Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary Card Patterns! :) Here's the card I made for this week's sketch...Patterned papers are from Dream Street Papers and American Crafts...and a whole lot of handstitching!

As part of the anniversary celebrations, Card Patterns is having a blog hop with some cool prizes to be won! All you have to do is visit all the design team blogs and leave a comment at each blog. You only have to visit 2 blogs a day...easy peasy!

My part of the blog hop is Day 2 so if you've missed Day 1, go visit Nina and Rimma now. Don't forget to visit the talented Michelle, my partner for Day 2!

And check  back at Card Patterns tomorrow for last week's Super Six! Happy Sunday! :)

Enjoy

Just a quick card to share using the sketch from 2S4Y...Prima papers, flower, ribbon, button and bling...A little stickles, embossing on cardstock and some handstitching...Enjoy your weekend my friends! :)

Let's ride the horse

Hello friends! I have a mini album to share today...Let's ride the horse.

I don't know about you but I've a lot of childhood photos where I was riding on some animal (faux of course)...thought it would be cool to put all the photos in a mini-album.

The base is a wood title sprayed with Krylon's Make it Suede paint. The wood horse is from the dollar store. A little Stickles along the edge of the felt ...some butterfly bling...the tree is from an October Afternoon patterned paper....American Crafts letters (mounted on 3D dots).

Here's the back of the album....

Wild & wonderful & amazing

My childhood was wild & wonderful & amazing. I think. At least the bits I do remember. And these are possibly my favourite life moments. Eat, sleep, play. Repeat. I remember going to the supermarket with my grandfather in the afternoons to taste food in the aisles. And the pretty dresses my mother sewed me. And the purses I always carried. The bicycle with a basket. My red doll. What are your childhood memories like?

Here I was...in one of those dresses. And the mum-cut mushroom-like hair. (cue: laughter)

Some misting and some handstitching on those beautiful flowers (I love American Crafts)...pink ric rac (too lazy to stitch that portion...lol), journaling card: Studio Calico, felt piece: Tinkering Ink, resin sticker: Stemma, starburst stickers: EK Success and button.

Inspired by Creative Therapy & TAAFOMFT

A sweet meal

Love these pictures of my parents enjoying a sweet meal on their wedding day.

I did a little misting (green) on the patterned paper (GCD Studios) and also misted on the black cardstock (silver). Part of the titlework was stamped with Making Memories foam stamps and paint, handstitched and then mounted on 3D dots. American Crafts foam letters. The lovely felt flowers were from my sweet friend Mirjam...:)

Inspired by Sketchy Thursdays.

Your world

This week's song at Scrapping the Music is Better Way by Ben Harper. My layout..Your World features my nephew O enjoying himself in the bathtub. This shy boy comes to life when he's playing in the water...:)

Photo was processed using Poladroid (for polaroid-like photos). Some misting done on my GCD papers (Maya mist)....the round scalloped paper is from Making Memories.. Rub-ons (along the photo) are from Tinkering Ink, vinyl stickers from American Crafts, letter stickers from Adorn It and some animal stickers...:)

A grandma's joy

A grandma's joy...to see her grandsons...all three of them...on the first day of the lunar new year...dressed up in new clothes...identical sailor outfits...how cute!

My mother posing for photos with my nephews....patterned paper: American Crafts, chipboard: Fancy Pants, letter stickers: Toga, resin sticker: Stemma, pearls: KaiseCraft, Others: paint, button, ribbon, thread, stickles...

Inspired by the sketch at Creative Scrappers.

Friends

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. 

Douglas Pagels

Hello friends, here's my card for this week's sketch at Card Patterns. The design team got to work with stamps from PaperWorks Co. I had fun with the limited number of Copics I have (they are expensive!). Patterned paper is from American Crafts. Some handstitching and some bling! Do play along for your chance at a gift certificate worth $39.99!

Speaking of friends, the winner of my first challenge is the delightful Maggi with this beautiful layout...

She misted on a plastic canvas! How clever! Congratulations Maggi! Your RAK will be mailed out to you!

14.2.10

Just a simple layout today...14.2.10...I had fun with my nephew S...taking photos while lying in bed...the photos came out blurry because he wanted to press the button on the camera...:)

Paper and letters from American Crafts. Sticker from Stemma. Ribbon and trim courtesy of my friend Juhi...flowers courtesy of my friend K...some misting...

Inspired by Sketchy Thursdays.

E & Y

E & Y features a sisterly moment between my sister and me...awww...she was hugging me from behind! Love my super fake smile *LOL*...back then, it was my dad who was always making us pose for the camera...(now it's me!)

