I LOVE the Letterbox papers from American Crafts !
It's clean and graphic without being too strong unlike some of the previous lines.
This layout is about the Funk-Tap workshop with the Raw Dance teachers at the Esplanade during the Da:ans Festival.

American Crafts available at  Made With Love !!



  
 
Cards ......










Scrapbookwise, I was told my style has changed from the elaborate fussy cutting to a more streamlined, simpler style. Yes, it has. Every scrapper changes eventually and for me, with the amount of work I do, there has to be something new, something I am happy with for this time. There are still details in the work, I don't think I can scrap without the layers, the chipboards, the buttons ( MUST have my buttons *LOL*), the ephemeras or journaling tags.


Today : We had planned to go out, but the girls are sleeping in so ........ we'll see.

Have a great Sunday !!

Nura's neoprint mini Cover .......






Randomness ..........


Shout-outs go to Cocoa Daisy Divas - Kim Watson for being invited to the CK Design Team,and Mou Saha is bumped up from CK's Design Team 2009 to a contributing writer **WOOOOOOOOOT!!!!**. THAT is literally the cherry on top of the glorious scrapbook sundae. What an achievement !!!


I'm always thankful for all the scrappers I meet along this creative journey. They continue to inspire with their glorious work and originality, their personalities and they keep me humble. What do I mean by this ? Well ...... like any human being, sometimes it's easy to get carried away with the *importance* of the work or accomplishments, we forget there are others just as good or even more talented. I might be a fairly competent scrapper, it was hard work getting to this point ..........but over everything I would infinitely prefer to be known as a real person, a wife, a mom, a good friend. When scrapbooking is over and done with (it's not forever you know ?) what leaves the biggest impression would be the sense of the person :  how genuine they were, how generous in spirit, how helpful they were in sharing ideas. When I first started to explore the US scrapbook community, I remember how kind a few well known scrappers were in trying to ease me into the culture, tolerating my bumbling, klutzy questions and my lack of sophistication. I also remember how hurt a friend was when at a crop a few experienced scrappers sniggered behind her back as she did not have the *right, up-market* scrapper tools ..... as if being original and creative depended only on using the *right* trimmer or having the best brands and carrying that flashy crop bag. It occurred to me then how the vanity of the craft, the one upmanship of acquisition, can overshadow the purpose behind all of this.

I could go on about the less desirable facets of scrapbooking, but not today.

There's news to share soon and for now, in my scrapping world ...... it's all good !

Cocoa Daisy's  November Fall  Crop is almost here !!

A peek at the Fabric Mini online project I've got lined up :
 




I love tags ....... any tag !!  The box filled with them is always next to me when I scrap to make it easy to dig out a tag, a Maya Rd sheer, a vintage ephemera, a small scalloped circle. Though some of the brands are not cheap by Singapore standards, having them adds that *extra* interesting detail to a project, they are really perfect for mini-books. It's great we are able to get a good selection now in Singapore !






It's a bright HOT, HOT day. The laundry gets a sun-kissed scent, the humidity is down, sunny days makes me happy,
I can get so much work done ! It's Tuesday, on TV tonight is the Mentalist with with gorgeous Australian actor
Simon Baker ...... he really is the eye candy !






Hope your week is shaping up good.