nengajo 2012

Nengajo (new year's greeting postcard) for 2012 - this year I made it 100% digital (you can see my hybrid nengajo for 2011 here).

Before I started creating the image above, I have never thought how happy it is to prepare (or, to say, to be able to prepare) the new year's greeting - in Japan, when someone in the family died, we don't send nengajo for the next year. 

I don't know if you remember, but in March, a catastrophe had occurred in Japan, and many lives were lost.

Anyway, wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year :)

今年の年賀状をつくりました。
去年はコラージュしたものをスキャンしたり、さらに加工したりしましたが、今回は完全にデジタルで…。

つくっていてはじめて、年賀状の準備ができることの幸せを感じました。
2012年は、どんな年になるでしょうか。

Sketches With A Twist DT

I am excited to announce that I made another Design Team - Sketches With A Twist.

It's a new challenge blog and here is the first DT:

Aki linuma
Danie May
Kirsten Michelsen
Laurie LaRiviere
Lisa Brooks
Lizzie Crust
Raechelle Bellus

もうひとつ、1月からDTに加わることになりました。
Crafty Sketches（とSketchabilities）で一緒にDTをしているKimがはじめたSketches With A Twistという新しいチャレンジブログです。こちらもよろしくお願いします。

Sketchabilities DT

I am thrilled to be a part of Sketchabilities Design Team for next term - January to March.

Here is the new DT:

Aki Iinuma - Japan
Debbie Sherman - USA
Ginny Hughes - USA
Helen Tilbury - South Africa-returning
Debbie Standard - USA
Julie Comeau - Canada
Kim Kendell - Australia-returning
Kimberly Arledge - USA
Leah Cameron - Australia
Linda Eggleton - Australia
Marcia Dehn-Nix - USA
Marilyn Rivera - Puerto Rico
Nicole Doiron - Canada
Raissa Costa - Brazil
Nina Stenzel - Germany
Victoria Freze - Ukraine
Regina Castillo - Philippines-returning
Leila Cassimira - Brazil
Valerie Charlot - France-returning

I hope you will come join us and play along :)

1月から3月まで、SketchabilitiesのDTに加わることになりました。
スケッチが好きな方、チャレンジが好きな方、是非ご参加ください。

Quick Christmas cards

Here are two quick and easy Christmas cards I made.

Supplies:

patterned paper - BasicGrey, Sassafras Lass, Cosmo Cricket

die-cut - Making Memories

chipboard - Little Yellow Bicycle

other - grosgrain ribbon

It's my favorite season.

There are colorful Christmas lights on the town, and I also love Christmas music.

And I love to see my daughter talking about Santa Claus.

Hope everyone has a merry Christmas.

簡単なクリスマスカードをつくりました。

この季節、イルミネーションはきれいだし音楽もクリスマス仕様だし、大好きです。

娘がサンタクロースについて語るのを聞くのも好きです。子供の考えることって結構おもしろいですね。サンタさんにもいろいろドラマがあるようです。

よいクリスマスをおすごしください。

Swoosh! greeting card

Here is my DT work for Crafty Sketches December challenge. This month I created a card instead of a layout:

Supplies:
patterned paper - BasicGrey, Fancy Pants, Cosmo Cricket
chipboard - Little Yellow Bicycle
fiber, brad - BasicGrey
pin, die-cut, flower - Making Memories

Here is the sketch:

And, as a sketch designer for November, I would like to say thank you to those who have joined the challenge last month.
Hope you will enjoy our challenge this month again :)