A Scrapping We Will Go

My Love

2011-12-20T13:04:00.002+08:00

Remember THIS layout? The one I made after being inspired by Finnabair (Anna Dąbrowska -Pękocka). She makes amazing grungy layouts and I have been trying to figure out how she does it. At first I thought she used gesso and so that's what I used. It turned out that I was wrong because the finished effect didn't look like what it's supposed to. But at least I found a new technique.

Two days ago, I saw on Live With Prima on Ustream that Finnabair made a tutorial video of her special grungy technique. It was amazing to see all the little details in her work - the masking, the misting of 5 Glimmer Mist colours and the 4 different types of stamps she used just to make the background. After that came the embellishment arranged around the photo and so on and so forth.

Of course I just HAD to try making a layout. I didn't have the same products that she used, nor did I used all Prima products. I just made do with whatever I have.

Here's my take..... drum roll......

I think I'm getting the how, although mine isn't too grungy except for the embellishment part. But the colours look a little too bright for a grungy look.Some close ups

28 - because he was born on the 28th.

If you look closely, I masked with Tim Holtz gear mask, stamped the filigree-liked image
from Prima, script from Fancy Pants Designs and messy spots from
Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous.

The clock dials and the gears I got from an old Swirlydoos kit, which I have
been hoarding a ages. The street light is from Kaiser.

I am happy with the job I did. But next time I would use darker shades of the Glimnmer Mist colours.

Thanks for dropping by everyone. Have a nice day!!

The Good Old Days

2011-12-18T17:03:00.001+08:00

I had so much fun making a layout yesterday after a long break that I decided to make another one last night. I had been browsing Christine Middlecamp's blog last night and was inspired by her layering techniques. They was she just pile it up, you don't feel like everything is a mess. So armed with my Crate Paper goodies, I started layering and piling up.

This id what I came up with:

Looks a little messy but not too bad, I think. The collection that I used is Restoration which I think goes with the old photo of me and my brothers taken some time in the 70s. If you noticed, the photo has a lot of white spots due to old age. This was actually scanned from the original photo and I decided not to do any touch ups to it just to add some uniqueness to the layout. In other words, I was just plain lazy.. hahahaa!!

Anyways, that's my attempt at layering. Needs more practice, that's for sure. Go check out Christine's work if you haven't already. She does some pretty amazing work.

Till the next time, thanks for stopping by!!

Sue & Yatie

2011-12-17T18:17:00.000+08:00

It seems like such a long time since I last scrapped and today when I decided to make a layout, I find myself weeding through my stash looking for the right paper and the right mist colour and other things. A simple layout that would usually take me an hour or two to finish ended up taking almost a whole day. Oh well, I guess it'll probably take me a few days to get my engine smooth sailing again.

Today's layout is a simple one with mostly paper and some cutting, misting, inking, stamping and rub ons. Here's what I came out with..

Using papers from Kaisercraft's Chanteuse line and one old paper from my scrap drawer, which I don't remember where it's from, I'm happy with the mixture of pink and green and cream which compliments the photo well.

The rub on quotes are from Kaisercraft and the one on the strip is from Bo Bunny Mama-razzi collection. The doileys were misted with Glimmer Mist Olive Vine and Apple Glitter, and inked with Rusty Hinge distress ink.

I originally stamped the little flowers on the grid paper and accidently stamped on the pink background paper, and thought what the heck... I might as well go all the way.. hahaaa.

The photo is of me and one of my oldest and bestest of friends, Sue. We've known each other for almost 30 years now, and I hope we'll stay friends for 30 more years!!!

My Lil' Lady

2011-11-02T19:12:00.004+08:00

LAYERS.

That's one of the criteria for this month's challenge at Scrap-It-Lah. November brings you Debbi Tehrani as the Guest Designer. Visit her blog at Little Scrap Of Magic. Her work is beautiful with lots of details. Debbi has come out with three things that you need to have in your layout. They are:

1. Layers - at least 6

2. Stamping and/or embossing

3. Tags or journaling cards incorporated into your design

(not necessarily used to journal on but can be if you choose)

Please visit SIL blog for further details and for samples from the other DTs.

Here's my take:

Prima flowers, of course. The purple one was originally white which I had sprayed to match colours of the doilies and the little flowers on Nadiah's clothes. I don't know if you can see, but I have 7 layers here with 4 patterned papers, 2 doilies and 1 journaling card.

I stamped the butterflies with three different colours and hand cut them.

I love the rub on quotes framing the photo.

Photo of Nadiah in her traditional baju kurung on Eid day. This year was the first time that she did not mind wearing them. She looked just lovely and all grown up.

So come and join the challenge over at Scrap-It-Lah and you could be the winner of a yummy RAK!! All the best!!

Love Is Many Things

2011-10-03T09:47:00.005+08:00

Yes, I know, I know.. I've been MIA for so long. It's been crazy these last few months with beadwork and Ramadhan and Eid, plus I was seriously missing scrapping juice. But today I am back with Scrap-It-Lah's October challenge. This month we have another Guest DT who hails from Sweden and has brought us a very interesting challenge. She is Eila Sandberg and her challenge is:

1. Old book paper, sheet music or something similar

downloaded off the internet & printed out.

2. Fussy-cutting.

3. Hand-stitching using embroidery floss.

Here is my take:

Fussy cutting: banners

Old dictionary paper

Sewing with embroidery floss

That red doily was an awesome find. We were cleaning out mom's old cabinet and I found beautiful red and blue doilies and some old lacey napkins that mom was ready to throw out. I of course came to the rescue and saved everything.. hahaa!!

The dictionary papers were so thin and very delicate. I had to be very very careful in coloring them. I just spritzed them with some Glimmer Mists and carefully dried them up.

So do drop by SIL blog and have a go at the current challenge and don't forget to ohh and ahh all the DT samples. Remember that challenge ends on the 31st October and do link up your layouts using Mr Linky at the bottom of the post over at SIL blog.

Happy creating!!

Puffed-Up Paper Stars Tutorial

2011-08-17T10:06:00.003+08:00

Remember this layout with the star shaped balloons?

Do you want to know how to make those cute little stars?

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Ok, I've done a tutorial on that over at Altered Project Inc. Do hop on over to see how it's done.

Love Grows (Scrap-It-Lah)

2011-08-02T09:32:00.002+08:00

Happy August, everyone!

First off, I wold like to say Salam Ramadhan to my Muslim friends out there and may you have a blessed one this year.

And now on to the challenge. This month Scrap-It-Lah is excited to bring you Iris Babao Uy as the Guest Designer. She is no stranger to the scrapping world and has been designing for Prima, Webster's Pages and Lily Bee Designs to name a few. The challenge that she has come out with is to have "three things in your layout... stamping, embossing, and misting. Plus there must be at least one raw chipboard to dress up". Oh what fun!! Just my kind of challenge. Please go HERE to see more details on the challenge and check out the Iris' layout and the other DTs' takes on it too.

Here is my take:

Inking, stamping and embossing on the chipboard letters.

Do hop over to SIL and play along with us. Ok, must go. See you again next time. Happy crafting!

Fly Like A Kite (Butterfly Crafts)

2011-07-26T09:07:00.005+08:00

Ok, this is wayyyyy overdue. I have been crazy busy with beading that I have no time for anything else whatsoever. But I am taking this few minutes to update on Butterfly Crafts July challenge which went live on the 15th. The challenge is an ad inspiration challenge and here's the ad:

And here is my take:

My point of inspiration from the ad comes from the balloons. I recreated them by using these paper star balloons which I made. Aren't they cute? I used to make them when I was a little girl in school. I used to have jars of colourful stars and they were so cute and pretty.

So do hop over to Butterfly Crafts and join in the challenge. You'll have until mid August to create something and submit yours.

And on that note, I'm going to start on my beading again and I'll see you on the 1st. Buhbye!!

Guest Designer at Scrappin Studio (Pt.2)

2011-07-16T08:34:00.004+08:00

Good morning.

I'm back again with the 2nd part of my guest designer work reveal with Scrappin Studio. Without further ado, here's another layout and a mini album.

2nd Layout - Beautiful Perth

It's a simple layout with not much techniques except for the masking.

2nd altered project - Pocket Tag Mini Album

In one of the kits that I received, there was a set of beautiful vintage 7Gypsies tags. So I decided to make pockets from the papers in the kit to slot in the tags.

I used the pages on the right to put single words to describe Nadiah and the pages on the left are filled with beautiful quotes.

Love those buttons. they're so pretty!!

I loved making this mini album and let me tell you, it didn't take that much time to do too!

So do hop over to Scrappin Studio BLOG to see what the DTs has come up with the kits. There are truly an inspirational team. Thank you again to Jaime for the invite to be Scrappin Studio's guest designer. It's been an honour.

Guest Designer at Scrappin Studio (Pt.1)

2011-07-15T14:34:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone.

As the title suggests, this month I have been invited by the lovely Jaime Lee to be the Guest Designer over at Scrappin Studio. You may know that SS carries the awesome kits by Studio Calico. I was asked to do 4 projects which consists of 2 layouts and 2 altered projects. Please go over HERE to see my work and from there you can just follow the links to the store and get your own kits.

Today I'll be posting two of my work for Scrappin Studio, with some close-ups.

1st layout - So Sweet

1st altered project - 2000, An Altered Canvas Back

The back of a canvas frame makes a great picture frame. The photo was taken more than 10 years ago and hubby and I was sitting at the edge of a boat pier, dangling our feet down. But instead of sticking the photo inside the frame, I stuck it on the ledge of the frame. It makes it look like we're about to jump into the canvas frame.

Do come back tomorrow for the details of my other two projects.

I gotta run now and will see you again soon. Ta-ta!!

Jigsaw Puzzle Background Tutorial (Altered Project Inc)

2011-07-12T07:06:00.003+08:00

Remember when I made this?

A lot of people have asked me to make a tutorial on how I made the background. Well, now you'll be able to make one yourself because I have made a tutorial over at Altered Project Inc.

I made a new jigsaw puzzle layout, but this time it's a mini layout. This is what I made:

Come and find out how I made the background HERE. Hope to see yours soon!! And while you're there, check out all the other awesome tutorial that other DTs have done.

Perth (Scrap-It-Lah)

2011-07-02T10:21:00.003+08:00

Recently I went to Perth, Australia for the holidays. I haven't been out of the country in the last 10 years (Singapore doesn't count!) and I was very much looking forward to it. We all had a fantastic time and best of all, I brought back loads of pictures to scrap. Hahaa.. that's what we scrappers always think about, right?

As it is the beginning of July and that means it's a new challenge time over at Scrap-It-Lah. This month we have a Guest Designer coming up with the challenge. She is Issa Virtucio-Lucido. Issa is from the Philippines and a wonderful scrapper. The challenge that she came up with is:

1) at least 5 photos in one layout which means the layout must be multi-pics. There must be 5 visible photos in it

2) Photos must be a mixture of black and white and coloured photos please

3) There should be visible journalling on the layout.

So this is my take:

I decided to use 6 pictures. One for each day that I was there.

The kangaroo is actually a fridge magnet that I bought with the intention of using it in a layout :D.

