Just Me

Isn’t it so cool that today Unity is having a massive blog hop today? For once, the blog hop will include all our friends and customers as well as the design team, and I heard Angela as well. Start off the inspirational blog hop here but if you’ve joined me from Susan’s blog – WELCOME!!

I am also thrilled to have received Lovely Day yesterday, Noel Mignon’s April kit which I’m guest designing for.

It’s a beautiful kit chockful of yummy goodies. So here is my layout today using this kit and Unity’s March Kit of the Month…

Those trees are from the Unity’s kit of the month.

And I’d like to share a quote today…

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Oh, and if you’ve never ordered Unity, there is an extra special reason to do so today…

Head on over now to Kelly’s blog for more Unity inspiration! Have a GREAT HIP HOP!!

Well, it’s not quite May yet but Unity is releasing special stamp sets today to commemorate this day. Welcome if you’ve joined us from Heather’s blog. Are you having tons of fun on today’s hop? I hope you are!

Here’s my layout to for today… and we’re all about friends today. This is me and one of my ‘best-est’ girlfriends. We’ve known each other more than 10 years now, seen each other through the good times and the bad and this layout is a tribute to our friendship.

I’m using my favourite brand (again!) for this layout and it’s none other than Sassafras. I just can’t get enough of them!

I used the adorable March Kit of the Month again for this layout. This time I stamped the flower on 2 different patterened papers and placed one bloom on top of the other and curled up the edges to create a 3D effect. I also placed a button for the centre of the flower. That flower is too cute, don’t you think? The best part is this kit is still available for sign-up here.

Here are more close ups of the layout. I had a lot of fun with this layout, plenty of layering and inking.

So don’t forget you still have time to get your hands on this awesome stamp kit.

Have you also seen today’s new releases? There are two new sets being released today – Floral Friends & Birdie Inspiration. And oooh… have you seen the sneaks for April’s Kit of the Month?

I know I CANNOT WAIT to get my hands on this set. It’s so whimsical and fun!! The new kit will be released April 1st so mark that date down!!

There’s a lot to tell of this week huh? But before I go, just a reminder that we have our …

this Saturday, 29 March. Yippeee!! Don’t forget to join in the fun as we hop through over a hundred blogs for LOTS and LOTS of Unity Inspiration.

Time to hop on over to Robyn’s blog to see what she has in store for you today. I’ll see you in the Unity forum for some chit chat later.

It was another fun Sizzix project for Made With Love this month. Here’s a little sneak. All the DT projects will be on display at the store come April 1st.:) Have a great Thursday!! The weekend is almost here.

I was excited to receive an email from Julie Comstock of Cosmo Cricket to tell me that she was featuring one of my layouts on the Cosmo Cricket blog. So happy!!

I went to a local crafts store yesterday and got myself some felt and a japanese pattern book. And I managed to make these…

I had fun.. think I will do more. These are up for sale here. Hehe.

I have yet to figure the instructions in the Japanese pattern book… but once I do, I’ll post my creations.

I’m totally thrilled to be on the new team of reporters at Craft Critique. I thought it’d be something different from the regular design team stint and I really looking forward to this. If you’ve never visited their site, you need to coz there are reviews about cool and new products regularly. You can also follow Craft Critique on Twitter or join their Facebook page.

Today’s Hip Hop is an egg-tra special one.. it’s a special bunny hop! So if you’ve hopped over from uber-talented, Maren’s blog – WELCOME!! I hope you’re having a fantastic hop so far. Don’t forget to check out Unity’s blog for today’s specials.

Here’s my layout for today…

This is a picture of H on the day of her kindergarten concert. How very proud and excited we were to see her perform on stage.

The Unity stamp set featured on this layout is none other than March’s egg-traodinary Kit of the Month.

Isn’t this set just SIMPLY ADORABLE?? I LOVE IT!! I can already see these images on many more layouts to come.

It’s March!
Spring is around the corner!
Time to appreciate the “Simple Life”

Unity can help you do that!
What is better than some fresh sunshine, some fresh flowers, and fresh air in the springtime?
Fresh New RUBBER STAMPS with a free gift!

The people at COSMO were so generous to include a new package of “Honey Pie” Rub-ons to inspire your creativity!
Be sure to check out their website at www.cosmocricket.com for all of their amazing products!

What a wonderful gift for new members to the kit club. Be sure to sign up here to get your March KOM!! It’s time to hop along now… over to Jimmi’s.

Celine Navarro is coming to Singapore!! Yup, you heard right… Celine will be in Singapore and teaching some awesome workshops at Made With Love.

More details here. Spaces are VERY limited and they are sure to sell out very fast. Call now to book your place. I’ve booked mine. Yay!!

and this…

Ok, so it isn’t a BOSE or a B&O but it’ll do for now.

Good morning everyone…

I thought I’d share the project I did for my LSS, Made with Love, for March this morning. The theme for the month was HEAVY METAL and this is what I did.

I was given a Provocraft tin to alter and I painted it with Claudine Hellmuth’s Studio paint (in black) before adhering patterned paper. I really LOVE how easily the paint went on and the dark, intense coverage it gave. I’ve used other acrylic paints before but I must say this is my favourite!

Both the frames (film strip and the other one) were cut using the Sizzix Big Shot. The filmstrip was cut out from chipboard, painted over with Distress Crackle paint (gold), inked and applied with Distress Stickles (gold as well ).

As for the other frame, it was cut out from a metal sheet. That was really easy with the Big Shot. I then stamped and embossed on it as well. I’m really pleased that the fine words were able to show through with the embossing.

Initially, I was kind of daunted by this task but it turns out I enjoyed doing it after all!