬六甲參加好友的婚禮！真是一舉多得之旅，呵呵！

終於，今天完成了這張卡...呼！半成品從二月拖到今天才正式把它給完成，一直沒有概念要怎麼排方位；用什麼圖案(擁有的印章太少了 T_T)和該怎麼上色的問題等等等...困擾！不過，我還挺滿意的這樣的結果，當然和高手們還有很多的進步空間...我會繼續加油的！扛八爹唷！

Gift Card Holder - Happy 1st Birthday

Just back from birthday party hours ago, and this gift card holder was made in a hurry for my department head's daughter 1-year-old birthday.

I was inspired by Dawn's idea while browsing her blog yesterday, hence I decided to make my own gift card holder instead of using regular "ang pow" package (red envelope).

I trimmed the edge of A4 pink cardstock to fit the cash size and score lines according to Dawn's tutorial and sealed with double sided tape for the 3 sides. Trim & punch the side and red embossing "Happy Birthday" by Heidi Swapp clear stamp on the inner leaf. Printed "Happy 1st Birthday" cut in scallop shape by pattern scissors on the cover and tie the ribbon to complete.

匆忙的完成了這張禮卡就趕往祝福上司女兒一週歲的慶生。

點子來自於Dawn的教學，昨天無意間瀏覽到她的部落格卻激起我動手的意念。於是決定自己弄張禮卡來取代一般用紅包袋的俗氣。

CNY cards

Good evening everyone! Trust all of you are well.

How's everyone Chinese New Year celebration? Mine was dull. Other than visited several relatives and colleagues, I was stay at home enjoying the foods & drinks during my 2 days festive holiday. This make me feel idle, don't even bother to turn on my computer, hence neither crafts making nor blog updating.

Back to the topic, I was received 2 Chinese New Year cards this year, not bad huh! Sending greeting cards no longer a trend nowadays, most of my friends will send their greetings through sms or e-cards. Thus, these 2 cards are my precious! One of the card was from a friend in Singapore and other one was from Ciyou. I'm lucky enough to own Ciyou's handmade card without participate her giveaway. Thanks, my friends!嗨，朋友們！元宵節那天你拋柑、猜燈謎了麼？我...沒有！

呵呵...你們的春節假期過的精采嗎！我僅有的兩天假期，除了到幾位親戚家和同事家串串門子，幾乎都待在家吃吃喝喝睡睡，宅到不行亦極度墮落！也因為這樣造就了我的惰性，就連摁電腦開機鍵都嫌麻煩。

自從網路和手機發達起來後，身邊的朋友幾乎都以電子的方式來傳送寄意和祝福。想當初自己也是非常興奮地以這些簡易又方便的方式，之後也興致索然；總覺得缺少了份親切。但是，也沒有激起我跑郵局寄賀卡的行動...嘻！

話說回來，今年還不錯喔！懶懶的我還有收到兩張賀卡呢！一張是從新加坡寄來的，另一張是Ciyou寄來的唷！嘿嘿...我不必參加她的giveaway就可以收到她的作品！很高興！很意外！！謝謝妳嚕～～

Lunar Eclipse on 9th February (15th day of Chinese New Year).
元宵節那天的月蝕。