Josefa Laura designs..

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all keeping well. I would like to share this card with you today. When I saw this card, I fell in love with the image of that sweet girl, behind the curtain.So I asked Josefa if she could please let me know which company does that stamp as I would really like to buy one. To my great amazement, she replied and told me, this is her own drawing - How fantastic is that? I was priviledged to get a copy of the line drawing and I am not sure yet if I can use it, but I will email her in a minute and ask her.I would really like to make a card with this gorgeous image.

I think her drawings are really good. If I were her, I would be contacting companies to see who would like to buy these designs off so they could be made into rubber stamps.(I honestly think you should JLaura).So, if you want to see more of her creations pop over to her blog here:

http://misellopersonal.blogspot.com/

You can either click on the link above or the picture below to look at her beautiful cards.


Bye for now and when you visit her blog, do not be shy, say hello:)

That's all from me for now...maybe I will back later..

Tassy:)

Time flies...

...and it scares me!

Hey everyone! I hope that all of you who celebrate Valentine day, had a good one.I do not celebrate this day as I say, everyday should be a special day, everyday your loved ones should feel you love them.But I do like to see the themed valentine splashed everywhere - sweet shops, clothes shops, food shops - I mean, even in the Maths lesson at school, the students had to do a weaved heat shaped basket, and there was some mathematical calculations involved.(I spent almost half an hour trying to work that out...Shh, do not tell anyone that I do not like maths!)

I went to my friend for tea and while talking, we were saying how time goes by so quickly and where were we last year , exactly a year ago!I was like Oh my God! They all looked at me and thought something was wrong.I told them I have just remembered that last year, on the 14th of Feb, I was in the hospital for an operation.And I was so grateful that today, I was with my friends, having a good time, and feeling happy and healthy.I am grateful for that, I really am.

Anyway, just a little note to say I will be back soon with more projects. Stay tuned!

Do not give up on me, as I haven't given up on ya:)
Take care
Lotsa love
Tassy
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Light Catcher...?

Hi fwendz!

Hope everyone is okay..I have a few things to share with you today.A project, an award(again!:) and some chit chats.

Okay, I know I did promise a video I was doing for my fashion Illustration club, but I didn't get the chance to upload it yet.It has been a hectic week, a lot to deal with at work and I had food indigestion yesterday.My sister gave me fish finger sandwich on Tuesday(which she cooked on Monday night) but I was not hungry, I left it in the fridge at work and ate it the next day(yesterday).By home time, I felt really sick.My belly was bloated and was aching, realling aching.I came home and had a temperature and was sick.It lasted the whole night and today, I was not hungry at all.

When I came home from work, I felt better. I ate something, and even though ,I felt funny in my belly,nothing happened.Let's hope Im going to be okay now.I thought, I will put up a project I did in December and the pictures were just waiting to be uploaded...So here we go.This is a project I have made using toilet roll cover - However, could I just say, I did NOT invent this.It is a shame that I cannot remember where I saw this and do not even remember how it is called.All I know was I thought it was a cute idea.If I find the link I will put it up.I hate it when this happens as I believe in giving credit to the person who deserves it.I have twisted this project a little bit and I do hope you will find it fun to make.

Okay , take a toilet roll inside cover and cut them into circles(about 1.5 - 2cm) wide. Then pinch at two ends to make them look like those in the picture below.There are 6 here but you will need only 5 for one finished project.

Then, I have used Anita sticky glue to apply to one side of the opened rim, then glue this rim down onto vellum paper.I am using patterned vellum here(cannot remember from which company I got this from)- I am sorry for not being able to provide more info this time!

Once the glue is dry, and the rim is stuck to the vellum, cut each one out carefully, and repeat with the other side.

Then, cut them out carefully, as closely to the rim as possible and you will end up with this.See picture below.

Okay, this pic is not very good(I wonder what happened here)...I have used Adirondack Paint Dabber to colour the sides.

Add a little bit of glue near the pointed end (on one side) of the shape and glue to another pointed end, repeat until you have a shape of a flower.And I had a matching ribbon which I threaded through and this is ready to be hung up on your window(at one point I even thought they could be funky chrismas tree decorations)...but because the vellum is transparent, this looks absolutely lovely against the window...This is why I called it 'Light catcher'.

I took the following pictures today.....

