winner winner of Blog Hop

Hey hey hey.... the winner is ......... LYNN... you are lucky number 3.

My girl announced that the 3rd person on my comment post will win this prize.

Here is your Prima Prize!!!

Email me at solouloulou@yahoo.com

Thank you ALL for playing in this Blog Hop. Hope you had fun!

Blog Hop

Welcome to the Color Combos Galore 200th "Anniversary" Blog Hop! We hope by visiting the CCG Design Team members' blogs, you will be able to pick up some fun tips and techniques. Many of the team members will be offering prizes, so you will want to visit all of the blogs to increase your chances of winning some fun scrappy stuff. We are also offering a chance at a Guest Designer spot for the month of August if you visit all of the blogs in our Blog Hop and participate in Challenge 200 by uploading your project to the CCG Gallery. It's so fun to get the colors before everyone else! Plus, who doesn't love to see their name in lights! The deadline for the chance to win these prizes is one week from today, Sunday, July 24, EST. If this is your first stop at our Blog Hop, you'll want to start at Bente's blog, and follow the hop in order so you don't miss anyone. If you've been hopping in order, you will notice I am the last one on the list.

Once you have visited all the blogs and uploaded a project to the CCG Gallery using Challenge 200, please make sure you check in at the Blog Hop discussion in the Special Announcements Forum at CCG. We will choose our August Guest Designer from that thread. Individual DT members will be choosing winners for the prizes they are offering. Good luck, and we hope you'll enjoy our blog hop! Here is the order of the blog hop.

Bente Fagerberg - http://paperandglueheaven.blogspot.com/ Cynthia Lloréns - http://cyndiscrap.blogspot.com Debbi Tehrani - http://debbitscraps.blogspot.com/ Eva Pizarro - www.evascrap.blogspot.com Fi Kenward - http://allthingscreativescrapbooking.blogspot.com/ Helen Tilbury - http://helentilbury.blogspot.com Jasmine Shea - http://www.jasminesscrapvine.blogspot.com/ Kaori Fujimoto - http://scrapgarden-kao.blogspot.com/ Kaori Watanabe - http://chelseavn.blog43.fc2.com Karen Watson - http://stop-breathe.blogspot.com/ Kelly Holbrook - kellyrholbrook.blogspot.com Lilith Eeckels - http://lilithandscrap.blogspot.com/ Maiko Kosugi - http://maimaipiano.blogspot.com/ Marilyn Rivera - http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com/ Melinda Thompson - http://www.minseverydaymoments.blogspot.com/ Milagros C. Rivera - http://www.paperboutiquescrapbookingstudio.blogspot.com/ Nancy Burke - http://www.nancyburke.typepad.com/ Ria Mojica - www.cakesnscraps.blogspot.com Tomomi Nomura- http://blog.livedoor.jp/nomtom/ Susan Stringfellow - www.creativelysavvy.blogspot.com Tanya Tahir - http://www.sweetaboutme-tanya.blogspot.com/ Tina Walker - http://adogslife-thirteen.blogspot.com/ Wendy Kwok - http://captureeachmoment.blogspot.com/

And I am offering a prize if you drop in a comment on this post.

I will post a photo of the prize soon..... :)