Some masking and misting (mask from Heidi Swapp)...some handstitching to define the misted area...Prima flowers,Patterned paper is from Lily Bee...I used a Fiskars border punch with a piece of scrap paper, lovely pink felt border (upcycled from a present from Amy), doiley, lace, crochet flower (crocheted by my friend Juhi).

Inspired by the challenge at Method Playground to use ruffles.

P/s: There's still time to enter my little challenge to win a lovely RAK! See this post.

These are the moments

This week's challenge at Scrapping the Music is the song I Could Not Ask For More. My layout ..These are the moments, features my nephew S, flashing his megawatt smile...I made his grandma write a little note to him (tucked in the little envelope)...I think it would be cool for him to read the note years from now as he reminisces about his childhood..:)

Base paper is from Imagination Project (on kraft paper), misted with orange and blue mists, the punched out circles are random scraps, tags are from Dream Street papers, the birds are from Scenic Route, Hambly transparency, brads from Basic Grey and some serious handstitching.

Be mine

This week's sketch at Card Patterns is up! The design team got to work with digital stamps from The Stamping Boutique! :) One lucky winner will get to win either 5 digi stamps or 3 rubber stamps! The Stamping Boutique also has its own challenge blog! My card, Be mine, features the Valentine Background stamp coloured with Copics (don't laugh, this is my maiden attempt!), popped up on 3D foam. The background paper is from American Crafts, letter stickers from Toga, a felt heart on chipboard and some bling! :) Check out my handwriting on the freehand-drawn heart (eh, not very symmetrical I know...lol)...Happy Valentine's Day friends! I'm celebrating CNY too! :)

P/s: Don't forget about the challenge for a chance to win a RAK! You still have a few days to get your entries in...

Lil me

Lil me in my favourite outfit at age 2...a denim patchwork pinafore dress! :)

Patterned paper and embellishments by Sassafras except ribbon and stamps by Making Memories (a renewed love for foam stamps!)

Inspired by TAAFOMFT.

Baby girl

Congratulations to my cousin R who just had a baby girl! :) Just a quick card using scraps...:) based on the sketch at 2S4Y....

I also want to thank my friend Jesse Mendez for this lovely award...

Here are 10 things that make me happy...:)

1. The "high" after an invigorating workout.

2. Knowing that I've inspired someone.

3. Reading a thought-provoking article/book.

4. Watching a feel-good movie.

5. Making someone laugh out loud.

6. The fresh feel of a shower.

7. Hugs and kisses from my nephews.

8. Making something beautiful for someone else.

9. Listening to sappy music.

10. Spongebob Squarepants.

And 10 friends I would love to pass this award to... Jessica, Jeanet, Mirjam, Spardha, Shalini, Kavitha, Courtney, Carrie, Cindy and Mandy! :)

Oh so cute

As promised, here's my interpretation of my friend Mirjam's layout! (Read my previous post to find out how you can partake in a challenge to win a sweet RAK!) Oh so cute...features my two Shitzus...when they were a few weeks old! Weren't they cute? Can't believe they'll be 13 this August..that's like 91 in dog years! :)

I did misting/masking (Tim Holtz mask)...a little stamping with Inkadinkado stamps...paper piercing, patterned paper is from American Crafts, doggie stickers are from Karen Foster...the rest of the letter stickers are a mix of Toga, 7Gypsies, Doodlebug and American Crafts.

Sweet and colorful

 
Today, I would like to introduce to you...Mirjam Hendriks from The Netherlands! I "met" Mirjam through the Scrapping Out Loud challenge blog 6 months ago. She was a regular participant and I really enjoyed her creations. This super sweet gal was also the first blog friend to send me some happy mail! :) She, by the way, makes the cutest things with fimo clay so make friends with her! (wink ;) *LOL*...this lucky gal has such a lovely scrap space all to herself...she must have a lot of goodies in those drawers!:) She does have a surprise for ONE of you...:)

I picked some of her creative projects to show you...

Click on image to have a closer view..

 I love that her projects are always so lively and colourful!:)


 "When Yvonne asked me to be her guest blogger I felt so honored, because I love her work... I think she's the queen of card making!!! (because of her I started with card-making too). 

Well what would I tell you?...wake up Mirjam... about your love for crafts and especially scrapping of course!!! Since my childhood I'm a huge crafts lover, I alway's collected cute stickers,papers and cut out pictures from magazines to make my own little books...so as a child I also did some scrapping without knowing that:):)Before I started with scrapping I played alot with fimo clay and felt and I've always had a passion for photography.

