December Challenge : Children Whisperer

SSD Portfolio Challenge : July #4. What's a trait that you possess that you or others use to define you? Use that trait as a large title on your layout - 2pts. Credits : Here Comes Trouble by Kristin Cronin-Barrow, Cluster Tags by Juliana Kneipp

December Challenge : What's Cool About You?

On this rainy Sunday afternoon, after attending TBI's end of year Achievement gathering at Hotel Padma, Ciumbuleuit, I was in the mood for artsy scrapping using Juliana Kneipp's latest kit : Playroom. I really love the bubble talk background paper so I decided to use that with Little Green Frog Design's December Challenge on Scrap Orchard! Messy look is my new style... :)

SSD challenge : June #23. What makes you (or your kids!) cool?
Scrap about it in a fun way! - 2pts

SO December 13 : Andrea's Template Challenge

SSD Monthly Portfolio : December 2012 - 2

I'm so challenged by this one : June #24. Create an element made out of buttons for your layout, get creative! - 2pts. I never realized that playing with buttons can be so much fun... :). Look at that heart I made with various colorful buttons... Lovin' it!

Credits : 

Buttons : various Sweet Shoppe kits (too many too be written :)) 

Paper, butterfly, arrows, word bit : A Happy Family by Erica Zane 

Post it, yellow brush, stiches : Addicted to List by Studio Basic Designs 

Cluster tags by Juliana Kneipp 

Love wordart : My Sunshine part one by Juliana Kneipp

I was inspired by this unique layout by YepBrook (a Sugar Babe from SSD).

SSD Monthly Portfolio : December 2012 - 1

Recently I have been buying stuff from Sweet Shoppe Designs. The Sugar Babe gallery is full with inspirational pages with style that suits my preference very well. As an added point, they have these special challenges submitted monthly to Pinterest.

So far this year, they've posted a whopping 440 challenges! So for December's challenge portfolio, they invite us to earn points for our Sweet Rewards using ANY of the challenges which have been posted at Pinterest from January to November 2012! Yaaay... This is is my very own first take of the challenge :

October #33 - Design a page using only ONE of each of these elements: photo, paper, one word title, flower, and ribbon. Anything else you add to your page is up to you! - 2 pts. Credits : Cluster Tags by Juliana Kneipp, Sunshine part one by Juliana Kneipp (LOVE word art), Addicted to List Studio Basic Designs (background paper, blue arrows, heart doodles) & This Life : November by Penny Springman (overlay)

Challenge : DSD Games at Scrap Orchard 3

This is the third and my most favorite template challenge at DSD Games. I know I'm gonna reuse this template over and over again :).

Finally I got to use Kristin Aagard Designs' Hair Day kit that I love so much but haven't got pictures to scrap with yet. Luckily, I snapped some pictures of Adin having his hair cut at Ciwalk.

Challenge : DSD Games at Scrap Orchard 2

This is the second template challenge using a template by Scrapping with Liz. I used Thaty Borges's Tripping Out kit which cloud background I really love.

Challenge : DSD Games at Scrap Orchard

I feel that games and challenges at Scrap Orchard during November DSD 2012 are simply awesome! They used the name of popular board games as inspiration for template challenges such as Tic Tac Toe, Backgammon, Checkers, Scrapapoly. Too bad I can't finish all the layouts for the 14 challenges.... :(. Next year I must join again! First, this is Andrea's Template Challenge :

I used Meta Wulandari Design kit : On Cloud Nine & Dandy Lion.

Challenge : Sahlin Studio October Template challenge

Did I mention that Krista Sahlin is one of my favorite designer? She hosts a template challenge every month in her blog and I'd like to start participate from now on. Here is the template for October challenge :

I used Adin's pictures of his school with its breath taking scene. Here is my take on the challenge using the only kit I ever bought from her, "Worn by Sahlin Studio and One Little Bird" :

October Mix it Up Challenge : Little Ballerina

I re-used the circles template I scraplifted  before and made this layout for Ginger Scraps' October Mix it Up Challenge. I had fun desaturating everything and splashed a bit of red on the page. Credits :

Papers (desaturated) : A WORK IN PROGRESS by Inspired Designs
Black Background Paper and Glitter : Life Captured : September by Pixelily Designs
Red Flower : Happy To Be Me by Pixelily Designs
Newspaper Circle Paper Mats : Deciduous by Meta Wulandari Designs
Wordstrips and Ballet Elements : Twinkle Toes by Kristin Aagards

October Inspiration Challenge : What's in a Name?

