Hello 2010 January Sketch Challenge

Goodbye 2009 and a very BIG HELLLOOOO to 2010.  How time flies and its been a decade since the year 2000.  With the coming New Year,  we have some changes in our DTs (Design Team) members. This year,  we bid goodbye to Nilla.  We would like to thank her for her support of SIL and we wish her the best in her future endeavours.

In lieu of this,  we are proud to announce the expansion of the SIL team - we have added another 3 new DT members to our ever-growing site.  They are no strangers in the Malaysian Scrapbooking arena.  We would like to warmly welcome:

1)  Nadhrah Maidin
2)  Yatie Tajudin
3)  Nadia Jalil

Kindly click on their respective names to access their blogs for more information on these talented ladies.
With this strong team that we have here,  we hope that SIL will grow from strength to strength.

Without further ado, we would like to unveil our January 2010 Challenge.  A brand new beginning brings us back to the "skeleton" of a layout - what would that be?  A sketch is always deemed to be the start and backbone of a layout.  Jessy has provided us with a beautiful sketch for this challenge:

Here are the DTs interpretation of the sketch:

Jessy did a romantic layout of herself and her hubby using Webster Pages pps.

Nadhrah twisted the sketch and came up with this sweet layout of her daughter Tihany.

Mazlina used a mixture of different brands to feature her layout.

Nad inked her papers and used lovey dovey photos of herself and hubby.

Yatie twisted the sketch and added butterflies to sweeten her daughter's layout.

Michelle stuck to the basic sketch and added some more embellishments.

Here is the RAK that you will win.  Its full of yummy goodies!

All you have to do in order to win this RAK would be to:

Conditions do apply:

Please send in your submissions either via our email at chowchow138@gmail.com or through our comments section by Sunday, 31st January 2010 (12 midnight Malaysian Time).  Kindly note that we are unable to entertain any layout that is sent after the stipulated time and please note that the layout sent should solely be submitted for the Scrap-It-Lah challenge and not for any other challenges. Yes,  we welcome international submissions as we would love to see Scrap-It-Lah grow.  

We can't wait to see what you have done with the sketch and please do keep sending in your beautiful layouts.  Scrap-it-lah OUT!

December Challenge Winner

Now it the time to reveal our December 2009 Challenge Winner....

The winner is  MANDY 

We would like to congratulate Mandy and please contact chowchow138@gmail.com for your RAK.

SIL Dec Entries

Taadaaa...  We are proud to unveil this month's stunning entries.  Please keep sending them in:

Scrap-it-Lah out!

Yatie's December Challenge

This month,  we are honoured to have Yatie Tajudin to as our Guest Designer.  Yatie started scrapping 2 years ago and she has been scrapping with abundance since.  Her resume packs a punch as she has been on various design teams like ScrappingGlitz (an online store in malaysia),  Scrap Inspire Create ( a challenge blog in Brunei),  Scrappin Kids ( another challenge blog from Singapore) and currently she is attached to Scrappingville (a shop in Kuala Lumpur) and an international challenge site called Twisted Sketches.  To view more of Yatie's fabulous work,  please hop over to her blog here.

Yatie came up with this challenge for us and we all hope that you will attempt it soon.

The challenge goes like the following:

You are to make a layout or any project incorporating:

1)  Something Green and

2)  Using Black and White Photo(s)  which means single or multiple photos

3)  To include a quote in the layout or other projects.

Yatie's take

Mazlina's Take

Jessy's Take

Michelle's Take

We look forward to receiving your beautiful submissions and here is the RAK of the month featuring Websters Pages pps:

Do SCRAP-IT-LAH!!!

Conditions do apply:

Please send in your submissions either via our email at chowchow138@gmail.com or through our comments section by Thursday, 31st December 2009 (12 midnight Malaysian Time).  Kindly note that we are unable to entertain any layout that is sent after the stipulated time and please note that the layout sent should solely be submitted for the Scrap-It-Lah challenge and not for any other challenges. Yes,  we welcome international submissions as we would love to see Scrap-It-Lah grow.  

November Challenge Winner

Announcing the winner of the November Challenge:

Drum roll please ....


The Winner is....   ROWENA!!!

Congratulations Rowena and please contact us at chowchow138@gmail.com for your RAK.

SIL November 2009 Submissions

Here is/are our November submissions:

Feeling inspired?  Do join the challenge and Scrap-It-Lah!

Wati's November 09 Challenge

We are proud to announce that Wati Basri has graciously accepted for us to be our Guest Designer this month.  As most of you may know,  Wati was the owner of Scrappin Kids and is on the DT on several scrapping sites.  For more of Wati's information,  do hop over to her blog here.

Wati's challenge for this month was something of a hard nut to crack for most of the designers here.  Most of us fretted over it and some even claimed that they lost some hair over it - LOL...  Enough said here is the challenge this month:

"Please scrap a layout with the title comprising of the letters - "S",  "I" and "L"  which are the acronyms of Scrap-it-Lah."


Here are what all the designers' takes on the challenge:


Wati's take:

We love Wati's oh-so romantic take with her "So In Love" page and her beautiful wedding pictures.

Nilla's take:

Nilla has scrapped this very picturesque photo.  We love the calm seas and and her beautiful, soothing colour combination and her lovely embellishments in her piece titled "Sailing if Life."

Mazlina's take:

Mazlina came up with such a sweet layout of her 2 kids cuddling in bed.  We love it how she mixed our National language,  Bahasa Malaysia and English together to create such sweet title:  "Sayang itu Love",  which means - "It means Love my dear."

    Jessy's Take:

Jessy the consumate photographer did it again.  This layout is stunning with the profusion of beautiful photos and her piece is titled :"Some Interesting Looks"

Michelle's take:

I was quite stumped for a while till I came across this photo of Sean taken by Sarah Grasset.  I loved it very much and I have decided to use it can call it "Sean It Loud."  It would probably be meaningless for someone who glances the title but if you read the journalling - I would like Sean to live his life out loud.  In essence to life his life fully and make a difference in whatever he does.

Presenting our very yummy RAK for this month:

So come on scrappers,  we can't wait to see our takes on our latest challenge!  Do Scrap-it-lah!

Conditions do apply : 

Send your submissions in via our email - chowchow138@gmail.com or through our comments section by Monday, 30th November, 2009 (12 midnight Malaysian Time). Any entries received later than this time will not be considered and please note that the layout sent should solely be submitted for the Scrap-it-Lah challenge and not for any other challenges.

Winner for the October Challenge

Its the time of the month again whereby the designers choose their favourite winner.  The winner of the October Challenge is:

BEE

Congrats Bee for winning our yummy SSF RAK.  Please email me at chowchow138@gmail.com for the collection details.  Thanks.

Submissions for October 2009 Challenge

Here are the beautiful submissions for October:

Enjoy...

The Simple Challenge

Hi everyone! Another new month and another new challenge. Confucious said that

"Life is simple but we insist on making it complicated."

The word "Simple" carries a myriad of meanings to different people. Here are a couple of examples of some simple quotes:

"Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love."

By : H. L. Mencken

"The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life."

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life."

By: John Burroughs

Hence, we would like to find out what is your interpretation of the word "Simple" on a 12 by 12 layout. Please send your submissions in via our email - chowchow138@gmail.com or through our comments section by Saturday, 31st October, 2009 (Malaysian Time). Any entries received later than this time would not be considered and please note that the layout sent should solely be submitted for the Scrap-it-Lah challenge and not for any other challenges.

We leave you with the beautiful creations of the DTs this month. Here they are in no particular order.

Michelle's take:

Michelle made a layout on one of the simple pleasures which her family enjoys which is cycling. Nothing beats having the carefree feeling of cycling and having wind in your hair - its simple yet very pleasurable.

Mazlina's Take:

A child's sleep - most important - plain and simple. Sleep is so under-rated yet its very important to a child's healthy growth. Maz also stresses that a kid's life is simple and worry-free.

Nilla's take:

A beautiful orchid - thats just what took Nilla's breath away when she scrapped this. Oh - such simple beauty.

Jessy's Take:

Jessy scrapped about her hubby whom she loves dearly for his simple and easy disposition.

Here is the RAK that you stand to win this month. Just remember to Scrap-It-Lah!

We are pleased to announce the winner of the September SIL Challenge is:

SOOKIE!!!

Congratulations Sookie, please contact us at chowchow138@gmail.com to claim your prize.

September Submissions

These are the beautiful submissions we have received for this month's challenge. Enjoy:

First Submission from Israel

Wow! This is the first submission that we are receiving all the way from Israel. Irit Shalom loves Prima - don't we all by the way... She has used a lot of blings and flowers and included some hidden journalling in her layout. Thanks Irit for playing along.

September Challenge Submission - First Europe Submission

Woweee... its just been 2 days since the challenge went up and we have our first submission already. Welcome to Scrap-it-Lah! Helen joins us from Sweden and this would signify the first submission from Europe. HOw cool is that? Do you know that one of our DTs Nilla is from Sweden? Thanks Helene for participating. We look forward to more submissions from you and your country.

At present, we have received numerous submissions from the United States, Singapore, Phillippines and of course Malaysia. We are very keen to receive more submissions from overseas so please do join us here at Scrap-it-Lah.

Scrap-it-Lah September Challenge

Hi there everyone. Its another brand new month again and its time for another challenge at Scrap-it-Lah here. This month- the challenge is a simple one:

You are to do a layout with using at least 70% of your favourite Manufacturer's papers and embellishments. Very easy peasy challenge.

Here are the DT's take on this:

Mazlina's take using the Basic Grey's June Bug line:

Nilla's Take using Basic Grey:

Jessy's Take Using the American Crafts Embellishments:



Michelle's take using the Collage Press papers:



Here is what you stand to win this month. We are adding a new twist to the challenge this month. If you have been chosen as the winner for this challenge and if your submission is the among the first 3 submissions, we will send you a mini RAK in celebration of that. Here is a picture of the main kit and hope that you will like it:



In the meantime - do take those precious photos out and start to Scrap-It-Lah!

Please note that all submissions should be in through our comments section or through our email at chowchow138@gmail.com by the 30th September 2009 at 12pm (Malaysian Time). We are unable to accommodate any submissions after the stipulated time.

Winner of the August challenge

We are pleased to announce the winner of the August Challenge and the lucky winner is.....

LILI!!!

Congrats Lili and I will be in touch on how to send the RAK to you. Thank you so much for playing with us.

August Submissions

Here are the submissions this month:

August Challenge - GD - {Irene Tan Challenge}

We start this August with a brand new type of challenge.  We are introducing our Guest Designer challenge this month and we are happy that Irene Tan aka Scrapperlicious has graciously come up with a challenge and she has also come up with a sample layout for us.  

This month,  Irene would love for you to make a layout that comprises of any form of "SEWING" to the layout.  You an always hand -stitch or use the sewing machine - we want to see some form of sewing onto the layout.

Here is Irene's beautiful take:

Our DTs have come up with the following layouts as per challenge:

Michelle's take

Nilla's take

Jessy's take

Mazlina's take.

So ladies,  let's see your takes on it and Scrap-it-lah!

Please note that all submissions should be in by the Monday,  31st August 2009 at 12am (Malaysian Time).  We are unable to accommodate any submissions after the stipulated time.

Winner of the July Challenge

Its time of the month again where we announce the winner of last month's challenge. The winner of the July's challenge is:

Liza

Congrats Liza.  Kindly email me at chowchow138@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Submission for our July Challenge

Here are the beautiful submission/s for this month:

July Challenge

Hi ladies! Here is the Scrap-It-Lah's July challenge. We would like to present you the Malaysian Breakfast Challenge.

Malaysian Breakfast Challenge

Is anyone hungry? The following consists of what a typical Malaysian breakfast will be.

 Your challenge this month would be to order your own version of a Malaysian breakfast using the items below.

1. For this challenge you need to make your own combo meal consisting of 4 items- a main dish, a side dish, dessert, and don't forget the drink!

2. Each item on the menu corresponds with something that you must use on your layout. 

You may scrap on any theme.

3. All layouts need to be new and submitted only for Scrap-it-Lah. You may not recycle any old layouts for this challenge. 

4. All orders must be placed by Friday the 31st July, 2009, 12 am (Malaysian Time)

5. Here's the menu. Please post you order as a reply in this thread. Remember you are ordering one (1) main dish, one side dish, one dessert and one drink.

Main Dish:

Nasi Lemak = Use chipboards/stickers

Mee Goreng = Use ribbon

Nasi Kerabu = Use glitter

Curry Laksa = Use buttons

Lontong = Use brads

Side Dish :

Ayam Goreng = Journal on paper strips

Sambal Sotong = Handwritten Journaling

Telur Goreng = Journal around something

Roti Canai = Journal on your photo

Sambal Petai Udang = Hidden journaling

Dessert :

Curry Puff = Use rhinestones/crystals

Kueh Lapis = use paint/ink

Kueh Koci = Sew on your layout

Pisang Goreng = Use rub-ons

Ang Koo = Use staples

Drinks :

Teh Tarik = Make your own patterned paper

Kopi = Use Black or White cardstock

Air Bandung = Use polka dot paper

Teh O' Ais Limau= Your choice of papers

Milo = Use striped paper

Let's look at what our Designer Team members had ordered:

Mazlina's Breakfast:

Title: Someone Is Watching Over Me

Nasi Lemak = Use chipboards/stickers

Ayam Goreng = Journal on paper strip

Curry Puff = Use rhinestones/crystals

Teh O' Ais Limau= Your choice of papers

Jessy's Breakfast:

Title: M is for Memories

Nasi Lemak = Use chipboards/stickers

Sambal Sotong = Handwritten Journaling

Kueh Lapis = use paint/ink

Teh O' Ais Limau= Your choice of papers

Michelle's Breakfast:

Title: Ninja

Nasi Lemak = Use chipboards/stickers

Sambal Sotong = Handwritten Journaling

Kueh Koci = Sew on your layout

Teh O' Ais Limau= Your choice of papers

Nilla's breakfast:

Title: Monkey

Mee Goreng = Use ribbon

Telur Goreng = Journal around something

Pisang Goreng = Use rub-ons

Teh O' Ais Limau= Your choice of papers