~ On Display: Mye de Leon ~

Some pages done using Mye de Leon kits. Have to say, I was delighted to meet her when I was in Singapore in August. Unfortunately, couldn't chat long as I had to pick up hubby from the airport! 

Here are some pages that I did in the past few months. 

 Supplies:

Mye de Leon: Curiosity

Font: Sue Ellen Francisco & Snap ITC

A page where I met Mye. She's the one in the middle on the top photo.  

Supplies:

Simply Tiffany Studios: I Heart Templates Layered Pack 3

Mye de Leon: Happiness Lies Within

Font: Pea Eshley

 Supplies:

Mye de Leon: The Good Stuff This Week Bundle

Font: Pea Megeletto

Supplies:

Mye de Leon: Felicity

Own stash: buttons, Stickler, brad, beading, damask tape 

Supplies: 

Mye de Leon: Currently 

 Supplies:

Mye de Leon: Everlasting

Font: Gunslinger

Own stash: ribbon, ric rac

Supplies: 
Mye de Leon: Throwback
Font: Beautiful Ruins
Own stash: ribbon

I still do cards and tags but using digital papers and embellishment. If I do use physical stash, they tend to be buttons, lace, ribbons washi tapes etc. TTFN!

~ I'm Still Here...~

Alrite, I just realised I passed September without even blogging! To be honest, after arriving back from Singapore, I started work almost immediately and had to also sort the house out as hubby left it in a right mess! He didn't even help me with the laundry, not even folding his own clothes so I was left with piles and piles of clothes! Took me a few days to sort them out and ironed them. Not to mention getting back to the routine and entering every important dates in my diary! Hence, September passed by like a blur!

Well, I'm more settled now. In fact, the last week saw a surprise purchase of a new car for me by hubby! It started with a leaflet he received in the post about special deals for Kia. So that weekend, we went for a look and he mentioned either an automatic upgrade for the Soul or a Sportage. At that time, we didn't think of even getting a new car... just to look see! Anyway, he was given two quotes to ponder. Then the following week, I received a call asking me what I thought! I told the dealer I've not driven the Sportage so I couldn't comment. So arrangement was made to drive one the next day. I test drive one and actually like the car that I drove in. It had in fact, came in recently, a June-registered car but the sale fell through and therefore it was up for sale but not as a brand new car. The mileage was only 34 mile when I test drove it! Told hubby and brought him to see the car on Saturday. After that, everything happened so fast and the next thing I knew, he had purchased the car after some fierce bargaining!  I was in shock! I certainly did not expect a new car, let alone owning the particular car that I fancied! So last Wednesday, we said goodbye to the Soul (which I still like) that I had for the last 2 years and said hello to the Sportage!

After driving for a week, I have to say I really love this car! Initially I was kinda scared driving such a big car but somehow got used to the 'bigness'! It comes with a lot of gadgets that I wanted but mostly the panoramic sunroof that I craved for! The only thing I missed is the reverse camera that I had in the Soul. This car doesn't have one but it does have a reverse parking sensor (still not the same as a camera). The boot is much bigger than the Soul and therefore can house a dog's cage and still have room for other stuff. I guess that's is one reason why we upgraded the car... to have more room to include not just 2 growing boys but a dog as well! So I wouldn't call it my car (although I use it often) but it will be the family car during the weekends & holidays!

I even did a page on it: 

Supplies:
Traci Reed & Jade Day Studio: Mom's Gonna Snap
Font: Grand Hotel

There are a lot of major changes coming my way in the next few months! Not sure how I feel but I will just adjust as it comes along! One thing for sure... I've to get rid of all my physical scrapping stash! It just needs to go as after 2 and a half years, I've not touch them nor feel inclined to play with them. In fact, I rather play digitally! I derived greater pleasure from it! So my aim is to try and shift a mountain load of scrapping items in the next couple of months! Wish me luck! TTFN!

~ Summer Vacation 2013 Album ~

Why I create another album is beyond comprehension as I can barely catch up on my Project 365. But I felt the need to do a Summer Vacation 2013 Album. Have to say I made it easier by sticking to 1 designer, Anna Aspnes and her products. Made use of her templates and her kits. I kept embellishment to a minimum and focus on photos and journaling. I'm not up to date but I've done at least half the album so far!

Here are some of them... (photo intensive!)

The pages are based on days that I've done something. For days that I didn't, I didn't bother. They are mainly based on the dates, hence they are prominently displayed on each page. It helps when you use a template as I don't have to worry about placement of photos. In fact, my problem is cramming the page with a lot of photos!!!! I've done more pages but they are not in chronological order so once I've catch up on them,  I'll be posting more! 

Have to say, doing it in this artsy style has allowed me to scrap them far quicker than I thought. TTFN!

~ Universal Studios

Our third trip! They closed the double rollercoasters so I asked for a discount as my boys were looking forward to them. We got 10% off once we produced our foreign passports! This time, there were 2 new rides, Sesame Street and Transformers. We enjoyed the Transformer so much that we went on it 4 times! It was amazing! There were quite a lot more tourists this time so there were long queues on some rides. To be honest, we didn't bother and we came back later when the queue weren't that long.

To round off the trip, we managed to get a family portrait taken...

I think this will be our last trip there. I was getting a bit bored this time round! I didn't take as many photos as I should. Probably the next one will be in Florida! TTFN!

~ Sentosa ~

This week, my SIL and her hubby are in Singapore so we played hosts and brought them around. Today we went to Sentosa and had the most amazing time. SIL wanted to try iFly and the last time we were in Singapore, that part of the attraction wasn't ready. I couldn't resist giving it a go and my two boys decided to go for it too. 

First we had a talk by the instructor, showing us some basic sign signals that he would use. Then we were shown the basic limb positions. Once we demonstrated it, we were ready to fly!

