Now who doesn’t love a good story ? A mini album can say so many things - stories about love or pain, travels and babies.

Soo Jen is a fan of travel albums and has many stories about the countries or cities she visits. With her astounding stamp collection and the experience to use them effectively, she creates evocative pieces of art ! Featured below is the Maya Road Sheer album that has been altered to tell the story of her trip to New York.

A detailed explanation can be found in Made With Love’s Gallery so be sure to visit !! The album is in the store for viewing where scrappers who need ideas to start their own stories can browse leisurely through it.

Here is a sampling of some of the pages Soo Jen created in the album :

Drumroll please!!!!!!!!  And here are the winners for July’s SHOP FOR FREE Promo!  These 5 lucky shoppers will have their lucky receipt amount refunded!  Wow wee! 

1. Abigail Tan
(membership number: 0806748)

2. Tan Wei Leng
(membership number: 0601006)

3. Peir Juan
(membership number: 0703439)

4. Chua Tiong Seng
(membership number: 0807208)

5. Karen Bennetts
(membership number: 05120049)

We will be giving you a call within these 2 days to inform you which receipt was the lucky one chosen and your refunded amount.  Congratulations once again!

Hellooooooo everyone!   Yep yep it’s Jasmine here again! *waves*

It’s time for Trendy New Arrivals Thursday as we welcome new yummylicious goodies from CHA Summer show!  All these will be ready for you tomorrow morning at 11am!  Thanks to Kelly for the photos again :)

{STEMMA DESIGNS}

Pet Dog Collection

Summer/Fuschia Collection

Baby Collection

NEW! CHA Summer release-  Fun and colourful patterned papers from Stemma / Masterpiece Studios

{MAKING MEMORIES}

Spellbound Collection

Halloween!!!!  All NEW Making Memories Spellbound Halloween collection.  Loooove the colours of this collection!  Even if you do not celebrate Halloween, you really need to check out the yummy patterned papers and embellishments from this series.  They would make really fun pages! 

Here’s a page idea… go ask your friends/family members the following Halloween jokes and scrapbook about how much fun you all had laughing about the answers. 

You try them first… I’ll provide the answers at the end of this blog entry.  Hookays??

1. What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?

2. What kind of streets to zombies love best?

3. What is a vampire’s favorite mode of transportation?

4. Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends?

5. Why did the Vampire subscribe to the Wall Street Journal?
    
   Heee…….

{MY TATTERED ANGELS}

All NEW CHA Summer colours of Glimmer Mist!  Very Pretty!

{TONIC STUDIOS}

Replenishments of good old favourite tools by Tonic Studios endorsed by the man himself, Mr Tim Holtz!

{JENNI BOWLIN STUDIO}

Victoria Collection

All NEW! CHA Summer release - Victoria Collection, mini bingo cards, crepe paper ribbons, vintage labels, chipboard books from Jenni Bowlin Studio.  Also included in this shipment are replenishments of our favourite die-cut ledger patterend papers in a variety of colours from Jenni Bowlin’s past collections.

{NORTHRIDGE MEDIA}

NEW! Magazines from Northridge Media

{SCRAPWORKS}

Replenishments of Scrapworks Exposed Acrylic albums in different shapes and sizes as well as various vinyl stickers. 

Did you know that vinyl stickers are much more sturdier than rub-ons?  They do not break easily and you can also use these stickers as decoration on mirrors or even your walls at home!  Now ain’t that value for your buck!

{7 GYPSIES}

All NEW! Savannah collection.  Also in this shipment are replenishments of our much loved 97% complete stickers.  These stickers have become a quick favourite among us scrappers as they are so easy to use on layouts !  I really love adding those words and phrases to my own layouts.  There are 2 new ones released during the summer show (DIET and YEAR).

{FLAIR DESIGNS}

Hit the Beach

Seaside Collection

Family Ties Collection

Keep On Cooking Collection

New! CHA Summer releases from Flair Designs in their signature style.

{CHATTERBOX}

NEW! CHA Summer release - TOGETHER collection from Chatterbox.

{ART DECLASSIFIED}

All NEW! Unmounted rubber stamps designed by Donna Downey for Art Declassified.  Love them loads.

New! unmounted stamps from Art Declassified.  Do not forget to use them with ezmounts.  If you are unfamiliar with how to use unmounted stamps, you may approach any of us at the store for more information.  They are really easy to use and such storage space savers too!

Sooo….. that’s the releases for this week. I hope to see you soon at the store.  The month has just begun but some of you have already dropped by the store, armed with your song sheets and choir to participate in our August activities listed in our August Loveletter. 

If you’ve not read the loveletter yet to find out about our activities and promotions this month… it’s still not too late!  Grab a copy at the store or surf on to http://www.madewithlove.com.sg and download your copy now.

Also , stay tuned for the next blog entry as we reveal who the lucky winners are for last month’s SHOP FOR FREE Promo! (ooooooooohhhhh…..)

And…….. I did not forget..  hee hee!  Here are the answers to the Halloween jokes I posted earlier.

1. “What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?  - FROSTBITE

2. What kind of streets to zombies love best? - DEAD ENDS

3. What is a vampire’s favorite mode of transportation? - BLOOD VESSELS

4. Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends?
   - COZ THEY ARE SO WRAPPED UP IN THEMSELVES.

5. Why did the Vampire subscribe to the Wall Street Journal?
   - HE HEARD IT HAD GREAT CIRCULATION…

There you go! :)  Have a nice day and a great National Day weekend!

Hello everyone, it’s Aida here ! This week the Design Team worked with a mixed series of brands and you will see our styles shinning through.

Leena used curved edged papers which are still a winner with scrappers here and she jazzed up serene coloured Autumn Leaves papers with bright embellishments to fit the personality of her son. This layout feels fun, with the details adding immense appeal.

Merdrey is at whizz at adding texture to the layout and this time the casually pleated green ribbons and the apples on the papers added a playfulness to the layout. October Afternoon is one of Merdrey’s favourite brands and working with distracting fruit motif is not always easy, yet she does a great job of drawing the eye to the photo, notice the journaling on the photo.

My cat is a favourite subject and even though he is a boy cat, I feel it’s ok to use little bits of pink in the October Afternoon and MM 5th Avenue papers, not overwhelmingly sweet and nicely balanced with the other browns in the page. The layout is stepped and layered from the top left down to the right.

You don’t have to wait till next week for another edition of layouts from the Design Team. We invite you to come on over and browse the Made With Love Gallery featuring amazing layouts by Singapore scrappers for more ideas !!!

Hello everyone, this is Jasmine here!!!! We’re resetting the clock back to #1 this week as we bring you new arrivals from CHA Summer Show! We’ve only been back for a week but new arrivals have been pouring in to the store fast and furious.

After last week’s episode with the customs, we are happy to announce that the goods have finally reached us safe and sound. Phew~! So without much further ado, here are this week’s new arrivals that will greet you tomorrow morning when the store opens at 11am.

Photos this week brought to you by Kelly.. yey!

PS:  Please excuse all the weird blocks of spaces found in this blog entry.  Nothing I seemed to do could fix that problem.. 

{TECHNIQUE TUESDAY}

New Clear stamps from one of our most popular stamping brands - Technique Tuesday. I really love the small stamps this time round.. they are really cute and I can already imagine some of them on my layouts. :)

{ELLE’S STUDIO}

New fun tags from Elle Studio to add that extra special finishing touch to your layouts. My favourite? The Numbers Tags! Check out those gorgeous colours… yummm.

{3 BUGS IN A RUG}

 

Collection: Autumn

Collection: Oh what Fun!

Collection: Playtime

New CHA Summer releases from Three Bugs in a Rug... very fun papers and stamps to play with! Do you see Christmas coming early? This is indeed Christmas in July…! We’ll be expecting a steady flow of new Christmas releases from many different brands that will lead up to our favourite December holiday itself. How about starting early on those cards this year? HEHE.

{BAM POP}

All new CHA Summer releases from Bampop as well as replenishments of hot favourite stamps. Selected papers from their previous collections are now available in single sheets. Yey!! I loooove the unicorn patterned paper.

{DREAM STREET PAPERS}

Collection: Mod Posy

Collection: The Menagerie

Collection: Wonderland

Collection: Simply Stated

Collection: Cookies & Cream

Collection: Carma

Collection: Angel Heart

Collection: Mairzy Doats

Collection: Wonderland

Collection: Fun & Games

 

Collection: Birdie Bits

Collection: Hugs-n-Kisses

A whopping 10 new lines from Dream Street Papers that they released during the Summer Show. Also check out replenishments of hot favourites from their previous collections.

{IMAGINISCE}

Collection: Snowy Jo

NEW! CHA Summer release from Imaginisce, famous for their really cute designs and fun mini clear stamps.

{HOT OFF THE PRESS}

New and replenishments from Hot off the Press. Templates, Clear stamps, brads, ribbons and more!

{PINECONE PRESS}

New Ribbons from Pinecone Press (those cuteeee mushrooms belong to Kelly!)

Orders from the Winter show earlier on this year are still coming in as we speak! New papers and more from Pinecone Press. Love the colours!

{SONBURN}

Also from CHA Winter - NEW! Sonburn Design papers and embellishments in the most delightful colours.

{AMERICAN CRAFTS}

Ahhhhhhhh…. are you still with me? All New! CHA Summer release from American Crafts. 5 New Lines - something for everyone. Moda Bella, Everyday (a personal favourite), Travel, Romance and Christmas collection

New coordinating embellishments - Minimarks, Remark stickers, ribbons, chipboards and more! I really love their new FLAIR embellishments - they are like little badges you can adhere to your layouts. Super duper cute!

And…….. I had to almost stop myself from grabbing all the new Thickers. American Crafts have really outdone themselves this time with new fonts and finishings!

Not photographed here though are the 70 odd papers from the 5 new collections. Do drop by the store to check them out soon!

Hope you like what we have put out for you this week… see you at the store tomorrow if not soon! Remember tomorrow is the last day of the month which also means the last day for you to utilize and redeem your remaining shopping baskets for greater discounts!

Now ain’t that a nice way to end off the month? Check back here to our main website and forum on the 1st of August to download our August Loveletter and read what you can look forward to as we celebrate Singapore’s Birthday in Style.

Lots of love,

Jas.