All Dressed up !!!

Ahhhh ... Love how this layout came about .. it was all play. taking out papers that has not seen the light of day since .... erm ... the creation of earth ? haha .. would you believe that the papers are from SSFL ? ekekek



This one is for the MWL dares too .. with butterflies and envelope ... lots of recycling here too like the envelope, the Made with Love Label and buttons and ribbons .

TFL !!!!

Woooohooo ... MWL Scrap Dares!!!

Do you dare ???

The Forum at MWL has a new dare !!! Do check it out here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Were you there ???

For the re-opening of Made With Love last Saturday ???? It was awesome... the theme was all dressed up ,... and all dressed up we did .. at the photo booth where they had all these wigs and boas and bow ties and stuff for us to dress up .... See how the DT's got creative !!!!



The shop looks totally big and bright and sooo good for shopping now. Everything has its own section and sorted too .. and there is even a stationery area !!!! woooo hooo.. check out the pics ....





makes you want to race down eh ??? kekekek .. My loot was not too scary .. only got a "few" stamps ... hahahaahah

I will not be having classes this July at the store but look out for an awesome class in August .. the sample is almost done and I AM LOVIN' IT!!!!

Spools Spools Spools !!!

like they say .. necessity is the mother of all inventions .. and to that i say ... The inability to find spools cheaply and in the size that I want ... makes me put on my thinking hat and created one myself .. I am on this spools craze at the moment and I cannot stop using the oh so adorable Maya road chipboards. Played ard with the Distress inks and blending in such small areas is way fun.


Materials : -

PP : - Prima
Chipboard : Maya Road
Inks : Ranger Ind Distress Inks.
Lace Prima
Pearls : Own Stash
Stamps: Tim Holtz and Maya Road.
Ticket : - K& co
Pins : Maya Road ..

TFL!!!!!!!!!!

CANVAS - LIVE

Brand New canvas I did last nite .. okay I cheated with the background already one ages ago .. when was just bored and just adding texture paste and misting .. gotta love those mists ...

Materials list : glimmer mists, texture paste, pp ( mme, signature life), cage die cut frm sizzix. Butterfly stamp unknown. Flowers and bling are frm prima.

MWL June layout !!!

This month the DT was asked to create using recycled items and mediums and since I re-ignited my love affair with the Distress ink pads, I totally had to use them. My recycled item was a "bubble" box from packaging and a bottle cap. The bubble box was alcohol inked and micro beads was placed in them to create a shaker box. While the bottle cap was used to hold a tiny quote. Journalling is hidden behind the photo Mat. And the tag was made using the paint resist and lots of inking....

Materials :

PP : Tim Holtz Ideology, Basic Grey
Inks : Rusty Hinge, shabby Shutters, Spiced Marmalade, and Walnut stain.
Embellishments : Maya Road Clock Sheers and tattered angels Glimmer Glass.
Mask : Tim Holtz Time Mask
Alphas : American Crafts and Jenni Bowlin
Stamps : Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

All available from MWL!!!!

This Saturday's Tray full of Memories will be the last class and I am really happy to see new faces as well as familiar faces during the last 5 classes I had . What shall I do for my next class ??? Any suggestions as to what you all wanna learn ? Leave a comment .. :)

On another note ... Made With Love has been shut for the last week but ... come the 24th, they will reopen with a newly renovated store !!!! .. I managed to get a sneak peek and can I say that it is a really big open space now !!!! lots of space for lots of stuff ... WOOOHOOOO .. will u be down ??? i know I will !!!!

Tim Holtz Ink Box

As promised .. here are the pictures for my Ink Box .. I am sooo in love with it too .. heaps of Tim Holtz Ideology stuff .. and also lots of Distress inking and paints. Also if you look clearly ... I also used Tim's papers too ..kekeke .. are you in love yet ????

Chat with me !!

I have added a Cbox on my side menu bar ... chat with me there !!! ... kekek ..

Okay .. still at work .. Gotta go home and take photo of my ink box and the blog will be updated tomorrow .. !!!!

MWL Mid Month Challenge !!!!

