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It was World Card Making Day yesterday so I get myself to make some more cards for Christmas and my colleague who celebrated her birthday last weekend. It is a belated birthday card from me.

I’ve got some ideas online watching video from YouTube about using vellum to make snowie look on the card from Two Peas, and also another one I scraplifted it from Jennifer McGuire.

This one is scraplifted from Jennifer McGuire:
The card above inspire this card below:
This is for the vintage look card that I wanted to make:

This one has been given away today: 😉
Just playing with my oval scallop punch, fun!
This one is lifted from Two Peas:
Another fun card combining whatever that I have in my stash.
Thanks for looking!

Addicted?

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I think I’m getting addicted to online scrapbook challenges! I’ve done another two last night just for fun.
The card below is for Tamara scrapping recipe challenge:


Yes, I know it is still months away to Christmas, but I just feel like using that flower and wording from the Christmas kit of HOTP. Probably will put up for sale in my etsy shop later.

Another challenge I did was for a scrapbooking group in myspace which require to do a layout using only white, blue and green. So this is what I came up with:


I’ve used: American craft PP, Ribbon, chipboard letter thickers; HOTP PP; transparency from Coconut August kit and a 3D stickers.

I’ve a great news too, I’ve just found out that I’ve won the weekly challenge over in Color Me Daisy by doing their sketch by doing this layout!

Trying out distressing and..

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Learnt how to distress from an online forum, using the back of scissors! See what I came out with:
The layout above is actually for a color combo challenge by using, blue, green and brown only. I’m not sure if I’m qualify for it, but it is fun limiting myself in using only those colours plus trying out the distressing part.

Things I used: Scenic Road liberty PP, HOTP PP, some epoxy stickers, My Mind’s eye original journal tag.

Another layout is done for a sketch challenge over in Pamela’s place. This was when we were in Hong Kong Internation Airport and met up with all the 5 mascot of Beijing 2008 Olympic! How lucky we were! So photo session is a must!

I’ve convert the Olympic rings into flowers instead at the lower corner.

I’ve used Jenni Bowlin pink edge cardstock, Prima flower, American Craft letter thickers, HOTP hot pink PP and citrus flowers.

TFL.

Some more work from last week

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I think I’m getting addicted to online challenges in making scrapbook layout. I’ve done a page layout sketch challenge and the card scraplift challenge agian! These is maybe the 10th challenges that I’ve taken so far? I lost count. It is really a way to get me scrapping and get me started with my photos, as I get to limit myself with certain rules and placement of the photos and embellishment, I get to think inside the box sometimes, rather than let loose of my creativity and bog myself down in getting no where, it is hard to decide what to do with all those stuff that I have you know?

So, here is for Color Me Daisy weekly challenge on the sketch that they provided. I’ve used a mixture of patterned paper from different line. American Craft, Making Memories and Hot off the press. Embellishment from Maya Road (chipboard stars), Queen & Co. green felt, and the tag from a left over from Scenic Road (if I’m not mistaken), then there is this Bucks bunny that came with a shirt that I bought from the cartoon line!

I’m leaving the journal part empty, ‘cos I want to let my sis to do the writing, as these are her boys, I think she is a better person to write the journal.

(Oh.. I’ve to upload this fast to their gallery, else I’ll miss the chance.)

Next I did, or was it before that.. hmm.. I scraplift a card for the card challenge in SoCalScrap. It was so fun using the Rose Moka PP left over from my previous layout. The color is just so bright and make it a sunny card. I didn’t settle with one card, but I did two! Just fun to do so.

Here is a card scraplifted from Robin Redd’s card which she show on her online cropping class over in SoCalScrap.

Here is another one, just playing with the stripe patterned paper and the blue Prima flower.My brother said these are not cards for adult, ‘cos I was teasing him if he wants some cards to give to her friend (which I hope is a girl).

Well, I don’t care, they looks bright and happy for me *grin*

Coconut Scrapbook August kit

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Coconut Scrapbook is featuring Rose Moka paper in their August kit which I just receive few days ago. Did one layout the night before and did another one last night using the kit.

I just love those Rose Moka paper in the kit! They are not easy to use as the page itself are quite complete with beautiful design and striking color, very pretty indeed, but with the help of the kit which came with the right embellishment and also the challenge, I managed to build two pages. First one is from a sketch by Prima build-a-page.

These photos were taken in 2005 when my two friends came over to visit all the way from Hong Kong. I know then since university time and we have been friends ever since.

The journaling is hidden behind the centre photo

This 2nd one is using Coconut Scrapbooking August kit too, plus Maya Road swirl stamp, SEI granny kitchen coaster as embellishment (dotted with fabric paint on the flower centre) and Urban Lily mini book as a journal spot.

These photos were taken in 2005 when I just given birth to Mer and Cal having his early celebration of 2nd birthday. Hubby came back after I’ve delivered little Mer. This is one precious family photo that we have at that time.

Journal:
Cal 2nd birthday
Mer’s birth in July
Though it was an early celebration, but
this is a special one
with Baba around
and being a big brother.