All of us were given 45 seconds and we had 2 tries. All I can say is 'Wow'! It was the most amazing experience and quite exhilarating one too! Once you got the hang of it, it was easy. 

Definitely worth trying a second time!

Then we had a go at Segway. Again another fun activity. 

Finally tried the Luge too. We had 5 times on it and by the end, we had enough. All of us were racing with each other and had to avoid the newbies who were rather slow on the track! We even managed to coordinate such that all our photos were taken together (pic coming soon when I have the chance to scan it in).

Fun day, that all I can say! TTFN!

~ Happy Birthday Singapore! ~

It's Singapore 48th birthday today! And today is extra special as my family managed to get tickets to see the National Day Parade. You can't buy these tickets as they are balloted but we were lucky to be selected! 

Happy to sing the national anthem (& I still remember the words!)

All I can say is that it is amazing to be there in person, to witness the Parade and to soak up the atmosphere. Still proud to be a Singaporean and wouldn't change it for anything! TTFN!

~ Scrap Art Studio ~

Is turning 1 today! There is a storewide 40% sale from August 1 through August 5 and there will be daily gifts from the designers, challenges, games and prizes to win!

So do come along and have a play here! TTFN!

~ On Display: Mye de Leon ~

Here are some hybrid and digital projects using Mye de Leon's products. 

Fils

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: About A Boy & Puzzled
Pixel & Company: Mystery Basket Ingredients Round 1
Font: Pea Tung

Remembering Dads

Supplies:
Simply Tiffany Studios: I Heart Templates Linear Set1
Mye de Leon: Puzzled
Font: Titulo & Poplar Std

 Boysies

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: Happiness Lies Within, Crazy And Messy Templates
Font: Pacifico

You Are My Sunshine

Supplies:
Simply Tiffany Studios: Now That's Sweet Templates
Mye de Leon: You Are My Sunshine
Font: Mountains Of Christmas

Butterflies Card

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: Easy Livin
SRM Stickers: sentiment

Father's Day Card

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: My Hero
Own stash: artwork of 'tooned' boys & dog, drawn by cartoonist.

Luggage Labels

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: Hello Summer
Font: Suchet

Rejuvenate Card

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: New England Cottage, Washi Love
Own stash: trim and border tape
Font: Al Highlight

Flower Card

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: Happiness Lies Within
Own stash: border sticker, doily

Who's Special Today Card

Supplies: 
Mye de Leon: A Boy's World, Beautiful Mess: Gesso Newsprint
Font: Hole Hearted
Own stash: trims & ribbon

Postcards

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: Off We Go

Trouble Tag

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: A boy's World
Own stash: glitter, fibre & lace

 Happy Mother's Day Card

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: Dream On
Font: Joe Perry
Own Stash: Doily

 Thank You Card

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: Hello Love
Font: Punk
Tag image: Bugaboo Stamps
Own stash: Fibres and ribbon

4x6 Hybrid LO

4x6 LO
Supplies:
Mye de Leon & Ju Kniepp Designs: It's A Girl Thing

Thank You Tags

Supplies:
Mye de Leon: Hello Love
Mye de Leon & Ju Kniepp Designs: It's A Girl Thing
Font: Punk

Mye's products can be found in Pixels and Company. TTFN!

~ On Display: Traci Reed ~

Here are some pages created using products from Traci Reed Designs. 

Family

Supplies:
Traci Reed: I've Got Sunshine
Font: Larger Mime

Today

Supplies:

Traci Reed: Currently, Ombre Glitter Alphas
Font: Lobster Two

{Us}

Supplies:
Traci Reed & Sugarplum Paperie: The Golden State
Font: Pea Theresa

One Day

Supplies:
Traci Reed & Sugarplum Paperie: The Sunshine State
Font: Pea Teran

What A Day!

Supplies:
Traci Reed & Meghan Mullens: Days Like These
Font: Pea Court

Ensemble

Supplies:
Traci Reed: 365 Unscripted Stitched Grids 2, 365 Unscripted Freestyle Frames, He's Rad, 365 Unscripted Bold Numbered Cards, 
Font: Oregano

Birthday Bowl

Supplies: 
Traci Reed: Alley Cats, Bad Sewing Machine 29 Bursted, Bad Sewing Machine 30 Block It Out, Bad Sewing Machine Randomly Black and White
Fonts: Piedra & MomsDiner

Play All Day

Supplies: 
Traci Reed & Paislee Press: Frolic
Font: Sue Ellen Francisco

This Is What Summer's All About

Supplies:
Traci Reed: 365 Unscripted Summer Lovin' Ellies, 365 Unscripted Summer Lovin' 3x4 Fillers, 35 Unscripted Summer Lovin' 3x4 Journalers, 365 Unscripted Summer Lovin' 4x6 Journalers
Traci Reed & Meghan Mullens: You Should Know - Be Grateful
Font: Pea Jessi

AJ_Listen

Supplies:
Traci Reed & Meghan Mullens: You Should Know - Listen Closely

Really?

Supplies:
Traci Reed & Penny Springmann: I Sea What You Did There
Font: Black Boys On Mopeds

Week No. 16

Supplies:
Traci Reed: 365 Unscripted Oh Snap Ellies, 365 Unscripted Oh Snap 3x4 Fillers, 365 Unscripted Mini Slipins, 10080 Minutes Date Tools
Fonts: PWHandscript & Sidewalk

La Sieta

Supplies:
Traci Reed & Julianna Kniepp: Fuzzy Friends
Font: PWHandscript

Just Get It Done 

Supplies:
Traci Reed & Jenn Barrette: Get Artsy - Get It Together
Font: Sue Ellen Francisco

Traci's products can be found at Sweet Shoppe Designs. TTFN!