New and Old

New: first day of school year, just like what happens each year, a fresh morning to start with and ended up with lost bag ( Rafeeqa forgot to take her school bag home ), missed lesson ( Renee forgot to go to her voilin lesson after school )... well, not really new, isn't it?

Old: some layouts did last week.

Worked on sketch from MME, looks like I am in a double page mood recently.

Sketch from pencil lines, I can never get enough with the webster's pages as well as MME paper, and also love the combination of these two.

Have a great week, everyone.

working with sketches

I have to say that I didn't really a sketch follower -- I will modify any lovely sketch and sometimes it just turns out to be something differently. But on the other hand, I have to admit to work with a sketch is easier and faster if you have lots of pictures waiting to be scrapped.

Based on the sketches from Inspired Blueprints, I have created the followings:

These were over due since last year, papers are from Cosmo Cricket and Vintage Plum.

I seldom do 2 pages layout but with so many pictures from the Singapore trip, I decided to follow sketch # 26 which allows me to put more pictures instead just one or two.

I converted the sketch #27 into a 8.5 * 11 layout. The prima flower and vine is my favourite.

I am also a follower of another sketch community: Pencil Lines. Recently I have done a few based on their lovely sketches:

I like the last sketch the most, just can't stop looking at the multi layered effect.

Also I finished my kaisercraft's clock using Basic Grey's kraft kuts paper, I am a blue person afterall, anything blue caught my eyes straight away!!

Well, well, can't believe that my holiday will ends in two weeks' time, what can I say...

Passport Collection - Making Memories

It's in the Making Memories blog today, I am so happy, this is the first time ... Wow...

Here are more pictures to see:

I guess we all like to travel, to see the world, to discover the different culture and record our journeys. And that's why we fell in love with the Passport Collection! Those are the perfect paper to do so! To make this book, oh oh, it's kinda ... , actually the book itself looks great but not the binding part, my stitches didn't come out as good as I expected, have to work on that binding part again.

When you go to youtube, you can find many different and interesting ways of doing a book and I chose the grade book after watched a few demos, the main reason, which I have to admit is using the stitching to bind the book. It looks complicated but if you can follow the right steps, it just works well and I believe it's much better than the other ways. I put a lot of embellishment on each page that didn't allow me to tighten the stitches between the pages, I need to think out a solution to make it better for the next book.

Did I say the "next book"? oooh... maybe after this week. This is the last week of my course, which is soon to be finally over after the whole five months. lol.

Back to school

Today ( Yesterday, I shall say) was the first day for the new academic year. The girls woke up at 5:45am! I couldn't believe my eyes when I got downstairs, they had eaten their breakfast and all set to go to school! Mummy was the slowest for the first day!

Rafeeqa goes to Reception now, she claims that she's not going to the baby class ( the kindy ) any more and goes to a class for big girl! Well, big = 4 years old, lol. She's also very excited as she can wear her new shoes! Actually I love that shoes too, wish they come with my size too.

We ended up arriving school before 7am, not many  pp around so I asked them to pose for me, but you know, in the school, you can tell from Rafeeqa's face:

I just can't wait to listen to all the fun they will soon have with their new class and friends. 

Yap, another thing to share with you. Did you check out the Making Memories blog today? I am so honored to be featured today! Back to February this year, Heng and I went to Vietnam just for a weekend trip, we had a great time without the girls, lots of photo after the trip. I made the album after watching an online video showing how to make grade book, it turned to be one of my favorite book!  I will come back in the morning to post some more pictures of it and let you know how I did it!

Gosh, it's 1am now, I sure need some sleep ... will be back soon!

 

Gypsy Rose Paperie

Very excited to make into the final list of the DT group for Gypsy Rose Paperie, well, there are so many beautiful submissions! You have to go and have a look.

Another piece of work completed today:

material used:

(1) pp : October Afternoon; American Craft

(2) BB card stock

(3) chipboard: Scenic Route

(4) tag ring: Making Memories

(5) sticker: doodlebug design inc.