Some old Making Memories ticket and tags that has been in my keeping for years. How glad am I to destash..

A little stamping to add some 'artistic' look to the layout. And another old Making Memories metal tab.

A mini Australian flag that was attached to Nadiah's little stuffed koala, which she removed because it kept poking her in the face. So I just nabbed it and use it in this layout. Hey... never throw anything, right?

So please hop over to SIL blog to see the details of the challenge and see the wonderful example of the other DTs' work. Come join us in this month's challenge!!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!!

Alterd Project Inc. - Awesome Announcement!!

2011-06-29T19:57:00.005+08:00

Hello my lovelies.

I have an awesome announcement to make. There is a new blog on the block, but this time it's a blog solely for the altered arts. It's to share your altered projects and how to make them, and basically sharing anything that can be altered. The blog is called Alterd Project Inc. How great is that? You don't see that around very much and I am happy to announce that I've been chosen as one of the Design Team members. Woohoo!!

Please visit the blog and when the monthly projects starts I hope you would come and join us and give us lots of support.

I would just like to say a very big thank you to Sarah Slade for choosing me as one of the DT members and say hey to the other DTs. They are:

Holly Connors {Australia}

Heidi Bound {USA}

Jennifer Hottinger-Sloan {Canada}

Cynthia Renaud {Brazil}

Sue Kithcar {USA}

Michelle Viaje {Canada}

I can't wait to start working with the ladies.

So do come and join us from time to time and I know it's going to be lots of fun!!

It's A Jungle (Butterfly Crafts)

2011-06-29T19:47:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone.

I'm back with the reveal of Butterfly Crafts June challenge. It's a little late this month as Karen was having some technical problems with her internet connection. Anyway, the challenge is out and it's a sketchy one. Please go HERE to see the details and ohh and ahh over the other DTs' layouts. Oh and we have a Guest DT this month and it's Mia Castrillo. Check out her BLOG too.

Photos are of Nadiah playing make believe being in a jungle. Snapped the moment with my phone but it turned out quite good. This is one of the reasons why I scrap. It's to capture and document the little things in life.

So do hop over to Butterfly Crafts and join in the challenge. See ya!

I Can't Live Without Your Smile (SIL)

2011-06-01T12:00:00.002+08:00

Hello all.

I am back on this lovely day in June to bring you the latest challenge from Scrap-It-Lah. Joining us from June are 5 new DTs from all over the world. I would like to say hello and welcome to

Fon Mee

Azura Alyssa

Helene Siermans

Helen Tilbury

Louise Dahlstrom

I'm very excited to have you ladies joining us and hope that you'll have a fantastic time in SIL.

I would also like say thank you and goodbye to the DTs who are leaving us and they are Jessy, Wati and Sharm. Michelle has decided to take a break from designing but will still be updating the blog.

So on to the new challenge.... This month we are back with a simple layout challenge. All you have to do is come out with a layout of Thing(s) I Can't Do Without. Please go HERE to see the details and the beautiful samples from the other DTs.

Here's my take:

I mostly used papers and embellishment from Crate Paper's Restoration line. I love how faded and old they look. Goes with that old picture of Nadiah that I used.

So do hop over to SIL and try your hand at this challenge.

In the mean time, have a lovely day, happy scrapping and I'll see you in about two weeks or so. I'm off for a little R&R. Tata!!

Just A Girl (Butterfly Crafts)

2011-05-16T19:00:00.005+08:00

Hey everyone.

It's that time of the month again. I mean, it's time for another challenge over at Butterfly Crafts and the challenge is inspired by this Harajuku Doll Fragrance ad. It's funky, it's unique and it's full of fun!!

So this is my take of the ad inspired challenge. I took all that pinkness and ruffles and incorporated them into my layout.

Ruffles that I made using pink organza ribbons. I think it looks much better in real life. My photography needs a lot of practice that's for sure :D.

I love this rub ons by My Mind's Eye. I've had that for a long time, just waiting for the right layout to use it. And it's pink!!

Please check out the details of the challenge at BC BLOG, as well as the fantastic samples from the other DTs. You have until 14th June to create and submit a layout and be in the running of winning a spot for July Guest DT.

Good luck and happy creating!!

SIL Blog Hop - Final Week

2011-05-15T07:20:00.000+08:00

Hey all!!

This is the final week of the Scrap-It-Lah's 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop, so hop on over to this awesome DT's blog to see what the challenge is and and see what the yummy RAK will be.

As usual, you have one week to complete the challenge and submit you take. Then we will be taking a break for 2 weeks and come back again in June with the new DT line up and a new challenge. What fun!!

Happy scrapping, everyone!!

SIL Blog Hop Week 6 and a Layout

2011-05-06T11:02:00.004+08:00

Hello everybody!!

Today is the start of week 6 of Scrap-It-Lah's anniversary blog hop. Please hop over to this talented DT's BLOG to see what treats she has for you. You'll be amazed how she turned something so easy into pretty usage.

Remember that you only have 1 week to submit your take on the challenge and then next Friday will be out final week in the blog hop. All the best to you.

While I have the time to blog, I would like to share a layout I did some weeks ago. I did this as a submission for a DT call over at Pencil Lines. Obviously I didn't make it (boohooo :( ) but I love the sketch that was given and had fun creating this.

I love the whole feel of the layout; sort of fun and sunny although I think I could have done a better job on the spritzing.

Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful Friday and the weekends ahead!!

SIL Blog Hop - Week 5 Challenge

2011-05-03T04:04:00.002+08:00

OMG! OMG! I am so late!! Been out of town that I have not had the time to update on the new challenge which started last Friday.

Ok, so Week 5 is an altered challenge hosted by this lovely DT. Look at her beautiful example and read up on the challenge detail HERE. The RAK is oh so delicious too!!

Remember, you have until 6th May to submit your work, so all the best and happy altering!!

Living Everyday

2011-04-19T03:58:00.005+08:00

Hi everyone. The new challenge over at Butterfly Crafts is up at the blog. This month at BC, the challenge is all about a spring colour palette. You are to make a layout using these lovely colours:

Please go HERE to see the details and the beautiful samples from the Design Team. This is my take on the challenge:

I loved this challenge. The colours are so pretty and a good combo and I had fun putting this layout together. I misted, inked or coloured some elements like the blue flowers, the circle frame and the pink paper lace to match the colours in the palette. Even the word 'EVERYDAY' in that rub ons quote was coloured in to match the blue from the palette.

So do check out this challenge at Butterfly Crafts blog and submit your take and you could be the Guest DT in June!!!

SIL Week 2 Challenge Winner and Week 3 Challenge

2011-04-15T10:06:00.003+08:00

Hello hello, everybody!!

First of all, thank you everyone for stopping by my blog and leaving wonderful comments and thank you to those who took up the challenge and produced gorgeous altered file folders. I had an absolutely difficult time picking the winner, but in the end I am going with THIS.

Yes, the winner is you

HILDA

Congratulions, Hilda. Please email me your address to yatiedin@gmail.com.

On to Week 3, we have one very talented lady hosting the challenge. Please hop over to HERE to her blog and take part on her challenge. Remember you have 1 week to finish it and submit your take. All the best!!

Week 2 Challenge - SIL 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop

2011-04-08T08:00:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone!!

It's Week 2 of the Scrap-It-Lah's 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop and this week's challenge is brought to you by... ME!!

This week I have an altered challenge. Nothing too difficult, just an easy peasy one. All you have to do is alter a file folder. Easy right? Just find a paper, or otherwise, file folder and start altering.

Here is mine.

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Well.. I used the coloured one rather than the kraft. I made it into a photo album, or rather.. file.

The file is actually longer than A4, but I folded about 4 inches in to make pockets, cut away the extra flap and added a patterned paper page.

Some close ups...

So come on and try this challenge. You can make the folder into anything you want. But remember that this is a ONE WEEK challenge only, so you have until Thursday, 14th April.

Just fill up you name and URL in Mr Linky below for your submission or email me your take at yatiedin@gmail.com if you don't have a blog.

The winner of this altered challenge will be getting this Studio Calico's Babbling Brook kit

Then next Friday will be the start of Week 3, which means a new challenge. Please do come back here to see where to hop to next. In the mean time... happy altering!!

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Birthday Wishes

2011-04-05T20:14:00.004+08:00

Hi everyone!!

Finally I am able to upload my take on Wati's SIL Blog Hop Challenge. It's a birthday layout challenge and here's mine:

As you can see, I don't have a picture for the layout. That's because Nadiah's birthday will be on the 26th of this month and I wanted to do a layout on that. So I've left the photo and the journaling blank. I will post the finished layout after her birthday.

But here are some close ups of the layout.

I have just now notice that one of the gems has slid down the back of the butterfly. Will have to go and fix that.

The tiny little calender page I got as a freebie from Smidapaper.

The chipboard alphas are a mixture from Basic Grey and Maya Road. They were originally plain chipboard and I misted them with Glimmer Mist (Orange Poppy), but they were a little muted. So I inked them over with Tim Holtz Distress ink (Rusty Hinge) for a richer colour. Then I stamped the letters with Tim Holtz tickets rubber stamp with Blue Teal StazOn.

I love this cute number flags stickers from Jenni Bowlin. Most of the items are from Studio Calico March add on kit - Mossy Knoll.

There are still two days to the challenge so please check out Wati's blog and submit your layout. Then come back here on Friday for the 2nd week of the blog hop.

Happy scrapping!!

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Update

Here's the LO with the photo of Nadiah, taken on her 9th birthday

Scrap-It-Lah's 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop and DT Call

2011-04-01T08:49:00.003+08:00

Hello, hello everybody!!

It's April Fool's day today and no I'm not going to play a trick on you... but instead I want you to join in Scrap-It-Lah's celebration of it's 2nd Anniversary. Yayy!!!

This is how it's going to work. We're having a blog hop and it's going on for 7 weeks. Each week, a DT will host a challenge that you can participate in and I promise you that the challenges are great and the RAKs are even more so..:D. Ok, so first up is Wati. So please hop over to her blog and see what the challenge is and do take part. Each challenge will only be for 1 week so you have 7 days to create and submit and head on to other blogs for another cool challenge.

Don't forget to come back here next Friday (8th April) and check out which DT will be hosting Week 2.

On another note, SIL is also having a DT call. Head on over HERE to see the details and submit your details if you want to be a part of a happy and fun group of people.

Hope to see you soon!!

Just The Way You Are (Butterfly Crafts)

2011-03-16T10:10:00.008+08:00

Hi everyone!!

The first challenge is up at Butterfly Crafts, and it's a sketch challenge. Please go HERE to check out the awesome samples from the Design Team.

Here is the sketch:

And this is my take:

I've used papers and embellishments from Crate Paper's Restoration line, and added a Pink Paislee Artisan circle frame. I just love those Artisan stickers. I have all the collections but seldom use them because it's too precious :D.

Do you like the flower? Made it using flower cut out from one of the patterned papers.

Some painting and stamping just adds some character to the layout.

