Pocket Layouts

In my hometown of Alor Star, I have not met any scrapper as yet. Not one!! There aren't any shops either. In fact most times when I tell people I scrap, they would ask me what that is. When I try to explain, they would say ahh.. and nodded politely but have this blank look on their faces.

And I thought to myself, what can I do to make people "see" what scrapbooking is. So I came out with pocket sized.. or rather handbag sized layouts. Rather thank lugging around bulky 12x12 albums with me, this way I can just pop it in my handbag and take it everywhere I go.

Below you will see that I've made 8 of them. Each are 4"x4" and I try to use different elements and techniques just like how I would make 12x12 layouts.

Here's an idea of how small these layouts really are:



So if you're in Alor Star and a scrapper, please let me know. It'll be great if I can share this love of mine closer to home.

Looking Good

It's another week at Twisted Sketches for me. The twist of the week is WHITE and you can see the sketch here. Do join us in this challenge or just drop by the site to oohhh and ahhh over the excellent samples from the other DTs.

This is my take:








I chose to do a layout of hubby wearing a white suit. He had a thing to attend and was required to wear his white suit. I also decided to add some white here and there in the layout like the masking I did on the cardstock, the white clock face and sanded those chipboard alphas so that some white parts appeared.

For the background, I mix a little turquoise Perfect Pearl powder with Mustard Seed re-inker and a little bit of water. You can see some blue tinge to the yellow background from the Perfect Pearls although the shimmery effect didn't photograph well. But I like the end result and will surely be mixing some more PP and re-inker.

This is also my first layout made in 2010 and thus my new challenge begins: to make 100 layouts for this year and I mean strictly layouts only. Wish me luck!!!


Materials used:
Patterned paper: Sassafras Lass. Diecuts: Collage Press. White cardstock. Tim Holtz masks, distress ink pads and distress re-inker. Perfect peals. Maya Road metal clock face. Prima Say It In Crystals. Metal butterfly.

Target : 100 layouts
Done: 1 layout
To do: 99 layouts

RAK Winners

Hello everyone!!

I know you all have been waiting patiently for this post, or at least the 16 of you who left a comment :-D.

Before I announce the names of the winners, let me just say that I really, really appreciate you taking the time to leave such lovely and encouraging comments or even to just drop by my blog and look at my work. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Now, as I promised, I would divide the goodies into 5 RAKs and choose 5 lucky names. After dividing the stash and adding some more goodies, each RAK will consist:

- 10 pieces of patterned papers
- a mini album (either chipboard, sheer, matchbook, tabbed booklet or container style)
- 4 K&Co wordlets
- 6x6 Hambly Screen Prints overlay piece
- a packet of either brads, eyelets, buttons or a mixture of stuff
- some chipboard, sheer and felt pieces
- assorted packages of stickers
- assorted packages of rub ons (only 1 person will get the 12x12 Fancy Pants Halloween rub ons sheet)
- some few other things I can't remember right now

How does that sound?? Cool eh??

Okay, without further ado I now give you the names of the winners.... (thanks to my darling Nadiah for picking out the names!!)

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Congratulations to the winners. Please email me at yatiedin@yahoo.co.uk and let me have your full name and address and I will mail out the RAKs to each of you.

Thanks you everyone!!

Pretty As A Butterfly

This week at Twisted Sketches, all of the DTs are playing with the last sketch of 2009 and the twist is GLITTER. Do hop over here to see the sketch and the awesome samples from the DTs. It's such a glittering array of layouts ;D.

This is my take:










Caught this photo of Nadiah in a sweet pose wearing a glittering butterfly-fairy hairband and a pair of butterfly wings.


Materials used:
Patterned papers: 7Gypsies, Making Memories. Rub ons: My Mind's Eye. Overlay: Hambly Screen Prints. Chipboard elements: Maya Road. Flowers and blings: Prima Marketing. Alpha stickers: Basic Grey, American Crafts. Others: TH Distress Crackle paints and Distress ink pads, Stickles

Made DT with Scrap-It-Lah

It's an awesome start for 2010 as I make this announcement that I've been made DT with Scrap-It-Lah, the only Malaysian scrap challenge blog. I'll be working along with Nadia Jalil and Nadhrah Maidin to join with the present DT, Mazlina Yusoff and owners Michelle Ku and Jessy Christopher. The best part of being DT with SIL is working amongst my talented friends.

