Thankful

Am thankful for the little things in life.... like being able to sleep in when tired, to be able to stay up late into the night when absorbed in creative work.... to be able to take time out to read a book... to have my kitty accompanying me when I'm working.... and lots more. 

I remind myself to be grateful to the little things in life once in a while. Especially when I'm drained or stressed. I forget sometimes and complain nuts but today, I just feel thankful :)

Sharing a Thank You card I made.... very apt for what I'm feeling today :)

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Believe

I want to thank God for a wonderful week and I'm believing in more wonderful weeks in the future. You know, I'm actually writing this in advance... It's Monday now but I'm claiming God's goodness, blessings and favour for a wonderful week ahead and come Friday, I want to give Him thanks for all that has taken place :)

It takes a lot to be strong but even more to be courageous, isn't it? and it takes a lot of perseverance and self-motivation to get a lot of things going. As I've mentioned earlier, Procrastination has been trying to engage in a close friendship with me but I've been trying to shake him off. I don't mind him as a casual friend but not as a close buddy... no no no... I prefer the company of Motivation, Hardwork and Perseverance and I have to make effort to be best buddies with those 3 chums instead! :)

Wish me luck ya?! :P

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Here's my card. I want to prepare to thank Him for his goodness.... :)


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blooming~~

Sharing another card that I made some time ago.... Like I said, I made quite a few cards during my one week leave before I started my new job a month ago... and because I have not really had the time to share a lot of the cards I made, I still have some to show you :P

Of course, I'm going to make time to craft for a few weekly sketches too, else I will go bonkers! I need my crafting to keep me sane!

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I think I have to be more diligent in keeping myself sane... here's to going home at 7pm latest and having a bit of work-life balance of sorts! :P Hope it materializes :Da

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Starbucks Thank You :)

I made a thank you card for a colleague last week because she was kind enough to give me the Starbucks 2010 planner redemption stamps. In case things are different in Starbucks around the world, every year for quite a number of years now (can't remember how many), Starbucks allows you to redeem a yearly planner once you collected the allocated number of stamps required.

Usually it takes me a looOoong time to get all the stamps (with the exception of last year.... they allowed us to purchase it) but this colleague of mine has already redeemed 2 planners and gave me her extra redemption booklet :D I only managed to collect 2 out of 11 stamps at that time... so, you can imagine my HAPPINESS!! :D

Here's the card I made for her :)

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Thanks so Much!

There have been some changes in my workplace lately. My head of department recently resigned and left. Well, as much as I have my grouses against him sometimes and yes, we do butt heads (I am not and can never be a 'yes-lady')... but he is overall, a good boss. He gave me a chance eventhough I had no experience in our current line of work and he gave me the flexibility and confidence to get to where I am. I know there's still so much more to achieve but he definitely did give us a good base.

I do miss his presence in the office. He will come by our workstations once in a while for a chat or to have some snacks.. haha... and he's the one who 'almost' all the time decides where to go for lunch.... sigh....

But I wish him all the best in his future undertakings. He will do his best to lead a new department in his new workplace.... :)

Here's a close-up of the card I made for him..

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Super late card :P

It's like super late again.... Darn, I really do have to practice sleeping earlier and start creating cards earlier too.... I was watching Chuck just now and was laughing so much, I forgot I wanted to create a card based on 365 Cards' Super Sketchy Sunday, erm, sketch! :)

Here it is. It's gonna be a super short post since I really do have to hit the sack now. Havin' the Monday Blues already! bleargh ....

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Super quick and easy card :)


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3-in-1

I'm attempting 3 challenges in one card tonight :)

Day 143, Keep it to yourself : Sympathy
We're challenged to make a sympathy card without a sentiment on the card. We can stamp the inside but not on the cover of the card. This has got to be one of my toughest challenge yet.

PapertakeWeekly's challenge was to Pick our Own Colour Combo (from the ones they listed) :) All we've got to do is to create a card based on any of these colour combo ; pink, black, white, yellow, green, grey and lilac. I used black, white, green, grey & lilac.

