so thankful

hello friends, how was your week? Mine was filled with some good and some 'not so good' news.

Here... I am one of the winners at White With 1 challenge.... I love this blog for its inspiration.

And I just got a email from Prima that I won in this random draw. I love Prima. What a lovely surprise! I dont usually win things. LOL

And not so good news... say a prayer for my sister........ she is going for a surgery thurs...... she found a lump on her breasts and things just escalate so fast.... surgery is quickly scheduled and the danger is she is pregnant so that adds some fear and stress. I am just praying that our GOOD AND FAITHFUL God will carry her through. I will be with her..... next week, playing nurse and being with her in the day............. Friends, I am shocked... my sister is barely 30 and this happened to her. I am trusting in the Lord.

Ok........ the crop at Webster Pages starts tomorrow......... go in and there and join us.... Yes... just sign in... very simple process and you can chat with us. I will be squealing in delight........ cos there are so many gorgeous projects!

And hop over to YOURSCRAPBOOKSTASH.COM (YSS)......... some news stuff arrived ........ Studio Calico papers... and of course the DT call. Go for it! I am working on my Nov DT stuff now... .will come back in a few days and of course 1 piece of good news!

"Keep the faith"........ I like this quote from the Bible. Keep praying!

Too much for words!!!!

Yes... go to Webster Pages Ning site "Inspire Me' and check out the 12 days of Christmas Crop.
I am invited as a Guest designer for this crop....... my turn will be on 14 Nov.
It will be super fun as all the Design Team of Webster Pages share their projects. They are so talented!
You just got to stalk out Inspire me everyday!!! Like me... LOL

I am very very very excited....... you can tell, right?
Join us for these 12 days of Crop.
You can win prizes and even a spot at DT for 6 months. How cool is there?

And.......... another SUPERB news........ my LO is in this magazine. A DREAM CAME thru for me.
I remember when I first started scrapping...... I said to myself "How cool if I am published here..........". Now that dream became a reality. Seriously I am sooooo thankful!



Thanks for letting me share this news with you!
Thanks for dropping by.

Gifts of love

Yay!!!!! Nov class schedule is out. "Gifts of love"........... you will learn to make 2 gifts for friends.
One is a frame for hanging accessories like earrings, braclets.... charms.. etc.
If you have girlfriends, family who has lots of accessories, this gift can sit nicely on their dresser or table and they can access their precious stuff easily.
The other is a FABRIC book. I made it as a journal book where we can insert in blank pages for journaling.
This is such a versatile project. You can make it into a mini album (if you want it).






Join me for these gorgeous projects. We will be using gorgeous papers from Webster Pages "Winter's Wings"... oooo. I love love the soft colours of these papers. And FABRIC too! No sewing involved but you make a beautiful book.


Come play with me! And I will give full set of instructions in print so you can duplicate these ideas for Christmas!

Call Made with Love and reserve your spot!

And Yourscrapbookstash.com is having a DT call. SEe here for details.
YOu wont want to miss this! I having been DT for almost a year and this the best store to work for.
Try it out!

these are a few of my favorite things!!!!

My girls were watching "Sound of Music" and this song is my fav..... "these are a few of my favorite things"... oh.. maybe the title is something else but there is this cute song which i love!!

And of course, some things made me really happy this week.

Like this cute SEWING MACHINE!!!! Yes.. I have been wanting this for the longest time... and I finally convinced hubby to buy me 1. Spotlight (my local craft store) has this huge sale... $199... original $298.......... now my collection of fabric can see some daylight.

Can you see I have been buying fabric? The lady at the store is soooo helpful... I told her "I am a complete idiot when it comes to sewing"....... she laughed... yes.. this tool is for me and my scrapbooking.

She went on and on... she conducted beginner lessons for those who buy this brand of machine. She can't believe me when I said I never sew. She taught me all the buttonhole technique... whatever it is... I told I just want to sew a straight line....... hahahaha.. she was trying hard not to laugh!!!! I sounded like a nerd, right?

And this cutie of a tool bag.......... my sister went to China last week..... I told her to go to the garmet district (in Shenzhen) and get them to tailor-made this bag for me. Guess how much it is??? I told my sis.... has to be pink polka dots and a dash of vintage fabric........ she knew my heart. She got it spot on!!!! Love love my new tool bag.... my adhesive, my scissors... my pens... etc.. It is only Singapore dollars $6!!!!!!

I need to go China now! I could give them all the specifications of all the bags I want.

And finally I got a piece of good news which left me screaming this morning........ will share more in mid Nov....... when the big reveal comes! I am soooooo overjoyed..... thrilled and I consider it a honor!

So, what are your favorite things now? Have a great weekend

more for YSS

This month, I have been playing a lot with Webster Pages. YSS sent me 2 collections and really these are sooo gorgeous! Check out YSS... they still have stock of these papers.

Travel in style:

This little girl of mine is totally cute! She knows we will be bringing her to Disneyland this year end and now she has packed up and ready to go. See her cute luggage, hat and bag. Love love her cute smile. I used scraps of whatever paper I have left and did a mat behind the photo. I added some stitching to add some interest. I also used some journaling cards... ooo... you got to check out these cards. Love them all.
And that chipboard frame...... gorgeous ... from Maya Road. I added Crackle Paint for some texture.

Card: Smile

I dont normally do cards but I think these motifs from Webster Pages can be adapted for cards.

Cards: Delight

See the frayed canvas behind the title....... now I am trying a lot of fabric. Love love them now.

Same:

This picture is so cute. I was comparing my shoe size with my girl. Gasp!!! She is almost the same size as me, and she is only 8 years old. I am a size 7.5........ she has grown to a 6. How fast! And she loves ballet flats, just like me! I like scrapping such pictures...... not faces cos it tells of a relationship, a connection in a different way.

To save paper, I cut the butterfly from the same background paper. And to cover the 'holes', I just cluster and mat my photo and embellishments there. Save money!

Check out all the new sale stuff at YSS today.

Sad news

This is super SAD news for me. HERE.

How you ever like something so much that it is hard to let go?
PArting is tough. I always enjoy the inspiration here.

Wishing these creative gals the best........ they are such great inspiration.

YSS projects

Completed some projects for YSS. Here they are:

Hanging door frame: Ballerina

My little missy is going thru a 'ballerina' phrase. She is twirling, swirling and wants to be a ballerina. I am not buying that tutu yet! but well, I made a little one for her using tulle on this frame. I cut the frame from Webster Pages "postcard from Paris". Added a tulle flower and pink tulle.

And the inspiration for this comes from this book ....... a giant pop up story book.





LO: Scent


Here's a simple one. Took photo of my fav perfume, Estee Lauder Pleasures. Just had to document the everyday life.. stuff I use. See I took the picture with lots of Prima flowers... hee..hee.. since this perfume is has a floral scent.
For the letters, if you have white glitter alphas... you can alter the colours. I just drip over diluted paint.. very watered down. And I got a blue tint over it. nice!

LO: Bliss

To celebrate our 13 years of marriage next month, scrap this to document the beautiful memories we share.
This blue-ish background paper is from Webster Pages. I love this piece. Soothing, romantic!
And since I am entering this for challenge, I kep to all white stuff....... the fabric, the lace and that cute Making Memories paper(which house journaling).

I played with German Glass.... gorgeous glitter!

This white paper comes from Making Memories. dont you just love the swirls?

I stamped a music note (Purple Onion) on fabric and then misted it.

This white mat where my photo rest: it is Ki memories heart lace cardstock over normal Cardstock. Then I painted over it. Cos that heart thingy was pink. You can alter your own too!