Altered Journal Swap

Last month, I took part in an altered journal swap. There were two swaps. One was for SNC and the other was for ScrappingGlitz.

The one in SNC was for Jessy and this is the journal that I made for her:

The one in ScrappingGlitz, was for Ija. I made this for her:







I received these
from them. The one on the left is from Ija and the right, from Jessy. Thanks, ladies. I hope you like yours as much as I like mine.

The Artist

This is my take for Jaz's Mid August Challenge in Scrappingglitz Forum.

The challenge was to include doodling in our layouts. Honestly, doodling is my worst ever technique. I simply don't do doodle. As you can see, I kept doodling to a minimum for this layout.

ScrappingGlitz's First Online Crop

Last Friday, ScrappingGlitz held it's first ever online crop hosted by Miss Chowchow. It was fun and fast. As usual, I was late coz we were in Sungai Petani for Nadiah's weekly swimming activity. But even so, I managed to finish two layouts.

Here are my takes:

1st challenge:
1) You must incorporate the colour BLUE.
2) Must use buttons
3) Must use stamps


2nd challenge
1) Journalling
2) At least 2 pictures - if you wish to use more - pls feel free
3) 3 types of paper - pls mix wither cardstock with patterned paper
3) At least 2 types of embellishments - anything , ribbons, buttons, chipboards etc


To save time, energy and paper, I used the same pattern papers for both LOs. At least I didn't have to search my whole paper stack for the right ones, and thus i was able to catch up :-D

Scrap It Altered Notebook

Do you sometimes find yourself getting an inspiration at an unlikely place and you can't seem to find a decent piece of scrap paper to write it down? Are you a compulsive list maker and you HAVE to make a list of everything and there's nowhere to write it?

In my case, it's a yes to both questions. I try to make a point of always having a notebook and a pen (what's the use of a notebook without a pen, and vice versa eh?) in my handbag. I have this notebook that's a jumble of information in it like the grocery list, list of things to bring if we're going somewhere, sketches, list of things to do for the month, drawings of the Teletubbies for Nadiah and all sorts of colourful animal drawings etc, etc, etc...

So one day I thought, I'll buy a notebook specially for scrapbooking and while I'm at it, I might as well alter the covers. At the same time, it'll be my altered project for ScrappingGlitz. Killing two birds with one stone, so to speak.











Materials used:
1) Notebook.
2) Basic Grey undressed chipboard letters.
3) Maya Road chipboard buttons.
4) Bazzill Basics chip toppers sticker.
5) Crystaline mosaic tiles.
6) Rub Ons: Fancy Pants Design, Basic Grey, Jenni Bowlin Studio.
7) Ranger Perfect Medium.
8) Ranger Perfect Pearls : Kiwi, Interference Red, Perfect Gold.
9) Tsukineko Embossing Powder: Copper.
10) Tsukineko Versamark Ink pad.
11) Tim Holtz's Distress Ink pads: Fired Brick, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye.
12) Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents.
13) Clear Stamps: Fancy Pants Design, Autumn Leaves.
14) Alpha Colours Acrylic paints: Cerulean Blue, Silver.
15) White Gesso Primer.
16) Heat gun.
17) Artline210 medium pen.

Friends In My Life Mini Album

Made this mini album for ScrappingGlitz using Kaisercraft scalloped mini album. I love Kaiser mini albums because it's wooden and thus the pages are nice and thick.




Iza - The one I would most likely do crazy things with


Shira - The one I could talk just about anything with


Nad - The one I could scrap & shop with anytime of the day

Wina, Sue & Sumat - The ones who would stay friends forever

Materials used:
Mini album: Kaisercraft.
Papers: My Little Shoebox, Bazzill Basics.
Chipboard: My Little Shoebox (alphas), Maya Road (scrolls).
Stickers: GCD Studios, Making Memories, Basic Grey, American Craft.
Rub Ons: Luxe Designs, Make It Personal.
Flowers: Prima Marketing.
Die Cut Shapes: Niklin Designs, Riff Raff Designs.
Blings: Hero Art (pearls), local haberdasher (gems).
Lace: Local haberdasher.
Felt Ribbon: Blueyedzines.
Others: Mod Podge, Alpha Acrylic Paints.

Chopsticks

I'm hosting a MONOCHROMATIC layout challenge in ScrappingGlitz Forum. A monochromatic layout is when you create a layout using different shades of one root colour. In my case, I used red. It's a good practise if you feel intimidated by a variety of colours and you don't know what colour goes with what in your layout.

