Paper , Tape & WOYWW 172

Can't believe it's Wednesday again.  WOYWW time! Time flies so fast.  I'm off the floor, but still no "normal" desk.
I'm on my little desk, which I actually made myself. OK... not entirely.  I measured and sawed the wood needed, my cousin put it together, my uncle added some triangle things to make it stop from wobbling and I painted it :). It was meant to be a table that I could use for my laptop in bed but I ended sawing the legs a little longer. Without further ado... here's what's on it this week.

See... nothing much on it.

My brother's friend arrived from Japan last Saturday  and I had asked her to buy some washi tapes for me. I was so excited since she said she bought 7 rolls. But I got a little disappointed when I got. It wasn't washi tape. It was more like regular "plastic" tape with print on it. I was really expecting them to be washi tape ( the mt brand) since the designs from Japan are way cuter than the ones being sold here.
:(. I was also concerned about the residue of the tape, but there seems to be none. Here's a blurry picture of the tapes... sorry.

Nevertheless, the designs were super cute. So what do I do with cute tapes? I stick it onto something! I decided to cover my laptop since It's kinda dirty and there are scratches. And how did it turn out?
PERFECT!. I chose the tape with text on it. It would have been really cute if the text was japanese and it would fit me perfectly since I love japanese stuff, but the text is in french and is still super cute.

I also bought Paper. Did I mention I LOVE PAPER? Well who doesn't? In my city there is no specialty store that sells scrapbook paper like in the US. Our bookstore has a scrapbook corner the choices are so limited and some does not really fit what I have in mind. So when I found a little shop that had these paper packs ( not stacks) I got excited. Although some of the sheets are the same in other packs, I still like it. I bought 1 pack of 12x12 and 2 packs of 8x8.

the 12x12 pack

8x8 pack

2nd 8x8 pack

I think 6 pieces were even double sided and 4 pieces were glittered. Most of the sheets are thick.  Although there are specialty scrapbooking stores in Manila, shipping usually costs a lot since paper is heavy.  So I think I'm just gonna wait for the box my mom and brother sent me from the US. I'm so excited. They bought me a lot of scrapbooking stuff , stamps, punches, lots of paper packs and most of all my most "coveted" tool ... the ATG gun :).Now all I need is a "decent" scrap space.

I also need your opinion on something. I was thinking of getting an embossing machine. Which do you think is better? The Cuttlebug or the Bigshot? Thanks in advance.

Off to do something crafty...

[iCreate 101] Arashi Paper Dolls

     I've mentioned in my welcome post that I'm into Japanese stuff and one of them is the idol group Arashi.  Although I want to elaborate more on the band, it might take me a looooonnngggg time to finish 'coz once I start talking about them, I can't seem to stop.
     However, just to briefly introduce them, here goes...

From left to right. Kazunari Ninomiya, Jun Matsumoto, Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai & Masaki Aiba

     Arashi is a Japanese idol group under the Management group Johnny & Associates. They are composed of Satoshi Ohno,  Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya & Jun Matsumoto.  They not only sing and hold concerts but they also dabble in acting. Be it in dramas, movies or stage plays.

     Ok, I'm going to stop there or it might take me forever...
     So on to my craft for the week.  I've been seeing these Arashi paper dolls mostly in tumblr and the crafter in me wanted to try it. I spent an entire night trying to look for templates and I only got hold of 1 set. But since the doll that I wanted to make wasn't part of the template that I got, I continued to search until I saw one that I liked but the template wasn't up for download... So emailed the blog author and she gladly gave me the template... AND MORE!!! now I can't wait to do all of the dolls...
     For now, here are the ones that I made...

Satoshi Doll (Truth PV series)

Sho-kun  (Solo Taboo)

     Here's both of them together...

Dada & My HD

     Can't wait to make the next one... hmmm maybe I'll do Kageyama... :)