Project Life Week 10

Hello there! I keep mistaken 2 weeks ago was Week 10 and titled my previous blogpost wrongly. All the photos went into the wrong folder too! >_< Luckily the title card on my spread is correct. I spent very little time decorating my spreads this week as I only brought limited supplies and tools back to mum's house for my 2-week bed resting. It seems I tend to be more creative / work well with lesser (or limited) supplies. For this week spread, I use mainly Studio Calico Feb kit (as I haven't gotten my March kit yet), Basic Grey Snippets (KneeHigh & BowTies) and Lawn Fawn Petite Paper Pack (Daphne's Closet). All thanks to my scrappy buddy - Cheryl Leong for enabling and luckily we actually shared half of the paper pads. 

This week is a busy + eventful week, although I didn't include many many photos here. Why? because I am planning to make another matchbook minis to keep those photos that Cheryl came to Singapore and visit me. Love those bright and cheerful colors from Lawn Fawn Daphne's Closet. I really like to use 6x6 paper pads to do PL as the scaled-down patterns work really well with little pockets.

I have been on machine stitching & stamping frenzy on this week spread too! Mum's gigantic sewing machine seems to stitch much much better than my little portable sewing machine ;) All the photos printed in the spreads are from dad's Selphy CP900, thus the color is a little washed out than my normal printed photos from Canon Pixma Mg5370. 

Photo of Junior holding is Bone-us (at the bottom right pocket) is just too cute not to be included right? He actually decided to bring his bone out for a walk, and briefly peed twice then rushed home to enjoy his bone. Talk about how persistent he is!!

I think I have kinda established a style / routine for doing my PL spreads. Here's my routine:

1) Start picking sleeves / pockets. As I mentioned before, I am not too picky with the style of the sleeve.  But I mainly use 6 pockets of 6x4, or 4x6. Either one I am fine and these are the majority of the sleeves that I have in my stash.

2) Then the toughest part would be printing photos. I normally edit my photos again using LightRoom before sending them to print. But this week i only printed photos from my iPhone 5, using PicFrame and Canon iEPP app to print wi-fi.

3) I would then proceed to pick 1 or 2 kits / paper pads and work around. I find that it's easier for me to work with only 1 or 2 coordinated collection kit. I mainly pick papers of pastel color (yellow, blue, teal & pink) as this is the combination I have picked for my this year project life color theme. I might change my mind in the future, but at least I still very much enjoy looking at my pastel (and bright) colors spreads now! Once papers are picked, I will cut them down to fit into respective pockets.

4) Start arranging photos. If I have too many photos, I either put some aside (leave it for layouts), add flip-flap cards or make a mini album to store them. I am trying to find more ways to store more photos! I personally prefer browsing printed photos in an album than in my iPhone camera roll ;) What say you?

5) Then i would start embellishing each card by adding fussy cuts, paper stripes, stickers and mist. I normally try to spend only 10-15 mins (max) on each card. Yea I gotta admit I am a slow scrapper as I know some ladies actually spend maximum 5 mins on each card.

6) Last step of my PL would be adding stitching, stamping the dates, add journaling and mini titles for each card. I always love using October Afternoon Mini Market / Sticky Keys & Basic Grey mini alphas for those mini titles. And Tadah, I am done with a weekly spread.

Alright, before I am off to bed, I just have to enable you to get these pretty paper pads:

1) Lawn Fawn Petite Paper Pack - Daphne's Closet

2) Basic Grey Knee Highs & Bow Ties Snippets

3) Basic Grey Hey You Snippets

And I think that's about it! Thanks for looking ;) XoXo, Sam.

Happy Little Cards

When I am lack of mojo to scrap or I am just too intimidated by the 12x12 LOs (fellow scrappers, I'm sure you get what I mean, hehe), I would start looking for my stamp sets and see what are the cute little cards that I could come up with.

Here are a few simple cards that I completed during my sleepless nights and feeling a little crafty:-

1)  A Pick-Me-Up card for my dear husband.
Hello hubby if you are reading my blog! *Waving* I used mainly Amy Tangerine Sketchbook and Paper Smooches Vegtastic stamp set. I had so much fun playing with my embossing powder & heat gun ever since I have my own craft area. Tools and supplies are always around me so I am more keen to use more tools when I'm crafting.

2) A super belated Birthday card for my scrappy friend, Cheryl. TO be honest, I made the card much much earlier, but I only managed to pass the prezzies + card to her a month after her 21st birthday. Happy belated birthday, Cheryl! :)

The stamp set is from Lawn Fawn, Happy Summer. I stamped the talking ant upside down so I gotta stamp another talking ant and popped it up on the card. I love adding stickles to my cards nowadays. Maybe it's chirstmas real soon, don't you agree? 

I am loving the inside of the card. I splattered 3 different colors of Studio Calico Mists. I think I am gonna make another LOs or cards with this cute splattered background.

3) And finally it's some christmas-ie cards. I just realized I do not have christmas-themed papers nor stamp sets in my stash. I seriously could not believe this when I have several boxes of patterned papers and stamp sets.

