Doraemon can fly!

I've traditionally made a Doraemon themed card for my friend each year, haven't seen him for yonks but not wanting to break the tradition, I combined my current 'hot air ballon' card addiction with a Doraemon head lol!

As usual, I cut the shapes out myself, I inked the paper around the eyes so they would turn up more. Lacking red ribbon, I used my ink pens to colour a ribbon so the paper did get slightly stained and then I strung a little bell on it (I think these are the only times I've used them, *sigh*). Rather than just stick foam tape around the edges, I added extra tape at the top of the balloon so it makes the balloon stick out more at the top!

As the background, rather than the usual swirls/medallion, I used my Chinese Happy Birthday stamp with versamark and chalk, but since I randomly placed colours it didn't look that great so I did add some elegant purple swirls! (most of it gets covered anyway -_-)

Pac-e-mon

Occasion: Birthday for RSA

Inspiration
1. Gaming --> Pacman --> elements of Pokemon
2. The 80s gaming era (inspiration also from the 'Back to the 80s' exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum 2010)
3. cup noodle


This was the first group card I made for 2011, actually, I don't think I've made one for months so had to go have some fun with this. Had some trouble envisioning the final design and with the printer settings but made it through in the end! (Was it painful drawing all those dots? Maybe a little XD)

Elements
-plenty of printed pictures, the dots were redrawn with a pen
-rhinestones of all colours and sizes
-apple holepunch from 100-yen store in Japan
-scrapbook paper: Grace Taylor Contempo Collection from Big W
-Pacman is actually made from foam, I had a set of smiley face foam circles which I reversed
-as I had already cut the paper up, the black was initially an A3 piece, I stuck two pieces of cardboard with a rhinestone brad (stampin' up) (Yeah, I so did not need to especially buy an A3 piece of cardboard -_-)








from the left: chopticks, made them mysself =D; tomato sauce- the edges cut with zig-zag scissors, kettle for hot water and the actual cup noodles!

Doraemon is purple?

Occasion: Benraemon's Birthday

Inspiration
1. Doraemon
2. colour purple lol
3. Tradition ;)


Modeled by the lovely Toby!

Elements
-It's pretty much just made with cardboard and paper! I accidentally left some ink residue on the front so I tried cleaning it with white ink, doesn't work...
-see the purple paper, it's from my scrap paper collection and is actually from an old financial institition guide I would have picked up from a career fest.

I posted this off just in time before my friend went overseas ^^