Sketch 10 - Cardabilities

It's that time of the month again for a Cardabilities reveal!! and the DT inspirations this time around are no exception and truly amazing!! The sketch.....awesome!~ :)

Here's my take ladies..and hop on over to Cardabilities to check out the sketch and DT takes ;) I'm off to bed now cause it's been a tiring tiring day! It's my 2nd Wedding anniversary today...hubby took me out to nice lobster lunch at Victoria Station, then for ice cream at Swensons and got me some really nice stamps and K&Co stickers!! (I never thought he'd know what to get me *lol*)

Materials Used :

White Cardstock
Shabby Green Door Hot Air Balloon Stamp
Ribbon
AC Stamps (Sun, Clouds & Sentiment)
Collage Press PP
MM PP
Colour Pencils
Ranger Distress Inks

I Now Know...

I now know is the challenge for the month of August at SIL..three simple words that had me cracking my head *lol*...but here's what I managed to come up with...it's a pic of me horse riding on my vacay at South Africa.. I couldn't think of anything other than this cause I truly now know how to ride a horse! it was horrifying in the begining..but it got better as galloped along :)

It's by far the simplest layout I have ever come up with and I didn't even use much embellies (practically nothing actually) cause the Karen Foster PP was detailed enough!!! I love that PP :)

Materials Used :

Karen Foster PP
Webster's Pages Cardstock Die Cut
AC Thickers
DYMO Tag

Project 4 - Papier

Gosh! I can't believe I've reached the fourth offering already!! boy did August fly by! *lol* Anyways...my final project as Guest DT for Papier is this lil handbag that works perfectly as a trinket box..I love it for it's shape and most importantly, cause it's gonna be my way of giving my gurls their gifts..I sure hope it'll prove useful to you too.. ! ;)

It may be no Prada or Gucci..but...it's handmade...with lotsa lurve *lol* ;)

Materials Used:

Bazzill Cardstock
Crepe Paper
Moof Rhinestone Brad
MM Acrylic Paint - Spotlight
Carla Craft Punches
Sassafras Lass PP
Ranger Distress Inks
MM Stamps
Tim Holtz Caged Bird Die
Embossing Powder
Prima Crystals

My Port

The Cutting Cafe has got new designs!! and guess what? they're circle scallop set templates with coordinating circle!!! Templates like these are perfect for people, like me, who don't own nestabilities..

So here it is...my very own scallop circle card..I used the 6.5" scallop card & 5" circle...the sail boat is also a Cutting Cafe template that's way tooo cute!! ;)

I made this for the door of my nephew's room ;) cute? inspired? I sure hope so.. :)

Materials Used :

Cardstock in Cream, Kraft, Blue and Peach
Circle Scallop Set - The Cutting Cafe
Sail Boat Shaped Template - The Cutting Cafe
Sentiment
Ek Success Scallop Diamond Punch
Lace
Pearls

My Present for You

Hey hey ladies!! I'm here to share a card I made for Embellishmagazine.com's challenge this week which is to use the colours from the picture below, quirky-cutesy-clean style.

Here's my card..I like the graphic 45 tag...find the title rather quirky (my present to you a kindergarten painting book *lol*) with the cute girl and all..

On another note, a happy one at that!! This card got selected at Embellishmagazine.com's previous challenge -- colour challenge featuring birds...yay!!! :)

Anyhoo...here ya go...!!

Materials Used :

Cardstock : Cream, Kraft, Light Peach

Punches : Ek Success Scallop Diamond

Trim : Seam Binding, Lace

Flowers : Kaisercraft

Tag : Graphic 45

Clean Vintage Card

Here's a simple card I made last night....It's a been awhile since I created anything so this was pretty fun...I love the vintage tag to bits! Graphic 45 being my newest craze :) ...and with the many things that were on the table...it was ever exciting to dabble with the stash that lay messy on my dining table *lol*..

Materials Used :

Cardstock

Graphic 45 Die Cut

Twine

Ek Success Scallop Diamond Punch

Lace

Cut out butterfly

Pearls

Opaque White Embossing Powder

Shabby Green Door Stamp

Ranger Distress Inks

hmmm...

