Little Darling Baby

Happy Labor Day! It's gonna be a busy month of May for me! I'll be traveling to Singapore and Penang this month while preparing for a regional meeting in June. It will be a while till my next post, probably after June! LOL :)

Anyhow, I discovered these aweseome Little Darlings collection from Graphic 45 at Papier Love last week and came up with this cutesy layout for my dear boy.

A photo of my dear boy in his bath tub last May, he was around 8 months old.

Little Darlings - Graphic 45

The vintage baby illustrations on this collection is absolutely to-die-for! I spent 2 nights just fussy-cutting the pictures - a great way to just chill and de-stress after work!

Well thanks for popping by and hope to see you real soon :) Have a great day and God bless!

The Color Room Palette #68

TCR palette #68 is so sweet! It's the kind of color combo I love; pinks and browns! I usually play with more boyish or masculine layouts so I was wondering how to play along with this and I found some old photos taken with my mum's princess aka the house pet aka Cuddles the jack-wawa. We call her the jack-wawa because she's a cross-breed between a Jack Russel and a Chihuahua. These pictures were taken back in 2007 when we first got her and she was such an adorable puppy you just want to hold her and shower her with kisses. Now she's so big and hyperactive she won't let you pat her for long before she runs off to chase something.



I'm using a craft background with papers from MME Stella Rose and PP Daily Junque plus a little bit of FP Happy Together (dark brown bits & butterflies) and BG Sweet Threads (pink fussy cut flower on the left). I added some pink acrylic paints to mess-up the layout (turns out too messy?). The brown centre bit is a craft corrugated sheet treated with some TH Distress Stain Dabber in Walnut and coated with some Sparkly Mod Podge. Crystals are from a knit shop in Subang Parade.


Here's palette #68 from TCR:

Here are some close ups:

Fabric flowers from Prima Whisper collection and random buttons. I layered them on some beige netting and a small piece of jute fiber cut out from a jute bag I bought from the dollar store (Daiso)

Title from AC Glitter Thickers, "hello" is a Micia rubber stamp, "sweet pea" is 7G Babycakes rub-ons.

I stamped some butterflies using MS clear stamps with acrylic paint but the effect wasn't quite what I expected so I used the punched out butterflies and netting to camouflage it. If you look at it alone, it's kind of messy-weird I think.

Well, that's my attempt at trying to play with some acrylic paints, uuurghhh I'm still not so good at it :(

Before I go, here's how Cuddles looks like now... past and present:

Cute cuddly puppy (left pic) turned into the crazy mutt (right pic) who chews on everything and chases anything. But we love her all the same.

Thanks for visiting! Have a lovely week ahead!

Scrap-it-Lah's July Challenge

This is my first submission for Scrap-it-Lah for their July Challenge. Here is the criteria as stated in their blog post:

1) at least 5 photos in one layout which means the layout must be multi-pics. There must be 5 visible photos in it

2) Photos must be a mixture of black and white and coloured photos please

3) There should be visible journalling on the layout

My layout is based on some pictures we took during our honeymoon to Italy back in '08. We were roaming the streets of Rome looking for some breakfast because we arrived so early that the hotel room is not ready and not many cafes were open at that time. Luckily we found a small place serving the most scrumptious paninis and coffee. These memories are really special to me and hubby as it's the first meal on our honeymoon and it's our first trip to Europe :)

There are 5 photos with the main pic in B&W with 2 spots of journaling as per the stated criteria. Papers are mainly Bo Bunny's Gabrielle plus one Gabrielle fluer elise chip sticker with lots of BG Curio Chip stickers, prima flowers and some misted doilies. The background is misted with Mister Huey's mist in Warm Calico and TA Yellow Daisy.

Flowers, birds and a sunny color theme because it was summer in Rome when we were there.

"Cappucino & Pannini" is on Smash's travel journal note which came with the Studio Calico June kit.

This close-up shows the layers and textures of the chip stickers and flowers.

