My favorite 10

I just can’t do a top ten ‘cos I’m not sure which is my number one in the list, so I’m doing a random favorite 10 of my layouts.
So, in random order, here they are: (click to see bigger image file)








“Two-gather” –
will be shown on 17th Jan.

I love each and everyone of these layout, they are meaningful to me both in memories and being creative. Scrapbooking is one way in finding myself really.

Thanks for dropping by.

Join in the fun!

Scrapbook Nook is having a blog hope at the moment, go check out “Life as Lou” first in order not to miss any blog. I’m following Lady Grace and seeing all her beautiful creation using the Nook’s kit, am already thinking if I should get their kit as well.

Well, good luck everyone and have a good weekend. Mine is already having a headache with my boys keep bugging me about this and that.

Studio to die for

I know some of you would have seen this studio over at Donna Downey’s website. But I only discover it today! And I’ve fell in love with the studio. Just look at the picture below that I got from her flicker album.

I would love to have this kind of work space, filled with drawers that I can keep my stuff away, a big work space that I can lay all my things there. Now, I think I better work for this and get my room at least 50% look like the one in the picture. What I’m having now is just a tile room with a window in the middle, a shelve and that’s it!
Anyone want to donate anything to this poor girl without a scraproom? ‘Cos I’ve moved out from my mom’s place, and I have to start from scratch in getting the table and cabinet.

Challenge over at Scrap-a-little

Yupe, I’m honor and excited to be one of the DT in Scrap-a-little. Helen is doing the first challenge over the site. It is about using Pink, Brown and Blue in the layout, with a little twist – use the word “NEW”. I would be fun to see what you all come up with, so head on over to Scrap-a-little and join in the fun!

Here is my take for the challenge:
It is about my son’s graduation from kindergarten. My little boy has grown up to be a little man and he has so many friends who wants to be in the picture that I was having difficulty to include them all in this layout, thanks to smaller print that I’m able to do that.
I have made two popsicle flowers using round puncher and those flower pearls and Prima flower on top.

So, have fun!
Product used: Prima flowers, My Mind’s eye Marrakech PP, Marvy circle punch, Making Memories journal pad, Fiskar border punch, some red flower pearls.

My priority?

I think I’m having a melt-down on scrapbooking now, ‘cos I’ve just moved away the scrap table to be our temporary dining table in the new house. Yes, the house doesn’t have a dining table. And now I don’t have a scrapping table over at my mom’s house since we are moving out from there but maybe if the table is still there, I still could do some scrapping when I’m back there, but now, no table.

I have a strange feeling about scrapping too ‘cos I’m in the middle of moving, all things are not done yet. I’m eagerly wanting to decorate my scrap area with tables and chair. Meaning now it is totally empty except the curtain! Most of my stuff are still in my mom’s place. Still I’m trying to make another planner taught by Brenda. So I’ve got my craft knife, some pattern paper and glue with me in my in-laws’ home. My in-laws’ home is actually became our transition lodge.

I hope to move in by 1st January and well… finishing moving all my stuff by end of January. I will just take it slow in moving all those stuff that I have but priority will be given to the daily necessities which include my scrapping stuff *grin*. So, wish me luck!

A sneak

How was your Christmas going? Mine was busy busy busy, not about baking, not about wrapping presents but about wrapping things up to move and looking for things for the house, so time flies by quickly and soon it will be new year, and when come new year I’ve new assignment to do and it will be an exciting one.

First let me share a sneak on the upcoming layout that I’m going to post about and this seems to be my first sneak peek into my layout.

I just can’t wait to post my layout here but just not yet. It will have to be after Helen in Scrap-a-little post up the challenge over her site then only I can post my layout here. It is a layout that I did for the upcoming challenge over Scrap-a-little. So stay tune peeps.

It is here!