(6) button: Jesse James & Co.

Nearly There

My lesson visits went well this week, and I have done two assignments. There are two left for this week which I am working on, should be able to hand in by tomorrow. So I am happy...

Went to SC to scrap on Tuesday, worked on 3 Layouts at the same time, yesterday managed to finish the final touch of two:

the face

Made from my scarletlime kit, very bright color quite different from what I use normally. Journaling: That is the face, gives me joy when there is a sunny smile; that is the face, makes my heart ache when there is sorrow. Oh, baby, tell me how, how to sweep away that dark clouds and make the sun stay.

Little Miss Crafty

All new glitz paper from SC, again something I do not normally create.

Now, really, I need to go to work on my assignments, see you soon!

the 100th post

Finally the 100th post, I am definitely not a good blogger, haha.


I was up late watching the grand opening of the Beijing Olympics, it was fantastic! I am so proud that I am Chinese! Well, it was a very busy and packed day yesterday, I had a great session on "Diet, sleep and Exercise --- to raise genius" in the morning which alarmed most of us on how we feed our children and raise our children, definitely something to think about! I made a quick way to RTB to finish my recording for the travel prog during the lunch hour, and met up my lovely colleague Marcela for afternoon tea. Both of us can't believe half of the holiday is gone and we need to be back at school on 20th! I rushed home to pick up the girls coz promised them to -----

"Jerudong Park Playground", yes, the playground.

I guess the best part of this playground is that you don't need to wait for any ride at all, we just arrived there and went on the rides again and again. I didn't take any photo while we were on the boat as I am extremely scared of water ( yes, I can't swim ). The only waiting we had was during the prayer time, the girls waited for 20 mins to ride on the horse, Rafeeqa showed me this "HOW LONG WE HAVE TO WAIT"look:

Well, after all, we had a great time as they referred "girly time with mummy" and Rafeeqa was too tired and fell asleep while we were watching the opening ceremony,lol.

Scrapping side, I have done a few LOs with MM, Melissa Francis and K & Co, these beautiful pp and embelishments:

My favourite things about you

MMpp, sticker and flower, BG stamp

Want tea?

K&Co pp, HS butterfly, Ranger stickles, AL buttons, MM brads

Thru your eyes

MF pp, sticher, Maya Road chipboard and crystals, MM ribbon

And now, my RAK to give away for this blog entry, I have a few nice kits to give away from my cupcake kit and Jenni Bowlin kit collection. Leave something in the comment, I will draw 3 entry by 16th August.

See you then.

The Trip

5 days, a short trip but definitely a good one.

My two were enjoying the magazines and never tired posing for their mummy.

Drove up to the Mt. Kinabalu, kids were joyful when they saw so many fruits to taste!

Renee's new instrument made from coconut shell, believe it or not, she sang while she was playing it !
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My new favourite thing at the moment

Doodlebug's crushed velvet! Shabby gave me a bottle of sample for July's work and after numerous trial, I made a card with velvet title " Thank you" also using K&Co's rubbing on letters. But I found actually you can have so much to do with it. I finished another LO just now, using OA's pp and tried crushed velvet for the flower.

I heard pp complaining too troublesome to use them, but it just likes all the glitters, and just for a change of glitters, of course at the mean time I love the velvet feel... that's why I grant myself the whole 12 bottles with different colour!

(1) Choose the item you want to use, in my case, I cut out the flower from OA pp:

(2) Brush up the glue, I used Tombo's liquid glue, you also can use any type of liquid glue you have. But just be careful, you need to only brush the area you want to use the crushed velvet for:

(3) sprinkle crushed velvet on:

(4) shake off the access and cut it out nicely, so here you are, ready to use for you layout:

It will work well with doodlebug's stick with it adhesive transfers, I especially like the swirl design, got to use it for the next one.

