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.

I’ve just ordered and received confirmation that my scrapbook things has been shipped from Scrap-n-Crop! Yay!
But then Monday is an official holiday over here, that means I’ll not be getting my stuff so soon. But at the mean time, let me dream about what I can do with all those things that I’ve bought. One thing for sure that I’m going to use in almost every layout is the date stamp.
Here are the list of things that I’ve got for myself.. oh Mr. Postman, won’t you please get the things fast into my mailbox.

1. American Crafts Patterned Paper – Bookshelf Collection – Silverstein: USD0.82
2. American Craft Thickers – Shoebox Blue Chipboard Stickers: USD5.11
3. Autumn Leaves Primary Collection – Daisy Field: USD0.84
4. Autumn Leaves Foofala Collection – Thrifty Dots: USD0.51
5. Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrer Collection – Funkadelic: USD0.73
6. Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrer Collection – Chic Dots: USD0.51
7. Bazzill Basics 12 x 12 – Mexican Poppy: USD0.73
8. Bazzill Basics 12 x 12 – Hopi (Canvas Texture): USD0.73
9. Bazzill Basics 12 x 12 – Festive (Canvas Texture): USD0.73
10. Bazzill Basics 12 x 12 – Lemonade (Canvas Texture): USD0.73
11. C-Line 12×12 Non-Glare Protector: USD15.85
12. Doodlebug Designs White Dizzy Daisy: USD0.79
13. Heidi Swapp Roller Date Stamps – Script: USD7.14
14. KMA Cardstock – Peaches & Cream: USD0.52
15. Maya Road Microchips – Arrows (Neutral): USD6.91
16. Maya Road Microchips – Stars (Neutral): USD6.91

• Sub Total: 49.56
  Shipping Charges: 3.94
  Final Total: USD 53.50

I’m using USD ‘cos I wanted to pay with my palpal’s account, so there goes all my earning from paid post 😀 If however you prefer to pay with RM, then just choose to convert to RM on top of their shopping page.

So there, so you all have an idea how much it may cost to shop for scrapbooking things here. In comparison I’ll get the same end total if I would to shop from a US site and it takes longer to reach me.

Surely, later I’ll let you all know what I’ve used in my layout. So, happy shopping and you must try Scrap-n-Crop, they are super fast in doing the stock check and shipment.

Yup, this post is about my little Mer, who just loves to eat. You give him anything that us adults like, just as long as it is not hot, he’ll surely answer you with nodding his head and with is thumb up, sometimes even with sound effect: “Yummmmm….”

I’ve got him in photos while he was enjoying his food recently during our trip to Shenzhen. He was savouring steam egg with minced pork in a local restaurant. I just love seeing him enjoying his food.
I don’t have an idea how I should place my photos at first, I just thought I gotta use the journal tag from Jenni Bowling then stamp it with part of the Remember Log Singleton Stamp (Maya Road) as the heading. Then I found those cute die-cut from Personal shopper kit that I didn’t use, which is just nice for this LO about food. Everything just fall into places when I just let it be.

The two smaller photos actually cost me more to develop, they are RM2 (it is call 2-up), where else the bigger photo is just RM0.40

I’ve used Scrolls Acrylic Stamp Set (Mayaroad), stripe pattern paper from Daisy D’s, Star pattern paper and White Gift Box Chipboard Thickers Stickers (American Crafts), Spring Picnic Journaling Cards (jenni bowlin), pots and pans die-cut, swirl metal, bronze brats from Personal Shopper month kit, orange small square brads from Making Memories and White Memories Dye Ink Pad (Hero Arts)

Yup, just can’t wait not to use my new stuff. After getting them yesterday from 2peas, I straight away started to play with them last night.

Well, not really much of new technique here, just warming myself up after 2 weeks away from scrapbooking.

I’ve used some of the materials that I’ve bought except the pattern paper. (The PP is from Paperwishes’ April monthly kit.)

Jornal: The noisy, non-stop, playful and fun bunch. After brunch in foo phin.

I wanted to learn new technique actually, ‘cos I found that I haven’t been using any special technique in my layout. They are just simple cut and past thing, or maybe some stamping which doesn’t need any skill. I wish there are cropping session locally that I can attend a class or two.
Maybe I should get an heat gun so that I can do some embossing, ‘cos I do have the embossing powder. Silly me huh? Getting the powder and yet not the tool to do it.
I don’t have special cutter too, like a 12′ cutter/trimmer, oval cutter, square punch, circle punch.. buoy.. I’m really needing of new tools.

Oh ya.. before I forgot, I love to use the American craft chipboard letter stickers, they are just so fun and easy to use. Arrange them as where I like, then only press down to adhere them. Should get more.

eeYay! Just got it this morning, my first gift from myself after coming home *wink*
Want to see what I’ve bought? Mostly stamps and some knick knack.

Here is the list of things that I’ve got there:

1. White Gift Box Chipboard Thickers Stickers (American Crafts)
2. Green Gift Box Chipboard Thickers Stickers (American Crafts)
3. Frigato 12×12 Daisy D’s Paper (Daisy ds)
4. Pois 12×12 Daisy D’s Paper (Daisy ds)
5. Oval Interchangeable 97% Certifiable Stamps (7gypsies)
6. Original 24/7 Daily Dose Card (My Minds Eye)
7. Scrolls Acrylic Stamp Set (Mayaroad)
8. Orange Fall 2.7 inch Felt Fusion (Queen & Co)
9. Lilac Floral 1.6 Felt Fusion (Queen & Co)
10. Spring Picnic Journaling Cards (jenni bowlin)
11. Loveland Jade Drive 12×12 Scenic Route Paper (scenic route)
12. Loveland Carina Drive 12×12 Scenic Route Paper (scenic route)
13. White Memories Dye Ink Pad (Hero Arts)
14. Cherry Red Memories Dye Ink Pad (Hero Arts)
15. Remember Log Singleton Stamp (Maya Road)

All in all, they cost me US$59.56 plus shipping & handling US$28.15 but I get US$5 discount *grin* (Do check out all these products in 2 peas)
After 2 weeks away without scrapbooking, I don’t know how to start now. Maybe I should get my photos develop first, then with a fresh new pile of photos, maybe my creativity hat will be back on again.