So I just make do with some not-so-christmas-ie papers from Crate Papers, die cutting the penguins using my Cameo and stamp some christmas sentiments. It ended up looking kinda Christmas-ie after adding some Stickles and Silver-n-Gold embossed fireworks patterns (which I think it resembles snowflakes, hahahaha) right?

4) I am loving the bubbles mask from Studio Calico so I misted the background way before I knew what I wanted to do with the card. Adding some green papers, Red stickles and twines, then we could have a lovely christmas card without any christmas supplies in our stash right?

I had so much fun digging through my stash trying to make my cards look more christmasy and am happy that I finally have used up some of the supplies. Okay, I gotta be frank here....  making only 4 cards here definitely have not make a dent in my stash considering The rate i build up my stash. Isn't that a norm between scrapbookers and card makers?

Thanks for dropping by. XoXo.

More Cards On The Way

As promise, I will definitely blog more often. Wow... its been a while since I have been making cards and buying new stamp sets. Some coloring bugs struck me and I had been coloring the cute stamp images from Lawn Fawn one whole day. Tried coloring with watercolor pencils and also added with water too. Love how it turned out! I went to Art Friend yesterday and was so tempted to get my hands on some Copic markers. But knowing myself love buying everything in one full set and it's gonna cost a BOMB in my bank account, I decided to skip buying those expensive markers! Anyway, i kept telling myself color pencils look equally good with different outcome too!

Made this special card for my god-ma who is gonna due anytime from now on! I can't wait to see my little god-sister soon.

Inside of the card must be pretty as well since this card is for someone very very close to me =)

Just another random card that I made to try my hands on the October Afternoon Woodland Park background stamp. Such a lovely stamp but I seriously have no clues how to fully utilize the pretty background stamp. 

Make Many Cards Monday

I have been feeling unwell recently... Losing voice, coughing non-stop at night and feeling feverish + lethargic. Been taking sickie today and wanted to craft all day but I ended up ZzZzZ whole day.

These are the odd cards that I made over the weeks whenever I'm free and some of the cards will be donated to a FB group named 'Crafting For Charity' to raise fund for the animals. You all know how much I love animals right?

Total 19 cards donated to Crafting for Charity

These are the cards I have made lately...
1) I-O-U card I mean I ❤ U card (for Ethan) ;P

Lovely Alpha stamps from Swiss Girl Designs by Rahel Menig

Embossed with Opaque white Zing powder and color with Distress Markers

Inside of the card... I love love love the Martha Stewart Heart Beat Punch

2) You're Special card for my colleague who is going to leave the company soon...

The colorful zebra is supposed to be the SPECIAL ones... I think I should stamp the other 3 zebras in gray then stamp one Special zebra in rainbow color. YEa... maybe next time I wanna duplicate this card then I will definitely do so to make a special zebra

3) A Popping Up credit card for my Ministry of Finance:

4) A Mother's day card made by a lazy-bum...

The super cute clouds are from Pretty Little Studio. And I colored the Buzzy bee with color pencils.

 5) A 'We Click' card using Paper Smooches 'Perpetual Bliss' stamp set & Artful Delight May Card Kit

 Couldn't help playing with the embossing powder and Mister Huey

6) Another lazy bum card that made in 10 minutes

Used lots of Echo Park 'Sweet Day' yummies here

I have too many stamp sets that I newly purchased that I can't wait to use them. Hopefully I have more time to craft. Thanks for looking!

Smash*ing Love

Smash*ing is good for me because:

1) I have very little time to scrap recently

2) Project Life looks very intimidating to me... (no offense to all Project Life fans! It's just that I am not that committed to do a weekly 2-pages spread. I still enjoy looking at others' Project Life very muchie.) 

3) I like it being super RANDOM & versatile

4) I do not have to plan my pages or follow a sketch. Deciding on which embellies go well with my pages. I normally just anyhow, stick, stamp, write, doodle on my SMASH book.

5) I seem to enjoy my life more... by collecting (or rather stealing) the coaster, tissue paper, business card, flyers, brochure from the cafe / restaurant, taking more random + daily pics. I just love how Ethan + my family & friends help me in collecting memorabilia as they know I have been SMASH*ing.

5) I am simply addicted to the idea of SMASH*ing

6) Change my way of scrapping.... I can't add pop dots / bulky embellies. And I can't be bothered with lignin free / acid free anymore.

This page feature how I spend my weekends & the kitties who stay near my flat.

I didn't really like the page on the right, so I stamp the speech bubbles (using Paper Smooches He Said, She Said & Lawn Fawn Bannerific)

Nothing much on the left... just stick down some random MT tapes / washi tapes that I just bought recently. My collection of washi tape has expanded rapidly recently.... 

The right page featuring my day spent at KLCC with my new found Scrappy Friend- Cheryl, Ethan & my bestie L. Love love Instax!

Oh btw, please drop by Cheryl's blog too! She is the DT of a LSS in Kuala Lumpur & Pretty Little Studio.

Love the background of these pages... 

I am a big fans of ice creams & chocolates. I have been cutting and smash*ing ice cream cup on my SMASH* book very often. 