Sorry about my presentation this time! It was too late to put it against my window, and I didn't know where to hang this to take a picture..And I just didn't resize my pictures as I normally do so that all are of the same sizes! ... and didn't add watermark!!

I was trying to show you the transparency of the vellum but trust me, it looks beautiful against natural sunlight.

Okay, so I do hope you will try this fun project and if you do, please put up a link in my comment section as I would love to see what you have done.

Again, my apology for my presentation of my pics this time.

Today, I received an email which made me smile...It is a blessing to receive an email which has the power to make me smile, and to make my heart beat with joy:-Thanks to Jennie(curlywhiskers&twitchingnoses).She emailed to say that she has given me an award and how much she loves my blog.It is always a pleasure to know that there are people out there who love my blog and what I do.

So thank you Jennie !I remember when I saw your comment once, your nickname made me laugh coz I was actually twitching my nose(got no whiskers!)lol. I went on your blog and I really liked the card you made but , above all, while reading what you wrote, I was laughing out loud.You cracked me up you know! I thought , you are so funny and sometimes, a good laugh is all I need after a long day.

Bye for now and take care,

I hope to put up more projects soon.....

Lotsa love,

Tassy

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I have been tagged!

Hi everyone,

I would like to give a message to Josefa.Thanks for putting a link of my blog to yours...You are asking me if I have a problem with this?!lol, you must be joking! I feel honoured that people find my blog worthy of being shared with others, so thank you.I do really appreciate it.

I have been tagged by Caro since a while now.I haven't been able to do the tagging because the first one is pretty scary.You have to open your photo folder, pick the sixth folder and sixth picture and tell the story behind! I dreaded doing this as I thought, what would happen if the 6th pic is one of my crazy ones?...Anyway, I didn't want to lie about this tag, so I went ahead and did it and thought, whatever happens, happens! So this is the pic I found and...hahahaha...there is no amazing story behind.I was sorting my wardrobe and decided to take pics to remind me of how I should always keep it....

Well, the obvious story is I have an obsession with roll on! Hey, I do not even know when it happened...but I have this constant needs to buy them and I keep them in my handbag, my drawer, my locker at work...Im very sad, I know!Its not like I stink or anything...Oh well!this is my story.Also, I keep antiseptic gel with me as well...sorry guys, this is a sort of OCD!hahaha.I think there are lots of germs in public places.This is only one section of my wardrobe!Imagine you see the other shelves, you will know too much about me hey! So there you go! now who can I tag?...hmmm..Lets see...Okie dokie, I will tag:-Cazzy , lazykay, Barbara and Saju.

Then, I received this blog award from Caro again..Thanks Caro!

And to receive it, I need to tell you 5 random facts about myself....brace yourself up as I am not an easy girl!

1. I cannot live without a cup of tea.It is the first thing I will have in the morning.However, I will refuse politely if you offer me tea because, I am really really fussy about my tea.I am sorry guys but, I cannot explain how I like it. I hate weak tea, I like it strong but not too strong, hate too much milk, but do not like it too dark.I MUST have sugar with my tea.I might go withouth any chocolate or sweet treats for days, but never without sugar in my tea. My husband is the ONLY one who manages to make me a perfect cup of tea , a lot of times, but unfortunately , not always.Many times, I have had to say, sorry, I cannot have this.But, besides this, I am quite an easy person:))

2.I absolutely cannot take the heat.I would rather feel cold than hot.

3.I love with a passion, I have with a passion.All these are good feelings as when I go in the 'indifferent' mode, that's it!It is the end!

4.I have an admiration for mermaids and do believe they did exist at some point(so did the vampires)

5.I love scented candles(adore them).*hint, hint :-if you are coming to visit me from canada, yes you, you know who you are! Please bring me scented candles, lavender ones:)

Well, this is it...!You know me a little bit better now.

Now the Big news!!All , I mean , ALL my readers have won this 'Encouraged' award!You will have to put 5 random facts about you, and add the award.Do not forget to put a link to your blog in your comment section so we all can come and visit you.Happy tagging!

Bye for now,

Lotsa love,

Tassy:)

Hi!

Just a note to say I am having one of those bad days...It has been a bit tough this week,no energy whatsoever.Everything has been (and still is) a drag.Tis about time I go for another blood test and I have been postponing this as well!

