happy Valentines day everyone :D

Hi everyone,

Just another busy week this year with valentine's day today (or you just call it thursday) and a happy Chinese to everyone celebrating it! :D Due to the tight schedule, I'm actually doing this during my boring lesson. Had no time but brought a few roses and separated, packed them nicely for the people. (roses are expensive on that day.)

You can try a different kind of card below at papermarket blog!

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Play hard.

A card I made for my school senior who is an avid triathlete which have completed ironman. Yeah, that really crazy long endurance race. I made a long shot to guess that his favourite colour is green. (I'm basing this on the fact that his shoes are really luminous bright green, but I'm not sure.) Its a pretty long time since I have ever made cards and I had to scratch my head real hard to think of making one in the wee hours at night. 

I could find anyone cool muscular looking papers that depict a person running, cycling and running so I actually used his picture in one of his races. (I'm sure its one of his happy moments) Printed it and photocopied on a transparency before doing it. 

I looks a little plain before but i actually did added a few more embellishments before calling it a night. Hopefully I will post a photo of it if I have the chance. I just realise you can see the pile of textbooks behind it. :(

Here's a close up of the card. I actually use the ironman logo for the card a well. It made the card look cooler. haha.

All the best to you, eugene lim!

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How to make a card.

Recently taught a friend to make a card. Not to difficult to make one!

1. Choose a base and cut to size. 
2. Add pattern and cut to desire size.

3.  Stick on the papers to base.

4. Add ribbons and embellishments and of course your greetings. 

Ta-daaaah! You are done. :D Anyone making one for me?

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share the enjoy.

 Made a card for betty! Totally love making it. Actually kinda stress la, had to make sure its up to standard. we actually wanted betty to guess who is the one who made the card but someone leaked the secret out! You can see the full card on Laine's Blog Its really fun to be in this community where sometimes a little handmade gift can go a loooong way. Nice to make a new friends too! I'm way behind updating my blog links so here's some I'm going to share with you to enjoy, they are really inspirational as for every scrapper.
Here are some colleagues of mine whom I'm really proud to have them as friends. (going to update them on my sidebar...)
Grace - really friendly and nice teacher with loads of talent!
Jaz - sharon was asking me why I call her Amazing Jaz, haha. Look at her blog to find out! She recently made me an album, I'm waiting for her to post on her blog. (really really touched.) you gotta see!
Shirley - she has a wealth of experience in the field (I'm talking about her like a scientist. Heh heh.) and is really creative :)

Love the quote I got from the ice-cream tub: "Share the joy, enjoy the goodness." YUM!

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Random a little.

A few things I made but I didn't have time to share... A assignment made for a school's notice board. Never in the mind I had done such a HUGE CANVAS before. They are actually going to frame it up with glass panels and everything. How cool is that!!! I added extra glue to hold everything in place just in case, hope it stays the same after centuries. It would amazing if I see it the same after many decades. (cosmo cricket stickers are soooo nice to work with! heh heh!) I had to make another replica of it to be placed at the primary school as well!

Just to show messy it got: because it was such a huge canvas, I had to work on the floor. Its like a warzone after completing those 2 boards! (Kinda fun!) I had the boards shrink wrapped very safely when it was done!

 A sign I made after teaching a class at papermarket! Sometimes its just so fun to make what other people thinks are scraps and turn them into something nice. Imagine all these are just left over stickers and scrap papers!

Also, a extremely simple card I made for my academic writing professor, he was a pretty good prof so he darn well deserve a card! Haha, But I had this card for many years! Machine stitch is done by my mum. That I cant do... :)




A little busy period peaked up again! But I'll try to keep everything in place! Till then, smile! Pin It

goobye

Here are the cards I made last year or this year which I kinda forgot or lazy to post, some cards i left out to take photos like wai leong's card which i was very happy when it was completed because it took quite a huge amount of time but went out well. the above card was for Lynnette and the guitar was cut out by my digital cutter.

Also hannah's and lynnette's christmas card which I got them godiva chocolates.But I forgot to take photo of their cards. (where's my christmas presents? just kidding.)

I know christmas is a long way but not only i forgot to post this but i also forgot to give this card to the person! guess who?

