Homemade Glimmer mist, and Daddy's Birthday Card..

Ok, since I was quite blur how last week went pass, I pretty much make myself remember what I did this week... Tho not much.. but yea I tried..

Went back to my hometown with Hubby on last Sunday, stayed a night, had a facial appointment and then back to kl.. Stayed home pretty much the whole week, cos I'm broke T_T

Tuesday was Hubby day... ^^

My  laptop was spammed with Malware on Wednesday, I suspect it came either from the facebook spam link I accidentally clicked, or a newly downloaded song album I open to listen... or from SnC website.. hmm anyway, tried many ways to remove the malware, but failed. Late, have to sleep. Damn and I blame a part of me cant sleep on Wednesday night cos I was worried to what extend can the malware may damage my laptop, since I dint back up any files and pictures for some time.. T_T

So, on Thursday, try to back up my files, try more softwares and anti-malwares to remove the bloody spam, (failed again. cos I'm not IT savvy) in the end, reformatted my laptop.. T_T

Now my lappie is EMPTY, no songs, no pics, no vids, cos I need to scan my external hdd before putting them back in. And I hate to reformat, cos my Vista is SP1, and its so outdated, Microsoft keep lagging my internet line to update the OS... >(

I have no MSN, no Adobe Flash Player, outdated IE, no Mozilla, no Vuze, no photoshop..... etc... T_T
And I don't get it why I cant seems to update my IE to 9... >( stupid SP1!

So, while waiting for the anti-malware, anti virus, reformatting time, I managed to squeeze in some "crafty" sessions.. like:

a STAR! layout for some Cleo giveaway.. haha

So.... kiddo.. haha... but it was OPI Texas collection.. colorful mar... =P

Erm, Im not sure this trick works, but then again I never won anything I wanted from Cleo yet, except a bottle of Loreal moisturizer 5-6 years back, and a Vichy cleanser (which I sold it in SS cos I don't need it, yes I profited RM30 from that.. lalala~) that time postage was just 30cents, I sent every entry in that mag... =P

I remember some long lost friend once told me to decorate the entry for a higher chance to win, and she told me she had won a lot of times... but I in the other hand had won none. Maybe I send it in too late? Like middle of the month or end of month, I should try early of the month.. haha.. Shall I send them by the last date of the month (30th or 31st) and so Cleo gets it by 1st? lol..

Im choosing which to enter nowadays if I buy the mag, cos its like 60cent ady... T_T...

Daddy's birthday card... handmade.. =D

I'm out of 1 'D' so I replaced it with DADEE... =P I'm making a pop up card for Dadeeeeeee... =D



butterflies from my punches collection.. =D

  Smaller ones from Daiso and a shop in Sunway Pyramid, large one from Martha Stewart. I stuck in some blings and stickled it..




handmade flower ^^

 Just a round I cut and decorated.. =D

You see, I dont own any die cut machine yet, and I hate to see all the tutorial online teaching us to make own flowers using die cut machine etc.. cos I don't have one!! =(  (I'm dreaming to get my hands on slice elite... or cricut) so what do people do when die cuts machine were not invented for personal use than?

MEASURE. AND HAND CUT.

Yes, I traced circles from round covers, cds etc to get my round and cut them one by one.. =) I'm planning to make some different templates of circles for my future use... soon..




mini butterflies were stickled too, and the scalloped stripe were from a template I made myself and punched with tiny heart punch.. from Daiso Taiwan.. =P




My scallop strip template.. haha..

 I punched a row of half circle onto a piece of paper with my 1" circle punch, and retrace it to the mounting board and cut it out again! =D

Its a old mounting board from my college days presentation, I recently took a few out from the store room, removed the written papers (which were pasted with mounting sprays) and reuse them.. Apart from making templates, I'm gonna cut some and make dividers for my accessories drawer. Especially for my earrings and rings compartments.. too messy =/



pop-up birthday cake template

I copied the template idea from this video tutorial that uses some die cut machine, but I just self measure and cut them out myself lor..

Then, add in strips of deco tape to the sides...

 Tape very cheap nia... from Daiso Korea.. hahaha! Daiso again!!

end result.. pretty sucessful..

Apart from the card being a bit too plain for my liking.. but Im in a hurry to send it today so Daddy gets it by Monday (his bday!)

ariel view

I added I'm more speech bubbles in the end, but I dint have time to take pictures ady..

And just freshly made:

Homemade glimmer mist!!! =D =D

Yay! Success!! =D =D

A bottle of glimmer mist in SnC cost me a bomb, and after some tutorials from you tube, I bought perfect pearls powders from ebay, (cant get them in SnC) and some acrylic paints from Daiso and ArtFriend, and some spray bottles from Sinma, (RM2 per bottle?) mix em up, and tadaaa!! =D

Can use to color some homemade flowers, paper background... etc... =D

Glimmer mist in Snc is RM29.90 for 1.35ounce... 

my bottle = RM2
perfect pearl powder = RM10 and can be used for long long time, many purposes.. (I just added in like a few scoops from my crochet hook lor.. haha)
acrylic paint from daiso RM5 for 20ml, can be used many times and many purposes... (2 squeezes)

break it down, a bottle of glimmer mist cost like only RM5 lor! and I can have as many or as little glitter as I want, cos I can mix them myself... *pat self at back*

hahahaha!




seeeeee! It glimmers!!! =D

 Gold, bronze, midnight blue, yellow green and black.. Though black looks more to grey cos I added perfect pearl (white) in it.. =P I'm getting some pink and purples on my next shopping trip! hahaha!