Can't believe that my last blog post was last Thursday!! bad me!! :P I've been running around a little...Friday was a cousin's wedding, Saturday I joined a class by Jessy at Papier followed by the very same cousin's wedding reception that evening...Sunday hubby & I left for a little township called Taiping..it's slightly over 3hrs drive from KL..

We made it a point to attend my great granma's memorial there this yr..Can't believe that it's been 20 yrs since she left us..my memory of her is strong...despite my being only 8 at the time she left us...

She was a lady of great charisma..full of bravery and strived hard to provide for her 14 children despite being a single mother during the Japanese Occupation in the then Malaya (my great granpa passed away young after a short illness)

Very creative and often staged small shows featuring her grandchildren at festivals was one of her other strong points....There were lots of interesting facts about our family that my hubby & I learnt from this memorial cum eulogy launch...for one..We didn't know that my great granma left behind a family of 14 children (28 including their spouses), 88 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and now if she were alive, she would've been able see her 5 great great grandchildren! (though I do believe the actual figure's slightly over that mentioned :))

I love it that my family's huge and though we all live far from each other, we still make it a point to join little gatherings like this..I'm glad I went! :)

Anyways..I'm off to create some cards since it's been a while since I posted anything over the last 5 days! See ya tomorrow!! :)

Friendly Challenge! :)

Jessy comes up with the awesomest challenges ever..so it comes as no surprise that when she gave me challenge #3, I couldn't wait to dive right into it...!

The following pic was to be used as inspiration to the layout. But it came with a twist! no distressing and only pastel shades!! I absolutely love distressing and staying away from it for this lo was super tough! and pastels? I've never tried them on my layouts...but you know what? Now that I've tried 'em, I love it!!! ;)

Here are some pics..and guess what? Jessy was kind enough to join me in this one & even offered to do a reveal of it together!!!! How cool is that eh! :) So hop on over to Jessy's blog and check-out her yummy lo!!!! :)

Project 3 - Altered Project

Here's my 3rd project for Papier as GDT...An altered project! My all-time fav *hehe*...can guess what the original form of this frame was?? any guesses? It was a melamine tray! (until of course I altered it into a photo frame)

Don't ask me where I got it from...it's rather embarassing...all I can tell you is...it's a lil souvenier from South African Airways...get the hint? *lol*

Anyways...here are some pics of my very newest photo frame...hope it leaves you with some insipiration ;)

Materials Used :

Melamine Tray
Sassafras Lass PP
Lace
Glimmer Mist
Prima Flowers
KaiserCraft Flowers & Rhinestone Stickers
Ranger Distress Inks
DYMO tag
Pom Pom Trim
Hambly Frame Screen Prints
MM Flower Embellies & Brads
Ranger Distress Inks

Sketch 9 - Cardabilities

Amy Oxford's sketch for Cardabilities this time around is sooo cool! :) it's lots of fun & got me toying with many ideas..well...my thinking cap got the better of me & I settled for this one..a Cutie card ;)

Do join us at cardabilities and show us your take on Amy's sketch..I assure you...it'll be fun to play along with us ;)

Materials Used :

Beige Cardstock
Crate Paper PP (for background & clouds)
MM Eyelets
MLS PP
Tape
AC Stamps (Cutie Sentiment)

Heart Shaped Card

I like anything shaped and here's another card I made. A heart shaped one from The Cutting Cafe! It was tough to decorate it up at it was so pretty on it's own already.. But..I couldn't resist and here's what I came up with ;)

Materials Used :

Heart Shape by The Cutting Cafe

Patterned Paper

Tim Hotlz Caged Bird Die

Acrylic Dabbers

Buttons

Twine

Pearls

Moof Patterned Paper for Sentiment

Visit The Cutting Cafe for a lot more shapes & DT inspirations! There are new arrivals that are gonna make you dizzy & spoilt for choice! ;) Regina's one remarkably talented lady! ;)

Jessy's Challenge No.2 ;)

I've been doing much too many cards of late that layouts have been conveniently pushed to the back of my mind *lol* Until Teacher Jessy gave me another round of challenge when I requested it (after all, the earlier challenge she threw at me got me all vintage & I loved it to bits...it got me rolling again really)! :)

I happily jumped into this challenge (though there was a lil bit of confusion in the begining *lol*) as I've been in dire need of a lil kick & push :)

Here's what the layout had to have:
5 photos
Background Stamping
Misting
3 Different Border Punches
3 Handmade Flowers
No Patterned Papers

Doesn't it sound like fun already! *hehe* It was a big challenge for me as it had lots of new things I had to experiment with such as mist, background stamping, and 5 photos!!! That's a lot of photos!!

Background Stamping (POD & Shabby Green Door Stamp and bubble wrap stamping
(a neat tech by Jessy) Handmade flowers and a wee bit of journaling here

Misting and one of the border punches used.
I don't have very good control with the mist spritzer so I sprayed a lil on a toothbrush and flicked the brush gently over the layout.

Another puncher that was used..MS Eyelet Lace

And the third border punch used.. MS Scallop Dot

The final product

Thank you so much for the fun challenges Jessy!! I had an awesome awesome time! I'm ready for you to throw more at me *hehe* You rawk gurl! ;) hugs

The Power of Love is Infinite..isn't it?

I was going through a major phase of mojoless-ness the past few days..something I had never quite experienced and while in sms conversation with my friend Teacher Jessy..I rambled about it.. :) she was soo kind enough to rub off some mojo on me..AND...challenge me!!! ain't she the sweetest!! :)

But it was a tough one mind you...her challenge to me..was to create a card/layout using these requirements:

1 Stamped Sentiment
2 Pcs Cardstock
3 Pcs PP
4 chipboard/stickers
5 pcs of photo

Here's what I came up with..
Materials Used :

Core-dinations Yellow Cardstock ( I love this cause when I distress it, the other side of it which is black shows)
Brown Cardstock
MM PP
Cuttlebug Seeing Spots Embossing Folder
Graphic 45 tag (I'm loving this line to bits! so vintage!!!)
K&Co Amy Butler Die Cut Cardstock

I don't have many sentiment stamps...so I instead stamped the background using POD stamps. The 2 pieces of cardstock are the yellow & brown one which I distressed to my heart's content *lol*.. I stamped the background first so you can see through the distressed yellow cardstock..

I used 2 pcs of pp and a Ferrero Rocher barcode strip..hope that counts as a PP too *lol* & I used 3 die cut cardstock instead of chipboard...

I had lots of fun working on this one...though I slept at almost 3 a.m *hehe*! Thank you so much Jessy for the kick! :) Did I pass your challenge?

Card Patterns & Curtain Call Color Challenge

Heya gurls!! how ya doin this fine Thursday?!! I've been away from the blogging world for a bit cause...I'm not sure..I think I'm a lil lost...still finding my way back to the paper crafting world..Anyways..I'm hoping that these challenges will drive me more...

Here's a card I created for the two above..Card Patterns & Curtain Call Color Challenge..I shall leave you with some pictures ya..

Materials Used :

Brown Cardstock
Peach Cardstock
MLS PP
Graphic 45 Tag
Bazzill In'Stitchz
3" Scallop Circle Punch
Lampshade Sticker
MM Brads
EK Success Punch
Twine
Carla Craft Punch

Altered Bull anyone?

My sil came to me with a funny, yet cute, request. Her office in Singapore was given a bull to decorate (in our terms prob alter *lol*) for their upcoming bull race (It's a marathon of sorts in November if I'm right). It was pretty challenging not only cause it's one very very masculine bull, but, also cause it was going to be presented to the some of the VIPs that will be attending the event..

Here's what I did with it..And I sure hope it looks ok :P I did very minimal design so as not to crowd it..I used arcylic dabbers to dab paint at random areas..to give it highlights...a dash of lace & pearl strand were attached to the body..then I painted the BG flower chipboard with crackle paint and again dabbed a lil bit of arcylic paint on the petals..

