Scrap Schemes

New and fresh inspiration over at Scrap Schemes. Come and join us!

Here is my interpretation of the inspiration.

I went for vintage papers and look. In fact, these photos are more than a decade old.

The middle one is courting days..... the other 2 are 'pre-kids'.

I use our theme verse (wedding) as the title and journaling.

But I also hide journaling to document my reflections for the theme verse. How we made it work!

I made some flowers by cutting motifs from this Graphic 45 papers. Love these papers!

To highlight the cute polka dot and cherry paper, I 'frame' it up with some Maya Road sheers.

You probably have guessed...... I also submitted this for Graphic 45 Feb Challenge.

RAK winner!

Congrats to Janet Hu.... you are the one.

Here is what you win:

Plus more: I am just too lazy to take a picture. I will add more this.

You have thickers, a set of Basic grey chipboards, metal charms.... etc....

Email me at solouloulou@yahoo.com

Thanks to everyone who left a comment. I am so touched and encouraged by your lovely comments.

Woohooo.......... x3

Woo....... I received an email from Scrapbook News and Review that they want 3 of my LOs. I am over the moon. I am shocked..... never this many. If you are a subscriber, check out the February issue, out on 21 Feb. Now, I am giving out a RAK..... full of goodies. Leave a comment by Wed and I will pick a winner.

A cupcake album

I pre make this little cupcake album for Charis birthday. Yes... it is in May and what am I doing?

Since YSS sent me this, I thought I will pre made the cover first... and I cover the rest with Making Memories Love Notes......... cos these papers suit my sweet girl. She is this pink girly girl! Just perfect for her.

And as I cover each page, I realised i will first use the pages as a banner first. see 6 pages enough for her name CHARIS.

I am just gonna tie some ribbon and then hang in somewhere in our party.

Yes.. you guess it... she wants a cupcake theme party this year. And mommy (me) will definitely say YES. We made the invites with cupcake rub-ons.... now I just got to think of a craft (decorating cupcake, maybe).

She did this herself..... punch with my MU scallop punch...... add stickles.... did the rub-ons. Simple and cute invites for her friends!

OLW -living

Ooooo.... I love this word over at OLW.... "Living"... it is so full of vibrancy, life and expectation. So, I altered this CD case where my Webster Pages journaling paper came in. This is like a love letter to myself. This paper has a stamp image at the top right corner. Very cool!. And I like the colours of teal and raspberry combo for this project. "WORTH LIVING" Techniques: - For the cover, I stamp the case with Staz-on White.. to give it a misty look. - Then I add a Fancy Pants packaging tape across. - I painted a frame with teal... oooo... loving this colour. Then I use my fingers to dab on Gluepad... randomly dab on the frame. Then I sprinkle... just a bit of WHITE UTEE..heat emboss.... . this gives the speckles look on the teal frame. You get the White 'dots'. - Layer with a Prima flower, a piece of raspberry felt.... - then I paste a small piece of FP packaging tape... then i use my heat gun... it crinkles and curls due to the heat. Love love the effect. - found a vintage butterfly to add on top. Do you like this? Journaling inside: I love this recent photo of myself..... very healthy looking.... full of life... hee..hee... of course, after losing some weight due to my Jan illness. Journaling reads: I am glad to be where I am today. When I was young, I often wondered why I am here. What am I living for? What's my purpose in life? When I found God, I finally understood the meaning of life and found my purpose for living. I am living out my calling acoording to his plans. I am enjoying life, I am truly living. I dont need to struggle whether I am worth living.... I found the source of life. I am soaking in the joy, the fun, the ups and downs of living. As i journey along, I found fulfillment, satisfaction. I'm living the life I 've imagined & better. I am worth living. I am awake, conscious each day of the tremendous energy life gives. I've decided to give my best shot in living. One life, LIVE it! Back looks like this:

Valentine Gift Bag

Just want to thank all of you lovely friend who send me birthday wishes. Thank you so much! Really appreciate all your notes... and your encouraging comments on my Valentine's LOs. Now, I am still scrapping with my MM Love Notes. I can't get enough of it. Here is 1 quick project I did: 1) Valentine Gift Bag I folded a MM Love NOtes kraft paper into this gift bag. Then I use my scallop edge punch on the top. So fun! I embellish with some trims..... metal tags, pins and that cute heart... That heart comes from Maya Road... I covered it with MM Love Notes paper and add some Word Confetti stickers to it. Do you still remember this range of word stickers? I still have some. I love them! So versatile! Shh.... dont tell Charis... I am going to stuff some goodies like choco, candies and a love note into this bag and surprise her on Valentine's Day. My girl loves all things girly like this! All these products are available at YSS. There is a 20% discount promo going on! Grab those MM Love NOtes stuff now. Erica just re-stocked them.

Birthday Cake

Today I am 1 year older, wiser (hopefully) and near to the 4-0...... hahaha... I celebrate with some of my fav people.... my hilarious, awesome church group. We had lunch over at one of their homes... Mike is such a great cook...... i ate so much! My cake is a home made cheesecake..... very delicious.... hmmm... when it comes to the no. of candles... I told them.... cap it at 35.... i am forever 35.... hahahaha.... Then at home, my lovely hubby treated me to black pepper crab (this is a Singaporean dish).... and I am sooooo touched. Of course, I told him to skip the cake.... over the last 3 weeks, we had cakes overload.... first my mom's birthday, then my sister's and Ellise (she had 2 cakes)....... now I just cant take another cake. So, this is my cake: I couldn't be happier........ see the PINK cutie there......... I have been spying that for a long time. Okie.. off to try my zutter.... any tips?