Double happiness + life

Hello friends, I am still here. Life has been pretty hectic ever since i started full time work. It has been a journey... learning to trust God everyday.... learning to enjoy all that is around me I am still growing... still learning..... and sometimes I realised I may not have as much time as I like for scrapping. It is ok. After all, it is ONLY a hobby. I do not want it to become a dread.... it started as a intent to preserve my memories for my family....and secondly a creative outlet for me. Then as time flew by, I enjoyed perks in being DT.... the joy of winning challenges.... I am grateful for these. But in a certain part of me, I went back to my core values.... what is important to me? My family, My God, my ministry.... scrapping is not really "IT"..... not that important. Good to have but it is not necessary for me. I had to give time for what is important........ thus I chose to stay active only when time permits. I choose to play in challenges only when I feel like it... i dont want to feel I had to meet deadlines... scrap for the sake of it... of course, I dont believe in scrapping the same photos again and again. it says alot ... it means I have nothing to scrap and I am just doing it. So not good! I do not want to feel upset with losing another DT...... feel lousy with those who grab every DT at every chance (whether they even like the product or use it)... these things used to irk me ALOT as i see greed in this industry. I would even cry when I lose my chance. And I will scream 'unfair' when I see people 'cheating' and not playing by the rules. When I step in that emotional thing again, i feel I have lost the purpose of scrapping. I do not want to be in that ugly and unhappy place. I want to enjoy scrapping again!!! and i will take my time. I may not be able to scrap or post as often except for my 2 DT role which is fairly easy. Hope you understand... thank you for listening to my rumbling. I am just being real here. Meanwhile 2 magazines/books arrived at my door last week and it was double joy. In this Big Book of Scrapbook Pages... I have 4 layouts in there. Very honored to be there! My girls were like 'we are on a book"... they went oh, well, mom is at it again. and this little surprise... Australia no 1 scrapbook magazine. I have 1 layout in there. Hope you have a happy week ahead. God bless you

Glitz love

A long time wish to take part in some challenges online but never found the time to do so.

This week, I decide to dive into a manufacturer challenge this time.

Glitz design... they have a cool monthly challenge and this time A SKETCH

I love sketches because there are so many ways to interpret it and put my own touches to the sketch. I had this in mind... I want to do some pleating and ruffles with the circular sketch.

How I did up this layout?

1. I use a border punch and ruffles up some pleats for the circle

2. Next I whipped up my sewing machine and sew them the circle I cut

3. Next embelish to my delight... flowers... punched out butterflies... blings

I had this color theme in mind too.

Bright yellows with reds and moderate black.

Hope you like it!

And dont forget the SALE here. Iam selling some flowers.

I lug home BKK

I am so sorry for leaving this blog for 3 weeks because I am happily having my vacation in Bangkok. My hubby prob has to cart me off from the mall and flea markets.

See what I manage to cart back to singapore.

Seriously I love the outdoor market better than the mall.

My new love:

and these scrapping goodies.... trust me... the lady selling these flowers was smiling at me the whole time cos i was putting packs and packs of flowers in my basket. I was not wanting to stop.

But a voice keep ringing at my voice: Mrs Kwok... how are you going to bring them home?

My clever answer: Buy a new luggage or suitcase~!~~

(that voice was aka the hubby)

ok, i will be back soon with some scrapping projects.

Hope your summer holidays was fun! If you WANT to share and buy some of thes flowers from me, just email me or look at my SALE page. I will loading some for sale.

Only for Scrappers residing in Singapore so postage wont cost a lot.

cards love

Some days I feel like doing small projects and today it is about cards. Leave you with some shabby handmade cards.

A simple technique: Use your leftover threads from your sewing projects. Use your fingers to bunch them up and stick them down. Stamp a bird image (Crafty Secrets Stamps).... and layer it over the bunch of threads. You get a lovely bird nest! Simple way to add textures! Hope you try it!

A shaped card! I love circular shape....... here's one!

Ok... vacation time next week and I need to go back to packing. It is an amazing feat to pack for 2 adults and 2 kids with exponential combination of needs and wants. The scrapper mommy needs clothes to coordinate so it will look good on photos. The daddy needs order...... practical things first. The 2 kiddos wants their stuff toy, their coloring and books. I told them... "hey kids, you all can go on holiday, I dont mind staying behind"....... LOL Wish me the bestest if I can pack all things into the suitcase! And then while I am on the plane, I will be wondering if I switch off the lights or even the stove. haha..... am I the only one???

Fluttering Joy

She is a bundle of joy!!! Full of expressions and laughter!

She is my niece! My adorable love

Did this layout using Bo Bunny Sketch >> HERE Check out this awesome sketch by Tara Orr........ I got to go! Keep it short because I am scrapping lots more this week.