Lace Motifs

Today is the last day of July and it is the 4th day of the London Olympics. I have been watching the swimming and diving competitions for the past 2 days. I don't know why but they really make me swim more. My legs are now very tired after this morning's rigorous swim. How about you? Are you following the Olympics? 

Anyways, before all the new masking tapes landed in Singapore, I have some lace motifs for you. I got these beautiful lace motifs from Seoul. They are very versatile.  You can use them on any art n craft projects. They are S$4 for 3 including local postage or S$3.5 for collection/ combine shipment with other items.

Heart - 5 x 5cm
Rose - 5 x 6cm
Teddy - 5.5 x 6.5cm

Thank you for stopping by. Please come back tomorrow as I will review the new limited edition masking tapes and many more. Have a good evening!!!

Masking Tapes Updates

WARNINGS!!! If you are crazy and mad about masking tapes, you are going to be very happy and excited to know that August will have tons of new releases. The first wave will arrive in Singapore on the first week of August. In order to give you a surprise, I will only review them on the 6th August week. I am sure you will love them. ^o^

The 2nd wave will be the Kamoi Autumn & Winter collection. I have already placed the orders and waiting for my supplier to confirm the actual date of delivery.

As for the 3rd and 4th wave, I will keep them as a secret until they arrive in Singapore.

Other masking tapes news in Japan

1) Marks have brought forward the release date of the following 3 collections (Repositionable, Diary Basic and Diary Girly) to July. They are now ready for sell in Japan.

Repositionable

Diary Basic

Diary Girly

2) mt store in Yurakucho (有楽町) Loft
- Kamoi is running a temporary shop at Yurakucho (有楽町) Loft from 25 July to 19 August. The Autumn & Winter collection will be sold in the shop and there are 3 new limited edition tapes.

3) mt store in Kurashiki Tenmaya (倉敷天満屋)
- Other than the temporary store in Tokyo Yurakucho, Kamoi will have another store in Kurashiki running from 3 - 9 August. Other than the existing and A&W collection, there will be 2 new original designs to be sold as limited editions.

4) mt school in Shikoku (四国)  and Nagoya (名古屋)
- Kamoi is doing another round of mt school in Japan. There are 5 mt school in Shikoku and Nagoya with the temporary store and new limited edition tapes for each school.
- 1st mt school in Shikoku is at Kagawa (香川). It was from 20-25 July. The following is the limited edition tapes:

- 2nd mt school in Shikoku is at Ehime (愛媛) - 27 July to 1st August
- 3rd mt school in Shikoku is at Tokushima (徳島) - 10 to 15 August
- 4th mt school in Shikoku is at Kochi (高知) - 3 to 8 August
- the 5th mt school is at Nagoya (名古屋) - 2 to 14 August

If you happened to visit the above places during the mt school period, you may want to check out the store even though all the workshops are full except the one at Kochi on 4th August 16.30. Please check with the store directly.

For more details of the mt school, please visit their official website at http://www.masking-tape.jp/mtschool/

That's it for now and thank you for stopping by.

Are you ready for the London Olympics?

The 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony will start at 04.00 SGT tomorrow morning. Channel 5 will repeat the program at 18.00 to 21.30 tomorrow. So we don't have to wake up early to watch. ^o^
Other than the opening and closing ceremony, the games that I love to watch are swimming and diving. How about you?
To commemorate the London Olympics, I have made the following post card using the previous and current collection of Cath Kidston's masking tapes. Cath Kidston really reminds me of London. ;P

This is fun and easy to make. Don't you like the Cath Kidston tapes?

 That's it for now, and have a good weekend. Don't forget to watch the Olympics games!!!!!

Hello Kitty Exhibitions in Hong Kong and Tokyo

Good news for Hello Kitty fans. Hello Kitty has 2 exhibitions in Hong Kong and Tokyo this summer holiday. The one in Hong Kong is called "Hello Kitty in Oz ~ the last chapter". There are games and shops at the exhibitions. Please visit the official website for more details: http://www.hellokittyinoz.com/ (Please note: iphone and ipad cannot access the page as its using flash) It will be fun to take pictures, try out all the games and of course shop for souvenirs.

The one in Tokyo is similar to the one in Hong Kong last year. It will be held at Omotesando hills from 12 to 19 August, 2012. Please visit their official website http://kittyrobot.jp/ The designer for Hello Kitty will also be there on 12 August. May be you can get her autograph.*o*

 Since I can't go to both of the exhibitions, I made something for myself. Ta dah~

What do you think of this Kitty card? I really love it. All I used was kitty masking tapes, cardstock, Kure 1/4" circle punch and glue. One thing I must tell you is that the Kure circle punch is very good and sharp. It can punch through the masking tapes and cardstock and gave me crispy clear circles. If you are interested in getting the Kure punch, please drop me an email at lesunshinecraft@gmail.com

That's it for today and hope all of the Kitty fans can go and visit the exhibitions.
Have a good weekend!!!

More Fun Tapes

In my previous masking tapes pre orders, I have included "Moomin" and "The Bear's School" fun tapes. Actually, there are a lot more than that. Fun tapes are very bright and colourful. They are very handy for making cards and gift wrapping. Please drop me an email @ lesunshinecraft@gmail.com  if you would like to get any of the followings. They are ready stock in Singapore.