This month's challenge over at Made With Love is all abt distressing ( my fav technique)
Distress, Distress, Distressed !!!!!

This month challenge is all about distressing. Play with inks and paints, Crumple and Iron, Mists, emboss... The list is endless. Challenge yourself in changing the whole look of the paper.

You will need to do a layout for this challenge (12x12 only) and also include a fabric that has been distressed. You will also need to have 2 photos on the Layout.

My layout included Distress embossing on overlays, Lots of inking and fraying of the fabric ...

Have lots of inky, distressed fun with this challenge.

What an Inky Weekend !!!

The uber talented Penang Girl came down this weekend and I was all ready to get inky with her. ... Who is she ??? She is non other than IRENE TAN .. she is on Tim Holtz Design team and can I say ... ENVIOUS ENVIOUS!!! cause that is one team I really wanna be in ... hehehehe ....
Well Irene's classes are known to be really inky and inky we got... we played with mediums and inks and really intensive .. i was the deviant student (yes yes ... I am the kind of student I dislike teaching .. hahaha ) I was also lucky to have her as my lunch partner for both days .. kekeek We had my super duper favourite JPOT ... and thai the next .. of course with the lovely Aida and CK...

My Project ....


Basically lots of inky and masking plus some water distressing !!!! ... My album from the class is not finished .. but I am loving the colors already since I deviated from the main scheme of things .. but it was fun to play with alcohol inks again ... had forgotten how fun it was ... Next blog .. will be a post of my INK BOX ... Chow ... look out for it .. I AM SURE U WILL LOVE THIS BOX ....

New Blog Layout ...

What do you peeps think of my new blog layout ?? love how distressed it is .. and the blue ... MY FAV at the moment ... nice eh ??

Helloooooooooo

I am soooo sorry for not updating as much as I would like to these days ... Mackie has finally breathed it's last byte and has gone to the great apple heaven last week. My fault for putting mackie on a HUGE magnetic Cutting mat ... The IT show is this coming weekend and I got my eyes on an iMac this time. Decided that I do not need a Laptop ... so why not go Bigger ... Waiting till the show starts to see what Promo they are giving out.

Just got back from HCMC last week and it was HOT HOT HOT !!! almost 42 Degrees Celcius too hot I say .. but this time I managed to visit the Cuchi tunnels ... It is wayyyyy awesome ...

Photos aplenty but no computer to upload it to .. so you peeps have to wait abit longer ..

On the scrapping side of things, did my 3rd Tray Full of Memories last week and i would call it my international class.. i had students from Brunei (J again ... ) and also Thailand .. Sawadeekapp Thuy... I have also gotten my hands on some BRAND NEW Tim Holtz Stuff ... And my creative mind has been going on overdrive .. just have not had the time to put ideas to projects .. well .. SOON SOON ... :)

Till the next time ... TOODLES !!!!

New Layout !!!

This Month we were given fabrics in our kit and here is my take . I used the Prima Canvas as a Photo Mat , Distressed it with Inks and a quick spray of Dazzling Diamonds. I also ruffled up the fabric which i used to trim below the alphas ..

Patterned Paper : - Kaisercraft, October Afternoon
Card Stock : Bazzill Basics
Canvas : Prima
Mediums : Ranger - Crackle Paint (Brass and White Picket Fence), Glossy Accents, Tattered Angels : Dazzling diamonds.
Embellishments : 7Gypsies ( stickers, Elastics)
Alphas : American Crafts and Making Memories.


All available at MWL !!!

TFL!!!

Tonite is the first class of Trayful of Memories... Full Class too .. excited .. I AM .. hopefully the students are nice .. kekekeek which i am sure they are .. :) Cannot wait !!!!!!!!!!

New Class @ Made With Love

WOOOOHOOOOO ... a New Class this month for Made with love and I have to say that I am seriously proud of it.

Trayful of Memories : -

Sharon has outdone herself with this fabulous altered art creative project! Learn a wide variety of embossing techniques and witness the stunning effects of what embossing powders and stamping can do as you alter this one-of-a-kind photo tray from 7 gypsies! What’s more, you’ll get to play around with Tim Holtz’s latest collection of Sizzix dies as well as embellishments from his Ideology series of yummy supplies! This is one exciting workshop for all technique-driven scrappers!!!

