“女儿，我想念你“

我想念你
我在等你

我等待你打电话给我
说你要来看我
说你要来和我popeh
说你要来和我yamcha
说你要来和我update你所面对的

你说了你要来
但是你没有来

我想念你
我把我想说的话都写给你
提醒你记得把它看完
你却只看了一下
觉得我很长气
也害怕看见我写了你不想看的事情
所以丢在一旁

你说了你会看
但是你没有看

我想念你
我很用心为你策划许多的惊喜
只为了让你在艰难的日子里得到一些鼓励
也让你知道
我很在意你的感受
我比任何人都更清楚你的状况
你却嫌我麻烦
说我很烦
甚至还kap我的电话
SMS 你也不回答


女儿，我想念你
你什么时候要来和我见面
你什么时候会看我的圣经
你什么时候会听我的声音

－阿爸父

今天决定放下手上的工作
好好的与天父popeh一下
忽然仿佛感受到
天父等待的心情

World Card Making Day - 6 oct

Today is World card making day! It is 10:10pm in Malaysia meaning i am going to miss this day due to my pack schedule and heavy workloads!!! However, i challenged myself to make a card in 5 mins time and this is what i came out with :D

Happy World Card Making Day!!!

handmade journal with card

Recently i made quite some handmade journal with matching cards for my clients =) Some are birthday gifts and some are purely for friendship =) Most of my clients are at the age of 17-19 (this month). By making so "young" notebooks, i feel young in heart too :)

I hope they will like it =)

"我能给的可能不多，但是那可能是我的全部..."

上周2
和Kevin and Huilian
到Kuala Baram 的垃圾堆收集质料
这地方－好臭！好脏！
一打开车门就有想呕吐的感觉! 好难顶!

但是为了要收集质料，
让Gbox 有机会帮助他们
我只好忍！忍！忍！
曾经有位讲员说：你只要在原地深呼吸3次
你就会习惯那个味道了
我真的这样做了

和小孩们参观他们住的地方的时候
第一个感觉就是：这是家吗？这是很有“味道”的家！
其中一位小孩还很开心的拉我的手！
我忽然想把手拿开，内心里说：aiya, 忘记做消毒的防备！
但是我没有把手拿开，因为我知道我不可以。

小孩很开心，给了我一张很明显是垃圾堆里拾的play card
我微笑的说：你自己收吧！我家也有一份了！
小孩好像很失望
她的妈妈对我说：她一定很喜欢你
因为她把自己最喜欢的卡给你
虽然不是什么值钱的东西

那一刹那
看着小孩的眼神
仿佛对我说："我能给的可能不多，但是那可能是我的全部..."

X X X X X

记得在大学的时候，
算是第一次没有和家人一起庆祝中秋节
永谦送了我一大盒的上海月饼， 很好吃
与我的roommate - 燕娘，习群和秀雅一起分享
当天晚上我们4人好像家人一样庆祝中秋节

今年，有几位徒弟都进入大学了
想－他们应该也会想家
所以决定买月饼，寄给他们吃
让他们知道－他们的属灵家人想念他们

当我去到月饼的摊位的时候
发现到月饼好贵哦！
何时起月饼那么贵了？
平均一粒要RM16.90啊！
挣扎了很久
口袋的钱应该不多
但是买1粒又好像好吝啬
所以还是买了每人一粒，寄给他们了
而且是下重本- poslaju 给他们的只为了确保他们按时候收到
但是其中一位到今天都没有时间去拿

虽然只是一粒月饼
一粒对很多人来说不是很贵的东西
但是对现在的我来说

"我能给的可能不多，但是那可能是我的全部..."

X   X   X   X   X

9月30日
很开心把差传基金的钱交完了！
但是算算.. 不对劲
原本以为我奉献的会是我今年的12%
没有想到这个数目是我今年总收入的50％
我问上帝：我的瓶颈在哪里？
你在考验我的信心吗？

"上帝啊！我能给的可能不多，但是那可能是我的全部啊！"

仿佛听到声音说：
是多或少
你的全部，都是我的....
交给我吧

因为我能给你更多

My Published Cards

I received Holiday Cards and More Volume 7 from Papercrafts few days ago and i was so excited and spent quite sometime browse through the whole magazine! I am so in love with this issue of magazine!

 The most excited is, i have 3 cards selected for publications in this magazine! Share with you my cards!

Christmas Tag, page 101

Christmas Tag page 99 (only green featured)

and my favorite christmas card, page 46.

I hope more of my friends will join me to submit cards to PC more often! 

Yay!!!

Gifts

I am quite excited about these designs =) I made these for my church's youth bible knowledge competition and i quite like the outcome these products. I hope the youth will love it too!

Happy Bible Reading =)

我喜欢 vs 我不喜欢

现在的我

我喜欢月头       我不喜欢月尾

我喜欢星期六    我不喜欢星期天

我喜欢被想念       我不喜欢思念人
我喜欢说话      我不喜欢被说
我喜欢送礼物      我不喜欢人家花钱买礼物给我
我喜欢哭      我不喜欢看到被我伤害到哭
我喜欢花钱      我不喜欢没钱花
我喜欢作卡片     我不喜欢买卡片
我喜欢给人惊喜      我不喜欢被人吓到
我喜欢听到手机Pipoo的声音  我不喜欢回答很多的watsapp
我喜欢被需要   我不喜欢软弱到需要人
我喜欢咖啡  我不喜欢咖啡加糖
我喜欢听到弟弟撒娇的声音        我不喜欢听到弟弟对妈妈说话大声的声音
我喜欢听到爸爸睡觉打呼的声音      我不喜欢忽然没有听到声音
我喜欢妈妈煮的饭菜     我不喜欢妈妈每天都那么辛苦的煮饭菜
我喜欢不用开车上班     我不喜欢自己到今天依然没有拥有一辆车
我喜欢团契   我不喜欢很多人的团契

我喜欢经历上帝的方式生活     我不喜欢凭信心生活

我喜欢整齐   我不喜欢收拾
我喜欢冰淇淋   我不喜欢越来越胖
我喜欢祷告   我不喜欢看到很多伤心的祷告事项

我喜欢自己还活着    我不喜欢自己活的不够精彩

我要学习改变我不喜欢的事情
让生活充满喜欢

我喜欢......

Happy Baby Animal

Playing with "bra rings", came out with these Happy Baby Animal card design =p Hope this is really fun =p I had fun though =)

Yes, Pink and Blue =)  

Handmade journal

Recently i am quite into handmade journal. I truly enjoy the process of putting papers together and stitched them into a book =) Spending time designing the cover is the most headache process but definitely fun! I made some journals recently =) 

The front and back of this journal for Carmen - made from Kraft paper Fabric. i love this fabric as it feels like paper but it is fabric and you can't tear it off =)

I love to design matching card and bookmark with the notebook =)

And i hope Elise will love this though =)

I am excited about this - but this hobby took so much of my time =) But sending joy and love via handmade notebook - and see the smile on the receiver's face - the time spent is definitely worth it =)

I Love My CINCH

I bought a CINCH for myself during my Singapore trip last week. I heard quite some comments about the circle holes created are huge and look weird on small journal. I tried that today and  hey i have to say, I LOVE THE OUTCOME!!! and i didn't regret of buying CINCH (although i hope to get myself a zutter too!) I guess i will spend lots of time making notebooks from now on =)

These 2 are my very 1st notebooks created using cinch =)

Sorry i hardly update my blog regarding my cards or handmade journal,

however, if you are interested to know what i created,

please drop by my FB page here

Happy Weekend =)

My September Badges

觉得最近设计的badges, 都代表了自己的心情 =)

Hello: (my favorite color 的badges) - 最近常和自己问安 =)

Emo: 好多人都说我有点emo ><

Pipoo: 喜欢手机收到简讯的ringtone XD

I miss u: 忽然有很多的想念。也开始回想过去 TT

Fuiyoh: 很欣赏自己的tahan 能力，就算环境不好，依然有盼望  =p

Thanks: 每天都存感恩的心，谢谢上帝今天我依然活着

I lap u: 最近对家人说了这句话  =_) 有没有听到是另一回事 =p 

但是上帝，让我学习，更加 lap U =) 我知道我做的不好 =)

Oh Yes: (这句话是curtin 学生给的，虽然有点lame...但是) 靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能作！加油！

