Favorite {Food|Drink} of this Journey

This is the last layout for my Bangkok trip. These two photos are actually filler photos (I ordered a 200 prints of 4x6 but couldn't get that many photos to print so I started including in some photos that I had no intention to scrapbook, until I took a second look at them. Also explains why some of my layouts has more photos than it should)

We went to many restaurants and stalls, but didn't get a lot of pictures of other food. But these two, my absolute favorite! I had the pineapple fried rice at the airport actually, right before our flight back home. They put in a lot of ingredients, which they rarely do at other places. Chicken floss, shrimps, cashew nuts, pineapple cubes and raisins! And they put the fried rice in a real pineapple (okay, some places do that too but the ingredients that they put in, there's no comparison) Oh my oh my, mouth watering isn't it? 

As for the pomegranate juice, that's love at first sip I tell you. They have stalls selling those everywhere, and I think they're expensive, I mean, a small bottle which I can drain in 3 gulps costs 20 Baht? They have other juices in the larger bottle which is only 15 to 20 Baht! And why don't they have it here, in Malaysia!! All I can find is pomegranate scented body products, which I can't drink. *sigh*

Pretty Pretty Layout

The 3x4 cut out is perfect for my title placement

I love the green 'Love This' 3x4 cut out too!

Finally put the instax frame chipboard to good use!

The photos are quite colorful and I wanted to use a more colorful background instead of the dull kraft that I've used on the other Bangkok layouts. I have chosen a happy colorful diagonal stripes, then I pulled out most of my colorful supplies such as cut outs, chipboard, and some other patterned papers too. The placement of the photos and patterned papers came down quickly, and I even added some kraft to make this layout 'connected' to the others. As for embellishments, I couldn't find anything that match, again. Then I decided to use the postage stickers I received from Studio Calico, and looked up food-cafe-restaurant themed stickers, which they have a few on it, and use those as embellishments instead. Not perfect, but better than without.

Supplies (Papers)

• 31 cours des 4 jeudis #12 by 4heures27
• Alister Cut Apart Sheet from Cut & Paste Collection by Amy Tangerine
• Dot & Loops, Garden Party, Tiny Love & Kraft by Studio Calico

Supplies (Letters)

• Thickers by American Crafts
• Swagger Sticker Fundamentals by Fancy Pants
• Raspberry Tiny Alpha Stickers by Kaisercraft
• Tiny Alpha Stickers by Time & Beck

Supplies (Embellies)

• Orange Polka Dot with Heart Washi by Freckled Fawn
• Labels by Hello Forever
• Urban Traveler Chipboard Stickers by Simple Stories
• Puffy Stickers by Twine+Ink
• Candy Stripers by Queens & Co.
• Korean Postage Stickers

Thank you for stopping by, and have a lovely Sunday!

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Grand Palace @ Bangkok

Oh, the visit to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, how could I ever forget it? That was the only time me and my boyfriend had some slight disagreement *ahem* during the whole trip in Bangkok. The weather was hot, even hotter than Malaysia, and to walk under the sun for hours, posing for pictures, are you seriously kidding me??! Put me under shades and get me a popsicle!

This is also a special layout, or should I say, a layout and a half? Other than the special story behind this layout, I also did something that I have not tried before, creating a complementing 6x12 layout for a 12x12 layout.

For this layout, I have 3 photos with horizontal/vertical mix again. Although I've tackled this problem half a dozen times, the challenge for this time is the extra memorabilia that I got during the visit. I like to collect useless stuffs like this and don't even bother to read them. *shrug*

I started by mentally visualizing the look of my 12x12 layout, and then tried to mirror the overall elements on the 6x12 side. I have these really cute gold doilies from one of the Studio Calico Scrapbook Kit and I know I have got to use them on this layout, along with my favorite Heidi Swapp Mustard Color Shine. My color combo for this round is neutral (black-white-grey-kraft) with pops of gold here and there.

This Dots & Loops patterned paper is awesome!

First time placing the title of the layout on top of the photo, love the look!

Oh Lovely Doilies~

True Story

The complementing 6x12 layout with the brochure and ticket stubs

I pulled out all of my gold embellishments for this layout, which isn't a lot. I have to substitute the gold with some yellow instead. The gold paper clip on the 6x12 layout is by Amy Tangerine from the Planetarium Project Life Kit. These will go side by side in my *non existence/imaginary* scrapbook album. I'm still debating should I decorate or add another 6x12 layout on the back of this 6x12 layout, because I would be putting it in a 6x12 page protector. Well, I guess it depends on how hardworking I am.

