Layouts | Pastel Colors + A Lot of White Space *Elle's Studio*

Before I started to whine about how I feel recently, I would like tp show you Elle's Studio September kit. I am in love with this month kits - that has bright colours and also a couple of cute tags that I used all  of them in my 3 layouts.

They also come with 4 coordinating add-ons:

Remember to grab yours here.

I haven't been scrapping much lately just because again, I am kind of losing mojo and also feeling a tad too overwhelmed. I have this super overwhelming feeling ever since end of July. My scrap room is in a huge mess, boxes, goodies, planners, supplies are all over the floor, my desk and even stacking up on top of my printer. And also the bed in my scrap room. Whenever my room is very occupied with stuffs & messy, I don't feel creative at all. The messier it is, the more overwhelmed I would feel.

I did spend 2 days cleaning up my room, purging supplies (from papers, tools to yarns etc) and also trying to complete a few pages here and there, packing September kit. So my room was clean for a minute and the next second it turned into a warzone once I started working on the kits / shop items. I am just hoping I feel more positive and energetic soon.

Since I am craving for space, a lot of space for my room, I made three layouts for Elle's Studio with a lot of white space. I know making pages with white background isn't something new for me, but making such white (or empty layout) without framing the borders is something uncommon for my scrapping style.

So here you go, three of my layouts which are also my current faves from using Elle's Studio September Kit & goodies. It seems that I just can't move away from creating pastel pages, because I work better with my favourite colour scheme.

When I am done layering with the tags and goodies from the kit, I feel that the layout is too flat for my liking as I didn't add any foam dots or mixed mediums. So I found a  pack of paper straws and cut them into bits and add them to my page. Love how cute it turned out!

And this layout, I actually want to make a page with a lot of squares as repeated elements, It didn't turn out as what I have expected but the cute photos of Ivan says it all. He choose the cap himself at H&M and thats the only cap that he likes & he would wear. How time flies and he already has his own preference for outfit!

I would have one more layout to share with you tomorrow. I hope I didn't babble too much in this post as I am baby wearing Ivan (as he is sick) and type with only ONE hand,

Thanks for looking. Do remember to fro by Elle's Studio DT gallery fore inspirations. =)

XoXo,

Layout | Love Me A Grid Layout *Elle's Studio*

There's no secret that I am a huge fans of grid layout! I love making grid layouts because:
1) the layout looks organised (I know this is weird but I am attracted to grid designs)
2) I can go crazy embellishing each tiny box
3) I like how each tiny box is unique yet they complement each other (by using all the papers from the same collection)

I created this grid layout using a piece of paper from Elle's Studio Shine collection that has cute tiny squares. I placed sac of the square accordingly and stick them down lightly. Then I add 'invisible line' with my beloved sewing machine. I love how the machine stitching is subtle yet add an interesting effect to the page. Once I am happy with all the arrangement of the tiny cards, I add wood pieces, die cuts, journalling tags and journalling to each box.

Close-ups of each square:

This photo is we 'welfie' of me and Ivan. Sigh, where has the time gone and he has already refused to take photo with me! Can someone find the STOP button so that he will always be my little baby that listens to me and be a mama's boy? 

I am sure I am gonna make more grid layouts in the future using the same recipe. I hope this inspires you! Thanks for stopping by and remember to check out the Elle's Studio Design team gallery this month!

XoXo,

Layout | Hi* 5 *Elle's Studio*

I took this photo of my boys while I was working in my craft room. And yes, we have a bed in the room with initial planning that IVan could nap in the room while I work (well, this never happened!)

While I was taking photos of new arrivals for my Big Cartel, hubs was trying to keep Ivan occupy on the bed. And Ivan loves giving Hi*5 to the giant Amineko that is on the bed recently. So hubs and Ivan keeps playing hi*5 while I work and I captured this cute photo of them. Love this captured moment so much that I printed it out about 8x8 inch (square photo) and want to make a layout with huge photo!

Adding some banner to the top of the corner here:



And also placing  a row of tags and embellishments vertically on the right of the photo. This is definitely one of my favourite recent snapshot that I could see myself scrapping this again and again. Plus this is also one of my favourite layout!

Thanks for looking! And now, go check out other amazing layouts that are posted on the Design Team gallery! 

XoXo,

Layout | Elle's Studio August Kit Reveal & You're My Sunshine

Hello there! I have been really lazy and not keeping up with my blogging schedule. August is my birthday month and things are supposed to be really exciting + lovely for me. Unfortunately, August hasn't been really good for me so far. We started August with Ivan falling sick (fever + cough), one of my dogs (Nut Nut) went for a minor surgery to remove both his anal glands and some family emergencies >_<

But I will still hope for the best! My 30th birthday is only 8 days away and totally have no plan yet. Anyways, August is another crazy month for me with a business trip to China on 26th August. So well, I am just hoping I am better at time management (which means less instagramming, less Youtubes, less doing nonsense) and stay focus!

Elle's Studio August kit was reveal on the 19th monthly (I am a little behind the blog schedule) again this month. This month is one of my favourite kit with lal the cute journalling tags and Project Life cards. 

