Little special for the ones we care

這是我第一個學徒的成品呦, 是不是很美呢？
其實有時候一點小心意不需要很複雜, 就可以在對方心中留下很深的感動喔

自從上次幫忙教會設計了書籤邀請卡之後, 這位朋友就請我教他做書籤
他想要為他的高中同學會做點可以讓大家紀念的小東西
這些我只教他一些基本方法還有選色, 之後從頭到尾都是他自己做的:)
還非常有心的做了兩個版本!!!

For first beginner to do card crafting, I really recommend to do some easy technique.
And, that the reason why I decide to teach my friend to make bookmarks.
The only thing you need is some ink pads, non-stick sheet, and heater.
If you have those things, you can create beautiful background :)
After you are done with the background, I usually will choose two stamps, one is image, and other one is text. Really easy and simple!
Here are my first "student" made 20 for each style for her high school reunion.
She did everything by herself, so proud of her :)

(女生版)

(男生版)


堤外話:

雖然Spring Break已經結束好久了, 但一回來就奔入presentation的懷抱中
結束後, 又趕著要打包整理好要海運的東西, 目前已經有四箱囉嗚呼:D
整理後才發現原來在美國的這五年其實東西也沒說特別多嘛
現在唯一麻煩的是.....我買的這麼多的麵粉 and other baking stuff該怎麼辦？
Well...I think the best solution is to "bake"!!!!!
所以最近忙碌事項: 烤杏仁餅乾, 蛋塔, 香蕉蛋糕, 泡芙.......
我想最樂應該是我附近的"好友們"吧

Bookmarks for amazing God

若是以前的我一定沒想過, 以某種程度來說我做到了五年前對自己的挑戰, 那時候我參加了個教會營會 (老實說我已經忘了是哪一個了, 因為暑假/寒假我參加了蠻多個) 當時站在講台上的大雄哥哥叫我們寫下對四年後的期許, 那時候的我還深深對藝術著迷, 但同時也嚴重缺乏自信, 徬徨無助的我傻傻的就寫下:

在2014年我要用藝術來讚美上帝

但之後這個期許還有我的美好回憶照片們被我貼在我房間的牆上, 每年回去家裡看到總會有種我怎麼可能辦得到的想法浮現, 過了一兩年之後, 原本對藝術充滿憧憬的我慢慢的不得不對現實低頭, 當個藝術家根本無法在未來有能力餵飽自己, 所以我之後決定主修商了, 但是我還是有那一點點希望說我不想完全放棄藝術, 所以目光慢慢調整成"藝術可以是個lifetime的興趣" 也是因為我知道自己若是有壓力, 就會下意識的有排斥心態, 在這同時我也慢慢的愛上彩印, 看著一個又一個好厲害的blogger的卡片/書籤, 我總希望我也做出讓人看到會"哇"的卡片! 剛開始的時候, 我還沒有忘記那個期許所以買了幾個跟信仰有關係的印章, 但是他們總是被我擺在櫃子的最深處, 從來都沒有想法說要怎麼用他們

一直到最近, 在ohio這邊的教會, 小組長們想到我有做卡片的興趣, 然後問我有沒有可能為3/7的聯合小組茶會做邀請函, 我想了一下說我可以試試看, 因為最近好像新朋友變得越來越少而當個基督徒的使命就是傳福音, 所以我很開心我可以為愛著我的上帝付出一些我能力範圍內可以做的事情, 之後我做出了這兩種樣式!!

週日小組弟兄姊妹一起來製作書籤邀請函, 一個下午的忙碌後, 我們當天做了四十張左右, 送出書籤因為它的實用性比較高, 而不會看看就把邀請函丟了lol 既然都做了書籤了, 當然邀請函的內容不可能用打的印出來, 這樣多沒誠意啊, 所以可憐(!?)的姊妹們就開始了無止盡的罰寫(!?) 我想若是收到的人一定會收到我們滿到要爆出來的誠意啦:D 儘管他們沒有時間來到聯合小組茶會, 未來當他們生命中或許碰到了什麼事情, 看到了書籤可能會讓他們有個去教會的想法:) 我想我送出書籤的人比較不像邀請函, 而像是播種

我真心希望那些還沒認識上帝的人們, 有天可以給上帝爸爸一個機會進到他們的心中
其實我也不是個很好的基督徒, 常常沒有讀聖經, 禱告, 或是偷懶想睡覺而沒去教會
但是當我對未來的我/事情感到恐懼, 缺乏信心, 自我否定的時候
我依舊感受到天父爸爸很愛我, 沒有因為那些就拋棄我
所以往往當我回頭看的時候, 我都做到了那些我覺得無法達成的事情
這時候我真的覺得"信仰"很奇妙!! 它真的成為了我的支柱!!

