Infinity & Beyond

Tummy bug, tummy bug.. go away! It's round two in da house, rounding back to Zareef :( Hope it stops with him now... (or I'll be next?!!) So, I stayed home to take care of him today. What else to do other than scrapping, right?

I did this layout inspired by Once Upon A Sketch "Friends" theme sketch. I scrapped this picture of hubby and our close friends having a blast in Gold Coast.

I joined Bird Is The Word "Beyond" challenge. I don't know why but Infinity & Beyond comes to mind (I am a Disney's fan after all) and it kinda fits the picture. I am also joining ScrapFIT long title challenge. I am not sure if my title is considered long, but oh well just for sharing anyway :)

Love how the scrunched layers looked :) Did you spy the hidden journaling? This is my first time doing hidden journaling... It's kind of cool when I don't want to "mess" the space with my messy handwriting LOL

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Trying my hands in card making again

Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday!!! Yey TGIF!! :) I am tired today, after spending almost half a day shopping with my girlfriend. Not that I am complaining :) So I will make this quick.. I made these cards last week. One for my hubby and one for my girlie who are celebrating their birthdays this week.. I think I like card making more now.. It's fun!

Yay weekend is here.. Enjoy! :)

Friends Forever

It has been a relaxing Saturday today. Mostly chillin' in the house and entertained a couple of friends at home. This also means that I get to do more scrapping today :))) This particular layout is based on a lovely sketch from Sketchabilities #41. I decided to capture pics from our farewell dinner with our good childhood friends of Shah Alam, right before our move to Melbourne. Those friends are hard to replace, we sorely missed them and the fun gatherings we frequently held.

I am again using this chocolatey pink theme papers that I have been using over and over again. I lost count on how many layouts and minis I made using this set.

Here are close-up of the chipboard stickers from Basic Grey. Love how they match with the papers, and chocolate and pink are almost a great combo!

One more day of weekend to go.. Enjoy!!!!

peaceful badak air

One more layout I did a while back.. this one for ARTastic February challenge. It was inspired by Mary Cassatt's painting, The Bath. Check out the site, it is very interesting and has a lot of monthly giveaways! It is a painting of a mother bathing her child, but for me, I scrapped this picture of my hubby and friends lying down in the icy water of Janda Baik. I am inspired by the soft pastel colors of the painting. I like to depict the peacefulness and serenity of the painting, similar to this picture. I keep the colors soft and the layout simple.. I don't usually do soft colors, so I have limited pastel-y stash.. :) Hope you enjoy it.. TFL!!

Crop party @ Papier

Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day everyone!!!! Great long weekend, and I plan to just stay at home and scrap some more :) This entry is long overdue but here it goes.. It is about the crop party I attended at Papier 2 weeks ago. Of course, Jessy was hosting again, and boy, we sure had fun! This time I am much prepared (after being teased before of bringing a cartload of stuff!), and brought just enough stuff for the party. It was a good crowd.. everyone is relaxing and enjoying themselves (plus panicking at some times)..

The first challenge is of course, the tag challenge. We have to create name tags for the person to our left. I came in late and did one in a rush, that I created for the wrong person! Luckily, I can just changed the name. The tag was really simple.. mine is for jo below.. I used Nikki Sivils cut out tag. My tag was created by Maznah.. also known as Maz. That's why you see you 'Maz' tags! I wonder why most people use pink in their tag. It's pink and red theme anyway for the party!!

Photo courtesy of Jessy

After the tags are done, we were on our first challenge, which was to create a layout based on a song. I chose to scrap my children dancing and banging the drums in the studio. Jessy gave great ideas by sharing songs from her iPhone. So, what's more perfect than "I love to.. move it!!" They just loved the song, we played the song over and over and over again (glad that the phase was over). Here we were, busy at work...

