Yup, finally done with the sketch challenge in SoCalScrap and have uploaded the layout in their gallery. This is for a post that I’ve written about here (story at lower part of the post).

Jornal:
The kids had so much fun playing in the beach till sunset or was it the rain that stopped us?
Playing with sand, working together to building sand castle, sitting there to wait for the wave or running away from it, posing for camera and holding on to papa.
There were a big bunch of us: 5 adults with 7 children! Those were there: Rebecca, Chiam, Ruchelle, Roderick and Roydan; Evelyn, Leon, Alisha and Alison; Fon Mee, Calvin and Mervin.
Nexus Karambunai, 1 Jun 2008

I’ve used materials form Coconut ScrapShop May’s kit, plus Jenni Bowling journal tag, and Maya Road swirl stamp, and Paperwishes cardstock.

Have had fun using the coconut scrap May kit. Now, after discovering how easy to use the grugeboard, I fell in love with it, especially the alpha, they are just so easy to ink and adhere with liquid glue. The size is just nice for my layout too. Another thing that I enjoyed using is the round scallop pattern paper and the beautiful swirl.

First LO is a scraplift (*or inspired by) from Grace’s Beyong Beauty.

It is just so nice that the orange cardstock is in the same colour with Mer’s shirt. I’ve double mat the photo with light blue pattern paper then orange cardstock (sneak from behind the round scallop pp *wink*). I chose the stripped PP instead of the red flower (seen from Grace’s LO) ‘cos I think it is more suitable for a boy’s LO. Have lightly ink the grugeboard letters and adhered as the title. Journal on the tag provided in the kit, then lastly adhere the ribbon (do you call that ribbon?) and buttons. Wuola!

Before this layout, I’d had fun using the grugeboard letter by just inking them in red ink. The layout is from Prima’s June sketch and I’ve used McD’s tag line – “I’m loving it”.

I’ve used a bright colour cardstock which matches McD’s shirt, and red buttons matches with his hair. I fill some of the white area underneath the photo with a border stamp using red ink.

Coming back to the Coconut scrap May kit, I’ve done another page by using the materials and one of the sketches provided in the kit.

The ribbon is just nice to bring out the colour of Cal’s hat and the green cardstock is just nice for the greens in the photo. As for the buttons and stars, they just balance out. The first circle is a coaster from S.E.I Granny’s Kitchen which I’ve painted with white acrylic paint. The other two circles are being traces on the PP and journal.

Love the luscious green and orange cardstock they included in the kit. I have had fun using the kit, thanks Jen.

As for the charity move in Scrap-inspire-crop, I’ve made 2 more tags and 2 cards. Gonna need to send them out today.

Upper two were tags.

Yay!! It finally came through my mail! I finally got my May kit from Coconut Scrap Shop. I’ve straight away email Jen about the good news – receiving the kit in good order.
I’ve got so many things to play with now, plus those that I haven’t finished exploring yet from Scrap-n-Crop. Now I’m in the lacking of photos! Yup, and also how am I going to tell my stories.

I wanted to a page about myself, but seems so hard to do, I just don’t know what to tell about myself and where to start. I’m actually hoping that there is a challenge somewhere that I can follow, maybe I’ll log back in to scrapbook.com and see what they are having now. It has been a long time that I didn’t log in to that site ever since I found out that there are some other online store that take international order.

I’m hoping that I can just walk into a scrapbook store right now and grab all those tools or pattern paper that I love. Sadly I can’t find one here.. *sigh*
But I do love online shopping *grin*

Another thing about me is that I always try to save those pretty pattern paper and try not to use them up in one layout, then once I’ve decided on that, I’ll get into dilemma on if I really should do that.. *sigh* I’m one big confusing scrapper.

Yup, this is the title of a layout done two nights ago for little Cal. He just loves cars. And I just love combining all those different font or letter stickers on the layout. It is fun also to use those small photos with ready white border and I’ve done a car piecing all by myself! Yay!

Oh ya.. will the new Maya Road chip board stars that I got from Scrap-n-Crop, I just can’t wait any longer, so I’ve used 3 in my layout. One is being ink with red ink to make it pop a bit.

Jornaling:
“Cal loves cars, basically any strange new cars, he’ll love them and wants to sit on them. Just like what happened in The Avenue of Star in Hong Kong. Fortunately these mobile stores were not open for business yet, that he can sits on them and requested his photos to be taken. 25 April 2008”

Those mobiles are just so cute that Cal just can’t resist them, *LOL*

I’ve used American Craft stripe pattern paper (and the little start behind the chipboard) and letter thicker (for CARS), Basic Grey letter stickers (4 the, of), HOTP brad buddies (LOVE), making memories’ star brad, Maya Road chipboard and Jenni Bowlin’s journaling tag with Ali Edwards’ handwriting font free from CK.