Butterflies from the Studio Calico cards that came with the kit.
Use whatever you've got, I always say.. :D

The title of the layout comes from the song 'Just The Way You Are' by Bruno Mars, and so does the journaling. It's a beautiful song and it keepts playing in my mind while I was making the layout and I thought why not just use the title.

So do come and play along with us at Butterfly Crafts. The last day of submission is on the 10th April so there's plenty of time still. Hope to see your entries!!!

Oh, on a side note, let's all pay for the the people of Japan for the families and friends they have lost in the recent quake/tsunami disaster. The pictures that has been coming in are heartbreaking to watch. I can't imagine going through what they have.

Who I Am - A Mood Board Layout

2011-03-01T11:42:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone!

It's already March. I can't believe how fast time flies by us. Before we know it it's June and then it's September and then what do know, it's time to get ready for the new year again.. :D

Anyway, a new month means a new challenge over at Scrap-It-Lah. For March we are playing with mood boards. What's a mood board, I hear you ask? Well, a mood board is a type of poster design that may consist of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition of the choice of the mood board creator (from Wikipedia). For this challenge, we would like you to create a 12x12 or 11x8.5 layout based on a mood board, using elements you would find in one.

Please go HERE for more information and look up the fantastic examples from the DTs.

Here is my take of the challenge:

I made this mood board layout about Nadiah and add in all the things that she likes at this moment. She loves crayons (which I nicked from her collection without her notice :D), animals, ice-cream, cupcakes, puzzles, arts & crafts, hot air balloon, music etc etc. All of which I have incorporated in the layout one way or another.

Here are some of the close ups.. (sorry, picture overload)

I have to say that in the beginning I find it a difficult challenge but once when I've started to figure out what I want to make it about, everything started to come together and that was the result. I had a lot of fun making this layout and hope that you will too.

So head on over to SIL and take part in this challenge. The RAK that you're in line to win is absolutely yummy!!

Butterfly Crafts DT

2011-02-27T21:51:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone!!

As promised yesterday, I have some very good news to share. As you can see from the title, I have been chosen to be a part of the Design Team with Butterfly Crafts. It's a challenge blog run by the lovely Karen. Challenges are on a monthly basis with new challenge going live on the 15th of every month.

I am excited to be part of a fantastic team. A couple whom I've already know and have worked with, some I know by reputation and others I am looking forward to get to know better. Do check out their blogs by clicking on their names.

Ria
Anna
Fay
Kat
Danielle
Azura
Raechelle
Kim

Thank you, Karen for choosing me.

So do come and join us on the 15th of March and take part in the challenge!!

Song Inspired Layouts

2011-02-26T00:25:00.005+08:00

Hello everyone!!

I have a couple of layouts to share today. Both were inspired by songs. Well one is, and the other is actually from a movie. Anyways, here is the first layout:

Inspired by the song "Dream On" by Aerosmith. Love that song!! Struggle to sing the high notes, but it has never stop me from trying every single time, though :D.

Most of the items are from Scrappin Studio's Studio Calico Licorice Twist kit. Lots of Cosmo Cricket in this one.

Next layout:

Inspired by the movie '3 Idiots'. It's a Hindi movie and I have to say that it's one of the best I've seen. The storyline was good, the music was good, some scenes may be unbelievable but hey, there's a morale to be learned and it's very inspiring. I laughed, I cried and pretty much loved the whole story.

In the movie, Rancho, who is the lead character, whenever he wants to calm himself he would
tap his heart and say "all is well" over and over. Only that what he says sounds "al izz vell". It's so funny. Well ok, you'll have to watch it to understand.

Anyway, I've sidetracked quite a bit. Coming back to this layout, I made it using Studio Calico's Lollipop and Pulled Taffy kits. Just love the yellow, teal and brown combo.

That's it for now. Thanks for visiting, everyone. Do come back tomorrow because I have some happy news to share.

S2S Winter Free Code Winner

2011-02-25T00:34:00.002+08:00

Oh dear! I totally forgot to announce the winner for the Sketches 2 Scrapbook Winter Free Codes giveaway. Yikes!!! I am soooo sorry. Anyway, without further ado.. the winner is.....

FULLTIME MOM

Please email me (yatiedin@gmail.com) your email addy, one which you would use for iTunes and I will send you the codes.

Thank you everyone for playing along and I hope we can do this again...

A Gift Of Love

2011-02-18T18:47:00.005+08:00

Hello, hello.

I am back on this lazy Friday, currently sitting on the floor outside the bathroom waiting for Nadiah to finish her swim in the tub. We were out at the pool earlier and then it started to rain, so she decided to continue her swimming in the tub. Plus I figured I'd better update this blog while waiting before she makes a grab for the lappy.

Anyway, as I mentioned in my previous post, I'm going to share a new layout that I made using a new technique. Well, new for me anyway. It's not that good yet. This is my first try and I'm going to try and try until I get it. This layout is inspired by Anna Dąbrowska -Pękocka or Finnabair and she is a DT with Tattered Angels and Prima. Her work is absolutely amazing. She does this grungy, steam punk effect with her Glimmer Mist and I am blown away by her work. You can see her mixed media work HERE.

This is my 'version'. Please remember that this is my first take and it's a little messy because I think I over gessoed.

I don't really know how she did it. Not sure if she did a tutorial on this particular technique or not. I'm just trying out what I THINK she did. The only thing I got right are the masking.. :D. But I like what I ended up with though. It's a start but I will definitely try to play around with it some more.

So go check out Anna's amazzzzzzingggg work!!!

Be Happy, My Little Lady

2011-02-16T10:04:00.005+08:00

Hello beautiful people!!

I have 2 layouts to share today. Actually I have been sooo productive these couple of days that I made not 1, not 2, but 6... yes, SIX layouts!! But I'm only showing 2 today and will share the others in a few days.

Ok, both are from the February Studio Calico add-on kits that I got from Scrappin Studio. First up is Be Happy. Made from a combination of the Lollipop, Pulled Taffy and Licorice Twist kits. Loving the red envelope from Making Memories!!!

I just love that metal vintage flower from Sassafra Lass!!

The second layout that I'm sharing today is My Little Lady. Also made from a combination of the three add-on kits.

How about that black Bo Bunny flower? Ain't it cute? I love it!! And that pom-pom trim? Too cute!!

So that's just two of the layouts I made recently. Next I'll be sharing a special first-try-technique
layout that I was inspired by an amazing scrapper. It's different from my layouts that I've been doing lately. That's in a few days so do come back and check in a day or two, aight!!

Take care and thanks for visiting!!

Sketches 4 Cards and a Contest

2011-02-14T10:42:00.005+08:00

This is my last post for the day, I promise. But I had to save the best for last!!

Just released 2 days ago....... drum roll...... Sketches 4 Cards!!! Yeay!!! It's not enough that you've got sketches for layouts, now you have for cards too. How cool is that???

There are 104 sketches and card sample in the full version, which is going for USD$4.99 each. This also includes 12 sketches and samples that comes with the Lite version so that's a 116 sketches and card samples!!!

I did one card for this app. A very big thank you to Anam Stubbington for invining me to participate in this project once again. Check out sketch #079. This is my sample card..

Ok, to celebrate this new release, and to celebrate Valentine's Day and just for the heck of it... I am giving away a FREE CODE for the Winter release of Sketches 2 Scrapbook that was just released a couple of weeks ago. This is the layouts version, NOT the cards version. So if you haven't got it and would love to get a FREE CODE, please leave a comment at the end of this post by Sunday 20th, midnight Malaysian time and I'll pick one winner and announce it by the next Monday. Remember that this app is only for iPhone, iPad and iPod only.

So do check out Sketches 4 Cards and leave a comment if you want to be in the running of winning a free code for Sketches 2 Scrapbook Winter!!

SMILE - A Pocket Mini Album

2011-02-14T10:17:00.003+08:00

I love browsing through Prima's Live With Prima channel on Ustream and checking out their previous recorded shows. I always look for Marion Smith's tutorial shows because her creations are always beautiful with lots of flowers and using a lot of paints and distressing. just my kind of projects.

Just recently I saw one of her shows with Prima which was live in October 2011 and she made this beautiful pocket album. I've not make a mini album in a while and so was quite eager to try this one. You can check out the recorded tutorial HERE.

*Please click on the photo to view a larger version

Close up of the tags. I wrote down quotes or sayings on each.

A close up of one of the pages

Instead of using all Prima products, I used K&Co papers and journaling cards. There are some cards from Chatterbox and Pink Paislee too. The flowers are all from Prima, of course. So are the single pearls. But the swirly pearls come from Prima and ZVA Creative.

I especially love the effect of the lace on the edges of the pages. Makes the whole album looks very feminine.. LOL!!!

So do go and watch the video and try to create this fun album!!

Singapore Zoo Series

2011-02-14T09:38:00.005+08:00

Last year we went to Singapore and of course the visit was not complete without going to Singapore Zoo. We had such a fun time there and took loads of pictures and I've decided to make a series of layouts to preserve our memories.

I've done three layouts so far and hope to do a few more to complete the series.

The beautiful white tiger. I can't get enough of them. S
pent quite a few minutes just staring at them.

Photo taken of the ibex. Nadiah loves them and was happy
to get to see them in real life.

See the crolls that I've made? You'll notice that two of the triangles are not rolled up but instead are flattened to the paper. That's because SOMEBODY unrolled the tips and flattened them... WITH GLUE!!!

Most of the papers that I used in this series are from Basic Grey's Jovial line, which are actually a Christmas line but the Christmas elements are quite subtle and the greens and yellows and reds just goes with the pictures. I also used chipboard flowers from Sassafras Lass' Garden Bits line in each layouts.

Always On The Phone

2011-02-14T09:28:00.003+08:00

This here is a layout I made with my last stash from January Studio Calico kits from Scrappin Studio. I love the photo of hubby that I used as it shows him being on the phone even though we were 5,000 ft high up on a mountain, and nothing seems to stop him from his business calls.

I love those Sassafras Lass alpha stickers that came in the kit. I had actually inked the alphas with Spiced Marmalade distress ink to match hubby's shirt in the photo. But can't actually see it in here.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket. Border sticker: KI Memories. Journaling card: Teresa Collins. Alpha stickers: Sassafras Lass. Stickers: 7Gypsies, Bo Bunny.

Altered Jigsaw and Altered Diary

2011-02-14T08:56:00.004+08:00

Hi everyone!!

I have a lot of things to share today but I think I'll break them up into several posts.

First up to share is an 8x8 altered jigsaw puzzle set that I made for my friend Michelle for her birthday last November. Yes, yes, I know... November was ages ago but I only managed to finish it last month and has presented it to her recently.

This piece is supposed to be the cover of a mini album of which DTs from Scrap-It-Lah came out with one page each.

Ok, next up is an altered diary I made for my cousin, Shirin. SHe said she wanted any design as long as it's pretty. Hope she thinks so..

My Love (Scrap-It-Lah)

2011-02-01T06:10:00.004+08:00

Happy Tuesday, everyone!!

It's the first day of February and Scrap-It-Lah has brought to you a not-so-typical Valentine's challenge.

