Charity Cards - Set no 2

Another set of Xmas cards which I have made for the Children's Home. A special shoutout to Momoyo who donated the Christmassy brads.

Charity Cards - Set no 1

These are some cards which I made when I was sick. I couldn't find the mojo to scrap and hence I dug out some of my old pps and I started making some cards. These cards will be donated to a Children's home which caters for Autistic and brain damaged kids. I hope that they will in turn raise more funds for the home.

Start of school

These are some blurry pics I took of the kids at their first day of school. I blame the lousy photos on having to get up early and that I was still very sleepy. Hee hee...

Check out the awful blue toes. She loves them - I dread them. Welcome to the dreaded teenage years. Sigh... She is only 11 folks... A long way more to go.

All happy to start school again.

Munchkin no 2 - putting on his shoes.

Another week goes by and another award

Wow! Time does fly past so fast and its another week without blogging. What have I been up to? Mostly - still recuperating and thank God - my throat swab came back as a negative for H1N1 but I am still suffering from pharyngitis. The current unhealthy air level due the haze doesn't help at all. That is why I am still sick.

I went for my walk today just simply because I was so fed up of being sick. I did feel more energetic but it also worsened my throat. Lesson learned - I need exercise but not in this haze. Oh - how I miss my walks and these 4 weeks of antibiotics and medicines have made me put on so much weight. Sigh.

On happier news, the kids have started their new school and have settled in quickly and enjoying school. I have been on a scrapping rut yet again but I am pleased that I managed to make more simple cards for charity. This time - they will go to a Children Home which is run by my friend's mom. Will take pictures of them tomorrow morning and upload them.

Another happy news is that my fellow DT at Scrap-it-Lah, Mazlina has awarded me with this honest award. Thanks Maz!

Here are the things that one has to fulfill after receiving this award:

1) Thank the person who gave it to you.
2) List 10 honest things about yourself.

3) Pass the award on to 7 people.

Ok 10 honest things about myself:

1) I hate tardy people who are not punctual and perpectually late.

2) I love my walks in the morning. There is something about the cool air and the greenery which soothes me.

3) I love pop music.

4) I can't scrap when I am not in the mood and when I do have the scrapping mood - its all steam ahead.

5) I have very low tolerance for anyone who is super fussy.

6) I love to eat things that are soupy.

7) I love to NAG my kids - yes - that includes my hubby too.

8) I love fast cars and I love to drive FAST - really FAST.

9) I used to love to bite my nails. I have now stopped that habit. (But alas, my daughter picked up this awful habit).

10) I enjoy my weekly massages very much. Won't miss them for the world.

There you go - I have added 10 more different facts about me.

I would love to pass this award to:

1) Nad

2) Irene aka Scrapperlicious

3) Pandachu

4) Wati

5) Jazsutra

6) Sharon Chan

7) Issa

Phew - that was hard finding another 7 friends to tag. I am glad that this is all done. I have started to cough again so I better go and call it a night. Have a great weekend everyone.

Scrap-it-Lah August Challenge

We have another unique challenge lined up for you at the Scrap-It-Lah this month. We kick off the Guest Designer series this month and we have invited Irene Tan aka Scrapperlicious as our Guest Designer and she has come up with a cool challenge for us. For more information, go do head off to the Scrap-it-Lah blog.




Irene's challenge was to include some sewing in the layout.  I have done that with my flourishes.

I have also tried out a tutorial that I saw online making flowers from punched scalloped paper. I must say that I love these flowers that I have here now.  

This is a very old photo of Clarissa when she was 2.  As you can see - barely had hair and loved to strut her stuff and wear boots.  Sigh... Such memories....

Materials used:

Coredinations pp,  Far East pp,  Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade,  Ribbons and trims from local haberdashery,  Technique Tuesday chipboard frames,  Embossing Pad,  UTEE Embossing Powder,  DMC Embriodery thread,  MM Sticker alphas,  Heidi Swapp Sticker,  Thickers foam alphas,  plastic leaves from my Scarlet Lime kit and 3d foam dots.

Chronic Pharyngitis

Saw the doctor today.  I suffer from Chronic Pharyngitis now.  Sigh... Don't know when I can shake this virus off.  It's very annoying especially when I have coughing fits.  

I have had visitors throughout summer.  It was great to see my friends again and thsi time I made their kids make a canvas each to remember me by.  Here they are and I must say that the kids did such great jobs with theirs.  I love them all....

James' canvas.

Kirsten's Canvas.

Callum's canvas

Penang

I am back - finally after 2 weeks.  It's been quite some time since I have been so sick.  I have gone through several different types of medications and 2 jabs to make me heal. I am on the way but not quite there.  I still have a little sore throat but that's nothing compared to what I had last week and the week before.

Summer holidays will be ending soon and I took the opportunity to pack the sunny island of Penang.  We went to stay at this beautiful and historic hotel and had the best of time with her.  She was a great host and I swear I must have left Penang at least 5 kilos heavier...  I leave you with some photos of Penang.  I must say that I have fallen in love with this place and I suspect I will definitely visit this island soon - since it took me 2.5 hours drive from KL.  Hee hee...

The pool in our hotel.

Was slightly hazey but the sideview of the hotel.

The now defunct but yet so rustic lift.

The dome in the lobby.  Beware - every tiny sound is resonated throughout the dome and can be quite discerning.

Love the antique wash basins.

The toilets were all antiques too.

View from the back of the restaurant "The Tsunami Village".  

Photo taken by Kitkatz.  She was showing me the difference in Aperture.  Thanks Kat.

Sunrise from our room.

Photo taken by DD as we wee leaving using the Penang Bridge.