My Creative Mess

Its a beautiful Wednesday!

A busy and inspiring table for me.  I love looking at it this way,  my creative mess:

 The lay-out  I finished last thursday and still seating on my table  since  I never got a chance to take a photo of it last weekend,  an atc  I am trading,  a mixed media tag, papers for the ATC  I am working on,  the eiffel tower stamp from Inkido,  my wicker basket and box that hold those loose papers and other bits  that makes me happy.
I need to take a better photo of this lay-out!   This page is special to me  since  its almost 3 decades  of friendship with these gals.  We were friends  since we were 6 years old - from grade school to high school until after college.  Now,  most of us are married and some are living abroad.  And we still see each other  at least twice a year  for those who are left behind. 

 My ATC for Meredith, that girl is so cute!

 My mixed media tag - I need a better photo of this too. 

Thanks for dropping by  and don't forget to drop by Julia  for more snoop and lots of inspirations!

Have a great day! 
hugs,  Jona

Tag Tutorial on My Stampbox

I am a guest designer this month at My Stampbox.com.  Bettina sent me Road Trip stamp set to work with.  I love their acrylic stamps and it comes with  a case  for easy storage.

Here's my finished tag  and I redirect you to My stampbox for the complete tutorial:

Thanks for the visit  and hope you can leave me some love over My StampBox. 

We heart Woody

Yes,  I am a mother and I love cartoons!    I watch with my son  and one of our favorites is Woody Woodpecker!  Don't you love his voice  and his funny antics?

We are so glad that we had a chance to see Woody Woodpecker in Universal Studios Singapore!  I would love to buy the woody doll as souvenir  but then,  I might end up buying other characters too.  So,  a photo with the toy shop would do just as great!

I can't get enough of misting and playing with my scraps and recycled a previous embellishment.   Talk about project Green!  Mother Earth would be so proud of me.

 clusters of inkido flowers with websters pages lace:

 my recycled embellishment -  I used this rose buds in my art tray before. The stamped tag  is from my friend Cookie

Joining the February challenge  at Berry 71Bleu  for In the mood for love challenge and Bird is the word - Heart!

Thanks for the visit and have a nice day everyone!

Finishing up

Just 2 more pages,  and I am done with our Singapore trip album.  Whew,  it almost took me a year to finish this.  Our trip  will have its anniversary in May.  I need to finish  the last two pages  before that!!!  I can do this!
While doing this 2pager lay-out,  I found  this cute cute frogs  (Basic grey scraps) in my  bin.  I added them  since it reminds me of our cute boys.

close up on details

 

 

Thanks for the visit  and hope you had a great weekend!

Love is in the air!!!

Its the beginning of the love month  on my side of the world!!!
Lots of hearts,  reds and pinks  are already  on window display.  

To celebrate the love month of February,  here's my page with reds,  pinks and a dash of black  and green.

Supplies: Patterned Paper - Best creation,  flower and trim - inkido, alpha - thickers.

Joining the challenges :
The Color Room Palette #94
The Shabby Tea room
Scrapping Studio

Thanks for the visit  and have a great day, everyone!

At the Zoo

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Its been a productive weekend for me.   I am trying to finish all my backlogs  before we have another vacation to scrap and not to mention  everyday moments  that is worth scrapbooking.  
Here's another photo  from our Singapore trip last year.   I played with three of my favorite manufacturers -  Pink Paislee, Websters Pages and Best Creation.  I hope  I get to finish our Singapore album  before its anniversary in May. (  I hope so!)

Supplies:  Patterned paper - Pink paislee, Websters Pages, Best Creation; chipboard - Maya road, flower - inkido, tools - Martha stewart

 Close up on chipboard with embossing powder and opal dusts.   I sprinkled embossing powder  while the paint is wet and use the heat gun on the chipboard.  Thus, the effect of bubbles.

Thanks for the visit!!!

You rock!

My son and his friend Fonz (actually my friend's son)
Both rock lovers  and cool!

I did some misting and masking  and some mixed media on my chipboard.  Painted  and heat emboss the chipboard before adding some stickles.

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

New Look

I gave my old recipe box a new look.  Its been with me for ages  and I just love  how it aged with time.   I added  lots of lace and flowers.

  

 vintage style for the Berry 71 bleu challenge:

 hearts and trims for the Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge:

 Thanks for the visit and have a great week ahead!

I want these!!!!

and I know you will too!!!!

Check out Manor house creation blog to find out.

Borders and scraps

Its been a long time since I joined online crops.   My scrapbook Nook  is  having one right now  and here are my takes.  I enjoyed adding borders to my lay-outs.  They make my pages look so clean.

Challenge 1 is a recipe challenge  and  I missed adding the banners  and added a fussy cutwork instead.  I just can't resist adding that cute mailbox.

loved the layering of paper and lace underneath:

Challenge 2  is to use 10 patterned papers.  I literally used scraps here except for the cardstock and the WP western romance.  I made this lay-out first  so  that paper was new.

This year,  I'll try to make more lay-outs  since  I didn't made it to a hundred this year. 
have a great week!

Hugs,  Jona

First Lay-out for 2012

Sharing with you my very first lay-out for the year:

My son really loves Songs of the Sea attraction at Sentosa, Singapore.  If we can just afford watching it every night during our stay in Singapore,  he would love too.

 I used Webster's All about me papers here and My Stamp Box stamps for the handmade tag. With my handmade lacey flower, this page  qualifies  for the vintage (shabby) challenge at Berry 71Bleu!

Have a great week!   hugs,  Jona

Happy New Year!!!

From my family to yours,  

 Happy New year!!!   

its been an awesome 2011.   I will miss designing for Inkido and Best Creation.  2012 may be a simpler scrapbooking life for me  as I try to focus on conceiving this year.  Wish me luck on this one.  My son is so eager to have a baby brother or baby sister real soon and I am not getting any younger.

Bring it on 2012!!!