tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63904880975145760032024-02-08T13:34:53.515+08:00Enchanted By ScrapsShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-45717879483456990582012-11-10T08:30:00.003+08:002012-11-10T08:33:01.537+08:00My Little House On The Prairie! I made this out of a cereal box of relatively high quality. The roof is a piece of cardboard from the back of the Prima paper set. Enjoy!<br />
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And oh, it has an opening at the top for my mini paper bag album!Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-45774112024280448492012-10-30T17:59:00.000+08:002012-10-30T18:09:50.213+08:00Malaysia LegolandAs promised, I'm gonna post my Legoland trip with information on how to go, when to go and what to do when you go!<br />
It's gonna be a picture laden post so be prepared!<br />
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Right, we decided pretty last minute to go on a school day Monday, on 29th October 2012. It was technically still exam period so I'm hoping the crowds will be less. Brandon was having a short holiday as many of his school mates are away at Suzhou on a school trip.<br />
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Try to wake up a little earlier and start off earlier. We live in the Eastern part of Singapore and it took a longer time for us to get to the Tuas Immigration checkpoint than it was to get to Legoland once at the Malaysian Immigration!! We took nearly 40 minutes to get to Tuas and only around 20 minutes to get to Legoland from Malaysian Immigration. <br />
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Once you've cleared Malaysian Immigration, just drive straight along the highway. The place is still new and there are flags and signboards all along the highway to guide us there! It is almost impossible to get lost!! Just drive straight for around 10 minutes and you'll see the signboard in BROWN showing Legoland. It's at Exit 312 and the directions are super clear! Turn and then follow the curve of the road. Then remember to keep to the right split as the left one just goes right back to Tuas. (Again, read the signboard, it says TUAS) Just go straight along the highway and again, there's super clear and BROWN signboards all along the route which guides you straight there. <br />
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Once there, it does get slightly confusing as there are so many ZONES, CARPARKS, DROP OFFs, etc, it drives you slightly crazy! Just do this : Drive till you see Zon 1, 2, 3. Go look for Zon 3 as the carpark there is the Medini Mall carpark. There are covered walkways leading from the carpark to the mall. It is a fairly long walk there but this way goes through the mall and you get to check out or buy food/drinks if you want. The other carparks are slightly nearer Legoland's entrance but there is nothing to see at all. And after the whole thing is over, you will definately want to eat, drink and rest at a restaurant there. And if your car is parked along the way, you will feel so much better knowing that after dinner, you will not need to detour OUT of the mall and begin the long trek back to the car!<br />
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Ok, now we're in! Yipeee! The thing about Legoland is that it seems to cater more for the age group of 3.5years to about 12years. Even my 11.5year old feels that some of the rides are rather kiddish and that Disneyland and Universal Studios in Singapore are much more thrilling. Today, I had a 4.5year old, a 9year old and a 11.5year old. Of the 3, I think the 9year old enjoyed the most. The rides were not too childish nor too oldish for her. She was a rather petite 9year old and even the rides for the smaller kids were ok for her. She was about 130m in height and that was the "ideal" height for all the rides.<br />
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The number of people there seemed like alot for a Monday school day. As it was, there were school groups there that day and I wanted to groan at the huge number of kids around! There was a large group of really young kindergarten age kids, another of primary age kids and ANOTHER of the 16 year old variety! So many!! <br />
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<strong><u><span style="color: red;">LEGO CITY</span></u></strong><br />
For me, I took made use of some of the trip advisors advice. It was better to go towards the LEGO CITY first if you have younger kids and towards the LEGO TECHNIC if you have older kids. However, at the end of the day, I realized going counter clockwise this way actually saved us a lot of time on the rides! This was because many, and I mean MANY, people who go the route of the LEGO TECHNIC first. So at LEGO CITY, there were less people. As we made our way through the rides at LEGO CITY, I found that the LEGOLAND EXPRESS was a waste of time! Unless there's hardly any queue and you can be sure of getting up the next train, don't bother! We waited 3 rounds and wasted so much time! I regretted that ride and wished I had spent the time queueing for the Boating School instead. And because of my frustration at the long wait, I totally forgot about the Boating School! We missed that! Arghhhh! Actually, other that the LEGOLAND EXPRESS, the rest of the rides had practically no queue or just a short queue! (I believe it's because we took the counter clockwise route instead of the clockwise route) The rest of the attractions were fun and all of us enjoyed it throughly. Here's some pics!<br />
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This is the Driving School for both the older ones and the junior ones. They are seperate as the older ones get to drive slightly faster, longer and more sophisticated cars. And they get a license too! (RM$25 extra for the license)<br />
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Love this pic of the three Do-Re-Mi!<br />
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This is the Rescue Accademy and it's a family fun kind of thing! Pump the truck to make it move and then hope down and pump the water to make it spray water and put out the fire! Haha! Kinky fun!<br />
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Here's the LEGO City Airport ride. Thrilling for a 4 year old. But the older ones still climbed in for some fun!<br />
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We then went onto the LEGOLAND EXPRESS which I already advised not to take if there is a long queue. Wasted my Boating School time. Sigh... Oh well!</div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: red;">LAND OF ADVENTURE</span></u></strong><br />
Next is Adventure Land!! Yipee! My next piece of advice for this is not to go for the Dino Island (log ride) first. It is a "splash until you wet wet" type of ride. Leave that for the last, like we did, and all the crowds were thinning. Can you believe the two bigger ones went on that ride like SEVEN TIMES????!!! At 6pm, closing time, I had to pry them off the ride and get out and change. I paid like RM$5 for the body dryer (like hair dryer except bigger) and they were still not fully dry. Try the Lost Kingdom Adventure first as that ride moves super fast and no matter how long the queue is, it still takes a fairly short wait. We had no queue the first round and decided to hop on for the 2nd round. There was a queue the 2nd round but still very fast. Then it was off to the Beetle Bounce. Nothing fantastic for the older kids, quite thrilling for the young ones though. Then there was Pharaoh's Revenge which was really just a bouncing, shooting ball type of play area. One thing I like about Legoland is that they have a huge playarea at every theme. Very good for the parents to rest and for the kids to run safe and wild at the area. It is sheltered and there are many seats (off peak periods).<br />
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Lost Kingdom adventure queue the second time around. However, I suspect on peak times, this will be considered a SHORT queue. That day, we considered this long. Haha!<br />
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The very silly Beetle Bounce! Look at the bored expression of the oldest one!!<br />
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This is the Pharaoh's Revenge. Another cooling place for the poor parents! It's very near the food area, so the males went to stuff themselves (all like dying of hunger like that!) and the females wanted to play and food was secondary (the oldest female decided it was a good chance to go on a diet and did not eat either!)<br />
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The Dino Island ride that they did at the end of the day. Which they managed to go on for SEVEN TIMES because there was practically nobody there!!<br />
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<strong><u><span style="color: red;">IMAGINATION</span></u></strong><br />
The littlest one was wilting by this time. The temperature shot up to the high 30s and seemed to keep going up that day. Please please please remember to use sunblock ya and bring along a sunblock spray. I put sunblock on everyone in the car and brought along a small bottle of sunblock spray. Umbrella is an absolute must as the sun can literally kill you! Plus, since we're in the tropical climate, it can rain at any old time! If it's a long thunderstorm, everything will cool down once the rain stops. However, if you get those types of rain that comes for 10-15 minutes, then the humidity that follows will simply suck your breath away! I guess we were lucky in that the first half of the day was hot like h**l and the second half, when we were all fainting, was cooled down in a quick thunderstorm that did alot to cool the whole place down. <br />
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Imagination was touted to be the best of all for learning and creativity. My experience did not quite bear that out. The Build and Test area was boring and the staff would rather talk to each other than to you. Plus, the place was messy and there did not seem to be any logic to how to "Build and Test" anything. We walked in and tried to play with the bricks but didn't get anywhere. All were bored and we left after 3 minutes. <br />
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The Observation Tower was amazing though. Again no queue and we went up very quickly. All round 360deg view of the surrounding areas and the park itself. The air conditioning was amazing and the ride was so fun! It's somewhat similar to the Tiger Tower in Sentosa. Then there was the DUPLO Playtown which again is a huge play area for the kids and a rest area for the parents. Lots of seating areas and lots of playing fun for the younger ones. Very very safe area. I let my 4 year old run free and I just sat at a bench panting away! Haha! She went up and down the DUPLO Express and up and down the little houses and farms and zoos. Really cool place! The Kid Power Tower was rather ridiculous and we skipped that intentionally. What we didn't skip intentionally (but still skipped) was the LEGO Studios, the 4D show. I feel like slapping myself for not insisting we queue for the show. In the end, when we did the park the second round, the show had already closed for the day. The last show was at 5pm. Please remember to queue for the show no matter how long!<br />
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The very pretty entrance to the next theme, Imagination.<br />
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The Observation Tower ride that had all of us ooooing and ahhhing!<br />
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<strong><u><span style="color: red;">LEGO KINGDOMS</span></u></strong><br />
I have to admit that the Lego Kingdom had my vote for best rides, best Lego designed buildings and attractions. Somehow, I love the Lego Kingdom. That may be a throwback to my days of all things princess and castles and dreamy, handsome knights! LOL! This place has the really gorgeous castle housing The Dragon ride. It was one of 3 thrilling rides. Even though I could not work up the nerves to go in with the older 2 kids, I still love this place. And the screams coming from the rides didn't detract from the quaintness of the place! I just need to stress that those of you who have been to Disneyland, Universal Studios, Disneysea, etc, please leave all your pre-conceived ideas of what a theme park should be like and just enjoy the beauty of all things Lego. It is really amazing that the builders and designers of Lego can build so many unique and fun and sturdy stuff with just Lego bricks. Mind boggling really.<br />
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The Dragon and The Dragon's Apprentice are roller coaster rides and as the name suggests, The Apprentice is a miniature version of The Dragon and pretty suitable for 4 year olds who are tall. The two older fellows rode like 4 times on The Dragon and poohed poohed The Apprentice. So the little one went on The Apprentice and was happy!<br />
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Merlin's Challenge seemed like a rather tame ride at first until it started spinning like mad! Not only does it spin really fast, it even goes up and down and up and down and.... You get the picture huh! After FIVE consecutive crazy spinning, (the 4 year old insisted she wanted more!) I waved the white flag and put my foot down. Said I will vomit all over her if she made me do the ride one more time. So I guess she did have enough when she gave in willingly! <br />
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Faintly nauseous (me only la!), we walked over to the Joust area. This was purely a little kid's ride. Rocking horsey going round a track. And they get to do it alone! I think that was what she liked best. The alone part made her feel more grown up and she insisted on doing it 2 more times. Luckily Daddy came along and I told him that I needed to sit down and calm my spinning head and heaving tummy!<br />
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Lego technic as its name suggest, is all things technical and futuristic. The very deceptively named TECHNIC Twister is just a spinning cup. Lego's version of Alice in Wonderland's cup spinners. Spinning again?! I just had to groan out loud! We went on that 4 times. 3 times with the two older ones and once with just me and little girl. I cannot understand why kids do not get dizzy. Is it a side effect of growing old?? Urghhh!! After stumbling out the 4th time, I had to go sit down and drink something. Preferably something alcoholic. Unfortuately, this wasn't Club 21 so I had to settle for coke without the bourbon. Duh......... <br />
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And the best thing about doing the counter clockwise route? There was hardly anyone at the Project X! The older two went once before it started to drizzle. I stopped them going again. Instead, we went on the AQUAZONE Wave Racers. Since it was drizzling, might as well get wetter right?! Right?! Queued for 3 rounds of the ride before it was our turn. I wonder how they manage to clear the crowds on weekends?! So slooooooow!! It was super fun! Wet and cool, it made us feel so much better after the ride. Even though it was another spinning thingy!! <br />
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The rain was pretty heavy for all of 15 minutes. Since it was already heading towards evening and the sky was slightly overcast, it was neither hot nor humid. Lucky us. After the 30minute break, they seemed to have found reserves of energy and sped off to do Project X again! Let the small one play on the playground till they came back. <br />
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This is one cool Octopus manz!!<br />
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<strong><u><span style="color: red;">MINILAND</span></u></strong><br />
After all the Lego overload, Miniland didn't seem quite as amazing as it would have been if we did this first. But all the trip advisors said that this should be done later when it was not as hot. Around 4 plus 5pm. I actually agree with that except that it made us jaded. Too much rides and too many amazing Lego constructions around to make the Miniland stand out. <br />
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Still, you MUST go look. The following pictures say it all!<br />
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This one here is my favourite, hence the enlarged size! Haha!<br />
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Okie, I'm done here. Exhausted and in pain (unused muscles), we nevertheless had a great day out! The kids had a memorable day and we spent only about SGD$100 per kid. That includes entrance fee, food, drinks, photos and dinner.<br />
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Oh ya, do have dinner at the restaurants at the Mall of Medini. There are many restaurants and they serve really cheap and good food. We ate at the Manhatten Fish Market and for 2 hungry adults, 3 starving kids, we spent only RM$115. We had some sweet drinks after dinner for the bottomless kids and I got a huge bottle of mineral water to wash out the sticky sweetness. RM$3.10 (1L) when you get it outside Legoland.<br />
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If you have any questions or queries, just feel free to leave a comment and I will get back ASAP!<br />
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Hello again! Here's another edition from my album crazed period! Hee hee!</div>
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This is an album made entirely from paper bags. Yup, paper bags! Interesting huh?! I first saw this lady on YouTube doing this. I think its luvleescrappin. Anyway, if you cannot find it, just type in paper bag albums and there will be a whole lot of videos! (However, there are a few crappy ones you have to sift through first before you can find the nice ones!)</div>
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Ok, here's the cover. Nothing to it really. Especially to those of you experienced scrappers. The interesting parts come when you see the binding and the way the paper bag can fold in and out to reveal hidden parts!</div>
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When the album opens up, there will be pockets to hold extra photo mats or tags or whatever you wish to put in. <br />
Ok, let's see if I can put it into words!<br />
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Step 1 : Get paper bags that have a "base". Don't get the flat ones that cannot open up at the base. <br />
Step 2 : Open the bags up fully. The sides are all pushed out and pressed out. That way you get the flap that you see right below here! This page flips DOWN.<br />
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Step 3 : Since the bag will open up to have both right and left flaps, the other flap is folded to the BACK of the page, shown below here (Left side of album). This page here will flip UP.<br />