Supplies (Papers)

• Dots & Loops and Kraft by Studio Calico
• Stamp Book from Travel Girl Collection by October Afternoon

Supplies (Letters)

• Thickers by American Crafts
• Project Life Kit Alpha by Basic Grey
• Gold Foil Alpha by Dear Lizzy

Supplies (Embellies)

• Paper Clip Set by Amy Tangerine
• Mustard Color Shine by Heidi Swapp
• Gold Polka Dot Washi by Studio Calico
• Gold Mini Doilies by Studio Selections
• Gold Edge Die Cut Labels by Twine & Ink
• Brads

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a lovely Christmas Eve!

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Terminal 21 of Bangkok

Hey guys! Here's another layout that I made for my Bangkok trip. We went to Terminal 21, even though shopping was not high on our list of to do. One of my sis went there and told me about the design and concept of the mall, which is why we decided to go there for some sight-seeing. It's actually a pretty cool and unique concept (to me, at least). You can find a lot of photos of the mall online if you're interested. 

For this layout, I have 3 4x6 photos actually, but I trimmed 2 of them into squares of roughly 4x4. Initially, I have them placed side by side on the horizontal, kinda like the Tales of Toilets layout that I made back in September. Then I snapped a photo of the placement (tips learned from talented Mercy Tiara actually) and decided to come back to it on the second day. And you know what, when I came back to the layout, I think the placement was really dull and not attractive or creative at all. I just don't like it. So after fumbling around for another half an hour, I placed them vertically on the left side of my layout. I usually prefer to place things on the right side, but this time I decided to go with left, just to change my habit a bit. And oh, I decided to stick with the 'use kraft as background for all Bangkok trip' theme, though I abandoned the idea on my last 2 Bangkok layouts ~.~ So this is the final look of my layout.

I SWEAR I forgot to return the Food Terminal Card, I didn't keep it on purpose!

Decorated the corners using a lot of travel themed embellishments that I bought these few years

For this layout, I did a few things differently compared to what I would usually do. For instance, I placed the main focus on the left side of the layout, vertically. Secondly, I use stitching as part of my 'embellishment'. I love the look of machine stitch but since I don't have any sewing machine, I'll just have to make do with my ugly hand stitch. Next, I finally used the gold foil frame which I dreaded using since I received it from my scrapbook kit. Lastly, no title for this layout!! Since the picture alone would have told you where I'm scrapbooking about, I think putting another title to show it seems a bit.. unnecessary. So.much.win!

Supplies (Papers)

• Kraft & Tourist by Studio Calico
• Urban Traveler by Simple Stories

Supplies (Embellies)

• Stacked Chipboard Gold Foil Frames by Studio Calico
• Chalkboard Arrow Washi by Freckled Fawn
• FLA!R Adhesive Badges by Amy Tangerine
• Oh, Snap Sticker Accents and Camera Cutout by Echo Park
• Mustard Color Shine by Heidi Swapp
• Boarding Pass Chip n' Stick by October Afternoon
• Urban Traveler Chipboard Stickers by Simple Stories

p/s: I should be cleaning my room, decluttering stuffs, but instead, I 'wasted' my time away by blogging and convinced myself that this is more important than a tidy room. *facepalm*

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Chatuchak

Proudly presenting.. my 20th 12x12 Layout! *clap clap clap* 

(I've counted a few times, and this is indeed the 20th layout I made)

Below is a short speech I have prepared for addressing my accomplishment *ahem*

This is such an honour *what?!*, and I enjoyed making every layouts, experimenting and exploring my style, an outlet of my bursts of creativity. Of course, it all comes at a cost, a thinner wallet, lack of sleep, frustration when my mojo left me and so on, but I persist and persevere, and this has led me to making more awesome layouts. I hope this tiny accomplishment will one day make me a great scrapbooker! Thank you!! *waving*

Okay, I might have gone over the line, but I'm really happy my 20th layout didn't turn out to be a disaster. 

This layout is about the 'market' that we went in Bangkok, Chatuchak. It's a really nice place to shop for some local designers' brands and a great place for some nice dessert! I love the coconut ice cream especially! 

I continue my 'kraft background for all Bangkok trip's layout' theme, and added a dash of happy colors. This is my first time using the Triangles Giant Roller Doodle on a 12x12 layout, and as you can see, I didn't get them straight. This was a last minute addition as well, because both the top and bottom part of my clusters seems to be hanging in the air, and with nothing connecting them. I didn't want to add another patterned paper to complicate things, and finally thought of using the roller doodle to make the connection needed. As for my clusters, I tried to layer them with 3 different patterned papers and oh man, that is quite difficult for me. The results you're seeing is actually around an hour of moving things around repeatedly until I get the right feel. ~.~

Chatuchak, a place for good bargain and great snacks!

A small title, which is quite hidden. Love the 'We Were Here' badge!

It's indeed an awesome place =)

Eat.Drink.Shop.

