Make: A tag for baby

I've been teaching scrapbooking techniques to some homeschooling kids for the past few weeks. Recently, I wanted to teach them how to up-cycle CDs into tags that they could personalize and hang on their room door. As I planned, I thought a sample tag would be good, but then I realized that all the tags I've made (you can see examples here, here, here, here and here) were gifts and I didn't have any of our own!

In the end, I decided to make one for baby J, since I've yet to scrap anything for him, plus the older two might end up joining the co-op session and can make their own tags if so. (It's really true, the scrap creations you make for each child progressively get lesser!)

So I covered the CD with scrap paper, stuck a contrasting strip of paper as the background for his name, and added Thickers. Then I dressed it up with a bird (cut out using the Big Shot), added bunting using bits of washi tape, and piled on some flowers and leaves and a butterfly. (I chose to add the bird, butterfly and flowers as these are some of the baby's favourite things currently.) And Taada! A tag just for the baby!

The kids had fun making their own tags, and will be making more cards and tags to sell at the upcoming craft fair. I'll write more about it next time!

Monday Made: A baby album for #2

We now have a new tradition, of making a baby album for each of our boys as a keepsake. Both Junior J and Lil J enjoy hearing stories about how they were like when they were babies, especially when they see how tiny Baby J is now! Junior J received his album during Lil J's full month celebration, and you can view his album over here, and more pages can be found here.

I thought it would be nice to give Lil J his during Baby J's full month. However, the kids all fell sick (even the baby wasn't spared), so I only managed to finish the album recently, but better late than never! So here's how the inside pages look:

The album papers were from Crate Paper's "Little Boy Blue" collection, while most of the embellies were chipboard stickers, die-cuts and stuff cut out from Cosmo Cricket and October Afternoon papers. I especially love the papers and stickers form Cosmo Cricket's "Togetherness" collection, so suitable for albums for families and babies!

Now that this album is finished, I'm hoping to start on Project Life, since I'm finding 12x12 layouts and mini albums a lil hard to complete these days. Am not too used to scrapping so "flat" (I like my layouts to be lumpy and layered!), but I think it'll be a great way to capture memories without spending too much time agonizing about the embellies to stick on. We'll see how that goes!

Zva Creative October DT Blog Hop!

Zva Creative and my fellow Design Team members welcome you to our October blog hop! This month we are celebrating fall and Halloween and are excited to be sharing our new work with you! Thanks so much for joining us!

Today's Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's Facebook page. Be sure head on over to check it out! 

Here's a list of participants (in case there is a glitch along the way):

Sylvia Blum

Lisa Somerville

Carole Maurin

Nicole Martel

Anna Zaprzelska

Christin Grønnslett

Jolanda Meurs

Andrea Ewen

Fabi Ormerod

Irene Tan   

Marley van der Heijden

Justina Tey

Marilia Lopes

Marley van der Heijden

Windy Robinson

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals.  If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva here.

We aren't experiencing autumn over here in sunny Singapore, and we don't celebrate Halloween, so I'm sharing a really simple sign that I made for a friend's baby, which was made from an old CD. I used Zva's pretty roses:

... and a pink pearl flourish, along with some Dear Lizzy papers and embellishments.

And there you have it, a simple little sign that could go on the nursery room door!

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, October 28th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, October 29th.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 30th on Zva Creative's Facebook page!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize! 

To increase your chances of winning:

* Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products.  If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.

The blog hop begins here at Zva Creative's Facebook page! Your next stop is Marilia Lope's blog. Enjoy and thank you for joining us!

Zva Creative September DT Blog Hop!

Hello! Its been ages since I last scrapped, and I was quite glad to get my fingers inky again this month. Its the end of the month, so its Zva Creative blog hop time again! Read on to see how you can win some lovely bling from them...

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Zva Creative and my fellow Design Team members welcome you to our September blog hop! We are excited that you are joining us, and look forward to sharing our new work with you!

Today's Blog Hop begins at the Zva Creative's Facebook page. Be sure to head on over to check it out!

Here's a list of participants (in case there is a glitch along the way):

Anna Zaprzelska 

Andrea Ewen 
Marilia Lopes 
Lisa Somerville 
Jolanda Meurs 

Carole Maurin 

Nicole Martel 

Fabi Omerod 

Windy Robinson
Sylvia Blum
Justina Tey
Marley van der Heijden

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals. If you like what you see along the hop, you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva here.

Today, I'm sharing a mini album that I made as a farewell gift to a bible study group mate. We planned to fill up part of the album with photos, and leave the rest of the pages blank for her to fill up with her memories of Singapore. So this is a simple album, with patterned paper inside:

... and lots of Zva embellishments on the cover! I used this huge pink bloom, as well as leaves from their collection:

... as well as a pearl flourish with some wood veneer butterflies, which were coloured with some pink distress ink.

A very simple album, which I hope the new owner loves!

Anyway, if you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path. I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, September 30th and runs until midnight US Eastern Standard Time on 1st October, Tuesday.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this blog hop post. You do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on 2nd October, Wednesday, on the Zva Creative's Facebook page!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize! To increase your chances of winning, leave a separate comment to let us know that you:

* Posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts).

* Tweeted about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts).
* Asked your local store to carry Zva creative products. If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.

Your next stop is Marley's blog. Enjoy, and thank you for joining us!

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on the 28th of October for our next Zva blog hop!

Zva Creative April DT Blog Hop!

Zva Creative and my fellow Design Team members welcome you to our April blog hop! We are excited happy you are joining us and look forward to sharing our new work with you!

Today's Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's Facebook page! Be sure head on over to check it out! 