Anyway,I will not bore you to death and I am sorry(I really am) that I am not posting anything this week.I had something I was working on so I might have something mid week.I am doing a Cardmaking club and Fashion Illustration club after school.The fashion club is to mostly teach the girls about line drawing, sketching, painting, colours...And the fashion itself, it is up to them to create.Nowadays there are so many new things that I cannot keep up with.For example , Emo kid.And my student told me about a material called 'pleather'...I am learning as much as they are.It is a fun club and I had to prepare some samples for them.I then realised that if you do not draw for a long time, that's it, you take longer to draw when you actually do - you will not forget as , I think, for me , drawing is like riding bicycle, you can never forget it, but surely you need practice to ride it perfectly!(I am talking about the principles about drawing)

So, it has been fun to prepare the samples and I did film part of it to show you. Let me share this with you.During my carmaking club, I used to put Beethoven for the girls...until one of them said: Miss I never thought you are Beethoven old! I was like: wot? She said: I never thought you would listen to Beethoven, the other girls echoed: yeah miss! we cannot believe you make us listen to this, so boring! I was like: Girls, this is supposed to be soothing, therapeutical....They all disagreed and said, too boring miss, and we just can't believe you listen to this.I was like: sorry Girls, I really wanted all of you to have the benefit of calming, and soothing effect!LOL, obviously , it didnt work, because they were more annoyed than anything.

So, I let them choose their musics , each one has a go...And some musics are not musics to me..they are more like noise.And there were a few I really liked.I told them I do not know half of the musics they were playing and one asked me, if when I go home, I will give my mommy a massage if her head was aching...I said, yes I would but I don't live with mommy anymore.So her friend said: Miss is big you know!(these girls are 11 years old)...Another one said, she isn't that big....And they kept talking about ME as though I wasn't there! Bless them!:)And eventually I told them, I am not that young, but not that big anyway.It was intersting to see how they look at you and assume you still have your mommy doing things for you, just like their mommy doing for them and stuff.So cute!I gave them a cardmaking challenge and they all did very well.They want the head teacher to be the judge and I will sort a little prize for the winner...

Anyway, that's all from me for now...

Hopefully you will hear from me soon,
Take care

Tassy
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Say hello!Do not give up on me as I havent given up on ya!

Snow Pics, as promised!

Hi there!
So how was your 'snow' day? I was happy to have a 'forced' holiday and these are some pics which I took on that Monday.I love snow!I mean I think it is beautiful.I do not really like to stand outside and play in the snow...I do not even think I will make a snowman or anything like that...or probably I would, if all my sisters were here with me in the UK!!
Anyway, my first pic is a footprint and its not mine! It is my sister's! And who said that 'we're making a fuss about the snow?'!lol...Look, this is about ..what? 4 , 3 inches?I like this pic:)

Look at this pic!!This bird.. refused to look at me.I called and called and called but he blanked me!I wonder what he is thinking about and why is he on his own!He's got attitude!I lorve this pic too!

And this is me!!Trust me when I say, I had to be careful...I am always falling so on this day, I had to be extra careful.

Anyway, so that's about it! And I know that some people are just angry about the whole snow thing.My personal opinion is, Britain was not ready for it because, this is happening after 18 years. Some were saying that UK should have made provision and get prepared for this .I think, that, will the government be ready to spend so much money(millions? billions?) to invest so that next time it happens, public transport can still run? Well, food for thoughts. However, there were about 20% who couldnt get into work and UK has lost (billions) just for that one day , as far as the economy is concerned.All in all, give the government a break!This is an unexpected happening! Someone very positive said that at least some family got to spend the day together! so lets look at the positive sides for the moment and enjoy the pics. If you have any pics , let me know if its on your blog, would like to see them!

Bye for now!

Tassy

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valentine card video tutorial

Hello Josefa,
Here is a direct link to the video tutorial...


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=503so3bBkgA


Bye
Tassy

Valentine Card-Youtube video tutorial

Hi everyone!

I have finally uploaded this new video and I hope you will enjoy it. It is a cute card for valentine day or for that special someone in your life - Never too much to say I love you!Go on, make this card, you know you want to.

Click on the Small pic below to watch how I have made it on youtube.And please rate and comment and subscribe.I need your support guys!

Click this picture below:-

If this doesn't work , click the link here :http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=503so3bBkgA

Here are the links to the Website for the stamps I have used in this video.For the I love you sentiment, I have used the 2 steps Hearts and roses from Kitchen Sink stamps.The swirl stamp is from the Elegant Flourishes set, Autumn Leaves.And the Heart stamps are from Happy Heart stamp set by Stampin Up. And if you are in the UK and would like more information on Stampin up and how to place an order, do not hesitate to contact me.My email addy is on the right hand sidebar, or leave me a comment and I will get back to you.

Hope you like this card and bye for now...

See you soon,

Tassy:)

Snow, snow, everywhere!

Hi everyone!

It has been snowing since last night and I had no clue at all...I was busy with some projects and didn't look outside even though I did filmed outside around 2pm.So last night,I was going to shower when my sister asked if I did look outside.

I looked and I was like: wow, it looks so beautiful.Then I realised, this is heavy snow. This morning, there has been a weather warning and all the bus services have been cancelled in London..so obviously no school...I do not go to school, I work in a school, LOL. So, isn't this 'forced' holiday a blessing:)I love it!I will hopefully finish my projects...and cook something nice(hmm or maybe not!).This is an unexpected holiday, so doing routine work is not really advisable! So maybe do something I wouldn't normally do!The sky is the limit.

Watch out this space for some pics later..Going to try and take some pics outside...It is too cold though!

Speak to ya all la'er!
Tassy

Thank you Subscribers!!

Hi everyone!

Thanks to everyone who made that special prayer for my dad.He is not great, but I strongly believe he is getting better and will only get better from here. I have been so down today and nothing appealed to me. I have cried until I had no tears left...did you ever feel like this? You still wanted to cry, but no tears were actually coming out.So I had a long hot bath and decided to have an early night.I guess I have never ever felt so empty and lonely.I came to the conclusion that , in life, you lose something, to gain something.

So, the price to pay for living away from my parents is this:-you miss them like crazy and you feel helpless.

Anyway, enough of my moans.I was checking my youtube channel and thought that maybe the background needed to change as the cards there were for my friend who has passed away recently and everytime I look at it, it saddens me to a great extent.But on the other hand,I want them there as a memory...So while I was debating what to do, I saw my FIRST Special Gold Award...'Most viewed today!..I couldn't believe it! I am thrilled!And this is because of your support guys! A big thank you to all my subscribers,those who watch my videos, and those who leave me a comment...thanks a lot!

Bye for now peeps,
I have promised some valentine cards videos this weekend but I am not sure...I will see.Sunday I will be on my own for the day so maybe it will be ideal to do some then.

Take care and speak to you all soon,
Tassy
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Soliciting your prayers...

again...

Hi there,
Hope you are all well...

I am sorry but I am making a special request again :Please pray for my dad, for his speedy recovery.I have received a text this morning he is sick again.

The fact that He has never been sick as such, and the fact he is texting me to tell me, I feel he is very poorly and would like me to know.I am praying for him and would like all those of you who cares for me, to pray for him as well.

Thanks a lot.It is always good to know, that , during times like this, both my friends and my virtual friends(since I have never met you guys), give me so much support.

Bye and speak to you soon,

Take care

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Blog Candy

Wouldn't you celebrate if you were Kim? She is cardmaker of the year 2008 (Papercraft Essential Magazine) and she is celebrating with a fantastic blog candy.
Make sure you visit her blog HERE for a chance to win.
Congratulations Kim!:)

Tassy
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Congratulations Card

Hi Everyone!

This is another card I have made using the Free stamps set which came for Free with the Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine. Do not forget, you can use this layout with any other stamps you have and you can use this idea for valentine card too..Hope you like it!

Bye for now:)

Love

Tassy

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Please...

I don't normally post at this time but I need all of you to pray for my Dad's speedy recovery.

Thanks everyone!

Love,
Tassy
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Blog Award

Hi Cazzy,

Thanks a lot for this award and I am so sorry I am so late with this.I completely forgot.I keep telling you my age is getting to me but you don't believe me.

Anyway here is my award and I love it!

I am not going to post the rules which come with it because it says '2008' but I will put a link to Carol who sent me this award, and if you look at my side bar, you will know that Carol is one of the very first friend I met when I started cardmaking...She is still here to support me.And Carol , thanks, you are too sweet!

Click HERE to visit Carol, an avid cardmaker who has a wealth of knowledge in the craft world.On her profile page , there is also a link to her other blogs.

Bye for now,

Tassy

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