After that, I added a fimo bead & butterfly for dimension..the last touch, was to add a button with twine round it's neck so it didn't look so fierce anymore :)

Gosh I hope I didn't make a mess out of it...I quite like it & sure hope my sil will be pleased too..

The original bull


The altered version

Papier GDT for August - Project 2

I had lots of fun creating with the DT kit Papier had provided me with (for my GDT stint for August)..! One of the 4 projects is a card, of which I'll be sharing with you lovelies today! ;)

Materials Used :

BB Cardstock
Sassafras Lass PP
Quickutz Alphabet Die
Lace
Prima Crystals

Hop on over to the store to get your supplies cause believe me, they have lots & lots of things that will make you go..'ooohh...aaahh..n I WANT THAT!'...well at least I go through that phase whenever I'm there..and my sis can definitely vouch for it!! *lol*

Thank You

Here's a lil something I made last night..it's not for any challenge blogs...just me playing around with the stuff I have at hand...the lil music note at the top left of the card was made with photo turns, music note PP, glossy accents and a bit of twine.

The copper background was a black piece of black cardstock stamped (using white acrylic paint) with an All Night Media flourishes stamps and embossed using some stamp-it embossing powder in copper. I don't own a heat gun, so I tried a lil something using my cooking utensils..a frying pan! (until I get a heat gun, this would prob substitute that for now *lol*) but on low heat of course..you can try it too..!

Then, using the clear stamps, I used my MM stamp for the thank you sentiment. I first heat embossed using gold embossing powder and then only did I use distress inks over it. As the sentiment was not clear enough, I re-stamped the sentiment using Staz-On in black.

Materials Used :

Black Cardstock
Stamp-It Embossing Powder (Copper)
Quickutz Butterfly Die
Music Notes PP
7 Gypsies Photo Turns
Glossy Accents
Twine
White Acrylic Paint
All Night Media Stamp
Ranger distress Inks
Kaisercraft Flowers
Moof Brad
We R Memory Keepers PP
EK Success Puncher
Lace

Trinkets - My newest obsession

heya! How's your weekend been? Mine was good...! I watched a comedy today that made me laugh throughout the movie..and all the way home...& even now when I think of it...I laugh my heart now...there were that many good jokes! *lol*

Anyways...I made another bracelet last nite...a much simpler, less complicated one ;) Here it is...

Materials Used:

Antique Bronze Chain
Fimo Beads
Toggle Clasp
Jump Rings

Stumped!

I've been pretty stumped for ideas the past few days..resulting in me dabbling with anything and everything.. except paper crafting.. so I did a lil blog hopping, in search of some inspiration and I came across Sharon's blog which featured a challenge blog I hadn't participated in before!...embellishmagazine.com.. and boy was it an interesting one! ;)

I'm on the look out for some new challenge blogs...just to spur my creativity again..so if you ladies know of any that you'd be kind enough to share...pls drop me a comment...I would be absolutely delighted!

Materials Used:

Brown Cardstock
Green Cardstock
Chipboard
Gasket Kit Cork Sheet
Lace
Tim Holtz Caged Bird Die
Crepe Paper
Moof Rhinestone Brad
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Ranger Distress Inks (for flower petals)
Carla Craft Punches
MM & POD Stamps
Scallop Circle Punch

GDT - Are You Feeling Groovie?

While I was in Joburg, I received an exciting email that made me absolutely thrilled..It was from Edleen & It was to be her Featured Groovie Guest Designer for the month of August at her blog, Are You Feeling Groovie.. !