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An 4 year-old artist

Now, I also want to share with you a little drawing done by my Rafeeqa. She is fond of the Winx club and apparently this one is her favourite. I just amazed to see how detail she could draw, look at the shoe, the lace, the dangling stuff on the wing...She has been working on all the characters for a while and leaving my place with all scribble. I have to say kids are creative and they are proud of their completed work, not like us though, just wonder, where did our confidence go?

What did I do?

Ha, what a good question! I was wondering myself too... nearly a week of holiday is gone! But I had a great week!!! Finally I welcomed my friend Wenting and his family, it's hard to believe the last time we saw each other was 5 years ago! I don't think that we have changed much since, even compare to 20 over years ago, haha...

I can tell the children all had a good time too! Especially with water! They actually spent their afternoons in the pool! I didn't take any photo when we were at the Yacht Club on Sunday, but believe me, they stayed in water for more than 3 hours every day! They also visited the Jungle Gym and made pizza in Frattini's !

little mermaid Kaiyee Rafeeqa

the little wondering boy Xuezheng

can you believe this girl was afraid of water two years ago?

It's yummy, of course!

You see, though we visit museum, mosques only when we have visitors, I do enjoy them, especially the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque and the Jame Asr' Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, beautiful and magnificent! The water cruise was interesting too, and this would be my first time in 10 years! After a fanastic time in Brunei, they departed to KK yesterday and we will join them tomorrow after my course and Renee's summer school.

Scrapping Side

It's so good to have a long holiday... what I enjoyed most so far? Sitting in front of my table, scrapping without time restriction! I received Shabby's kit for July, I just love the paper, I made two LOs, a card and still more left! I have to send to Shabby today!Plus have a look at the new arrivals...

Sneak peek of Shabby's look

Besides that, I scrapped every moring and made a few LOs:

The harmonica girl

I tried putting ghost letters on the photo, and quite like it! Don't you have those moment that you are clueness on how to use some embelishment? But still keep buying them?

Moment

I like this photo very much and always hope that I could catch another one like this! The crochet flower is beautiful and handmade by Bev, she is so good, isn't she! I tried knitting years ago in my early teens and my level is still at "able to finish one long scarf", simply have no idea how to knit a whole sweater, do not know where to fix the sleeve nor neck, lol. Thanks, Bev. I still have the other two!

Just 2 things

(1) The RAK : ...... goes to all 4 who left comment on that entry, I think it's time to share my love of scrapping goodies. Ladies, i will text you soon.

(2) Scrapping? I was away for 3 days but really wanted to scrap, took loads of pics and developed some yesterday. Today I actually sat in front of my scrap table ( hardly left it except for making lunch for the girls and on off little stuffs ) and I finished the calender for my dad. October, consider one of my worst month in the year, especially tomorrow... while i was thinking about mum for the past few weeks, I found the blank calender in Shabby during the last last trip.

I used all the "noteworthy" paper from MM, it's so so beautiful. Along with that, used same range of button and flowers too. More photo will be updated in my 2 peas gallery.

Well, tomorrow the school starts again, and work till first week in December, there won't be any holiday ( weep, weep ) but then I will fly off to see my dad...

House according album

My scrapping mojo is slowly coming back, spend about 3 hours to finish a house according album for my niece to celebrate her recent joy of motherhood.

The idea of the house shape has been in my head for sometime ever since Love Elsie's new line came out. The one for my family is still pending but this one need to be ready before Wednesday as we are heading to Bintulu on that day!!!

Baby Esther sure is a cute and chubby girl, the good thing for us to capture those lovely moment. I tried to dig a few more pic about her parents, en en, not so lucky but end up with just two wedding photo.

material used: pattern paper ( K&Co.;KI memories); card stock ( BB); chipboard letter ( American Craft; thickers); chipboard ( Scenic Route Paper Co.);KI memories softies;HS bling;rubon ( American Craft );button ( Making memories );other stuff: MME quote, flowers

Still have about 6 days for the term break, I do hope I can scrap more and more!!!