creative mode

Ya.. i have not been blogging......... why? Because I found some random creativity floating in me again...... dying to create again. I want to create: - because I want to play - because I want to try new things - because I have a million and 1 ideas flowing (yes... I just got up and have a revelation of 5 mini albums which I soooooo want to do) - because I want to capture all these stories (the core reason why I scrap in the first place) Now it's finding time to create them. But before these creativity atoms float away, I jot all of them down in my scrap journal..... and sketch a few designs too. Woohoo!!!! Come back this friday and I will load up some LO and projects. Yes.. i am multi-tasking.... I do several LOs and projects at the same time.... all not completed... all needing that 'final, finishing' .... Viola... touch!!!! I am excited to share.......... cos it's been a while where I am scrapping for myself........ hee..hee.. you know what I mean. Not another challenge, not another DT work though I enjoy them... LOL!

RAK Winner

My girls picked a random number.... it is 10. Deb: "Congrats on all of the wonderful news, Wendy! Your blog looks fabulous, and I'll be visiting quite often! Deb, please send me a email at solouloulou@yahoo.com so i can send you the RAK. Congrats... thanks for visiting my blog. (hugs)

DT work for Creative Scrappers

hi there, hop over to Creative Scrappers for this week's sketch. It is awesome. Remember to check out the work of the DT team as well. These girls are talented. Here is my take: "Chased by paparazzi" I rotate the sketch, have a large photo instead of having 5 small ones. I also dry brush the brown cardstock... actually the real reason is to hide some liquid glue stains. LOL. Journaling reads: You little miss Diva Kwok is at the stage loving the camera. Whenever you see paparazzi mommy taking out the camera, you go into your diva poses, take out your J-O sunglasses.

Celebrate with me

I want to celebrate with a RAK... a random little something of my stash.... embellishments, ribbons, a stamp...etc.. So much to celebrate:

• one of my LO was picked up for publication by a Memory Maker book (hooray... my first)
• I begin my DT spot at Creative Scrappers this month
• I won a online class at NYCscraps with Sherry Steveson
• I won a kit from Lotus Paperie with my LO (Aug announcement)
• I finally took up the courage to set up this blog for my ART.

So, leave a comment here by Friday and I will announce the winner on Monday (15 September).

That's easy

Scrapjacked

I had to do this jack over at Scrapjacked. Christina Clouse used paints.... a grid design.. all the elements that i love! I just had to play! Here is my version titled "I work, I enjoy, i live"... this LO talks about the 'work' i do... as a SAHM, as a lay pastor, as a scrapper..... how I enjoy each part of it... how it made up my life. I 'jacked' the background painting... but added in word stamps. I 'jacked' the grid design..... but I did some sort of a grid, spreading the grid only to the photo corner... so the focal point is still the photo. I 'jacked' the 4 lines ... but I used a ruler, rub some distress ink and use it as a line stamp. Journaling hidden in some of the squares:

The Story Matters

I did this for The Story Matters challenge. I like this site cos it focus on telling my stories. Love it. Check this site out. Anyway, this week challenge is to scrap about our family tree. I did mine with focus on my grandpa's bad genes... his generational addiction to gambling. A true story of how 1 man life impacts his children. The title is a line from the Bible" A good tree bears good fruits while a bad tree bears bad fruits" I cut a tree from a Hambly and I painted brown onto corrugated board to make it look like mud... grunge it up with distress ink....

Busy Busy with wedding

Yes... I have been so busy lately with my sister wedding.

I did up a wedding guest book for her... (total 260 spots for guests to sign)

I did up 2 'Ang-pao" boxes.... if you are a Chinese you will know what this is for. Basically for wedding, instead of giving a gift, we give cash...put inside a special red envelope called "Ang-pao'... for the wedding couple to buy themselves something they like or to offset the cost of the wedding.

Anyway, i think my mom will faint if she sees that these boxes are white.... gosh.. red is the auspicious colour for Chinese............ but well... my sis and I like the white on white effect... very subtle, very romantic, very pure.....

I used Bazzill butterfly emboss cardstock and mod-podge to a box. Cut out some Ki LaceCS flowers and put stickles.

I like the butterflies best.. the blue ones are rub-ones from Creative Imaginations... I added gliiter on them. The white butterflies are my Fontwerks Butterfly stamps... I stamp them onto transparency... oh.. I love the effect.

Here is the guest book: