Scraplings.......................using your left overs

Scraplings are basicaly using all your left overs from your cards or scrapbook pages to make these mini cards or bookmarks...They will come in quite handy when you need a quick card for a birthday or any other special day to go with a gift.....

Don't throw away the scraps.........they are useful bits and you don't need to cut a fresh sheet of paper...

Just an idea for you!

Enjoy!

Kristyn

New release

Let's Punch Vol.V will be arriving very soon to our Malaysian market. This books uses the ner decorative border punches CD 50.

- Decorative border aid set must be used in conjunction with the CARL CD50 Decorative border Craft Punch. the decorative border Craft punch sold separately The punched patterns encircle all corners! The docorative border craft punch is capable of making 12" border so that It can punch continuously all around papers

My demonstration dates for Holidays

Hi friends,
Once again I will be doing my demo in Mid Valley MPH on 31st May , Sunday and 6th June , Saturday from 3 to 5 pm..
Come see me there and see my work. I will be promoting the new lever punches and embossers from Sunlit.....Bring your friends too!..Free lessons with purchases...... save the Date!!

See you!
Kristyn

Punch Craft Books

Making creative borders for scrapbook and cards.........

Creative Ideas to making people and their costumes from around the world

More Ideas making cards with circles and other shapes

Punch Books by Elizabeth Woolnough...with creative ideas on card making and scrapbook layouts. Very impressive ideas...you will enjoy her creative ideas with Carl Punches

You will like this colourful rendition of creative and cute ideas by Debra

These series of books are by Debra Clark..... are wonderful idea books on making animals, humans and flowers. Great for kids and teachers ....simple to make and learn to build up your punch collections..

Mini Card recipes are a series of easy and fast card ideas for beginners to enjoy your versatility of the Carl Punches .......Lots of goodies here

New Arrival.....

New Arrival of lever Punches has arrived !

And Christie Craft offers you these versatile punches in 3 different sizes......mini, small and medium.... Simply by squeezing the handle or the lever you can punch out your desired shapes.

Very easy to use ,light weight and comes in a variety of shapes.........Above are just some of the designs shown. I personally love this easy to handle punches and it's a great companion to a new punch collector ......call me for orders and ideas...be most glad to help

Decorating a recipe card

Hi Friends,

It's been a long while since I last posted....have been so tight down with some personal matters which requires immediate attention. I am glad to be back and here demonstrating with the heart Cp2 punch and either using a Cp1 maple or oak leaf punch you can create a red juicy strawberry...giving you an idea to make a great recipe card.

I also used an oriental decorative border to create the borderlace and a decorative scissors to make lovely edges for the sides.

Hope you enjoy the idea!

You can always be creative even in collecting your favourite recipes!

Sand Art anybody....?

Hi friends!

It's the most important time of the year for believers of the Christian faith where our saviour died and rose again. we celebrate this day with passion and celebration. I came across this piece of sand art m,asterpiece.

This is a great piece handwork...not building sand castles but a fine meticulous ,tedious formation and sand carving of our Lord Jesus...awesome!

I just have to show you!

Happy Easter

Awesome Paper laces

Vellum is an exquisite material to work with, but it is slightly more complicated to use it in paper lace than ordinary paper is. This is mostly true because you can see straight through vellum, unlike paper.

So magical....what decorative scissors and punches can create...lovely paper laces

Cards from across the miles...

Some cards just arrived for my birthday this week.......

All handmade from dear friends across the miles...there is just something special with handmade cards. I love 'em all

Valentine workshops by Martha Stewart

Don't let the intricacy and kaleidoscopic beauty of a marbleized design fool you. Those ripples of color may look hand-painted or machine-stamped, but they're actually created by liquid.
Marbleizing, which involves using absorbent papers to pick up ink from a water bath, dates to the twelfth century, when it was practiced in Japan and possibly China.

Today, you can make your own rich designs by marbleizing paper to use as stationery and cards.

(By Martha Stewart)

http://www.marthastewart.com/valentines-day-workshop-week1?rsc=pow_vday

Time of the year to celebrate Chinese new Year and I want to wish all my Chinese friends and customers who are celebrating this auspicious occasion a Happy and Healthy New Year. Thank you for you continual support and friendship through the years. Drive safely back home and enjoy the New Year's Eve dinner.

Out of curiousity for those of you who wishes to know about the lunar calender legend here it is

A legend explains the sequence in which the animals were assigned. Supposedly, the twelve animals fought over the precedence of the animals in the cycle of years in the calendar, so the Chinese gods held a contest to determine the order. All the animals lined up on the bank of a river and were given the task of getting to the opposite shore. Their order in the calendar would be set by the order in which the animals managed to reach the other side. The cat wondered how he would get across if he was afraid of water. At the same time, the ox wondered how he would cross with his poor eyesight. The calculating rat suggested that he and the cat jump onto the ox's back and guide him across. The ox was steady and hard-working so that he did not notice a commotion on his back. In the meanwhile, the rat sneaked up behind the unsuspecting cat and shoved him into the water. Just as the ox came ashore, the rat jumped off and finished the race first. The lazy pig came to the far shore in twelfth place. And so the rat got the first year named after him, the ox got the second year, and the pig ended up as the last year in the cycle. The cat finished too late to win any place in the calendar, and vowed to be the enemy of the rat forevermore.

To all my Chinese Friends…..

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR…

Handmade cards for inspirations

Welcome to Christie Craft!

Just as some of you have requested for ideas.....Hence

I share my ideas with you for sheer enjoyment of sharing my creative spirit

Here are some cards I handmade for my niece's friends. She had requested for their names to be customise. I used my Quikutz squeeze tool to die cut the alphabets and carla craft punches to make the flowers and a fern leaf punch which I bought from Australia. I love ribbons so you can see I have tied some ribbons on the cards.

Enjoy viewing and if you like my cards do send me a comment I love to hear from you!