Layout - Soar {Clarissa}

Made this lo today. Jessy took this great shot of Clarissa doing a star jump dive into the water. I love it so much and I knew exactly what the title was - "Soar". Every mom wishes the best for their kids - my wish is that Clarissa will soar. I have tried to depict this in the layout and I hope that I have done this successfully.

Materials used:

Prima pp -"pow" and "roundabout", BG boxer commando pp, Scenic Route Ashville pp, MM scalloped pp, MM glitter sticker, Saying from Deja Views, Bohemia Barefoot Sunkissed Bird transparency, 3d pop dots and thin chipboard.

ATC's - with gesso, acrylic paint and glitter

I made these ATCs for an ATC swap at the SnC forum. The condition to fulfil for the ATC would be that we used acrylic paint and stamp onto the ATC. Hence I have decided to make these as I love the images very much.

Materials used:

Thin chipboard, Vintage images, Foam hearts, flowers and butterfly, Penny Black script stamp, Adirondack Acrylic Dabbers, Brilliance Ink, Stazon Black Ink, Blings and Kindyglitz.

Layout - My girls {Clarissa and Izzie}

I managed to use my special effects stickers. See how the flower change into words at a diff angle??

Plus my new Fancy Pants glitter transparency.

And my Melissa Frances vintage trims.

Apologise for the last blur photo.

Made this lo today. I missed scrapping so much these few days. Jessy took this picture of clarissa and izzie the last time she was here. I love this black and white photo and decided to scrap it today.

Materials used:

Sassafras pp, KnCo urban pp, Webster Page pp, ATD Super Fx Effects Stickers, Jenny Bowlin Scallop tag, Fancy Pants glitter transparency flourish, Alpha Thickers, and Melissa Frances vintage ribbon and trim.

Journal - Lovely Welcome Home

Guess who is home to welcome us when we get back from vacation? Its Izzie!!! Took this picture of her and clarissa the minute we got home. Just look at Izzie - smiling in glee cos we are home... She is such a cutie!!!

Journal - Sawasdee ka from the Land of Smiles

We left for Phuket last friday for a last minute family vacation. It must say that this trip though short registered lots of firsts for my kids. They both enjoyed and had great fun on this trip. On the first side - this trip was the first time they

1) visited a part of Thailand and experienced the Thai Culture
2) Drank a lemongrass and soda welcome drink
3) Had a real beach holiday
4) Swam with an elephant in the sea
5) Bathed an elephant
6) Sean tasted his very first crab
7) Clarissa tried a very spicy Thai dip
8) Sat on a speedboat all the way to Phi Phi Island
9) Snorkelled in the open ocean and lagoon
10) Sean was bitten by a fish - honest, nothing major but it left a red mark on his arm.
11) Marvelled at the fishes and corals in the sea.
12) Saw a sea cucumber up close
13) Tried the Trapeze as in circus trapeze training
14) Sat in the Air Asia plane.
15) In a tsumani-stricken place
16) Diving off a speedboat

All in all I must say that we had a great time in Phuket. Mental note to self - my eyes should be better and I would love to see the beautiful fishes and corals for myself....

Here are the pictures in random order:

Sean's first ankle catch.... woohoo - do we have a trapeze artist in the house? Maybe ...
Sean's first knee hang on the trapeze. Great job Bud...

Wave boarding on the beach.

Clarissa hamming it up for the camera before takin the plunge on the trapeze.

Clarissa's first successful knee hang. She even did a back flip and landed on her feet.. Cool huh???

Clarissa had her hair braided.

Daddy and Sean kayaking in the open sea.

Look at that black sea cucumber. Something that grandpa loves and I loathe with a vengeance.

See - evidence that the fish bit him.

Tsunami evacuation zone.... On Maya Beach made famous by Leornardo Di Caprio in the movie "the Beach"

Clarissa jumping off the speedboat.

Sean diving off the speedboat.

Fishes feeding frenzily on the bread.

Kids first snorkel in a lagoon on west coast of Phi Phi Island.

Clarissa tasting the double dip of Thai Chilli.

Sean - trying crab for the first time. Check out the look on his face - priceless!!!

Bathing with the elephant in the sea.

Enjoying their first lemongrass and soda drink. Sean loved his first lei.

Our resort - The JW Marriot Phuket

Kids already drooling over the slide in the pool!!!

Journal - Bad Blogger

Both kiddoes climbing together.

Sabby reaching the top after an arduous climb. Well done Sabby!!!

I am very afraid of heights. Look at how high this wall it is but all the kids managed to scale up this high. Woohoo!!! Well done kids!

Sean looking down on me from the kids' rock. Nice shot of his butt!!! LOL!!!

Its been a week since I last updated my blog. Its been hectic around here. Lots of visitors from Spore and Japan. My fellow Singaporean scrappers came for a scrapbooking retreat last thurs and we had a blast just hanging out and me watching them crop.

Yukie - my long time friend also visited us from Tokyo and Clarissa was thrilled to have Sabby in the house. One of their favouraite activities when Sanny is in town is rock-climbing. The kids love to scale and climb at Camp-5 at One-U. They did just that and had a blast. It was great to see the kids having so much fun together and both kids miss Sabby already.

We left for the land of Smiles (Thailand) last friday and just got back yesterday. Will try to upload some pictures here of our trip in the next post but would do more in the travel blog.