For the Hole in My Pocket

I won a bid in eBay yesterday, and I can't wait to receive my winning Colorbox Cat's Eye ink pads. The shipping alone costs me about MYR 45.00! I'm still wondering why I choose to buy ink pads instead of getting myself a good quality lino cutter. Winning the auction feels good but it burnt a big hole in my pocket! I am BROKE this Mother's Day...(ehem...this month too!).

My sister called yesterday asking for some sponsorship for Mother's Day. So if I manage to sell any rubberstamp this week, it would be for Mom. Another reason why I am broke this month is I booked air tickets and will be sponsoring my parents for holiday in August. They never board a plane their whole life and my dad is suffering from Rheumatism and Gout. I afraid if I wait another year, his walking difficulties would get worse. Actually I plan to buy a new pc or laptop, and a wacom tablet...but, I can wait.

Meanwhile, I know I have to get my ass from this chair and clear off my job list but then I was digging through last year's folder and found these!

Believe it or not, all above graphics are made using Microsoft Publisher and my click-click mouse. I receive quite a number of orders for home-bakery last year but none of these designs has been proposed to my customers. I stopped taking orders for business cards and stickers now...but i think the designs would turn out nice as rubberstamps!

Interested? Just email me!

Business Card

I feel sorry to Rani because she has to wait so long for her business card. No shame here, I admit that I am so outdated in terms of design software and to be honest, I never design anything for anyone before, except few humble handcarved rubberstamps and stickers. Recalling back few months ago, I have proposed quite a number of design to Rani, but it is truely understandable why most of them failed to meet her preferences. If I was her, I might reject too. I must highlight that Rani is, however, such a lovely, supportive lady as she continues to believe in me eventhough there are plenty of more established, talented graphic designer out there. Thank you so much, Rani! The kind of trust and opportunity you given me are priceless.

So I was so desperately wanting to finish this job, that I had to borrow my hubby's laptop to install Coreldraw. I created my own brush, which is my first time ever, trying to use this software. Time is too little for more experiments and improvise it to perfection but I enjoy the quick process so much, as I learnt a lot in that very short time.

Actually I am very shy to share the look of my first customized business card, but what the heck...everything got to have somewhere to start, right? I cross my finger that it is going to be okay with Rani. She have not seen this card yet.

Double-sided. Printing is done by local printing shop.

Finishing the cards with round corners.

I am so grateful that I bought this corner rounder before, eventhough it is a bit expensive, but I am sure it gonna be useful for years to come.

Fridge Magnet

Fridge magnet made of light paper clay. I used my handcarved rubber stamp to create the motifs. I wonder if paper clay can be glazed, coz they are a bit spongy when hardened.

I will try to improvise this product coz I hope I can list them up in my etsy store soon!

Stamp for Wedding Invitation

I'm catching up with pending jobs. Woahow!!

This stamp is custom designed for Lenny, she want to chop on 600 wedding invitation cards this Monday!