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Step 4 : Repeat this with every page and you can have as many pages as you have paper bags!<br />
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Step 5 : What you see here are 6 paper bags worth. <br />
Step 7 : Remember that the paper bags have a base? Well that base is also pushed out backwards and that will be your binding.<br />
Step 7 : Join all the back flaps together and you will get your completed album!<br />
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You don't even need to decorate every page before you glue. Just get your paper bags together and you can take your time to decorate the pages!<br />
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Here's the binding. I didn't quite like the paper back showing so I used packing tape to tape the ends so the paper bags cannot be seen. If you are neat and can get the pages well lined up, then you can afford to let the bindings be seen. I kinda misaligned a few pages and I gave up trying to make it look nice!<br />
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PS : I used carton boxes for the cover to make it look sturdier. You can try cardboard, chipboard or even canvas cover! Get your canvas covers from Daiso!Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-1135420887108217082012-10-14T08:13:00.000+08:002012-10-14T08:13:08.878+08:00Mixed typed albumThere was a time when I was so fascinated with albums that had different types of pages, different size for each page and different materials for each page. And then I was also crazy about hand sewn albums. So here I have a pretty basic sewn album with all the yummlicious pages! The papers are mostly from K&Company's old line of flowery (can't remember the name!) papers.<br />
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Notice all the washi tape around the album? Yup, me love 'em too!! Not only does it "beautify" the book, it serves as a fantastic cover up for those raw edges and join lines!<br />
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I've also got plenty of tags, kraft paper bags, white paper bags, cardstock, vellum in the album to create the feeling of variety and texture. I love the various layers, sizes and feel of the different types of materials. It's still empty. Waiting for me to fill it with love! That's it for today! Enjoy!<br />
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Cheers <br />
ShirleyShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-91661258729007118862012-10-12T16:06:00.001+08:002012-10-12T16:09:13.920+08:00Zutter Travel AlbumAnd I thought mine was a lonely blog! Thanks, Shu Ying, for the support!<br />
Here's a cool "Zuttered" Travel Album that has all the different sizes, different types of materials (paper, envelopes, vellum, hambly plastic, chipboards,etc), different ways of doing up the pages (like making pockets, tags, etc)<br />
Have fun viewing!<br />
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If you have lots of papers and embellishments and what have you (like me!!), then making albums after albums is the best way to use up those papers and accumulated "treasures"!<br />
Can you see the vellum envelope that has designs peeking out? Well, that envelope was bought at PRINTS a gazillion years ago! Finally used it. And coloured envelopes make the best hiding places for keepsakes, tickets, maps, etc. Cool huh!<br />
And you can even make your own pockets from the patterned papers so that everything co-ordinates just right!<br />
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Cheers<br />
Shirley<br />
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PS : Will update with even more album pics and simple instructions on how to do it. It's really simple!Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-18659764588714674842012-10-04T18:22:00.004+08:002012-10-04T18:22:39.338+08:00It' been a REALLLLLLY long time!I don't think my blog gets read anymore! Hahaha! It's ok, I think. I'll just ramble on and post my art work here more often then!<br />
My recent craze has been researching Taiwan. We're going from end November to December. Just a short 8D7N trip. But the research kinda got outta hand and I've read and reread everything about the northern part of Taiwan until my eyes and ears are bleeding from it! Hahaha!<br />
I've just gotta figure out how to use this new blogger feature to post pics. Coz I've definately got plenty of pics to post!<br />
Ciao and I'll be back with more pics and then hopefully more readers!Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-36282809047847706822011-03-11T10:09:00.003+08:002011-03-11T10:26:05.420+08:00What up?!I just love this photos of Brianna. She's only 2half and she poses like a pro! I don't really like taking photos of myself alot and I have no idea where she learns all this posing things. From the tv programs she watches I think. So here's one with a "Smile for Me!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLjYUuvB7MXvCVoFjRgquleyaj2hN-y00IKQrr53QLFFBw8BhmTtC933kEDkgaDEBB2fknfL9uFyQdJRuorO9INZT2K5QcL5jRhz0CL9FYmURtXRdytUm2pdTHiSiZZ3aHpmCJN9sCLpq/s1600/IMG_6125.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 391px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582640474408152306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLjYUuvB7MXvCVoFjRgquleyaj2hN-y00IKQrr53QLFFBw8BhmTtC933kEDkgaDEBB2fknfL9uFyQdJRuorO9INZT2K5QcL5jRhz0CL9FYmURtXRdytUm2pdTHiSiZZ3aHpmCJN9sCLpq/s400/IMG_6125.jpg" /></a> This one here is a little sneak of a private class that I'll be teaching end of April. Any of you interested in a private class for yourself and friends, your company, do feel free to come on down to Laines and ask for more info. The classes can be tailored for your preference and we will come down to your prefered place at no extra cost for manpower! Good deal huh?!<br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582640450006174658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOesdPuqUCHC-wm1-21m9KXesQnFL05o8hu_EkUgv-txv9aQHg2yhC1o7EWgoj7RXgrdftA_2YPDtVXPH8u3uuJSbc_lFdtRFonMBIwQKF9F82GIRDIFrWRCjLuh0XKdW_xsz8JURCcJ_L/s400/DSCF5166.jpg" /></div><div>Am I playing with my phone too much?! What's up?!? Heeheehee! Okie, here's what I've been up to recently. There's this really lovely Melissa Frances album that I'm doing for a kit for sale at Laines. It works this way. I create the album, pack a kit full of goodies that will go into the making of this album and sell it for this really fantastic price! Good deal right?! Hey! I seem to be making alot of good deals recently! Hahaha! Enjoy!</div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582640447219197234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrQazhRwP9mGyCTZL0BSoRMRAA2Bx1eL3L_o6C5XgPvwKr5GF8L5yEgYeVQOmXTltdK9kouoVJT4jnypWLATbZmPxrHgR4ZtOpKmzF4gcWvjMWn_rd6m5cEK7a28NwmmhUGC3-uh7w94n/s400/DSCF5176.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiagRdFw5eU8O9cHqrjzY-L8IxXI7ESYgRfjZtCpeXPBerXDoxIvE3fpCUfFY5kuM2RfQhOqEmTtQ6I6ZGCbNtkH1eako9fg81QSLopK5s77Y67KZJyfKUf47RS_vjerkSTiL8ytMg4HnH/s1600/DSCF5170.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582640459940028722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiagRdFw5eU8O9cHqrjzY-L8IxXI7ESYgRfjZtCpeXPBerXDoxIvE3fpCUfFY5kuM2RfQhOqEmTtQ6I6ZGCbNtkH1eako9fg81QSLopK5s77Y67KZJyfKUf47RS_vjerkSTiL8ytMg4HnH/s400/DSCF5170.jpg" /></a> <div>Even the inside of the albums are decorated! There are enough goodies in the pack for you to do this too! Especially if you need a project urgently and you don't have enough time to do it! Like for a special anniversary, Mother's Day, etc. This is something that can be completed in a snap! You can take pics too if you buy the kit!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrQazhRwP9mGyCTZL0BSoRMRAA2Bx1eL3L_o6C5XgPvwKr5GF8L5yEgYeVQOmXTltdK9kouoVJT4jnypWLATbZmPxrHgR4ZtOpKmzF4gcWvjMWn_rd6m5cEK7a28NwmmhUGC3-uh7w94n/s1600/DSCF5176.jpg"></a> </div></div></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-43766144979182134352011-02-17T09:05:00.004+08:002011-02-17T09:27:46.170+08:00A little something using MMEPromised a blog post on MME and new CHA stuff. I actually got off my lazy butt and came up with a layout!! (Okok, that's coz MME had this competition and promised 3 complete sets of their newest line helped moved that butt!!)<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 399px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574459037563944866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiet8pKFVquqUkhvwIGyWBxrBc_XfKsAfA1pD6ATIuGsPl1gX_mXJitJfMdEaA3iaY8LnWPu6l0K7BhLFe9LCqdjkspik3jsgXx2z-O0nsWP1JM6hduJm4CVJjndj3KAnS-8n2dS-ZzbPbT/s400/IMG_6079.jpg" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWZ1ZsmvyxC18zwTPPjmB3Vw3RnAfQ9Ux3wyQic1FMxsnPCnvl-AUKFeMdfNn7lgHqoN5H-5Y8a3sfKzBIDXpmQIYEt_Czh6qjT5i44egRJn-PJaa_2qHZhIE2RPst_JFiKAmwPABipyh/s1600/IMG_6119.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574459046870691906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWZ1ZsmvyxC18zwTPPjmB3Vw3RnAfQ9Ux3wyQic1FMxsnPCnvl-AUKFeMdfNn7lgHqoN5H-5Y8a3sfKzBIDXpmQIYEt_Czh6qjT5i44egRJn-PJaa_2qHZhIE2RPst_JFiKAmwPABipyh/s400/IMG_6119.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rVT3EEAYELtCrSfdUj904l6WfDM1q5nCK3DesAe3YVRbdQdbbvIUw8c0OFRsrFn1O6rNmOAWudNNkBRDUnyBcd77TX1SSVluk2ypIcJR4p5kBEYft8zUR-jlaJihNIwxHV_O-mPqhlkU/s1600/IMG_6117.