Quotes about Happiness

Well, it has been more than a year since I last posted anything :P

The reason I'm here again, is because I have something I'm sharing with anyone who chanced upon this little blog of mine.

Recently, I participated in a swap about sharing 10 positive quotes. These quotes are supposed to be printed out and put into a jar, so that when we need a little uplifting in life, we randomly pull one out and be reminded of what happiness is. They are meant to be strips of paper, but I just couldn't resist designing the quotes I'm sharing to look like journal cards, using one of my favourite colour combinations. I've since printed them out for my pocket scrapbooking. The small ones are 3" x 4" and the big ones are 4" by 6" if printed out actual size.

So today I thought of sharing these little reminders of happiness online, and I remembered this little blog of mine! If you have downloaded them (mediafire's link to the PDF), please do leave a comment so that I know they might be useful for someone too. Thanks!

Easter Egg Hunt @ Scrapdish!

Hello!

We have a little gift for everyone at Scrapdish this Easter, and they are now up!
All my kits are 30% off for this Easter weekend too!
(Discount shows in cart)

You only have *until 8 April '12* to collect all 3 parts, so get them now \(^o^)

Here's mine:

You do not have to register at the store, just look for the kits with the word 'Free' and you can download directly from the Description Page, just scroll down and you'll see the Download link:
Sorry, link has EXPIRED, but you can still grab the cluster below :)

Designs by Shelly Chua

Matilda Designs

Caroline B's Part

And... this is a little cluster for you to coordinate with the above kits.
Just click on it, then right click and save image as. ;)

 Have a Happy Easter, everyone!

With all my Heart...

Hello~
I haven't blogged a single thing since my last blog on ScrapDish's Jan Bits & Bytes, so now here I am~
As you have guessed it, it's my plug for my SD's Feb Bits & Bytes, for which I contributed these 2 packs for sales:

 
While I was busy with making Feb's B&B, and preparing for the Chinese New Year festivities at the same time (1st day of the CNY was 3 Feb this year), I was designing another kit, full of hearts, planning for it to debut together with the Feb B&B... but of course it didn't.

I had to be put it aside because I couldn't handle so many things at once, and on top of that, the kids needed help with their assignments to be completed before the CNY holidays! So in the end, this kit was only packaged and put in the store right on Valentines' Day itself. I'd like to think that I made it just in time ;)

However... knowing me, I am only blogging about it today lol!

This kit was supposed to be for Valentine's Day, but really, I think it is good for any other events too. For me, I love adding hearts to my layouts because 1) heart shape is my girls' and my favourite shape (after circles), and 2) I'd be making layouts of someone or something I love, so hearts aren't too out of place! So one can never have too many heart-shaped embellishments and heart-patterned papers ;)

OK now, thanks for reading until here:) I'm giving away the add-on to my new kit for a limited time only (end of Feb '11). Download Expired
Please click on the preview or this LINK to go and download from Box dot net.

Happy Scrapping! ~♥

Happy New Year 2011!

Here's wishing everyone a healthy, prosperous & good year in 2011!

The above wordart is in png format, so if you'd like to download it for your personal use and layout, just right click on it and save as :)

BTW, check out ScrapDish's Bits & Bytes, debuted this month. It's like choosing your own grabbag, from all the products by the different designers using the same colours and theme. The scrappers get to pick and choose from many paper and embellishment packs, whatever catches their eyes, or what they think they could use!
This is a great way for me to start my designing for the year, to design what I feel towards the colours and theme and contributing within my limits. Please take a look at my products if you have time :)

Refugee Awareness Blog Train

"Refugee Week is about raising people's awareness of who a refugee is, about breaking the prejudice barrier and removing the negative image that refugees have."

For this blog train organised by Angela , she has not designated the colour combination because as she explained, the refugees come from very different backgrounds, so we can be as diverse in our designs as possible. After thinking about what colours to use for the longest time, I picked my colours from the Refugee Week logo.

In my search for some inspiration for my contribution both on the refugee week site and the www, I came across this quote by Maya Angelou, which I thought goes well with the theme for this blog train.

