Colour Challenge and card-y business

I’ve been WAITING for this week’s colour challenge because I’m home everyday and i went to laine’s to top up my supplies! And it’s here! yay!

I FINALLY got a circle cutter. after thinking about it for months.
And i’m soooooo happy about my purchase that i just had to use it when i made my card today. heh.

This card and more selling at cardsncraft.wordpress.com

And mummy says she needs a card for her colleague, so i gave her my stash of cards (seen and unseen on my blog) and she wanted a card on transparencies. And my previous attempts on transparencies card er.. just didn’t go very well. So i did some research on the net. And came up with this!

All i can say is… research pays off..
yes.. even for things like making cards.

I did take a picture of it with white background behind but i figured out that i like that I’m able to see through the card. Sooo my card AND my window grills.

*EDIT* OHHHHH how can i forget!??!??! credit for clear card idea to Jennifer Mcquire who graciously shared her idea on youtube. Thanks!

 

Colour Challenge #4 – i love you

In light of valentine’s day, i just have to create some lovey dovey cards even if the colour combination isn’t the most conventional “love” colour. Wellllll true love comes in many different colours and forms what!!! haha

And of course… also selling it…. at the usual place…

I think my gums have been inflammed. Cos gums at my left bottom wisdom tooth is swollen and red and VERY achy. And it’s affecting my cheeks! Cos it’s swollen. And for the time being, i can’t chew anything there. So my right side teeth are getting tired from all that extra chewing. I think i need to see a dentist…

I don’t know if there’s any link, but my left ear has been perpetually blocked ever since i woke up with that inflammed gum.

Another mass interview today left me soooo tired. It’s the feeling that you get after you come back from a hectic youth camp that you just organised. So yeah. Extra tired this week, plus it’s going to be a early, long day tomorrow. So God, need your strength even more in the next week as i trudge through it without a good weekend’s rest.

And thanks othniel! for being so enthu about my card thingy. and making this.. i dunno what thing so that he can effectively advertise for me. THANK YOU!

 

Challenge #4 and spring cleaning

With the tradition of yearly spring cleaning, our family decided to start earlier so that we wouldn’t die on CNY eve. and we can slowly clear out the trash. So it was cleaning out the room and looking through the cards and diary entries. and just decided that some has just got to go… haha

So now i’m suffering from the after math of dust and uncleanliness that my eyes beheld when i was cleaning out my stuff. So i did some cards to recover. haha stupid…

ANYWAY…

 

The ribbon was from a packaging.. haha reuse, reduce, recycle ok.. WE”RE GOING GREEN!

Haha i just said that because i just received an email at work to remind everybody to off all electronic applicances before we leave the office because it’s good to be GREEN.

 

Challenge #3

I’ve been wanting to participate EVERY WEEK! but…. the challenege always ends on Thursday night, and i usually have no brain cells left active at the end of a weekday.. so.. i’m very glad that this week’s design challenge ends on a weekend night.

Anyway… tada..

 

Wellllll i gotta admit that it’s not THAT close to the colours involved, but at least it has a tinge of the colours required in this challenge.. haha what’s important.. is that I’VE MADE A CARD! which is a challenge by itself considering what is on my plate at the moment.

 

2nd design challenge and a short update

    

It’s off day today! (because i’ve been hard at work 2 Saturdays ago) and besides watching DVDs, and going over to a friend’s house for dinner. This is what i’ve been up to.

This challenge was rather tricky because i didn’t have the colours stated, i took some time just searching out the colours and arranging and rearranging it to make sure that everything coordinated. A christmas card in non christmas colours. Don’t you just loveeeee the ribbon! PS Daiso. They sell lots lots lots of satin ribbons. The only thing is curbing your spending there. Anyway it’s like the nicest knot i’ve tied so far on all my cards.

Update: (Super short)

I’m doing well in my new office.. Although i still need some time getting used to the early timing and full day work. But colleagues has been real nice and i heard that there’s a quarterly cell group there too. So i might pop over to take a look.

Oh ya. marigold chocolate milk is the best!

Oh i’m selling this too. http://cardsncraft.wordpress.com

 

Freelancer

After staying at home for almost a month, i decided to try my hands on something new. So one day while i was watching TV on Channel 8, i looked at ebay and think, why don’t I just put my cards online to sell it there. Just for fun, see whether anyone would actually be willing to buy something like that. So, i did! i registered an account with them and listed my product but before it actually got listed, i realise that i had to pay them a meagre amount of money to have it listed there. Since I was just trying this idea out, i didn’t want to spend anything.

Then, i got a little bit excited, so i went in search for a online ad site which i can post my items free and i found www.sg88db.com.sg and i posted up ONE card there. And slowly made an online blog where i can host my items. The next day, a guy called me. At first i thought it was a call to go for an interview. Until i realised that he’s calling my sg88db and he wanted to feature my story on their website!!!

Haha so after a week of liasing.. this is what was produced!

http://sg.88db.com/sg/Knowledge/Knowledge_Detail.page?kid=11818

And now.. i’m an official freelance card maker. haha

And i guess, right now, i’m still in the stage of trying things out. No, i haven’t sold a card yet. Maybe cos there isn’t much products to sell anyway. Hopefully I’ll get a sale soon, Maybe…… nearer to Valentines ah.. haha

For now.. i’ll just enjoy myself making these cards. So my scrapbooking supplies are parked next to my table as opposed to in my room, in case any bout of inspiration comes.

http://cardsncraft.wordpress.com/

I talked to my mom and she very excited. But the only one small problem is, I’m starting my full time job next week and i read the employment contract, I’m not suppose to have any other source of income unless it’s been approved by the company. So……. it’s down to declaring this to the company and getting clearance from them. I should la ah.. if not wait kena fired for nothing.

 

My first design challenge

I’ve always wanted to try my hand on something like that. And since I had time to spare today… not for much long though. I did a design challenge. muahahha.

 

 

yay… this wasn’t my original design though.. wanted to put the words in a circle, but it didn’t work out.. And! i wanted to put a big fat felt “4″ instead of “for” but i didn’t have the right colour of alphabet stickers.

But. i like this toooooo. And very proud of myself for completing a challenge…

*CLAP HANDS!!!*

 

Dry seasons

They come… after a rainy season. Because if it’s not rainy, it’s dry. haha

 

This week hasn’t been a smooth sailing week i must say. With so many issues important to me at this stage of my life bombarding me at one time, i felt like helpless rag doll being thrown around, hit by the things that come my way. Unable to make a stand, unable to affect my circumstances. What seemed to be a “noble”, “God-inspired” decision, suddenly turns around and slaps me on the face, shoots me at the feet, leaving me with that familar 自作自受 conclusion.

 

But after having a tears-at-the-brim-of-my-eyes,-biting-my-lips-hard,-blinking-my-eyes-so-much-so-that-tears-wouldn’t-fall conversation on the way home, I was given a different perspective. To look at things from another angle, place God’s kingdom and eternal purpose once again at the center of all life’s events and allowed me to see that Christianity is so much more. I went out with certain questions in my  heart, practical issues that one could never run away from. I didn’t ask these questions and naturally don’t have the answers to them. But these questions are tamed down, because God’s currency, God’s kingdom, God’s system is in another dimension where though these questions are valid, they don’t have to be answered before I start moving.

 

Not that i’ve already got all my ducks in a row, not that i’ve already attained it. But i press forward to that higher calling, upward goal in Christ. So that I will one day have that abundant life Jesus came to give.

 

All these are just part of the preparation. May i be ready when He calls.

 

God, save me from myself!

I’m 22, and yet when emotion rages in me. I tend to want to do childish things…

Like lose my temper and scream at somebody, or fling my hands in despair and walk away, or wallow in self pity, or kill somebody (ok la.. i’m kidding about that one..)

But.. what can i gain from that..

 

 

Just go and do the right thing

Pearle is my Just-go-and-do-the-right-thing friend. And i think it partially comes from her simple desire to be right with God only. In contrast to me, when sometimes I just think too much about the consequences of my actions rather than just doing what God ask. Everyone needs a friend like Pearle, to set perspective right and by her simplicity of facing decision making in life and her trust in God that He will be with her through every aspects of her life. And of course to Wilfred and Pastor Phua who just have to share the right message at the right time. And to God who diligently chase after me, just so that I’ll draw closer to me through this.

It wasn’t a big decision, neither was it a big issue, neither did it has disastrous consequences in doing what God ask me to do. But it did deal with several big issues in my life that I’ve been asking God to deal with. Always, always be careful what you pray for.. muahhaha because God hears prayers.

Anyway everything is over. And I’m so relieved. The big stone in my heart that has been there since Saturday night, lasted through the whole of Sunday and this morning is finally gone. Praise God for His grace.

“Let God face the music with you” Pearle