A card I made for my dear friends which I made before I went overseas which he is supposed to send me off so i could pass it to him. But in the end, I still managed to send him via air mail. But when it is reached him, he is coming back in a month time! The red die-cut is actually a map of Switzerland done by my digital cutter again! And i decided to save paper and printed a photo to use a frame inside. actually i did not notice it until my other friend pointed out the spelling mistake... as my scrapbook friends always says, never spell late at night!! it will always go wrong!! Done with card making.

Now, to start with scrapbooking....

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

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who is out there?

I know its been many many many months since i last blogged! so i decided to change the look of my blog, but i can't seem to solve the problem of the pop-up from my blog. can anyone help? Its has also been many months since i done any cards or scrapbook. So 2 months back, but i did manage to do quite a few completed works before I left my national services and made some cards. it took me like quite long because I used computer to make these cards so please don't judge if its not nice! (i was at work at it since 10- 4.30a.m in the morning!!!)

the cards below are for my hardworking colleagues which had photos at the back so its more like a post card and i made use of a leftover cut and painted to get that shape. and i did a 'thank you' stamp with quite a lot of writing which made my hand really painful from all that writing!

the last card here took the longest for my boss, which i had to do quite a lot of painting (which you can't see) I painted the pattern paper with diluted blue acrylic paint because it is just too bright and due to my tiredness and lack of time i decided to just ink the bottom pattern paper instead of painting it (which i bet look better if i did it with painting) the die-cut of the artillery gun also had like 3 coats of paint because i can't decided the right tone for the card. i finished it with a nice rub-on for the words.

Then for rest of the people which I didn't had the time to make cards to express my gratitude for all the help they had to make my life easier and more meaningful, i decided to hold a little steamboat celebration! 

Thanks for memories! i am ready to start a new chapter in my life so watch out for more update! (i promise will blog at least once each week!)

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Cards and such.....

i made a few cards for my good friends while suffering as a trainee. I took the opportunity to make for them but i forgot 1 person that should thank too! so sorry my friend! give me time, okay? let see, i give you after i ORD?

right now, things are REALLY sucky. back from M.C, and there is many many things to teach and learn, i am pretending i know what i'm teaching but i am kinda unsure! seriously pissed off with people that wants to rage a war with me at the start of 2010.

things like these wouldn't happen. It should be ONWARDS! and so, i am putting in my bestest (there's no such word, only exist in army) effort to teach my men and put in more time to learn from the gun. ha, i am taking note with them and i think they seriously enjoy me being there learning with them. I think it makes them feel like inferior. That's a good thing, hopefully i be less of an ass to keep punishing and talking like a old uncle. I pass the word limit to talk for today by a LOT. more post to come. if i'm free.

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Recuperating.

I am quite busy during these few weeks (surprisingly) and staying home has not been an bored "option" for me as there seems to be TONS and TONS of things to do and and i haven't finish them half way yet... at the end of the year there is always things to finish up. So i begin to wrap up the year by starting to burn DVDs for my 13,000 pictures for this year alone. I think i would used up to 9 DVDs for this.
At the end of the year, it is always good to give thanks to your friends. And i gathered my tools early and started making those cards for my great FH friends who suffered with me throughout these 13 weeks. Meanwhile, they will start to enjoy while i suffer for the rest of my army days (or daze). I shall not post those photos of the cards in case they haven't open them yet but here's 2 close snapshots of the cards i already gave my 2 good friends. I love making these cards and it took quite a lot of my time! Hence, i am now quite caught up as i have to prepare for my last week of rest before i gonna suffer.

Ice-cream is my best friend. like seriously, you can go without food and have this because it is just so darn freakin' good! (no swearing... i leave that in camp.) Yep, this is a photo of my real life-saver who has endure with me through thick and thin all these time after my surgery. I am so glad that i had 4 tubs to survive cause cold porridge mixed with mashed potato is sufferable after 4 days with it. More OLD update to come as i realise that i have old posts that have been secretly kept (as in away from my own sight) in blogger so prepare to look at the old times. Pin It

Uncertainty

Next week is going to be a tough one for me- going to a new unit, experiencing a different feel of the way things would work there, or whether it will be the same as the last time where things are so inflexible, some people are just mean and give you an extra without putting their mind into it. Or you'll see more screwed up things there,with people giving you wrong information and cause you or others into huge trouble and that he doesn't realise it. Loads of sighs now and then as the thought of it just cross over my mind and with so many good people not with me around, it just makes things harder to work out. The book WS lent me was a great read as i suffered througout the course, i could connect to it, seeing how it was hard to be left alone bare in this world. I seriously don't know why i was posted there and the reasons given to me are totally illogical and myopic, just like the last 13 weeks. More to come.

