When Lisa sent me an email to invite me to be Guest Blogger at Artistcellar, I was super duper excited. Weeks later, I received two awesome stencils - Roadmap and Square Rose. Here's my take one on a card and the other on a layout
For the layout, I started off with a Studio Calico paper, applied texture paste over the Roadmap stencil at different parts of the 12x12. I let it dry overnight and then misted with a couple of Dylusions (Lemon Zest/Pure Sunshine/London Blue/Crushed Grape) using the same stencil. I did a some flourish stamping from Stamper Anonymous stamp. I figured to bring out more of the Roadmap texture I applied Distress Ink Pumice Stone and Walnut Stain onto the The Crafters Workshop mini brick stencil. My tool for the inking is cosmetic sponge. There certainly was some cool effect with the inking that brought the Roadmap texture more prominently. I love the stencil to the last bit, awesome stuff from Artistcellar!
*Inspired by Let's Scrap card sketch 5-2-11
For the card, I did a simple misting of Dylusions Fresh Lime and Cut Grass over gorgeous Square Rose stencil. Then I topped it up with a stamp from Technique Tuesday.
* Inspired by Let's Scrap card sketch 9-15-10, DT work for Kaboodle Doodles
This card is also to link up at Kaboodle Doodle's - CW173 Anything Goes.This week do join us at Kaboodle Doodles as you might be the lucky winner of 8 images from Whoopsi Daisy
Hello Monday! This week at Kaboodle Doodle's challenge is Stripes and or Circles
This week do join at Kaboodle Doodles as you might be the lucky winner of
5 digis - QKR Stampede
Noteables : Studio Calico Bubbles mask, Heidi Swapp Gold mist, SRM stickers
Today at 365cards the challenge is to use a sticker to enhance an embellishment before adding it to your
card. What I did was to use the SRM flower sticker on a button. Some other ideas include to stick onto ribbon, button, chipboard. You have complete freedom
with this one. Do hop by 365cards and join us for the daily challenges.
Noteables : The Crafters Workshop Mini Branches Rev stencil, Dylusions Melted Chocolate, SRM stickers, button
Today is my turn to host a challenge at Let's Scrap for National Scrapbooking Month in May! My challenge to create a single page layout with these criteria:
- start off with just a non-white colored PLAIN cardstock (Black, kraft and color cardstocks are allowed) and must use only one of the options below from #1 - 4 to create the background or emblish
- 1. Combination ribbons/jute/twine
- 2. One or many designs of washi/paper tapes or alternatively use the tutorial by Sue Down to make your own tissue papertape.
- 3. Stencils with ink/mist/paint and/or pen work
- 4. Stamps and ink only
The examples to my challenge is pretty flat, so here goes :
#1 Say Cheese (NSD13#8, 12-19-12) : American Craft Jute, October Afternoon ribbon/lace/Alpha stickers
#2 Flour Power (NSD13#8, 2-2-12) : Layers of Washi tapes + yellow cardstock - MT/Classiky washi tapes & Lily Bee Designs ABC alpha stickers for title
#3 NATURE (NSD13#8, 2-15-12) : Ink sponging over stencils then added some doodling - Prima Birds & Script and TCW Chervon Stencils, Distress inks Tumbled Glass / Pine Needles / Walnut Stain, October Afternoon alpha stickers, cosmetic sponge to help with the ink blending
#4 REEL (NSD13#8, 10-17-12) : Stamp work on Bazzill Kraft 12x12, October Afternoon alpha stickers, Stampers Anonymous Nature's Discovery/Nature's Moments/Mixed Media, Bo Bunny stamp, Distress Inks Wild Honey/Barn Door/Walnut Stain/Pumice Stone/Tea Dye/Salted Ocean/Tumbled Glass/Chipped Sapphire/Forest Moss
Hop over to Let's Scrap and join us for the month of May full of NSD actitivies, challenges and fun!
*** #4 linking up to Simon Says Stamp and Show - inspired by Dina Wakley
Today at 365cards the challenge is to use an unusual item to decorate your card. It can be something to add a
pattern, color, or texture to your card or it can simply be a decorate
item that you want to add to your card. Basically what I did was to use my kids' blue watercolor and added onto the card. Something different from my usual mists. And yes, there were some of my smeared fingerprints onto the card, but it does look natural doesn't it :) Do hop by 365cards and join us for the daily challenges.