So hop on over to the forum to take part in the challenge. Click here.

The layout is of Nadiah eating her noodles with chopsticks. Originally, we taught her to use chopsticks mainly to improve her fine motor skills. Plus, she loves noodles and was curious to try it when she see Baba expertly handling the chopsticks. And she's sooo good at it!! I've been learning to use chopsticks since I was her age and 30 years later... I still suck at it!!

Yummy Pizza

It's a new sketch for ScrappingGlitz Forum this month.



Do come and give it a try here. I'll be giving out RAKs for this one.

This is my take:




Of Nadiah having her yummylicious pizza. It's one of her very favourite food in the whole wide world!!

The Facts Of Me Mini Album

I made this simple album today. It's for an Inspiration in ScrappingGlitz Forum. If you have a tape write or a Dymo tool, try using strips of patterned papers to print your wordings. Check out here for the tips and techniques.

Cutie Pie

Another sketch challenge is also going on in ScrappingGlitz Forum hosted by DT Jaz. Head over to the forum to give this sketch a try. You will be in the running to win a RAK from Jaz.

My take on the sketch:

Materials used:
Papers: Little Yellow Bicycle (die cut paper), My Mind's Eye (light blue), Urban Lily (photo mat)
Chipboard: My Little Shoebox
Alphabet stickers: Making Memories
Flowers: Prima Marketing
Transparency: Hambly Screen Prints
Felt: Queen&Co
Lace & Ribbons: Local haberdasher

@ 7 Months

ScrappingGlitz Forum sketch challenge for this month. The challenge is still ongoing till the 31st July. If you are interested, please proceed to the forum and give this sketch a try.

My take on the sketch:









Materials used:
Papers: Bazzill, Making Memories, Crate paper Company, KI Memories
Flowers: Prima Marketing
Die Cuts: Making Memories, Daisy D's
Chipboard: Basic Grey
Alphabet stickers: Basic Grey
Blings: Hero Arts (pearls), local haberdasher (gems)

In Family We Trust

My layout for ScrappingGlitz, celebrating World Parents Day.





Materials used:
Papers: Bazzill, Little Yellow Bicycle - Vita Bella Green Floral
Die Cut : Niklin Design - Scroll Border Leaf Vine Black, Little Yellow Bicycle - Vita Bella Fresh Verse Self Adhesive Die Cut
Stickers: GCD Studios - Red Glitter Letter Stickers
Rub Ons: Luxe Design - Girlie Words
Chipboard: Little Yellow Bicycle - Vita Bella Metal Foil Adhesive Chipboard
Others: Luxe Design Journaling Card, Riff Raff Designs - Pretty Flowers

Recent Layouts

It's been quite sometime since I last post anything. Been having internet connection problems and plus I seemed to have trouble uploading pictures into blogger the usual way.

Anyway, some of my latest work includes:

READING
A DT layout made for ScrappingGlitz. Papers and alphabet stickers come from GCD Studios. You can purchase them from the website.

SIMPLE PLEASURES
A layout made for a challenge in the ScrappingGlitz Forum. We were to used certain materials to make a layout. Do visit the forum to take part in the challenges and online crops and sketches.

BABY FAHIM
I made this for Ina, as part of the Scrap for Friends project in Lovescrap Forum. We exchange pictures and scrap for each other.

Father's Love

Here's my first layout as a DT with ScrappingGlitz. It's a tribute to Father's Day. Most of the materials used are from Kaiser Craft: the papers, the wooden flourishes and the blings.

Sneak Peak for ScrappingGlitz LO

Here's a sneak peak of my first DT LO for href="http://www.scrappingglitz.com">ScrappingGlitz which will be out on the 16th June when the online store will be officially open.

ScrappingGlitz's DT

There's going to be a new online store, called ScrappingGlitz, in town. They have been looking for scrappers to make the Design Team and I submitted some LOs to be considered. The announcement came out yesterday and guess what? I made it!! Wohoo!!

I'm excited to be on board the ScrappingGlitz team and would like to thank Nadhrah and Ruslina for this opportunity.

So come and check out ScrappingGlitz on June 15th, which is the official launching date.
There is also ScrappingGlitz Forum, where everyone can come together to share and be inspired.
And don't forget to check out ScrappingGlitz Blog for updates.