I am back ----- with 2 winners

hi friends, I am back...... whoosh.... we had such a great time swimming in the pool and lazing on the beach. The waves are awesome... the Phuket beach is amazing... we love it! Here's a happy pic of us...... I finally got a swimsuit! LOL And now 2 winners from YSS Stash Dash (Blog Hop): Cori S said... I have loved watching your layouts come in on the YSS blog :) Keep up the good job! Erika M. said... I'm really loving the Material Girl line from Cosmo Cricket - your picks are lovely! June 7, 2010 3:37 PM Cori and Erika, pls email me at solouloulou@yahoo.com for your gift certificate. And now, 1 more chance to win the $10 GC......... I will draw a winner from among my blog followers. To show my appreciation for you gals. I will come back with a winner on Saturday. This month will be my last with YSS. I am thankful to Erica for giving me the opportunity. She gave me my 1st DT position. Thanks so much, Erica.... for your affirming words and generosity. And if you have not tried the YSS DT search, I will say GO FOR IT. Details here. See you! I am off to unpack my luggage... wash stuff... get back to 'everyday' and prepare to teach a class tomorrow. Thanks for signing up. I heard it is full again. I am trying to reply all emails about you wanting to get in the class. I am not sure of the exact situation yet...... be patient... put your name on the waiting list, ok. I will be down at MWL on friday to check it out. See you soon!

Blog Hop

Hello Happy Monday! I am now on the plane to Phuket... woohoo....... A needed short vacation with my family. Imagine me lying on the beach, sipping my orange juice or Coke. *wink* I have scheduled this blog post for you. Join me! Today we are having a BLOG HOP with all Design Team members from http://www.yourscrapbookstash.com/ (YSS). Each design team member will be giving away gift certifcates from YSS. How about some free shopping? Cool, right? Join me as I feature 1 LO/card from each Design Team. It was sooooo hard to choose 1 cos the team does amazing work. I love each of their style.... unique and beautiful! So, this is what I narrowed to: Lady Grace: http://scrappinworld.blogspot.com/ She inspired me to buy this Cosmo Cricket Material Girl Collection. LOL! Liz Chidester: http://thescrappiest.blogspot.com/ This LO makes me want to buy more of the Jenni Bowlin die cut paper. Such creative way of using it. What cute pictures. Alyssa: http://www.alyssasscraps.blogspot.com/ I bought these Crate Papers because of this beautiful album she made. April: http://yourscrapbookstash.blogspot.com/ I have adored April style of using embellishments. Totally creative. This LO just makes me smile. Carrie: http://scrapblog.sydkad.com/ This is a stunning 2 pager........ I love her use of color.. the gorgeous design. Awww...Lily Bee papers. Erica: http://she-travels.blogspot.com/ I love how she used the Kraft paper to bring out the colors of these Lily Bee paper. Simple but beautiful! So, drop by each DT member's blog for more chances to win these generous prizes. Drop a comment in this post and I will draw 2 winners on Thurs. Each of you will win a $10 gift Certificate from YSS. Share with me your favorite scrap product which you bought this year. Could be a collection, stickers... stamps... be specific with the brand if you can. Have fun BLOG HOPPING!

In a reflective mood

Thursday is here........ sometimes I am amazed how time flies by. Now we are at mid point of the year...... I thought I just celebrated Christmas.... some presents are still unopened.......*wink* I love my life... but sometimes i wish it will slow down a little. And living in this little red dot (Singapore) does not help... city living is always hectic.... rushing seems to be the order... Here I created a LO for myself.... my mood this week... a little reflective.. a little spent... a little quiet........ a little cry for stillness...... a cry for a pause Guess where I hide the journaling this time........ Using the lovely coredinations paper... love the embossed butterfly... I love sanding it..... quite theraputic..... LOL! And I just add a random grid of Tim Holtz Shabby Chic papers... And my fave cluster of Prima, birdcage... and a Tim Holtz metal frame. I used all my favorites here on this LO..... it is for MYSELF...... hee....heee..

All papers on this page comes from YSS. My assignment for this month. Hop over and check out YSS.

