Random :)

I was about to really enjoy the feeling of holidays but time flew so quickly. I will get back to work tomorrow...sigh. sigh.

sigh. :p


But good news is my Supervisor is on a loooong vacation too!! *grins* Still I gotta do some filings which I think is already piling up in the out tray!! *huhu*

I wanted to re-organise my scrapping area, my stash supplies, my papers, my etc etc but to no avail. Too lazy to even clean my table. LOL! Wanna take a peek of how it looks like when I am scrapping...? Not even my close friends realised how much mess I have made in there! *huhu*



If you cannot tolerate hideous sight, don't look! LOL

But all of these supplies, I am willing to share 'em with my friends if we do croppings together! Yeah I am not that stingy. Helps me lessen my supplies in a way. hee hee..

But I still need a bigger case to store my supplies. Perhaps like these:

Diane von Furstenberg Signature Luggage
(Perfect for a scrapbook retreat!)

or maybe just this?
Cropper Hopper leather faux patent tote *teehee*

What a class! Reminds me of Catwoman. miaww

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Have I mentioned that I kinda have a low mojo right now? Despite of this, managed to complete few challenges held recently in the Groovie Scraps Cafe forum.






Handmade Cards using only PPs & CS by CK





12x12 LO using only 1 PP and other embellies by Liza




Layout scraplifiting with supplies used in her LO by Felicia



Thats all for tonight. Long day tomorrow.

Happy holidays! Yeah! Thanks for peeking in ♥



Sooo cant wait for next crop HERE!! Pinks & Chocs?? nyumsss!! Ooohh babes~~~ you soo gonna miss this!!! :P

Calendar Clipboard 2009

I gotta share this with you guys. I am sooo thrilled!! In fact a double joyous thrilled to know that my altered calendar clipboard was featured in Scrapbook Delights and Elle's Studio blogs! I feel humbly honored for their kind emails seeking permission to feature my work.
Thanks ka J and E.

Meanwhile, Groovie Virtual Crop challenge is still on going in the cafe forum. Pop by if you have spare time for a chance to win some yummy RAKs from the hosting Groovie Girls including my challenge!! But you gotta register yourself in the forum before you can join the online crop challenge. Sorry... ;)

Here's a sneak peek of RAKs waiting in the forum from me!

Thanks for popping by here!! ♥

Groovie Virtual challenge

Firstly, my sincere thanks to you for dropping by and left some love wishes...I owe it to you *hugs*


I am presently having this exciting Online Challenges at Groovie Scraps Cafe. It'll be happening starting today 19th Dec until tomorrow 20th December! Please come and join in the Groovie Challenges, Fun and Games! Click here if you are ready to move and utilise those mounting supplies.. (I know I am!)

I am also hosting a brief challenge over at the cafe. Here is my challenge;

No photo challenge but to create your own 2009 calendar by altering a clipboard or a layout with a size at least 8.5x11. The calendar can be printed from your computer. I have used Elle's Studio Calendar Tags.

I bought the calendar tags from SD at a reasonable price (I am sooo crazy over Elle's label tags!!). There are more awesome tags from Elle's Studio available at the store. Feel free to drop by to SD blog for more information.

Supplies: Raw clipboard, Elle's Studio Calendar Tags, Prima Voila Felt, Prima Flowers, Webster's Pages Hello Beautiful Collections PP and Journaling Card, 7 Gypsies PP, Hambly Screen Print Kraft Sticker and Transparency, K&Co Amy Butler's Die cuts, Chipboards from Scenic Route & Kelly Panacci, Magic Mesh, Transparency, Eyelets, Ribbons, Blings, Fibres & Lace.


Thanks for looking.

My day so far

Scrappin Kids has officially announced their new Design Team for 2009 (6 months interim period), and.... I got a spot with other talented girls around the world!!! Congratulations Ladies!!

And they have a new header too. Check it out over at the blog.



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I soo love being on leave (although its only for a week)!! Holiday is the best of all time! hee heee!! More free spare time, more creating LOs, more usage of supplies, another reason to load new ones! :p
However, I feel like there's not enough time for scrapping. Now its already Thursday. I felt like time past by so quick.... and I will get back to work by next week! ack!!

Sharing some layouts herewith. Oh soo love the feeling when mojo is (almost) cooperating with you. :)

~* Being Together Means So Much *~


My take for Scrap Inspire Create December '08 Challenge - Shape it Up.