Supplies (Papers)

• Kraft, Homemeade Hello, Garden Party & Pizzicato by Studio Calico
• Love You Madly 8x8 Cut Apart Sheet by Glitz

Supplies (Letters)

• Honey Sticky Keys by October Afternoon
• Tiny Alpha Stickers by Tim and Beck for Studio Calico

Supplies (Embellies)

• Triangles Giant Roller Doodle by Glitz
• Noteworthy Accent & Phrase Sticker Book & Bits Die Cut Cardstock Shapes by Amy Tangerine
• Orange Polka with Heart Washi by Freckled Fawn
• 'We Were Here' Badge by In a Creative Bubble for Studio Calico
• Geotag Chipboard Shapes & 3x6 Glossy * Thickers by Studio Calico
• Sn@p! Icons Stickers by Simple Stories

Thank you for stopping by and Happy Friday! =)

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Ibis Hotel @ Bangkok

Good day! Posting another simple layout for my Bangkok trip.

So far for all my 12x12 layouts, I will at least have one photo as a visual representation for the story. The photos for my first handful of layouts were printed in Instax formats, which is called Story Cards. The challenge back then was to fill the other vast empty space on the layout because the size of the photos is very small, especially if I have less than 4 Instax-sized photos on a single layout.

After experimenting with the Story Cards, I think I prefer good ol' 4x6 standard sized printed photos. Not saying that Story Cards isn't good, but it does have its limitation. And with the 4x6 photos, came the challenge of photos placement, because I can have up to 6 photos for a single layout, and some with horizontal/vertical mix. For example, my previous Tiffany's Show layout. That, I would rate its difficulty 4 out of 5 stars, more than 3 photos + horizontal/vertical mix. As for this layout, it's difficulty level is only 2 stars, 2 photos but with horizontal/vertical mix.

A fairly simple layout

Ibis Hotel is strategically located nearby the shopping centers of Bangkok

There was no journaling when I first finished the LO, but it looked really dull, so I added the journaling around the edge, and honestly it definitely looks better with the journaling. The only embellishment on the page is the photo frame with the butterfly.

Supplies (Papers)

• Kraft paper by Studio Calico
• Fascinating Friends, Polka Dot Party by Dear Lizzy (Double Scoop Scrapbook Kit)
• Yellow Chevron, Take a Hike by Simple Stories
• London Fog Bazzill by Studio Calico

Supplies (Letters)

• Wooden Letters from Typo
• 4x6 Charcoal Alpha Stickers by Studio Calico (Valley High Project Life Kit)

Supplies (Embellies) 

• Orange Polka Dot with Heart Washi Tape by Freckled Fawn

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Tiffany's Show @ Pattaya

Hello! This is another layout for my Bangkok trip. A's friend was kind enough to drive us to Pattaya for the Tiffany's Show. This is my second time watching the show, but it was a first for A.

I've decided to use Kraft paper as my base for all the Bangkok trip layouts (yes, the idea is stolen from my crafty heroine, Glitter Girl). There are 3 horizontal and 1 vertical 4x6 photos for this layout, and I took a really long time to decide on the photos placement. Other than that, I took a long time to choose the patterned papers too. I wanted something that's a bit carnival looking, i.e. colorful and maybe bold repetitive patterns? I've chosen Echo Park's Enjoy the Ride collection, colorful circles pattern. It was perfect, but the white is too eye catching, so I pulled out my favorite (and only) mist, Mustard Color Shine by Heidi Swapp and gave it a few sprays.

Comparison: Spray/No Spray

Tiffany's Show @ Pattaya

Glitter Thickers! Seriously, a normal non glitter Thickers wouldn't look good for this layout. And I repeated the camera accent on most of the Bangkok layouts too.

Sorry I looked a little freaked out, didn't know she was gonna hug me

Thought of skipping the journaling, but ended up having them written on the top right corner. Mental note: Next time be sure to pick a pen that's not running out of ink.

I think my layouts are getting better and better. =)

Supplies (Papers)

• Kraft paper by Studio Calico
• Blush Red Medium by Bazzill
• Journaling Cards, Enjoy the Ride Collection by Echo Park

Supplies (Alphas)

• Sparkling Glitter Thickers by American Crafts
• Swagger & Trendsetter Sticker Fundamentals by Fancy Pants

Supplies (Embellies)

• Doodle Dimensional Stickers by Amy Tangerine
• Camera Accent fuzzy cut from Cameras, Enjoy the Ride Collection by Echo Park
• Puffy Stars by Freckled Fawn
• Candy Stripers by Queen & Co.
• Geotag Chipboard Stickers by Studio Calico

Supplies (Others)

• Border Starter Kit by American Crafts
• Mustard Color Shine by Heidi Swapp

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Petite Audrey @ Siam Center

Happy Saturday everyone! 

