Layout | Good Friends Never Fail To Bring You Sunshine

Hello there, it's Good Friday here and I am very happy just because my husband could spend one more day with me in KL. And I am also super thrilled that he had brought back rolls and rolls of MT washi tapes. I can sit there all day and just playing with these pretty tapes! And most of these are from MT 2013 collection.

These are so droolworthy right? My husband is so sweet that he walked all the way to the MT Expo booth and even get me some extra MT that I didn't order.

Today I am going to share a butterfly layout with you using Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Collection. I am currently Maggie Holmes overdose as I have created 3 Project Life spread (in 2 pages of 12x12) and 3 12x12 layouts with this collection. Yepes, I have been super productive as I could barely sleep with my huge tummy.

I am gonna send this layout to join Crate Paper Creative Weekly challenge for March: Wings. This is a layout made for a dear friend who love paper crafts and dogs as much as I do. She came visiting me and my dogs twice and never fails to bring them bone-us (bone as bonus treats). 

The initial title was 'Good Friends Never Fail To Bring You Bone-us' and but my husband said the bone-us sounds inappropriate in US slang (yougetwhatimean??). So I change it to 'Sunshine' instead and I think the new title suits perfectly. Love the big, bold gold glitter Thickers. 

If you notice, I have a lot of butterflies fluttering in this layout. I do not have any butterfly punches with me as you know I have limited scrapbooking tools at mum's place. So I resort to make my own butterflies without punches & die-cutting machine. I only fussy cut some butterflies and pattern papers, added a bit of die-cut butterflies from the ephemera pack (from Maggie Holmes collection too).

Here's the little tips for cutting your own butterflies.

You need various sizes of die cut butterflies from the Ephemera pack, pencil, pattern paper and scissors (of course you need your favorite pair of scissors for fussy cutting!)

Trace the butterfly shape on your choice of pattern paper.

And start cutting away! Then you would have perfect sized butterflies (in patterns and colors of your choice) without getting punches / die-cutting machine. Oh did I mention that fussy cutting is therapeutic? ;)

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a good weekend ahead, XoXo.

Many Many LOVEs For My Bestie

I made this layout for my bestie, L.  This is the second layout I made for her since I started scrapbooking. The numbers of hearts in the layout indicates how much LOVE I have for her. I love her because she is always:

• being supportive
• understands me oh-so-well
• love me for me
• And I can always be myself when I am with her
• and I just love her for being herself! 

The title is actually inspired by a quote L posted on her Instagram. I cut the title using AC Pow paper and Cameo. It actually has very very pretty glitter but it doesn't show in the picture at all! Boo! This is also a layout inspired by projects from Amy Tan's Signature Series and Wilna Furstenberg's Art Class. I used mainly papers and stickers from Amy Tangerine Yes, Please & Sketchbook collection. I feel that the rainbow hearts are too colorful and over whelming so I just toned them down by misting White Mister Huey lightly. The black glitter title just give an instant pop on the layout.

Can you spot the 'skeleton leaves'? They are simply gorgeous for layering and adding a pop to any projects. Thanks Madey for the awesome happy mail!

Close up of the title and stitched hearts. 

Close up of the paper roses that my friend, Madey sent me. Love getting happy mails!

Happiness is when your Silhouette Cameo cuts the glitter paper like butter ;)

Okie dokie, so far I have created 2 layouts using my Amy Tangerine Yes, Please collection. And I am planning to use the same supply for my Project Life Week 9 pages. So all I need to do now is print out the photos for the spread and start working on it. Thanks for looking, XoXo.

Do What You Love

Initially I was inspired by Cheryl's layout that she scrapped using an instax that I took for her. See the layout here. Then I was bored scrapping pictures and pictures of my baby bumps, so I suggested that I would scrap a layout of her pics. I pictured the layout in my mind before she sent me any photos of hers. Then I started looking for the same quote from Pinterest and cut it using Silhouette.

Source: Pinterest

So this is the layout from me to Cheryl. I hope she would love it as I know she isn't a big fan of pink / pastel color. But who doesn't love Amy Tangerine ReadySetGo collection? The layout turn out to be a little more colorful that what I have pictured, but the small photo and big title is what I was looking for.