The second thing i'm worried about is the surgery that is happening next week, those tonsils and nose block has been making me sick all the time and almost caused a fever that could send me straight to the hospital. These got to stop, so surgery is the only option. which i have not been prepared yet, as i have no time to think about it and concentrated on the course. i wouldn't how bad it will feel and i probably may need to stay in the hospital after surgery depend on the doctor's orders. sigh.... scarey operation + alone hospital stay. on a side note, i have a e-mail to send which cause me more distress as i feel that problems are going to pile on and people starts thinking that its all my fault. How am i gonna block out or let in? Next week is real hard.

(p.s: 2 cards i made for my dear friends who made the course so much better when there are some jerks around. especially thanks to kk for suffering with me and had endless worries that almost had me a heart attack. more cards and work to be done.)

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where was I?

sorry to keep you guys waiting so long! i was seriously lazy and was totally irritable in these 12 weeks so i had no motivation and time. (note:i have no time again... thanks to the &*^%^ FH course) but after so long i have decided to blog, seeing that you guys have been looking at that stupid 70-300mm camera lens for so long... so i added more lenses for you guys to see! (not that you're bored already) I made this card not to long ago for our sergeant secret as agreed by my detachment members who think that he deserves some recognition for his role as in instructor. Hope he doesn't tell the rest and rub it in their face... opps!
I brought a prime lens and a BETTER zoom lens which i THINK i am statisfied.... the new camera flash excites me like crazy! however, one MAJOR drawback to this flash is that it makes noises! I seriously need to try them out more often...
This with my camera added-on features, i think i'm gonna have soooooo much trouble carrying it! I am just super happy now that my nightmare is over but i'm really afraid the worst is yet to come in my new posting serving the nation. sigh... till then, SMILE, say cheese!
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Better not Pout.

Its this time of the year again. We meet up, celebrate talk, drink and enjoy. Time travel really fast, and soon, its new year already. of course, what's christmas without sending any cards? So i did some cards (only 2 however) but i did enjoy making them and i hope those who recieved them will enjoy it as well.

Meanwhile, getting presents is the hardest part of all! You don't know what the person wants and racking your brain out to find a suitable present that is within your price range isn't easy at all. I'm still looking for though christmas eve is today!!!

I hope everyone will have a enjoyable christmas and not feel lonely at this joyful period of the year. You better not pout!

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Unbearable.

Technically, my a-level examinations are not yet over. I still have one paper left but the feeling of it ending and never seeing that school makes me real happy. So need a rest from 2 years and stress and hardwork. Meanwhile, i'm planning to working and put up a good post-a-level's list where i get to complete the things i need to do 2 years ago. Now, I hope that the time ahead of me doesn't end and i would be able to enjoy the most of it.

It been such a long time since i blogged, though there are loads of photos but these are the ones i'll put up first.

The 2 cards (above): I went home to find that my cousin was waiting for me in my room. Though tired, i managed to get the 2 cards done for her teacher's day card. I so tired, i feel asleep right after finishing, unware of her presence.



Construction NOISE: I so have to say f*** to these ash*** who are building within metres of housing estates and making so much noise early in the morning, starting at 8 and ending at 11p.m!!! You know how freaking idoitic that was?!? Unable to end your sleep later and start your sleep earlier?

It made my room so uncondusive for studying! I totally need to complaint! It totally unglify the land and worse, polluting it with so much constructing vehicles (cranes, trucks) I have an ugly view from my window now. The land was to be so nice, though I don't mind them making it ugly, but the noise is just to much to bear.




I totally need a rest, studying so hard. They say: "JC only 2 years what?!?!" but little do they know, how unbearable it was. And i thought 'hey, its over' But no, looking out my window, I HEAR that i'm still suffering. Pin It

Struggling.

I love taking photos with my new CANON DSLR! But such i pity that i couldn't take it around more and spend more time learning from it. However, whenever I have the chance, I would defintely try my very best to take more of life. But its now just studies and me. Oh yes, its name is called: Paige. Though i normally call it 'baby', it turn most heads around when i say that in school and thoughts of me being crazy due to over-studying...lol.





















Here's probably the last card I would be able to make before my A level kicks in. A happy 19th birthday card to shan hong.


















So Its study study study now....but its getting so bored of it. Pin It