What To Bring Along ::

tape glue, glossy accent, foam dots, precision tip scissors, ink blending tool or cut & dry foam

Yes yes yes .. The class is pretty awesome.. Loved creating this project where there will be lots of techniques .. and inky fingers again ..

So have you all signed up yet ????

Also .. have you all seen this yet ?? .. Yeap ... Made With Love is looking for Guest Designers and this call is open to Local entries... quick go apply !!! !...

Classes at Shabby Chic, Brunei

Okay so as you all know already, I flew over a great big ocean to Brunei last weekend to have classes. Okay not really a weekend but over 5 days .. yes 5 glorious days ...

I started my super long journey arriving at Changi at 7 am for my flight .. had to go down to the airport early cause I had over packed and the nice ppl at SQ (yes I am grovelling) allowed my super heavy luggage (26kgs) of stuff on board .. I arrived after a not too bad flight at abt 11am and we went over to B and I's place where i had to repack my hand carry for my one night stay in Miri. We went off to have one of my favourite food in BSB for lunch .. AMBUYAT... with sardines .. YUMMY .. all those of you who have not tried it .. go try it .. it is DA BOMB !!! super yummers i tell u... after lunch we made our way down to KB to pick up J ... it was a 2 hour drive but with car mates like Sootan H and Ahmad I ... it was a rather short ride i tell u .. kekek .. by the way .. i was body guard S ... hahaha We did nothing much in MIRI except to eat, shop, eat, drink coffee, craft, sleep, eat, shop and eat.. before making our way back up to BSB. Food in Miri was fantastic we had seafood at Meng Chai .. those ppl making plans to go there ... MUST go try ok .. the Garlic fish and the prawns is SUPER YUMMY .... also must visit Mr Ho's Fine food too ..german food at malaysian prices ... who can complain .. not me ...

Anyways... back to BSB, Sootan H was really nice to let me stay at her place .. and only one word can describe it .. WOW ... keke .. yes all the rumours abt it is true .. bwahahahah .. but only SHARON can stay in SHARON's room yah .. ahhaahaha .. remember that hor Sootan H .. ahahah .. All i can say is .. I think I can actually now say that I can stay in Brunei ... hehe life is soooo relaxed over there ..

Saturday came and of course the first of 2 classes started .. pics to follow ... basically a mini album .. and the 8 girls who came by .. FANTASTIC bunch u girls .. we had so much fun chatting and crafting .. and of course chocolates will always be welcome in my class .. thank you siew lu .. kekek ... Dinner was at Thian Hock .. another chinese restaurant in Gadong .. Food was also good there .. the fish head curry ... perfect with rice .. i like ... and would you belive it .. after dinner, irene told us that she had a small surprise for us .. we had a MINI class .. where I became student and she taught us a mini album too .. how fun .. we stayed till like 12ish ... before we even packed up to go home ...

Sunday was another class day but this was an early morning class, this time the group of 8 did not disappoint too .. they were noisy and funny .. and was a pretty relaxed class lah ... class over-ran by a bit .. (ok ok 1 hour not abit lah .. but u girls had fun rite ?? ) and after that we had a quick lunch at swensens .. before we went back to the shop to pack up .. but of course .. we did not till much later ... some of the girls decided to finish up the projects for mother's day and we all sat down and chit chat, and ate somemore .. till like abt 4ish -5 .. we all packed up after a call from a husband in KB asking .. "how come the class end at 12 but you still in bandar" .. heheeh but of course .. we did not go straight home .. we still went shopping at SB at an awesome shop .. :) Thank you J for showing us the shop ... hehehe .. den off we went to look for mint sauce but i think that day there was another party who had lamb too cause the 4 supermarkets we went to did not carry them ... too bad ... but I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE .... B is A VERY VERY VERY VERY GOOD CHEF!!! .. D u are a very lucky man ... the dinner she made for us was super yummy .. love the salad dressing and the lamb .. JUST PERFECT !!!!!!!!

