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.

Another CD minibook and LO

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Yes, been back and started to craft. Since I still have photos from the Nexus visit we had in June, so I thought I should be doing something about it and I wanted to have a gift for my sister, so I did a CD minibook for her. Leaving some blank space for her journaling.

Back and front of the CD:

Inner pages with journal spot:

Fanned out pages. I basically used all swirl doodling from the HOTP template with a silver pen.


The back pages. Seen here is the back of the left over felt from Queen & Co.

I managed to get the kids to bed early last night and have some time for myself for TV and scrapbooking!! Yay!! I hope I can have some more time like this tonight.
I’ve done a LO on the 3 of us, me and my two boys, photo taken in August.

I’ve used Dream Street Papers, tags, ribbon and felt from HOTP Personal Shopper monthly kit, American craft vinyl letter thicker and letter stickers got from a friend in Australia.
This Dream Street PP has been in my box since last year! This are the first few PP that I bought, wasn’t sure what to do with them at first, till I show a sketch from Scrapbook.etc. Am glad I’ve bought them.
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!

Cards cards cards

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Done 3 cards last night, two are for challengs, maybe will put all in my Etsy shop.
One card is for Coconut Scrapshop August card challenge which need to use chipboard, another one is a sketch challenge in 2sketch4u.

The one below is for Coconut Scrapshop August card challenge. I’ve used star chipboard from Maya Road and swirl brad from HOTP.


This one below is for the sketch challenge in 2sketch4u. I’ve used all pattern paper, tag, flower and ribbon from HOTP Personal Shopper Chirstmas Kit. The flower brad is from Making Memories. Probably will put this one up for sale in my Etsy shop before Christmas.

As for this one below, I was playing with my stamp set that I’ve just received from Scrap-n-Crop yesterday. I was so happy to get it together with my heating tool, and embossing powder that I play with them right away! I’ve used all things from HOTP Personal Shopper Kit too, except the white flower is from Prima and flower brad from Making Memories. This one will definitely be up in my Etsy shop.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

More LO

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First one is created for Cal’s school sport day on 7th August. He didn’t join much of the game, only one. I was a bit dissappointed, maybe next year he’ll get to join more things. I want to see how well can he be in the team. This time, he did quite well actually.

I wanted to use up all the paper from Coconut Scrapshop July’s kit. Eventhough it is Scenic Road Liberty line paper, I still can use it for non National day layout. I managed to do 2 layout using that kit again.

As for this one below, I’m using the other half of Making Memories PP which I’ve used in “Yummy yum…”. It is a scraplift from Scrapbooks.etc magazine. I’ve mix lots of other things in this LO, just thought that they are nice in the LO.

Thanks for looking!