"The ache for home lives in all of us,
the safe place where we can go as we are, and not be questioned"

I have included this quote in my contribution to the blog train. Please click on the preview below to download from 4shared, and take some time to check out the Refugee Week website to learn more.The list of the blog train is here:
Toucan Scraps = Digital Delights = LilyBelle = Winks Art = Shelly Chua = Creative Dreams = Milly Dee = PatriciaD

Spring has Sprung (^-^)/

The sale's ending tomorrow :)

Here's a little wordart {Spring Has Sprung} to kick start Spring!
(Click link to download from 4shared)

CHD Awareness Blog Train

When Angela asked me if I would join the blog train for awareness of the CHD, I read up and learned a bit more about this defect. I'm glad that children with this defect have the option of medical treatments that could help them heal, but it is hard for the parents or guardians who have to see their little ones undergo surgeries.

I'm fortunate that there hasn't been such cases in my family nor with my friends, but I have gone through the heartache of seeing my eldest gone through surgery just after his first birthday, in which he didn't know what was going on and all he experienced was pain and discomfort. After that surgery, he came to dislike stickers and things sticking on him even till now that he's 10, due to the tapes used to hold down the tubes on him and such.

This is my contribution to the CHD blog train, with the papers showing a normal ECG reading, which is my wish for all those with CHD, and to their parents and guardians too.
(Please note that the lines of the ECG were drawn by me using the mouse, so do excuse the unevenness)
You can download from 4shared or Box net.

The other blog train participants are:
Toucan Scraps, LilyBelle, Ann Ominous, Winks Art, Calli Scrap & Meredith Cardall
(due to internet issues, Ann's kit will be up on 11 Feb '10, do check back)

A Perky Quickpage for you :)

This 10X10inch page is adapted from my little girl's birthday layout scrapped with 'My Perky Princess' kit!

*Click here* to get it for your personal use :)

Have a great week!

What a *Great Idea!*

Finding a colour combination I like has always been a task. I have so many 'unfinished kits' for those palettes I picked myself, and found that somehow it's much harder and took me a longer time to complete such kits...

So it happened that I was stumped again last month with the colours I have on hand. After trying to finish up a kit without much success, I saw the colours for the 'Designer's Challenge' in 'The Enabler' (DigiscrapAddicts' newsletter) while sorting through my download folder.

I started out planning an element pack when I felt the palette calling for some cute bears, but it expanded into a full kit in the end! So there you go, introducing to you my 'Great Idea!', a kit geared towards the boys! :)


It's now 20% off on freshly-made sales until I stock the shelf with my next freshly-made kit. There's also an add-on pack of elements for you here!

Go to my store to see the kit :)
Go and download the add-on elements now :D

Any Harry Potter movie fans here? + Gift 4 U!

I'm so looking forward to catching the latest sequel this weekend with DH and DS, have you seen it?
DS enjoyed all the HP movie series so far, but his 2 little sisters do not appreciate the HP kind of magic at all. They might, when they're older, but for the time being, they will go and watch cute animations with their grandaunt this weekend while we go to the HP movie ;)

Talking about Harry Potter, {Enchanting Moments} is great for scrapping related events and photos with its colours and theme!
It is now priced at $1 for ScrapDish's Friday Specials, and will be a dollar only for this Friday until I switch back to its regular price. So you have to act fast to grab the deal!
A little something for you here :)
Meanwhile, I was organising my designing folders and came across this lovely little, very small, kit I created as a RAK gift some time ago. It consists of 2 patterned papers, 3 acrylic flower frames, a silver brad and a strip of tiny xoxo's. Link is in the preview, hope you'll like this Lovely Mini too :)
Have a great weekend!

Summerized?

sum·me·rize /ˈsə-mə-ˌrīz/ v to prepare for summer...

So of course we are all prepared for summer with kits of beach fun and pool parties, but what about the quiet moments? A stroll by the lake, a walk along the gurgling stream, playing by the pond or a little picnic in the woods?

This kit with Japanese-inspired designs and images is designed for scrapping the tranquil little moments in this season :)

Wait!... I've something for you: 2 add-on frames pieced with the ribbons and ric rac from this kit.
There is a 30% off coupon with the frames, not only for this kit but applicable to other kits in my store too.Click on the preview above to download your frames :)
Have a great summer with some wonderful memories!

Heat Waves / Sea Waves

... is the latest kit added to my store and it's on sales now!

If you're looking for a sampler, you can check this out: Oh Man~!
Many designers are getting their samplers in too, so go and take a look!

Have a wonderful weekend!

For all the mothers out there!

