Grace’s card lift

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Done some card lifting from Grace’s card which she is going to teach on how to make them, check out her blog here. They are simply stunning and I just had to lift them and make them my own, of course they are not as stunning as those that you see in her blog.

They are both for birthday.
By the way, little Mer’s birthday is tomorrow, since hubby will be leaving to Singapore and back to work in China tomorrow, so we are going to celebrate with him early tonight.


I’ve used all scrap from those left over from my layout. Since I don’t think people will always treasure a card like a layout with stories, so I’ve used brad on the 2nd card. Some PP from Kelly Pinacci, printed font from Canon scrapbook font, stamp lettering and flower from HOTP, star chipboard from Maya Road.

Oh, by the way, it was Grace’s birthday on Monday! Happy Belated Birthday Grace!

blogin’

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shss.. I have been blogging all the while that I could, no matter where. Even if I was out from my office in another state, in a new environment, I tried to log in and update my blog. I did that when I was over in Kuching, taking the opportunity of their public services with free access to the internet during free time, and also enjoying the 15 minutes compliment surfing time in Hilton.

My colleague who went with me during that trip took a picture of me while I was working or rather blogging and I’ve scrap that photo together with information on the blogs that I’m maintaining.

Partly inspired by Project scrap-away in Scrap-n-Crop on their black and white challenge, I’ve decided to use my B&W PP. I’ve also saw this great layout in 2peas by Laura Vegas that is just so inspiring and I’ve decided to scraplift the layout. I will probably do another layout following just like hers again as I do have the patter papers that she is using in her “hapiness” layout.

I know the title spelled wrongly, but I’ve run out of letter g, and it does look at bragin’ huh? Which probably is what I’ve been doing all this while online. *grin*

The tags are from HOTP monthly kit and errow from Maya Road, not sure what brand is the B&W pp, the rest are from HOTP.

3 layout in a night!

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First one done is about my sister who is a vege hawker which I visited on the morning before going off to Kuching recently. I managed to take a few snap of her and the vege that she is selling. While flipping through the latest issue of Simple Scrapbooks, I found this simple layout that I can follow with my 4 photos. If you have the mags, please refer to p.68,”This is classic!”

I’ve used Bazzill Basic cardstock, HOTP PP, prima flowers, some buttons and American Craft letter thicker.

The second layout is about my trip to Kuching. Since I’ve found the photoshop processing 2-up photos, I’ve develop almost all the photos taken during that trip and arrange them in just one layout.

I’ve used SEI cardstock, some tags and American Craft letter thickers.

The final one is for the Product Challenge in Coconut ScrapShop, that is to use Making Memories Noteworthy scallope circle. I filled up the holes in the flowers with different PP from HOTP, made two photo corners also from the same PP from HOTP, and journal around the big photo with silver color pen.

I’ve used HOTP PP, MM Noteworthy PP, Basic Grey letter stickers.

TFL.

SoCalScrap July Sketch Challenge

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So glad that I can use the SCS July Sketch for these two photos that I’ve been wanting to scrap which was taken in May. That was one rare occasion for the boys to have fun with their cousins. They had a go on the ride on those mobile “animals”, they picked their own choice, sat on them and there.. with the on of the switch then they can go basically anywhere in the shopping mall of Palm Square but carefull not to bump into anyone. They really had fun!

I’ve used: Bazzill Basic cardstock, American craft pattern paper and letter thicker, My Mind’s eye Bohemia twill ribbon, Maya Road star chipboard, Daisy D’s pattern paper in Frigato, Pink paislee office lingo collection (from Coconut ScrapShop May’s kit) and buttons from Scrap-n-Crop Earth day kit.

I’ve the fun of following a sketch and alter according to what I have and I’ve tried to use up my scrap paper too.

Back and kicking

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Yup, got back from Kuching last Saturday and since working on my mini album. I’ve posted all photos in “Glad to be here“.

What I’m going to show here is the first mini album that I’ve just did in 6″x7″ black cardstock. I found this pack of old photos which I’ve taken on my two boys during the months of May and June in 2006. I’ve scrapbook some photos in it, but felt that I should include them in just one mini book, so here is the result:

Front cover with mis-match embellishment.

First and 2nd page. I’ve used photos corner for all the photos made from pattern paper. Tags are from Basic Grey Match Book and HOTP kit. Ribbons are from Scrap-n-crop Chinese new year kit and HOTP kit. Alphabet stamps and pattern paper from HOTP.