Thanks very much to Mich and Jessy for inviting me to be part of this awesome group!!

For our fist challenge of the year, each of us are to come out with our interpretation of the sketch below:


Here's my take.... twisting the sketch 90 degrees clockwise and using lots of rub ons..










Please hop over to SIL January Challenge and try the sketch. You might be the winner of some cool RAK!!!


Materials used:
Patterned papers: Pink Paislee. Rub ons: Pink Paislee, Autumn Leaves, My Mind's Eye, Fancy pants Designs. Chipboard buttons: Pink Paislee. Masks and ink pads: Tim Holtz. Alpha stickers: American Crafts.

Happy 2010

Wishing everybody a very happy new year and hope that 2010 brings you happiness, health and more scrapping mojo. .. :D.

With the beginning of the new year, my scrapping resolution is to scrap and scrap more. Incidentally, a few of us are taking up the challenge to scrap 100 layouts but this time it's only layouts. No including altered arts or mini albums like I did last year, but strictly layouts.

I just hope that I am up to the challenge!! Wish me luck ;D

'Tis The Season For Giving

As I clear out my scrapping space, I found lots of stuff that I know I will never use. Some I bought years ago, some are RAKs and some are those that I got in mystery boxes that used to buy on eBay. It's not that I don't appreciate gifts that got. I really do but stuff like stickers or rub ons depicting winter and Christmas or Halloween that I don't celebrate, I know I'm not going to use. So in the spirit of giving, I would like to give away some stuff.

Here are some picture of the stash...











There are lots of papers from manufacturers like K&Co, Basic Grey, Luxe Designs, DCWV, Sassafras Lass, Collage Press, American Crafts, Urban Lily and many more.

Stickers, rub ons, chipboard album, matchbook album, brads, eyelets, border quotes, wordlets and loads more.

I will divide these into 5 packages and offer them as RAKs. So if you would like to win one, all you have to do is leave a comment at the end of this post and a week from now, which is on the 3rd January 2010, I will draw 5 names as the winners.

So who's game??

Remember.... just leave a comment by the 3rd January 2010 in order to be included in the draw.

Happy holidays!!!

Friends

Two weeks has gone by in a whoosh and it's time for another Twisted Sketches layout. This week at TS the twist is FRAMES, anyway the word move you (as Anam would say :D). You can see the sketch here and try it out.


Here's my take:








As you can see, rather than framing the picture like in the sketch, I opted for an empty bracket frame around the journaling. Also, I only used one photo instead of two and substituted the vertical photo with a patterned paper.

The 12x12 paper is from Webster's Pages and I have to admit that although I love Webster's Pages, I find it difficult to use the line. I've got almost three complete collections but has probably used 2 or 3 papers so far. I'm glad I made myself use one for this sketch.

So do hop over to the TS blog and try out the sketch or just to admire the other DTs' awesome examples.

On another note, Twisted Sketches is also looking for 4 new DTs. You can read up on what you need to do to be chosen as a Sister here. All the best!!!

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Webster's Pages, Pink Paislee, K&Co. Flowers: Prima Marketing. Pearls: Basic Grey. Journling card: Collage Press. Bracket frame: Crate Paper Company. Alpha stickers: American Crafts. Sticker: My Little Shoebox. Others: lace trim.

Thankful

It's another week for me at Twisted Sketches. How time flies...

Well, this week the twist is FLOURISHES. Please go here to see the sketch and also get inspirations from the other DTs' work.

Here is my take:

That beautiful polka dot paper is actually a flocked paper from 7Gypsies which I got in a RAK. I've been saving it for something special and I guess this layout rates as something special. LOL!!

I very seldom scrap about myself but I've had this photo for so long that it was just calling to me. And to use all my favourite stuff... 7G paper and journalling card, Prima blings, American Craft Thickers alphas and part of a Teresa Collins calendar paper. Give it a little distress look and I'm done!

The jurnalling reads:
I am thankful for the joy that I've been given and for the life that I've been blessed with.

So hop over to Twisted Sketches and give this sketch a go!!!

Daughter

This month I am very honoured to have been chosen as the Guest DT for Scrap-It-Lah, our local challenge blog being run by 2 very talented ladies, Michelle and Jessy. These two ladies are amongst the first few scrappers that I got to know when I first started scrapbooking.