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574459040809081154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rVT3EEAYELtCrSfdUj904l6WfDM1q5nCK3DesAe3YVRbdQdbbvIUw8c0OFRsrFn1O6rNmOAWudNNkBRDUnyBcd77TX1SSVluk2ypIcJR4p5kBEYft8zUR-jlaJihNIwxHV_O-mPqhlkU/s400/IMG_6117.jpg" /></a> </div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-45135710193874278462011-02-10T07:36:00.005+08:002011-02-10T07:47:24.136+08:00CHA Goodies!I know I know! Not supposed to tempt anyone anymore right?! But I really am so happy with what I've been given that I really cannot resist it anymore! Check out the sneekies!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571839326503658578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOah6jTMRgeJE_1U7vlMOjNG2tvqnO2JiKvqyJwGzDAQwJ1JfolJ70awE7wNJxxGRLk68oFB9mHveTigSh9_x3ewhEagQJ1yapMAExQJu2qUwbX-naZNiE44FMMhN1MnpDCHEvmOxCNheV/s400/DSCF5059.jpg" />These MME stuff are just gorgeous! I have always loved MME's papers and bellies. I am still hoarding their things from like 3 years ago!<br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571838705547271826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjRv-SMuGgf7R_1ZEBUDhn8qi2s3-XPOfXW4vfubYCGLttubMmyHhYb3uKaWjvvqL9XxOjl6j4p8FUllbUdFlYQ1RehJ4wZZZUlWwZplGrFJ2jkWA9FipdAetMAiS5TYilo1G9NoLymPQ/s400/DSCF5063.jpg" /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571838716304296162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBH1yvAAfU7x4mC7joAGKZX36hdz04VlBGf72ueHnXQz1EJWh0yj7hmYwz1LF9eghhbHXeLoOJakvAQB0PbIAZzXrsoi-STwB5G_pdXO5Wrg72v95omPBYJL2bBm6YToDWLLixTZu6luHN/s400/DSCF5065.jpg" />Glitz has some really nice stickers and even though the colours are not some of my favourite (too bright pink liao!) they are still lovely for making cards and layouts for little girls!<br />There's actually more stuff in my pack but my camera died out on me coz I didnt charge it for 2 weeks! So there! I'll post up more stuff once I get the camera charged and by then, I may have come up with a layout and some cards too! (not likely but I'll try hard!)</p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-22299716297713540302011-01-28T11:04:00.003+08:002011-01-28T11:39:39.345+08:00My loot from Australia!This post is waaaay overdue! I finally told myself that I MUST take pics and post this. I'm more restrained this time around. I decided that I would only buy stuff that I cannot get in SG and not stuff that I imagine is cheaper! Hahahaha!<br />This pack of flowers were not even bought at a scrapbook store! I was in this bargain place called Red Dot when I picked this up.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCgP1gE0dgbXdArmkwMvI49aCuezUbLpp0zGQM8VJAMX-eowGT9xc7dvUvBwxIHW7Ufjh53vj72Ttk8bq3ldfUR4GrPutIOPDyJmyRKyMi6seO-lczXuCNN1YSvnTfNKORQS74wvJiGy2/s1600/DSCF5029.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567068332123828258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCgP1gE0dgbXdArmkwMvI49aCuezUbLpp0zGQM8VJAMX-eowGT9xc7dvUvBwxIHW7Ufjh53vj72Ttk8bq3ldfUR4GrPutIOPDyJmyRKyMi6seO-lczXuCNN1YSvnTfNKORQS74wvJiGy2/s400/DSCF5029.jpg" /></a> Even though I never wanted to get papers, I could not resist these Kaiser papers and this exclusive Australian brand from Woolworths.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AzxKTb1N-_Me3vdpNDmjNe6_Vp7qSxzeJbZj5XcL2xhUorLdHupSHXO0P0aK9vMbklB-HN33Ck6SgHufq1_bZHGvTs44ut_Vi1vlrc46nouPTS_sk68-CDbr1_-WU-mUHvX194bspfyp/s1600/DSCF5028.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567068323082343266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AzxKTb1N-_Me3vdpNDmjNe6_Vp7qSxzeJbZj5XcL2xhUorLdHupSHXO0P0aK9vMbklB-HN33Ck6SgHufq1_bZHGvTs44ut_Vi1vlrc46nouPTS_sk68-CDbr1_-WU-mUHvX194bspfyp/s400/DSCF5028.jpg" /></a> Stamps are one of my weakness and these were cheap and cannot be found in SG.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChtHIy2DyT2nL5Y1qyuutu7qzQMkwTYmNiyg88GovgWnzOv138SG8GkRob5NgaDmHz387FsHWTftSwr4mmjNCWdRGSWIXQNyx5scQUlHFkSgTlEZe6EkiZnbbls-slTP2nSUgc9900-2D/s1600/DSCF5027.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567068315004261666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChtHIy2DyT2nL5Y1qyuutu7qzQMkwTYmNiyg88GovgWnzOv138SG8GkRob5NgaDmHz387FsHWTftSwr4mmjNCWdRGSWIXQNyx5scQUlHFkSgTlEZe6EkiZnbbls-slTP2nSUgc9900-2D/s400/DSCF5027.jpg" /></a> This whole stack of mags were cheap cheap cheap!! They were all 3 @ $9.95AUD! But unfortunately, some of the mags were duplicated. I decided to give them away as pressies from my Aussie trip!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDLvUTDMi1kZM1ODdCjgg7MAQ_S4yD5dk0PHMo1zS6HOVdiZa1g47effCvVeB_A0f_dX5eSlexF2HmspP6VjxBF0Ye5JcPPtZXeVjJ1A7YYOygxGU3BuDcUGgy2iVyhXISR1yxOItLv7Y/s1600/DSCF5025.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567068311850492642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDLvUTDMi1kZM1ODdCjgg7MAQ_S4yD5dk0PHMo1zS6HOVdiZa1g47effCvVeB_A0f_dX5eSlexF2HmspP6VjxBF0Ye5JcPPtZXeVjJ1A7YYOygxGU3BuDcUGgy2iVyhXISR1yxOItLv7Y/s400/DSCF5025.jpg" /></a> Albums are always super cheap there! I bought 3 albums at only about $9AUD each! And check out the wooden 12x12 multi frame display by Kaiser! It wasn't very cheap but I can never find this type of thing here! Yeah!! I love that frame and I'm really glad it didn't break in my luggage! In fact, nothing broke, only a bar of chocolates!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciA0rnbqSWdEfWWhYEHr-3eBgOufsFEhZ0XQxjKQCEM1Y5abVMKXq4klAToIS7fSeffRZDBOV0sJq2OTXtfy6ia5KtR4lV3P9FclmgAUYjqSsWjINbyUWU8WlrvyIBlB4nqaxuMDPSQpO/s1600/DSCF5024.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567068306611704098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciA0rnbqSWdEfWWhYEHr-3eBgOufsFEhZ0XQxjKQCEM1Y5abVMKXq4klAToIS7fSeffRZDBOV0sJq2OTXtfy6ia5KtR4lV3P9FclmgAUYjqSsWjINbyUWU8WlrvyIBlB4nqaxuMDPSQpO/s400/DSCF5024.jpg" /></a> So here's the sum of my loot and I promise that I didn't leave anything out!</div></div></div></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-83017546255211751672011-01-26T08:45:00.004+08:002011-01-26T09:14:38.547+08:00Life goes on... Much faster!!<div><div>Sigh... I'm back from dream holiday... Even though I was throughly convinced by this trip that I'm a born and bred city gal, I still miss Perth and it's serenity and utterly slow pace of life. I would love to holiday there once in a while for a week or so... but I now know that I'll never be able to live there or anywhere too quiet long term. (Which was once my dream. Not Perth, but maybe somewhere nice and quiet)<br />I don't like the fact that I've gotta drive 10mins to get food. Or that all shopping malls close at 5pm even in summer. Or that there's utterly no one around you. Or that every morning, there's the sound of birds chirping instead of cars rumbling.<br />I love the city and I love Singapore. Yes, it's so crowded here. There's always people and they are mostly annoying. But Singapore has LIFE!! Perth seems sleepy and kinda... errrr... dead... The people here rush everywhere and I've gotten used to the rushing. When not rushing in Perth, it felt odd and I was quite discomfitted by it. Even the CBD area in Perth felt relaxing, like one of our more sleepy suburb area like maybe Ponggol. The whole of Western Australia is larger than the whole of Western Europe but it has only 2million people!!! Singapore can fit into one of their lakes and we have 4.5million people!! I know I said this before but I'm totally amazed by this! How I wish it were the other way around!</div><div>This is a typical busy busy day at the Fremantle Market. It will barely clasify as traffic in Singapore.</div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566295246132008530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNO2RfCWV536I6qqFc_UyC_LUumrpVrkYCmbJsl8SjTKDjISoWGUkOb17c2iMPTiu2macc_0lR3xYdrzvzYhetKu4LCzs7cdESYM2G1bfoPIGg7gPvMWdD8gE3-_5fN2rypqh-2DYERRd/s400/IMG_5841A.jpg" /></div><div>This is how crowded the beaches will get in summer! This is considered very very crowded by the locals! I can't imagine how the Aussies feel when they come here and see the horrendous crowds on weekends!!</div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566295246838228130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4m_-unQSuwfPqdVCqsnGdyf-jJTw5tlAY2NTJvAgqAySBuMiNw3qbodNCzVCuqzP1ehlrqM4nmd5NSq5Wi4AEfTKPMtQF2FY3XDD3nBiUB7QkxnsiVG4Ab8h4CqQ9Tmer4Tyw4W5qHZG/s400/IMG_5623A.jpg" /></div></div><br />I tried to find more pics of "crowded" places in Perth. I realized that only a couple had more than 20 people in it and our small family of 6 filled up most of the pics!!Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-45853771061784419812011-01-22T06:19:00.004+08:002011-01-22T06:38:34.715+08:00Hey! Here's some pics!<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#330033;">Font View of the House</span></strong></div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564769415536750434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BCU7bnlOqQORfeHgwN8NP7RVPb3CRMuF_oHzP5Xo7DmIO8TeK2wd9Y7dbJGzXL4Y5teotuNy1igwdMS1eDIeqqZGl-v_fNarzKwST-qKdR2PfUjtvPHY2SrpW2T18IG5tWFFPJOcZigy/s400/IMG_5257_resize50percent.jpg" /><br />I'm not quite sure if this is considered the front or back view of the house! The car is parked at the front door though and when we walk around back, this was what we saw! Amazing right??!! We absolutely love this place! The bungalow is huge, kitchen well equipped, rooms clean, toilets large.... Wow is all I can say!!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564769433945664994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONA4pGfskIN_vZEcmN9JT46TUYlKukNvTaipNQEQbrRwycCF0z8priZGNUiYAcg0iNDpE6vT4mfY79Xuh3lZFzyab7dGNdNBE9cOedQGXE6DmSvH_2lN0_e-O-gsbSXUrT6H2QtXYfLq2/s400/IMG_5451_resize50percent.jpg" />This is what happens every morning. The sprinkler switches on at 5am every morning and waters the grass around the greens. This light here is 5.45am! I can't really sleep and I wake up promptly at 5.30am every day! I'm getting a bit tired already!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564769424148250802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheb5EnNZZJ3yCqSS_tS6vlEl_z-GxThyJXCbhhWeXnrxKPBvfRFWpX-x2kAbe-ro7RO2FGlt23Lb1uDQb1HM0wDfwamWChARwdycdSofpuLUHCLRCYtQ8eUYT-KvVaGFmARWBC2yHRSjjJ/s400/IMG_5259_resize50percent.jpg" />Here's the rest of what the neighbourhood looks like!<br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTK4dpyJu0XcqETq2gqaPIncZuq94Vkmog0Sb1S88YqBjzZXoW4h4w4MZz1LOoBZ4yWixFT5nUOa1kmJti053QLZjKBCccTup6pye_ZZlimIdawie2u_ulEHW6-eRyeT6ThRAQMZNCeIw7/s1600/IMG_5253_resize50percent.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564769428178762882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTK4dpyJu0XcqETq2gqaPIncZuq94Vkmog0Sb1S88YqBjzZXoW4h4w4MZz1LOoBZ4yWixFT5nUOa1kmJti053QLZjKBCccTup6pye_ZZlimIdawie2u_ulEHW6-eRyeT6ThRAQMZNCeIw7/s400/IMG_5253_resize50percent.jpg" /></a> Everyone needs food ya! There is a huge shopping mall nearby and best of all?? There are TWO! Not one, TWO scrapbook shops nearby!! Yipeeeeeee!<br /><div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZP-t7-fBIszeUzmrS9V3Ubk1Uo7qBTA-sbhYviGxnC-QdMlv89gqag4-eNSjYxPJ-8GURcvLR-1lvRmbuHcYHuCgd-qHiAdKIZ6E3mq63DMucMpQoAofnjIZrMVLGCD_BRh8b4furtVe/s1600/IMG_5248_resize50percent.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564769404029514466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZP-t7-fBIszeUzmrS9V3Ubk1Uo7qBTA-sbhYviGxnC-QdMlv89gqag4-eNSjYxPJ-8GURcvLR-1lvRmbuHcYHuCgd-qHiAdKIZ6E3mq63DMucMpQoAofnjIZrMVLGCD_BRh8b4furtVe/s400/IMG_5248_resize50percent.jpg" /></a> The two kiddies playing on the XBox. Yup! There're plenty of games too! <div></div></div></div></div></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-17957684941273275932011-01-21T06:28:00.003+08:002011-01-21T07:07:57.065+08:00Perth is really beautiful!I have been to Australia quite a number of times, but never thought of Perth till now. My brother rented a huge bungalow and invited us along. Naturally, we thought that was a good deal coz we were saving alot on accommodation.<br />"But.... Perth???!!! That's a really boring place!!"<br />However, we still thought that we should just go along because of the free accommodation.....<br />Today.... our 5th day in Perth......<br />I am utterly bowled over by the serenity and stark beauty of the place. Western Australia is larger that the whole of Western Europe and yet there are only 2 million people living here! Amazing ain't it?! There's 4 million people in Singapore and we fit just nicely into one of their lakes here!! Oh gosh! Even on days that are supposedly "crowded", to us, it seems like a nice stroll through Singapore malls on a really super quiet weekday morning! The only gripe I have is that the shops close really early even in summer.<br />The sun here is super duper HOT! Humidity is so low here that it's not uncomfortable. But the sun is so hot that the moment you are in it, you start to burn! However, the interesting thing is that the moment you find shade, the wind that blows is actually cooling! Unlike in SG, the weather is hot, sticky, humid and the wind is hot, sticky and humid too! Morning and evening gets quite cold. About 18 to 20 deg cel.<br />There are actually quite alot of things to do here. We have been to the beautiful and famed Swan Valley (I always want to say Swan Lake!!) and had chocolates, nuts, wine and bought the whole works too!! There's the Caversham Wildlife park where the kids ran wild and petted kangaroos, koalas, ducks (yes ducks too!), fed them and chased them all over the place! They watched the mandatory sheep shearing show and watched the dogs herd sheep. They even fed bottles of milk to newborn lamb! (Silly little things!) Brandon milked the cow and fed the donkey and llama and declared that they felt soft and had no teeth!! (They have! They just used their lips to pick the food and not their teeth!)<br />Then we went to Hillary's boat harbour and visited the famed (AGAIN!) AQWA aquarium. It was comparable to the one in SG, Sentosa. In fact, I think we had more fun here coz it was super interactive and there were outdoor and indoor exhibits. The undersea creatures were quite different from those that are in Underwater World in Sentosa. We saw creatures unique to the Australian sealife. Brandon was fascinated and Brianna was, for once, stunned to silence. She was so excited about all the exhibits and wanted to touch everything and anything! After that wonderful experience, we went to Adventure Park and let Brandon bounce on a huge trampoline for 20 over minutes!! His thigh was so sore that he could not walk the next day! Hahahaha!<br />We have also been to MacNuts Australia and Milbrooks Winery in Rockingham. MacNuts was where we all went NUTS!! Literally! My sister in law went nuts and bought $300 plus AUD in Maccadamia nuts! I was saner and grabbed only a modest $150AUD. Hee hee hee! Then, we proceeded to this beautiful winery cally Millbrooks Winery. It was the most gorgeous place! The surrounding was peaceful, the vineyard was lovely, the lake was crystal... What more? One thing spoilt our experience though. The staff there was not very friendly and they didn't bother to entertain us. They gave the other Australians (or other ang mos) free wine and friendly service but ignored us totally! So we ignored them too and took lots of pictures, used their toilets and left without spending a single cent! Hahahaha!<br />Then there was Mandurah where the rich lived! We took a ferry ride, ostensiously to watch dolphins. But it turned out to be a trip to see how the rich lived by the lake/riverway/water/sea. There were hundreds of gorgeous homes built by the lake/riverway/water/sea and they all faced the water. It was mouthwatering to see but impossible to afford. There was even a Singaporean couple who have a holiday home there and the pilot pointed it out to us! After the ride, we walked along the broadwalk and watched the seagulls and ducks. The wind that blew in was cold and we were all shivering even though the sun was beating down relentlessly. It was so confusing for our bodies that we finally decided the shopping strip was more suitable for our city adapted bodies and mind.<br />We have yet to visit all the other places we have planned. We are planning to go Fremantle to see the markets, prision. We want to go Scarbourough to walk along the beach and eat ice lollies. There's also Rottnest Island where the wild creatures there roam free. And not forgetting the big Perth city center where shopping and dining abounds!<br />Well, that's the gist of the first 4 days of our Perth trip. There'll be more to come!<br />Hey hey! Not forgetting that there are countless scrapbook shops here and their shopping malls like Target and Kmart have scrapbook stuff too! I have already bought so many clear stamps and punches I'm not sure how to bring it back! Some things are cheaper here and some things are unique only to Australia. I tell myself not to be greedy and buy only stuff that's available only here in Australia......................... Urghhhh! The mind is willing................... But the heart is soooooooo weak...............Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-14363971354606089112010-12-21T08:00:00.002+08:002010-12-21T08:08:32.581+08:00Christmas Countdown @ Laines & Papermarket!!Today's my "day" of the Christmas Blog Post at Laines & Papermarket. There's only 6 of the beautiful post it notes today so be the first to rush down and get your free gift! And do some Christmas shopping too with our fabulous deals and fantastic products!<br />Come on down now! What are you waiting for??<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 343px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552919911219432962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiv5k8_FAyKv7ZMCRY_wlnhKLqsaPQVrD3rf7X1DkOm5JgfF7F0TcdpYUCqeNg8T67xVvXngxoi8ou3_4w3LcImokkE0JhYOPGM3q1neTorUWiunFAs-w_1VoNEfECPyOakwD47c707eS5/s400/xmas+blog.bmp" /><br /><p>Cheers!<br />Shirley</p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-13786758532951645562010-12-02T09:07:00.002+08:002010-12-02T09:16:46.915+08:00You're the Light of My LifeI have actually been scrapping alot. I just didn't have the time to put up pics!<br />Here's one that I did quite recently and it's now displaying at Laines.<br />I took the idea from one of Sharon's recent layouts where she used the shaped paper and made it flip by using washi tape as the hinge. It was a brilliant idea where we can put many photos on just one layout!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPs0_3Z-8Hjt_Yz67rOKyYTlytQD7j8GT7seu7iAWFUaAs1f-aAN2Z19GEZ6QFzWGuXiUIvIeT-SteQwHy5EO8eHwNuSHBh39phwIwVj7E4ZPxfW4KzpxjMaXBVjadfeCf0eD-KVPlIt0/s1600/IMG_4878A.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 398px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545885514996207266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPs0_3Z-8Hjt_Yz67rOKyYTlytQD7j8GT7seu7iAWFUaAs1f-aAN2Z19GEZ6QFzWGuXiUIvIeT-SteQwHy5EO8eHwNuSHBh39phwIwVj7E4ZPxfW4KzpxjMaXBVjadfeCf0eD-KVPlIt0/s400/IMG_4878A.jpg" /></a> And just yesterday, a Japanese lady asked to take photos of it so she could do a similar layout of her own. Hee hee! And I managed to convince her that she needed quite a number of things in order to complete that layout!Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-43988288850011076232010-11-24T23:26:00.004+08:002010-11-24T23:42:33.153+08:00When is work not work??Answer : When work is your hobby!<br />But still..... I'm so very tired after so much work and deadlines, packing, teaching, retail and I can't even remember what not! Hopefully this is just for the busy months of November and December. We're still having very packed classes. Maybe coz it's holidays and mothers are no longer so stressed out over exams! Our classes these 2 months are really good and I'm having fun teaching them even though all my classes are full and cannot complete type of classes! <br />Just yesterday I had 2 fully packed classes that cannot be finished in the 3 hours. I was actually quite stresses out the day before. Brought Red Bull to give me the energy and the brain boost! Towards the end of the night class, I was seeing stars and my brain was buzzing. Finally when most of the customers left, I kinda collapsed onto the chair and stoned! Could not even bring myself to stand up and go home! Lucky hubby not working and came to pick me. Otherwise I'd probably sleep at work! Hahaha!! <br />Well, you have heard my story and know that our classes are stunning! Come come and see for yourself!Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-15641695113066527322010-11-02T06:18:00.002+08:002010-11-02T06:44:31.367+08:00More stuff for an already overcrowded space!!I know that I've already posted most of these on Shopping Saturday but I still feel the need to post it on my own blog simply cos I really really love the recent stuff that came in!!! I went totally bonkers and bought sooooo much stuff. AGAIN!! Even the rest of the retail staff are shaking their heads at me. They probably think I need to have my head checked!! Wahahahaha!<br />Lookie here! Who in the world can resist THIS??!! It's a mini Peek-A-Book album by Melissa Frances. I'm not a huge fan but this time round, her stuff made me want to scream and tear out my hair!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39c8jP_hKKwwEnWF5YvPE4SvzoFgbuC01Vo0dfMYDHCbWtXLYidFhfCevEs_me5CyoD5fTLcLAdyQXpZqaE855BwtzDMP-N96tciW6mpj8UqwWxBVBOFGEtwMSlerVTtS88z_rPZbT3gh/s1600/DSCF4581.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534713383289482082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39c8jP_hKKwwEnWF5YvPE4SvzoFgbuC01Vo0dfMYDHCbWtXLYidFhfCevEs_me5CyoD5fTLcLAdyQXpZqaE855BwtzDMP-N96tciW6mpj8UqwWxBVBOFGEtwMSlerVTtS88z_rPZbT3gh/s400/DSCF4581.jpg" /></a> This is the mini onesies from GLitz Design. Many many many pieces came in. But 2 days later, many many many pieces also went out!! Lovely aren't they?! <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXA5DQGlVllKTRTpvQV-awFy4JSY9KG29cwtNqCiTCapo9RSorgwVN2KbbT61kzknLZZDqrv3hyphenhyphendg0HJmkN2gr2TFFz1MlLX3cxe8qJgMjebA6PJwQWedSOJnhmuifjciCjvoz8ZX1fHWR/s1600/DSCF4574.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 255px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534713375280224578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXA5DQGlVllKTRTpvQV-awFy4JSY9KG29cwtNqCiTCapo9RSorgwVN2KbbT61kzknLZZDqrv3hyphenhyphendg0HJmkN2gr2TFFz1MlLX3cxe8qJgMjebA6PJwQWedSOJnhmuifjciCjvoz8ZX1fHWR/s400/DSCF4574.jpg" /></a> Again, I could not resist the stickers by K&Co. They are pretty reasonably priced and so as usual, I let my heart rule my wallet. Isn't it a beauty?!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuTYz22Jzz_IvvF0yOCWlGP-rYIuE41ZUle1nqdRH90F0Y_rpexs5hbegwRoae4ZIIYOMwKYzYQC1_3Jdzqpv8poPCKdzFBVVR86hbcbuw8aIYZSi3U5nssHEmHS5e5tJWcCVLS4A4cRo/s1600/DSCF4570.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534713371542958866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuTYz22Jzz_IvvF0yOCWlGP-rYIuE41ZUle1nqdRH90F0Y_rpexs5hbegwRoae4ZIIYOMwKYzYQC1_3Jdzqpv8poPCKdzFBVVR86hbcbuw8aIYZSi3U5nssHEmHS5e5tJWcCVLS4A4cRo/s400/DSCF4570.jpg" /></a> Don't even ask how many I bought!!! So many that when I paid, I used cash so that there will be NO TRACE!! I sacrificed my lunch for several days for this leh!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkT9oHZp8HgJCfmb_tYJC9RVwGHicoU2TUeEMxldM3_YkJQIY-YHuPjvaK04P8eSnln35mbhBJTeeV-MaSjKSucTFMrUaT2Kn2yBc29Q__za_yxQOChSHI9wOyosUmsz1mRXphy1aXt_UV/s1600/DSCF4569.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534713365542076770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkT9oHZp8HgJCfmb_tYJC9RVwGHicoU2TUeEMxldM3_YkJQIY-YHuPjvaK04P8eSnln35mbhBJTeeV-MaSjKSucTFMrUaT2Kn2yBc29Q__za_yxQOChSHI9wOyosUmsz1mRXphy1aXt_UV/s400/DSCF4569.jpg" /></a> I just hope the husband is not reading this. He sometimes does... </div><div>Ok, will go play more mahjong and hope that I will win enough money for more stuff!!!!!!! (hopelessly addicted)</div></div></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-30528928139641924682010-10-23T08:17:00.003+08:002010-10-23T08:26:22.771+08:00A very Interesting Candle/Flower HolderHave not been blogging for some time. AGAIN! Well, been super busy at work and now's the time for exams and so on and so forth...<br />Here's a new project that I came up with some time ago. I used alot of Tattered Angels products for this. Using the Glam, take a brush and paint it all around a sheet of transparency. (the ones that you can get at any stationery shop) It will dry quite fast. I was surprised that it actually could dry and not peel off too. So with that pretty sheet of painted transparency sitting around, I thought for a long time before I hit upon the idea of making a candle or flower holder. Then I selected some flowers, from Prima and Daiso (hee hee!!) and used the Glimmer Glaze and painted the white ones. See the shimmer in the last picture? I love love love that effect!!<br /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 251px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531029525563127330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0dcjARixQp2hu59RTfUW78VbvTwW6Om6w5RaBnTXplHR4Gt5NcxlgosF6ENPzFSo1rOi2Y1g4kBsZj3BEShYekCq8fRxGJPfgDqJRTriQaZXzP8SbW96ivUeZNZ_5Gy-6e78msWdQ4MQ/s400/flower1.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531029531578731010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuMLz6km6Sqv5hFczhHvMxl8qUuBzone63ZjEIMRheEq3UOZMVGqAeHs8kuTxqabMC-qjRzLtaw4ZtGKCzMzzXm1CC85bms1kh8HFe0JjfJ1VZ7wBic9eu4FZiqxV5e3bMU0p3XUT6mCO/s400/flower3.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531029532923604370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6AggdvTjFBfSCMu582ZJWPqLUeOk-otdTE77Mn3SHghE40bpXBIcbOXE8F7r28kfclKcSnjMvmoyqA-1TPfJ2CtFXLeRiz8PU4u6gAEbkOPk1GJi4ZHw9Wc62rAwCiFRsgs24rAc-t3Z/s400/flower4.jpg" />I also sprayed Glimmer Mist over the doillie to make it less stark white. End result! Hope you like it!<br />Do come on down to Laines Papeterie if you wish to know more of how to make this very pretty candle/flower stand!<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-214991486990775312010-10-15T08:47:00.003+08:002010-10-15T09:08:44.577+08:00CONGRATULATIONS!!!Woopeeee!!! We've got more and more people on our team! (Does that mean less work for me??!! Wahahahaha!) Here's the newly updated list for our new Creative Team members! Congrats ladies!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bl2KOrdpKdns7UlPXdZc-raO-LAvKfH-oIod9CLTonZcVWACNsF5VC1GgzN124mLjg86dg-sszomumkLsKT33I9wFoA8ROV2armNQgeTZ6KEg57VAlTwqAw-FErvORnSzbVFiT1l5swc/s1600/design+team.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528068751413256146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bl2KOrdpKdns7UlPXdZc-raO-LAvKfH-oIod9CLTonZcVWACNsF5VC1GgzN124mLjg86dg-sszomumkLsKT33I9wFoA8ROV2armNQgeTZ6KEg57VAlTwqAw-FErvORnSzbVFiT1l5swc/s400/design+team.bmp" /></a> Most of them I know. The new faces for me are <a href="http://loveforscrap.blogspot.com/">Janice</a> and <a href="http://makingmum.blogspot.com/">Justina</a>. Hope to get to know you gals better!!<br />Welcome <a href="http://www.luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com/">Susan</a>! Love your work for the longest time! <a href="http://chelle.typepad.com/">Michelle</a> has already been with us for some time, teaching part time at PMKT PS. Happy to have you on board!<br />And not forgetting <a href="http://artfulplayground.wordpress.com/">Betty</a>! Our all time fav!! Yeah yeah Betty! <a href="http://itsaworkofart.blogspot.com/">July</a> is another of my fav person! She's such a talent and a dear dear friend!<br />The rest of them all have their blogs on my blog list! Be sure to visit all of them to leave many many love love! Muacks!<br />Happy Friday! It's a long long day/night for me!!Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-15947229558021254952010-09-13T10:22:00.003+08:002010-09-13T10:47:04.839+08:00Lazy lazy me!!