"February brings us the month of LUURRVEEEE.... And each year the theme is always LOVE for February and you'll see manufacturers left, right and center brings out Valentine's themed collections. There are almost always red or pink or shades of the two colours. This year for February, our DT Nadia has come up with something different. The challenge is to make a layout with a lovey-dovey theme WITHOUT USING ANY REDS OR PINKS OR ANY SHADE OF THE TWO COLOURS. How's that for a not-so-typical Valentine's challenge?"

I think all the DTs had come out with beautiful layouts this month. Please go HERE to see the DTs' sample layouts and take part in this challenge.

This is my take:

I tried to come out with a fairly vintage layout with a touch of romance, to go with that picture of hubby and me which was taken on our honeymoon more than 10 years ago, and which I usually break out to scrap once a year. Actually we'll be celebrating our 11th anniversary this weekend. It has been a wonderful 11 years with lots of happy days and an abundance of love!!!

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Heidi Swapp, Pink Paislee. Chipboard element: Dusty Attic. Flowers: Prima Marketing. Rub ons: Luxe Designs. Stickers: creative Imaginations. Vintage metal findings: Maya Road, Swirlydoos, Making Memories. Metal frame: Teresa Collins. Crystals: Various. Others: Tim Holtz distress ink.

Last Two Layouts for January

2011-01-31T11:01:00.007+08:00

Hello hello!!

It's already the last day of January. How time flies. Before we know it, it'll be December and we're getting ready for another new year.

I am happy to have done quite a number of layouts for this month, compared to the last few months. Things have settled down a little that I've had some free time to scrap.... and I likey!!! :D
I managed to squeeze out two more layouts from the Studio Calico kits and the first is titled:

Just The 2 Of Us

Inspired by Iris Uy's layout for Scrappin Studio from THIS post, where she inked the resist Pink Paislee paper. It's so beautiful that I had to scraplift her technique.

Materials used: Patterned papers: Pink Paislee, Basic Grey. Alpha stickers: Sassafras Lass, Basic Grey. Circle frame: Pink Paislee. Swirly pearls: ZVA Creative. Flowers: Prima Marketing. Stickers: Basic Grey. Journaling card: My Mind's Eye. Others: Tim Holtz distress ink pads (Shabby Shutters, Barn Door, Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar, Crushed Olive).

Cameron Highlands

I used 2 papers from the Who's Who kit and I absolutely adore October Afternoon's Campsite: Animal Tracks paper, which I've cut up to embellish around the photo. Then I added cardstock stickers from Sassafras Lass from my own collection to add to the embellishment. I love the 'cartoony' feel of them. Something different from what I usually do.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Studio Calico, October Afternoon. Stickers: Sassafras Lass, October Afternoon. Cardstock borders: KI Memories. Others: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Tumbled Glass.

Thanks for dropping by!!!

Love U Lots

2011-01-30T15:37:00.003+08:00

Hey everyone!!

Here's a recent layout I did based on the sketch I received for the Sketches 2 Scrapbook Winter release in my previous post, but I decided to turn the sketch around 90 degrees.

I used a lot of inking and misting for this. Mostly to get the colours coordinated with the photos that I've used. Like that pink patterned paper, which comes from My Mind's Eye's Union Station collection and originally has a cream background.

I simply love the roses from Prima!!

Lately I find myself creating layouts with LOVE themes. Really getting myself into the Valentine's mood.. :D.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Heidi Swapp, My Minds' Eye, October Afternoon. Flowers n swirly crystals: Prima Markating. Cardstock stickers: Bazzill Basics. Journaling card: Pink Paislee. Alpha stickers: Creative Imaginations. Others: Tim Holtz Distress inks, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists and Japanese paper lace.

Sketches 2 Scrapbook Winter Release

2011-01-29T09:06:00.005+08:00

Hi hi everybody!!

I am very happy to announce that Sketches 2 Scrapbook has launched it's Winter Release yesterday at the iTunes store for US$ 3.99. Like the original release, it's only compatible with iPhone, iPod and iPad, but the version for other smartphones are coming soon. So please be patient!!

Here are some pictures which I took from the iTunes store

You can also try the Lite version which is FREE and it gives you 25 samples of sketches and layouts.

I would like to thank Anam Stubbington for inviting me to take part in this cool venture again. I've done 1 layout this time and simple love the sketch. Here's my layout, which we are allowed to share. You can see my layout in the app on Sketch#0130

So if you've got an iPhone, iPod or iPad, go grab this app quick. And in celebration of this bew release, the originall release is on sale for only US$ 2.99!!

Reading

2011-01-29T08:43:00.001+08:00

Hi everyone!!

Here's another layout I made using Scrappin Studio's Studio Calico kit Who's Who.

The Office Pockets from KI Memories... LOVE IT!!! It's so cute. Love those Basic Grey's Curio Decorative Stickers too!!

I'm not the best at doodling, but I love the effect. I always try to limit my doodling to the minimum.

Oh, love that books stamp from Studio Calico too!!

Swim Like A Fish

2011-01-16T21:31:00.006+08:00

Just recently a new kit club was launched in Malaysia and it's called Scrappin Studio. What I like most about it is that they carry Studio Calico kits - main and add-0ns. I was so excited that I straightaway ordered some and didn't waste anytime creating a layout or two.

I was browsing the Scrappin Studio blog this morning and noticed that they are having a challenge hosted by DT Amelia, to create a layout with flowers in it.

One of the layouts I did recently has flowers in it; albeit paper ones so I hope paper flowers counts :D. So here's my take:

I love these Sassafras Lass cardstock flowers that came in the kit. The hearts and the girl are stamped with clear acrylic stamps. Both came in the add-on kit, Mary Jane.

Most of the items used came from the kits except for those chipboard alphas that spell S-W-I-M, the chipboard stickers and the journaling card.

I used items from the main kit, Who's Who and add-on kit, Mary Jane. I seldom create layouts which are bright and cheerie. Most times I'm a flower and vintage and distressed kinda a scrapper. But this was fun and I love those border sticker sheets that we got in the kit. Loving the sunny feeling of the whole layout.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Pink Paislee, October Afternoon. Alphabet stickers: Basic Grey. Chipboard alphas: Making Memories. Chipboard stickers: RAK from Michelle. Clear acrylic stamps: Studio Calico. Inks: Tsukineko, TH Distress ink. Pearls: Pebbles. Sticker borders: KI Memories. Lace trim: My Mind's Eye. Journaling card: Jillibean Soup.

Flower Girl

2011-01-12T23:18:00.003+08:00

I was so happy with myself with the layout I did this morning after watching Cari Fennell's tutorial on Prima ustream, that I decided to find another tutorial and make another flower-power layout. And I found one, which is a Pocket Layout by Marion Smith and it has lots of flowers. I didn't have the kit that she was using but make do with whatever I had in my stash.

It's a pocket layout which means that the bottom bit with the light green paper makes the pocket where you can slide in your photos and if you go see the layout that Marion made, you'll see that she has made it so beautifully covered with flowers that it looks like a garden. It's just awesome!!

Here's a little closer look at the flowers. I actually added a journaling card made from Prima packaging, which was not in the tutorial but I love to journal so I added that in.

A cluster of flower with a butterfly on the left top corner of the photo. And if you look closely, that doily comes from a Prima packaging too. Isn't it great that we can recycle?

I slid out the photos so you can see what it looks like without them. It's great that I just have these photos of Nadiah examining some flowers, which sort of goes with the flowery theme I've got going here :D.

Zoom in at the centerpiece. You can see another doily layered down which I've sprayed with Glimmer Mist Deep Purple and Starfish.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Creative Imaginations, 7Gypsies. Flowers: Prima Marketing, RAK from Aida (small white & pink roses). Butterflies, swirly pearls & journaling card: Prima Marketing. Doilies: Prima Marketing, various. Alphas: American Crafts, Making Memories. Others: Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

Beautiful Cousins

2011-01-12T22:48:00.005+08:00

This morning I didn't exactly plan to scrap but I was browsing through Facebook and I saw that Prima had a live tutorial on ustream and it had just started. So I hopped over and started watching Cari Fennell doing a tutorial on a very pretty flowery layout. I found myself mentally flipping through my paper stash and thinking which flowers to use and before long I was at my scrapping table and an hour later I'd finished a layout. A flowery one too.. :D

I just love lots and lots of flowers. Don't you? I try to mix up a bunch of different types of flowers so that it gives you that dimension that I so like.

Love that masking and misting too. Haven't done that in a while. I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens. The birdcage is a rub on. And don't you just love that swirly pearls with the cute little roses?

The alphas for the title are from Creative Imaginations Bare Elements which came in white but I inked them with Tim Holtz distress ink in Rusty Hinge.

Photo is of me and my cousin (obviously), Shirin, taken at her brother's engagement do in June last year.

I really love the finished look of this layout - the colourful flowers, the masking and just how the photo seems to pop up from the layout. So try browsing the many, many videos that Prima has put up on ustream, if you haven't already, and get some great ideas from the tutorials.

Materials used:
Papers: Prima Marketing, Chatterbox. Flowers, leaves & swirly pearls: Prima Marketing. Brads: My Mind's Eye. Rub ons: 7Gypsies, October Afternoon. Journaling card: Collage Press. Mask & mists: Tattered Angels.

Beads And Sequins

2011-01-10T15:03:00.003+08:00

Do you know that January is the month of hobby? Just imagine how important is it to have a hobby that people actually dedicate a whole month to it. Most people don't just have one hobby but several, including myself. So this month at Scrap-It-Lah, we are celebrating hobbies, ones that are other than scrapping. But there's a twist to the challenge. You not only have to create a layout about our other hobby, but you must include some element of that hobby in your layout. For example, if you like shopping you can include the tags from your purchases or if you like reading, then you can add book pages to the layout. Cool huh?

You can read more about the challenge details and look at the awesome examples from the DTs HERE.

Anyway, here is my take on the challenge where I scrapped about beading embroidery. I actually embroidered beads and sequins and pearls on the layout.

I used Prima's stitched paper for this layout which is thin enough that it is easier to stitch on.

I tried to used as many fabric or lace for this layout to keep with my 'sewing' theme. That red velvet is not velvet paper but actual velvet materials that I've got lying around.

Do hop over to SIL blog and take part in the challenge. You'll be in the running to win a very yummy RAK from me.

Materials used:
Patterned paper: Prima Marketing. Alpha stickers: Webster's Pages. Journaling card: Fancy Pants Designs. Others: ribbon and lace, velvet material, beads, sequins, pearls and blings, Tim Holtz distress ink, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.

Before I end though, I would just like to say a very warm welcome to SIL new DT member, Sharmandeswari, who has join the line up of talented DTs. Welcome aboard, Sharm and hope that you'll have a splendid time creating with Scrap-It-Lah!!!

Teascape.... and other layouts

2011-01-10T12:10:00.008+08:00

First of all... a very Happy New Year to everyone!!! I'm only 10 days late but I figured we're all still in the new year mood :D.

Admittedly I have been seriously neglecting my scrapping table for the past few months and only managed to do various layouts for DT assignments. It had been such a busy end of year for me that I just didn't feel like scrapping for a while. That means I did not managed to reach the 100 layouts target for 2010. Oh well.. I can always try again another year.. but not this year though. I'm giving this year a rest.

