Quote of the day

Let us not say, Every man is the architect of his own fortune;

 but let us say, Every man is the architect of his own character.

George Dana Boardman

Layout - All Grown up -Sean

I love this photo of Sean which Jessy took of Sean at the charity concert.  Suddenly I realise that he is turning into a little man.  Scrapped this with not much MOJO but decided to do it anyway to capture the moment.

Materials used:

Collage Press pp,  Scraptivate gold foil,  Kaiser swirl,  Tim Holtz metal embellishments, Heidi Swapp flower and clock,  Riff Raff Tree, Thickers Chipboard Alphas,  Versachalk - Red Magic,  Metal clock faces from Australia,  Jenny Bowlin Journalling Tag,  Making Memories Ribbons and white lace trim from Hong Kong.

Braids Galore Album - Clarissa

A simple album to remember Clarissa's dreadlocks - LOL...  We were at the Marriot Phuket when we saw that most of the little girls had their hair braided.  Clarissa - who is a little vain by the way wanted to braid her hair.  Hence,  we had it done.  Needless to say - it was quite a tedious affair but the smile on her face after that says it all - she loved it.

It took her a week to remove the dreadlocks and when she did - she looked like she had a mane... 

Materials used:

Plain chipboard (6x6) ,  Adirondack dabbers,  keychains,  Collage Press pp,  Maya Road Velvet Floweres,  Prima flowers,  7 Gypsies chipboard,  Chatterbox 3d and velvet stickers (Thanks Jessy),  Pearl blings,  Prima Blings,  MM alphas and Thicker Alphas.  

Quotes to Live by - Character

You cannot dream yourself into a character; 

you must hammer and forge yourself one.

Henry David Thoreau

Bubbles

This set of photos were taken by Jessy in December 2007 at the KLCC park.  One of my Xmas gifts this year is the Spellbinder Nestabilities.  Thank you my friend.  Here I have used it for the various photos.  Its a messy layout - but I have had the scrapper's block for some time.  It will just have to do.

Materials used:

Collage Press pp,  Autumn Leaves buttons,  Sticker Alphas - Collage Press,  Foam Thicker Alphas,  Die cuts from Collage Press and velvet ribbon from local haberdashery.

Quote of the Day

I was sifting through my scrapbooking stash and this was a quote from the DCWV black and white sticker quote:

Many children HAVE GONE FURTHER 

than they thought they could 

because a parent KNEW they could.

What important words to live by... I will continue to encourage my children and we will see what will be,  will be. Que sera sera...

Fists of a Dragon

SK's first sketch for the year...

This is my first Sk layout using a sketch provided by them.  Why Fists of a Dragon?  Sean was born in the year of a dragon.  Thought I would reflect this - Sean is an avid fan of martial arts.

I followed the sketch exactly - and just used some chinese stamps to create some background and uteed it with gold UTEE.  I loved the effect.

Materials used:

Red and Black cs,  Jenny Bowlin bracket pp, Hamble transparency,  gold thread and coin,  stamps,  Thickers cb alphas and Prima felt alphas.