Cold winter....

Yes, it's been a very cold winter and extremely wet as well..... I have not been able to do much scrapping in this cold weather... but over last weekend, with the bright sun and clear day, I managed to scrap again.

I have finished a layout of my daughter with her good friend, Jia Ding. The photos were taken sometime in Apr this year... we were having a picnic at a playground in Belmont... it has a few interesting rides for the children to enjoy. I took these pictures when they were both playing with bubbles... I called out to them, and they just looked at me as I snapped a few shots.

Named this layout "Happy Laughter":

My 2nd layout is on a black&white photo of my dear Jasmine. She was looking down at her toy when I snapped this photo... and as I looked the the printout, I felt so blessed to have her, a gift from God for both Joshua & myself.

Journal on this layout says :

"You are beautiful as you grow, a blessing from God, a gift that shows His love for Joshua & me. We are thankful to have U, His Beautiful Creation!! "

Thanks for looking.

BAD GIRL in DISGUISE!!!!!!

For BG Birthday Bash, the first activity is to scrap lift for the whole month of July. So, there is this chain of scraplifting going on since the 1st of July. And I was assigned to start this activity on 3rd July.
This is the link to all the layouts..... check it out!

Princess Jasmine...

I have been putting this layout aside for sometime now... my dearest daughter Jasmine, has been asking me to scrap a layout of her in the Princess outfit... She has a set of Princess accessories together with a tutu skirt.

When she saw me doing this layout, she was extremely happy about it. And the journal is from her, it says :

Dearest Jasmine,

Princess Jasmine,

I love U.

From Mommy

Another layout from BG June kit....

I really love the BG June kit, they are so colourful and vibrant. For this particular pattern paper from Tinkering Ink, its just too beautiful to be cut-out... So, I've decided to make a frame from it. What I have done is to poaint the edges with green paint then stamp around the inner sides to create the frame. Then I just scrap as usual.

This photo was taken at one of the session when we were feeding the ducks in Queens Park in East Perth. I've enlarge the photo to 5X7" because just love the smile on my DD. The journalling says "that is what your friends called U and U like to be called Jas!"

Cool CHIC!!!

I did this layout last nite using the BadGirls June kit.

I had lots of fun doing this layout. I am addicted to glitters, so sprayed GlimmerMist onto the felt embellies and used glitter markers to highlight the flower. Added some crystals as the birdie's eyes and on the little tulip-like flower centers. And I have used green arcylic paint to create a border for the spiral pattern paper.

As for the photo, I have heavily sand the edges, then stamp around the photo with the Frame stamp from Prima Marketing.

These are the close-ups:

Simple JOY

BadGirls site has this challenge which is to edit a Black&White photo and add-on a highlight of color. And I have chosen this photo because the toy which Jasmine is holding is in bright yellow orangy color. She got this from Mc'D 's Kids Meal. Inside its a spinning top, yeah!!!! a toy which we seldom buy for our kids these days....

I remember those days when I played with lots of outdoor toys and especially boy's toys (mainly because I was the only girl around then).

Anyway, with this simple toy, Jasmine was so thrilled with it! .. when I showed her how to spin it, she was even more excited and wouldn't stop spinning and laughing at the same time.

This layout is done using the BadGirls June kit. I have sprayed some GlimmerMist on the cardstock before I add-on the pattern paper. I'm so into GlimmerMist for this layout, I even used it for the chipboard words. And instead of inking my pattern paper edges, I've used GlimmerMist!

Bliss : PencilLines #89

When we were at Melbourne during this Easter, Jasmine wanted to try taking photos using my digital camera. It was at the time when we were infront of the National Library, Joshua was showing us the place because it's one of his favourite place during his Uni days. Its quite a relaxing place and lots pf people just sit around and enjoy, either their lunches or the sun.... we decided to take a rest and enjoy the place too.... so, my dear Jasmine just started to snap & snap photos... initially, she was taking the tram and seagulls that were passing-by.

Then she said "Daddy, Mommy, SMILE!!!!!"... and without hesitating, we just did it!!! So, this is the photo that she took! I must say, its not bad for a 5 year old child!

With this photo, I decided to do a layout using the PencilLines sketch #89. The products I used are a mixture from Prima and American Crafts. I've titled this layout "Bliss" because both of us really smile like we are the most happy person on earth!!!.. and I want to remember these happy moments.


Thanks for looking.

Love begin....

Yesterday, I managed to finish one layout with a photo from the early stage of our courtship... at that time, I was still having my braces on. So, I always try to hide my braces when I smile, as seen in this photo. Back then both of us were still very slim and slender... haa!! haaa!!!... we really didn't have to watch what we eat or go on diet then... so we really had a great time.. especially the late nite's prata and teh tarik after the late night movie.

For this layout, I have used the Bad Girls May kit. I have painted the Prima pattern paper with arcylic paint in patches together with the music pages and some wordings pattern paper. This is to give a dreamy feel. Then add on photo with the rest of the embellishments.

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satisfied?.... oh! yes!!!

Yes, I'm very satisfied with the final look of these 2 layouts.

I found a photo of DD when she was 3 years old, and she was so cute.. because she has double-chin... a sight that I have not seen for the last 2 years... She was quite chubby at that time. So, I just have to scrap it.
For this layout, I have tried one new technique, which is sewing. I did some along the borders of the yellow pattern paper, then go through it with glitter pen.....



Second layout, is based on a challenge in BG that pattern papers are not allowed. This photo was taken when we were at Melbourne this Easter. Specifically, we were at SouthBank enjoying our stroll... when we saw a man selling balloons... Jasmine wanted to have one, and I knew that she would ask for a flower, which she did.

The journalling here says "We were at SouthBank in Melbourne and you wanted a balloon. And I knew that you would ask for a flower. The whole afternoon, you were so happy and behaved like an ANGEL. Glad that we took a photo of you with your flower because it burst that very nite at the hotel. "

Thanks for Looking!!!

Old photos of me!

I have not been scrapping for the past 1 week plus, because I have been busy with work and stuff at home....Thank you for those of you who visited my blogs during these period, I really do appreciate your time.

Last nite I manage to complete a layout for a challenge at Scrap-n-Crop. The challenge is to scrap the old vintage photos that include myself in it. On top of this, to use only Basic Greys paper and journalling to be include in any form.

It was a tough one for me, because this is my 1st time scrapping an old photo....and at the sametime, I'm trying to scrap a vintage style... in the end, I was satisfied with it.. because I', scrapping a memorable piece of information here...which is the most important reason of all. So, thanks for looking.

Mother's Day layout!

This layout was done for a challenge at BadGirls as a tribute for Mother's Day. We were provided a list of quotes/titles to use for this challenge.

And I picked this quote:
~ I never knew how much love my heart could hold until someone called me "MUMMY" ~

Love this picture which was taken at Appolo Bay when we were on our way to visit "The 12 Apostles" in Melbourne.

Explore & Wonder

This week I am really excited about my scrapbooking,... hence I've completed my 2nd layout in one nite... :-) ..and of course, it has to be with a picture of my dear daughter, Jasmine! I received my Stamping & PaperCraft(S & P) magazine yesterday and saw some stamping ideas from one of the section... and its really interesting. At the same time, I've decided to take up a challenge at the BadGirls forum, which fit in perfectly.

The challenge was to stamp around the background creating my own design, then scrap the rest of the page as usual. Fantastic!!!!! And this is the end product below :

The technique that I learned from the magzine was to stamp using bleach. So, I did it with flower swirl in the layout above. When its dried, the bleach lighten the puple cardstock to a light blue... and then I stamped on top of it with Versa ink - Old Rose. This gives the 2 tone effect above. And to give the swirls some dimension, I have added some glitters on them (the pic is not very clear, isn't it?).

The jounalling says :
" When you pause to explore & wonder, it's a blissful moment for me to see how much you have grown. Love, Mommy"

Love this picture when she is enjoying her french fries and looking out of the window, her eyes wondering in deep thoughts. Sometimes, I wonder what's on her thought...

YOU : Pencil Lines Sketch #83

Hello, I'm back with another layout based on Pencil Lines. I really do love their sketches, just can't stop scrapping!!!!
For this layout, I have used 2 black&white photos (again of my daughter!), and for one of the photo, I din't do a good job, there was a glare (I think, this is the right term to use!!!!... still not familiar with photography yet!!!)... But anyway, this time I wanted to try out black& white, so I just proceed with the photos.

I have titled this layout : You are adorable sweet daughter

Looks like all the layouts that I have done so far, are all my daughter's smiles and laughters!!!! Hmm... its a good thing ... she is a happy contented gal !!!... Mommy here is very happy with it!! :-)

For my Sis

Oh!!!! yes, cant just stop there... had to scrap 2 LOs this week... one from previous post (the sketch #81, remember? ...)

And I had to do another one on my dear sis. I realised that both of us seldom take photos together like this one, and I really like how this photo has turned out.

On the layout, I had to try out the flower layering.

Updates on LO photos..

Finally, I found a PhotoStitch program which was given to me free when I purchased my Canon camera... happy!!! :-)

Still alot to learn about this new scrapping craft, so you will have to bear with me. I'll try to speed up my learning curve!!!

There u go my 1st 2 LOs which is stitched:
--> 1st LO

--> 2nd LO

Yupe, it's definitely a much, much better view...

And this my 3rd LO, which I explore inking and rub-ons:

Finally, my 1st two layouts...

This is my 1st attempt to scrapbooking...personally it was an enjoyable process for me, because its been awhile since I explore colours, shapes and coordinating between the two. I have been knitting for the last one year and before that I was beading and making my own jewelry, which was a fulfilling experience as well.

My first layout is on my daughter (Jasmine) who is now 5 years old. The photo was taken last year at 4 and a half years old. Loved this photo because she specifically requested for her hair to be pleated and she just posed for me to take a picture of her. It was always difficult to get her to smile naturally, but this time it was different because she was really happy with the hair :-)

And my 2nd attempt, its one of the day that I really wanted to remember. We were at the Perth Royal Show. Its a yearly event in Perth and its not to be missed if you have children. Because beside the rides, there were animals as well. Animals from the farm, like Cows, Sheep, Alpacas and etc.

The first area that we visited were the children rides, there were Merry-go-rounds, Ferris-wheel, Saucer and Cup, Bouncy castles, and lots. The 1st ride which Jasmine wanted to take was this Merry-go-round. Once she was up on her horse, I started to take pictures of her, and I think she realised that its a little scarry. This is when she couldn't smile, so she fake one for the pictures.

Adios!