Another LO is based on a Sketch #44 at Creatively Yours blog.

~* Oh Deer *~


And a X'mas card using Creatively Yours Card Sketch #18.

~* Joyful Time *~



And here's a couple of a brief look on the mini album made for a friend for her wedding anni.







I hope the couple like 'em..

Oh also congratulations to our dearest Poinz on her recent wedding last week!! Sorry I couldn't be there. I was asked to accompany my family to Sabah ;)

Few more days for the new year 2009 and feel like theres still a lot to mend and complete in 2008. ;)

Have a happy holidays everyone! *hugs*

Some Love ♥

I received this raw tag and some "condiments" from Miss Talented Ed. A challenge to alter it for the November Groovie mini challenge at the Groovie Scraps Cafe. If you're looking for a groovie challenges, pop in the forum and feel the grooove!

~* The Raw Stuffs *~



~* The Finished Product *~



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Another year, another older, another birthday, another reminder to live life to the fullest!



We probably just enjoying a good lunch with the family later and opt for a movie with some friends. hehe!

Thanking all to friends for the lovely wishes left. May God bless you! Love yous!! ♥



Oh I am currently working on some deadlines...where have all the time went..???!



Have a gorgeous day everyone! ♥

SK Marathon Layout ~ Challenge 4

Again, made it to the next round aka Scrappin Kids Marathon Challenge no.4 with the others! I have never been this energetic on creating, designing, thinking, photographing..... within 24 hours, since last Saturday! *hehe*

Anyhoos, the fourth clue was hopping from DT Issa to RD Liza Yet. The challenge this time is to create a Layout with 5 different types OR colours of scrapbook mediums. First let me list out what the mediums I have used in my page:

5 types of Ranger Stickels (Turquoise, Xmas Red, Lime Green, Lavender & Silver), 3 types of DewDrop Brilliance Pigment Inks (Coffee Bean, Galaxy Gold & Pearlscent Orchid), 1 type of Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber (Snow Cap), 2 types of Making Memories Acrylic Liquid (Strawberry Cream & Daiquiri), Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents, 1 type of Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint (Antique Linen), Opaque Pen Inkssentials (White), and finally, American Crafts Memory Maker Dual Tip Pen (Black).

So here's my entry:

~* Don't They Looked Oh So Cute.. *~



Dabbing the Pigment Inks (Gold & Orchid) hence that squared effects on top of the tape wire that sticks mesh wire which can also be seen in the page.



Applying those Ranger Stickles where appropriate and lil bit of stamping.





The Mediums Used.



Who cares I used the same picture of my kids over & over! Because they looked soooo good in this shot! Honestly, it is so rare seeing the girl hugging the boy, but exclusively for this shot, they looked soo natural and such a sport!

Appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks for lookin! ♥

Layout for SK Marathon ~ 3rd Challenge

Yes I made to the 3rd round of Scrappin Kids Marathon challenge!

Although I was a few hours behind checking out the clue at 9AM (*hehe* blame it on the work overload!), got home at 6pm, then preparing dinner for the family, and putting my DD to bed, and finally began my scrapping at 10PM... *phew* what a day ya? teehee...

For 3rd clue, the challenge was hosted by Cookie. She challenged us to create a 12 x 12 LO using pattern papers no more than 4 x 4 inches in size!! it can be smaller than 4x4 but definitely not bigger than that!

I just finished creating on this challenge and I feel like this is the first time that I created such a COLOURFUL layout! *haha*. Indeed, it was nice to see all those small pieces of scrap papers I have kept for months, being utilised for something like this! Credit to Cookie for her brilliant idea!

Here's to share my interpretation of playing with little pieces of patterned papers:

~* Color Me Happy *~



Journaling:
Dear Hubby,
Tell me again that black
isn't the only color in the world...
I have never been this happy
ever since I have found millions of colors
inside you my love!!
Thank you for sharing them with me..
xoxo, your wife


a closer look on the surface.



For the heart look, I used a heart shape template which I drew earlier on another 12x12 cardstock. Then I attached the template on my actual cardstock and began patching those scraps PPs (sorry, I can't remember all those PPs manufacturer brands as it was already in pieces). When I have done patching all those PPs, I brushed off some glitter glue on the surface to keep them even. Then I attached all the other elements and did a little touch ups, ensuring that every pieces of PP weren't bigger than a 4x4 size.