Here’s a close up peek of what is inside:

And, the awesome die cuts – some are even transparent! These are definitely my fave!!
These kits are limited and once they sale out Elle's Studio will not be restocking! Look for a new kit each month on the 10th at 8:00 am PST, and as a special bonus to celebrate launch day, kits will be on sale for $9.99 for today only, regular price after that will be $11.99. These kits can ship first class: shipping for USA residents will start around $2.00 and go up from there, depending on the weight of what is in your cart. For overseas, it will run about $6+ depending on your location.

We also have an exclusive Back-to-School add-on! Check out these fun cork shapes:

And, if you are looking for cut files again this month, we have those too! Here’s a peek at what the August cuts look like:
I didn't feel like making any Project Life pages this month so I scrap 3 layouts instead. I haven't been scrapping much so making layouts is just the easiest creative outlets for me.

And here's the first layout I made using the August kit - and also a happy photo of Ivan woke up in the morning. He normally wakes up all smiley in the morning except there are times (kinda rare though) he would wake up crying with no reason. Babies are weird anyways!

It is just a quick and simple layout with some journaling card and my favourite wood embellishment pieces from Elle's Studio. 

I hope you enjoy my long overdue post and I will post the other two layouts that I made for Elle's Studio in a day or two. And now, go check out other amazing layouts that are posted on the Design Team gallery! Thanks for dropping by!

XoXo,

Layouts⎪Life Is Good *Elle's Studio*

Happy July! I haven been late in blogging about my monthly assignments for Elle's Studio this month. I have been super super busy and my lousy time management doesn't help with my hectic schedule at all >_<  I just have to share how gorgeous Elle's Studio July exclusive kit is. especially love the pink arrow cards and also the rainbow pixel card that is show below.

This month kit is packed full of journaling and embellishment tags to help you document and tell your story!  Here’s a close up peek of what is inside:

And, the awesome die cuts – some are even transparent!

Along with the exclusive kit,  Elle's Studio also has a special stamp and cut files that coordinate!
Be sure to check out Elle Studio's Summer Warehouse Sale that started on 10th July – there are some awesome deals to take advantage of! Don’t forget to pick up a grab bag, too! You can purchase up to three grab bags and each one will be different (no duplicates from bag to bag). If you purchase more than three, you will receive duplicates. Sale will run until July 21st, 2014 or while supplies last!

And now, I would like to share three of my layouts for Elle's Studio this month. And when I photo my layout, i realised all three of them are created on white background. Not sure why, maybe this is my favourite way of working with colourful embellishments. I like how the white background actually balance the page and tone the rainbow colours a little.

Here;s the first layout I scrapped about our honeymoon in Japan. I love this photo of us because after we have Ivan, we hardly take any photos of 'just us'. So this photo of us, in a beautiful day, perfect weather and amazing scenery, doesn't require a lot of embellishments. As usual, I place the photo on a piece of white card stock and started cutting the rainbow arrow from a piece of patterned paper (from Shine Collection).

Added some machine stitching to for some subtle texture on the layout.

And this Happy Happy layout of Ivan is actually scrap under 30 minutes. I brought my Elle's Studio kits and Shine collection to the office and made a quick layout with this happy picture of Ivan. Every night putting Ivan to bed is such a joy because we truly enjoy our bedtime routine. We would brush teeth, read books and look at flast cards just before we go to bed. And this is a photo of him climbing up to our bed after he read books on the floor.

Happy photo deserves a happy layout with rainbow colours!

Totally irrelevant but I just love these popsicle here. Ivan would stick his tongue out whenever we ask him 'do you want some ice-cream?'

One last layout is pretty simple too. I added some paint splatter and mist on the white card stock then started layering the journalling cards from the Exclusive kit. This layout is about me and my bestie - Piradee getting obsessed with planners (especially Filofax) so we lined the planner up to take a photo of our initial collection.

Thanks for looking! And do remember to drop by the Design Team gallery to check out the awesome projects by the DT girls. XoXo

Layouts⎪So Fun *Elle's Studio*

Hello lovelies, today I am sharing another layout of mine using the bright and summery collection - Shine by Elle's Studio. Before I show you my layout, have you check out the awesome FREE SHIPPING promotion on Elle's Studio website?

Okay, and here's my layout. Recently I like to play around with a lot of white space in the centre of my layout instead of my normal layering-and-keep-layering-in-the-middle-of-the-page style. I think this is such a fun way to create and I am trying to break away from my usual routine.

I made this layout of my little man enjoyed swimming in one of the public pool. Just some random facts here:
❤ I can't swim
❤ My husband is a certified lifeguard since he was 15y/o
❤ Ivan has gotten this cute neck float since 4 month-old and we have been letting him swimming at home (in a tiny pool) until 1 year old. Then we decided he is old enough to go to a public baby pool. Though he still gets a lot of attention because he is always the youngest baby there. 

I am loving all the fun, bright colours from this collection and could see myself using them very often in my future projects, So tay tuned! Just in case you are wondering, Ivan was extremely happy in the photo. He had this weird lip-munching expression because some kids splashed water and he was so excited!

See? I told you he was extremely happy and had lots of fun in the pool!

Loving all the wood veneer and die cuts that came in this Shine collection too. I love using Tiny Attacher to attach wood veneer. It just adds some interesting texture to it.

I still have one more project that I made with Elle's Studio June kit and will blog about them soon. I have made a process video for it, so hopefully I could edit the video and post it up real soon.

XoXo,