 

I remember watching a video tutorial from TwoPeas by Nancy Damiano on how to fill the fonts with buttons. What a great way to use loads of buttons in just one layout! I layered a heart-shaped wood veneer on the buttons to emphasize the word 'LOVE'

I love altering the color of the wood veneer with embossing powder, Mister Huey and also Versa Colors. Easy and fun!

Love this pictures of Cheryl. I think her mum is a better photographer teehee :>

As usual, she rocks! Cheryl is my bestie in scrapbooking world and she always inspire me in her own way. 

Oh by the way, I just have to show you how I layered the buttons under the cut fonts.

I applied a layer of tape glue on the scrap paper that I have measured according to the font, then arrange the buttons and stick each button with liquid glue, painstakingly. Add foam dots to the sit and layer it under the cut fonts. 

Are you bored scrapping your own pictures and wanna exchange a layout with me? Do leave me a message and let's see how it goes. XoXo.

Also entering this layout for:

Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge: The totally mad (no rules) tea party

A Fruitful Week

It's been a crazy + busy + messy week this week. 

Crazy: Crazy with trainings & zillions of e-modules for financial products to be completed.

Busy: I had 2 exam this week and yay! I was super lucky to pass both exams. 

Messy: It's a happy mail week. I have finally received my Paper Smooches stamps sets from US after waiting for 2 weeks. I was so worried that the stamps might get lost in the mail or end up in another country =P And my coffee table (cum scrapping table) is in a big mess. Scraps, stamps, inks, papers were all over the place and I hate scrapping on a messy table!

More exams mean I barely have time for  my scrapping therapy. I only managed to squeeze in some odd times to complete 3 CAS (Clean & Simple design) cards for hubby & friends. I am praying real hard my job will not be too demanding and take up much of my scrapping time in the future. 

 ❤  ❤  ❤ from Ethan. 

Having macaroons brighten up my day. I was down for fever for almost 3 days. >_< Why do I fall sick easily? 

p.s.: My macaroons are not those happy pastel colors like pink, green and purple because I picked all the chocolate & caramel flavor. That's why all the macaroons are either in brown or beige color. But they are super Yummy!

I fall in love with this Paper Smooches Zoo Crew stamps right away when I saw the Hippo & Giraffe. It's funny but there was time when I can never differentiate a kangaroo & a giraffe. Call me nuts! 

I have to confess... I have a thing for bee. This is from Paper Smooches Giddy Bugs set.Another CAS card for Ethan. ❤ him to bits. Must make a card for him after he has paid for my sky-high scrapbooking bills right?

Oh by the way, the picture for this card was taking outdoor thus the super nice color! I don't even have to push up the ISO and natural lighting is so perfect that I don't have to do any photoshopping / touching-up. I think I will definitely take more pictures of my project under natural light in the future.

Putting my brand new Paper Smooches Vegtastic stamp to good use. I am entering this card for CAS-ual Fridays : CFC45 The Bold & The Beautiful. Added the black frame as I feel something is missing after this card is completed. Hope the pastel background & ribbon + black frame do qualify for this challenge. 

Do click here to find out more on their fun weekly challenge & their DT call too!

This Ketchup card is for my bestie - Lynn. It's been a while since we ketchup. I miss her dearly! I am gonna post this to her office tomorrow & I hope this surprise card would make her day when she receives it. And ya... the crochet tomato is going with the ketchup card too. The tomato looked like it was sitting on the flying carpet in the mail! hahaha =) Who doesn't love the checkered tomatoes? 

Thanks for looking & have a great week ahead!

Artful Delight January Sketch Challenge: Sam & Lynn

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Gong Xi Fatt Cai!
I played along with the January sketch challenge by Artful Delight. I made the layout without pictures in Singapore earlier and brought it back to Malaysia just to add the pictures. Luckily I managed to make it (i.e. print the pictures) very very last minute.


