Christmas Gift Bags

This year's Get-Together was much earlier than the previous years, and it kinda got me really nervous. Thank goodness I had been really active in the card-makings and finished all the birthday cards for November and December ahead of time.

The assembled gift bags that include a crochet bee accessory, a dorayaki and a tiny card. Haha so this is a post that uses up all my labels.

The cute bunny gift bags was bought on Qoo10.sg and I simply can't resist. I know I have some gift bags stashed away somewhere in my stationery stocks, but it can't hurt buying something new 'once in a while', right?

Made some really simple mini cards with printed Hello Kitty pictures. Realizing at the same time that, simple things can take up a lot of time when you make a lot of them.

Will be posting the recipe and crochet pattern separately really, really soon. So stay around~!

Balloon Themed - Lingx

Had some problems thinking of a theme for this one. With Tweety Bird popping into my head for countless times due to an ancient inside joke we share. So decided to make use of the beautiful buttons I bought recently and add in that cutie Tweety Bird.

Fell in love with buttons since the previous time I used them to highlight the music notes. So for this card, with the upgraded buttons, I also added knitting wool and cotton wool. It's really amazing how everything in life seems to intertwine with each other so perfectly.

This would be the first time I've made a card in portray. Thus I had a tough time, cracking my head for pop-up ideas. Searched the net and squeezed all my brain juice dry, but there was nothing.

The result - Simple banners and balloons with some wool for depth, and Tweety being the highlight. Well, I made an effort not to glue those balloons flatly, making them curl slightly instead. Hahaha I'm not totally convinced myself, but let's just say that it compensates for the pop-up. =D

Ending the card with a nice Mashimaro letter, which I had stashed away for a long, long time.

Snoopy Fan - Desmond

Finally it's December. The year really flew past in a flash.

This card will explain all the previous Snoopy-themed cards, since this December Baby is a big fan of Snoopy. A really simple card with Snoopy comic strips cut-out for the front.

And ending with Snoopy working on his story, giving the excuse for such a simple card. (hahaha) But still, it's adorable.

Jack of All Trades

The first card on this blog for Elizabeth is the 1-year-mark for my card-making journey. It was just birthday letters when I first begun. Honestly, I'm rather surprised that I managed to do it till now, since I'm the kind of person with too many interests and too little 'energy' to pursue them.

Baking, Guitar, Knitting, Cooking, Card-Making, and the list goes on. I wouldn't say that I have the 'passion' for these, because 'Passion' seems too strong a word for me. I simply enjoy doing them. Now with the planning, designing, researching in the office and the record-keeping on Blogger, I hope it keeps me on long enough for me to get better at them.

But I am glad that the fact that there are always something new to learn never fails to amaze me, and that is probably the main reason that kept me going most of the time.

=For a wise man once told me, Continuation is Power.=