Here's a list of participants (in case there is a glitch along the way):

Teri Anderson

Anna Zaprzelska

Irene Tan 

Jennifer Snyder    

Carole Maurin

Christin Grønnslett   

Andrea Ewen

Helen Tilbury

Fabi Ormerod    

Jolanda Meurs  

Natasha Naranjo Aguirre     

Lisa Somerville

Julie Ranae

Nicole Martel

Marilia Lopes

Windy Robinson

Justina Tey

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals.  If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva here.

Today, I'm sharing a mini-album that I made to store some of this year's memories. I used some of Zva's pretty roses and leaves:

... as well as one of their new pearl flourishes:

I hope to start filling this album up soon with memories!

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, April 29^th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, April 30^th.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 1^st on Zva Creative's Facebook page! We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to Zva's blog on Wednesday to see if you are a winner!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize!  To increase your chances of winning:

* Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products.  If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.

*Hop over to Zva's facebook page and "like" our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by if you already like follow us there!

You've reached the end of the hop, so head back over to the Zva Creative's Facebook page. I hope you've enjoyed hopping along, and thank you for joining us!

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on May 27^th for our next Zva blog hop!

Zva Creative March DT Blog Hop!

Zva Creative and my fellow Design Team members welcome you to our March blog hop! We are excited about month's hop and look forward to sharing our new work with you!

Today's Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's blog! Be sure to head on over to check it out! You will also find a complete list of all the participating blogs there (in case there is a glitch along the way).

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals. If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

For today's hop, I'm sharing this tag that I made as a little gift for a church mate's daughter. (If you remember, I made other versions here!)

I used the pretty roses and leaves from Zva, as well as their crystal flourishes to dress up the tag, and strung it up using ribbon. For some reason or other, the colours remind me of spring!

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, March 25th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, March 26th.

***Prizes***
Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 27th on Zva Creative's blog. We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to Zva's blog on Wednesday to see if you are a winner!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize! To increase your chances of winning:
* Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)
* Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)
* Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products. If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.
*Hop over to Zva's facebook page and "like" our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by if you already like follow us there!

You've reached the end of the hop. Hooray! Do head back to Zva Creative's blog, and have a blessed day!
Thank you for joining us!

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on April 29th for our next Zva blog hop!

Saturday Scrapping: More pages!

Another quick post on a few pages that I recently completed for Baby J's album:

Have a blessed weekend folks! :)

Zva Creative February Blog Hop!

I've been designing for Zva Creative for a few months now, and I'm excited to take part in their blog hop today! So if you're visiting, hello and thanks for dropping by!

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Zva Creative and our talented Design Team welcome you to our February blog hop! We are very excited about month's hop and are excited to share our new work with you!

Today's Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's blog! Be sure head on over to check it out! Since many of us live in different time zones around the world, you will find a complete list of all the participating blogs there (in case there is a glitch along the way). 

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals. If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

And here's two tags I made using Zva pearls, flowers and leaves, for two little girls we know:

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path. I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, February 25th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, February 26th.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 27th on Zva Creative's blog. We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to Zva's blog on Wednesday to see if you are a winner!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize!  To increase your chances of winning:

* Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products.  If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.

*Hop over to Zva's facebook page and "like" our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by.

The blog hop begins here at Zva Creative's blog. Your next stop is Windy Robinson. Enjoy!

Thank you for joining us!

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on March 25^th for our next Zva blog hop!

Saturday Scrapping: 33-34 months

Hello! Am just popping by to share two more pages from Junior J's album: 

Papers from Echo Park's "This and That" collection, and flowers and bling from Zva Creative. Here's to a blessed weekend!

Saturday Scrapping: 35-36 months

It's going to be a really busy weekend as my mum is coming up to visit, plus we'll be doing house repairs. Next week is going to be a really packed too! So I'm just popping by to share two of the pages of Junior J's milestones album which I recently completed (yes I'm really behind!):

Embellies are mainly from Echo Park's "This and That" collection. I really love that line! And of course, the crystals and pearls are from Zva Creative. Gotta run now, here's to a blessed weekend ahead!

Saturday scrapping: Personalized notebooks

Hello! How has your week been? I've been busy sorting out our home-learning activities... but I'm just hopping by to share some personalized notebooks. These were made for a lovely couple that we got to know over here in Germany. They are extremely well to do, and I was cracking my head about what to give them for Christmas (what do you get someone who has everything they want?). I guess in such cases, handmade stuff is always the way to go!

So both got a notebook, which got decorated with scrap stuff and washi tape. It was fun scrapping in pink again:

Flowers, leaves & pearl flourish from Zva Creative, paper from Crate Paper, lettering from Basic Grey. 

 And for the guy version, I kept it simple:

How is your weekend going to be? For us its going to be days of sub-zero temperatures... brrrr... Have a blessed weekend!

Saturday scrapping: 2 little sketchbooks

Over the Christmas period, I managed to make two simple sketchbooks as presents. These were just bound using twine, with washi tape to hold the twine in place (I really want to learn proper bookbinding in the future!). Here's one for a little boy:

Paper and rocket die-cut from the "Children at Play" collection from Making Memories.

I used a crystal flourish from Zva Creative, pasted it on white cardstock and trimmed it, to make the bling stand out more from the stripes:

And one for a little girl (I really miss working in pink!): 

Papers from American Crafts (lots of Dear Lizzy!), leaves and pearls from Zva Creative. 

Am hoping these would be put to good use by their recipients. Junior J's own sketchbook is filling up and getting very battered, so I think it might be time to make him a new one too! Blessed weekend!