For the challenge, I would like you to create a layout or any project with:

1. something green
2. a black & white photo(s)
3. includes a quote

This is my take:










The quote goes:

A daughter is...
a star glimmering in the sky,
a wonder, a sweetness,
a perception,
a delight.
Everything beautiful.
A daughter is love...
- Susan Poles Schultz

Do hop over to Scrap-It-Lah and try out the challenge and also to ohh and ahhh at the DTs samples.

And big hugs to Mich and Jessy for having me as the Guest DT for this month. You guys are the BEST!!

So go on, try the challenge and you might win yourself some cool SB stash!!!

I'm Lovin It (TS #024)

It's week 24 at Twisted Sketches and this week's twist is DISTRESS; anyway you like it. Please go here to see the sketch and the other DT's splendid work.

This is my take:








I have to admit that this is not one of my best. With a theme like 'distress', I know I could have done better. It being one of my favourite techniques. But I've been out of town since last week and over the weekends, not to mention that life has been so hectic with Nadiah's end of school term that I hardly had any time to stop and think. Oh well....

Anyway, instead of using my distress inks, I chose a dry distress technique on the edges of the paper and the cardstock. The black cardstock is from Core-dination which has a pink core but it's not showing too well in the picture.

I love those Prima flowers which are new and had to use immediately. Also those mulberry paper leaves which I found at a local haberdasher store.

Photos are of Nadiah having ice-cream and a Happy Meal at McDonald's, her most favourite place in town!!!

Materials used:
Cardstock: Core'dination, Bazzill Basics. Patterned paper: 7Gypsies. Alpha stickers: Basic Grey. Flowers: Prima Marketing. Journaling card: Collage Press. Others: Heidi Swapp paper distresser, paper leaves, a leather thong.

We Are Family

This week at Twisted Sketches, the twist is to use RUB ONS in any way you can. Please go here to see the sketch and get inspirations from all the beautiful works done by the DTs.

This is my take:










Photos of the three of us were taken last year at a birthday party. There's not many photos of the three of us mainly because I am always the photographer. I think most of you share the same problem.

The green circle and semi circle rings are actually the chipboard piece that comes with Prima's Say It In Pearls packages and I put it through my Big Shot to make rings and embossed with embossing folders.

Rub ons that I used are the reminder notes, the butterfly, the swirls on the top right corner of the photos, the hearts, the flowers and the grungy effect at the bottom of the photos.

So do take part in this challenge and post your layout link in the Twisted Sketches comments section.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Crate Paper, Basic Grey Doily paper. Cardstock: Bazzill Basics. Rub ons: Pink Paislee, Crate Paper, Luxe Designs, Daisy D's. Journalling card: Luxe Designs. Others: Alpha rubber stamps, StazOn ink pad, chipboard piece, Big Shot dies and Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Shabby Chic Effect : A Video Tutorial

Last month, I was asked by my friend, Michelle, if I would do a tutorial for Scrapping Inspirations. I said of course and came up with this tutorial of how to do a shabby chic effect background using acrylic paints and embossing technique.

Michelle has kindly allowed me to share the video here in my blog as well even though the tutorial was for Scrapping Inspirations. But please do hop over to SI to see other tutorials, tips and techniques that M has posted. There loads of them and there are also news and info on the happenings in the Malaysian scrapping scene.

So here goes:

Scrappin Kids

It is with the utmost sadness that I hereby announced that Wati has decided to end Scrappin Kids due to her many responsibilities. I know it wasn't easy for her and I'm sure she has given this a lot of thought.

For me, Scrappin Kids was the first ever challenge blog that I found when I first started scrapbooking. Back then, I didn't even know what scrapping challenge was, let alone taking part in it. I loved all the twists and turns in the challenges that SK came out with and the fact that they were always about the kids, was what really got to me as I've always loved scrapping about Nadiah.

From the start, I've taken part in all sorts of activities that SK has come out with: challenges, online challenges, online tutorials, charity events and was also invited as a Guest DT. But the best part was making it as one of the DTs.

I have loved working with Wati and my fellow DTs. It has been a great stint and I only wish we could have a lot more time together.

So here's sharing some of my layouts and altered projects that I've done for SK, either as a DT or a participant....










Wow.. that's quite a lot, huh? Didn't I tell you that I loved SK activities?

Anyway,I wish Wati and the rest of the SK crew all the best and keep on creating!!

For those die hard fans of SK, don't fret... you can always go back to SK old challenges and pick out those that you've never done before and scrap away just for the fun of it!!