Boyf started saving $1 coins a month ago, so i decided to help him "build" a box so he can "feed" it. Bought this ugly looking flower box from Diaso and took it home to paint it into beige. Misted with Fern Green Maya Mist and Perfect Pearl Water for the added shimmer. Followed by pasting heart shaped ribbons to act as "grass" or "ferns".

Warning, the top and the bottom of the box didn't match like a single entity. LOL! I was just going by my feeling and whatever i was happy with~ Anyway, to me - he MUST use it. =p

Okay, this is how the top looks like! I didn't feel inspired to make something masculine so i didn't care and went ahead with feminine wedding theme. haha! Exploring my options to make wedding ang bao boxes in future..
The paper flowers were bought from Diaso and Spotlight. Painted them to light orange.
The felt flowers are handmade and the red rose in the middle is by Prima.
Butterfly punched from the EK Success Layer punch. I used UTEE powder to create a "thick" embossed look and used Ranger's stickers to glitter the wings.
The chinese trim surrounding the top of the box was bought from a sewing shop. It was pretty expensive for a yard.


Decided to take a photo of how i made the felt flower. I learnt from various users from youtube, blog and pinterest and decided to give it a shot since i had left over felt from christmas.
Cut the felt 2 inch wide and glue the edge together. Cut small strips along the un-glued side to create the petals.
Cut a piece of round cardstock and use glue gun to stick the flower down.
In order to fill the hole in the middle, you can either put a button or a flower.
Cut my feathers into smaller pieces and glued them beneath it too.
Attached a short piece of mini pearl string to add some elegance.


Used a MR Pin and inserted different size and type of beads in. Love this combination!

Boyfr said that i can have a treat limited to 10% of what is being saved in there when the box is full. I sealed the box up entirely so he can't open it in between to "cheat". Hope he will be motivated enough to complete filling up the box! :)

Got this off the Lawnscaping Blog and i totally agree with what Laurel said about it! Totally can't stand the word verification system on blogspot. I know it is a feature to avoid ridiculous comments but i am always having a hard time figuring out what the word is and sometimes there are TWO words to figure out. Most of the time, the words don't make sense at all. I always think twice about leaving comments because i am afraid i will hit this "wall".

As fellow scrappers, you may participate in challenge sites and will find yourself having more comments than usual on your blog when you submit an entry. The design team makes an effort to visit your blog and give you words of encouragement, so it may be a good thing to turn this feature off. Some of you may not even realize it's on..... Go to your blog settings: Comments: and click "no" to show word verification.

Hope i didn't offend any one of you. Just my personal thoughts.

Created this card quite long ago but didn't get a chance to photograph it under natural light. Had fun creating this because the flowers are so cute! Colored them in happy colors and hope it will bring a smile to someone's face.

I was staring at this card the whole week while i was struggling to not fall sick. So everyday i drank my Vit C and try to sleep as early as possible while avoiding my favourite snacks. Quite a torturous habit for me though. =p But don't worry, i'm feeling okay now!

As some of you may know, i was busy with my insurance exams and i must say, i am really fighting hard to find time to study and plan my upcoming roadshows. So far, failed one, pass one, left one untaken. So yes, i have 2 more papers to go at the end of the day.
- Can't remember where i got my blings.

Very tough day for myself today. Felt unproductive at work just because 2 part timers decided to back out from my upcoming roadshow. Kinda pin high hopes on them and they end up like this. Hais.

Along with the tough day, 2 of my colleagues has fallen ill and i believe i have caught their bug because i'm starting to sneeze now and the mucus seem to start flowing unknowingly. Oh dear~ Please don't let me catch the flu bug. :(

Even though i felt heavy at heart and at mind but something made me laugh today. Yap! The picture attached on the right is what i saw on the newspaper and i think it's pretty true. The 4th method will definitely work in Singapore. ;)

3 Cheers to M3H (Maple Treehouse) as they are moving out to a more convenient location at IMM. Even though its an office space but at least i know i get to visit Daiso and m3h at the same time. So as they are waiting to move out, they are also having a clearance sales and it's a good time to grab things! Went down on Thursday evening to pick up my prize that i won during their Xmas challenge (yes, its delayed and i've been so busy). There were some pattern papers that i've kept away already and supposed to have 2 bottles of MS glitters but i really really hate glitters that sticks around (as mentioned in this post), so i requested from the owners if i could change for something of the same value and they immediately suggested to change for the Ancient Page inks. Hee! i don't mind - ink pad plus reinker. Good deal!


On top of the 2 colors i chose for my prize, i got another one at $12 along with archival ink and picket fence distress stain because they were on 30%-40% off too!


Finally parted my money for honey be scissors at $15 and more twines at $5 per pack. Cant remember scrubbi's price but i decided to try it cause i've been having a hard time getting glues, esp hot glues, off my hands. =/


I've seen so many people use maple leaves stamp to do so many amazing things online and i've decided to own my first tim holtz's stamp. Love it cause its on sale too! TGF stamp was pre-ordered and i went down to collect too. More watercoloring to come!


$24 for this 8x8 paper pad. Not sure if its cheap but it was a style that i am willing to try. ;)

M3H are offering even more products on sale now. My eyes are set on the $2.10 EK Success Foam Squares and $2 Cats Eye Pigment ink by ColorBox!!


Went down to PM last friday and i got to catch up with their weekly release goodies.


DCWV released their all time famous "Once Upon A Time" PP again and i went down to the stall to grab their smaller size pad. (i have the 8x8 one already and i'm using them for my 21st birthday album)


Grab this 2 punch at 40% off and it is very heavy! I carried all the way home and i played with it. However, i had a hard time punching all the shapes out properly. Bf helped me too and he couldnt do it properly too. So we figured that it was faulty and i carried it back again ytd wanting to change new ones!! So heavy~~~~~~~ The PM sales lady decided to test it out and she got to punch it out beautifully!! She was smaller size than me lar! >.< Turn out it was probably the way i had punched it.

Not sure if you guys will be getting it or have the same problem as me. But here are some tips.
Tip 1: your table should be on a lower level so more body weight will be used to punch it.
Tip 2: The heels of ur hand should be aimed slightly towards the middle of the punch and not at the end of it.

Customized Wedding Card made for my sister's friend, Yujin. The couple met at work and they work in the marine industry so the ship was the best picture to describe their love.


Flowers are from a flora trim i bought from my local fabric store. The spray at the background is handmade twisted by myself. I still enjoy making sprays myself than spending so much on it.


Sea being glitterified by Ranger's stickers so the image wouldn't look so flat.


AC Thickers and doodlebug twine to create a "sky" effect.


And of course the envelope must be pretty as well lar! haha..

The inside of the card allows my sis to insert the wedding angbao and write a message as well.

I've been real busy at work preparing for my upcoming roadshows and my exam papers. Stopped scrapping for the time being because all i want to do when i get home is to lie down and rest. I'll be back with more scrapping in March.

However, i am in the middle of online shopping. The above 3 websites are: iamroses.com and Pro31 and Karlas001 Etsy. I've spent the longest time looking for retailers to sell white/ivory mulberry flowers in large pack and low price. These websites sell them in pack of 100s and they sell very pretty trims and skeleton leaves too! The paper flowers sold in LSS are too overpriced and afterall, they are just papers!

I've just emailed Pro31 and iamroses asking about the shipping prices to Singapore. Hopefully it will be reasonable too. I understand that they send in those Mail Boxes that have S/M/L Sizes. I hope i can stuff alot of things into a S or M Size box since flowers and trims are quite light and can be "squeezed". I hope to pack as many stuff as possible so i can maximise the shipping cost!

If you happen to have purchased from them b4, let me know, yea?

I'll be back with more news soon!

Thanks Juanna for the Liebster Blog Award!

Liebster is a German word meaning dearest, and the award is given to up-and-coming bloggers with less than 200 followers.  

Juanna's scrap layouts are always so pretty especially her use of twines. I am also secretly admiring her obsession for washi-tapes. I have 6 washi-tapes currently but can't seem to bear to use them. 

Here are the rules:
1) Choose 5 up and coming blogs of fewer than 200 followers to award the Liebster to.
2) Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
3) Post the award on your blog. Link back to the blogs you have given the Liebster to so everyone else can pay them a visit.

Circle cutter for $2 at Diaso! Yeahs! Thanks to Joan's recommendation, i'm so happy i finally can cut a proper circle.
Cuts 1cm-15cm circles and the blade is pretty sharpe. I used my cutting mat for cutting but there is a slight difficulty because the blade is like a pen-knife blade. So i've gotta turn my paper slightly while cutting. For $2, i don't mind turning abit of my paper. haha!




And of course i'm delighted that i can cut slim rim circles! hoho!!

A few days later, i saw this circle cutter on the "Recommended" shelf. *Satisfied*