I was to come up with a challenge, of which I chose red..the LO has got to have lots of red in it ladies..! ;) I've also prepared a lil something for the winner..So if you'd like a chance at getting your hands on the RAK, wait no longer & hop on over to the Are You Feeling Groovie Blog! I'm leaving you with some pics of my simple red LO (which I love to bits) & hope to see you at the blog!.. ;)

Materials Used:

BB Red Cardstock
Graphic 45 Tag
Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes Die
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Emmarc Fabscraps
Smooch Mist
Bazzill In'Stitchz
Prima Flowers
Gold Corrugated Cardboard
AC Thickers
Carla Craft Punch

Papier Love GDT

With all the festivals that are about to knock at our door, what better to scrap about than togetherness! here's a layout I did, my first project, as GDT at Papier that depicts togetherness. I love scrapping pics of my family...so it's no surprise that this LO revolves around them too eh ;)

Well, I'll leave you with some pics..But don't forget, while shopping for those new clothes, gifts, etc. this festive season, make sure you put a list of scrapbook supplies to shop for too! *lol* You can get most of the materials used on this layout at the store...believe me...you'll find lots that you like there! ;)

Materials Used :

Sassafras Lass PP & Chipboard Stickers
KaiserCraft Blings
Scenic Route Chipboard Alphas
Doily
Shabby Green Door Vintage Background Stamp
Ranger Distress Inks
Prima Flower
MM Flower Embellie (which I altered with crackle paints & distress inks)
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
KaiserCraft Rhinestone

A Change From The Usual

I like to dabble around with a lot of different projects..I think it makes me think harder and I believe it pushes me to explore the depths of my creativity even further..I love jewelry..& I'm sure most of you ladies do too *lol* Forget bout diamonds being a gurl's best friend..I have a new one! Vintage jewelry! :)

I'd like to share with you a lil something I made over the weekend..I love it so much that I wear it all the time! I've used 3 different metals : Silver, Antique Bronze & Antique Copper and totally love the effect! ;)

Here's it is..a lil bracelet (that I can also use as a charm anklet for my baby gurl :))

Materials Used :

Silver Chain
Antique Copper Chain
Antique Bronze Findings
Antique Bronze Toggle Clasp
Metal Filigree Connector (Antique bronze)
Silver Jump Rings
Antique Copper Butterfly & Key Charm
Rose Cabochon

An Apple A Day Keeps The Bees Abuzzing? :)

hehe I love coming up with cute titles for my blog posts...here's an Apple shaped card by The Cutting Cafe that I'd like to share with ya'll ;) It's so cute for a kiddo on his / her birthday..cause...all kids love apples? ya ?

Here's the apple... ;)

Materials Used :

Apple Shape - The Cutting Cafe
K&Co PP
Cute Critters Stamp Set - The Cutting Cafe (for the bee & circle sentiment)Ranger Distress Inks
Colour Pencils

Moxie Fab World- Let's Do Shabby & Vintage

I came across this challenge that's going on at the Moxie Fab World blog from shoutouts Cindy & Sharon's blog. I thought awhile before deciding if I should participate & concluded that it'll be awesome fun! ;) Here's what I came up with...Challenge ends on the 2nd so you've still got time to join in the fun!! :)




Materials Used : Beige Cardstock, White Cardstock, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Ranger Distress Inks, Sassafras Lass PP, Eyelet, Webster's Pages PP (banner), Twine, Button

What a Wonderful Day!

Ohh yesterday was the awesome-est day ever! albeit a lil jam packed, it was fruitful alright! I started off early by helping out at my friend Kristyn's church charity carnival..then made it on time (yes on time! despite family lunch :)) to Jessy's class at Scrap-n-Crop!!

It was definitely a class not to be missed...there was lots of laughter, fun & good company! & needless to say, it was one helluva crop-arty! ;) but then again, all of Teacher Jessy's workshops are always fun packed eh! & I was pleasantly surprised with a goodie bag from my fav teacher!! A bag of yummy goodies!! Including THIS notebook which I madly love! *lol*...trust me...it's more beautiful real life ;) Thank you soooooo very much Jessy babe!! Your gift is truly heart warming :)

I'm thankful that scrapping has brought me many new friendly kinships, one of them being Jessy, that I'll truly treasure :) Thanks again babe!

Here's are some pics of what we made at Jessy's class plus sum sneaky shots of the goodies :) (do pardon me if the pictures aren't in the best of quality, my slr's missing in action!)
Happy Sunday ladies!!