yes, it's another mini

this mini-album was created for the maya road challenge over at two peas. i used the maya road birdhouse chipboard mini and pink paislee's butterfly garden collection. i love this collection and i can't wait to create another project with this. enjoy the rest of the week. 

there's a storm coming

...and i have layouts pouring in. the first two layouts were completed in the span of a day and the last two, i was just too lazy to take pictures of. i also have an album i will be posting pictures of. stay tuned. 

how pretty makes it easy

this year's valentine's day celebration was pretty low key. i got off work pretty late and when i got in the car, hubby handed me a couple of cupcakes. then we had dinner in a quaint and cozy restaurant near our house. after coffee and dessert, we were both pretty tired so we headed home. now on to my scrapbook share.

this is a layout i created from iris' restoration album and layout class. i was in singapore during the day of the class so i was only able to work on it afterwards. i finished most of the layout a couple of weeks ago but i wasn't able to complete the bird yet. i have to tell you, it was very frustrating working on the structuring medium. i am still working on the mini-album. i hope i can share that soon.

this next layout was so easy to put together because the pink paislee papers are so pretty. and don't get me started on the colors - pink, blue and yellow. this one is for the scrappiest sketch 107.

as if to prove my theory that pretty papers and embellishments can jumpstart the creative process, i was able to finish this layout in a couple of hours for prima's february bap.

i think i'm gonna test more of my theory and get started on working with more pretty papers. it's friday tomorrow. i hope i can get more layouts done or even an album. 

a quick share

this is my entry for the january 27 sketchy thursdays challenge. the title took the longest to complete - it took me almost 2 days between choosing what colors and stickers to use to the title. i hope i finish another layout tonight. 

playing with colors

orange, purple, green with bits of blue and brown - these are not my usual colors but i figured, nothing like a new year to try out new color combinations. this is my entry for a2z scraplets' january sketch challenge. 

on to other things. one of my personal goals for this year is to catch up on my reading. i got myself the first three books in the mysterious benedict society series. i managed to finish a third of the book while gian was playing plants and zombies in the coffee shop.

i only got the first two books in paperback from fully booked in high street and then found out later on that there was a boxed set of all three books. i wanted to get the third book so we went to to their branch in rockwell. and guess what? they were having a sale and i got the book at 20% off. talk about luck. 

i finished the first book and enjoyed it immensely. i will probably finish the second one today. i intend to make the most of the last few hours of the holiday break before i have to get back to work. 

i'm leaving you with a  picture of the books and a peek of my craft corner. yes, it's cramped and messy.