Cardstock Shadow box

Had saw many people recently had made shadow box.

As such, i would like to try out myself too. Especially with some of my new dies arrived from Aliexpress, i shall made one as a gift for my friend.

So here is what I had made.

For more details and which dies i had been using, below is the video.

It was really fun making it and i shall play more on it.

Greeting Card Using Aliexpress Dies

I had bought quite alot of dies in Aliexpress back in Nov, and finally some had reach.

Upon seeing it, i immediately wanted to try it out, and below is the cards I had made.

The frame die is inspire by Faithful Design Christy, and i often see her use it. Thus i like to get one too.

Below is the video of the details of the card.

Handcream Gift Box Tutorial

Christmas is coming, and it is time for shopping and gift wrapping.

Handcream seems to be one of the common gift that we give/received.

So with the odd shape, i had made these gift boxes specially to hold it.

P/s: the original idea of the box is not from me. I had only use the concept and resize to fit the handcream.

The complete look of the handcream

This is really easy to make and below is the size of a cardstock required.

Those Straight lines are folding line. 

Those with zig-zag line / shaded area are the place where you cut

For your easy of assembly the gift box, watch the below video:

Birthday Card and Envelope Making

I had made a birthday card for my best friend.
She is a sweet girl who loves white color. Thus i thought of making a simple and sweet card.

This is what i had made for her.

The card is 5" x 5" and color use is mainly pink and white.

A handmade envelope is also made to enclose the card.

Overall size is 5 1/2"x 5 1/4" and is made out of A4 size paper.
And here is the dimension before cut out.

The most important is the center section dimension 5 1/2"x 5 1/4" , the rest of the dimension is able to adjust to your preference.

Here is how the finish product look like.

Place to buy Local Stuff in Osaka - Don Quijote

Icon of Don Quijote is the Mr Penguin

I believe that when we travel, we love to buy local items back home. This is the same for me when I am in Osaka recently.

Along the street, you may find lots of drugs store, small shop that sell Japanese good that are tax free.

Different store manage differently on the tax free procedure.

One of the store that I really visited the most is Don Quijote at Namba.

There is a total of 3 stores in that area and I feel each store had some unique items for sale.

In general, the common items that Tourist buy are available in all 3 stores, but favorite is the one at the main street.

Address: 

Don Quijote, 2 Chome-5-9 Nishishinsaibashi, Chūō-ku, Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka-fu 542-0086, Japan

Click on Google map

The store is bigger which is a few storey high.

Level 1: Mainly are snacks and drugs items

Level 2: More foods (eg instant noodles, sauces etc) , toiletries.

Level 3: Bags, electronic items etc

Prices in this shop are more competitive compare to most other drug store.

The only cons are:

Drugs items eg. vitamin, supplements etc need to be pay at their drug store counter, and all items include tax must be pay upfront. After purchase, if total purchase exceed 5000yen then using the receipts we will proceed to the tax refund counter to had all the items pack and had the tax refund.

As this store is so popular, we took quite a long que to get the tax refund and they had all the item seal in a clear bag. This make luggage packing quite inconvenience especially when you buy lots of items like i do.

Above are all the items I bought during my Osaka trip.

Snacks, chocolates, shampoo and hair dyes were all bought at Don Quijote.

It is definitely a place worth to shop, just watch your pocket before it get burn badly.

Matcha with Red Bean Agar Agar Mooncake

For this recipe, I'm using the small mooncake mould which able to make about 16 pieces.

Unused Red Bean Paste is able to keep in freezer and store for about a month

Suggest everyone to try out the recipe first and adjust the sugar level to your liking.

Enjoy making the agar agar mooncake for the upcoming festival.

Red Bean Paste:

100g Red Bean                                30g Sugar                  10g Oil

Instructions:

       1)   Red Bean soak overnight ( min 6hours)

       2)   Steam the Red Bean with 1cm of water cover above the red bean. Steam still in can be mash.

3     3)   Add Sugar and oil into the mash red bean and stir well.

4     4)   In a non-stick pan, fry till the paste stick together.

Red Bean Agar Agar Filling:

2tsp Agar Agar Powder                 100ml Water           150ml Coconut milk ( i use Kara brand)

30g brown sugar               2 Pandan leaves                  80g Red Bean Paste

Instructions:

1)    Put everything except red bean paste in a pot and bring to boil.

2)    Remove the pandan leaves, and add in the red bean paste and stir well.

3)    Pour into a small mould  and let it set.

Matcha Agar Agar Skin:

150ml Coconut milk           1.5tsp Green Tea Powder

2tsp Agar Agar Powder     250ml Water            2 Pandan leaves  60g  Sugar

Instructions:

1)     Mix Coconut milk and Green Tea Powder evenly and set aside.

2)     Bring Agar Agar Powder, water sugar and pandan leaves to boil.

3)     Stir in stir in green tea mixture and mix evenly. Discard pandan leaves.

4)     Pour mixture into agar agar mooncake mould to cover the base design. Set slightly. Place in red bean filling and fill up the mould with balance green tea mixture. Chill till set.

Art In Paradise, a 3D Art Museum @ Bangkok

Bangkok is well known for shopping, eating and having a massage.

But today, I like to introduce 3D Museum at Bangkok call Art In Paradise. A place where you will spend 2hour there busy making a pose to get the best picture. It is also a time to be creative in order to think of the best realistic photo.

The location is easily accessible by taking the MRT and dropping off at Thailand Culture Center Station.

The Museum is located at Esplanade shopping mall. Suggest that you come in the afternoon not because it is crowded, but rather you can spend your day at there because after visiting the Museum, you can go to the Rod Fai Night Market 2 (Train Night Market 2) which is just behind the building.

So here are some pictures that I had took

Baking at Phoon Huat

For those that would like to learn baking at an affordable price, the first place that comes to mind is Phoon Huat. Their charges are reasonable at $55/session. Bring home a cake and bread.

Red Velvet Cake

Spring Onion Bread

This is what I made and bring home from the class.