Winner of October 2012 Blog Giveaway

Finally it's done! I got the name of the winner for my October blog giveaway. Yay!! She followed the rules correctly and was lucky enough to be chosen by Random.Org as the winner. Thank God for Random.Org...otherwise, things would be even more difficult for me to pick a winner each month hehehe.

The lucky person who will receive all the rubberstamps is Sathya!!!! Yayyy!! Congrats to you! Hope you will email me your details so that I can post the prize to you as soon as possible.

I'm still thinking of what to give away for November......no idea yet...huuhuuuu.......I hope I can come up with an idea soon on what to give my readers.....something special of course ;)

I'm sorry for not being able to update my blog as often as I would like to lately.....this is all due to my ill health. Been struggling to get better and I really hope things will get better for me soon. Do pray for my good health ya so that I can keep on creating! Love you all for your continuous support and love and motivation.....it gives me the strength to carry on with crafting! ;) XXX

October 2012 Blog Giveaway

Hello everybody! ^.^

It is now time for giveaway number 10! Oh my goodness.....we are getting closer and closer to the end of the year huhu....

As you can see, this time around I'm giving away another set of self cling rubber stamps.....huhu...I still don't have the time to prepare much since my schedule these days are so crazy....been crazy busy the past few months. Hope you like my humble giveaway....the stamps will come together with the handmade box I made....you can make so many kinds of projects with it! All up to your imagination ;).

I really hope you would read carefully the rules for this giveaway and follow them so that you won't get left out from winning this giveaway. The rules are very easy to follow and are listed below:

Everyone with a BLOG is eligible to enter it. I don't accept entries with links from Facebook. Please read the instructions carefully:

1. "LIKE" my Facebook Fan Page . Do click on the Like button which you can find at the top right corner of my blog.

2.  "FOLLOW" my blog.

3. Copy the photo of this giveaway and add it at the sidebar of your blog with a link that leads back to this giveaway post.

4. Write your name and your blog url link at Mr. Linky's widget below.

 
5. You can only enter once...please do not enter more than once using different blogs links. I only allow 1 participant per entry. Those who fail to comply to the rules will be deleted from the list.

 

This little giveaway runs from today till 11.59pm on 31th of October 2012. I shall announce the name of the lucky winner during the first week of November 2012. Thank you so much for participating!!! ;) 

BLOG GIVEAWAY OFFICIALLY CLOSED!

Hanging photo frames

 

QF006

I got a request to make two 6R size photo frames....first time for me to make photo frames this big....because usually it's just the small type which is the 4R photo frames.....so this request was quite a challenge for me to do.....especially since my customer wants photo frames that she can hang on the wall.

She was very interested in my earlier designs....which is the QF001 and the QF002 photo frames.....she requested that one of the design for the frames must be made in purple and pink colour combination....a first for me as well....coz I don't think I've ever done that combination for any of my quilled photo frames before. 

QF007

The 6R photo frames are about double the size of the 4R photo frames.....therefore, more quilled flowers had to be made to fill up the sides of the frames. Each frame has a plastic cover that will protect the photo...but I find that the bigger the frame the more tricky it gets in inserting the photo inside the frame.... I still prefer making smaller photo frames. Much easier to handle.

But I do like the ribbon part that is used to hang the frame.....I added some medium sized plastic beads to make sure the ribbons doesn't slip....it will stay in place always....plus it's also part of the decoration. Still got more frames to make....hopefully I'll improve more in design and function. :)

Sahabat selama-lamanya

HB107

Another request from my customer who was interested in my HB084 birthday card.....but in this case she wanted two birds instead of just one resting on the branches. The two birds symbolizes herself and her best buddy....that's why the title of this post is "Sahabat selama-lamanya" (Friends forever). She also requested to reduce the amount of branches on the card.....the HB084 card had too many on it....over crowded I guess....so she just wanted a simple one....and that's why I had to recreate the layout for this one.