Thank you, Father! You are always so amazing :D

Make a Wish

一直很想嘗試看看這種卡片
也跳脫一下每次的生日卡都是"Happy Birthday" 的字,
所以這次只用了"make a wish"

這張送給了跟我同住兩年的室友,
也感謝他這兩年處理房子大大小小的事情
祝福他在紐約的工作可以順利

Always wanna make one of this kind of card.
Finally, I use different word "Happy Birthday" to "make a wish" for birthday card.

This one is for my roommate who live with me for two years.
Thank him handle everything goes on in this apt.
Hope he will have a good time work in NY!

Customize Bookmark

Today my friend took me home after our last class, and she spent some times chatting with us. I remembered that she said she want to make bookmark by herself. But, it came up I did it for her. LOL This was a special experience because this one is all customized by her. She pick the color and stamps. My work is design a way to fit all her request together. I learned that the stamp does not have to use entire image. It could be use partially, and you will find out that you can play with the stamp over and over with different cards. This awesome tip is from Virginia Lu! I love her articles of how you can expend your stamp!

Check it out here: How I Stretch My Stamps  

Bookmark 給太陽花女孩

我非常少會做書籤, 有時候也是怕會太單調
這次這張可以說是非常緊迫趕出來的哈哈
當天趕著做好, 當天送人!!!
這張非常簡單, 分別用紅色, 黃色印台在不吸水墊上隨意蓋印, 好讓書籤染色

小小心得: 不用一次就要上色完畢, 每次上色一部分烘乾後, 再進行下一次
這樣比較容易達到自己想要的效果喔, 而不是都是只有一個顏色

這張送給一個像是太陽花的女孩:) 儘管那陣子他生活不順
我還是希望他可以跟太陽一樣, 充滿活力, 照亮自己還有別人!!!

I seldom make bookmark as a gift, but I really ran out of time during that day.
This one was really simple to make, and I had fun see two color being mix together but not entirely mixed. The only thing you need to do is pick two colors and stamp on non-stick craft sheet randomly. And, let the bookmark get some colors!

This one was for a girl who just like a sunflower. Although she was not having a good days for a while. Still, I wish her a happy birthday and hope she will keep being positive! Smile everyday.

You're a wonderful reason to celebrate

This one was for my good friend who transfer to OSU from Seattle with me. The fun point is we did not plan to transfer together. Although we did not know each other well when we were in Seattle, and as I recalled that she doesn't like me during that time, I am glad that we had a chance to become good friends and bubble tea partner in Ohio! Art classes were the most fun time I had in OSU. Even it had lots of difficult tasks to do. I won't forget the craziest experience we had fighting during entire weekend (stay up whole night ) just need to finish one project.

Brief explain the project: It was about the instructor assign an artist for each one and we will need to do some research and find out that artist's characteristics/ style of doing art. Our mission was to make a small booklet for it by only using cutting and pasting. No drawing allow! Guess who is my artist? Joan Miro!!! I have to say that instructor know me well. LOL He is the artist, inspired by Picasso, and use red/ yellow/ blue as major colors for most of the art works with cartoon style.

So, here is the card I made for her as a birthday card and gave her a Earl Grey tea bag cuz we are tea-lovers!!! (The interesting fact is that I didn't notice the tea bag matches with the card until she told me that :P)

Hope you all have a great weekend!  

Wedding Card-- Paper Piecing

This one is for my two good friends. Wanna congrats them for this happy event in their life although there are not many people know this great news at the beginning. Now, their son is four-months-old!!!

I used alcohol inks on the blending tool and pat on glossy paper. Paper piecing on the clothes of brides and groom. Hope you guys like it :)

這張是給在美國認識的好朋搖啦, 恭喜他們結婚啦
雖然只有少數幾的朋友知道, 但我還是替他們感到開心
而現在他們的兒子都已經四個月大了!!!!

這張用酒精性顏料滴在blending tool上在隨意輕拍在鏡面紙
而新郎新娘身上的衣服則是用紙張剪貼技法

For Angel

This was a sad news from last year in the middle of summer vacation... One of my good friends' mom passed away... So, her boyfriend wanted to do something for her mother and asked me to make a card for her. Lavender is her favorite, so he order some real dry lavender which will never fade. It was really sad that we can do nothing and feel helpless because she was in Taiwan alone. Wish we can give her a hug when she needs us. Thanks her for teaching a great daughter and become a good friend of mine. She will be the most shining star in the sky!

Thankful card for the awesome art instructor

Art has always be my interest. However, the realistic is cruel...It is tough to living as a artist. So, I am majoring in business, but I still don't want to give up art. I was trying to minor in art, but that did not work out well. I only took two art classes due to limited time I have.