I really like the theme of Inspiration Challenge at Ginger Scraps this month. Amy, the hostess, asked us to scrap the meaning of our names or someone closer to us. I'm so excited... never thought of that before! I used a dark wood grain background paper from Pixelily Designs and lighter wood grain paper by Kathy Winter Designs for the name tags. The flower, leaves and twigs embellishment came from Picture Designs, Craft-tasthropic, Adorable Pixels and Pixelily Designs. I also used a freebie mask called Penmanship from Studio ViVa Artistry. Isn't Alyssa so cute with the big sunflower?

Credits : Fall Festival Papers by Kathy Winters Designs & Fall Festival : Paper Pack [Patterned] by Pixelily Designs. Sunflower : Thankful by Adorable Pixels. Yellow leaves : Fall Festival : Element Pack 1 by Pixelily Designs. Butterfly, folliage, bubble mask : Spring Ring by Craft-tastrophic. Clock, heart : Fall Land by Craf-tastrophic

Thaty Borges : Tripping Out

Every month I always do Me, Myself and I challenge hosted by Eva of eqrAveziur at Digital Scrapbooking Studio. This month's theme is : Where in the world do you like to travel? Simple rules:

• Scrap JUST about you 
• At least a title 
• Journaling (long or short) 
• You Can Use Any digital items from designer. Make sure you credit your work appropriately in the MMI gallery 
• Then come back to the thread and post here the link (and your LO as well) to your layout in the gallery 
• Have too much fun! 

Award: If you Participate 10 months or 10 LO's (do not need to be in a row) You Will Have a $ 10 coupon from her store. AND they are offering a 10% discount on ALL of your purchases for the following month! So, if you participate this month and get a layout posted, you will receive 10% off of every purchase made next month! No coupons required, the discount will automatically apply to your purchase(s)! And, this is on top of any/all sale prices in effect at the time of purchase!

By pure coincidence. I found the perfect kit while browsing through After Five Designs during their 35% birthday sale that lasted unti 19 September. I just adore all the world landmark pieces she created here! Eiffel tower, Big Ben tower, Taj Mahal palace, Sydney opera house, even Egypt's piramide! Wow, I'm totally in love with this pack! I said to myself "Gotta grab this quick while it still on sale." And I did... :)

Tripping Out by Thaty Borges

Swimming Girl

Another layout I made for Scrapbook-Bytes' Template challenge. I still used Siamese Studio's Love Birds and The Urban Fairy's Photo Treatments action V-2. I love how easy we can get 4 different Black and White just by clicking action button. I'm lovin it... Danielle, you're the best!

Oh yeah... as an addition to the action, I put a pink paper layer on top of the photo and reduce the opacity to get a bit of pink nuance on the photos underneath.

Here is my layout :

Siamese Studio : Love Birds - February G-A-B for Scrapbook-Bytes

Our lovely May from Siamese Studio just released 5 sets of beautiful Valentine themed mini kits named Love Birds for February Grab A Byte at Scrapbook-Bytes.

The first is Love Birds Elements with more than 50 elements included inside. Next is Love Birds Papers with 10 solid and patterned papers. You can also find 4 beautiful design of ready made stacked papers in Love Birds Stacked Papers collection. If you like unique clustered frame and lovely borders, you should check Love Birds Clustered Frames and Love Birds Borders.

All of this kits are just $1 from Feb 13 - 19! What a deal... so what are you waiting for? Head to Scrapbook-Bytes and snatch them while they last...

I use these kit to complete Topsy Turvy Template challenge at Scrapbook-Bytes. The template for this month by Connie Prince is packed with different shapes, making it a bit tricky to work on. But, I like the final result...

February Challenge : Template, Desktop and Signature challenges at GS

I just love this Huggables kit by Marie H Design so much, I used it on 3 challenges at once. The alpha is just so cute and girly! These are my layouts for Template challenge, Desktop challenge and Signature challenge at Ginger Scraps :

3 February Challenges : What's on the Menu at SDD, Font at GS & Word Play at SBB

Last month I missed the January What's on the Menu challenge because I was sick the entire last half month. So, this month I wouldn't want to miss it again. I love this challenge because you could never guess what you have to scrap just by seeing the menu. It's kinda like buying cat in a hat... a mysterious ingredients you only find out once you ordered something. It's exciting...!