The pop up cake inside the card is 99.9% the same design except for the fire on the candles, I changed it from yellow ochre to orange....I think orange is a better choice of colour hehe. The quilled birds has a small sequin flower on their heads....which was not added in my earlier design and the bird in the earlier design was a bit on the plum side ahahaha....whereas in this design, they are a lot slimmer. Actually in most of my recent card designs that has quilled birds on it, the birds are made in slimmer versions....I don't know why but I just love the slimmer versions better than the earlier designs I've made before. 

It was fun making the birds again....been awhile since I last made them. I still got more of the same design to make for other customers. So I guess, the fun continues! ;)

 

Winner of September 2012 Blog Giveaway

The September 2012 Blog Giveaway has finally come to an end last Sunday. I was a bit busy so I'm a bit late in announcing the name of the winner. So today finally after spending some time checking out the list of participants, Random.org has picked a winner. And the winner for the September 2012 Blog Giveaway IS ---------------> LUCKY NUMBER 22! Miss Ruzanna Rahman ! 

Congratulations Miss Ruzanna Rahman  for winning the rubber stamps. Hope you can email me your full details so that I can post the rubber stamps to you soon.

Thank you all who have participated in my giveaway.  66 participants altogether. Actually there were more people who participated in this giveaway but quite a few did not follow the instructions given therefore had to be deleted from the list. Really sorry about that. There are still people who do not seem to understand the rules. The giveaway is strictly for bloggers only....so entries with links from Facebook are not allowed. Thank you for all your support in entering my giveaway. Appreciate it very much 

I will be holding another giveaway for October, but will probably blog about it later this week....due to my busy schedule.....hope to get it done soon.....do check it out and enter ya! Thanks again everyone!! <3

Be Yourself Lin!

It's my birthday today! Yup! Feeling a little old on the outside but on the inside I'm still the little girl from Alor Setar who is jumping up with joy because I get to celebrate my birthday today! Yay! Alhamdulillah....praise to Allah....for giving me another year to enjoy life on earth with my loved ones.

Another reason why I'm jumping up with joy is because I received this wonderful birthday card from my dear friend Sandi Staley all the way from USA. She made this card herself. I'm so happy! I didn't expect it at all. I love surprises!

The reason why I decided to feature this card today is because of the wordings on the card itself. It's so special, so uplifting and it really made my day. The design is so simple, love the blue and black combination.....especially the blue since it's my favourite colour.....love the design of the stamp inside the card so much.....Sandi is very good at making her card designs look simple yet very attractive at the same time. I've always loved her card designs.

Thank you so much Sandi.....it really means a lot to me....knowing and considering what you are going through the pass few months, it makes it even more special that you took the trouble to send me the card and gifts.....I feel very blessed indeed.... <3 <3 <3

28/9/2012 - I just found out today from Sandi that there is a fridge magnet on the card!! Sandi made the small piece on the card as a fridge magnet! I never knew that! She used a magnet sheet and paste it at the back of the wordings.....it's hidden with layers of paper...so you won't be able to see it, but it works! As you can see from the photo above, I was able to stick the small wording on the white board....just like a fridge magnet! Cool! Love the idea!! ^.^

Alphabets in photo frames

QF002 (With alphabets)

Look familiar? Yes, it's an old design but with a new twist to it :). There is a slight addition to it as per request from my dear customer. Yes, I've added some foam alphabets and a multicoloured quilled heart to it. Actually,  I was supposed to make quilled alphabets. But unfortunately I'm still not good at making them huhuhuu... :(. I've tried a few times but failed because the alphabets that I tried to make were a bit too small. Perhaps if it was a little bigger in size, I would be able to do it. I'm still not good at it yet >.<. Must practice more!

I had no problem remaking the quilled flower arrangements on the photo frame except for the quilled alphabets. Thank God I had those foam alphabets at hand. They really saved the day! hehehe! Lucky for me, my customer didn't mind it at all when I wanted to use them for the frames. She is so sweet!! ;) This is the first time I'm using the foam alphabets. I bought them some time ago so that I can use them for my handmade cards but in the end, I used them for these photo frames instead. Perhaps one day I'll use them for my handmade cards. I still have no new ideas yet for that. It will come to me soon.....the ideas will come....I just don't know when...... hahahahaha :D.