I love it that Christmas lasts for 12 days so it doesn't feel like it has zoomed past. Although it pretty much feels so already!
I've been trying to keep mum about this until everyone on my list has received their Christmas cards from us. I tried doing our own Christmas cards this year! *beaming Bel*
See what happened back in October was… I received a text from my ex-housemate Rebecca one fine day saying she was hosting a Stamping Party with her sister Amy. She said she would bake some cakes and it would be a fun girly afternoon. It sounded fun so my text back to her was "sure, count me in! Umm btw what is a Stamp Party?" (haha not knowing what it was but say yes first) She said we would be getting crafty and it is "quite you" and "you will enjoy it". Right, convinced already.
I turned up and oh no.. the few girls she invited all dropped out one by one and it turned out to just me, her sister Amy and Rebecca! I felt quite bad for her but she didn't mind. Even better I had like two to one coaching. So the idea is... if you know of a typical Tupperware party, this is something similar, just that the stuff sold here are all scrapbooking/ stamping products. "Welcome to the world of stamping, baby!" I looked at the catalogue and all the stuff are from this American company called Stampin' Up. Rebecca spent about a hundred quid to kickstart her stamping collection and to host stamping parties. Her sister caught on this card making hobby a few years ago and I have to say when we were housemates, I used to marvel at all the handmade cards she received from her sister. Wow so this is where she gets her inspiration, ideas and products from! They showed me how I could do a beautiful card from scratch - using rubber stamps (thousands of templates you can choose from their catalogue), shapes, techniques, etc.. it was indeed the sort of stuff I like! Gosh I felt like I wanted to buy everything. (Which is not wise because they are not cheap!)
Actually I did hesitate because I said I am not sure if I can come up with such beautiful cards Amy makes and of course, they say practice makes perfect.. and with the holiday season coming up, I could give it a try by doing my own Christmas cards. It did make sense to me and so I told her I would be keen to do that, but please help me choose the basic stuff I need, as I don't wish to spend too much money. Which turned out to be like GBP64 in total… although I know I can always reuse the stamps and ink pads, etc. Plus I know I was helping Rebecca to earn a little bit of commission by me buying them through her.
And so two weeks before Christmas, amid the frenzy of work and packing for Germany (more to come), I had to burn some midnight oil to make these cards. But I didn't mind it one bit :) cos I love doing such things!
If this hobby takes off, I can possibly host a party at mine and invite Rebecca to lead the demo etc, and apparently I can get to enjoy some discount on my next purchase, etc. Hmm let's see how it develops.
I've been trying to keep mum about this until everyone on my list has received their Christmas cards from us. I tried doing our own Christmas cards this year! *beaming Bel*
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| Tada!! |
See what happened back in October was… I received a text from my ex-housemate Rebecca one fine day saying she was hosting a Stamping Party with her sister Amy. She said she would bake some cakes and it would be a fun girly afternoon. It sounded fun so my text back to her was "sure, count me in! Umm btw what is a Stamp Party?" (haha not knowing what it was but say yes first) She said we would be getting crafty and it is "quite you" and "you will enjoy it". Right, convinced already.
I turned up and oh no.. the few girls she invited all dropped out one by one and it turned out to just me, her sister Amy and Rebecca! I felt quite bad for her but she didn't mind. Even better I had like two to one coaching. So the idea is... if you know of a typical Tupperware party, this is something similar, just that the stuff sold here are all scrapbooking/ stamping products. "Welcome to the world of stamping, baby!" I looked at the catalogue and all the stuff are from this American company called Stampin' Up. Rebecca spent about a hundred quid to kickstart her stamping collection and to host stamping parties. Her sister caught on this card making hobby a few years ago and I have to say when we were housemates, I used to marvel at all the handmade cards she received from her sister. Wow so this is where she gets her inspiration, ideas and products from! They showed me how I could do a beautiful card from scratch - using rubber stamps (thousands of templates you can choose from their catalogue), shapes, techniques, etc.. it was indeed the sort of stuff I like! Gosh I felt like I wanted to buy everything. (Which is not wise because they are not cheap!)
Actually I did hesitate because I said I am not sure if I can come up with such beautiful cards Amy makes and of course, they say practice makes perfect.. and with the holiday season coming up, I could give it a try by doing my own Christmas cards. It did make sense to me and so I told her I would be keen to do that, but please help me choose the basic stuff I need, as I don't wish to spend too much money. Which turned out to be like GBP64 in total… although I know I can always reuse the stamps and ink pads, etc. Plus I know I was helping Rebecca to earn a little bit of commission by me buying them through her.
And so two weeks before Christmas, amid the frenzy of work and packing for Germany (more to come), I had to burn some midnight oil to make these cards. But I didn't mind it one bit :) cos I love doing such things!
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| In the making |
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| Very first one done, even I was surprised by how it turned out. The ribbon makes all the difference! |
If this hobby takes off, I can possibly host a party at mine and invite Rebecca to lead the demo etc, and apparently I can get to enjoy some discount on my next purchase, etc. Hmm let's see how it develops.
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