The last time we had a family outing...

So the last time we had a family outing was on 14th March. It was a couple of days before my birthday and we went to a restaurant in town for lunch and a Korean cafe for dessert.

That was before social distancing was required at dining places. Now we can't even dine out! Seems like such a long time ago...even though it's been only 6 weeks or so. *Your sense of time and space gets warped when you have to stay at home...LOL*

Let's not mention that the birthday girl did not get any photos taken or had a cake for that matter...(I added a cake graphic in the photo to simulate what was missing *sad music plays in the background*). *winks*

As always, I went a little crazy with my decorative elements along the photo border....but I did use up quite a bit of bits and bobs, *high fives all around*

I love the photo of mum and dad looking at each other...hahaha!

Playing along with Stick It Down.

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What to do with leftover wallpaper - project #1

After doing two feature walls with Photowall wallpaper, I have about 6m of wallpaper cutoffs leftover. Since these are environmentally-friendly non-toxic wallpaper, I decided that they would be a great addition to my patterned paper stash...and it would be fun to see how many ways I can use these on my projects. :)

First up would be to use it on a layout, aptly documenting the wallpapering process and finished rooms. *winks*

And yes, I finally played with my new toy too...check out those cue photos printed on my Canon Selphy QX10 photo printer. :)

Lots of fussy-cut bits from my stash...

And I threw in some stickers too!

And yes, I did some fancy overlay effects on my photos. :)

Playing along with Let's Get Sketchy.

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Sometimes you just get crappy photos...*LOL*

So this was back in March when the niece decided not to smile for the camera because her mum said she had vampire teeth.

Yep. Not even when it was her birthday.

And of course, nobody cooperated that day too. Sometimes you just get crappy photos...*LOL*

I tried to "save" the photos by incorporating some cute elements. Did it work? *winks*

Playing along with The Studio Challenges.

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The one about the roasted carrots

Whenever I go to Australia, I like to bring back a bunch of fresh vegetables for my mum. Like carrots. She gets pretty excited over root vegetables with leaves attached because we can't get these at our local markets. *LOL*

Did she not look happy holding on to a bunch of carrots? *winks*

And I got to try out a roasted carrots recipe I found on the internet. :)

I went with some "homely" papers for my layout. 

And lots of stickers. Some washi tape and die-cuts.

Playing along with Stick It Down.

Happy week ahead friends!:)

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The cookie incentive

"Study and you get cookies." I said to nephew #1 during the year-end school examinations. The kid wants to be a doctor so he has to maintain a high GPA.

Then I put freshly baked cookies on a cooling rack in front of him, with a fan blowing towards him so that he gets to smell his incentive. Now, that's how to motivate a kid. *LOL*

Since the kid really loves cookies, he was happy to "work" for them.*winks*

Which kind of explains the title work...*hahaha*

Playing along with More Than Words.

*This layout was a Mystery Winner at More Than Words. :)

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The one that involved a die-cutting machine...

Yes, this week's card using my scraps involved my die-cutting machine (which you know comes out to play just a few times a year because it resides so far away...in another room) and some child labour too. *winks*

I was die-cutting and the niece wanted to help so she took the diecuts out from the dies. Saved me a ton of time...child labour rocks! *LOL*

Playing along with Just Add Ink. I went with washi tape and flowers.

P/s: Happy weekend friends! :)

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A magical mixed media canvas

There's something magical about mixed media. 

How seemingly disparate objects can come together in harmony.

Like this mixed media media canvas. Which started with a mish mash of remnant lace and ribbon. The magic came into play after a few coats of white gesso and shimmering mists....

And of course, when all the pretty little embellishments were added...:)

Playing along with 13 Arts November Challenge: Believe in magic.

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The one about the lantern stick...

This year I got the niece & nephews Angry Birds and Minions lanterns for the Mid-Autumn Festival. They were supposed to carry the lit lanterns around the estate but we had to settle for indoor lantern carrying because of the haze. [See previous post: Go away haze.]

Of course littlest nephew J was more interested in the lantern stick than the cute lantern. Here he was pretending to have a long beard [he called it moustache...*lol*]...

I was lucky to receive some chipboard from the Good Fairy [aka Lizzy Hill...thanks so much] and there were lanterns! Perfect for my layout. :)

Of course, while colouring the chipboard, I had an "accident" on the background and what you see is how I tried to make it part of the design...did I succeed? *winks*

Playing along with the Dusty Attic September Mood Board. 

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