Let's Catch up!

This week over at DreamGirls is a card challenge!

In support for our Card Designer Eva who have been designing fabulous gorgeous cards btw! We had a card sketch from 2Sketches4you

The twist?

Stamping technique and diecuts to be included.

Here is my card:

The materials other than the cardstock and faux pearls are from my Scarlet Lime March Kit.

Be sure to check out what the other Divas did! Their cards are fanta-bu-lous!!

Do remember to load your cards onto DreamGirls Flickr Group!

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Over at The Story Matters.

Our Fabulous and uber talented Megan Klauer is hosting this month's challenge!

It's very simple. We had to share our favourite summer memory. And the best summer memories I had was in Perth Australia.

I did a 2-pager for this one:

Do come over and give us your support for this month's challenge yah?

I'm sure you have some awesome summer memories to share with us!

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Something for Pink Sketches, Sketch #35

Here's my layout on a photo taken last July at my cousin's wedding.

It's a group shot of all the cousins in my generation on my mom's side of the family.

I placed the layout into a Clear Scraps 12 x 12 Frame for my Uncle and Aunt to take back to Perth (they were in town recently and just flew home) to be placed in their home.

I started using my Little Yellow Bicycle Paper Stash that I had in the beginning of this year. :)

Simple but lovely! Don't ya think?

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For Groovie Cover-It Challenge this month.

Groovie Edleen chose this book cover:

Here is my layout inspired by the cover:

Gotta love me some Sassafrass lass!!!! Yay!

Be sure to check out the Groovie Cover Challenge Blog and look at the rest of the Cover Gals' works! I love the different takes on this one.

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Last but definitely not least.

I've been honoured over at Ed's Sketch blog as her Guest Designer this month. (Thanks Ed for the honor!)

A double-paged Sketch! (I really think Ed must have Sketched this layout for me! haha!)

So I did a layout for my Ferguson Valley experience in Perth here:

I hope you like this double paged I did. It's more photo heavy than anything else!

Be sure to check out Ed's Sketch Blog! The DT did such an amazing job!

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##Some Updates and a RAK Giveaway##

It's been a field week the past 6 days!

No doubt I was busy with Daren, but I was really happy doing it and entertaining him at home to distract him from the itchiness of his Chicken Pox. I feel the bond between my boy and I much much closer than before. It's really a difference as compared to being at work and so caught up with work that I lack the energy to actually spend playing and nuturing him when I get home at the end of the day.

How I long for the day that I can dedicate my time to my boy and my home!

Good news too!

We had a buyer for our home! The advertisement was out on last Thursday and by Saturday, we had a keen and confirmed buyer! The Option to Purchase was signed that night (it was their 3rd time back at the house, they came back a 2nd time with their parents to view the place in the early evening). I'm so glad that the couple is in love with the concept of our home :) I must add that this isn't possible without the Grace and Favor of our Lord Jesus! Not only that, we are able to sell the house above valuation! Imagine that! This is really His favor and goodness in our lives and to God be all the glory!!!

In the meantime, we'll be taking our time to look for an ideal home that's comfortable for our budget. I'm so glad that Dave and I took the time and sit down and work out our sums for the new home. What's the budget for a possible future single income, etc etc.

I just pray that the Lord will lead us into our Promise Land, in this case, a cosy home to grow our Chan family.

Thanks for dropping by today and staying on to the end of this post and I'm in such a delightful mood, I'm gonna dig out some of my treasured scrapbooking possessions of lasered chipboard and papers and little bits and pieces for a RAK!!!

**To double your chances of winning**

1) simply spread the word on your blog and link your blog together with your comments in my comments section.

(I would love to blog hop and visit your blog too!)

Just leave me a comment in this posting for a chance for a RAK by 10th June!!

Love,Sophia

Just to share my work for the month of

May!

Happy May day everyone!

It's Labour's Day in Singapore and we're all "labouring into rest!"

LOL!

I've got layouts to share here which I did during the past couple week-nights for some of my DT assignments for May.