This card is made for my art instructor in Ohio State University. I am always thankful for the teaching and the kindness. Because as the international student, there are lots of specific vocabularies, but she always being patient to me. I tried my best in this course and I got an A in the end :)

In this course, I learned a lot and be able to recognize lots of arts during the world. When I visited some attractions, those background of the arts have been recalled to my mind. The most impressive one is the Cloud Gate in Chicago! And the one we recently visit, which is Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. If she did not show and explain those art pieces, I would never have the connection with them.  

  















Cloud Gate, Chicago

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington D.C.



Thank you, Alison Crocetta, for being a such great teacher!

友情, 真的有一輩子的

有位真心朋友, 真好:)

怎麼樣才算是真心朋友!?
我一直深信若是我們相處在一起
不需要刻意做什麼 不會尷尬 場面也不會太乾

那我想這樣就是所謂的真心的朋友了

但是往往這種人一生當中又能遇到幾個呢？

就是因為稀少, 所以才會加倍珍惜

"Friends are flowers that never fade"
友情就想那花朵一樣, 永不凋零

-這是我最喜歡的一句話之一

嘿! 林姿, 我很想你
在這個人生地不熟的環境下更想你:D
感覺這樣的我好沒用喔
不過這大概就是大家所說的過渡期吧

過渡期你快點過去吧!!!!!!!!!!!!

這張使用了我很喜歡的一個技法-- 化石技法

編織技法 - 廢紙利用 Use some piecemeal paper

這張生日卡片的出生完全是個意外

但是呢這真的可以說是美麗的意外
因為我那陣子完全沒有做卡片
忙著打包搬家行李 搬著一箱又一箱去郵局寄 誇張到我的手臂變粗了好多:(

所以呢當然不是我這"弱女子"一個人可以辦到的事情
為了謝謝朋友的幫忙 又因為他在台灣的姊姊要過生日了
就叫他省下買卡片的錢 我直接幫他做一張

剛好在Helen的Blog找靈感時
看到了編織技法 既可以學新技法又可以利用廢紙

做完這張後 意外的得到好多人的好評
雖然.....好多人看到這張的第一眼是"魷魚絲" = =
(台灣人的精神果然就是愛吃!!!!!!)

但是這張生日卡成為了我也很喜歡的一張作品:D

兩旁的咖啡色紙是美編紙, 中間背景的黃色部分是用黃色印台加上一點深咖啡
"魷魚絲"部分則是黃色的紙裁成一條條長條狀, 再用點點印章隨意亂蓋, 邊邊用深咖啡色上色
字章的tag則是自己剪的, 邊邊同樣用深咖啡色上色, 上方打洞再打上緞帶打結

I would have say this one is a beautiful accident. I was busy packing my stuff and going to post office to ship A LOT of my things, like TV, printer....Of course, there is no way I can do this all by myself. There is a new friend just came from Taiwan to Seattle for not really long time, and he said he can help me carry those packages!!! When we arrived post office, he saw some birthday cards and was going to buy one for his sister. I told him that don't buy, I will make one for you for helping me.

After I made this one and posted on Facebook, everyone like it! but....so many people said it is like Squid Shreds... (Totally shows the Taiwanese spiritual-- love to eat!)

(Squid Shreds)


Do you think this card really looks like squid shreds?? lol Whether it is or not, it becomes one of my favorite cards! :)

Thanks for your time to stop by! Stay warm Ohio friends! The schools are cancelled due to extreme weather (-15C but feels like -30C) So unbelievable!!!!!!

日本加油!!!!!!!!! Cheer up, Japaneses!!!

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passages.

上帝承諾給我們一個安全的土地, 不是一個鎮靜的通道

希望每個日本人可以加油 我們大家都在為你們祈禱
雖然你們的家已經不在, 但是若是家人都平安 那麼一切都可以重頭來過
希望有人失去親朋好友的可以快點振作起來:)

Hope every Japaneses can cheer up, everyone is praying for you all.
Although your hometown is destroyed by the disaster, your families are still safe.
Then everything can be rebuild!!!!
Perhaps you lose some of your family members or friends, but I wish you can get well as soon as possible.

只要是人都會有希望 希望跟信仰可以讓一切不可能的變成可行的

There is hope in everyone's heart. Hope and Faith can make anything impossible into possible!!!

燙凸抗色技法之友情可貴

好喜歡helen做的卡片們 所以嘗試了這技法
希望沒有失敗才好


在美國, 真的比不上那些在台灣的老朋友
沒有一個人是能被替代的 有時候真的好希望能回台灣跟你們在一起
但是若不是能出國我也不會知道你們對我這麼重要吧

我很想你喔姿儀
暑假真希望我能趕快把托福考高分一點
然後趕快跟你一起去學開車 跟俐穎一起仨人行

這個印章真的很適合我們, 你說是吧?!

Time passes... friendship stays right where it's put! :)

A Thankful Card for My Lovely Mom