Share a technique

Hello friends, today it's my turn to share a technique at YSS BLOG. Hop over if you want to know how i create these background. Leave some love over there too! See ya "Mycoplasma"....... documenting the recent bout of bad bug in my household. Isn't this what scrapbooking is all about? Documenting the everyday... the good, the bad and the ugly!!! LOL See you over at the YSS BLOG.

Winner winner winner..........

Hello friends, happy Monday! We have a winner among my blog follower........

SANDRA!!!!

Congrats! Email me at solouloulou@yahoo.com I have been creating lots for YSS. come back in a day or 2 and check out my latest projects. See ya!!! thank you for following my blog! I appreciate it so much!

Love love love

This week, I created this little mini for someone who is battling with depression. With a heavy heart, i wrote my verses and words of encouragement for her. Really very sad to see the devastating effects of this illness. I firmly believe it can be treated with proper medication, support from friends and family and of course total healing from God. My heart goes out to all who at 1 point suffers from this illness. And sometimes I wonder what is happening to our world today. With better affluence, better advancement, but quality of life is not necessary better. I see the crippling effects...... the heavy emotions..... and sometimes affecting even the young generation, at the height of their youth and energy. WHY? I really dont know. I guess we come back to the everlasting love of God and in Him we find peace and security. Mini "LOVE"......... using lots of Prima left over papers...... using the transparent packaging as the backing for this mini do you notice that these transparent plastic has words printed on them. Love it so much!!!

Something else i noticed, in 2 of the Prima "Flight of Fancy' papers,

the words printed there are actually Fruits of the Spirit...

love joy peace patience goodness kindness faithfulness.... etc.

Did anyone noticed that???

Thanks for hearing me in this post.

Have a happy great weekend.

Oh.. btw, thank you for the 40th blog follower... (waving to you)

I will be doing a RAK for my blog followers

........ surprise pack of trims, charms... all things vintage... from me!!!

I will announced the WINNER on Monday. See you!

Thank you once again for your love and comments on this blog!

I appreciate everyone of them.

Prima BAP - MAY

I have been in a rut lately, in my scrapping. I had lots of ideas swirling in my head. But I feel so tired.... sort of zap of my energy to 'create' prob from caring for my sick kids for the past 3 weeks. Now Ellise is better, Charis is down. Sigh!!! The bad bug just keeps going around. So, today, to break out of my rut.... I took Ellise downstairs my flat, dress her up in her fairy/ballerina dress...... and click away. Yes... first of all, new photos, new composition stirs me alot. I dont scrap the same old same old photos... Then these beautiful shots of her came out.... gosh... my energy came back!!! And the good thing is she is back to her normal perky self... so today I get LOTS of good shots. She is one cooperative girl! woohoo!!! Here's what i did with the Prima BAP sketch. I rotate it a bit..... move the scallop part to the top.... added my own touches. I love the colors most of all. This just perks me up!!!! Pinks & blues... The whole color palette is just so light and airy! JOY The 'JOY" fabric words packaging is perfect for this, I love that i can journal on this green card........ I love hidden journaling How do I hold the journal card? I sew the papers on the background piece so it forms a pocket. see the sewing.... Now my fave part is hiding flower behind papers. Part of it shows forth, nice peeka-boo I wanted to squeeze another cute pic of her.. I cut up the oval made a hole and put the pic from the back. I added Liquid Pearl around it. Oh... this bird stamp from Prima is sooo vintage. I used this for my class recently and everyone loves it. We joked that the size is just right..... hahaha... not too fat... you know some bird stamps are just too fat.. it blocks other stuff ... too big... *wink*.. anyway, that's the scrap talk we do in my class. *LOL* Yes.. I know... you gals want to buy it. I have informed Elvira and Sandra((owners of my LSS) to bring these stamps in again. It was sold out in the store. That's really fast!

Another fave, the dress form. This is my 2nd piece.

Do you know where I can buy these again?

It is sold out everywhere. I REALLY need to buy MORE.

I love that pearl stub ... looks like a necklace, right?

I see a new face in my 'followers' list. thanks!

1 more to 40 and i will do a RAK again.

Every 20 followers, I will do a giveaway.

thanks for staying with me in this long post.

Thanks for dropping by. Have a great week!