LOL: 我有喜乐面对所有的难题

Syiok: 我一点都不害怕，因为我的神与我同在，有什么问题能打败我呢？

原本以为这个badges so so 而已，没有什么特别，所以每个只作了5－10 个而已

但是还没有开始卖都已经30％ gone 了

我想，用自己的经历，用自己的体验来设计一些东西

就算它简单到什么人都能作到

但是它就是可以给人不一样的message

给人不一样的安慰和鼓励

谢谢上帝的鼓励 =D

瓶颈

昨天爱徒说，他考Quiz不及格(Quiz 而已ley）
已经是他的瓶颈
可能因为他是top 学生
加上考试都是HD 的
所以这打击挺大的...

我问自己
8个月没有收入
是不是也我的瓶颈呢？
从6个月，到7个月
到8个月
不知道还有没有9个月10个月

有时候打开眼睛
有一股莫名其妙的害怕
有不想上班的冲动
感觉上再怎样努力也改变不了状况
因为很多东西不是可以控制的

不是说我不努力啊
每天已经只睡觉5个小时啊

想想
是时候要改变

但是怎样改呢？

马太福音6:33

Playing with Washi Tapes

Bought quite some washi tapes recently =) Decided to explore on simple ways of playing with the tapes - as background for a card =) It is so easy to make cards using Washi tapes - quick and fun! Arg.. i hope to have more cute tapes in stead of what i had now :D

Sharing my cards to you - need more exploration though =)

First attempt at handmade journal

I started to in love in this hobby! Making own journal book can be that fun! (but gonna scarify more personal times though). Special Thanks to Sheerah who taught me this skill.

Practice makes perfect. So i made 8 journals - to give away to my friends. So, i believe soon, i can start make journal for sale XD

人生低潮

我的工作生涯
第一次经历过6个月没有工资的日子(从来没有一个月没有工资哦）
还不断的倒贴钱

面对酱的经济压力
还有公司上的一些问题 (Arg :( )
我不得不把心爱的玩具卖了一些
来周转一下

生活难免很压力
脾气容易暴躁
心情很烦躁
没有钱赚的东西开始没有兴趣做
连事奉都觉得是一种的负担

毕竟回想，如果没有放弃北京工作
6个月也至少可以有4万的储蓄吧
而且可以过很奢侈的生活

徒弟找我作卡片－我也推
爱心小站的卡片要完了 － 我也懒惰去作
佳讯的封面又要设计了－我也随便应付

忽然间很讨厌这种态度的自己
所以好几个晚上眼泪都无段段的留下
终于生大病了

家人说：
Oling, 我看你6个月没有工资，生活还过的不错
如果是我就惨了！
你看你这6个月
   － 有喝不完的咖啡
   － 还有钱买玩具
   － 还去了北京和新疆玩！
   － 还常常有人请吃饭！而且都没有瘦到！
   － 还有amway products 吃
最夸张的是生病都有顾客寄supplement 给你

说的也是...
这段时间
谢谢徒弟和长辈们小心和不小心的请客
谢谢妈妈的辛苦－帮忙津贴最多的钱
谢谢很贴心的爱徒，属灵保罗和我的好朋友－常听我唠叨我的痛苦，还为我祷告
谢谢姐妹还送我去massage and facial
谢谢弟弟没有催我要工钱 XD
谢谢上帝的磨练

今天tracy 说：
I asked for Strength...
And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for Wisdom...
And God gave me Problems to solve
I asked for Prosperity...
And God gave me Brain and energy to work
I asked for Courage...
And God gave me Danger to overcome 
I asked for Love...
And God gave me Troubled people to help.
I asked for Favours...
And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted
But I received everything I needed

这6个月的辛苦仿佛只是一个开始

上帝，我真的很久没有好好的享受很Stress-less的一天

我忽然想吃KFC...

这六个月：恩典满满

Kraft and White card

i came across this card by Debby Huges via a pin at Angeline's Pinterst Board =) I am in love with this card at the first sight. So, i try to case the design of the card =)

and this is what i produced >.< I hope to be more creative in playing with spaces - just like how Debby did. Have a great day!

His Grace is Sufficient for me

Life is full of Ups and Downs =) I faced some difficulty recently and life is kind of stress =) However, God's greece is sufficient for me. Today, Yee Boon, who is good in creating mini clay toys, gave me a nice iPhone ear plug and at the same time, she passed me some supplements from an angel. She said: the angel preferred to be secretive. 

When i looked at the love gifts, suddenly it just feel like God talking to me: "Marlene, do no worry about tomorrow. I know your problems. I know your situations. I will take care of you. I will NOT ONLY provide you will sufficient food, i will provide you with Extra nutritions and dessert as well! Lean on ME. Leave it to ME."

This inspired me to create the below card to express my gratitude- Angels, thank you =)

Visit Yee Boon's creations here. She is not only good in handmade thinggy, but she is good in photography too!!!

Sending smile across the miles

I just came back from Beijing and i miss my Barnabas - Wan Yeen in Beijing. I went there to celebrate her birthday but i didn't manage to make a card for her before i went. So now, i decided to make one card and post to her with a handmade present =) here comes my super simple card =) I personally like it though =)

My 2nd published card

I received Card Creations Volume 10 today from Papercrafts and i am so happy to see the card that i made published in this magazine. Not only that, there are 300 awesome cards in this magazine. I spent an hour digesting this magazine and oh wow - i am just too excited about this =)

This is the card that i made, that published in this magazine. I will try to submit again and again and again! Happy card making

Simple Thank You Card

Source: mypapersecret.blogspot.com.au via Marlene on Pinterest

I saw this card from Cristina and i am so in love with the colors and simplicity =) I made a thank you card based on the "feel" of this card. Kraft, White (ivory) and Black =)

SUPPLY LIST

Cardstock: (White) Popular

Clear Stamps : (Filigreed Frames) Wplus9 Design Studio

Dye Ink: (Basic Black) Stampi' UP

Dies: (Thanks) Sizzix.

Others: (Checked Black Fabric Tape) (White String) (Black Buttons) China

Finished size: 4.25" x 5.5"

Movers & Shakers

I bought some new dies and stamps from PTI and can't wait to play with it. However, i am not sure on how to play with the Movers & Shakers - Poppers dies. Therefore, i visited Maile Belle's blog and found very useful information and here comes my card =) Hope you will like it =)

This is the front cover =)

and when you open it, you will see this =) the pop-up

Stamps: (Beautiful Butterflies) Papertreyink
Papers:(White cardstock) Papertreyink
Colours: (Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Creamy Caramel, Soft Suede) Stamp'in UP!
Others: Lace ribbon, button, (Polka dots paper) Papertreyink

Playing with Washi tape again

My church requested for 6 Thank you cards - and i took it as challenge for me to make card in such a busy month. However i quite happy with the outcome - and i am really in love with Washi tape (Special thanks to Angeline Yong who reminded me of this tape!)

Washi-10-Q-card

I am in love with Washi tape but i don't have a lot >< I bought these 3 mt Washi tape in 2009 and only using them often these few months after sawing how people play with these tapes recently. However, i only have plain design though ><

I made this card to express my gratitude to a friend who allowed me to stay with her during my trip to Beijing. She, Tina, not even prepared a nice room for me, she even prepared breakfast for me everyday and spent time at night, sharing His words to me. She made my trip even fruitful than i expected =) Thank you Tina.

SUPPLY LIST

Cardstock: (Natural White) Stampin' UP!

Clear Stamps : (Filigreed Frames) Wplus9 Design Studio

Dye Ink: (Early Espresso) Stampi' UP

Dies: (Thanks) Sizzix.

Others: (Green, Brown, Turquoise) mt Kamoi Tape

Finished size: 4.25" x 5.5"

My First Published Card

It has been ages since I updated my blog. I have problems with my current domain www.marlenelo.com and it took ages for me (who is non-web designer) to fix it. Therefore decided to redirect to my older blog at this moment =)

I am so happy and would love to share my 1st published card at Papercrafts magazine May/June 2012 issue. I really wanna say big THANK YOU to Angeline Yong who encouraged me to submit my cards to Papercrafts and now i know the JOY of being published in a magazine. However, glory to our God for the ideas given.

For card makers, TRY to submit to Papercrafts. It will help you to increace your UMPH to make more cards!

I will make more cards from now own~ Yippeee!!!

Have a nice day~