This time I chose to orderered : Nachos, BLT and Sprite. And Yvonne, the hostess, sent me "the translation" a few days ago :
Nachos - I would like you to scrap about a date that you went on with your spouse, boyfriend or significant other.
BLT - You must use 2 different alpha in your title,
2 different flowers
2 fasteners
4 different papers, with the top paper at an angle
1 font.
Sprite - 3 photos lined up in any direction on your layout.

OK, I have to put my thinking hat first to look for ideas.... And after some deep thinking, voila... I decided to use my China trip photos in 2010 with my dear husband. Yesterday, with my $5 Gift Certificate I won from Ginger Scraps LOTW, I bought this kit called Colors of My Life - Green from Jen Yurko. There was a $1 sale on all Buffet Menu from 1-7 Feb 2012, so I could bought 5 different mini kits all together. What a bargain! I intended this kit for my 365/52 Project, but since the color tone matched the photos, I could't resist to try my hands on it. Wonderful papers and elements... love it...

I seldom use more that 3 papers on my layout, but since the requirement said so, I just stack papers with the upper one on an angle. Not a bad arrangement, huh...? I personally love the alpha combination for the tittle. So cute... loving it! As for the font, I used Pea Christen for the title and Veteran Typewriter for the journaling.

Guess what? I submitted it again for Font challenge at Ginger Scraps by changing the journaling font into Travelling Typewriter and for Word Play challenge at Scrapbook-Bytes by changing the title "adventure" into "perfect day". Yippee....

February Challenges Combination

Whenever I could, I like to combine challenges in different forums. I feel the satisfaction of creating only a layout to fulfill as many requirements in different challenges as possible. Like this one project for example, I started with the Previous Month Daily Download challenge with kit from Ginger Scraps by LauraMarie Scrapped caled New Day.

Then, I turned to Cardinal's Mega Mix Up challenge at Scrappity-Doo-Dah, in which I have to lift other participant's layout above me. I chose to lift a layout from Aulia's gallery because her collections are all simple yet beautiful. This layout called Sweet Love is the one I picked. I personally very rarely to create clean style layout like this, mine is usually packed with loads of elements with very little white space. But, I tried to do something different this time.

At last, I need font to do the title and journaling, right? So, I went to Scrapbook-Bytes to see the Font challenge. And I love the choice of the font with the name of Old Press (available at Dafont.com).

So, with combination of a kit, a layout to scraplift and a font from 3 challenges, I managed to finish this layout. Voila...what do you think? I used picture of me, Adin, Alyssa and their daddy (minus Acha, she was to small to tag along) while we were at Freed Family Gathering event. I loved the big lovely white swing we found in Tree House Cafe, when we stopped by for lunch. The decoration of this cafe is so sweet and romantic, I even signed up for membership there!

TBI Digi-Scrap Challenges

Wah, ternyata teman-teman di kantor semangat mencoba digi-scrap. So, kita mengadakan challenge kecil-kecilan setiap minggu. Dan inilah hasil layout perdananya, temanya : MY FAMILY.

Layout Aulia

Layout Jeanny 

Layout Mulia 

Layout Puti

Layout Risti

Nah, kalo yang di bawah ini challenge no 2 : ME and MY FRIEND

Layout Aulia

Layout Puti

Layout Risti

Ayo semuanya, tetap semangat digi-scrapping ya....!

January 2012 Challenges at Scrappity Doo Dah & Ginger Scraps

I'm so eager to join SDD challenges to get 500 point for $5 free coupon....lol. Last month I only managed to get 350. Hopefully this month I can finish several challenges :). I made this layout with mini kit from Bird Cage challenge hosted by Sandra (PictureDesigns). This is the first time I write my journalling on a paper strips. It was fun...

I really love Acha's photo swimming in the pool. I just turned them to Sepia because the colour scheme doesn't match the mini kit colour.

There are some changes in Ginger Scraps' rewards and challenges system starting January posted by Marie here. New Reward systems : 
1-4 challenges done 10 %off
5-7 challenges done 25 %off
8-11 challenges done 40% off
12 challenges done 50% off
When you do 13 challenges or more you get a 5 $ Gift Certificate. Each month we start new.
All challenges layouts must have at least 50% of GS products - Daily Download and Welcome wagon counts. You must create 1 layout per challenge. No double-dipping

Each % coupons or Gift certificate will be tallied on an accounting treads by you and will be sent out by the 10th of the following month. The discount coupon and Gift certificate will be for personal use and S4H products only. NO CU products.

And this is my layout for previous month Daily Download challenge. I only downloaded 10 days last month so this is the best layout I can come up with :).

For the Signature challenge, this is my creation :