I've started scrapping all the photos for my Bangkok trip earlier this year. I didn't take much photos so it wouldn't be as crazy as my Kyoto/Osaka trip. 7 to 8 layouts should be able to cover everything for the trip. I didn't make any mini album for this trip, because I was lazy and couldn't get it done before the trip, and of course, there's really nothing much to record. Not saying that it wasn't a fun trip, but Bangkok is really just a shopping heaven. Sightseeing, not so much. (That's just my personal opinion, maybe it's because I didn't really have a plan, A's friend was there to pick us up and kinda planned our trip for us)

This layout is about a neat little cafe we found inside the Siam Center, Petite Audrey Cafe. I was drawn to the beautiful interior design, I searched the web and other bloggers described it as a 'French Contemporary Vintage' style (and I have no idea what it means). The decors are mostly in black and white and pastel blue, which is totally cute!

I tried to create the feel of the cafe through the patterned papers I used, though I have swapped the pastel blue to pink. I used a lot of repetitive prints and birds accent to bring out my own representation of the 'French Contemporary Vintage'.

 

Patterned Paper: He Said 6x6 Paper Pad by Teresa Collins. Loving the polka dotted thickers too!

Patterned Paper: Down the Boardwalk, Gone Surfin' by We R Memory Keepers

In the pocket

Patterned Paper: Love You Madly by Glitz

Overall

This layout is actually for one of the challenges from Art+Science Scrapbook Workshop, using a Project Life pocket page for a layout. I don't have any pocket page, so I have to improvise and I used the block design of a pocket page as my 'sketch'. Since my photos are all horizontal, I picked the most basic 6 4x6 pocket page design. It does limit the amount of embellishments I could put on the page, and I think it is a great approach when I have limited embellishments that go with the page or when I'm just plain lazy to embellish. I do like this layout very much, and I'm thinking to scrap my Kyoto/Osaka trip using Project Life pocket pages, because of the amount of photos I have, and mostly with multiple photos for a single layout. All in all, I'm very happy I took on this challenge, because it certainly brought me new ideas about how I can scrapbook, especially with multiple 4x6 photos. 

How do you like my layout? 

Supplies (Base for the Layout)

• Kraft paper by Studio Calico

Supplies (Letters)

• Thickers by Studio Calico
• Raspberry Tiny Alpha Stickers by Kaiser Craft
• 4x6 Alpha Stickers by Basic Grey

Supplies (Embellies)

• Chalkboard with Arrows and Puffy Star by Freckled Fawn
• ABC Washi by Studio Calico (Double Scoop Scrapbook Kit)
• Arrow & Geotag Chipboard Shapes Stickers by Studio Calico
• Hummingbird Collectibles by Kaiser Craft
• Pretty Party Border Stickers by Crate Paper

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Tales of the Toilets

I joined the Art + Science of Scrapbooking Workshop by Stacy Julian and Jennifer Wilson on Big Picture Classes. Actually it's a birthday present for myself, since I know nobody is going to get me one, might as well get myself one. *forever alone sigh*

It's a very different workshop, because they are using 'left-brained' and 'right-brained' approaches to sort of differentiate the tendency of how a left-brained will do certain crafting process vs a right-brained person. Sorry if I sound confusing, that is way I don't get to teach classes. For more information, you can check out the workshop here.

So in the first class, they have this 'Ideation' chapter, which basically means how one comes up with a scrapbook story or idea. Logical and dull me, I have everything planned. To be exact, sometimes, when I take photos, I already have some idea such as what title I want to use, and what story I want to tell from the photos. A bit OCD-ish, maybe. And one of the instructors challenges us to find inspiration from our stash of patterned papers, to tell a story about a certain place. I would never ever, ever, come up with such idea. So I take on that challenge and had fun crafting. Below is the homework I handed in for that challenge.

WHO takes pictures of toilets, on purpose?? Answer: Mr. A

I like the title I came up with *hee*

{Washroom Restroom Toilet} This is one unique journaling, probably once in a lifetime, having the word toilet and its' synonym repeated so many times in a sentence.

My favorite 'decorating one of the top corners'

This is a simple page with minimal decorating. Love the simplicity and the funny story. Great challenge from Art + Science and looking forward to their upcoming classes. =)

Supplies (Patterned Papers)

• Aztec by Studio Calico from Marks & Co Scrapbook Kit
• Urban Traveler by Simple Stories from Roundabout Scrapbook Kit

Supplies (Alphas)

• Rub-ons Alpha by Heidi Grace
• Marquise Thickers by Amy Tangerine

Supplies (Embellishments)

• Geotag Chipboard Stickers by Studio Calico
• Cork-printed Washi by Studio Calico from Valley High Project Life Kit
• 1x6" Love Hello Stamp Set by Amy Tangerine for SC from Valley High Scrapbook Kit
• Airmail Divine Twine by Whisker Graphics from Roundabout Scrapbook Kit
• Tiny Brads

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