just Click to see the larger version
I hope all of you have a lovely holiday season and a wonderful new year with your loved ones :).
And Congratulations to Lynn Zant! Her layout is the most voted in the Ztampfans Challenge #4 so she is receiving $15 Ztampf! GC and 25% Off Discount Coupon that she can use up to 3 times during the month of January 2008! Enjoy your prize, Lynn :).
That’s it for now! Cheers!
Back in Jakarta again after spending 2 nights in Puncak with my parents, my older brother and his 11 y.o. daughter, Olivia. It’s good to be here in my childhood home spending time with my parents and my brothers. Especially my older brother whom I haven’t seen since 2003. I love spending time with my only niece, Olivia too! She has grown so tall and she talked a lot after the initial shy period. I think this is the longest period of time I spent almost constantly with a child. I must say I did enjoy it although yeah, it felt good to be left alone for a while! LOL!
Oh have I told you about the bummer I made? I was so busy prior to my trip to Jakarta this time and things were so hectic I left all the chargers in Hong Kong! So I have to be very selective in taking photos because once I ran out of my battery, that’s it! Hence I haven’t downloaded most of the photos I took these past several days. I’ll just download them all at once when I’m back in Hong Kong.
Anyway, here’s a couple of layouts I quickly did using the new “Through The Year” QuickPage Album – just click to see the larger versions and to read more detail:
The layout on the left is about Olivia – she had a blast playing with my Mac’s PhotoBooth. What’s best is that they’re taken with the built-in camera on my Mac so there’s no worry about battery life or anything like that :).
Well, I hope you all have a lovely time with your family too! Cheers!
Yay! What a lovely news I got in my mailbox: my Lumoz Whimzy Page Overlays Set has been spotlighted on the Dishin’ the Digi – Coast 2 Coast show on DiScTalkRadio. The show will run from 12/18 – 12/24. Be sure to tune in!
And guess what! To celebrate this with all of you, I have created a special coupon:
Receive 25% OFF of your next order at Ztampf!Shop when you purchase the Lumoz Whimzy Page Overlays Set or any digital products priced at $7.00 or more with this coupon code: DSTR_ZLumozWhimzy0712. This special offer is valid through Dec. 25th for one use per person. Enjoy :).
Go to DiScTalkRadio to listen to the show soon!
Just a quick post to let you all know that Ztampfever No. 29 has been released! Have you subscribed yet? I will requeue the newsletter a few times later – so hurry up and subscribe to receive your copy of Ztampfever No. 29 before it’s too late ;).
Hint: How to get this new album set for free?
And don’t forget: the Voting Period of Ztampfans Challenges #4 has begun! Please drop by to cast your vote. Thanks :).
Yeah! I’ve finally got this done and now it’s sitting pretty in my CafePress Boutique :). I had this idea for months but it’s not until recently that I managed to work on it and yesterday, I’ve uploaded it! What is it?
Well, it’s an actual, physical Wall Calendar that you can order from my CafePress Boutique. So… what so special about it? Well, it IS customizable! How? The concept is similar to that of QuickPages. The top part of the calendar which is usually a finished image/photo is instead a QuickPage! But of course there is not ‘transparent window’ to insert your photo as in the digital version. This paper version provides a Photo Space instead: a framed matting in a scrapbook layout setting. When you received your calendar, you can then add your own photographs on it by gluing (or using double-sticky tape or glue-tape runner) them on the provided Photo Spaces. Because of the beautiful matting, it doesn’t matter if the size or the proportion of your photos is not exactly the same with the provided space. It’s designed to even allow you to be playful by tilting your photos inside the Photo Space if you wish! There are spaces around the Photo Space to add your title or notes i.e. date and occasion or even a short journaling in some cases.
This provides a super quick and easy way to create personalized gifts for your friends and family! You can even send them blank without photos for them to put their own too! And of course, you can always added more actual embellishment if you wish! I think this will come in handy when you are pressed for time or simply don’t like to do any paper crafting and yet wanting something with a more personal touch. What do you think?
Ztampfabulous Customizable Wall Calendar specs:
Oh! And my own CafePress order came in the post today! Yay! A customer who placed an order a while go also got hers today! And she told me how she loved everything she got – mostly apparel. And as for me, I got the Black Pondering T-Shirt and the two A Perfect Blend Mugs, plus the Vintage Clock! Love them all! Now that I have the ‘Seize The Day… and digiscrap it!’ Collection, I want them too! Ha! I’m rushing out now – leaving for Jakarta the day after tomorrow. But I’ll try to get some pics taken with them and post them!