Ok, on to my layout which I did manage to do in December, using everything from Bo Bunny's Mamma-razzi collection.

Photo was taken at the Boh tea plantation in Cameron Highlands. I love the scenery at the plantation. It felt like another world for me, it was so breathtaking . I especially love the run ons from the collection. I used that and cut outs from one of the patterned papers to frame the photo and adding some dimension to it by popping up the cut outs.

On another note, remember the layouts I did for Sketches 2 Scrapbook? I've just been informed by Anam Stubbington that we are allowed to share the full layout on our blog. Both were of course, made with sketches from the Sketches2Scrapbook iPhone App So here's the first one, titled By The Beach

I inked the originally pink Making Memories alphas that spelled out 'beach' with Orange Marmalade distress ink and added some Vintage Photo distress stickles to give that sandy texture.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Basic Grey (blue), Glitz Designs (brown). Chipboard alphas: Making Memories. Chipboard elements: Creative Imaginations. Journal cards & stickers: Making Memories. Flowers: Prima Marketing. Ribbons and pearl: Prima Marketing. Sticker alphas: Delish Designs. Others: Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads (Vintage Photo, Spiced Marmalade), Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Peach Delight, Starfish, Sea Glass, Tim Holtz Distress Stickles (Vintage Photo) and cork sheet.

The second layout I did for S2S is titled "In My Heart"

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Creative Imaginations (blue), Prima (pink), Basic Grey (white),.Journal sticker: Creative Imaginations. Glitter foam alphas: Creative Imaginations. Brads: Creative Imaginations. Flowers: Prima Marketing. Journal card: Pink Paislee. Others: Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad (Vintage Photo). Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Key Lime Pie)

What's In A Name

2010-12-02T10:18:00.007+08:00

It's December and that means a new challenge at Scrap-It-Lah. This month the challenge is brought to you by DT Jessy and the challenge is to scrap the meaning of your name and to include a childhood photo of yourself. Please go HERE for more details on the challenge.

I chose a picture of myself when I was about 6 at my kindy's sport's day

The papers are from Pink Paislee's Parisian Anthology collection. The colours are whites and pale blues which makes it easy to mist and distress to get that yellowed effect that goes with the photo.

In the journal, I wrote out the meaning of my name - HARYATI which comes from the root word HAYAT that means 'life' in Arabic. Hence the word 'life' in the frame.

Most of the items comes from my Swirlydoos kit, either for November or past months. I especially love that metal frame from Teresa Collins.

So do hop over to Scrap-It-Lah and join in the challenge. The yummy RAK features items from Scarlet Lime scrapbook kit club!!!

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Pink paislee. Rub ons: 7Gypsies. Alpha stickers: October Afternoon. Webster's Pages. Flower: Prima Marketing. Rubber stamp: Stamp It. Brads: Creative Charms. Metal frame: Teresa Collins. Others: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists, TH Distress ink pads, mirror squares, tiny mosaic squares, acetate and Maya Road clock face.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 72 layouts
To do: 28 layouts

Some Updates and Other Stories

2010-12-02T09:07:00.005+08:00

First of all I am glad to be back in the virtual world. Since the massive flood that swept northern Malaysia last month I have been so busy with moving and coming back home and cleaning the house. Yes, cleaning the house has been an absolute hell!! But it's all done now and everything is back to normal, and now they are forecasting that there will be a second wave. I just hope that they are wrong.

Anyways, during my 'disappearance', Anam's Sketches2Scrapbook has been officially launched for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It's exciting news and two thumbs up for Anam and the rest of the designers!! Here's some peaks from the iTunes store

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, Anam invited me to make two layouts for the app. I'm only allowed to show sneak peaks of my layouts over here but if you've got the full versions you can view them on sketches #25 and #82.

So if you have an iPhone or iPad or iPod Touch, get this application from iTunes. It's so worth it. The full version is selling for only $4.99 or you can try the demo version for free which has 12 sketches and layouts.

At the moment, Anam is very generously giving away a few codes for the full app. So hop over to Sketches2Scrapbook to join in the draw. Good luck!!!

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 71 layouts
To do: 29 layouts

Just Be You

2010-11-03T11:25:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone!!

I am so excited to share this new layout/altered project with you. I found a blank 12x12 jigsaw puzzle set in Daiso some months ago and thought.. "hmmm this would be great to alter". And so I did.. and it was fun!!

I inked each of the jigsaw pieces and stamped on the bottom. Once it's completely dried, I applied Rock Candy Crackle Paint to give that cracking texture.

Chipboard butterflies sprayed completely with Apple Candy Glimmer Mist and added blue crystals. I just love that cracking effect.

It's not very difficult to do this, trust me. t just takes a lot of patience waiting for the paint and ink to dry.

I love those quotes from 7Gypsies which I think is appropriate with the whole theme of this layout. As many if you know, Nadiah is autistic and I had chosen jigsaw puzzles because jigsaw pieces has always been the emblem for autism. It represents the missing piece that we have to find to make the kid complete because as of today, no one knows the cause of autism. There are a lot of theories but no exact cause. Plus, I love jigsaw puzzles and it's a love that has been passed down to Nadiah. Anyway, the quote "for a long time, she flew only when she thought when no one was watching" I think describes Nadiah's progress over the years. She has gone from no communication to speaking her mind and having an opinion. I am so very proud of her and I know that there is still a long way to go but I am so ready!!!

Materials used:
Jigsaw set: Daiso. Clear stamps: Kaisekraft, Prima. Inks: TH Distress inks. Chipboard butterflies: Jenni Bowlin. Chipboard alphas: Maya Road. Journaling card, alpha stickers & ribbon: Pink Paislee. Stickers: 7Gypsies. Blings: Prima. Others: Glimmer Mist, TH crackle paint.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 69 layouts
To do: 31 layouts

Horse Riding

2010-11-02T21:48:00.003+08:00

Hello srappers!!

Here's another black, white and red layout I made recently. It seems that I've made this particular colour combination layout quite a few these last few months. But hey.... I like it! Plus it goes with Nadiah's black, red and white outfit in the photo.

I combined a few different manufacturers for this layout mainly My Mind's Eye, Chatterbox, Prima, Zva Creative, Bo Bunny, Ranger, Creative Imagination and a couple more.

The swirly pearls are from Zva Creative. Their original colour was white but I turned them into red with alcohol ink. Easy peasy!!

The photo is of Nadiah's first try at horse riding at Singapore Zoo. Or rather sitting on a horse whilst the guide lead the horse around. But what amazed me was that she was not afraid to get on the horse. Sometimes it's difficult to get her to try something new but this time, she just hop on the horse as if she's been doing it for years. Bravo sweetheart! Mama will take you riding again soon...

Materials used:
Patterned papers: My Mind's Eye, Chatterbox. Journaling cards: Jillybean Soup. Swirly pearls: Zva Creative. Black pearls: Kaiserkraft. Chipboard frame insert: Bo Bunny. Glittered foam alphas: Creative Imaginations. Felt border: Prima. Flowers: Swirlydoos. Others: Ranger alcohol ink.

Target: 100 layouts
To do: 68 layouts
Done: 32 layouts

Together

2010-11-01T13:49:00.005+08:00

Happy November everyone!!!

Did you have fun trick or treating? We don't celebrate although Nadiah wants to carve pumpkins like she sees on the telly.. :D

Anyway, a brand new challenge is now live over at Scrap-It-Lah. It's a colour challenge this month brought to you by DT Nadia. She wants you to choose a flag.. any flag of any country and scrap using only the colours from that flag. Please go HERE for more details and go ooohhh and aahhh at the other DTs' layouts.

I choose the Brazillian flag because of its bright green, yellow and blue colours. This is my take:

That's a beautiful yellow flocked paper from Chatterbox. Actually everything comes from Chatterbox except for the flowers, alphas and blings.

Picture was taken at Nadiah's Sports Day back in July. All three of us had on a yellow top with black trackies. At was a fun day for Nadiah being able to participate in some of the events as well as being able to run around without a care.. :D

So do hop over to SIL and join the challenge. You might just be the winner of a yummy RAK!!!

Materials used:
Patterned papers, rub ons, chipboard and diecuts: Chatterbox. Flowers & blings: Prima. Chipboard alphas: Maya Road. Others: Stickles and Maya Road mist.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 67 layouts
To do: 33 layouts

Looking Through The Bubbles

2010-10-27T07:11:00.003+08:00

Happy Wednesday everyone!!

I'm back again to share another layout made with Swirlydoos Lavender Escape kit. As the name suggested, it's full of shades of purple and I had just the right photo with Nadiah wearing a purple top.

The papers and vellum are from Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue collection. I cut out the bigger filmstrip and the teal border from 2 of the papers. Then added some Tim Holtz filmstrip

Randomly applied the crystals just to give that coloured bubble effect.

Photo is of Nadiah playing bubbles. She blew lots of bubbles and was just running around in the midst of them. I just started snapping pictures and love how clear the bubbles came out in the photo.

Materials used:
Patterned papers, vellum, alpha sticker & journalling card: Webster's Pages. Flowers, leaves & crystals: Prima Marketing. Metal vintage frames: Creative Charms Others: Tim Holtz filmstrip and Tim Holtz distress ink

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 66 layouts
To do: 34 layouts

Sketches2Scrapbook

2010-10-26T00:34:00.003+08:00

Ok, I have the best news to share!! You know when you're starting a layout and you're out of ideas? Isn't it such a chore to flick through a stack of magazines or sitting in front of the computer for hours browsing for ideas? How would you like to have sketches on the go and samples of layouts too?

Sounds interesting? Well pretty soon you'll be able to!!

Anam Stubbington of Twisted Sketches has come out with this brilliant idea of creating a sketches application for iPhone, iPad and iTouch users and later on for all other smartphone users. It's called Sketches2Scrapbook. How cool is that??!!

Some time in early August, Anam emailed me and asked if I wanted to take part in a secret project. I said yes even though I didn't know what it was all about. A few days later she emailed again explaining about the application and I was so glad I said yes and be a part of this awesome project.

I've done 2 layouts but they are not to be revealed until the program has been launched which will be in early November. Please go to the WEBSITE for more details and updates.

Here are some sneaks which I took from the site..

Cool huh? I can't wait for the launch!!!

S2S also have a Facebook page which you could 'Like' and a Twitter page which you can follow. So whatcha waitin' for?

My Pretty Lady

2010-10-25T23:48:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone!!

I'm back with another layout to share. This one is for {Create} Make It Happen with a pink theme this month in celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness.

This is my take:

I didn't want to have too much pink so I settled for a picture of Nadiah in a pink dress, applied some Worn Lipstick crackle paint, a pale pink butterfly and rubbed some Worn Lipstick distress ink on the alphas.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Basic Grey. Chipboard alphas: Creative maginations. Chipboard stickers: Chatterbox. Cardstock stickers: 7Gypsies. Flowers and butterfly: Prima Marketing. Journaling cards: Chatterbox, Tim Holtz. Others: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Tim Holtz distress ink, Tim Holtz crackle paint, pearl& ribbon strand and lace.

