my list of special loves...just to name a few...

good day everyone! today's post would be about a few things on my list of special loves. one of the things on my list is Prima Marketing products, i love all the embellishments and literally went crazy when a LSS was offering 40% discounts off. i instantly filled my basket with blooms and alphas within a few minutes and my good friend, angel, thinks i'm crazy for wanting to go back to get more while the promotion is still on.

well, angel is also another special love. although we have our good days and not so good days and days where we dont wanna speak at all *winks* she's still one of my special love; it's been 7 years since we found each other again and she's been a great friend, listening to my nonsense and sharing her stuff with me almost unconditionally.

so yupperz, i've combined my love for angel, prima marketing products and scrapping into this simple layout...

supplies used: patterned paper - prima marketing and bobunny; journaling card, blooms, pearls - prima marketing; alphas: american crafts and adorn it; punch - martha stewart; cardstock - dcwv and stmap - unity stamps.

although it was a simple layout but it was initially really difficult for me to tear that huge hole in my patterned paper and i am glad it turned out well, afterall angel chose her own paper when i went shopping one day, so i had to make sure the paper was well used.

last but definitely not least, i have a special love for japan and it pains me to see photos and videos and hear the news about the destruction the huge earthquake and tsunami had caused. it definitely was a reality check for me, since i was just in tokyo about 2 days before the earthquake happened. my heart goes out to the people of japan and anyone who is also emotionally affected by this natural diaster.

let's not forget to tell our love ones how we feel for them. tell them today! tell them now! please pray for japan and mother earth.

*hugs*
jan

the smurfs...

hope you had a wonderfuly weekend, well...mine was really fulfilling! i came back from work on friday and got straight down to planning a new layout and by the time i went to bed on friday night, i had been awake for over 43hours, with about a 5hours nap inbetween.

but i think it was all worth it. i completed a layout that is a tad bit overdue and all just in time for the design team search on the sketch blogs, http://www.pencillines.com/ and http://www.thescrappiest.blogspot.com/

anyway, back to my story on the smurfs. my friend, smurf, found his perfect smurfette and they decided to tie the knot and celebrated their love for each other on 23rd october 2010. so i decided to make a little something for them to always remember that beautiful day.

this layout is based on the design team search sketch for 2011 over at the pencil lines sketch blog, here is the link to the sketch... http//www.pencillines.com/2011/02/design-team-search-2011.html and here is my attempt at it...

supplies used: patterned paper - making memories; cardstock - dcwv; trims - making memories; flowers & pearls - prima marketing; brads - making memories and doodlebug designs; die-cuts - k&co; blings - basic grey; alphas - american craft; doily - royal lace and gold trim - from a bookshop in NZ

trying to layer this layout was initially a pain but once i got started, i couldnt stop! it is so puffy and popped up that it is a tight squeeze in its shadow box but i love it! well, me loving it, isnt good enough because its gonna be a gift for smurf & smurfette, so hopefully they'll like it too!


i hate how i need to go to work soon but good thing is that i get to come home tonight...yippieee! hopefully i wont be too tired because i have a 2nd layout which is about 85% done! cant wait to share it!


until the next post...
*hugs*

jan