TinTin Inspired Birthday Card

My Bee loves TinTin since he was a small boy.



At first, I was thinking to order a TinTin birthday cake at my favorite cake maker Marlynn's for his birthday. But I had to cancel it when we found out how high his sugar level was after a health check-up! Too bad.

So, I ended up creating a TinTin inspired B-day Card instead. Not hand-drawn though...

I've found a nice "group picture" of TinTin and his gang on the net:



What I did next was to super-imposed my Bee's character (which was digitally drawn beforehand) into the group. And when everything was finalized, I printed it out on Art Card 230gsm paper.
                               TADAAA!!!

Can you find DinDin...?? :))

Well, a piece of Marble Cheese Cake wouldn't hurt... I hope.

A simple party for my simple, loving man.

A Flying Creature on a Card

My sweet niece is already 6 years old. How time flies...and she's getting sweeter as days go by. 

Last year I made her a cute mermaid B-day Card. This year... I was a bit busy with baby Zain, so I made her a last-minute simple hand-drawn one. 

I just love drawing this little creature who came out of no where to my little boy. Hehe..

I think I'll let Icha put some colors on this one.

But this fine morning after sahur... while baby Zain was sleeping, I had the chance to play with some colors in the photoshop. It kept me from falling asleep after the Subuh prayer :).

Enjoy!

From Painting to B-day Card

My younger brother has just turned 34... but he kept saying he's still 29 years old. Hah.


Well, coincidentally... I painted him as one of my series in recent exhibition by the Malaysian Watercolor Society (MWS) at NNGallery. You can read more about it at my other blog, Yartstik.

So... I thought, why don't I use it for his Birthday Card? A printed one, of course. Here's how it turned out to be (with the help of my good friend, photoshop) :

Translation: " NOOOOOO!!! I'm Still Young...!!"

Enjoy!

Jasmine 2nd BDay & GA#3 last Day!

My cutest niece, Jasmine had a blast at her 2nd B-Day party last Sunday.

Photo courtesy of Jasmine's Mom, Ida.
 Check out the cake by Marlynn's- indeed Deliciously Beautiful!
She sculpted every bits with her homemade Marshmallow Fondant. Yummyyyy!!!

I made her a Birthday Wish Card, of course!

A bit of Glitters for the Angry Bird's Hat :)

Watercolor & Ink on Watercolor Paper.

A nice touch to my otherwise terrible wrapping skill. Haha..

Now, about my Giveaway #3 Challenge... Here's the official list I have so far, but still open till midnite:

1. codex

2. Artventurekids

3. BlackPumpkin

4. Diana Evans

5. Ildiko

6. Fairuz Hamizah

7. KimiChee

8. Noor Shahida Rosli

Anyone else is up to the Challenge?

Have fun!

Freebie_Wallpaper January 2012!

Click on the image to Download and set as a Wallpaper on your screen :)

Hello there!

Yup. I'm still alive and kicking (...well, a lot of kicking mostly come from the little one in my tummy, actually). 

Alhamdulillah... I'm well into almost 6 months of pregnancy now.
Phew! Moms out there- you know how it is... Changes are inevitable throughout your body. When your 'catwalk' turns into a 'waddle'... ahhh... it's going to be a bit of a downhill from here on. I guess, it's a good time as any to reflect what our Mother has gone through after all these years.

Anyhow, I'm so thankful to His Almighty. Not only for giving me the chance to see another light of the day, but also to keep on moving forward with my own life... and family.

I have mixed feelings entering the New Year. Perhaps it's normal... perhaps it's hormonal. I just want to keep on praying that my baby will be all right and have a healthy delivery in early May 2012. 

Well, there's so much to do and to look forward to. Life has so much to offer as long as you're breathing.

My younger sister is getting married- also in May 2012... but towards the end. Most probably, I'll still be in confinement but hopefully, I'll be well enough to witness her ceremony with my little one :). InsyaAllah.


Oh yes! At the very end of 2011, I have created two B'day Cards- to my nephew, Shaqeel (4 years old) and his cousin, Myrra (10 years old). I would like to share them with you here before I forgot...