<div><div><div><div>I keep telling myself that I need to maintain my blog cos I've got really nice customers who keep telling me that they visit my blog but find that I've not updated for a long time and then they dont come back anymore!! Sob Sob! I really really try hard. Even my facebook account remains quite dormant until I remember that I've got an account that I need to maintain! </div><div>I'm actually quite ashamed of myself really. There are so many of my friends out there too who are working mothers and yet they find time to update their blog, keep people informed on their facebook and still find time to scrap and spend time with their kids!! I really need to watch less TV! Seems that when I should be blogging or scrapping or doing some sorta more useful stuff (like save the world!!) I'm facing the box. It is always easier to press that little "on" button, kick back on my comfy sofa, have a nice little drink in my hands and watch my favourite cooking programs! (Yeap, me looooooove cooking shows!) Especially when I know that if I start scrapping, my little toddler with the itchy, greedy little fingers would be all over my work and stuff. </div><div>Excuses, excuses! But hey, I've got some scrapping done though. </div><div>Here's one with my all time favourite.... Tattered Angels glimmers and glazes! I've used them all here! The background has shimmery white and transparent misted and splattered all over it. The white dollie has red misted all over it and I went a little nutz and misted the gold transparent shimmer over the whole layout! (I covered up the photo of course!)</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;">Dreams</span></strong></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 392px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516221190274565906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatwI1S9E0MCxw4sJoFSFaASsxu6TJ-0dy1PnkvAIRUjpjS2wjIHRBnuxcvQAc9f_6hLLSIrM3n_YowQhb-6vlv5lWjvONaIWniVTam6L73HaK3FNDzi0UaNGY2qnhIwbVEAkhifOF607H/s400/DSCF4432.jpg" /></div><div>Hee hee! I actually "stole" the flower clustered with pin idea from Jaz's class! It's so nice, how to resist??!! Sorry Jaz!!</div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 304px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516221199245600066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CddZRQCoW6K7g-8Rn4Ej1FmPUy1WTauSz_s7DWQorNl-_j06rfX5_F3_rLlMAMRXV00n0GzaFbIRjCui2UsdsSuiNoL_2jcviqcMOeNfFIRAWFdwAIKQJUCFFml4_qidAwKU6X7Ddz8u/s400/DSCF4434.jpg" /></div></div></div></div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516221213455870898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtbvKPM9ITdNlwSycvpbS3foIkwgUMiYKLxJoyF8xkCqJxsQuZvGoPZUyEV4b9DIJKV0nDwdAeXGXZbk6iPS2CTtMEms_IulgiOlETJGbdU2y1xDgh0iphAAvh6gSSGRLg9LLeuht3liy/s400/DSCF4435.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516221220362545330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTED8wDxj6Yebcw7YPXePh3GvwB5VeSJBdQSLfU5eQdB6yy4VhsVbPU08lT7taDERIT9KPGK_QFcpeqoMFyvPkagVeHgGPU_-pedq4ijh_TGfkcQ9DN6lJXcRriWGpoISfvhfZhBKA35YR/s400/DSCF4433.jpg" />Here's a close up of the crazy glimmer, glaze spraying and splattering stage that I went through! I'm now all splattered and misted out. Till the next splatter session then!Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-89202063174682487352010-08-12T14:04:00.006+08:002010-08-12T14:31:38.243+08:00New CHA stuff to play with!!Heeeeyy!! When the gals came back from CHA, they didn't forget us folks who didn't have the chance to go. Mer Mer brought back for us some really "solid" goodies from CHA and I'm now finally allowed to post cos the stuff have arrived at Laines! Yipeeee!!<br /><div>Here's the fantastic Studio Calico, Documentary. I love love love the papers with the cameras and the scooters and the map and the aeroplanes and the.... well, I love 'em all!!</div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504403603034587554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRqUTetAw5VQS-tw6qHLGBroAMwV68ZxDGONoaMW75ATa_yw6wrhOzXM9N5RUFMX6Y46YgxP0iu7Qe6fRaHA9RQKL_yA28TDFJcODlkWaHq0H9MuhdnG_PMAWzgavPjrPOOZWvIF8irMw/s400/IMG_2913.jpg" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqpmULXk3psnUP8Hdbw6mEwx8KSj-BDQtsNASs7GY1SkComyznr-6g4dKwdT-Gt0uRXtG9lGDXXOKL71r1krp25CcXqZ2oGFSkIlSTB7KKO2ztmkwkt3wx1r4czVqnTVl2Sot6q_Y9Zb4/s1600/IMG_2914.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504403616551675810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqpmULXk3psnUP8Hdbw6mEwx8KSj-BDQtsNASs7GY1SkComyznr-6g4dKwdT-Gt0uRXtG9lGDXXOKL71r1krp25CcXqZ2oGFSkIlSTB7KKO2ztmkwkt3wx1r4czVqnTVl2Sot6q_Y9Zb4/s400/IMG_2914.jpg" /></a> I also did up a layout with it but it isn't quite ready yet so I'm only showing part of it. Hee hee!<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504403633656462274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJSZ1sRSGWR3JGTm1qudHrmRDNX7eThYbacuCIIfSYY8nkAAuEFpGM9GnjpFZ2EgArwYz2RUWaTjney2fmKR1S3zIas5AT07voKGUy54PKOAd2SeJayP8ZmTqZc1n_lmWMSXbsxMpLH3k/s400/IMG_2917.jpg" /> <div>AND there's my all time favourite brand, My Mind's Eye. I've got so many of their papers that I can devote a whole rack just to them. Now that I've got my grubby little hands on their newest range, I can't help but squeak in delight! I have already done up quite a few stuff with their generous packs and I can't wait to show it off!<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3r0BtqI5bz7KeJWRens9gRmOjUwlUoEvoaRWDlNDzCVMouvfD5i7qZt8flVvM3i-UBQKuteuvSlvjWSkbpVlwz4gX-cpi1XjV9F9gYMab6XDp5AvgRgu1sFyRiSTle5bBjQnJWgrdw53/s1600/DSCF4293.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504402455276064738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3r0BtqI5bz7KeJWRens9gRmOjUwlUoEvoaRWDlNDzCVMouvfD5i7qZt8flVvM3i-UBQKuteuvSlvjWSkbpVlwz4gX-cpi1XjV9F9gYMab6XDp5AvgRgu1sFyRiSTle5bBjQnJWgrdw53/s400/DSCF4293.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>My favourite too!! *Squeak squeak*!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Tattered Angels glimmers, glazes, mists!! And what's more, I actually found out that I could use the built in brush in the Glaze and splatter it onto paper and make beautiful splotches and splats. WooooHooo!!</div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504402464617459826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4PXMZ0g0NQHzX3deDEMDFWdnMRmoJ450Vun3hXCmeKBO1SLojV8kPMnCdqQrCUVZcrDojCe3xces2Awifie2Yp01CLwLQNj_intoA1U437I3o-h_mH9ajKPfwn8zcOQI5mlPke2zuj9_/s400/IMG_2912.jpg" /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504406410017293346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LZjT1dkKzDQyRS2BqaPWAqZIK4MhVQnUXvj8FlALgOECwIby-aQa50eRoeDlX2lVakbk3SKjrcKW3II9kkCdcOAIdtjgfwOGHfZF7Xu0wvR67nOMKWJ8ehRVWtjsp0mxI7aFQhcFyV87/s400/IMG_2903.jpg" />Here's the splotchy splotchy splats. Oooooo! Me lovey lovey them! So nice so nice! Try it out, don't be afraid to splatter it all over your art work.</div></div></div></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-63831535971769034082010-08-05T14:19:00.003+08:002010-08-05T14:34:56.754+08:00It's August already!!I thought that I had been quite regular in updating my blog. Apparently not, as I discovered when I saw that last date that I posted. Hee hee! How can time fly by sooooo fast??!!<br /><div>I think I know though. When you are enjoying yourself, you have stuff to do, places to go and people to meet, time does have a way of speeding through!</div><div>I have been teaching at Laines for the past 8months already. I still find it hard to believe that so much time has flown by. It sometimes feels as if I've only just joined them. But for the simple fact that I know/have almost everything at my fingertips just proves to myself how far I have come from the super blur and confused person when I 1st joined!</div><div>There are times when I wish I could stay at home and be with my kids. I miss them terribly and I want to spend all my time with them instead of letting the maid be my stand in. However, I know that if I had to stay home full time, I'd probably go stark raving MAD! So, I have my hands very full balancing my kids, work and scrapping. When I say scrapping, I mean my own stuff and nothing to do with work. Oh, I love work and teaching and designing and stuff. But nothing beats digging out my own stash and having a blast of a time with close friends and fellow scrappers!</div><br /><div>Oh well! I need to go now! Need to dig out that little bit of time in between my little girl's nap and my boy's tuition time to have a bit of scrapping done!</div><br /><div>Leaving you with a Webster's challenge page!</div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 395px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501810000070294034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-jhPTgVwKmmnb75J_LbpHzK5sHapOXSjdhEG6x0CTGbsR0PnIzJAgUisrzMag8Uu58nBQrL3ZjXnqFGnzN8xRVPd9LToz3drhOMmmW3xy90sY4rvyxa_MGjrZNkuuMeREDrMMJr5gRmO/s400/DSCF4241.jpg" /></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-6062337098810289982010-07-12T08:36:00.007+08:002010-07-12T10:00:14.885+08:00More craze! Wow!<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>For an Instant, Love can change the World</strong></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgwQbXBt4GR0DKaysE6tzTQxQUzQkJkAFKRsNcX3gQ_68U6VnJO0Rk6Z8ARk7LO7Ac9COOFXIlV2IzNjQpG_osqjoR5Zf5v3sigYLJnR6KAJq9mg166ftgBNN0GY4NMlPJ7oooxWPfrV3/s1600/DSCF4112.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 397px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492830347736262466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgwQbXBt4GR0DKaysE6tzTQxQUzQkJkAFKRsNcX3gQ_68U6VnJO0Rk6Z8ARk7LO7Ac9COOFXIlV2IzNjQpG_osqjoR5Zf5v3sigYLJnR6KAJq9mg166ftgBNN0GY4NMlPJ7oooxWPfrV3/s400/DSCF4112.jpg" /></a>I recently dug out my wedding photos to do my August class project and I went on a "wedding" binge! Hee hee! I thought that I should try to make as many layouts as I could cos they're probably the only photos I have that I actually look good in. I'm not terribly photogenic and nowadays, I dont really have alot of nice shots of me and hubby.