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Elzybells Blog Challenge #11

Made this card for a dear girlfriend of mine. She discovered something nasty about her health recently. Thank God when I communicated with her today after her check up, she managed to escape near death. We really have to be grateful for the good health we are blessed with, for the simple freedom of being able to stand and breathe freely. I used an Elzybells stamp for this which I had bought from A muse Stamps online at a spree organised sometime back. Much as I hate that the TSL website is down, it has helped me to save some money this month. I'm submitting this for Elzybells Blog Challenge since I was able to work around the colors challenge.







This layout is all about 'Way Back When' Adah was born. Its another challenge found at Creative Scrappers. Joining these challenges pushes me to have the discipline to come out with at least a layout a week. Then I can be on schedule to complete my projects and just ride on the sketches as well.

I remember being in labour for almost 14 hours and those were the first pictures that we caught of Adah when she was out. It's an experience I will never forget. Our lives changed from the very night KS and I headed for the hospital. From the next day onwards, it was no longer just the two of us only. The emotions that ran when I first held my baby, the first time I looked into her eyes (they were already so big then), the first 'Hello' I said to her all form part of the touching moment we first met... ...I still tear whenever I remember those details. Adah has changed my life completely, turned it upside down, messed it up but brought so much joy and happiness to me that I would never trade it for anything else.

Got to apologise for the quality of the photos taken. I think I will have to take a crash course in photography and editing. Anyone please? I will try to re- upload some nicely taken ones again. And I just wanna mention that ain't those little metal shoes cute? Got them off a market here. And I love Maya Road's calendar sheers!!!

Vote for me

Yippeee!!! The layout I did of Adah titled 'Lil Princess' has been chosen by Lotus Paperie as one of the 3 finalists for December's submissions! This is the first time any of my layouts had gotten this far. Please vote for me if you think mine is the prettiest amongst the three. All you need to do is to click on the poll on the top right hard side of the blog.

Pink Gem Designs

Pink Gem Designs is giving away free stamps! Read about it here.

I have been blog hopping a lot since I took up scrapbooking. There are just so many challenges out there, sketches, color, stamping, theme, words, titles based....Where have I been all this time???So much nice, yummy blog candy for giveaways too, like Pink Gem's! I think I shall start a regular RAK giveaway as soon as I have time to go through my stash. One monster or the other is always down :-(

Ok, off now cos I hear that boy yelling for attention already...

Stamped Cards

I made a total of 4 cards over the past 3 days. Decided to take a break from scrapbooking and use my stamps instead. But I am still not too good a cardmaker yet, these being my first few attempts. I want to get my stamping technique right first.

The first card will be submitted for a Penny Black Stamping Challenge blog that I came across while blog hopping. I am always impressed by the cards that these stampping gals can come up with. I will have to put in more practice before my stamp set arrives from Simon Says Stamp. I can't be on their design team and let them down!

Start for One Little Word Challenge & Moments Recorded

The above layout is for One Little Word's first challenge of the year and the word to work around the layout on is, of course as seen in my layout is 'START'. I think I am a 'greedy-for-as-many-pictures-in-my-layout-as possible' kind of scrapper. I know sometimes less is more but all these pictures just hold so many memories and seems to tell the story for me.

Journaling reads:
START
Start of a NEW Life
Start of a NEW Relationship
Start of NEW Changes
Start of NEW Beginnings


I had planned on including as many of the scans I had done for Asher and to have them punched out in circles (to represent the baby in the tummy) when I came across Moments Recorded's latest challenge! Hey hey!!! So I tried to work around the challenge requirements as well, and there you have it.

Ok, a pretty short post. Must learn to make my story short and sweet... ...

2 new layouts

Look at just how cute Asher is. The big photo shows Asher during Christmas 2008. He was only 9 months old then and was still learning to crawl on his belly then. One year later, he is now 21 months old and is attending daily school for 3 hours everyday. He is now learning to express himself more and is fast becoming a gangster. Asher put up a performance for his school's mini Christmas concert and to our surprise, he stayed cool and calm without crying through it all, unaffected by the crowd made up of anxious and proud parents/ family of the little ones.

I always wanted to do a first year album for both Adah and Asher. Finally I am starting on the album and that was me when I was pregnant with Adah...Special thanks to Sophia who sent me some RAK (prob after reading my ramblings that I can hardly get stuff around here!) Thanks Sophia!!!

Noticed I started experimenting with more stamps in my layouts! Stamps are addictive,and they are fast burning a hole in my pocket.

HOORAY!!!

A little good news to start off the new year! I am on the design team for Simon Says Stamp! Woo hoo!!!!

My very first design team call up. I am too happy for words and I dunno if I can shout about it here already! I checked and checked their website and the list of design team members has not yet been released but the e-mail from Heidi and Heather says to go ahead and link to their blog so I am going ahead to publish this entry anyway. I get to choose a stamp from Simon Says Stamp exclusive clear stamps and have to come up with 5 cards/ layouts with it. I have made my choice already and can't wait to start!!! I wonder if I can order some stamps to be shipped together with that set they are sending me. I have been eyeing that Hero Arts Japanese Dolls stamp set for the longest time!!!

Will update some layouts soon. Back to bask in my joy...woo hoo!!!