Sincerely hope I can pass. now im off to bed.

Thanks for lookin! ♥

Layout for SK ~ 2nd Challenge

For this round, I am feeling less inspired! Gaaahhhh!! Anyway, I managed to complete the simple look of my LO. The 2nd Challenge for SK Marathon final clue can be found here.

Ka Jasmin needs the scrappers to come up with the MOST CREATIVE PHOTO MATTING EVER in our scrapbook layout. We are not to use the usual cardstock matting. But nevertheless the use of cardstock is allowed but must be used in the MOST CREATIVE WAY.

So here's my outcome layout:

~* My Blossom Girl *~




A closer look on the matted photos.

First I glued a bluish crepe paper on the PP. Cut off the excessive crepe papers. Painted on its surface with Tea Dye Distress Crackle Paint. After it dries and cracked, painted over it with MM Strawberry & Cream Acrylic Paint followed by dabbing some Adirondack Pearl Acrylic Paint around the crepe paper. Later on I attached a flexible craft wire (Sorry, I still don't know the real term for it) on the painted surface. Glued a paper doyle which I have sprayed some Red Velvet Glimmer Mist, on top of the craft wire. Finally I glued the photos on top of my so-called "photo matting" and brushed off some Strawberry & Cream paint around the photos to create a frame.

Hope it can pass. sigh.

Can't wait for the 3rd Clue tomorrow!!

Thanks for lookin! ♥

Sharing Some Layouts {SK & RDS}

**Edited**

{SK}

As I have mentioned in here earlier, all the SK marathon participants have found the first challenge clue in one of the SK DT ;D

~* Happy Wear *~



Journaling:
"The smile makes sense when
everytime you wear this
pink dress with net frock
we knew its your favourite dress...
and its mama's favourite dress too
cos you looked sooo happy in it."

I wasn't able to go out and develop a picture of my favourite outfit as it was raining heavily all day and my printer ran out of color inks! *blah* As such, I had to use an image of DD in her fav dress (you know which dress...*hehehe*) Yes, that pink smocking dress that she really loves (and mama too!!) :)

AND

{RDS}

Gorgeous Credits to Rough Draft Sketches (Sketch #3 by Zoe) for the above page. Will create a fresh page for RDS very soon.

Then I also created a layout based on RDS Sketch #2.


(image is upside down)

~* Whoo luvs you? *~



Notice the red glimmer mists on the paper? Sprayed on the surface with Red Velvet and a lil bit of Tiger Lily. Masked it with a couple of paper doyles. I also painted the white cardstock scalloped frame some crackle paints in green. It was fun fun doing this. hehs.

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And oh not to forget this previous page for SK "Celebrate" October Challenge.
I chose challenge #13 - Splashy August.

~* Aqua Love *~



Hope my pages are pass! *yikes*

Thanks for lookin! ♥

3-1=2

(N.B. this is my 100th post!)

And the subtraction why...?

DH is currently outstationed till the weekend. This is his first time away from DD. Earlier we sent DH to airport. Had dinner together before he boarded the plane. When DH told DD that he got to go, DD said, "*I want to go with you babah (dad)..." and hugged DH tightly. Somehow DD lets DH go after few seconds of hugging... *aawwww* Before DH left our table, DD kissed goodbye and said, "*Take care babah.....".

Man! Hearing that sure made my heart melt and I bet DH too. DD is such an angel... ♥

*Translated from Bruneian Malay to English.

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The Lovelies paid me a visit just now. As I didn't prepared and cooked something special for them, they requested a Teh Tarik instead. Frankly I am not really good at making teh tarik but thankfully it turned out okay *haha* because The Lovelies said "nyaman! nyaman! (yummy!)" but...... they sounded FAKE! LOL! just kiddin.

Thanks for dropping by my place Lovelies! *HUGS*

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Yay! Finally half of my groove is back!! Thanks to the Groovie Girls at the Groovie Cafe for sharing the inspiration and made me step out of my comfy zone!

First I did the October Card Challenge; to include Pink & Green as the main color for a Thank You card, hosted by Stephanie.



Believe it or not, I made this card in the wee of 1.00 AM! A side effect of taking a mug of caffeines in the earlier evening.