Thanks for looking.

My belated kit

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I was so happy yesterday after receiving my long waited August kit from Coconut scrapbooking. Goodness, it was a month later and now I’m using my August kit in September! All thanks to the post system in Malaysia I suppose. I don’t blame the mail system in US as I know they are much efficient than us over here. Anyway, enough of the beefing session. I have fun using it last night, and have created 2 layouts in one night! The proudest part is, I only used up 2 pattern paper!! But of course with some embellishement that came together in the kit, plus my forever helpful American Craft chipboard letter thicker! *grin*

These two photos are my long overdue pieces that I should be doing long ago, but I only found them a few days ago in a bag that hidden behind my table, well.. ya, I’m not a so organised person. Am glad I’ve found them and am glad that the kit came this time, else I would have used the kit on other photos.

There, my precious little Mer, just a few weeks old. He was even having a little smirk while sleeping!! It is a tiny baby at 2.5kg. Now he is one head shorter than little Cal.


I love doing embossing now even since I got my heating tool. So I did some embossing on the lace cardstock. I’ve used some bling on the owl body too. As I’ve run out of “S”, I replace it with a “5” instead. A very simple, unclutter layout.


Really, I’ve just used up 2 pattern papper for these two layout, plus a bit of the lace cardstock, I only used 4 raws of the lace cardstock, I’ve trim them out from those underneath the photo to make up for the 2nd layout *grin* (Stingy me huh?)

Hope to do more with the Rose Moka paper.

Oh, I’ve another happy news, I’ve won 2 scrapbook magazine from an online challenge!! This is the layout that I’ve won: Spec: silly look

TFL.

New banner

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*GRIN*
Was playing around with photobucket again, so I’ve managed to designed my own banner from one of my picture which is the CD minibook cover.

What I did was to use their duplicate function under layer tab. Then used their beautification border and did a bit of cropping and text decoration, wualah!

Like it! But I think I can do better.

From the far away land

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I couldn’t believe it, I can totally access my blogspot account here in China!! First time ever! It was used to be blocked here. I used to use my google document viewer and reader to access it. But I still can’t access typepad .. *sigh*

Buoy oh buoy, so now I can show you what I did for my sis in Hong Kong which she doesn’t really know how to appreciate it, a bit sad to say so. She just couldn’t get started with her scrapbooking kit, so the minibook that I’ve made her doesn’t really serve its purpose now, there is still no photo inside!

Anyway, I just wanted to record down here what I’ve done.

This is the back and front cover:

This is the inside pages with some ready stamped tags for my sis to write something on them and adhere in the minibook:

The inner pages fanned out:

The other side of the inner pages fanned out:

CD Minibook

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Yay!! I’m so proud of myself ‘cos I’ve follow the instructions from Scrappy Grace on what she taught on last Friday online over SoCalScrap: Friday CD Minibook Class – Hostess Scrappy Grace (8PM PST). And I’ve made myself a CD minibook call “All about me”.
I’m also very glad that I bought those “Friends” sticker from SoCalScrap on my first order long time ago. Now I get to use them!

This minibook is actually can be a very good gift, I think I’m going to make another friend for my sister to put some of her favourite photos of her family. Let see if I’m hard working enough. *grin*

I was actually trying to use up some of my left over scrap, but still I had to cut some from fresh PP.

This is the back and front cover:

This is how it looks like when the CD case is open: (I did some embossing on the swirl)

This is how it looks like on back of front cover and the inner pages when fanned out:

This is the back of the fanned out inner pages:

What I’ve used: HOTP magic mess, PP from American craft, Scenic road, Stamps from HOTP and Urban Lily, letter sticker from Making Memories, stickers for friends theme from SoCalScrap and a stripe of left over clothes from my last project.

Fav. book LO

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Did a layout for the Scrapbooker’s club house challenge for the post of being their September Guest Design Team. “The theme is “Favorite Book” Create any size Layout using photos of your favorite book or reading material. You may also do a layout of yourself or someone else reading their favorite book.”

Since it has to do with something that I like to read or someone else favourite book. What I love is definitely Scrapbook and craft magazine, but I hardly take picture of them and I hardly get a nice picture of myself reading, so I might as well do a LO on my son.
Just recently little Mer were bugging me to get him a colouring book, ‘cos he saw Cal was coloring his book given by the school. So I got him this colouring book that also teaches him alphabet. He loves it! He keeps on showing me that he can read or rather he can tell what is in picture.

Since I’m going to do a LO on this and since I received my stuff from Scrap-n-Crop on Friday with the heating tool, embossing powder, stamp and some neutral cardstock. So, I had fun playing with them all *Grin*

This scallop cardstock had been staying in my stash for quite some times, I got it from Scrap-n-Crop too. As for the pattern paper, I still have some left from Coconut Scrapshop July kit and I’ve used the grungde alphabet that came together in the kit for the word “FAV”. “Book” word is from Basic Grey letter sticker. The stamp is from Hot Off the Press.

Seeing here is little Mer with his favourite book at the moment


My embossed butterflies wtih beats.

TFL!