Why no colors? Because they're supposed to color these by themselves! Yayyy!! I know Myrra loves coloring. She really appreciated the Card. As for Shaqeel, he only cared about the awesome gifts he received from everyone. Huhuu...

As you can see earlier in this post, I've made a Wallpaper Doodle as a January freebie. I plan to this every month :)). InsyaAllah.

Another thing is... I'm in the mood to make a GIVEAWAY soon. Hmmm... but I'm thinking more about a COMPETITION of some sort. Stay tuned, alright? 

Have a good day/ nite!

My Funny Ol' Bee!

"Happy Birthday, dearest Bee!"

Forty four years ago, my hubby was born into this world. He sure has tasted salt so much earlier than me. Ha!


How can you not tolerate and love a man who could laugh at himself and appreciate the simple things in life...?

For that, I made a fun, simple and special Birthday Card just for him :) ...

Pencil Colors & Ink on Art Card.

... in case you're wondering- that's a BAG hanging around his neck.
A new travelling bag he just bought  for more of his adventures (...and misadventures!) into this wondrous world.

The Card reaaaally made his day even more Special. He loves it so much!

And that makes me very happy :).

Merdeka Boy!

Ok... so I'm very behind... but it's better late than never- they say.

31st August was Malaysia's Merdeka Celebration and I was supposed to update with a  B-day Card made for a boy born on that special day. But I postponed... aaah, so typical of me.

Isn't it great to have a public holiday on your birthday-  for as long as you live? (well, as long as you live in Malaysia, that is... )

Apart from this Card, I also created 2 bookmarks for his sisters- meant as my little belated gifts for their b-days.

They loved it. I heard :).

Caricatures for a Wedding & a Birthday

I'd like to update with a couple of recent orders of Caricatures. Thanks a lot for ordering because I'm happy to be a tiny part of your big Celebrations!

For an upcoming Wedding, it's a Black & White job:-

Then, a birthday is coming up this weekend for a lucky 18 yrs old Boy... I had to make 2 Cards for him- one from his adorable siblings and one from his loving parents :). Awww..

Both A5 sized Cards were done in Mix Media- black pen/ marker, color pencils, magic pens and plaka-lack paints for handicrafts.

Enjoy!

My Little Mermaid..

She recently turned 5!

My sweet little '1st' niece, Marissa...

Owh! I also designed the little sticker for her goodies :)

This year, I had the chance to create a little cute birthday card for her..

... which needed a hand drawn caricature (with mermaid's body), a bit of golden craft-wire, watercolor, pen, Pelikan plaka-lack special colors, heavy textured watercolor paper, a used beaded gold string, scissors and urmm.. a remote control to change the TV channel to accompany my quite evening that day.

Suddenly, it was done! hehe..

And that was what the craft-wire bit for :) ... just giving it a unique touch!

There you are... A Birthday Card which can be used as A Bookmark, someday :)

One HaPpY recipient with her own little mermaid!

Yay!

What a beautiful birthday party... 

only suited for a little Princess like you, dear Marissa.

with LoTs of LoVe,

your 1st auntie & uncle.

The Sweet 17 Gal...

A loving mom has asked me to create a Birthday Card for her daughter's 17th B-day this coming weekend... with the sweet gal's Caricature on it!

I know that this gal loves anime and she's a pretty good artist herself :)... so, I draw her caricature with anime's outfit. Hehe...( well, more or less..)

Hope she'll like it ;P!

Happy Sweet 17 to Ayang... All the Best for your BIG test this year!

Have fun.

Happy Birthday Amin!

Well, today I'm going to my eldest nephew's birthday party. He is 7 years old this year.
How time flies... wow.

I bought him a little something and made a 'quick' birthday card that actually matched the wrapping paper! hehe.

So.. the school holiday is ending soon and my youngest sister, Sue came for a sleepover at my apartment last night. We woke up early this morning and jumped into the swimming pool. Just the two of us... before more and more neighbors' kids woke up and made some noisy splashes too! That was fun.