ScrapDish May Blog Train is here, and I'm on my first blog train with the other 7 ScrapDish designers! Yep... a first exciting train ride for me!!! :D
We are presenting you with a beautiful collab {My Mom Rocks!}, with a great assortment of papers, elements and alphas too!
* You should have arrived at my blog from BE Designs.
* Your next stop is going to be Urban Mermaid!
* Just in case you missed some stations along the way, the list of all the participating designers is here at ScrapDish's forum ;)

My store is on sale up to 50% through this Sunday if you're thinking of shopping ;)
Right, before you leave this station, click on the preview to download my contribution!
(Download link will be up till end of May '09)
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!
Happy Scrapping~

Happy (inter}National Scrapbooking Day!

There are so many {i}NSD events going on in digiland and Scrapdish has a fun treasure hunt planned too! There are downloads for the Gold Rush collab as well as coupons and such!One of the clues lead to my golden kit with a special coupon inside for the month of May!Have fun, and again, Happy (Inter}national Scrapbooking Weekend to all the Scrappers out there!

The Easter Egghunt, a BIG Sales, and a Chickie Tag for you!

If you're still on the trail for the Easter Egg Hunt, the details are here... but you had better hurry, because the hunt is only through this weekend and the links will be removed after that.

By the way, ScrapDish is having an Easter store-wide sale through 17th April, and my whole store is marked down by 50% too :D
This includes my latest kit, Chickie Jelly Beans, just added to the store, so check it out now!... And don't go yet, I have a cute little stitched tag for you, thanks to Gunhild Storeide for the round paper tag base and zigzag stitchings.
Click on the preview below to go and download it from my 4shared account:Enjoy your holidays with your family and friends!

Happy Easter Weekend!

This Easter weekend Scrapdish is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt Eggstravaganza!
But instead of eggs, you'll be collecting scrap kits!
15 Designers have designed mini-kits with an Easter palette.
These kits will create an awesome Easter Mega kit...if you can find them all that is!
Visit the Scrapdish Forum on Friday 10th April for the first clue
and you can begin your Easter Egg Hunt!

This is my contribution to the Egg Hunt, so see if you can find it :)
Pssst.... the link to my kit is in the last clue, so follow them all to get to mine, and when you reach mine, you would have collected all the kits by then! ;)
See you there and have fun!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Scrapdish is having a special Valentine's $1 Days these 2 days and I've marked down my Warm & Fuzzy, Forever and Sweet Girls Paper Pack too!

If you're not planning on any shopping, it's ok, because I have a set of 3 frames for you for Valentine's Day :) Wrap your loved ones up with them on your cards or layouts!Click on the preview above to download.

Happy Lunar New Year!

Who'd have thought my previous post's 'back in a few days' became a few weeks...
Besides being tied up with kids and their school stuff, preparation for the Chinese New Year such as house cleaning and shopping for new year goodies have been keeping me busy too ;)

Anyway, the first day of Chinese New Year for this year falls on 26 Jan, which is next Monday, and I'm more or less prepared apart from shopping for some new clothes for myself... which I'll get to it this weekend (last minute shopping again :P)
Other than that, I've got a Lunar New Year kit up to go with all the New Year festivities too! This is a kit revamped from a RAK I gave out some time back at RAKScraps with auspicious new year colours, and you can find it at my Scrapdish store:Then, there's this set of uppercase alphas with the same gold frosted plaque which I wanted to add to the kit, but on second thought am giving it away instead! So, click on the preview to download (^o^)/
(alpha comes in 1 sheet, for personal use/ S4H only)

If you celebrate the Chinese New Year, Happy Lunar New Year to you and your family!
*Xin Nian Kuai Le*

Merry Christmas!

Hope that everyone is having/ or had a wonderful and joyous Christmas with their loved ones!

ScrapDish is having a Boxing Week Blowout sales from 26 Dec to 2 Jan '09, and everything in my store will be 50% off too these few days! So check ScrapDish out to see if there's anything you like :)

Before you leave, by the way, I've got 2 quickpages for you designed with Very Merry, a kit from Christmas 2007. They are left plain without any elements, so you can use your favourite kit to dress them up, such as tying ribbons on the ornaments & etc :)
Here you go, download page 1 and page 2:I'll have something up for New Year too in a few days' time, see you then! :)

Gratitude

2 quotes from my mega kit contribution last year :)
They are in RAKScraps' RAK forum and you have to be logged in to get the links if you'd like to have them. Click on the preview to get there :)