That really is my first mini album. Other things I’ve used are buttons and gems. I did’t use any brad for this afraid that it will rust on my project again.

It is fun to do this mini book, but I wanted to have one that is more coordinated and proabaly one that I can put into a ring album. Now my photos are very expose to humidity so they might not last long. I’ve actually follow the instructions from somewhere I read over the net or was it from scrapscene. Thanks for whoever that was showing their great idea.

Will be away

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Will be away attending a course in UNIMAS, so won’t be able to do any scrapbook layout, might not even be able to post any blog post here till Saturday night.
There, I’m going to miss my scrapbooking, how I wish I have a mobile scrapbook bag that I can bring along to my trip and do my scrapbook in the hotel.
Well, going to try to get as many photos as possible and tell my story later.
Ciao!

Coconut ScrapShop June’s sketch challenge

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I’ve finally done another challenge on sketch and posted up my photos into their gallery in Coconut Scrapbooking.

I’ve used some old photos of me and hubby taken in 2001 on several places that we visited with friends. These are those photos that I don’t know how to scrap them, so thanks to Pamela of Coconut ScrapShop for hosting the June’s sketch challenge so that I can dig them out and scrap them according to the sketch that provided.

A very simple layout, I didn’t use much of my creativity, just simply follow the sketch, crop and adhere.
Journal:

I remember
– we were in love.
– we had so much fun with friends and travel.
– it was in 2001
– we were in Nexus Karambunai Resort, Uncle’s home in Kundasang, and Hotspring.
– Li Szu and Spidy were also present.
I remember and I want to keep these memories forever.

Me time

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Have just submitted a layout on their Showdown challenge in Coconut ScrapShop. The condition is to do a page about myself and using the color pink and with bling. So here goes my entry:


Pink: Ribbon, button, and PP and peach cardstock. Bling: flowers and pearl on the clock.

Journal “This is one of the rare photos that I have seen here alone in the picture. Ever since we have our first child, I seldom have the chance to have a solo photo of myself. All the focus turned to my two boys, and ever so often that I won’t be in the picture as I’m the one who did the photo shooting. Even if I’m in the photo, I won’t be alone. So having some solo time is precious to me, which I call “me time”. I’ve started to appreciate my quiet time, my own time, my own space and do the things that I love to do. “Me time” is a little escape for me. My “me time” now include scrapbooking, going to the salon for a hair wash, movie time with my friends and enjoying my relaxing hours of facial.- Jun 2008”

I’ve used kit’s materials from Coconut Scrapshop and Paperwishes, plus those that I bought from Scrap-n-Crop and 2peas.

Photo was taken during our trip to Hong Kong Disneyland last year, on 30 Dec 2007.

Sisters LO

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I’ve managed to do a layout without using brads on those embellishment that needed brads to secure them, like flowers. I used jewel / pearl stickers instead. And well.. I think my layout is not boring (I hope).
Here is a layout done for the friendship that me and my eldest sister share with a friend of ours having the same surname with us. She is like a sister to us.


Scallop light blue pattern pattern is from Scrap-n-crop Earth Day kit (this is just nice for the silver dress of my friend). Red polka-dot pattern paper is from American Craft. Flowers from Prima and HOTP (they bring out the colour of the red shirt), letter stickers from Basic Grey.
I really love scallop paper ever since I used it in “Style” layout.

p/s: I think I better stop taking photos at night right after I finished my layout, they always look dark and dull.

Dangerous embellishment

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Can’t believe what I saw when I rearrange my album (basically splitting it into two so that all the pages fit nicely and flat). I discovered most of the brads that I used are rusted and it stained the pages behind them. Gosh! I know I’ve been warned by Sandra of Creative Memories before. Creative Memories encourage their members to do flat layout for archival purposes, a big no no for brads!
Now I really feel and truly understand it after seeing those rusted brads. They do look nice and easy to use for attaching flowers, ribbons, overlay etc. But if they will spoil my photos and paper, I would rather give them up. Thus I’ve changed almost all of the brads (still have another album to go through) to buttons.
Another way that I think might be useful is to use zot on the brad’s legs before attaching them near to the photos, instead of popping them right through the pages.
The best of all is to avoid using them. I’ll have to keep on reminding myself on this, change to buttons, change to buttons, or stickers.
In Creative Memories, not even button is encouraged on layout, as bulkiness will dent the photos which then indirectly will shorten the life span of the photos and pages.
I hope my pages won’t turn to boring layout without brads…