Hmmz .. this seems to be a very long post yah .. so let me just put up the photos ... enjoy ..

Back ...

Will update ... soon ...

2 more days ..

.. and I will be off to Brunei ... I will be landing in Bandar and then making my way down to Miri where the lovely H has extended a stay at her home . I heard that there are very exciting buys down there so I am super excited. The luggages are packed.. yes u read it properly, I am bring over sooo much stuff that I have to actually hand carry my clothes.. I have ONE WHOLE LUGGAGE FILLED TO THE BRIM with kits and yumminess....

On another happier note, I heard that both the classes are full already . I am very very grateful for the trust in signing up for the classes without even seeing the samples. Truly I am grateful .. If this works out .. maybe the classes will be taught ard the region too. Let your LSS know and I am sure we can work something out.

only 2 more days .... wooohooooooo

Classes @ Shabby Chic

Yes yes .. if you have gone here, then you would know that I will be in Brunei at the end of the month. Celebrate National scrapbooking Weekend with me there. I will be having 2 classes.. totally awesome classes by the way ... heheh check it out and quickly register.... i heard that the classes are almost full ... Details below : -

Travel "Gypsy" Style

Saturday, 1 May 2010

3 - 7pm

B$90.00 per person

Go on a colorful, free spirited journey with us and experience a gypsy style that is full of textures and colors as we use a whole range of wonderful goodness from 7 Gypsies, Prima, Pink Paislee, Making Memories and Sizzix. We will be using Tim Holtz new range of dies - Alterations. Learn new techniques as we play with Distress Inks, Powders, Overlays and Mediums to create an album perfect for your travel memories.

Participants to bring:

8 x 2R photos (sepia tone)

Precision Scissors

Ink blending tool with foam or Cut and Dry Foam.

Mini Misters

Adhesives

Foam Dots/ pop up Dot

Paper trimmer

Shabby Chic

Sunday, 2 May 2010

9am - 12 noon

B$85.00 per person

Got weakness for all things pretty and shabby, then come join us as we explore new ways of scrapping on Canvas. Experience the beauty and magic of scrapping Shabby Chic Style with a whole range of yummy goodness from Prima, Webster Pages, Maya Road and Tattered Angels. Get the know-how of adding just the perfect touch to your canvas with the use of blings and blooms and learn how we layer papers, use mists and stamps that would make you go .... " OOOOH LAAA LAAA" . Using a sweet color palette of browns, pinks and greens, this canvas would make the perfect gift for Mother's day.

Participants to bring:

1 x 4R size B/w or Sepia tone Photo

Precision cut Scissors

Sanding Block

Adhesive (Liquid and tape. Beacons is recommended)

Inks

Paint brushes

so do go down to Shabby to register and reserve your seat ..

OMG

This do do bird has just realised that actually you peeps have been commenting and need me to okay the comments before publishing .. got me worried that nobody reads my blog anymore :(

and yes Janiah, Plans are finalised and YES I AM GOING TO BRUNEI at the end of april for 2 classes @ shabby chic. it is amazing how much I enjoy going to the sultanate and meeting all my friends there again. I am soooo looking forward to meeting up with the girls .. and of course my lovely "twin" there too .... so girls in brunei .. do sign up for the classes. SEATS ARE VERY LIMITED ...

What else have I been up to recently ? Well I have been pretty busy designing classes not just for brunei but also for Made with Love. Yes, I have a class starting in MAY and of course I am chanelling my inner Tim Holtz to this class .. Amazing end project if I should say so .. so do watch out for it.

In response to recent commentors ..

Mich : Kekeke .. rustic colors hor ..

Teri : Go to Gal .. you are THE artist .. ur work is awesome ..

Piradee : haha ain't that amazing, was just telling aida about that spinner...

Dizzycat : Yes cousin ... your cousin here is at your command .. :P

Okay signing off now .. toodles ..

MWL Overlay Month

This month we were given a clear album with Overlays to work with... It gave me a major headache as to how to work with it but eventually this is the end result. A mini album for my cousin for her wedding. It got pretty easy after the photos went in and i started embellishing ... I really missed those 7G 97% complete stickers ..

TFL!!!