While I was making my Card last evening, Sue also wanted to create one too! She made one super cool birthday card for her favorite nephew.. with a 'string' attached!

That's one cool move, huh?

Looking proud with her hand made card :))

Amin must be overjoyed today! He just loves Birthday Parties... as much as we do too ;P.

Have a Grrrreat 7th Birthday & May Allah bless you always, Amin.
Love you.

To My Bro & Sis with Growing Love..

Each years passing by, I watch them grow. Each and everyone of my six younger brothers and sisters..

Now, I can't talk about children for I have no experience just yet. But as an eldest, sometimes I do feel almost like a parent. I saw and played with each and everyone of them since small. I took care of them when Mom was busy in the kitchen or doing other house chores. Of course, once in a while, I fought and yelled at them too.. teeheehee.. And then, when I was 13, I was sent off to boarding school, so I couldn't really keep my eyes on them anymore. I could only do that during semester breaks and holidays. Then one day, I went overseas to continue studies until 2 years after, I came back and found that there was quite a distance between me and them. They have quite grown up. While I was busy with my own life, they've carved their own too.

Of course, as parents you would hope all your children to be the best that they can be. But you can't hope for a tree to give the same taste and shapes of fruits to you. Not all fruits will end up falling on the same ground and give you another great tree. Each of us came from the same womb, yet each has different characters and with few similarities. Growing pains to our parents, at times. Eventually, everyone will follow his/ her own destiny... even though all of us might have the same interest at heart.

Today, I realized that my family is really growing old together. Two of my younger brother and sister are already married and have their own beautiful kids. Another sister is going to be engaged this year :). Another sister has finished her Diploma and continuing her study for a Degree soon. Another brother received his SPM result earlier this year and looking forward to study in a College or University soon... and lastly, the youngest sister is preparing for her UPSR this year. Phew. We have came a long way and yet sometimes, it feels like life has just begun... What I most thankful for is that all of my family members are still living quite close to each other and always find the opportunity to meet up at our parents' house despite of everything.

Some day, things will be different. Perhaps, one of us will move away or... maybe someone is going to study very far from home... or travel the world. That will be another phase of growing up process for life keeps changing.

This month of MAY, my youngest bro and sis were born 18 and 12 years ago. I made them something special... even though my gifts might be inexpensive, I sure hope they'll treasure the love that will keep on growing for them as long as I live :).

Love always,
Kak Long.

Cathy the Caterpillar Card.

A couple of days ago, I made a special Birthday Card for my friend's 3 years old daughter. I thought.. maybe I should share the steps to make it because it's simple and quite an interesting project to make when you're in crafting mood :)..

I call it Cathy the Caterpillar because it IS a caterpillar card! Small.. long.. and cute!

First, find a strip of paper. I had a strip of a watercolor paper left-over which was just great for this little project.

The lenght is up to you. We want to make an accordion out of it... so, if one square of accordion is 6cm x 6cm.. and the wordings you want on its body has 9 letters plus 1 for the head- then the calculation should be 6cm x 10= 60cm (as in my case, here).

Next, fold the strip in accordion folds..

Then, draw an almost half circle shape (or a straight line- the point is, not to make the caterpillar looks too squarish!) at each corner of the square and cut through the layers using a craft knife...

Now, you can write the wordings you've decided on the caterpillar's body.. and if you want to use watercolor, you can use Art Masking Fluid to write the letters ..

..and then mix some cheerful colors on the body!

When the colors are dried, you can peel off the mask to reveal the protected paper underneath.

Afterwards, you can decorate the face and the body! I just made some simple 'dots' because I didn't have so much time that day.

On the other side of the paper, you can write some wishes and what nots :)

TADAAA..!! Now Cathy is ready to meet her new keeper... with a gift!

The fun thing is.. this is not just a card. I mean, if the girl has her own room, she can stick Cathy up on her bedroom's door! Cool huh?


Well, instead of writing a 'name' on its body, you can also just paint some stripes and patterns.. these will look nice too! Just have some fun with Cathy with your own creative ways.

Enjoy!