Happy Birthday (15mm) @ S$4

Drops in light blue (15mm) @ S$4

Green label (30mm) @ S$6.5

Transportation (30mm) @ S$6.5

Lion (15 & 25mm) @ S$8.5

Rabbit (15 & 25mm) @ $S8.5

Macaroon (15 & 30mm) @ S$9

Giraffe (15 & 30mm) @ S$9

Apples (15 & 30mm) @ S$9

Cat Memo (50mm) @ S$10

Animal Bubbles (50mm) @ S$10

Strawverry (15, 25 & 30mm) @ S$13

Honey (15, 25 & 30mm) @ S$13

Bear Pink (15mm) @ S$7

Bear with flowers (15mm) @ S$7

Bear with tomato (30mm) @ S$9

Moomin (30mm) @ S$9

 

That's it for today. Have a good evening!

mt lab Part 3 --> 5 limited edition MTs

It's nearly a month since I posted mt lab part 2. I didn't publish Part 3 until today as I was waiting for the tapes to arrive in Singapore. Part 3 is featuring the design group called Mina Perhonen. The exhibition will run till 23 July. Mina Perhonen is the same designer who has 14 designs to release in the upcoming autumn and winter collection.  In this part 3, other than the 2 designs published in advance, there are 3 extra designs which are also very pretty. The most popular ones are "Imagine" and "Star Shower". If you would like to get any of the followings, please drop me an email at lesunshinecraft@gmail.com

Top: Hananhane (50mm) @ S$23
Bottom: Imagine (50mm)  @ S$16

Top: Star Shower (35mm) @ S$12
Middle: Hito (20mm) @ S$8.5
Bottom: Sky (30mm) @ S$10

If you have missed part 2, here's the opportunity to grab the last few rows.



Top: Action (18mm) @ S$8
Middle: Pat (15mm) @ S$9
Bottom: Wow (30mm) @ S$12

Thank you for stopping by. Have a good evening.

Rilakkuma Label Machine & more

Rilakkuma is a character from San-X, it means relax bear. It was first appeared in 2003 and it is always associated with onsen (hot spring) or him taking a hot bath relaxing somewhere. There are 7 Rilakkuma stores around Japan, and 4 of them are in Tokyo. I visited the one at Tokyo station in April. The store has quite a wide selection of  Rilkkuma stuff and just like any speciality shop (專門店); they have specific items that are sold in their stores only. So I got myself the following Rilakkuma and chicken.....and.....aren't they cute?????

The apron has the Rilakkuma Store Logo \(^-^)/

Now back to the label machine. I'm going to introduce you the King Jim Rilakkuma label machine. It uses Tepra Pro tapes which mean you can use the Tepra Pro Kamoi masking tapes, Ribbon Tapes, Rilakkuma tapes, Pokemon tapes, laminated tapes, etc etc.



Rilakkuma label Machine @ S$110



Specifications in Japanese

Specifications in English:
Model: SR-RK1
Machine Colour: Chai
Dimensions: 173x109x57mm
Weight: 400g (Excluding batteries)
Input display: 3 characters in 1 row
Printing method: Direct Thermal
Resolution: 180dpi/64 dot
Special function: Kanji conversion
Built in characters/letters :  5,352 Kanji, Hiragana, Katagana, alphanumeric, sign, symbol and icon (includes 126 Rilakkuma icon)
Maximum number of lines:  1
Maximum number of character/letter input: 62
Font: 2 Type for alphanumeric, 2 type for hiragana and 1 standard for Kanji
Font Size:  5 sizes
Frame: 99 design (includes 25 Rilakkuma frames)
Label width: compatible with 4,6,9,12,18mm labels
Power Supply: 6 3A batteries (Not included)

Rilakkuma Tapes (9mm or 12mm x 5m) @ S$10 each

- All the tapes are compatiable with any King Jim Tepra Pro Machines.

Rilakkuma Dot Beige with Black Ink

Rilakkuma Skyblue with Black Ink 

Rilakkuma Strawberry pink with Black Ink

Rilakkuma White with Black Ink

Ribbon Tapes (12mm x 5m) @ S$17 each
- All the tapes are compatiable with any King Jim Tepra Pro Machines.



You can print your special message or pattern on the ribbon

It's really good for gift wrapping and sewing on your craft items

Ribbon Tape - Skyblue  with Black Ink

Ribbon Tape - Beige with Black Ink

Ribbon Tape - Pink with Black Ink

Ribbon Tape - Gold with Black Ink

Ribbon Tape - Brown with Gold Ink

Ribbon Tape - Navy Blue with Gold Ink

MT Tapes (12mm x 5m) @ S$10 each
- These are masking tapes not paper tapes
- All the tapes are compatiable with any King Jim Tepra Pro Machines.

MT Tape - Dots Cosmos with Gray Ink

MT Tape - Dots Pale Blue with Gray Ink

MT Tape - Cotton Hat Yellow with Gray Ink

MT Tape - Camel with White Ink

MT Tape - Bamboo Green with White Ink

MT Tape - Crystal Pink with Gray Ink

MT Tape - Chocolate with White Ink

MT Tape - Border Cosmos with Gray Ink

MT Tape - Peach with White Ink

If you would like to get any of the above or have any questions, please drop me an email at lesunshinecraft@gmail.com