Weekend!

Weekend's here! Really happy to have a short break even though a new week is looming soon but all's still good with me.

I've embarked on a new scrap project in a bid to speedily use up all my paper. I think over the year I've bought way too much and scrapped too little so this year I'm going to really tone down on those purchase. The maxim for 2010 is: "If i have to think about whether to buy something, then the answer is NO". Good things (like October Afternoon paper) do not require a second thought so that's the rule I'm going to adopt for this new year.

Will post photos of my new project soon since it's getting late and I dun have much time to whip out the camera, play with settings and edit the photos.

Till next time, have a good week!

Calender for 2010!

Apologies that I'm a little late for this post as I was very busy with work the whole week. I will be disappearing a lot during the weekdays now that work has started again but I'll try my best to pop by at least once a week.

I did this calender in the last week of Dec but couldn't finish it on time for the near year. It took more work than I expected but it's finally completed and I'm really happy. Photo time!



Here's a side shot of it:



Supplies: October Afternoon Paper (Cherry Hill collection) and most embellishments are from Maya Road and my own personal stash of pins and ribbons. :)

On a side note: I've finished the layout I was tasked to do by the lovely people at The Scrapbook Carton and will be posting up sneaks soon. Watch for it!


Till then..thanks for dropping by and have a good weekend!

No Ribbons, No Flowers & No Pins!

Did the following tags in my last burst of fire and valiant attempt to scrap a bit more before work begins on Monday. Time passes too fast and there went 1.5 months of holiday. But before I digress, over the weekend I challenged myself to create tags cos I wanted to use up the ever growing stash of paper. I also wanted to expand my creative range and push myself to work with other embellishments besides pins, ribbons and flowers. It was tough trying to restrain myself from reaching out for those ribbons (which are like second nature to me!) but I survived!

Here's what I came up with:




For baby Tricia, Karen's new baby gal:


For my dear friend Becky who celebrates her birthday today..and to whom I also owed something for Christmas..:)



For my colleague Siew Yan who has helped me so much at work. And I sometimes wonder why I've done like 4 tags for other colleagues but her. Hee..gal..here's yours!



Last tag's for my JC friend Carmen whom i'm not seen in 2 years. Gosh..sometimes I miss her so much! She's in Rome now so I'm going to send this to her for her birthday.



Here's all 3 of them together for a photo shot. I stuck 3m hooks in my cupboard today and was happy to let the tags hang on them.



Many thanks to my long suffering parter H who is always willing to photos for me and patiently lets me scrap while he waits for me to finish.

My favourite is a toss between Tricia and Becky's tag. Can't decide. H chose Siew Yan's. Which is yours? :)

Have a good year everyone!!

Quick Post

Just a really short and snappy post from me to say thanks for visiting my blog. I don't have any photos to post today as the lastest project I'm up to is not finished yet as I've been really busy with work. We're all busy getting ready for the new year and crafting has to take a back seat for now. However, I'll try my best to find time to finish my project either tonight or tomorrow morning and post photos.

Tmrw will be a good dinner catching up with friends at the Shang. It's a tradition we've kept for the past 10 years and we're still going strong even with partners and babies in tow.

Happy New Year everyone!

Pinked!!

Spent the most of yesterday and part of today trying to finish my latest layout. If you know me well, pink is often a colour I eschew and try to avoid at all cost (for reasons I cannot explain) ever since I started scrapping. It's just like how I never give brown clothes in a store a second glance. It just doesn't cut it for me. But yet somehow, I got inspiration yesterday to whip out my Basic Grey Lemonade Element Stickers to craft this layout which I thought would match well with my wedding photos.

I've never dabbled with such a girly and pink lay out before but overall, I think it's still within the acceptable 'sweetness' range for me. I'm also glad that I took the step to try something new and way out of my comfort zone. I wonder what's next!! :)






Notice the dew drops? I love them to bits..first attempt at using them and I'm sold. Totally. And I still thank the good and generous people at The Scrapbook Carton for sending them my way and making this layout possible.



Supply List:
White Basil Cardstock (easily available anywhere)
Flowers and embellishments: Basic Grey Element Stickers (Yes I know I've hoarded them for so long I don't think it's on sale in any store now!)
Dolly Lace Punch: Martha Steward (Still one of my all time favourites)
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Ducks in a Row Collection (Hua Yi's favourite. Ok, and mine too!)
Thickers: American Craft 'Nutmeg' (not to be confused with Cosmo Cricket!)
Dew Drops: The Scrapbook Carton (Ok, you know where to get them right?)

Did I miss anything out??

Merry Christmas everyone!

Early Christmas Present!

The mail man came by yesterday but no one was home so we had to go to the Post Office today to collect this parcel. I was really happy to get the stash on my hands cos it had a whole bottle of dew drops in there. Got home quickly to take photos of the stuff before doing my work! (Real work, not scrap work!)



Quickly tore open the box..and viola! Woah..got air packs man...They're so thoughtful to even put air packs in case things get damaged.




After removing the air packs, this is what I saw..such lovely and simple packaging..complete with 'The Scarpbook Carton' logo..Looking very professional!



The big reveal: The contents! And the long awaited Dew Drops..and American Craft Letterbox collection! Such a lovely collection that I'm even ordering more patterned paper of the same collection from The Scrapbook Carton. I've even introduced HY, my good friend and colleague to the website and now we're pulling in our orders together to get stuff from them!




Do visit their site here and see what they have. The best thing I like about them is that they're reasonably priced..something all scrappers would appreciate!

Have a good Christmas everyone..I'll be very busy with parties and entertaining guests at my home but while we're all in the season, let's not forget Christ who came to Earth for us...and loved us enough to die for us.

Blessed Christmas!

Cosmo Cricket Galore!

Finally got down to creating stuff using my Cosmo Cricket stash that I won from a draw 4 months back. Sometimes I still can't believe that out of 200+ people who put in their names, mine got chosen. It's surreal the win an entire pack of goodies that would have set me back about $50 here at the local LSS. Thank you Lindsay, Eric and Julie! :)

First up is a notebook that I'm making for a Christmas Gift Exchange party. I figured that I should use up my stash rather than rush with the crowd to buy presents! I used the Girl Friday line which I'm starting to fall more in love with (I used to say that Early Bird was my favourite..but now I'm starting to waver!)







Next up is a tag made for Elaine, my dear colleague and friend. I hope she likes it! The tag is from Maya Road and paper from Cosmo! If you notice, my previous album is from Maya Road too..this is a remnant piece that I threw into the bin and took it out again after I thought it'll be a waste to stash it. Whops..Elaine..I hope you're not reading this!



The last picture is a fabric album that I made from scratch myself. Was inspired by Irene Gwen and I thought - what the heck, I'll make one myself cos I have no idea where to buy fabric albums!



Tomorrow is a busy day for me with work and a dinner party to go to. Here's wishing everyone a blessed Christmas!