Finally I’ve got my TV cabinet last night and I’ve even brought in my cross and little Christmas tree! LOL! That’s the only two little things on the cabinet now. Haven’t even got the TV yet and still I’ve applied for cable TV. Thank God that it is long enough for the living room and I still have space to put something else besides it later, maybe shelves. I know once I stay in there, I’ll have lots of other stuff to put in and gradually it will grow.
Learnt how to make that paper Christmas tree from A Million Memories, it is definitely not looking as cute in their website, but at least I’ve got one for myself.

I wanted to decorate the house more actually. I wanted to have a huge Christmas tree there and make it more welcoming rather than the empty house with only the sofa set and TV cabinet. I’m already thinking to make a shadow box to display my layout. Just wait and see…

No I haven’t

Yes, I haven’t been keeping up-to-date with my “25 days till Christmas”. Been busy sweeping and cleaning the house that was full of dust, in preparation to move in soon. Yes, there was so much dust on the floor and on the wall, on those sockets, switches, toilets, goodness, seems like never ending kind of cleaning work. However I think it will worth it at the end, ‘cos it is my soon-to-be home anyway.

It is still empty and have just one sofa set there, nothing else other than the mop and plastic chairs that I’ve got. Oh, and those cleaning detergent and bleach. Definitely needed those.
I’m still going to be busy and hopefully will do some layout about the new house in January when everything has settle down.
Now, I’ve got one layout to share, one that is using Sketch 175 from Scrapbook Challenge, a song challenge over in Scrapbook deals 4U and some recipe from Scrap-it-lah!
The handmade embellishment are those cute ribbon flowers with buttons and am using the song by Will Smith – Just the two of us as the title and have quote from the song – “Just the two of us, we can make it if we try.” Which to me is it true for me and hubby. Nothing comes easy, we need to put effort into all we do, even the day to day communication.
Have a blessed day!
Product used: My mind’s eye bloom & grow PP; Jilibean letter stickers; American craft sticker; some ribbon and ink.

Creative Scrappers and SD4U challenge

Ha! I’m trying to kill two birds with one stone, and yet really, they are two totally different kind of birds, one is using a sketch and the other is to do a layout base on two conditions: using at least 2 photos and a title that is anything but horizontal. What I mean is a sketch base on Creative Scrappers sketch #81 and Nicole December Challenge over in Scrapbook Deals 4U.

If you go over to the two places, you’ll find even more inspirations from the sketch and the challenge, so go have some fun!

Here is my take:
Photos taken inside a sport shops over in China while me and hubby were doing some shopping. Since there is no winter at home, so I wouldn’t have those chances to wear on any winter hat gear, so I tried out their cute hat and another is a sport hat which also I won’t be wearing in normal day. Cute huh?

I’ve used some gel gloss on those hand cut flowers from the BoBunny Patter paper and make them shinny and harder a bit. I’m using Golden Gel Medium. I’m also using it to glue another piece of paper beneath the flower before rolling the pedals to make them 3-D. Another alternative is to use glue stick.
Those swirls are also from the same PP of the flowers, I love how the page turn out and am really glad that at least I’ve used this pink scallop cardstock that I got ages ago!
Hope you’ll have a happy week ahead!
Product used: Bo Bunny Delilah PP, Golden Gel Medium, Fiskars scallop border punch, ops, I forgot what company is the pink love pp.

My random thoughts

Thought I should just jot down thoughts that I have during the day concerning Christmas, so here is for

25 Days till Christmas, Day 9 and 10:
– Time to share, be joyful, noel and stay peaceful.

– Should make it a point to forgive in this festive season.
(Whatever that I was thinking, these came into mind and thus these will be in my note.)

Day 11: Today our office celebrated Christmas way early. Like usual we have gift exchange and lunch together. The fun part of course is the gift exchange. We’ll pick a name in the beginning of the month then get to prepare the gift secretly till today if we choose to review it. Even though that we are all belongs to different religion and believes, but we get to celebrate the joy of giving together.

I’m missing out day 8, never mind, there is no rule for this journal anyway.

Hope you have a weekend that you can look forward to.