Target: 100 layouts
Done 65 layouts
To do: 35 layouts

Unique

2010-10-13T11:21:00.005+08:00

Hello my lovelies!!! It's a beautiful morning over here. Hope it's beautiful wherever you are too.

Today I have a layout to share that was made on a clear acrylic sheet. I haven't done a clear layout in awhile and love playing with misting and painting on one.

Here's what I came out with:

Here's the layout without any background paper. You can see the misting effect that I did and the coloured swirls.

This one is with a white paper background. Now you can see them even more clearly. The swirls were stamped with StazOn and coloured in with Perfect Pearls. And the mists are Glimmer Mist of course.

I wanted this layout to be with no papers whatsoever and thus used stamping, run ons, mists and painting. And some flowers and that beautiful scrunched up lace ribbon for embellishment.

I love this photo of Nadiah. It looks like she's posing at the camera like the girls in America's Next Top Model... hahaa!! She was actually in her PJs, on the bed and about to fall asleep.

Materials used:
Acrylic sheet: Clear Scraps. Clear stamps: Prima Marketing. Rub ons: Autumn Leaves, Scenic Route Paper Co, Pink Paislee. Flowers: RAK from Aida Haron. Bloomers: Webster's Pages. Buttons: Swirlydoos. Others: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Perfect Pearls, StazOn inks and acrylic paints.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 64 layouts
To do: 36 layouts

That's You

2010-10-03T19:55:00.005+08:00

Here's another layout I did this morning using mostly things from Swirlydoos kits, either from the September kit or previous ones.

I love these patterned papers from My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found Union Square line. They are glittered and so beautiful. One of the diecut papers has "You should know that you are Charming, Adorable and ever so sweet" printed and glittered on one corner, and that's just what I want to say to Nadiah.

This is the layout that I came out with:

Those writings are rub ons from 7Gypsies. They look so real.. although my handwriting is never that beautifully done :(.

I cut around half of the glittered wordings and slipped the paper and photo underneath it.

Chipboard chandelier from Dusty Attic, which I coloured in using Smooch! pearlized ink from Clearsnap.... you know, those that come in the cutest little bottles that usually belongs in a makeup bag :D

This beautiful bracket frame is from Pink Paislee - Artisan Elements which I had spritzed with Glimmer Mist, rubbed with distress ink and outlined with distress stickles and yet the colour was still too pale for my liking. In the end I combined Red Pepper and Salmon alcohol inks and dab, dab, dab. It came out this beautiful brilliant red which I really love. Then just added those rub on quote and little birdie and voila!!

Materials used: Patterned papers and clear stamps: My Mind's Eye. Flowers, crystal swirls and flower centers: Prima Marketing. Glittered foam alphas: Creative Imaginations. Rub ons: 7Gypsies. Frame: Pink Paislee. Chipboard scroll: Bo Bunny. Border tape: 7Gypsies. Wooden bingo number: Maya Road. Others: TH distress ink, TH distress stickles, alcohol ink, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Tsukineko inks.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 63 layouts
To do: 37 layouts

Captured

2010-10-03T19:18:00.005+08:00

A few weeks ago, we were invited to a Hari Raya open house do by one of our neighbours. As usual whenever we attend these things, hubby and I would take turns looking after Nadiah and eating. When it was my time to eat, I saw hubby taking her out into the garden and in order to prevent her from running around, he sat her down on a big rock and kneeled down in front of her. They had their heads together looking at something or rather and I thought it was the sweetest thing I have ever seen.

Of course, being the avid scrapper mommy that I am, I had my camera with me and quickly snapped some pictures. Hubby was actually showing Nadiah some Ixora flowers that was next to her and how you can pull out the stigma and suck out the sweet "honey" (nectar). That certainly keep her busy for some time.. *wink*

Anyway, today I decided to scrap that moment and I used the sketch from Creative Scrappers #123. Here's the sketch:

And here's my layout:

Beautiful Prima flowers and butterflies. Awww... aren't they just lovely? Especially that lilac flower, which incidentally, I also used Fancy Pants Designs papers from their Lilac House collection.

Painted some crackle paint on the chipboard swirl just to give some texture and character. And I used a paper cup, top and bottom, to print some circles with acrylic paint on the paper.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Fancy Pants Designs. Journaling card: Fancy Pants Designs. Chipboard swirl: Maya Road. Flowers and butterflies: Prima Marketing. Chipboard alphas: American Crafts. Chipboard card 'Father': part of RAK from Mich. Others: Tim Holtz Crackle Paint (Aged Mahogany), Tim Holtz distress inks (Vintage Photo, Wild Honey), Alpha Acrylic paints.

Target: 100 layouts
Done : 62 layouts
To do 38 layouts

What's In My Bag (SIL October Challenge)

2010-10-02T13:40:00.005+08:00

October comes a calling and a new challenge is up at Scrap-It-Lah blog. This month the challenge is to scrap the contents of your handbag. We ladies usually dump a bunch of stuff in our bags and once in a while when we pour out everything, we usually think to ourselves, "how the heck did this got in here". Hahaa... doesn't that sound familiar?

Anyway, the DTs came out with gorgeous layouts and photos of the contents of their bags... there are messy ones, very organized ones, one who carry very little stuff in their bags and one who dumps a whole lot of stuff (that's me :D). Please go HERE to see them.

Anyway, here's my take..

If you notice, I listed down what the things that can be found in my handbag. Among the usual wallet and sunglasses, there are a few things I have to always have with me. Namely baby wipes for all cleaning emergencies (which also includes for Nadiah and the hubby), measuring tape so that it's easy for me to buy clothes for other people, a notebook for when I get inspirations on a layout and I need to sketch or to list down things to buy and a thumb drive and a card reader... you never know when you need them. So there you go.. the contents of my bag.

Do hop over to Scrap-It-Lah and join the challenge. You might be the winner of a yummy RAK!!

Materials used:
Cardstock: Core'dinations. Chipboard alphas: American Crafts. Chipboard brackets: Technique Tuesday. Patterned paper, journalling cards, rub ons and all other embellishment: ChatterBox. Others: Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 61 layouts
To do: 39 layouts

Tea Leaves

2010-09-30T21:16:00.004+08:00

After a long hiatus, I am back in the scrapping world with a vengeance... tee hee!! I managed to do 5 layouts in just 2 days. Woohoo!!

The first is of our vacation to Cameron Highlands in June, where we visited the breathtakingly beautiful BOH tea plantation.

I used mostly pieces from the September Swirlydoos kit which is full of the gorgeous My Mind's Eye's Lost & Found - Union Square collection. I know that Eiffel Tower is a long way away from Cameron Highlands but.... owh why not? It's a beautiful piece!! Nobody said I HAVE to scrap only pictures on Paris with this line.

Not much on techniques for this one. It's mainly just cutting and pasting. Although I did stamp the date on those Maya Road kraft tickets. And I did spritz a little glimmer mist on the diecut paper. So that's basically the end of my technique requirements :D

Materials used:
Patterned papers, paper flowers and brads: My Mind's Eye. Flowers and pearl swirls: Prima Marketing. Alphas: American Crafts. Chipboard frame: Bo Bunny. Kraft tickets: Maya Road. Journaling tag: 7Gypsies. Others: tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Tim Holtz distress ink.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 60 layouts
To do: 40 layouts

Sea Swept

2010-09-30T20:47:00.006+08:00

When I started this layout, I didn't like how it was going and decided to put it aside for a little while. Little did I know that 'a little while' will turn up to be months later. I had almost forgotten about it and doubt that I would remember had I not given my scrap area a thorough clean up.

After staring at it for 15 minutes I decided to just go with the flow.

I didn't have much of a beach-y themed embellishment but found these cool cork thingy which came in a RAK I got from Yuz. Thanks, Yuz. They really save this layout from being abandoned again :D
Topping the corks are metal flowers and leaves from Tim Holtz collection. They are just awesome!! Then there's that Prima crystal swirlys which I dabbed some alcohol ink to make it not so bling-bling.

I decided to paint some texture with acrylic paint and bubble wrap, just to give the background some patterns.

These rocks I bought ages ago and remembered I have them at the last minute and added some gold spiky stars which I dabbed with alcohol ink and topped with mossy green crystals.

The picture is of Nadiah sitting on the edge of the beach being swept by the waves, thus the title 'Sea Swept'. That was taken at the Teluk Kemang beach in Port Dickson, which was Nadiah's first experience with the sea. I've just realised that I've forgotten about the journaling for this layout, and can't think of a suitable place for it. Well, if worse comes to worse, I could always journal at the back of the layout.

Materials used:
Pattern paper: Basic grey. Alpha stickers: Autumn Leaves. Stickers: Making Memories. Clear frame: Glitz Designs. Crystal swirls and stamp: Prima Marketing. Crystal and pearl vines: Swirlydoos. Others: Tim Holtz distress inks, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, Stamp It embossing powder, StazOn ink, Tim Holtz metal embellishment, Alpha acrylic paints, printed rocks, gold stars.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 59 layouts
To do: 41 layouts

Sand & Water

2010-09-30T20:23:00.005+08:00

Here's a simple layout I did of Nadiah's name written in the sand and being slowly wiped away by the sea water. I didn't feel like an elaborate layout for this with too much embellishment and kept it fairly simple and clean.

That watery clear crystals looking like they are being washed up by the see onto the paper is actually crystal granules which I sprinkled on wet glue and left to dry. It gives a nice effect, I think. Added a couple of fabric flowers from Prima to give a finishing touch.

I love that film strip ribbon from Tim Holtz, layered with a kraft ticket from Maya Road on which I stamped "in dreams we catch glimpses of life larger than our owm", also from Tim Holtz. Although I have to say that my stamping was appalling with blurry image. I definitely needs to stamp more!!

Most of the items I used came from a mixture of Swirlydoos kits, except for the kraft ticket and the glittered alphas. I think I should have title the layout Sand & Sea, which has a nice right to it. Unfortunately I've already glued down 'water' before realising my mistake. Well... just go with it, I tell myself!!

Materials used:
Pattern papers: My Mind's Eye, Creative Imaginations. Flowers: Prima Marketing, Swirlydoos. Tim Holtz film ribbon. Tim Holtz Stampers' Anonymous stamp. Kraft ticket: Maya Road. Crytal granules: Swirlydoos. Others: Tim Holtz distress inks, Tattered Angels glimmer mist.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 58 layouts
To do: 42 layouts

Big Giant Ball

2010-09-06T00:05:00.008+08:00

Oh no!!! It's already the month of September. Where did August go? It just flew by and I only managed to do 3 layouts in August. I have soooo many layouts to catch up.

Anyway, a new month means a new challenge at Scrap-It-Lah. This month we are running a scraplifting challenge. Each of the DTs are to choose one layout from another DT and scraplift it. What you have to do is to choose any layouts from any of the DTs and lift the layout. Easy? Definitely I think, because you get so much inspirations from the layout you choose but remember that you may only scraplift an original layout and not one that came from a sketch. Please go HERE to see the gorgeous samples from the DTs.