This pink girl stamp image is part of the gift from Cheryl. It's so cute that it definitely deserve a pic on its on. <3

One of my favorite page... Last piece of my Instax film was taken with my Doggie Rescuer friends. No more films for the cute puppy that I picked up (or rather stole) during the weekend. Thus I resorted to stamp the Polaroid frame (using Studio Calico Wonderful World Stamp) and draw a picture of Marcus the puppy. It turned out to be super cute, don't u agree?

Me collecting business card / tissue paper / cup sleeve.

Oh ya.. me loving the 'Made With Love' tag that I drew myself. Click here to view the original Made With Love (a LSS in Singapore) logo.

Another random 2-pages featuring my love for MT masking tape. How I like to use 'em and crazy ideas using MT. The pic on the left shows Me & Cheryl share our collection of MT/Washi tapes.

Loving my new babe Selphy. I got to print out pictures whenever I want to Smash*. I don't have to go through all the hassle of sending to a photo shop to print.

Awesome + random ideas. 

My new toys (Canon Selphy, Instax & Fujifilm) are all in white! Love 'em all!

My fur friends on the left! I started falling in love with the kitties outside my flat and I really can't wait to have my own place here so that I could adopt a pet.

Colorful page on the right featuring my fetish for ice cream and frozen yoghurt.

Our trip to IKEA on 1st of May (Labour Day) to revamp my scrappy space. My collection of stash + supplies has expanded rapidly that things are all over the floor, couch, under the bed. So scary that I wanted new book case from IKEA so badly to organize my stash.

I love smashing so terribly that I currently have 5 SMASH* Folios (in Doodle Red, Eco Green, Retro Blue, Mod Black & Simple Orange) + all the accessories like stickies, date stamp, tapes, pads... I am very tempted to get the large pocket folio to use it as Guest book for my wedding reception in October. 

Smash* books on one of my Expedit bookcase. Smash pads and other accessories on the cupcake tier... 

These are part of my SMASH*ing accessories too.

If my SMASH post has not convinced you to be a SMASHer, please watch this cute video again. Love the cute background music & doodle poodle. *p/s: I am not the ambassador / DT for SMASH*. I just love the randomness and easiness of SMASHhing that I would love to share will all the scrapbookers.

Dear Lizzy Says Thank You

I made a bunch of Thank You cards for my good friends from Second Chance Animal Shelter last night. I couldn't resist from using my brand new Lawn Fawn 'Many Thanks' stamp set that I got from Piradee's destash. 

3 sets of the Lawn Fawn stamps that I bought from Piradee. Luv'em all!

Many Thanks, Admit One & Jessie's ABCs

These are the thank you cards I made using Lawn Fawn 'Many Thanks' stamps and a bunch of Dear Lizzy's goodies. The combination of the colors is so sweet and spring. I absolutely love the bottle pattern paper in this collection! Maybe I should rush down to the LSS to grab the Bottle stamp set in this collection too!

Have a wonderful weekend ahead! I am going back to hometown this weekend to celebrate my daddy's birthday. XoXo

Love Is In The Air...

Dear all, Happy Valentine's Day. 

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?  

~ Author Unknown

I <3 Macarons. 

And these heart-shaped macaroons from Canele are simply irresistible.

All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt! 

~ Lucy Van Pelt, Peanuts

It's Valentine's Day and what could be a better time to let your dear ones know that you love them. I have whipped up some cards using my Kaiser Paper pads, Lawn Fawn stamps, Kaiser Stamp & stickles! Who doesn't love adding a lil' bit of stickles on handmade card here 'n' there?

Card 1: Love Is In The Air...

Added some glossy accents to pop the heart up. Thanks Madey for the tips!

I bought this KaiserCraft Tiny Woods stamps  yesterday and decided to use the bunny for my cards. I want to see how many cards I can come up with by just using one stamp. I eventually made 3 cards just using this funny bunny. Can't wait to make more cards using the owl, deer & love squirrels.

Card 2: Some bunnies say: Hopping By To Say HELLO!!

Card 3: It says: Some BUNNY loves you

Card 4: Some bunny says: You're My Hunny Bunny

Card 5: Be Unique. For a special friend of mine that wear spectacles. 

This card is inspired by a card I saw from Lawn Fawn Flickr Friday. 

Wonder how I stamped the mirror-imaged of the bunny? Check out this awesome video by Lawn Fawn's DT - Chari. 

It's very difficult to stamp the mirror-image as my hands are shaky when I try harder. After more than 10 attempts, I finally get one bunny without much smudges. 

That's all the Valentine's day related + non-related cards today! Thanks for hopping by =P Have a wonderful St. Valentine's Day!

Just a random note: 

While I was looking through my stash to gather supplies for making valentine's cards, I thought I have purchased this cute 6x6 DoodleBug Paper Pad a while ago. I just couldn't find it. Was it De'javu that I thought I have bought it (in actual fact I didn't) or I have just misplaced it somewhere? When I attended my first scrapbook class, Merdrey said you aren't considered as a scrapbooker if you never misplaced your scissors and kept searching for it high & low. How true is that?