HOPE and My little Chef in the Making

Somewhere across the seas,  a little 6 year old girl is battling brain cancer.  This is such a big battle and read about her story here.  Of late, I have been lamenting of the troubles at home without the help etc.  This is definitely a wake up call for me,  its just so minor in comparison to what this brave little 6 year old girl is going through.  I have just completed a donation for Emma and I hope that:

1)  You will get well soon
2)  You will fight this tumour in your brain
3)  You will not give up
4)  You will not be in too much pain

Be strong and we hope to see a positive update in your facebook and blog soon.

I have not been scrapping much as I have been busy with the house and the kids.  Summer holidays have officially started last week and we have been busy with football,  swimming and yes,  we have been once to the movies which is a great achievement.  Here is a simple layout of Sean.  He loves to bake and cook and I call this layout :  Chef in the Making.

2 Unique Girls

Clarissa is very lucky to be studying in a school that has diverse nationalities and she has so many friends from different backgrounds.  With that comes the different personalities that she is exposed to and I am grateful for the experience and hope that she is too.  I hope that she will enjoy and cherish the experiences and friendships that she shares with all her friends and that she will learn loads from them.

I am still very exhausted from my helper's ordeal.  She ran away 12 days ago and I was worried sick about her till I found out that she has been stealing money consistently and she has been planning this for a long time.  It was all very frustrating as I guess the culture of having a helper in house is quite a touch and go thing.  Sometimes you get a good one and other times - you just run out of luck.

Anyway,  I just managed to sit down yesterday and scrapped this simple layout.  It made me realise that I missed scrapping so much.  Here is my simple layout for the week and hope that I can still scrap without much spare time on my hands.

All Grown Up

This is by far my favourite layout of the year.  We were in Seoul last year when I managed to snap this beautiful photo of Clarissa - yes I think she is beautiful.  I am allowed to be biased.  She is my daughter. 

I am loving the simplicity of everything here and have I mentioned how I love the colours on this layout?  Black,  white,  red and a splash of green - they are just stunning together.  I have mixed some of my old Hambly with some newer Jenny Bowlin etc.

This is going to be a super short post as I am so tired.  We were in Singapore over the weekend for a Swim Meet and Soccer Tournament. Without  helper,  I came home to so many things to clean and clear and I am exhausted.  Good night friends.

You are so beautiful

This is another of simple layout that I did for my friend's baby girl.  She has yet to give me her baby's photos and hence I added a photo in place till I get it.  I found this old Hambly transparency which I bought ages ago and glad I finally used it.

I love all the fresh colours here - the limes and pink.

Check out the latest Momoyo bling hear stickers.  So easy and cheap to bling nowadays with them.  Available at Popular,  Times,  Jaya Jusco,  MPH and selected stores.  

This is going to be another short post for me as I am not well.  Take care everyone.

My Peeps

This is going to be a short post as I am going to be quite busy catching up with housework.  Another simple layout which I enjoyed doing for fun using some new papers which I bought from 2Peas.

Love the simplicity.

I enjoyed scoring the white acrylic paint using the card.

Love the doileys that I bought from Leanne Pearce.

Lucky to Have You and SIL Last Anniversary Challenge

This was one of the layouts which I have done on a whim without putting much thought into the layout.  I was feeling sad and frustrated with some things which I can't control and by the time I realised it,  this layout turned out disproportionate and a bit weird.  Nevertheless,  one should always embrace their mistakes and move on.  

Love this photo sitting by the river bank in Seoul.  Without realising it,  she is growing everyday and getting to be really adult looking now although she is only 13.  Did some cutting on some old Websters Pages and added in some of my old embellishments to finish the layout.

The red part is actually a fabric sticker which I bought waaaay back in 2005 in Singapore.  Glad to have started using it. 

I am sorry that I didn't measure correctly and ended up covering up the whole layout with the lace.  The whole layout looks a bit too overwhelming and bursting at the seams.

Anyway - I have got to go.  Football or soccer practice awaits.  Enjoy your Sunday everyone. 

Ooohhh - I nearly forgot to post that the latest challenge for the SIL Anniversary Blog Hop is over at this very talented DT's blog.  I am always amazed by her postings and how productive she is when she is scrapping.  She scraps every day and for me thats amazing.   Her challenge will conclude the SIL Anniversary Blog Hop and we will rest for 2 weeks and come back with new creations from our latest batch of DTs and that would be ooohhh-so--exciting.

Set Me Free

When the ladies at Momoyo sent me this latest batch of trims and sticker laces, I couldn't help but to use them in a girly layout. I was quite bored the other day and was playing around with Izzie.  I started then to use rollers on her hair at her ears.  She didn't even flinch and just let me carry on what I was doing.  Took some photos of her and she looked so hilarious.  The looks she gave me when I was taking her photos was just of absolute boredom and she was looking at me saying,"Set Me Free."

Here is a layout using some of my older Hambly stash and some newer Dear Lizzy paper.  :)

Doesn't she look cute with rollers?I know I am an evil mummy.  

I love all the trims and sticker laces that I have added.  Give the layout a girlish kind of look.  :)