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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Project 365 : Week 5 - February 2012

Wow, it's February already... I can't believe it! It seems like I just blink and the month has changed... January is a struggling month with me and Acha being sick at the same time. I truly hope February will give me a promising new beginning :). This is my week 5 layout using Color of My Life : Date Set by Inspired Designs & Colors of My Life - Green by Jen Yurko available at Ginger Scraps:

Sunday, February 5, 2012

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....

Saturday, February 4, 2012

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!

Friday, February 3, 2012

OKC Heart of Boy by Scrap of Angel

Once again, the minute I laid eyes on this kit at DST OKC thread, I fell in love with it and impulsively sent PM to the designer, Angelique. I was aiming to use this adorable picture of 5 months old baby Adin and I loved how the layout turned out to be. He was so cute.... I can't believe that he is 10 now... Time sure flies :)

This lovely white kit is called Heart of Boy by Scrapofangel available at Angels Scrap Shop. It contains 15 paper and 118 elements. Wow, so many pretty elements to choose from.... Believe me, this kit is just perfect to scrap your little baby boy pictures. Love it....

Mélie Designs : Romantic day

To welcome Valentine, Mélie Designs just re-launched a pretty kit with LOVE theme called Romantic Day available at Digital-Crea. This kit contains 10 papers and 94 beautiful elements. My favorite elements from this kit are a couple of cute mice which remind me of a sweet Valentine story.

The boy mouse adored the girl mouse very dearly. But, the competition was quite fierce because the girl was said to be the prettiest mouse in the neighborhood. The boy tried to search for the most perfect gift for Valentine day. He ended up carving an apple with the shape of heart by eating it up until he was too full, and gave it to the girl. So sweet...

Here is the layout inspired by the story and by the song My Funny Valentine :

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Project 365 : Week 3 & 4 - January 2012

I was a bit behind on this week 3 and 4 because I was sick with Dengue Fever and had to be hospitalized. This is my first time (apart from having 3 babies) that I have to spent 5 days in hospital. Certainly not an amusing experience, I tell you...

For WEEK 3, I used Marie H Designs' kit called Country Girls. This kit is so versatile for scrapping my girls pictures plus my almost 2 years old adorable niece, Salma, who has gone back to her hometown... miss you little rascal!

As for WEEK 4, I decided to preserve my 5 miserable days at hospital using January paper from Life Happened from Kathy Winters and once again kit from LauraMarie Scraps named Life Happens. I was hospitalized from Chinese New Year on Monday (what a great way to celebrate a new beginning, huh?) until Friday due to my low count of thrombosit in my blood (only 54 thousand from the normal 150 thousand).

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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