Some previews of the new designs uploaded yesterday:
What do you think? There are more there… just take a look :).
I still have to finish one Mini Crafty Calendar and one Half-Legal Size Crafty Calendar by tomorrow, my last day in Hong Kong before going to Jakarta to see my folks for 2 weeks. I’ve printed all the pages – will trim, make the covers and bind them tomorrow. Oh and I still have to wrap some Christmas presents too… and the cards to be mailed… among other things! And now it’s already 3 a.m.! Where have all the time gone?
Oh before I forget… The posting period for Ztampfans Challenge #4 is through Dec. 13th. Post away and who knows… win the prizes :).
Yeah… It’s available now! I had fun working on these Painting Kit quickpages amids my scratching (yes, my allergies are getting worse again!). Check it out – 2 elements from the exclusive Painting Kit are included as a Bonus!
And guess what, I have a lot of new stuff over at Fhungalicious CafePress Boutique – scrapbooking related goodies you’ll love! Well, I hope! Please drop by and let me know what you think! Oh… there is a promo offer going on too:
That’s all for now – it’s almost midnight here and I’d better go to bed soon :).
Have a wonderful weekend, Everyone!
Ztampfans Challenge #4
This will be the last Ztampfans Challenge for this year and you wouldn’t want to miss out:
Posting period: 6 – 13 Dec.
Voting period: 14 – 20 Dec.
Winner announcement 21 Dec.
The Challenge:
Post layouts about ‘REFLECTION‘. It could be simply showing photographs/pictures with reflected images i.e. in the mirrors, windows or water, it could also be about reflection in the sense of looking back, contemplative sort of way. The end of a year is the right time to do this sort of things anyway ;). You can have journaling with it too!
The Requirements:
Everything has to be made 100% using Ztampf! stuff.
Fonts and Photo Actions from other sources are accepted, though.
The Prize:
One lucky winner will receive a Ztampf! $15 Gift Certificate PLUS a 25% Discount Coupon that she can use up to 3 (three) times during the whole month of January 2008.
Come on… bookmark this: http://ztampf.com/ztampfest/v/Contests/ztampfans_challenges/ and… post away! Yeehaaa… :).
My new Z!Girl, Donna B. Miller informed me about a wonderfully inspiring and heart-warming blog by Patti Digh: www.37days.typepad.com If you have never been there, I encourage you to do so; her essays are well written and, I say it again: Inspiring and Heart-Warming!
Anyway, to continue with the story: Donna sent Patti an ATC card she made inspired by one of Patti’s essays and Patti was just so delighted and in turn, inspired by it! Wonderful, isn’t it? Now, a publishing company is going to publish a book featuring 37 essays from Patti’s blog and Patti wanted to involve her readers in the book. So… she came up with the “37days challenge cards” project, inviting her readers to create a set of ‘artist cards’ based on her essays. Those participated are then assigned 1-3 essays from which they created their own personal visual take on each of the essay.
Well, here are mine – just click on the image to see the larger version with more detailed information:
The publisher team is now choosing which cards will actually be used in the book… I sure hope that some of mine will get chosen :). But even if any of them didn’t make it, I am glad that I have done the cards. Among other things, I got to meet new interesting people at the “37days challenge cards” group @ flickr where the participants uploaded their work for others to see. Feel free to browse there… a lot of wonderful works to inspire you :).
While you are there, feel free to browse my flickr account too. I’ve uploaded my non-Ztampf! works there; mostly done before I got into digital scrapbooking: my CraftWork, ArtWork and Snapshots.
On the side note, my allergies seem to make a comeback just when I thought they are finally about to be gone! *sigh*
Well, that’s it for today :).
A new Album Set, that is :). Created with the exclusive ‘Oh Baby! Kit’ (which available only as part of the “Picture Yourself Creating Digital Scrapbooks“ ), the ‘Oh Baby! Album Set’ gives you 10 delightfully cozy QuickPages plus 2 CoverPages. Most of the pages can be rotated or flipped for different looks. A great trick to expand the album quickly and economically ;). I hope you’ll like this set:
For those you wondering, yes, I am creating an Album Set with the ‘Painting Kit‘ as well :). So stay tuned!
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