a hello & goodbye...

Hi everyone!
The third post of the week, I think I'm on a roll again. (or I hope so - and a big thanks for stopping by always).  In the past few weeks, work has got the better of me especially with the weekly flights and having to spend the week in the hotel and only weekends at home.  Finally after several months of traveling, I'm so looking forward to November and some major down time (more details on that later)...

First off... I got some {super}exciting news to share.  If you have been following me on facebook, you'll know that I've been jumping up and down and this amazing opportunity to be part of the Maya Road Design Team.  This came as a surprise and with my love for their product... I was definitely screaming at the top of my lungs YESSSS!

Thank you Maya Road, Caroline & Ronda for this amazing amazing opportunity...and also a big congrats to Leah & Mandy. And here's sharing a mini album that I recently created with some yummy maya road goodies along with the sweetest thing collection from MME.

Having lots of fun with the maya road kraft embellishments, just loving those butterflies and the kraft tags (especially the ones with the white outlines).  Also the wooden embellishments can be easily altered with ink or mist (here with the heart one, I used the mustard colored mist to paint on the embellishment and on another one, I lightly tapped with on the ink pad). 

I've always been a big collector of maya road kraft envelopes and these new ones are just the perfect lenght to be included in their album... plus tons of room to store all those love notes... Also putting one of my typewriters to good use here... got out the hermes baby in script font!

and on a sad note... the Made With Love scrapbook store has closed its doors. although we are eagerly waiting to hear when they will re-open their doors again (refusing to believe that it will be a permanent decision), I'm already dearly missing everyone.

For me this is where my scrapbook journey started... 4 years ago when I came to Singapore and discovered this friendly store and the endless supplies of scrapbooking products. I still remember my first class on how to create a mini album using a chipboard album (seriously I didn't know what I had to do with chipboards). Then there was the Scrap Idol Challenge that gave me the opportunity to be part of their design team (a first for me).  And yes there's where it all started....

Thanks everyone for stopping by and hope you guys are having a great weekend!

Today...

hello everyone - sharing a layout that I created a while back capturing the moment that I was in (and still am as I'm trying to figure out what to do about my job) and also having some fun using the new My Minds Eye collection - the sweetest thing.  With all the new CHA summer goodies rolling in... couldn't resist going crazy and grabbing everything I could get from this collection... don't you just love the combination of the sweet colors?  (and sadly hate to admit, but I've been doing more scrappy shopping than scrapping...ooops)



I creating this layout, I had challenged myself to only papers from the 6x6 pad; who said that you had to use 12x12 papers to create a 12x12 layout {wink} and once again putting my silhouette SD to some good use; and can't stop thinking about getting the cameo. someone please convince me that I don't need it...



Not only do I love the colors in MME new collections, but I've always had a soft spot for their embellishments... from the chipboards to the layered stickers and pretty much everything!



Thanks again for stopping by!!

Travel Mini Album Kit Available Now!

Hi Guys,

Sharing that that my Mini Album Travel Kit is now available at Made With Love {just saw this at the store the past week} and it's filled with super yummy goodies from Crate Paper - Storyteller Collection along with some extra and handmade goodies by me!  The mini album that you'll be working with is from Basically Bare and it's their super cute pocket envelop version - you're going to love this!

Here are some sneaks of mini album and the extra goodies included - you'll receive everything that you need to put the album together along with color instruction print outs. Super easy, super fun and perfect for documenting all those trips you've just been on!



So head on over to MWL to grab yours today - quantities are limited.  Thanks guys!

Looking Back @ New Zealand

Hello there....

Sharing another layout that I created using some yummy goodies from Echo Park, Studio Calico, Fancy Pants and Maya Road; for this past week Made With Love assignment.  The topic for this week was travel and I choose to document the various cities that I had an opportunity to visit when we were in New Zealand...



I have to admit, given that we were in New Zealand for about 2 weeks... we really did manage to squeeze in quite a bit! LOL...

Also just loving those wooden embellishments from Studio Calico, especially those super cute bicycles (definitely need to stock up on these somehow).  Also another embellishment that I find myself turning too to complete my projects are the super cute buttons from Fancy Pants (gotta have those small tiny ones)!



The new Maya Road Hexagon Chipboard release are definite must have... I think I grab about 3 packs of these... a girl can never have too many hexagons right?  **wink**






Thanks for stopping by everyone and hope you guys are having a great weekend!

Also just a quick reminder that the CK Jul/Aug Issue Giveaway HERE is still open, for those interested in getting their hands on the latest yummy issue! (giveaway open till tonight).

My Favorite: Scrapbooking

Back to share a layout I created for my MWL assignment this week - using the gorgeous MME Nostalgia collection. I'm just in love with the shade of colors and vintage designs in this collection; I think this might be my favorite collection of the year from them.



