mescrap studio: December 2008

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Affirmation Catcher

The affirmation catcher is a gift from Kathryn ~ Collage Diva.
The catcher remind me of my school time.
Feel like little girl again :)

Friday, December 26, 2008

New Year Resolution

1) Creative Every Day ( 2009 )

2) Participate at least 1 art challenge per week

3) Collect more Postcards

4) Buy less , create with whatever I have

5) Create journal with kids

6) Take more pictures

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Beautiful Scenery I ever seen in Bahrain

The Tree of Life in Bahrain.
It's almost 4 century years old.
The mystery of getting water in desert still unknown.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Journal : Packing Away

Journal Spread that I worked on the 'Packing to Bahrain'.

Bahrain is the Arabic term for "two seas", referring to the freshwater springs that are found within the salty seas surrounding it.

The weather in Bahrain now is quite cold and comfort. Never thought to have this kind of weather in Middle East.

Hope that I have time to venture into this Desert Land

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Soul Journal ~ 14 : Painted Paper

I managed to prepare the page for this Soul Journal prompt before heading to Bahrain.

Painted the background with acrylic, rubber stamped with acrylic, paste, doodles, brush a coat of water-it-down acrylic.

Friday, December 12, 2008

A Celebration of Art

Beckie send the mini frame to those who participate in the Paper Trader's 3rd Anniversary.

The challenge for this project was "A Celebration of Art" utilizing the number 3 in some way.

Business Trip to Bahrain

I'm on business trip to Bahrain this coming Monday.

You may refer here if you like to trade for a Bahrain postcard.

See you gals there :)

Crusade 26 ~ Scent of the Season

The challenge for this month in GPP Street Team is Scent of the Season ~ Select a fragrance for holiday, make a journal page with evidence of your new scent chosen to capture memories.

Those perfume tags in my journal is where I get it from the Perfume Shop inside an Airport.

Documenting scent on the journal page

Choose to live life to the full ~ the quote I cut out from the Diesel promotional brochure.

Scent ~ Alternative type of energy

I love the quote ~ Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Birthday Card

December is such a wonderful month of a year.
But seems that every year, in the same month ~ I'm rushing / run out of time.

Another 13 days for Christmas.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Advent Calendar ~ 3

Prompt 13 ~ The gift of friendship

Prompt 14 ~ The gift of prosperity

Prompt 15 ~ The gift of peace, joy, and goodwill

Prompt 16 ~ The gift of service
Giving in service to others brings great rewards not only to those whom we serve but for our own hearts.

Prompt 17 ~ The gift of forgiveness

Prompt 18 ~ The gift of Player

Monday, December 8, 2008

Happy Birthday ...happy birthday

Happy Birthday my dear KXin.

KXin turns to TWO today :)

Award

Thank you to Jaqi and Anne for passed this award to me.

"This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY -nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! "

Thank you so much.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Advent Calendar ~ Part 2

My second page of another 6 out of 24 twinchies for Advent Calendar.

Prompt 7 ~ Gift from other artist

I choose the image from , I believe is one of the masterpiece of Albert Joseph Moore.

Take a deep breathe, Relax, relax & relax ..... ( I'm facing too much work pressure lately)

Prompt 8 ~ Childhood Gift

Is a typewriter ! My aunt bought it for me as I need it to type for some of my homework. (Computer is luxury item at that time)

Prompt 9 ~ Gift yourself
I always have to remind that kind to be yourself.

Prompt 10 ~ A gift you were born with
Don't forget to smile , even no as sweet as Monalisa.

Prompt 11 ~ Gift from Nature
TREES !

Prompt 12 ~ The gift of time

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Advent Calendar (Part 1)

We are making 24 twinchies for our Advent Calendar in Soul Journal .

Kathryn is such a talented and thoughtful Journaler, I get inspired in her each and every prompts. But for this challenge, I take more longer time, read thru all her prompts (few times) and spend almost 2 weeks for the images.

Besides, instead of making 24 of them with the standard open window,
I cover each and every prompts differently.

Prompt 1 ~ The Present
Appreciate each and every present day
(Cover the the window with vellum, tear off to give the original colours of the twinchies)

Prompt 2 ~ A Relationship that you are grateful for
( DH & DDs and criss cross with thread and flower button ~ thanks Kathryn for the inspiration)

Prompt 3 ~ The gift of our senses
( Roll the paper )

Prompt 4 ~ A gift to pass on
Gift to be pass on to our next generation ~ Beautiful heart, learner & passion in life

Prompt 5 ~ A gift to share
( Love the quote share by Kathryn)

Prompt 6 ~ A quote about gift
(The way to know life is to know many things)

There are another page of prompts that I'll post in next day.

Time flies , another 20 days for Christmas !