When I was surfing on the internet two years ago I found the blog of the Dutch scrapper/photographer Corinne Delis( www.corinne-delis.typepad.com ) ...and that was the day I fell in love with scrapbooking!

My perfect scrapping time looks like this.....a pot of tea (without chocolate since I'm on a diet:( ...an incense stick, my fave music and of course my snoring cats around me...and then I can scrap and let all my stress melt away...

It's been a year since I started blogging ( www.sweetandcolorful.blogspot.com ) and WOW...I love it...it's so much FUN to 'meet' people around the whole world with the same passion for scrapbooking!!! And it makes my day when I receive lovely comments!!! I really get inspired by the work I see on other scrapblogs...so before I start scrapping, I visit my fave blogs and then I have inspiration enough to make my own pages!!! Also I get inspired by things around me, like nature, colors, beautiful advertisements in magazines and music!

Though I find it hard to journal on my LOs, I started last week with Marit's ( www.maritscrapworld.com ) art journal workshop...and WOW I made my very first art journal pages with a lot of journaling....it's so much FUN!!! Yes...scrapping is a part of my life that I can't imagine my life without it!!! "

                   

Mirjam has offered this lovely RAK for one lucky winner! 

This is the inspiration piece by Mirjam...

Feel free to make a card or layout or any creative project inspired by Mirjam's creation. I hope at least one of you plays along (pretty please...:). Leave your project links in this post by next Tuesday, 16 February 2010.

I will share my inspired project in my next post...:)

So much fun

This week's challenge at Scrapping the Music is the song All Star from the movie Shrek...a super fun song to scrap to...plus this week's prize is a $25 voucher to Papaya Art (they sell really beautiful stuff! ). My layout features my three nephews having so much fun in the tub...I used random scraps/tags, some handstitching at the border and a lot of journaling with a white pen.

P/s: Are you on Facebook? I've been receiving a lot of invitations to add people as friends on Facebook. I've been a little apprehensive about joining though. Am I missing out?

Airmail

Hello friends! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend so far! :) Here's my card, Airmail, based on this week's sketch at Card Patterns. The CP design team was sponsored by Inktegrity and we had some really cute digital images to work with. One lucky winner will win a $10 gift certificate to the store! :)

I chose a helicopter image, then cut out the image on felt. Papers are from 3 bugs in a rug, brads from Basic Grey, letters from American Crafts and some ribbon and handstitching...:)

Thinking of you today

Thinking of you today my sweet friends! Thank you for the lovely messages you left on my Cupcake post...:)
Just a simple card to share today...based on the CPS sketch...the birdies are from Dream Street papers, stamp is from Inkadinkado, die-cut  (from my friend K), stickles, ribbon, bling and some handstitching.

Innocent baby

Innocent baby? My nephew J, enjoying his first bath in the tub with his brothers...He came to stay over recently and showed his naughty side :(...which I documented in a letter to him (tucked in the little envelope)...I did some stamping (yay!) with Fancy Pants stamps. Felties from Sassafras, tags from My Mind's Eye, base patterned paper from Creative Imaginations, letters from Basic Grey and brads from Imaginisce.

Inspired by Let's get shabby.

Cupcake

Just a quiet post today....This cupcake card is dedicated to my Cocker Spaniel, Cookie, who passed away a year ago today....miss you gal..

Inspired by Get Sketchy and SPCC.

Entourage

This layout was a request by my friend Carrie (and seconded by Maggi) ...for me to do a layout entitled "Entourage" and featuring my two Shitzus - Joey and Chandler (yes, they were named after characters from Friends). I'm not a famous star (lol) so my entourage consists of just these two cuties... who follow me around when they want to go out and hang on to my every word when I'm holding their favourite snack (ready to give me their paw while salivating that is...:)

Patterned paper: Stemma, Maya mists, chipboard leaves: Fancy Pants, stickers (American Crafts, Adorn It & Studio Calico) and some handstiching...based on the sketch by Creative Scrappers.

Teacups at Disney

Disneyland...the happiest place on earth and all I can remember are teacups. This layout was inspired by this week's song at Scrapping the music - Disneyland by Five for Fighting..  I've only been to one Disneyland - the one in Paris. I was so looking forward to rollercoaster rides but my sister was so scared after one ride that we ended up riding the teacups 14 times! * LOL*

I used lots of scraps for this (clouds, cupcake sticker, transparency from my friend K!)...patterned paper is from EK Success & Stemma (text), letter stickers (American Crafts, EK Success), felt teacups from Fancy Pants and butterflies (Martha Stewart punch).