My Lil' Lady

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

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!!

Love Grows (Scrap-It-Lah)

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!

Perth (Scrap-It-Lah)

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!!

I Can't Live Without Your Smile (SIL)

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!!

SIL Blog Hop - Final Week

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

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

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!!

SIL Week 2 Challenge Winner and Week 3 Challenge

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

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

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

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!!

Who I Am - A Mood Board Layout

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!!

My Love (Scrap-It-Lah)

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.