Thanks for dropping by. Have a lovely week ahead!

July Sketch on Stuck?!

Yet another amazing sketch on Stuck?! Here's my layout based on July 1st's sketch, it's a photo of my dearest childhood girlfriends taken at our girly weekend trip to Cameron Highlands back in 2008.

All patterned papers are MME's Stella Rose range with some scraps from PP Parisian Anthology and Daily Junque. background is made using a Prima mask and some distress ink.

July 1st Sketch

Alphas are AC Fabric chipboard Thickers and Glitz tiny alphas.

Embellishments are Prima flowers, BG Chip stickers, pearls, liquid pearls and butterflies from my favorite MS Royal butterfly punch.

This girly trip has a special palce in my heart because it will be a long while before we can another such trip. Rini and I are busy moms to our new baby boys. Jen is expecting and due in September so we're gonna be really really tied up for abit. Guess our future trips will involve kids!!!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great week ahead!

Cardabilities Sketch #34: A Wedding Card

Here's my first play-along with Cardabilities card sketch. It so happens that I'll be attending a wedding next Saturday; a union of two of my school-time classmates. I'm really looking to the function as many old school friends will be reunited after many years! Also, I believe this lovely couple deserve a specially hand made card on their special day.

Here's my card:

"And the two hearts shall become one" - a special card for a special couple as they tie the knot. Papers from PP Daily Junque, Hambly transparency and random ribbons, flowers and pearls. Unfortunately, I'm not entirely too happy with my handwritten sentiment but I don't have a wedding sentiment stamp ...  hmmm, need to practise and improve my handwritting!

Sketch #34 from Cardabilities.



Close up of the bottom half; featuring a Prima rose.



Close-up of the centre uper half. Butterflies from MS Royal Butterfly punch. Fussy cut flowers from the background paper itself. Tiny satin daisies are trimmed of a strand of daisy trim.

I was so in love with this white, yellow and pale teal theme; I just could not get enough of it so I used the scraps to make two little bookmarks....

Two whimsical bookmarks based on the same theme.



Here's a close-up of the smaller bookmark.



Here's a close-up of the larger bookmark. I used a TH stamp for the sentiment in TH distress inkpad Pumice.

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely day! :)

CardPatterns July Sketch 122 Challenge

When I saw July's sketch on CardPatterns I can't wait to play along. It's a simple sketch that has so many possibilities. I decided to make good some of my lovely BB Gabrielle scraps. Here's the sketch:

July Sketch

 Here's my interpretation, staying true to the format of a vertical long card:

Rather whimsical I think :)

Love love love the 'LOVE WISH DREAM' Tim Holtz Idealogy rubber stamp.

Another angle of the card sentiment.

This part is accented with punched edges, brown grossgarin ribbon and a vintage crochet lace ribbon. The vintage Prima flower is punched up with a coral pearl centre.

Fussy cutting the Gabrielle papers. The BG chip stickers matches them perfectly!

I always believe that the inside of a card should always be decorated somewhat as that's where the personal message comes in.

Materials used:

• Bo Bunny Gabrielle patterned papers
• MME Life Stories paper (craft paper base)
• Tim Holtz Idealogy stamp & Versacolor pigment ink pad in Brown #54
• TH Distress Ink Pad in Pumice (edges) & Tattered Rose (stamped image inside card)
• Basic Grey Curio Chip Stickers
• Prima vintage blooms & pearls
• Brown grossgrain ribbon & beige lace crochet trims

Thank you for visiting! Have a lovely week ahead!

I Was a Bridesmaid!