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8XFv1GB0FmiEJGxpI-EoSGkI8TLwzMZLDHJjY2PdSJYs8mzd9MeE6E09YTQ4uwsguLvoNkfzPf1hiP8dX8KFqRG1A1I79ap4kHUFsu8-W4IlrFd0Alw7_peheq_DYGhT4XOR5dBcw0Dq/s1600/DSCF4114.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:180%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>In Dreams & in Love<br /></div></strong></span><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-1oLgVZ9i1VDcHUiIF-MGwX2rmxCFyBtLSOGrvp5I_pMDp-KuydfX_vOvjvujmFNYTkdlTuzqL7CGEo-SpKp7uDkA2jTuJQ8BxEysD0cTFWr5VtiG9DW0L1KOBl2suCEyzeGSbdt-eEy/s1600/DSCF4119.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 396px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492830058264055938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-1oLgVZ9i1VDcHUiIF-MGwX2rmxCFyBtLSOGrvp5I_pMDp-KuydfX_vOvjvujmFNYTkdlTuzqL7CGEo-SpKp7uDkA2jTuJQ8BxEysD0cTFWr5VtiG9DW0L1KOBl2suCEyzeGSbdt-eEy/s400/DSCF4119.jpg" /></a>I got my lovely title ideas from a Fiskars stamp set on love. The quotes were beautiful and since I've got crappy title skills, I decided to hijack other more skillful poets! This trio of gorgeous beads are from a large pack of beads that I bought from Spotlight upteen years ago and never used. Papers are from Basic Grey and are about 2 years old. Still lovely and very relavant to the occasion.<br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Ukv8CkeZJfmvQFTV4wnKCoRiaOhl8zWIrsZio8CXkDRkPEuho5RNcxEQllCryWLcfEhG8FDoaS9kuAYs7h1WiMpuCodyra5z0zAdK47zJEtshbxiNGssRqP0P9Q29b2oHc1wklNuRJ08/s1600/DSCF4120.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492830047077862018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Ukv8CkeZJfmvQFTV4wnKCoRiaOhl8zWIrsZio8CXkDRkPEuho5RNcxEQllCryWLcfEhG8FDoaS9kuAYs7h1WiMpuCodyra5z0zAdK47zJEtshbxiNGssRqP0P9Q29b2oHc1wklNuRJ08/s400/DSCF4120.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>My Hollywood Walk of Fame</strong></span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xlXXnrFgfvyHZs7hKD1Z1dGwJ5H_ZsmnsoZG9WiaL9BcJPs8qQ5eaV6BWefbmAl-pm2nMyTAIQZJ6ObHze9yySCkJhOj3FoaYLYv1YiyLykE-ALtF9s_cvMXC2gJbUav7-8JsTQ36D7Q/s1600/DSCF4127.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492822856549445330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xlXXnrFgfvyHZs7hKD1Z1dGwJ5H_ZsmnsoZG9WiaL9BcJPs8qQ5eaV6BWefbmAl-pm2nMyTAIQZJ6ObHze9yySCkJhOj3FoaYLYv1YiyLykE-ALtF9s_cvMXC2gJbUav7-8JsTQ36D7Q/s400/DSCF4127.jpg" /></a> This is Bri pretending to be a Hollywood star as she puts her hand onto the floor of the cruise ship. Bran has almost the exact pose when we went to the Hong Kong Walk of Fame and had his hands on the real walk. Will develop both photos again and do another layout.<br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_itrHqBSRGU0e2WUysQH3BsqTFnwnLkbiOeWj2CssEgsaIDOPZqHiaNQZnQhL5e7CNwdW9m4a9sCVy1IGnBhVNMkzMmtKT_UEphps0RyT6gYndSS2dpu6NcTR1bpDmGv944BZiYhYh63/s1600/DSCF4129.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492818900164163426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_itrHqBSRGU0e2WUysQH3BsqTFnwnLkbiOeWj2CssEgsaIDOPZqHiaNQZnQhL5e7CNwdW9m4a9sCVy1IGnBhVNMkzMmtKT_UEphps0RyT6gYndSS2dpu6NcTR1bpDmGv944BZiYhYh63/s400/DSCF4129.jpg" /></a> Here's 2 transparency butterflies that I hijacked from Jaz's Envelope class in June. Hehehehe!</div></div></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-91838799157673897942010-06-30T07:53:00.006+08:002010-06-30T09:32:20.462+08:00Sudden scrapbook craze!!Went a little scrap crazy recently!! I had this really strong urge to complete all my older projects as well as do up new ones!! Hahahahaha! I'm using really old MME, 7 Gypsies papers. Thought they still look so good. I also made some flowers from strips of paper twirled round and round using my all time favourite adhesive, Beacons! Yeah!!<br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;">Double the Joy</span></strong></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqtgqUdc4QiDC-WiN9HOtmDB4Tq4h0d2LDZP0RrBZTvyeM1diSY-9u2Ci2zcc2Yr_b_yI2QdWUaHi77ht1qIvVTGI74w_3aUSr-zwmwKtfLsDAeUvtQ8FWilqjUX-ynOKdzBUGIc0fQcC/s1600/DSCF4099.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 393px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488367256675219922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqtgqUdc4QiDC-WiN9HOtmDB4Tq4h0d2LDZP0RrBZTvyeM1diSY-9u2Ci2zcc2Yr_b_yI2QdWUaHi77ht1qIvVTGI74w_3aUSr-zwmwKtfLsDAeUvtQ8FWilqjUX-ynOKdzBUGIc0fQcC/s400/DSCF4099.jpg" /></a> Here's one for my cousin's twin girls. They are so so so adorable and lovable! They are now in Primary One already and this was taken like umpteen years ago!<br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;">Dare To Dream</span></strong></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiualhgqjEagaNE6Z3av7RtVAKFXqGN3lLpP2AJwamcq3fDUVCL41NDz_90L4mizOmdMrdZiUmgoAvO0PdcOPDAYDqXF_plJ3G11GNZjA4hy8UKqeibUyg85iIxTqGYSJnYmISQWy_g4_5i/s1600/DSCF4100.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 399px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488364684526748898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiualhgqjEagaNE6Z3av7RtVAKFXqGN3lLpP2AJwamcq3fDUVCL41NDz_90L4mizOmdMrdZiUmgoAvO0PdcOPDAYDqXF_plJ3G11GNZjA4hy8UKqeibUyg85iIxTqGYSJnYmISQWy_g4_5i/s400/DSCF4100.jpg" /></a> This was a shot taken in Japan. It was in summer and the heat was so bad, we were wondering if anytime someone was going to get heatstroke! Brandon's cheek was so red! It was a picture perfect moment!<br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Hug Me Tight</span></strong><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5LbaXj2T_X6CKBOtC-t7XP5_a7TzSdTrY2xSZ2ocWL0BhVWCbojY2_9ZJu1vWH6p17yFniJoWKjH_BKofEJjVJ5dR0uAz9Lt9V7-q7ORAd9k-i0oY0fKKLTFRuDFu77jK2-Q8hyphenhyphenChAnF/s1600/DSCF4095.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488363062222118674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5LbaXj2T_X6CKBOtC-t7XP5_a7TzSdTrY2xSZ2ocWL0BhVWCbojY2_9ZJu1vWH6p17yFniJoWKjH_BKofEJjVJ5dR0uAz9Lt9V7-q7ORAd9k-i0oY0fKKLTFRuDFu77jK2-Q8hyphenhyphenChAnF/s400/DSCF4095.jpg" /></a>We were in the car and Brother and Sister suddenly became very loving and kept hugging each other! It was really amusing to watch them. I just wish they were like this more often!<br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>I'm Applying for the ROLE ......</strong></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6J8hrs7kZccuLIIyOaty-GhevbLfX4iDXMxY7O1GUfYqOfdxsbjILu-uiV8LqLsiZ5DjECnXI45bTmFiDUI-VXMFC2JnC5CijxtXoJtcsuI5UCoiR73MHrDqSFSrDLdpmqC5PD04AZwW2/s1600/DSCF4096.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 393px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488353357194949138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6J8hrs7kZccuLIIyOaty-GhevbLfX4iDXMxY7O1GUfYqOfdxsbjILu-uiV8LqLsiZ5DjECnXI45bTmFiDUI-VXMFC2JnC5CijxtXoJtcsuI5UCoiR73MHrDqSFSrDLdpmqC5PD04AZwW2/s400/DSCF4096.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjFW_SBKrZms2kyC0Ejp7cwr1mSzhvzY69vbzNeVQVJwZL41k80HUnC8lv3_bGnDFcK-F6c5CkrGJPT-QKFyIjjaRfqx4maE13lpoP4HImiK3zTj2NAhS1miLc77JXRmE7ugEg3avmQoV/s1600/DSCF4097.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488353346079162306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjFW_SBKrZms2kyC0Ejp7cwr1mSzhvzY69vbzNeVQVJwZL41k80HUnC8lv3_bGnDFcK-F6c5CkrGJPT-QKFyIjjaRfqx4maE13lpoP4HImiK3zTj2NAhS1miLc77JXRmE7ugEg3avmQoV/s400/DSCF4097.jpg" /></a> This is Brianna being cheeky and adorable! She loves to pose and make funny faces so I made this layout seem as if she was applying for an acting job at TCS! Hahaha! </div><div>And these are the flowers made from paper strips. I was scrapping at my MIL's place (yes yes, I bring my scrap stuff EVERYWHERE!!) and I didnt bring along any flowers. So I thought that it really has been a long time since I actually MADE anything! There are so many many ready made stuff out there nowadays! These flowers are really easy to make and look so shabby. Hmmmmm.... I might just use this for the next class!</div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390488097514576003.post-56405029257618146622010-06-24T23:20:00.002+08:002010-06-24T23:33:11.620+08:00Laines Sneak Peaks for July Classes!This month at Laines, we have 6 classes. But 2 classes will only be conducted once. They are the very special projects done by Merdrey! One gorgeous project is a Hambly album made from scratch and contains so much stuff that it's a miracle that it has not burst with all the goodies!! The other project is a 2 page layout which is very pink and cute! If you love having interactive stuff on your page, you should really do this class!<br />There are 2 albums this month from Sharon, Stamping and Bowlin. Beautifully done (as usual) and so touchy feely!! I'm very tempted to take them home myself! Arghhhh!!<br />And last but not least, our all time favourite layering queen, Jaz! She has outdone herself this month by having a 2 page layout class and a 1 page layout class. All the beautiful layering and special vintage stuff that is used.... Hmmmmm! Yummylicious!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJsiAUJ2fkDRudI1BJCeK8wKzrkk6ZBpZL6xmuq0m9fUo6yV4HlILkBSseBSxCS4SU8s66sasGm1ccsDeqqkHG1Kp_kb9jusz2yUngb3_l3x3vxtCuft1bqDTHc3SdfiMEpGKUKb4Odof/s1600/Laines+July+2010+class+sneaks+copy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486360913111567170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJsiAUJ2fkDRudI1BJCeK8wKzrkk6ZBpZL6xmuq0m9fUo6yV4HlILkBSseBSxCS4SU8s66sasGm1ccsDeqqkHG1Kp_kb9jusz2yUngb3_l3x3vxtCuft1bqDTHc3SdfiMEpGKUKb4Odof/s400/Laines+July+2010+class+sneaks+copy.jpg" /></a>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13103055991363679339noreply@blogger.com2