Celebrate 16

Finally I got to create a layout of my daughter's 16th birthday photos.  These photos were taken at Great Eastern Mall when Zahra''s friends decided to throw a surprise birthday bash for her. One of her friends collaborated with me to bring her to Great Eastern Mall on that day, October 4, 2015. Even though we are regular visitors to Great Eastern Mall, to ask her to wear something nice without arousing suspicion was the toughest of all. Worst, for me to make a straight face. Somehow she suspected something eventually and she chose to play along.

Imagine her surprise when her friends showed up at the designated area with balloons and other items awaiting her at the Nail Parlour. She had always wanted a manicure and that was her best surprise birthday gift. I really would like to thank Humairaa, Ain, and Atiqah for preparing this surprise birthday do for her. The sad part is, her very special friend did not turn up.

For this layout I used the Scrap Our Stash july-tic-tac-toe-stash-challenge. I decided to use the third row grid, that is, Striped Paper, Tag and Banner.

Here is the layout:

Location - The Great Eastern Mall, Jalan Ampang

Supplies - Kaisercraft On The Dot

Clover 3D Scrapbook Borders - Banner

Black Bazzil Cardstock for matting

Momoyo Flowers

Kaisercraft Stencil

Paper Boutique pp

Zig Pen for journalling

Momoyo Alpha Stamps for Main title

Pop Art Tag sentiment

Lace from stash

 Typo Wooden Flower

Reeves Gesso and Acrylic Paint

Modelling Paste

Kaisercraft Glue Dots

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Momoyo Ink

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You & Me

This layout is for a Recipe challenge at https://www.facebook.com/events/326269704477693/ of Home & Scraped. I have not been participating in Recipe challenges for a long time and now this is a good opportunity for me to use up my stash and photos.

Here is the Recipe for the challenge:

Let's cook up a page :-) 
Ingredients: 
1 sheet cardstock or paper
2 pink things
2 tags
4 different papers
a pinch of embossing (dry or otherwise)
3 bits of doodling
a title & some journaling
a generous sprinkling of embellishments
ink or paint lightly dusted over
Method: Place all together in a bowl and mix thoroughly to combine. Spread out randomly (or evenly if desired) and bake till done. 

Basically I kept as close to the recipe as possible but I opted out one Recipe, i.e. Embossing because I don't have any in my stash. This is the only item I didn't use.
I realized later I've used more than 2 pink things. I guess when the girls wore something pink, it is not difficult to be sidetracked. All the items used for this layout are from my stash and I am happy to use them up, even the tiny pieces. A really wonderful challenge.

Here is my layout and some close-ups:

This photo was taken when Zahra' and us attended the wedding of Asiah's sister on Aug 2, 2014

Supplies: Making Memories Double-dipped Cardstock
Remnants of Pattern papers from stash
Sun-lit punches
Kaisercraft Tags and Title
Decorative Blings
Momoyo Flowers
Bazzil Cardstock (Black)
Stencil
Acrylic Paints
Gesso
Modelling paste
Lace from Stash
Micia Stamp and Ink

Close-up of Doodling and handmade Tags

Close-up of Inked Stamp and another tiny doddle

Holiday Bliss

This layout is for the Kraft+ July challenge where we have to use Roses 3 ways HERE.

For this layout, I used the photo taken in the train on our way to Bangkok in 24th. Dec 2014. I decided to go back in time and start creating layouts of our trip to Bangkok. A little behind but I hope to get there eventually.

In the train from Seberang Prai to Bangkok
Supplies: Kraft paper, Enogreen paper, Bazzil Cardstock, Kaiser Tags, Kaiser Die-cuts, Kaiser Rose Stencil,
Momoyo Stamp, Momoyo Ink, Tsukeneko Ink, Tatterred Angels, Reeves Gesso, Reeves Acrylic Paints,
Paper Roses, Modelling Paste

Close-up of the Stenciled Roses

Close-up of the Stamped roses

Close-up of the Die-cut Roses

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