Here's the awesome sketch by one of the Delightful Designer Abby:

I didn't have a circle cutter, so I normally use the lace doilies as the circle background. And I flipped the whole sketch horizontally so it doesn't look too similar to my latest layout for Miss Popcorn.

Here's my take on following the sketch:

My bestie, Lynn was suggesting me to scrap a layout using our pictures. Those are pictures were taken in Oct 2010 during our Orientation training. The color of the layout was picked from the green / dark teal color of her floral print dress. I followed the sketch by adding the long stripes and doilies in the background and build my clusters of embellishment from there. 

I kind of completed the whole layout in Singapore and added the pictures in Malaysia. I didn't have time to print the pictures as by the time I found out the Sketch Challenge it was a day before my trip back to Hometown. I could not bring my scrapbooking tools + my beloved scissors during my flight back. So i quickly finished the layout and stuff the layout in a box and hand carry it to airport. I couldn't scrap a layout without pictures so I cut two pieces of card stock in 3R sized as photo mat to gauge the placement of my embellishments.

The title says: S & L: Size doesn't matter.

S is initial for my name, Sam while L is initial for her nickname: Lynn. I am petite while she is tall and slender. But we are besties despite difference in our size. We even wore the same high heels when we first met! 

I added the bunny stickers from Cosmo Cricket to my blue rosette and it added baby-ish touch to the layout. It also matches my bunny-ears pose in the picture perfectly! And I couldn't help using multicolor buttons as the embellishments. 

Those Floral stickers are "Chip 'n Stick from October afternoon. And I cheated by drawing dotted line mimicking sewing stitches to frame the layout. I can't sew with sewing machine and I don't even have one. Maybe one day I would learn it from my mom >_<

Supplies used: White card stock, Chip 'n Stick from October Afternoon - Modern Homemaker, buttons from my stash, AC Thickers, Mini alphabets from Prima, Hambly Screen Prints - Banner, acrylic paint

Thanks for dropping by! XoXo

Post Scrapbooking Marathon...

After 8 hours of scrapbooking marathon yesterday (yes, two session of 3-hour-workshop, and each workshop extended for an hour or so...) i finally completed the 3 layouts from one of the workshop - DS-Krafty. Love love love all the 3 layouts designed by Sharon!


Here's my finished layout:

The 1st LO: Nutty love 

This picture totally melts my heart. One of my dog Mister Peanut kept bullying my fostered puppy BuBu for the first few days. Then there was one day Peanut decided to get close to Bubu and this shot was taken after they messed around on our bed. 

The buttons, cloud chipboard + rub-ons, pin wheels cut-out are super cute

Signed up for this class because of star trek-patterned. It was created using baker twine and brads. 

Oh, I also absolutely adore playing with the yellow MayaRoad mist. Love the effect of the mist and stamping the bubbles with red acrylic paint + eyelets.

This is the 2nd LO: Cheeky Chaplin.

The picture was taken in Universal Studios Singapore with my dog-rescuer friend GK. We had so much fun camwhoring + queuing up for Battlestar rides + do some crazy stuffs. I added some turquoise color embellishment / pattern paper to match the color of my GK's jeans.

 

Oh, I added the HoeGarden bottle cap and stamp the bottle-cap-shaped "ENJOY". Love the way it turned out!

My first time using glitter powder as well! Martha Stewart's glitter powder are so glittery + fine. And using the double-sided tape to stick the glitter powder is such a brilliant idea! I guess we can create the same glitter border effect by using the glitter card stock since I am not a big fans of embossing powder + glitter powder. Too messy to do at home though >_<

The 3rd LO: New Friends

This picture was taken at my very first new friend - Fern's place. Her 2 doggies Ace & Angel are absolutely adorable as there are times I couldn't differentiate who's who. They look alike since they are siblings! 

 

This dedicated to Fern. She is an amazing animal communicator! Ink the circle with distress ink so that the words popped out.

Used green colored Thickers to match the color of Fern's top

The bobbin is my favorite in this LO. But gosh! its so bulky that I find it so difficult to keep in my album =>

That's all for yesterday's Krafty Class. I have yet to complete the album that I made yesterday at Laine's. Will definitely share the window-album once it's done.