"Hi!" My First Frosted Design Card

Happiness is when you stumble into new challenge blogs with an inspiring sketch! (the site is not new, just new to me heheh). So here's my first time playing along with Frosted Design's card sketch challenge #1, yup, it's also their first card sketch challenge!

Using Basic Grey's Indie Bloom. It's the same one paper; Guacamole, using both coordinating sides, matched with pale yellow cardstock.

This is FD's card sketch #1:

Here are some close-ups:

My own handmade satin ribbon bloom :) Crystal sparkle center; Crafio. Sentiment tag; Slice Dilly Dally, inner piece is canvas with sentiment alphas from Basic Grey.

Border punch; Martha Stewart, lace and crochet trim; local supply.

Inside the card. Lace trim local supply.

I really love how the BG papers matches so perfectly, the floral designs really made the card POP!

Thanks for visiting! XOXO!

Our Manja Baby Boy TCR Challenge #73

Hi there! Don't you just love this fresh and vibrant palette from TCR?

Here's my layout; scrapping some pictures taken by hubby of myself and Lucas at the park. The "Manja" word in the title means 'precious and pampered' in the Malay language, it's a popular term of endearment here. It's not a direct translation but there's no exact way to translate it actually :)

I'm using GCD Studio Sould Food paper and some other scraps here with lotsa distress ink and spray mists.
Glitter Alphas; Pink Paislee Cherry, round tiny alphas; Jenny Bowlin.




Dusty Attic's chipboard twig painted with TH Distress Ink Pad Spiced Marmalade. Metal star charm; Momoyo.

 

Circle border is from Slice Dilly Dally and then coated with Distress Stickles Wild Honey, birdie chipboard is BG Curio. The flourish border die cut is from Spellbinder's In Spades Borderabilities.

Can't recall where the lace came from but buttons are BG Curio. Daisies are Prima, other blooms are locally obtained. The jute twine came as part of the packaging on a 7G mini album.

"Always & Forever" chipboard sticker by Narratives Antique Love

 Thanks for dropping by, hope you like this :) Have a lovely day!

Altered Jewelry Box

One of the projects I've been busy with lately is this altered wooden jewelry box which I made for my friend Eve, as you can see her name is on the box itself; it helps if you have a short name hehehe :)

Too bad I forgot to take a photo of the original box! Anyway it's just a plain unfinished wooden box.

I actually attempted to do a crackle paint effect but it came out all messy and wrong, thankfully I have the right embellishments to camouflage my mess! Pink doily tape and corner chipboard sticker is BG, Butterfly charm is Bo Bunny Gabriele which was a brad but I removed the brady bit and bend the butterfly.

Roses patterned papers are Webster's Pages 6 x 6 Petite Pad. Alphas are AC Thickers. The lace bloom is actually a handmade bloom and I stuck on a Prima pebble sticker as a center.

The Mulberry flowers and rosebuds are all from a local supplier.

This was indeed quite a challenging project but I'm pretty glad with the outcome. Thanks for looking :)

Hari Raya Card: Cardabilities August 15th Sketch #37

I have a couple of Raya cards to make and I really have no idea where to start as I've never done any Raya cards before. (Raya is a Malaysian term for the Eid celebration i.e an important Muslim festival which marks the end of Ramadhan). I wanted my cards to have a really authentic local 'Raya' flavor... anyway, this is what I came up with, trying to stay 'green' as that's the more conventional and traditional 'theme'. I hope my recepient liked it :)

Patterned paper is BG Curio. I used crochet lace (Daiso) within the 'window frame'. Flourishes are Basic Elements; cut into half and painted in MM Acrylic paint in Manila. Flowers are Prima. The sentiment is handwritten on BG journalling tag. Butterflies are MS Royal B'fly Punch.

The inspiration came from Cardabilities' August 15th's Sketch #37.

Thanks for looking, have a lovely day! :)