What's In My Bag (SIL October Challenge)

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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