Well I'm back...

... and excited about my recent discovery. Well sort of. You see, when I get excited about something, I tend to neglect my blog. As you see I already miss how many posts here. Who wants to blog when there is a new hobby that I want to try out!  It's my own doing, of course, no excuses anymore. 

This sudden giddiness about stamping came out of a handmade card I recently received from a friend. It looks great and well-crafted, like a professional. The image is embossed and the accessories are paper distressed in beautiful shades of orange and brown (two of my favourite colours) and in different textures, too. I emailed her right away to ask about this technique and she told me it is stamping. I had to google "stamping" to see what it meant, and voila! I was introduced to a whole new world of stamping. Well, I never thought there are other exciting things with stamps and paper products other than the usual scrapbooks or notary stamps that I used to see on my grandfather's desk.

Something like this but with a more personal marking.

As I was overwhelmed by the information, she suggested some tutorial sites for me to explore as well as her trusted shopping sites to get starter kits. I'm glad she did because I am learning so much in the same speed I am munching my chocolate bar tonight! lol. I never never had any inkling about the existence or use of pre inked stamps and dies and other stamping thing-a-majigs. Oh, I am so excited about this new find that I got myself a starter kit and soon a personalised postal stamp like in this pic (left) for cool personal marks on the postcard that I will send out in the coming weeks. I have a hunch that it will take me forever to get good results at stamping, so, if you don't see me blogging here in the coming days - don't fret - because you already know what is keeping me from doing so :) tee-hee-hee.