Card Patterns' Sketch 24. Sketches always help when making a card. And this week, Card Patterns sketch looks like a simple one but don't let it fool ya :P You can do loads with this sketch!

And here's my card.... I think I've never paired purple with turquoise/green before... :) I hope my card fulfills the requirements of all the 3 challenges.



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Status : Sold!
Price : RM 14.90

And the only 3-in-1 I can think of now is my coffee!! But it's 1 am here now and I'll go to bed now and dream of waking up to enjoy my coffee :P (yes, I'm an addict... to coffee... & art supplies!)


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Posting Thanks

As promised, I am posting the other 3 Thank You cards my brother got me to make for our ex-lecturers. (Yes, my brother and I share the same alma mater and the same lecturers too because he studied the same degree course as me! :D )

It really was fun going back to college to visit them. One thing I must say is, I think they have not aged a bit! My lecturers still look the same! :)

My brother's batch ACB'05 (I'm from ACB'03) even prepared slide presentations to help prepare the current batch of students better understand what awaits them after graduation. I was asked if I wanted to share some of my working experience as well, impromptu!

They didn't expect me to be there and frankly, I was a bit lazy to go but I am SO glad I did. And if you can guess it, I did go to the podium and speak to the students. Managed to scribble some key points on what I wanted to say. Hopefully I delivered my thoughts well enough :) It was my way of giving back to my lecturers.

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Will probably post up photos from the 'going back to College' trip soon :)



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Sweet Pink Thank You Card

My brother and his gang are organizing a "Farewell" sorta gathering for our ex-lecturers in our alma mater this coming Saturday and I've been commissioned to make cards for them!

Am supposed to make 2 for lady lecturers and another 2 for male lecturers. It's easier for me to make feminine ones. The masculine ones would be a challenge. Here's one that I've made. Am posting it up first.


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Status : Sold! (but can be reproduced max. 2 times/alternative : same design other colours)
Price : RM 12.90 (USD 4)

Now, I've to rush and make a Congratulations Card for Hubby. His colleague is getting married. He wants the card for tomorrow! It's 11 pm now... I had better get crackin' !!

Will blog again soon.... am losing sleep making cards but am lovin' it a whole lot too!! :D



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Cute Cards.... mini versions :)

Was in the mood to make some mini cards (3x3 inches) yesterday and made these two! :)

I think they are cute.... wish I had the plaid paper earlier when 365 Cards threw a challenge to create a card with plaid >.<

If you're thinking of purchasing my mini cards, do drop me an email at angelicquirk@gmail.com/ leave a comment here or on the chatbox.

They don't come with an envelope, though, but you might not need it if you want to attach it direct on the gift or leave it somewhere for the intended recipient to find! :)


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Status : Available!
Price : RM 4.90 (USD 1.50)


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Status : Available!
Price : RM 5.90 (USD 1.80)




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Card Recipe on 365 Cards

I've been lagging, lagging... way lagging in making cards. Couldn't catch up with 365 Card's sketches unless I take a day off and just make cards instead... *now that's a thought!*

This card was for their Day 84's Card Recipe. No sketch but a list of 'ingredients' to follow in making the card. It's quite a breeze to create a mini-card, especially since there's a list to follow :P

Here's the recipe :

1 3x3 card
1 flower
1 brad
1 piece of ribbon
1 stamped sentiment
and NO PATTERNED PAPER!

The no patterned paper part was both a challenge as well as a welcome. Cos I have grown to love including patterned paper and also, where am I going to put patterned paper on such a tiny card? :P

Here's my take,



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Status : Available!
Price : RM 4.90 (USD 1.50)

I think I just might make a few more of these mini-cards and keep a stock of them. I think they will come in pretty handy when the occasion arises, don't you think?




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Thank You Card

Made this card on request from a friend as a gift to a mutual friend who's going to work in Singapore. Well, I'm not sure if she likes butterflies and if pastel is her thing but somehow the idea to make this card just popped into my head.

*this card isn't really me, either but it's good to try something that is out of the norm, right?*

What do you think of it?

Very pastel, right? hehehe... must be feeling a bit on the romantic, soft side when I made it :P





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