Updates for this week.

Yeah yeah yeah...
I have just received my freebie from Scrappin Studio :)
Thanks Jaime once again :D
I super love travel themed stamps~


I had made this bound book for myself, and it's superbly vintage... love the style!
Meet my diary -- PRIMARY QUARTERLY :)

I printed the cover myself, inked myself, distressed myself, bind myself, picked the colour myself and chose the vintage pictures myself :) it's so cool!
It's all handmade!
And guess what? The cover is from a 100% recycled paperbag... it's much more cooler!hah

This is a super hit. Many people loved my diary... I think it's because it's vintage
I'm gonna try making another one available for sale next time


Washi tapes are so trendy nowadays, they appear everywhere!
These are the MT family of my collection :)

The MT tapes seem lonely, there are 15 in total. But I guess they need a new company, a new friend
OR more friends.
So I invited Mark's tapes in to join them.

And so I invited 25 Mark's tapes to join the family, they came from a scrapbook store called Papermarket in Singapore.
There was a great sale last month, a buy one free one MASKING TAPE SALE.
So, I asked my cousin to get some for me, and she chose them, but I didn't know it was such a huge family.
Say CHEESE tapies!!!
{family photo}



Making a record before the tapes are gone for good.


I received Wendy Erman's wonderful postcard last month.
It is phenomenal! Super love her creation! *and it's vintage!*
It's the masking tape swap actually.

I am just too fortunate enough

Last week I was like jumping in the air... for joy.
What I did was commenting posts everywhere, to get a chance to win some freebies...
But the competition is just too great, there will only be like one or two winners among 200 to 400 people commenting on a post or in facebook.
Well, just try my luck

I was happy to win a travel themed Studio Calico stamps from Scrappin Studio, a local scrapbook online store
Thanks Jaime!


And then I tried posting comments on Graphic 45 facebook page and sharing their new collection called An ABC Primer on facebook and my blog to win freebies from Graphic 45.

If you scrapbook or you're into the crafting world, you need to know GRAPHIC 45!
Graphic 45 is an award-winning scrapbook and paper crafting company, they always come up with beautiful vintage inspired crafting products in the 1920s and 30s look.
Go check out their website and blog and you'll be BLOWN AWAY by the stunning collections... woots~

AND SO!!!!!
I went to their blog last week to check out who's the latest winners of the freebies....

They are giving out a WHOPPING OF 3 8X8 PAPER PADS, including the MAGIC OF OZ, which is still not in most of our local stores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and then I screamed........



I am about to finish a super tiny miny album called {IPOH & BETONG trip},
it's something really simple, and oh ya! I've finished a mini album for my grandma about her friends came visiting her.

I wanted to post a slide of my TURKIYE album and the 9 OF US album here in my blog last week but I dunno what the heck went wrong with the slide. If you've added me in facebook you might get to see them in photos.

GRAPHIC 45----an ABC Primer

GRAPHIC 45!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The new collection...
Go to their blog to win freebies :D

:)

FREEBIE:
I've got these two alpha pins from Scrapoholics, for winning a punch challenge tht i know, but I don't know how did I won the second one ??


MASKING TAPE SWAP:
Swapped postcards with people from Malaysia, Singapore and CA. It's my first swap so kinda worried about my work. Went to LayHoon's mescrap.blogspot.com for the swap, you'll see her making lots of visual journal, phew.. how she does that?
I received these below, I wanted to post my own swap project, damn the camera memory card, my photos are gone just right after sending all of my masking swap off.


SUPPLIES SURPRISE BAZAAR 2:
For those who wants to get craft stuffs and findings, one of the best place to go is


Promising myself to control and not to spend to much before entering the bazaar, and I think I did it!
All i bought was this box of super duper cool Vintage stamps tht costs only RM52.50 for 21 stamps in a box... phew.. fortunately I sapu the last 2... got my brown and cream PU... and some bronze chains...
I saw so many fabricsssssssssss... laces..... ribbons..... buttons...... trinkets.... GULP! stay back
one of it that attracts my attention was this:
the TRAVEL MAP panel, i thought of having this for my wall... but is quite costly la... rm42 wei

I saw some familiar faces too, Cikgu Syam,YinZ and PiChuey :)
Thanks cikgu for bringing my stuffs, and for the cotton tape from YinZ.
Oh my, see those delicate flowers and the haha-makes-me-laugh sotong... aduh...so cute.. PiChuey put them in a bag and gave to me!!! O_O THANKYOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

More than words

There's too much to mention in this blog (and it's getting late...again!)

Ooo, talking about my TARC album <9 of Us>
I have finished hammering the eyelets to the holes, complete with a super stunning ribbon.
I am going to repost the whole album in my facebook, AGAIN!!!!



As a beginner for a scrapbooker and mini-album maker(alterator...whatever you call it..... terms= =)
I think I have done quite a good job :D (pat on the back)

I have met so many supportive and truly GIFTED crafters in a class,
I am so amazed by these people of their creativity and artwork
My dear guru Syam
She is such a dear *with pretty eyes and smile*, caring and have so much passion towards art, be inspired by her art and her quote of the day posted on facebook,haha

Met a classmate PiChuey who makes so many cute (really cute! OH MY) AMIGURUMIS...
don't know what's an amigurumi?
Check out her blog! > http://cutenessinvasion.blogspot.com/
and of course YinZ who post comments in facebook tht literally makes me laugh on the floor, her felties are super cute

and OH MY GOODNESS!!!
I can't believe I've got a total of 50 LIKES from friends and non-friends on my new page in facebook Basic Craft

No words can describe how touched and thankful I am to all of you who has supported me
Your comments really made my day
PLEASE give me any advise or critics as I am learning how to work this thing up
I have a great passion in branding and making nice handmade stuffs
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH MORE TO COME in my page

and OH MY GOODNESS!!!!
A friend of mine SHAO WEN ordered a Van Houten book from me!!
I'm like O_O ( <--- speechless and surprised)
I hope she love the book as much as I love it too :)
it's funny tht there's a special feeling towards every piece of artwork i made, i think that's what handmade stuffs makes a difference

and last but not least
come support me in facebook Basic Craft,
that there's going to be so much surprises coming on the way!
Thanks!!!!

Mentioning 5 things here.

I looked dead here without appearing in a few weeks, do you seriously think I have stopped touching papers?
GEE...OF COURSE NO

Last month upon the arrival of Erin's mum's birthday,
Erin and I,(Kelly the spectator and responsible of wowing, lol) made a mess on a table of a restaurant making her mum a simple card.





Erin's effort:






I'M in the middle of making my TURKEY TRIP ALBUM
I've collected all of the papers from the TRAVEL LEDGER collection papers
with the help of my new printer (finally a printer!!!!!!!!)
I have succesfully made 26 pages!
left 6 pages more to go...
this album is seriously FAT and filled with LOADS OF PHOTOS...
it's crazy......... 32 pages in an album
YOU REALLY CAN'T IMAGINE HOW FULL IT IS... @_@
AND I'M SOOOO EXCITED TO SHOW ALL OF THE PAGES TO EVERYONE :)
it will be shown in my facebook photo album once the album is well-bound and enjoyed by my parents,haha, cause i've promised them they'll be the 1st (or 1st two) to see it





After some explainations thru emails, I finally get to join the class making a mini album, 4 tags and shadowbox(just a box,lol) :
the class was eventually fully booked within 3 days of announcement in the blog!
but just to cut the story short, I AM JOINING :D at Scrap-n-Crop


Copyrights Penelope Gan

OH YA! I just remembered I attended the SPRING CROP MARKET at Papier (the Curve) with my mum 3 weeks ago
we made 5 tags in total
forgotten to take some photos and upload them X|
will do it next time
you may check some photos in their blog and you can spot me in some of the photos
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
-> http://papierlove.blogspot.com/2011/03/spring-market-update.html
deng...i find myself so wai

This is a gift from my dad to his friend in Indonesia,
STAMP,DOILY,TAG,STRING
my wrapping job is done:


and PEOPLE,some of you may still be wondering what the heck has happened to my ''9 OF US (college)'' album and ''HIGH SKUL DIARY'' album,
once finished TURKEY ALBUM, i will continue both of them
and also, posting all photos in my facebook photo album:)

Where to eat? Where to eat? Not the chick' rice shop!

I'm da person who collects namecards from the restaurant bosses when my tastebuds feels happy :D
It gets messy and I get bloated when the cards increases, I've eaten a lot
My solution for eat and a good guide when you're feeling hungry: