Helen Plus Three

I was recently clearing up old scrapbooking stuff to make place for new things.. .(there's never enough place is there? ).. and there were a few old cards which I had made but never gave out because I didn't like how they turned out.. (you could say I have improved  :)') So I thought why waste the good parts, let's recycle and redo the main image element or work around it.....So here's two of them ...... Only the centre piece which was punched (Karl) is the old piece, I  added the Cottage Cutz die [CottageCutz Floral Doily (4x4] , a Hero Arts sentiment, embossed and stamped with metallic ink for background using Slanted Tree also from Hero Arts... a layer of Frost White Tsukineko ink for a metallic shine. A bit of purple flowers peep through the doily lace die because of the recycled paper I used which had pinkish petals embedded. The whole of the oval piece is the original, the rest is recently layered on. I love the Hedgehog stamps, they're...

'Plumeria and Leaves' die from Cottage Cutz,    paper from Basic Grey,  another step fold card....  

she's growling of course...as we get closer...

It was lovely lovely drive up, pretty smooth  but just a little glitch (traffic jam) on the way back. There was an overturned 18 wheeler lying turn turtle on the side of the highway. The three nights in Malacca was pleasant and not that tiring considering we did some sight seeing of new sights and didn't get quite as lost seeing as how the GPS seemed to be quite spot on. Managed to make it the old ST Francis Xavier Church(built 1849) for the Sunset mass at 6pm at Saturday. God's providence we got a parking space(the one and only just in time) We took in a cruise of the Malacca River, that was beautiful and scenic. The murals on the back of the shops were superb. Sunset as usual is wonderful at Pantai Puteri of Tanjung Kling, breakfast at out favourite breakfast shack , nostalgic, yeah it's still there. The pratha (roti chanai) is better and the coffee is just as good. We tried something called Satay Celup, a Malacca specialty which is essentially steamboat bu...

Sunflower from Penny Black, against a die cut embossed scallop (Sizzix and K Kingdom) respectively)...Dragon Fly from Sizzix..., using word set from Hero Arts Clear Stamps...... the Fence is from Tim Holtz Alternation dies.

'God botherer', I came across this phrase in of my recent fiction reads and had a lot thought come from it. How many of us actually do this, when we talk to God ?  I think I do. But God does want us to turn to him does he not for anything and everything ? Then I am reminded that I need to thank him constantly too and praise him, both of which I do little of. Being comfortable with God, reflects the strength of my faith. So there is a happy message in thereafter all.

This weekend..Mother's Day, an occasion to mark with special thoughts and memories. Technically it's everyday, we don't take a break do we?. My mother is one of a kind. I am who I am because of her (dad too of course, but mothers have a different influence on one as a woman). But this day is special because I am a mother too. Being a mother isn't easy while on the outside it may appear so. While the physical exertions are one aspect, the other is an emotional affliction, the usual that is displayed and still there is much that is seldom expressed but swallowed and assimilated. The kind that makes our hair turn grey, the feelings that raise our heartbeat, the thoughts that raise fear. Not everyone understands in the same way, not everyone has the same experiences but everyone understands a mother's love. Happy Mother's Day