Over at Groovie Cover-It Challenge for the month of May,

here's my layout:

I'm sure having lots of fun with my Sassasfrass Lass papers!!

Be sure to come by and check out the Groovie Cover that my layout is inspired by! :)

Not to mention what the rest of the amazing Cover Gals had done.

Over at The Story Matters, I'm hosting this month's challenge over at TSM :)

**Pssst! I'm RAKing a prize for the challenge too*

Thanks Penny for the opportunity once again for hosting the challenge.

Since May is Mother's day month and I'm always inspired by how my life had been influenced by 2 amazing women, that's what inspired the theme for the challenge over at TSM.

Here's my layout to share:

{Women in my life}

If you feel inspired by the topic, do come support us over at The Story Matters and play along with us yah?

MomentsRecorded is back with challenge #8!

It's mainly all about rub-ons and using whatever stickers/embellishments we have in our stash. What a great way to be using up my hoarded stash of rub-ons and stickers!

Here's my layout for the challenge:

Be sure to hop on over for the exact details of what goes into the layout yah? It'll be fun, I guarantee you!

Have a fun long weekend ahead!

Love,

Sophia

Groovie Cover for April

Groovie Cover-It is back for April!

Here is the groovie CD-cover which Edleen had chosen for the Cover Gals:

And here is my layout inspired by the CD cover:

I used the Bicycle, the black and white photo as well as the placement of the title at the side in the cover for my layout.

It was really apt for this photo of Daren on his very first bicycle which he received for his 3rd birthday from his godparents!! Not to mention that I have some Hambly Bicycle Transparency goodness to play with!

I hope you like my take on this one!!

Do find time to play with us at Groovie Cover-It k?

Per layout submitted allows you to stand a chance to win a yummy RAK!

Groovie Cover March Challenge

Just to share a layout I did for

Groovie Cover-It March Challenge

Here's the book cover that served as an inspiration:

And here's my layout that's being inspired by the book cover:

It's a simple take, playing with mostly rub-ons. The rub-on was bought in Perth, Australia when I went shopping there.

And I was surfing on the internet to look for a nice father-son poem which I wrote in blue.

Here's the poem:

Hero Dad

- by Joanna Fuchs

You are my hero, Dad

You're my secure foundation

When I think of you

I'm filled with love and fond appreciation.

You make me feel protected;

I'm sheltered by your care.

You're always my true friend;

When I need you, you're always there

You have a place of honor

Deep within my heart

You've been my superhero, Dad

Right fom the very start

Isn't the poem lovely? When I read it I was like," Wow!!"

This poem has best describe the father-son relationship which I'm so very privileged to witness at home.

I'm envious of my son for having such a wonderful relationship with his Dad.

(I grew up in a single-mom family, the closest love to a father's love was my beloved late-grandpa and my maternal Uncles)

I feel really blessed and privileged to know that super Dave is being such a wonderful Dad to Daren. There's really nothing more that I could ask for. It was a little hard for us both to adjust in the beginning as new parents, but I'm glad that Dave made the decision to journey with me to be an involved parent.

It's like, you can be a father by your child's birth, but being a DAD (endearing term that little ones call their fathers) and an involved parent is by making a choice and decision.

I've heard of how some other mum friends who will lament that their husbands do not really take much of an interest in what their children do and take an involved role in bonding with their children.

Mine? He will be on his knees when he's home from work to play with Daren, rough it out with him and get all silly with the boy.

So most evenings, I will hear squealing and lots of laughter!

And of course,

My dear Daren would insist that

"Daddy bathes me"

"Daddy makes sleep"

"Daddy poo me"

(his grammer and sentence structure is not there yet)

"Daddy, I want read Spot Says Goodnight"

And so Daddy "This" and Daddy "That"

In my little boy's eyes, Daddy is his superhero, stronger and better than all the X-Men in the world!

LOL!

Anyway,

If you love the book cover as much as I was inspired by it, do come and play along with us over at Groovie Covers!