Here's my layout, lifting from DT Michelle's Yo-Yo Am I Cool Or What layout. I have always been a one-photo layout scrapper. Two photos at the most. For this challenge I have chosen a multiphoto layouts that Michelle had done of her son. I changed the grungy boy layout into a girly cheery one.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: American Crafts. Foam alphas: Creative Imaginations. Sticker alphas: October Afternoon. Scalloped border (blue): Bazzill Basics. Chipboard elements: Scenic Route Paper Co., Pink Paislee. Stickers: Bazzill Basics, Pebbles Inc. Journaling card: Jillibean Soup, Pink Paislee. Rub ons: Pink Paislee, Bo Bunny. Others: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 57 layouts
To do: 43 layouts

Love

2010-08-20T07:27:00.004+08:00

Hi everyone!!

Gosh I feel like it's been ages since I last came out with a layout. Since the start of Ramadhan, I have hardly been able to scrap. I am swamped with beading commissions that I hope I'll be able to finish them all by Eid.

Anyway, I did manage to squeeze in a layout to prevent me from going crazy. Here's one I made for (Create) Make It Happen. The challenge for this month is LACE DOILIES. This is actually my first time ever submitting to Create. They always come out with interesting challenges each month and I've never tried before. So here goes:

The photo is of hubby and me taken on out trip to Cameron Highlands last June. That patterned paper is from K&Co's Que Sera Sera collection which I got more than a year ago but never used. I love the papers; they are so bright and beautiful but there's too much detail in them that I never know what to do with them.

Here are the doilies, prettily sprayed with Glimmer Mist (Key Lime Pie, Perfect Peach and Tiger Lily) and inked the edges with different distress ink colours for each.

The title for the layout is from a rub on sheet from Kaiserkraft. Actually the end flourish looks like the letter R, making it LOVER.. :D. Two beautiful sparklers from Webster's Pages.

The quote is also a rub on from Kaiserkraft, whilst the clock rub on is from Glitz Designs.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: K&Co, Prima Marketing, Donna Salazar. Rub ons: Kaiserkraft, Glitz Designs. Flowers: Petaloo. Stickers: Bazzill basics, Creative Imaginations. Journaling card: Fancy Pants Designs. Swirly crustals: Prima Marketing. Buttons: Webster's Pages. Others: Lace, paper doilies, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, TH Distress Inks.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 56 layouts
To do: 44 layouts

I Now Know...

2010-08-05T09:01:00.004+08:00

This month of August at Scrap-It-Lah, the challenge is a reflective layout with the title "I Now Know..". It can be a serious or a funny layout, all up to you. Please go HERE to see the gorgeous layouts that the DTs came out with.

Here is mine:

I decided on an artsy layout with lots of paint (acrylic and crackle), embossing, stamping, inking and a flower I made with Tim Holtz's Alteration die.

That metal frame was a great find from my local haberdasher store and I picked it up for a song! Love it when that happens.

The original colour of the Making Memories chipboard alphas was pink from its Noteworthy collection (old.. old ones I found buried in my stash), and I inked them with Rusty Hinge and Black Soot distress inks.

This layout is very personal and it's about how I see myself grow with the birth of my daughter and what strength she has given me these last eight years.

So do come and join us in this challenge!

Materials used:
Patterned papers: K&Co, 7Gypsies, Prima Marketing, Bo Bunny, Pink Paislee. Flowers: Prima Marketing. Chipboard alphas: Making Memories. Alpha stickers: October Afternoon. Journaling card: Pink Paislee, 7Gypsies. Chipboard element: Technique Tuesday, Dusty Attic. Transparency frame: Luxe Designs. Word tiles: 7Gypsies. Stamps: Tim Holtz Stampers' Anonymous, Stamp-It. Rub Ons: GCD Studios. Others: Stamp-It embossing powder, Tim Holtz Distress inks, Kaiserkraft acrylic paint, Tim Holtz crackle paint and Martha Stewart Royal Butterfly punch.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 55 layouts
To do: 45 layouts

The Simple Joy In Life

2010-08-05T08:27:00.005+08:00

It's week 60 at Twisted Sketches as off last Wednesday and that means that it was my last week of being a part of the Design Team. It has been a year since I first started as a DT with TS and what a year it has been. I feel kinda sad to be leaving but then again it is time to let go and let others have the chance, and one of them is my very good friend, Nadia. Congrats, Nad!!

Anyway, the twist was JOY, any way, any how. Please go HERE to see the sketch. Here's my take:

The photos are of Nadiah pretending to play in the rain. The 'rain' comes from the garden hose but she had a splendid time just playing with the umbrella. We do this probably once a week. It's one of her favourite activities since she was a little girl.

Everything in the layout except for the title alphas and the sticker 'de-light', comes from October Afternoon's Fly A Kite collection. I bought the kit and love it to bits!! I managed to do 2 layouts and 2 mini albums in all with the kit. Awesome!!!

Materials used: Alpha stickers: Making Memories, American Crafts. Sticker (de-light): Making Memories. Everything else: October Afternoon.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 54 layouts
To do: 46 layouts

Your Smile

2010-07-22T19:35:00.005+08:00

I've missed a few challenges by Scrap The Girls these last months, but I'm back on board with their current challenge, which is a sketchy one. The only other criteria is to scrap about girls.

This is the sketch:

And here's my take:

It's a fun, fun, fun layout to make and I just love it!!

I love those leaf shaped pins that I got at a local haberdasher store. They are identical to the Maya Road ones. Awesome!! I also saw one of the MR DTs used the pins in a row like that and I thought it was so cute. The birdie is a cut out from a flocked K&Co paper which I've cut out a long time ago but decided not to use it then.

Scenic Route chippies from my old stash and one that I've adhered a 7Gypsies sticker. That cute kite flying away is from October Afternoon: Fly A Kite collection.

Little girl angel chipboard which I bought 2 years ago from a friend. And there's that leaf shaped pins again.

A beautiful rub on quote from My Mind's Eye.

Photo of Nadiah playing with her rainbow ribbons one day and giving me a genuine smile; one which I did not have to tell her to so.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: American Crafts, K&Co. Puffy alpha stickers: American Crafts. Rub ons: My Mind's Eye, Luxe Designs, Daisy D's. Stickers: October Afternoon, 7Gypsies. Journaling card: October Afternoon. Chipboard elements: Scenic Route Paper Co. Word stickers: EK Success. Others: Leaf pins, chipboard angel.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 53 layouts
To do: 47 layouts

You're Just Amazing

2010-07-22T19:07:00.005+08:00

It's another week at Twisted Sketches. The twist of the week is STAR, any how any way!! Please hop over to HERE to see the sketch and the awesome samples from the DTs.

This is my take:

Thanks to Mich for completing some layouts using papers and die cuts from Collage Press Knave of Heart collection, that I remember I still have more of the same papers and that particular stars die cut. Just the right one for this week's twist.

Photo of my other half giving his second favourite pose, which is holding up 2 thumbs up, as appose to his number one favourite pose - the peace sign.. LOL!!

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Collage Press, Prima Marketing. Diecuts: Collage Press. Felt alphas: American Craft. Alpha stickers: Basic Grey. Others: Glimmer Mist.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 52 layouts
To do : 48 layouts

Spinning Around

2010-07-21T10:15:00.002+08:00

I was looking through my paper stash and decided to make another layout and try to finish off my Webster's Pages papers. I seemed to have acquired a lot of and them this year with those that I bought, some I got as RAKs and others that came in a kit.

So here's one LO I did with 2 WP papers.

The little blue flowers were actually white but I misted with Glimmer Mist Saphire to match the little blue flowers on the paper. The pink ones were originally light green and again I misted with Glimmer Mist Starfish to give that rosy red colour.

I went a visiting over at WP's gallery and saw a lot of scrappers do this.. tearing the paper and inserting lace, doiley etc in the tearing and it looks so lovely. Then added some flowers and beaded strand and voila! Beautiful. So I lifted the idea and I just love it!!

Photo is of Nadiah climbing up on her Uncle G and demanding that he spin her around. Poor guy is almost toppled over by all that weight :D

Materials used:
Patterned papers and journaling card: Webster's Pages. Flowers: Prima Marketing. Chipboard alphas: American Craft. Others: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists, some lace.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 51 layouts
To do: 49 layouts

"Happy Day" and "We Were 17"

2010-07-19T18:43:00.008+08:00

Hi everyone!! I'm back again today with a couple of layouts to share. I am really on a roll, here, aiming to finish at least 6 layouts by Wednesday.

Ok the first layout I want to share is one I did using stuff from Swirlydoos July kit. It's an awesome mixture of Basic Grey Capella line with Kaisercraft and gorgeous laser-cut chipboard from Dusty Attic. I based my layout on this month's sketch that comes with the kit, although I only used half of what's in the sketch.

Don't you just love those rocky roses from Prima? They're gorgeous!! I just couldn't help putting a bunch of them together.

Here's another one over here.

Those flat backed buttons are from Webster's Pages. Just lovely!!

The photo I used for this layout was taken on my engagement day. It's one of the happiest days in my life. Such a precious photo taken with my three brothers, my little uncle and my nephew... all the favourite guys in my life!!

Materials used: Patterned papers: Basic Grey. Flowers: Prima Marketing, Kaisercraft. Pearls and journaling card: Basic Grey. Chipboard element: Dusty Attic. Leaves: from local store. Butterfly: Prima Marketing. Buttons: Webster's Pages. Foam alphas: American Craft. Others: Tim Holtz Distress ink pads, Alpha acrylic paint

The next layout I want to share is one I made for Scrapping The Music challenge #143 with the song Santa Cruz by Pearl Jam.

Gorgeous beaded flowers from Prima!! The journaling card is from the the packaging that comes with that Prima swirly pearls that I used.

This time I scrapped about me and my BFFs. Those three have been with me ever since we were 10 years old. This year marks our 25th year of being friends, staying together and being there for one another even when we are all miles apart. Here's to our friendship and hopefully there will be many more years to come. I love you guys!!

**This marks my 50th layout for the year. 50 down and 50 more to go!!!

Materials used:
Patterned papers: GCD Studios. Vintage script paper and rub ons: Luxe Designs. Flowers and swirly pearls: Prima Marketing. Alphas: American Craft. Metal heart: Making Memories. Bingo card: from Nad. Ribbon tape: 7Gypsies. Journaling card: Prima packaging. Others: Tim Holtz Distress ink, Glimmer mist and doiley paper.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 50 layouts
To do: 50 layouts

A Layout of Quotes

2010-07-18T19:13:00.005+08:00

I started this layout based on the sketch from Pencil Lines sketch 193. I love the sketch because it has a small area for a photo and it's way up there. Which is something I've never done before.

This is what I came up with:

I'm loving how the tearing and inking effect came out because they kinda look like the "fires of hell" in my title :D. So that's a plus!

Those written words are rub ons by 7Gypsies and I've had that for the longest time because I've been saving it for something special. I guess this layout is special.

The title of the layout is a quote from my favourite book series. Don't you think that's true? To have gone through hardship and adversity and to have survived, only makes you stronger. And to survive the most intense of hell on earth, makes you the strongest individual.