The topic for this week assignment was to focus on things that I like and needless to say... it's all things scrapbooking. LOL





And on the topic of washi tapes - ooooooh loving the new washi tape designs/selections from MME. Couldn't resist grabbing a few!



Also dusted my typewriter for this layout... I always love the effects of typing, how each letter can have different effect/wait based on how hard you press the keys. And put to work my silhouette machine for the title work - made with {heart}...



Thanks for stopping by everyone!!

Also there's still time to enter the giveaways if you haven't already:
1. Win a spot in Megan Hoeppner's Washi Workshop Class (closing Wed. May 23rd)
2. Win a spot in Maggies Holmes Photography Class (closing Wed. May 23rd)
3. Pebbles Inc Giveaway (closing Fri May 25th)

Hosting a New Scrap This & That Challenge!!

Hi Everyone, just wanted to share that I'm hosting this week's Scrap This & That Challenge over at Made With Love and hope you guys will be joining in on the fun!

This time around its a color challenge and would love to see what you guys will create with these fun spring colors - yellow, green, kraft and brown.  And here's my take to get your creativity started...

And also here's my source of inspiration for this color challenge... when I first saw this picture on pintrest, I knew this would be perfect.  some fun to celebrate the beginning of the new year... SPRING!  Bring on the sunshine and flowers!

And sharing some details from the layout.  I went with a simple grid design and varied the details a bit from square to square.... putting my beloved studio calico wooden butterflies and some yummy amy tangerine washi tape to good use...

Thanks again for stopping by and check out the full details of the challenge HERE.  You guys have until Feb 6th to upload your layout to the challenge gallery and the lucky random winner will win a $20 voucher from Made With Love.  (ps. and just in time for all those new CHA goodies that are on their way here).

Crate Paper + Lion Dance = CNY!

A very happy Chinese New Year everyone and wishing you the very best and prosperous year! For my Made With Love assignment this month, we were asked to create a project celebrating CNY and what better  topic for me than to capture the moments of the lion dance...



At first, I wasn't sure what papers I would use for this project and especially where I would be able to find CNY related ones; until I realized that valentine collections are actually perfect for this topic - as long there's a bit of red, then why not.   So getting out Crate Paper - Paper Heart collection, I got to work creating this layout; focusing on the main color red with pops of yellow and turquoise.



Also I couldn't resist adding some mist to the layout, to contrast against the colors and also add a bit of character to the white space...



And lastly, to add a bit more dimensions to the layout I also curled up the ends of some of the pattern papers...



Thanks everyone for stopping by and wishing you all a very HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Christmas Gift Tags

its that time of year again when I need to start figuring out how many christmas cards and/or tags I need and also start creating them NOW! although it seems that no matter how far in advance I plan, I end up sending them after christmas. hoping this year I'll make it in time.

and starting first with the new christmas collection from Crate Paper - Peppermint; having fun with their tags, phrase stickers and chipboard elements!

and here are some close ups of the various elements used (couldn't stop myself from adding more and more)...

thanks everyone for stopping by and there's still time to enter the CK magazine giveaway --> more details here! thanks guys.

a new class & catching up...

wow - is this week already over (it's friday evening 11:05pm over here) and I have finally decided that I've had just about enough of work for the day; although there's still a lot to do but then again, work is a never ending story. lol

and on the scrapping side of things, I've been a bit behind on sharing some details and so without further ado...

here are some sneaks of my latest class at Made With Love this month - using the fun Pink Paislee Mistable Wooden Album & Papers and also their Nantucket collection. I hope guys would be able to join me in this fun mini album class as we get our hands slightly dirty with distress ink and also a bit of paint. Also just wanted to share that I'll be taking a break from teaching there for a while afterwards as work is getting busier and busier. For more details on dates and availability - please contact the store (details here).

and on the topic of Pink Paislee have you read the Live Pink Newsletter yet? You might just want to as this month we're having a fun Halloween Contest where you could win a $50 gift certificate to amazon.com and at the same time, get ready for Halloween! And if you don't have the Phantom collection just yet, you might want to head over here as they're giving away an entire collection to 3 lucky readers (giveaway open till Wed Oct 19th).

and then there's also the new mid-collection from Pink Paislee - Snow Day Collection - and it's gorgeous. I just got my box of goodies today and loving everything - from the sweet colors to the fun design (those mittens are too adorable). and for those in Singapore - it's here at Made With Love too!

and now for all the Lily Bee fans out there (I know you guys all are) - have you seen the latest sketch challenge on the Lily Bee Blog? There's still time to join in on the fun - just post your take on the sketch on Lily Bee's Facebook Page or link us up in either one of these posts here or here. Can wait to see your take on this amazing sketch by Katja.

and isn't this the cutest ever - those pumpkins are my favorites from the American Crafts Nigthfall collection.

and now.... I'm off to bed!

nite nite everyone and a big thanks for stopping by.