At any wedding, next to the bride, bridesmaids get all the attention! I had the wonderful oppurtunity to be a bridesmaid at my childhood bestie Jenny's wedding back in '07. We've known each other since we were like SEVEN! It was a beautiful garden wedding and we girls had matching lilac bubble dresses, gorgeous bouquets and professionally done hair and makeup, courtesy of the beautiful bride. Truly an occasion to remember and cherish forever! Here's a scrap of this very memorable celebration. Alas, the bride is not in this photo as this was taken when we were preparing to walk down the aisle :(

A lilac and yellow themed layout. I used mainly prima flowers here and a huge Hambly doiley transparency which I fussy-cut. The only patterned paper here is a Prima Sparkling Spring 6x6 paper pad used a photo mat.
(PS: I'm the one on the far right heehee)

Prima flowers & pearls, liquid glue, peaarl string, Basic Grey Sweet Threads chip stickers, satin lilac ribbon; all overlaid on top of a fussy-cut Hambly doily transparency,

Love the Dusty Attic chipboard trim (underneath the flowers). Lace under the circular yellow shape is from Momoyo. Lotsa Sticklers glitter glue in Icicles. Buter flies are MS Royal Butterfly Punch.

Some Pink Paislee's Artisan resin elements here, misted in TA Glimmer Mist in Daisy Yellow. Tiny alphas are Glitz. Fancy chipboard trim from Dusty Attic.

I really enjoyed creating this because I get to go all super girly and flowery all the way without worrying about going OTT! Thanks for visiting! Have a lovely weekend ahead!

My First Craft Tag

I'm thrilled to share my first altered tag!

 

Materials used:

• Craft Tag: Ranger 5" manila tags
• Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angles Old Lace and Red Velvet
• Glimmer Glam: Tattered Angels Rustic
• Paint: Jo Sonja's Gold
• Liquid Pearls: Ranger Liquid Pearls Buttercup and Rouge
• Glitter Glue: Range Stickles in Xmas Red and Copper
• Stamp: Maya Road Clear Stamps
• Paper Flowers: Prima flowers painted with gold and glimmer glam with a Curio brad
• Butterfly raw chipboard
• Flourishes made from cream cardstock cut from Slice Dilly Dally
• Pom Pom red ribbon, cream lace ribbon and random leftover ribbons for the top tassle

Here are some close ups:

Memories from my First Job

I found a really old picture taken way back in 1999 when I was a fresh graduate just out of college and I can't resist working on it. The layout is inspired by the latest Sketch challenge on Stuck?! So this is really important to me as it will be my very first scrapbook layout challenge too!

The sketch from Stuck?!

What I used: Pattern paper and diecut elements from MME's Life Stories range. Tim Holtz flourish mask and Distress Ink , Prima flowers and lettering, Jo Sonjya acrylic paint in Olive and TA Glimmer Mist in Hula Hoop. Plus glitter glue and random beads, pearls and ribbon.



Butterflies, flowers, flourishes and lace ribbon works well with the whole vintage feel.



I created my own tag from some lefteover paper and decorated with the stencil mask and distress ink. Used beads as 'bullet points' to add some color. In retrospect I should have used brown ink instead of black for my journaling, would have looked less harsh.

 

Love the 'stamped' effect on the diecut elements. I got the cream lace ribbon from Papier at Curve.

I really enjoyed working on this as I discovered new techniques I haven't done before; combining acrylic paint with glimmer mist on raw chipboard. I also misted the flowers but it's not very obvious in the photos. What makes this special is that this is one of the first non-baby related layout I've done ever since I started scrapping hehehe :)





A Birthday Card for a Special Girl

Yesterday was one of my best childhood buddy's birthday. We caught up over the weekend and I gave her this lovingly hand-crafted card. It's fresh, pink and sweet with very feminine elements; perfectly suited to the sweet person she is :)

What I used: Prima flower and Prima papers from the Sparkling Spring line, glittery textured paper from My Mind's Eye Laundry Line, raw chipboard accents which I painted with acrylic paints, red gliter glue and crystal on the butterfly. I inked the paper and the yellow fabric trim with Tim Holtz's distress ink in Aged Mahagony and painted the white daisy trim with matching gold paint (Jo Sonja's acrylic paint) as per the chipboard flourishes.