Fly High (Twisted Sketches #035)

It's the first week for the new DT line-up at Twisted Sketches. The twist for this week is ANIMAL, any how, any way. You can see the sketch HERE and also view the other DTs' sample, full of all sorts of animals.

Here's my take:










Recently, me and hubby took Nadiah kite flying and captured some really nice pictures. In here I was pointing her kite to her that was flying high up in the sky. I made a 'kite' for the layout and drop the string down into the photo into Nadiah's hand. The animal twist is the butterfly.

All the elements has something to do with flying e.g. kite, hot air balloons and butterfly and thus the title "Fly High". The journal reads "Imagination is the highest kite you can fly"

So do hop over to Twisted Sketches and try out the challenge!!

Materials used:
Patterned papers: Scenic Route Company, Far Flung Craft, Webster's Pages. Journal cards: Jilibean Soup. Alpha felt stickers: American Crafts. Butterfly diecut: Crate Paper. Others: TH Distress ink pads, doiley paper, acrylic paint and embroidery thread

Target : 100 layouts
Done: 6 layouts
To do: 94 layouts

Zutter Distrezz It All

I was browsing through You Tube on videos of CHA Winter 2010 and found this....

I HAVE GOT TO GET ME ONE OF THAT!!!

Happy To Be Me

Ok as promised, today I'm posting the second of my layouts for Far Flung Craft that 'made it' to CHA 2010.

For this layout down here, I used papers from the Peranakan line. I have to say that of all the collections that FFC carries, Peranakan is my favourite.










Decided to scrap about myself in this one. Something short and simple and sweet. The title says it all. I am happy to be myself, and grateful too!

Target : 100 layouts
Done: 5 layouts
To do: 95 layouts

Wherever Life Takes You

Some time in January, I had a phone call from Michelle and she informed me that Kristy Harris from Far Flung Craft had asked her and a few other scrappers to come out with layouts or altered items to be displayed at CHA 2010, which just ended a few days ago. And guess what? Michelle then asked Jessy, Nadhrah and ME!!! How cool is that?? Even if I couldn't be at CHA, my work will be showcased at the FFC booth. What a splendid opportunity!!

I can't thank both Kristy and Mich enough for this golden opportunity and I hope that FFC did very well at CHA in Anaheim.

I submitted 6 layouts, all using beautiful FFC patterned papers. I will post those layouts one day at a time because I don't want to bore you with picture overload, and also it'll give me a reason to post something on the blog everyday.. ;D

Here's the first layout:









For this layout, I used patterned paper from the Meiji line. Love the colour combo of black red and yellow. Reminds me of fireworks.

I went with a pull-out journaling mainly because it's a long quote and I didn't have anywhere else to put it. I once read an online newspaper article written by one Brad Carmean with the same title and was very taken with one paragraph. It goes..

"Life could take you on a smooth ride or a rough one, across the sea, close to home or six feet under. You just don't know where it will take you. So just work hard on what you can control and don't worry about what you can't. The fact that you don't know where you will be down the road is why you need to enjoy everything you can now, no regrets. "

So I decided to adopt that paragraph as the journaling. You can read the whole article HERE.

I'm off to bed now. Thanks for dropping by...

Target : 100 layouts
Done: 4 layouts
To do: 96 layouts

Time Flies

It's the first day of February and everywhere in the world will be celebrating love this month as Valentine's Day makes its yearly appearance. But this year, we are also celebrating Chinese New Year on the same day and so Scrap-It-Lah is having a very unique challenge this month: combining both oriental and love elements in your layouts. Such a cool challenge indeed. Please drop by HERE to see the details and get your inspirations from the DTs' sample layouts.

Here is my take










The oriental elements are represented by the Chinese characters on the patterned papers I used and the colour red. The lovey-dovey elements are represented by the photos of me and hubby on our honeymoon 10 years ago and also by the heart-shaped clock chipboard piece. Incidentally, we'll be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary this month too.

If you look closely at the last picture, you'll see that I purposely used a dictionary paper , on which page has the definition of LOVE. That's a subtle lovey-dovey element in that layout.

Materials used:
Patterned papers: 7Gypsies, Far Flung Craft, dictionary paper. Chipboard element: ScrapFX. Alpha sticker: American Crafts. Notecards: Crate Paper, Cosmo Cricket. Pearl swirls: Prima Marketing. Others: Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads, acrylic paints, lace trim, DYMO tape writer

Target : 100 layouts
Done: 3 layouts
To do: 97 layouts

Twisted Sketches DT Changes

I'm so lucky. Why am I lucky? Because my contract with Twisted Sketches has been extended until June 2010. Yeay!! But there are a few changes in the DT line up though, and I would like to take this opportunity to say a warm goodbye to Jessy, Wati, Reija, Diana, Suzann and Lynnette. It's been great working with all of you and thank you for giving me such inspirations.

Please say hello and welcome to the new line up of Twisted Sketches Design Team, the remaining and new sisters:

Team A
Debbie Nicholas
Frances Sylvia
Nancy Hanttula
Rossella Palladino
Star Rork
Steph Peachey
Susan Dupre
Teresa Matz
Vanessa Rupp-Hayden
me


Team B
Claire Crompton
Debbie Harrison
Janet Z
Mandy Dodd
Maya Oren-Dahan
Nadine Wolansky
Patricia van Gelder
Rachel Ward
Simona Montanari
Zoe Nemburt

A big thank you to Anam Stubbington, the creator of Twisted Sketches.

So come and join us HERE weekly to get creatively twisted!!

Catch Me If You Can

It's another week for me again at Twisted Sketches. This week's twist is ENVELOPE, any way any how. Please go HERE to see the sketch and samples of the DTs interpretation of the sketch.

Here is my take:

I am sooo loving the white background. I don't know why I haven't use white before. I always see ohh and ahh Iris' work because her layouts are mostly done on white. The colours really stand out. I love it!!

Photos are of Nadiah (of course) running around our garden playing catch.

Materials used:

Patterned papers: Scenic Route Paper Co., Basic Grey. Alpha stickers: American Crafts, Making Memories. Chipboard pieces: Scenic Route Paper Co. Cardstock sticker: Bazzill Basics. Pearls: Basic Grey. journaling cards: Jillibean Soup. Others: Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad. craft envelopes.

Target : 100 layouts
Done: 2 layouts
To do: 98 layouts

I've Been Featured

Oh wow! Oh wow!! I've been featured on Inspirational. It's my first time being featured in an international craft blog and I am so over the moon!!

Inspirational is a blog showcasing inspirational crafty works from around the world. Please check out HERE to see the piece on my work.

Thanks to Julie and the Inspirational team for choosing me!!

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