(left) first time using fabric on a layout, and used one of them to overlay the photo (middle) made the flowers from scratch and held together with brad (right) one of the requirement of the challenge was to use the brad made with our opening gift. so cute!

Have been busy with a number of things, travelling, scrapbooking, eating, drinking, whatever… can’t remember 😛 so haven’t been blogging for awhile..but slowly, will update more on what has been happening on the scrapbooking/baking front 🙂

About a month ago, I had a wonderful day at Discovery Bay.

I know scrapbooking retreat is really popular and common in the
States and Canada but it is a luxury in Hong Kong. So about a month ago, I jumped at the chance and took a day off to attend the fall retreat organised by HK Memory Chest. It was amazing!!

You can say my amusement could be due to scrapbooking retreat being a first for me but it was sooo much fun!! The first time I scrapbooked with 20 other people and all were experts with so many tips and ideas to share. It really was an eye-opening experience for me.

The best bit, I was able to scrapbook for 12 hours straight. No interruption no work, no rushing to go out, just non-stop scrapbooking, cutting, gluing, stamping, embossing and laughing!

I can’t wait till the next retreat. I manage to finish 3 layouts on the day (a big achievement for me b/c usually I am really slow….). This first one was using a kit provided to us and the challenge was to use at least one piece of paper, the embellishment, and the brad(s) made from our opening gift.

The last layout I did towards end of evening won me a prize full of Prima marketing scrapbooking goodies..very surprised but very happy!! more on that later…