Then I created this LO based on a book cover featuring Anthony Bourdain. This was hosted by Groovie Ed.



~* shy shy girl *~


Apparently as I was the first one to post my LO, Sophia Soh is also giving away her RAK for the first poster. weeheeee!! Thanks so much Sophia!! :)

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Oh yeah. I was checking my mails in the office.. and thrilled to find out that Michelle of M'sian Scrappers Society has informed that she will feature my Purse Album (and it is also a winning purse at Artz de Scrap September Challenge!! weeheee!!) in her blog. It was an honour and I am indeed delighted to share the purse album with others.



Thanks Michelle B! :)


Meanwhile, my Rough IT SK Beyond kit has safely reached me!! Ecstatic is the word!! Cant wait to play with IT. Its really a CUTE pack of kit!



Thanks SK Beyond and Wati B. for your prompt action! :)


ohhh... i am freakishly tired. rushing off to bed now. Pls note this post isn't done yet. will update again later. i have something to share :)

ps. whoaa this post is much brief than i thought.

Scrapping Inspirations Doodlings

I was moved to create for a doodling layout in this blog. Never done this before, especially when almost 80% of your page are nothing but doodling!

As my drawing supplies are limited (and as much as I want to own that Zig Chalk marker set hehe), instead I used a black wood lead colored pencils on most of my LO. The colored pencils are ideal for drawings too. I even dipped the colored pencils in water and so it created that wet kind of look.

First I drew the tree, its branches and the leaves (free hand drawings). Then I used a chipboard swirl (FancyPants) as a template to create that swirly frame with a lead pencil. Makes my life easier heheh! Then I sprayed some glimmer mists on the page to add little colors as a background effect. Let it dry for several minutes (dries faster if you have a heat gun!). After it dries, I colored around the swirly frames with green lime, dipped it in liquid (h2o) as I colored along it. Applied stickles and the letter stickers.


and voila!
its not that perfect, but i'm glad i did this.




Supplies: Cardstock, Colored Pencils (blackwood lead), little amount of water, swirly chipboard (frame template), Tattered Angels Glimmer mists, Glitter Stickles, American Crafts Letter stickers and Pink Paislee Letter Stickers.


Thanks for lookin! ♥

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Oh yeah I got selected as one of the DT in Ed's Sketch, Got Stamp? challenge blog. Do check back next month for another exciting challenge especially to stamperholics! :)

Toodles.

ps. My sincere thanks for your time to drop by and the wishes you have left in my humble blog. You all surely made my day :)

SK Weekend Challenges Continues

In furtherance to this post, I scrap a couple of layouts for SK Weekend challenge again! Talk about energy level, my mind is exhausted now. In total, I managed to complete 6 challenges. I missed LizaYet's multi photos challenge though...too bad.


~* White & Five - Hosted by Issa *~



~* Lift Me! - Hosted by Wati B. *~



~* Color Swatch - Hosted by Jessy *~

Note: This was a flower packaging box which I've altered into a mini frame.


It was good fun!



Now I need to recharge myself.

SK Weekend Challenges

The SK Girls sure have succeeded in this create mojo weekend. The forum weekend challenges is superb! I had super FUN!! For today, I only managed to complete 3 challenges. Started quite late around 7+ PM until now, its already midnight. *yawn*

Showing you some of my entries herewith:


~* Rub & Stamp - hosted by Cookie *~


~* Birthday Card (w/ stamping) - hosted by Adam (Wati's DS) *~


~* Stripey Stripes - hosted by Ka Jazz *~


Nonetheless, deadlines to submit all the 7 challenges are by this coming Sunday, 12 midnight. Will see if I still have some mojo left for tomorrow. Got a couple of other deadlines to catch too! Yikes.

Ciao! ♥

slowing down..

I almost forgot that I owed a page for SK mini challenge forum hosted by Issa. The challenge was chipboards galore which means our layout must have chipboards and should have at least three kinds of techniques used on those chipboards.

Here's my simple entry. Piccie of my little nephew taken a few months back. He's such a deary and a close friend to 'Alya!

~* one,two, smile *~






I didn't have the naked chipboards, so i used other 'fancy' chipboards. I applied stickles, wrapped one with a ribbon, inkings, glossy accents and crackle accents. Hope it counts!


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i gotta rest. my head's killin me.