Some acrylic paint effect using a bottle cap and bubble wraps. And the dots are rub ons from Pink Paislee.

At first I only wanted to title the layout with the quote. And as I was looking around in my stash, I found some 7Gypsies stickers with lots of quotes and so I made it into a layout of quotes and sayings.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Pink Paislee, October Afternoon. Rub ons: 7Gypsies, Pink Paislee. Stickers: 7Gypsies. Chipboard alphas: Creative Imaginations. Inks: Distress inks - Tumbled Glass, Rusty Hinge, Black Soot. Acrylic paints: Alpha. Acetate frame: Luxe Designs. Bow deco: Meslissa Frances. Others: Glimmer Mist

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 48 layouts
To do: 52 layouts

Look!

2010-07-18T18:55:00.005+08:00

Ok, here's a layout I did for Scrap|Inspire|Create. For the month of July, the challenge is a sketchy one. Oh.. and NO CARDSTOCK!! I actually forgot the last bit and only remember as I'm posting this on the blog. It's a good thing I didn't use any ;D.

Here's the sketch...

and here's my take:

Flower made from Pink Paislee ruffled ribbon and added a beautiful pearl and crystal center.

I used mostly items from Pink Paislee 365 Degrees which I'm trying to use up, but unfortunately there's still a bunch left. I love that clear sticker border especially and always try to used some.

Photo is of Nadiah at the zoo (yeah, where else?) pointing out the flamingo to us. She loves those flamingos... and the hippos, tigers, lions, kangaroo and whatever animals they have there!

Materials used:
Patterned papers, border sticker, ruffled ribbon, journaling cards : Pink Paislee. Flower center: Petaloo. Chipboard alphas: Creative Imaginations. Swirly crystals: ZVA. Ink: Faded Jeans Distress ink. Others: Glimmer Mist.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 47 layouts
To do: 53 layouts

Friends Are The Sunshine Of Life

2010-07-13T11:30:00.004+08:00

It is week 57 over at Twisted Sketches and the twist for the week is SUNSHINE, with a dose of a long title thrown in. HERE is the sketch.

This is my take for the challenge:

Most of the items used in this layout comes from my Swirlydoos May kit. I love the black and red with a touch of slate blue in this layout. Photo is of me and my two best scrappy buddies although one is very, very shy and hence the cover-up.

The sketch from Anam includes a long title and so I decided to use this quote from John Hay. It hits just right with the photo as these two has really brighten up my life these past few years!!

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Creative Imaginations. Velvet paper: SEI. Alpha foam: American Crafts. Alpha stamps: Maya Road. Chipboard element: Dusty Attic. Rub ons: Pink Paislee. Flowers: Petaloo. Flower centers: Prima Marketing. Brads: Creative Imaginations. Diecut border: from Nad. Journaling card: Pink Paislee.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 46 layouts
To do: 54 layouts

A Berry Fun Day Mini Album

2010-07-07T14:26:00.005+08:00

This month over at Scrap-It-Lah, we are having an altered challenge. You can alter anything you like and submit it in to SIL. But remember that the creation has to be exclusively for SIL.

I decided to go with a mini album, but unlike my recent mini with lots of paints and inks, I went with a totally clean and cute look to document Nadiah's strawberry picking day.

Here's what I made:

The album that I used is Maya Road's 6x6 Binder Book but I only used 5 of the 8 chipboard pages. I've had the album for almost as long as I've been scrapping, having bought it in the early years. I guess it's about time I use it huh?

Anyway, the main items for the whole mini album comes from October Afternoon Fly A Kite collection. It's just so cheery and happy and with strawberry patterns on the papers and the stickers which are just right for the theme of the album.

So please come and join us in this exciting challenge and be in the running to win an October Afternoon Thrift Shop kit collection. Also please hop over to SIL and ohh and ahh over the DTs' creations.

Materials used:
Chipboard album: Maya Road. Patterned papers, stickers, journaling stickers, alpha cardstock stickers: October Afternoon. Felt and chipboard alphas: American Craft. Cardstock: Core'dinations. Chipboard elements: Scenic Route Paper Co. Flowers: Prima Marketing, Petaloo. Others: various ribbons and lace trims, Alpha acrylic paints, Strawberry clear stamp from Craft Stamper magazine, Alpha stamps, Versa cube ink pad, buttons.

Good Times

2010-07-07T14:02:00.005+08:00

Yes, I know. I'm two weeks too late for this update but it's been crazy these last few days with traveling and health issues plus a dozen dose of laziness. Anyway, here's my layout for Twisted Sketches #055 which went live last two weeks. The twist was FLAG click HERE for the sketch.

The layout was made with October Afternoon's Fly A Kite collection, which is a cute and happy collection and I just love it!!

Pictures were taken during our recent trip to the BOH Tea Plantation in Cameron Highlands. The scenery was absolutely beautiful. I could just gaze at the peacefulness forever!!

Those flags were made with banner stickers from the collection which I cut out each banner and roll up the end around a toothpick to make them into individual flags.

Materials used:
Foam alphas: American Crafts. Everything else from October Afternoon Fly A Kite collection.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 45 layouts
To do: 55 layouts

Mixed Media Mini Album Class

2010-06-19T07:50:00.005+08:00

Last weekend, I was asked to teach a mixed media mini album class by some friends and I had an absolute blast. There was a lot of inking, spritzing, painting, laughter, kidding around and basically a whole lot of fun. Here are some photos of the class and of the album that we did.

A few people have asked if I would have another class for this mini album and the answer is: YES!!!

I'll be having another class in July. The date is not confirmed as yet but it will be in KL and on a Saturday. If you are interested, please email me at: yatiedin@yahoo.co.uk by the end of June. The class will be limited to 6 persons only this time. So hurry up and email me and I will give you the details of the class.

June Guest @ Candy Shoppe Designs

2010-06-14T00:28:00.003+08:00

This month I am guesting at Candy Shoppe Designs. Lynnette, the owner of CSD, has asked me to make a video tutorial of those paper cupcakes that I love so much. Please go HERE to see the video and send in your cupcake creation based on the video or based on the fabulous takes by the DTs!!

Just wanted to say thank you so much to Lynnette for the invite. I hope you all will try this out!!

The Journey Begins

2010-06-11T08:47:00.004+08:00

It's another week at Twisted Sketches and the twist for the week is ACRYLIC. I had so much fun making this layout that I totally forgot about the acrylic part.. LOL!!! Fortunately I remembered at the last minute and slapped some acrylic paint on the title.

Please go HERE to see the sketch.

Here's the acrylic part. The letters were diecut with Tim Holtz Alteration dies (Vintage Market) - love these!!! I mixed the cobalt blue with metallic silver abn once it's dried, I inked with Vintage Photo distress ink.

Love those beautiful lace flowers from Prima.

That is a HUGE (6 inches) embellished stick pin which came with my Swirlydoos kit. Actually, the whole lot came in the June Swirlydoos kit. It's a vintage theme this month and thus the vintage photo :D

So do join us in this week's sketch and twist over at Twisted Sketches.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Glitz Designs, GCD Studios. Velvet paper: SEI. Journalling card and music note paper: Glitz Designs. Pearl swirl: ZVA Creative. Stick pin: Craftysprinkles Etsy. Beaded ribbon: Swirlydoos. Chipboard frame: Dusty Attic. Flowers: Prima Marketing, Petaloo. Others: Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Stickles, Alpha acrylic paints.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 44 layouts
To do: 56 layouts

A Walk In The Park

2010-06-01T19:19:00.007+08:00

Hello everyone!!

I can't believe that it's the month of June already.. almost half of 2010. How time flies!!! Anyway, a new month means a new challenge over at Scrap-It-Lah. But first, before I reveal the challenge, let me just run by you the change in SIL's Design Team.

Mazlina has sadly left us, not just at SIL but also geographically as she and her family decided to settle in Melbourne. It has been fun working with her and even though she was fairly new in the scrapbooking scene when she started with SIL... but oh my.. what talent she has!! I wish you all the best in life, Maz and hope to see you scrapping and creating again once you've settled down over there!!

With Maz having leaving us, SIL has decided on a new DT, who is diving straight into the new challenge. Amelia is also new in the scrapbooking scene although she has been creating for a long time now. I guess it's only natural that she branches her creativity into scrapping. Welcome, Amelia and I hope that you have a blast working with Scrap-It-Lah!!

Ok now on to the new challenge. This month the challenge is hosted by yours truly and I am offering a yummy RAK consisting of Pink Paislee Queen Bee collection and some other stuff. You can see the picture HERE.

To win that, all you have to do is come out with a WHITE layout. Yes, people... this month's challenge is of MONOCHROMATIC WHITE. That means ALL WHITE. But you are allowed one other colour at a very minimum. Photos can be either coloured or black & white. Remember that white has shades too and I would accept off white or light cream as white as well. And that one other colour can come in different shades too. So you have some choices.

Here is my sample of a white layout... with a dash of Shabby Shutters.

I sat at my scrapping table for half and hour thinking how to make a unique white page and suddenly it just came to me that I could create a background rather than using a plain white cardstock. And in order to make the background 'pop', I went with white embossing powder. The result was wonderful and I just love the look and feel of it.

Then I covered the frame with Picket Fences Distress Crackle Paint, which adds more texture to the layout. And for a different 'white', I die cut the flourishes using my new Tim Holtz Alteration die (oh yeah!!!), and ran it over with Perfect Pearl (pearl colour) mixed with water. It gives a pearly, creamy effect which is just great.

I thought those Creative Imaginations chipboard alphas were too white. so I inked the edges with Shabby Shutters Distress ink to make them less so. And that's my quota for that 'one other colour'.

I love those Prima flowers especially that rose with some clear glitter.

So what do you think? An interesting challenge? If you think so, do join us in creating a white layout and submit your take either by email: chowchow138@gmail.com or post a link to your layout at the bottom of the blog post.

In the mean time, do go and have a look see at the very awesome layouts done by the other DTs HERE. Your world has never been more white!!

Materials used:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics. Flowers: Prima Marketing. Chipboard frame: Technique Tuesday. Chipboard alphas: Creative Imaginations. White Net: May Arts. Stamps: Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous, Fancy Pants Designs. Others: Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Tim Holtz Crackle Paint, Tim Holts Alteration die, Tsukineko white embossing powder, white lace, doiley paper.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 43 layouts
To do: 57 layouts

Walking Together

2010-05-31T21:33:00.002+08:00

Here's another layout that I finished recently using Pink Paislee 365 Degrees collection. Of all the latest lines from pink Paislee, I have to say that this is my favourite.

I love the pleated ribbon and the Artisan tape, especially the tape because it's so easy to play around with. Some grey pearls on the ribbon just to add some details.

I also love that clear sticker border. When I first saw it over at Pink Paislee website, I just couldn't wait to get my hands on them.

The photo is of hubby walking hand in hand with Nadiah and my nephew, Amir. Taken at the zoo a few months ago and I just loved it.

Materials used:
Fabric chipboard alphas: American Crafts. Grey pearls: Basic Grey. Everything else: Pink Paislee.

Target: 100 layouts
Done: 42 layouts
To do: 58 layouts