Photo courtesy of Jessy

And here is my first challenge layout.. love the bright colors, as always :))

The second and last challenge is a bit tougher. We have to create layouts using 6 items from Jessy's long list of scrapping items. I chose to use 3 patterned paper (Jessy was strict about this.. hehe), inks (I used distress ink to ink the paper edges), buttons, red (the strawberries are red), handwritten journaling, and stickers. I used the lovely Nook & Pantry papers from Basic Grey. I realized that the papers matched this picture of Zareef and hubby picking strawberries at Cameron Highlands. So here's my layout..

All in all, we had fun! It's great to mingle with other scrappers once in a while. Will surely join again! Here is the group photo of us gals.. courtesy of Jessy again.. :))) Thanks for all the fun, Jessy!! TFL and have a great new year ahead!

Field Trip

Hello everyone! Here is a layout I did last week.. based on this gorgeous sketch by Sketchabilities (January 30th). The background paper is just marvelous on its own, so I kept this layout simple. I layer up Prima packaging boards and added some chipboard stickers. The Prima packaging are great, aren't they?

This layout is also inspired by February Groovie Cover. I am inspired by the stampings on the cover, just like my paper here! This picture is from my field trip late last year, where I edited it to look like oldies picture. We sure look like lost gardeners on a hill... hehe :D

S4 Class of 2009

I've been wanting to scrap Zareef's drawings and paintings for some time, so here's my first attempt. I decided to scrap his class picture, S4 Class of 2009, together with his hand prints. I love how Zareef has his hands and feet printed every year, it is a great keepsake. I have one from S3 (2008) too and his hands has grown quite a lot! I also include the name of all his classmates so he can remember it someday. Even at 4 years old, he already has a 'girlfriend' (or so he claims)! Unfortunately, the girl is not in the picture so I have no idea how she looks like... Oh, kids nowadays!

This layout is inpired by Twisted Sketch #32. The twist this time is to use stamps, so I stamp the tag for the journaling. I keep the layout simple and concentrate on the picture and the fun stickers. For the journaling, I included the list of his classmates. TFL!!

Farewell Creative Scrappers ~ Satay time!

It is sad to say that this is my last layout for Creative Scrappers. It is an honor to be part of the team for 3 months and I had fun doing all the layouts for CS. Now that I don't have assignments beside the monthly SIL layouts, I feel that I am too free now. heheh... This layout is based on sketch by Monika Palowska, Sketch #89. At first I was perplexed by all the rectangles but after arranging the papers, it wasn't that bad. I love these lovely colors from Basic Grey's Indian Summer line. Here is the picture of my group from work, having lunch at Satay Kajang Taman Melati. It is tradition by the boss to treat the group with satay once in a while. TFL!

CS #87 - I jump!

Hi everyone! Candy Shoppe Design has a challenge to use the word "I" in any interpretation. So, for this new year, I created this layout- I jump! into life. I kinda take a leap into 2010 with full force. I also love the quotes - Live well, Laugh often & Love much. I mean, that are the essence for happiness, right? I will try to live my life to the fullest :)

This layout is of course for Creative Scrappers Sketch #87. I am playing around with some doilies and distress inks, but ended up sponging the whole doilies with ink, and I love how that turned out! It brought contrast to the whole layout. This is a picture during my trip to Borneo, one of the best jumping photos out of tenths of pictures. We jumped and we posed but this is the best one. :)

Best friend forever

Another layout before the year turns again.. Here is a picture of us celebrating New Year 2 years ago. We gathered at our house, had a nice BBQ and played rounds of games before 2008 came. I was pregnant with Zara at that time, due anytime then. Hubby was hoping for a 2007 baby, so apparently that did not worked out.. :) It was a fun time with our friends, having best friends like them really made our life better.

This layout is for Candy Shoppe Design December challenge. We have to incorporate as much from the list provided. I chose blue, silver, white, tree and pearls. This is something a bit of out of ordinary for me, using blue & silver, but I like how it turned out. It has kind of winter feel to it, although I felt it to be more like a wedding invitation rather than New Year layout.. haha! This layout is inspired by Twisted Sketch #29. The twist this time is red or gold, hence the gold bird down there - have to match the wintery theme here!