Bright and Cheery

It is great to wake up on a Monday morning knowing that there isnt any school today. No more Monday blues to chase away.. This week would be a nice time to catch up on preparation for Term 2 as well as some time devoted to myself. So far, i have been scrapping a lot. Just this weekend alone, i have completed 2 layouts and 1 album. I will need to prep for a wedding tray later and spend some good 2-3 days completing it. I cant wait to surprise the bribe with it. More on that later..

I thought i would do a little update on my 'current favourites' since it has been long since i last did a post like this. It would be nice to share some product reviews and tools that i am crazy about now. :D

Favourite ink: *drumroll....*



It is a tie between Tim Holtz's frayed burlap and iced spruce. You got to try these if you havent. Frayed Burlap has a more subtle vintage feel than brushed codoroy and iced spruce simply makes all your paper edges feel like CHRISTMAS. :D

Favourite tool: Prima Comfort Craft Distressing Tool


Prior to this, i used to use my MM sand block to make my papers edged or use my hands to tear the papers. With this tool, i think i saved all of my problems in one shot. It is able to distress papers in so many different ways. I am so glad i grabbed it once it hit the stores last year. :D

Favourite adhesive: This and That Sticky Red Tape


One of my favourite scrapper, Kristina Werner has been raving about this sticky double sided tape for the longest time. It is so true! It sticks so well that you dont need to worry about your papers falling out. Highly recommended. My first roll is almost gone. :/

Favourite stamp: The next two layouts say it all.. Used the same MME's stamp on both of these layouts. I am in love with the sweet stamp quote. :D




So have a good Monday morning. Wherever you may be, I hope you have a great week ahead. :D

This is Me..

Finally an update from me after such a long time. 9 weeks have passed and next week would be the last week of school. It is going to be a super long and busy week, considering that i have camp next weekend.

This weekend has been somewhat special, considering that my parents are overseas and i have the whole house to myself. It was good to finally set aside some good quality time to scrap. Apart from that, it was good to hit TOWN to get some shopping done. I have been buying a lot and have been spending some time using my new CHA papers on commissioned work and the recent SB classes at work. i was SERIOUSLY ITCHING to do a layout for myself. So finally, i got my hands on using some of my favourite papers from Prima for this layout. This is for the March 1st Challenge @ OnceUponASketch too.

I was quite excited about this challenge considering that we had to scrap about ourselves. I figured it would be a great opportunity to scrap about reflections of turning 26 this year.



"At 26, i am someone who tries to live life to the fullest, tries to treasure the loved ones around me and is confident that God provides for the future."

So this is Me! Turning one year older is never easy and sometimes i worry for what is in store for me but I am confident that God provies in his own ways and He will be there every step of the way. (: And .. this scrapbooking style is very ME! How far have I come from when i first started.. but i am liking how I have evolved as a scrapper. (:

Have a great week ahead.
I am off to pick my folks up from the airport.

A mid week post..

Finding some strength to update this blog this week.. As usual, work has been hectic and i have been working for close to 12 hours for the last 4 days. Just to share some post before i head off to sleep.


My scrapbook colleagues and I finally pulled off this. We have been talking about it for the longest time but somehow, we were always quite apprehensive to start it. Well, i took on the challenge and decided we should do it. We conduced two cardmaking classes this week and it was quite a success. I am glad the colleagues who joined had lots of fun and i hope they see that you dont need much to make nice cards. Well, these were designed by me and with the help of my SB colleagues, we taught well. I am so glad that the hours put into preparing each kit paid off. (even though i wish we should only do it once a year) Haha.

It was good to end your days teaching scrapbooking. I would much rather do this everyday. It was good to finally have some time to play with papers and my favourite adhesives. So i hope you had a much more fruitful week of scrapbooking than I have. I cant wait to get my hands on the new CHA 2012 products i bought. Cant wait for the weekend to start. :D

Have a good week ahead.

mid week..

These two weeks have been crazy mad so i havent got a chance to come online to blog. Days are ending later and later and it can get so draining on my body sometimes. I just wish i had some ample time to rest. But i guess that is a lot to look forward to, especially for this week. I cant wait for tomorrow to be over so that my weekend can start. (:

Here to share with you my last assignment for OnceUponASketch. It has been a great month guesting for them and i am glad i learnt to challenge and push myself through the sketches and themes given. For this month, we were asked to use the sketch to journal about holidays and vacations. i decided to do a layout based on one of my most favourite vacations to the USA.


If you havent known, i have always wanted to go to the States ever since i was young. I was so glad when we finally decided to travel there in 2009. Though it was a long gruelling journey, but we managed to spend 15 days in Colorado and LA. This picture was taken from the plane when our plane was crossing over the Canyons. It was such a lovely sight. I chose to match this B&W photo with the lovely papers from MME's Follow your heart.

Do head over to OnceUponASketch's blog to check out this challenge. HAVE FUN!

Press on! I will be back to update soon!

Feb Guest Designer

for OnceUponASketch. As promised, this was my first Guest DT Assignment for the Feb 1st Challenge. This challenge was all about creating a layout for Valentines Day. We had to create a challenge for the one MALE that we love.

I was blown away with this challenge since this would never be a theme that i would choose for myself. i seize the opportunity to scrap about a recent picture that Dad took with my niece, Kate. He is simply a different person when it comes to his love for his grandchildren. He glows and he shows his unfailing love for my nieces. Not only that, i know deep down he is a great Dad and Grandfather and he shows his affections by always believing in providing the best for us and his persistance in the importance of being 'Family.'


So this layout,'your unfailing love' is dedicated to my Dad. I dont show my affections much to him but i am sure he is aware that we love him. I love how the journalling speaks volume about him. "Just living isnt enough. One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." Life truly isnt complete without the people we love around us and i strongly believe in that. (:

I still love my OA's Farmhouse collection oh so much! The pink flowers were made using my Sizzix machine. I love how it pops in the layout. :D

So, Thanks for stopping by! Do go to http://onceuponasketchblog.blogspot.com/ for the Feb 1st Challenge. Challenge yourself to scrap about the one man you love so dearly in your life. I hope you have fun with the challenge as much i had.

Thankful

Hello all, it has been a long time since i have blogged. We are into the third week of school and i am so glad that we have the long weekend to enjoy our CNY celebrations. It was great starting this week with a lovely surprise from OnceUponASketch.


I won the Jan 1st Challenge and hence, i was given the lovely opportunity to Guest Design for them for the whole month of Feburary. I cant wait to show you guys on what i have designed for them. Maybe a litle sneak peak will do?


Do watch out for this space right here when the next challenge comes out. Do check out their blog also. I am so in love with the ideas of using sketches for inspiration.Haha, as you can see.. i am still very much in love with the farmhouse collection. I have never been that mad for one collection before.

To all my Chinese friends, have a great New Year ahead!

Today..

was a day of destashing and reorganizing... i am so tired just thinking of how much work i have done.

But seriously.. How do you guys store your layouts?

I have to admit that my layouts have grown in layers and they are so hard to store. I literally had to pull out all of them from its original album and stack them up one by one.



Maybe i should just leave this cubicle solely for extra layered layouts. Do share if you guys have any tips? In any case, i outdid myself for the year 2011. These were the number of layouts i scrapped for the year. Looking at all of them makes me uber happy! It means that i have USED my stash well. (:

Okay Happy Monday Ahead! (: