Planners | Page Marker To Hold Your Washi Samplers

 Hello everyone! I am sooooooo in love with Cocoa Daisy Day Planner February kit! There are so many little hearts sprinkle all over the the page inserts and embellishments. Before I show you how I make retractable washi samples page marker (with a short video tutorial), I would like to show you more pictures of the Daisy Day Planner kit. How can you not love them? It is full of hearts and pinks / reds - my favourite colours.

Close up of the page marker - using the cute envelope stamp and also cute heart-lock charm.

As usual, I love the quotes on the monthly page - and especially when it is in cute calligraphy <3

The Week-on-one-page for the february kit.

 And my favourite week-on-two-page which I can't get enough of. I am using this inserts to journal my daily and I can't wait to show you more of these.

And here's a simple video tutorial on how I make a page marker - to store my washi sampler. I hope you like it!

Thanks for dropping by today and have an awesome day ahead!

This video shows you how I combine my love for a planner page marker and washi tapes sampler. I dream up the concept of this page marker (literally dream of how to making this when my 20-month-old kick me in his sleep) - inspired by the old-school  retractable / folding ruler that my dad use when I was really young. 

All you need is washi tapes roll on a piece of transparency / acetate sheet, cropadile and a page marker to make this. Remember to roll the washi tapes sample on your acetate sheets first before fixing it onto the page marker.

Related blog post: 

What I used: 

Planners: Minty Blue Planner

Inserts: Cocoa Daisy Day Planner February Kit 

Washi Tapes: MT Slim 20

Happie Planner Kit: http://happiescrappie.bigcartel.com

Stamps: Cocoa Daisy

Inks: Versafine Onyx Black

Camera (for Video): iPhone 6

XoXo,

Sam

Project Life | Behind The Scene & PL Process Video *Citrus Twist Kits*

Hello hello there! Today I have a FUN pocket life post for you. I want to show you my process video and also behind the scene of how I filmed my scrapbooking process video. And also, I have a mini invader dropping by while I was scrapping, so sorry for the shaky video ;)

Here's how I set up my iPhone up to film process video. I prefer scrapping on the floor because thats the brightest spot in my room without any shadow / dark spot while filming. I hang a phone clip on the tripod and place a piece of wooden board (exactly the same materials as my work desk) on the floor. Thats why you would see my little ones' walking around while I was filming the video.

**Scroll to the end of the post to watch my process video ;) Thank you!**

And here's the photo of the floor before I started scrapping. I always lay all the items out to see what I like and want to use. But, I never really plan my layouts or pages. I am an ad-hoc scrappers as things will never turn out the way I want it to be so I always like to just go wiht he flow when I scrap.

And how it looks like when I almost done scrapping. The little spool of washi tapes in the cups and bowls do keep my little one occupied while I was scrapping. He likes to play with washi tapes, enamel dots and also stickers. It is never too early to start young!

I don't know where does he get the idea from, he stick those enamel dots onto the floor, his toe nails and also his ears. 

Okay, and here;s the pictures of my pages using mainly September Pocket Life and PL Embellies kit. I love the spread has little gold colour in it. This page is a gentle reminder to myself on the little things that I want to remember and also the two Instagram friends that I met in Bangkok and Shanghai.

This double page spread is full of colours and I especially like the pre-stitched 4x6 card that came in the PL Embellies kit.

I also used the vellum pockets that are included in the PL Embellies kit in one of the 3x4 pockets.

Me and my Instagram friends in Shanghai and Bangkok. It is so fun to meet people from all over the world that share same interest and passion as me ;)

And I also would like to show you this fun stuff that I got from Citrus Twist Store.

I love how compact this stamp cleaner is and it is more convenient (and easy to bring around) than using the traditional stamp cleaner that came in a bottle. After stamping, all we need to do is to press/tap the clear stamps onto the cleaning pad and wipe it off with dry towel. I use baby wipes here to clean my stamps.

Okay, the cleaning pad does became stained after the ink transferred to the cleaning pad. According to the instructions, this Color Box Cleaning Pad can be refreshed with Cleaning Pad refill.

And here's my process video! I hope you enjoy peeking into my 'behind the scene' on how I film my process video and also my mini invader.

XoXo,

Sam

Altered Projects | A Peek Into My Fauxdori / Happiedori As Travel Journal

Hello there, as mentioned in the previous post, I have uploaded a video, walk you through how I made my Happiedori (Fauxdori / Midori-inspired traveler's notebook). And this post, I would like to show you some of the pages in my Shanghai traveler's notebook.

Here's the video and remember to leave me a comment / give me a thumbs-up! That would mean a lot to me for making more and more videos.

Here's a pic of my travel essentials:

1. Midori Traveler's Notebook /Fauxdori / Happiedori 
2. Freckled Fawn pouch + Oh Deer Me kit
3. Pens (I used Pilot Coleto & Uni Style-fit here)
4. Fujifilm Instax Share printer (which can print iPhone photo wi-fi) (Related blog post on how to edit your Instax photo)
5. M&M's (I can't travel without these!)
6. Washi tapes - I use them to decorate my journal, seal my M&M's bag, paste receipts to my journal etc. Sky is the limit when it comes to how to use Washi tapes.
7. Stickers

I also love how the Frecked Fawn Oh Deer Me kit August pouch actually match the neon yellow Happiedori.

I added a love charm that I got from a gift shop in Shanghai.

First page: Travel Itinerary and self made pockets with Project Life cards. And also love the colourful rainbow tabs.

Things to pack / bring:

Daily Itinerary which I stamp the list using this Freckled Fawn stamp sets.

The rest are some of the daily pages that I added my journaling, instax photos, memorabilia, train tickets  etc. I do it in a Smashbook way and just journal down my thoughts on how I feel about the places, weather, food and people. I like that I actually did most of my journalling on the spot (right in the restaurant, on the train or in the hotel at night) so I could remember and jot down my thoughts immediately.

Met my Instagram friend @abshanghai (Arlyna) in Plaza 66, Shanghai. The Dining Room is such a cute restaurant with yummy Shanghai food!

We went to The Dining Room 3 times just because my hubs loves the food there! I ran out of Instax film so I drew the food here. The blank inserts from midori (not the water-colour paper type) actually holds the water-colour painting quite well!

I initially bought Malaysia Airlines air tickets to Shanghai but decided to asked for a full refined because of the tragedy that happened to MAS recently. So we switch to Thai Airways and transit at Bangkok to meet my Instagram bestie - Golf. So glad that I got to meet her just a day before she gave birth!

She brought me to a Thai Cuisine for lunch and a cute cafe called Mr Jones for some pastries and tea.

In love with creative lettering recently and considering taking an online class to work on it. Just wish I would have more time to do more things creative. I haven't been creative or crafting much lately and that makes me sad :(

And this is a pic showing the side tabs. I added diary stickers to the side tabs to prettify them. They are really pretty, aren't they?

XoXo,

Altered Projects | Fauxdori for My Shanghai Trip *Freckled Fawn*

Hello there,  I am sure some of you knew that I have just joined Freckled Fawn creative team in August onwards. I am so so so thrilled and can't believe I got picked to join this amazing team. When I got my happie mail from Freckled Fawn this month, I wanted to use it to set up my new Filofax Calipso in Bright Blue.

Here's a few photos of the super cute August kit. I know I am late posting this up, but sharing is caring right? I just love the cute transparent stickers that I could use it in my planner or journals!

>>>>>>> Warning: This is a photo-heavy post!! <<<<<<

Then I changed my plan on how I want to use the August kit. I decided to make a Fauxdori / HappieDori (Happie Scrappie's version of fauxdori) and use it for my Shanghai Trip in end of August. (was meant to post this blog post before I left for my trip, but never mind ;))

Some of the goodies that I plan to bring with me so that I could do some journaling during the trip.
1. Tape glue and washi tapes are travel necessity. Even my hubs agrees.
2. Weather & Travel themed Stickers that I made myself using the June & July stamp set. I stamped them on white label stickers and cut them out.
3. Papers clips, stickers and some Project Life cards as embellishments.
4. Was thinking if I should bring s roller stamps with me. But stamping while I travel is so messy.
5. Pens pens pens >> Even picking the right pens would be a tough decision ;P

Then I slot in some PL cards into a sticky pocket (available in my shop) and also some random Freckled Fawn goodies into the PVC zipper pockets from Midori.

Here's the cover page that I embellished using goodies in the Oh Deer Me kit. I especially love how cute the fabric tag that says Adventure Time and also the Foam Alpha-stickers.

I also divided my journal book into 3 sections - using Martha Stewart tabs and decorate it with the transparent stickers in Oh Deer Me kit.

Inside of the cover: I machine stitched two sides of 2 PL cards. Then glue it down to the kraft cover to use it as pockets to keep receipts and what-nots. 

First page of the journal: my travel itinerary / flight details.

This page is a notepad from Target that my friend, Evelin sent to me. I used it to write down things that I need to pack. 

Using the stamp set in August kit here, to list down things / presents that I needed to pack for my Instagram bestie - Golf.

I used the July stamp set (travel-themed) to make my own list for things to be completed before I leave + my travel itinerary.

P.s.: I have completed the travel journal and also filmed a video to show you guys. will make another blog post showing the updated photos soon! Stay tuned ;)

XoXo,