Noteables : The Crafters Workshop Mini Antiquities, Watercolor spray, SRM stickers
Here's my take on Let's Scrap DT work for 5-1-13. This is of the NEAT layouts, clean, no distress and inks on this page. Except the Sharpies that I used for journaling. That's about it. It's a lot of work to cut the papers and align them *** sweat ***. These photos were taken by YT at QVM, Melbourne. In my past posts, I did mention that they were meant to be for a collage but o well, I'm using them for my scrapbooking. Hope you like this neat take of mine. Do join us at Let's Scrap and rememeber to tag your creation as 5-1-13
Noteables : DCVW 12x12 CS, October Afternoon patterned papers, Farmhouse flower sack
A challenge indeed... especially it comes to flower, I refrained from using the usual silhouette flower stamps from Stamper Anonymous and decided to choose via patterned paper. I chose to work with Echo Park and a little October Afternoon and of course using that frames 12x12 is one of the biggest challenge. So, this is my take on Tiffany's challenge #160. And here's the outcome with the combination with the criteria below :
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A mixture of colored and black and white or sepia photos.
* Flowers(can be on the paper, embellishments, stickers or the photos themselves)
* Buttons
* Hand written journaling
Drop by and join us for the challenge, which would end this Thrusday 2May. Come join us at Let's Scrap for some serious fun!
Noteables : Teresa Collins Timeless Pink frames 12x12, Echo Park Victoria Garden, October Afternoon Woodland Park, Lily Bee Design Alpha stickers, Let's Scrap 10-21-09
Hello Monday! This week at Kaboodle Doodle's challenge is Use Brown and/or Tan. Do join at Kaboodle Doodles as you might be the lucky winner of
3 digis from Milk Coffee. Have fun!
Noteables : Technique Tuesday rubber stamp, SRM stickers
Here's my take for CSI case#68. A photo of #1 which I have always loved, this was taken when he's not even one year old! Now he's already almost 6! He's growing up too fast, like a fast train!!!
Evidences are as follows : clouds, circles, polka, stripes, small brads, stitching (faux on the cloud) with pen work. My testimony choices are choose a prompt from here that contains either a 3 or a 5 in the number & Inspiration Words: wise, whimsy, up--use these as inspiration for your journaling, not just as a title. My journal derives from prompt 35 - a book that you feel should be required reading for everyone? Write an essay persuading your audience to read this book. "The little prince had very different ideas about serious things from those of the grown-ups" & "Only children know what they are looking for". The little man silhouette is his inner voice. Representation by
the train on the washi with nuts and bolts prob mean he's driving me
nuts and up the walls for the time being, until one day I learn understand him better. I journalled a little, not an essay. Nonetheless that should mean a whole lot.
Noteables : OA
Boarding Pass Hong Kong 12x12 /ephemeras/stickers, 7Gypsies/MME Stella
Rose patterned papers, Fiskars cloud punch, MT washi tapes, Prima
vintage trinkets brads, Uniball Signo Medium Silver pen, Inspired by Let's Scrap card sketch 5-2-11
Also linking up :
* The Memory Nest Whimsical Wednesday 3
Today at 365cards we have a challenge on frames. What you need to do is to create a minimum of 2 frames on your card - you can incorporate them any way you wish. Here's my take. Do drop by 365cards and join us for the challenge today!
Noteables: Teresa Collins chipboard frame, MT slim cord washi tape, DRS stamp
This is the card that I did this week for Let's Scrap. I just love the Hero Arts lotus background stamp so I thought would be nice to use it as the background of this card. Do drop by and join us for the great fun Let's Scrap. Remember to tag your card as 4-24-13
Noteables : Hero Arts lotus background stamp, October Afternoon pp, Sentiment from Simon Says Stamp, Hero Arts Mid tone Royal Red/Field Greens, Versafine Onyx Black, The Twinery Peapod, Vellum
Hello Monday! This week at Kaboodle Doodle's challenge is Spring. A little sponging for the sky, stamped and embossed the bunch! Here's my simple card. This week do join at Kaboodle Doodles as you might be the lucky winner of $6 GC from Floppy Latte
Noteables : Stamps from Paper Impression/Amy Tan, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Embossing powder Green
Today the challenge at 365cards is Glitz Blitz. Create a super sparkly glittery card - the more glitz, the better! I have this glitzy paper in my stash from MME Lost and Found Christmas paper and it's just very suitable for this theme. I just popped an OA sticker onto it and tada! Do join us at 365cards and have fun!
Here's my take on CSI case #67. I have on the layout all 5 colors. The evidences for this challenge that I have on my layout are : punctuation as accents, stars, accents from the picture--robot, car, plane,bicycle, clouds, use pen and outline elements with pen. My testimony is based on handwrite your journaling, write a random collection of facts about your topics and Inspiration Words: think, chaos, question-- use these as inspiration for journaling, not just as a title. As #1 would say Think? when he hits a roadblock. I would say, Moments of creativity, moments of frustrations with your robots and little fingers that sometimes don't work together. You turned angry and upset. Most of the time with tears. I wish you'd be more patient, think during chaotic episodes which you encounter with your toys and ask how. It's okay, no one is perfect
Noteables : All products from October Afternoon, American crafts jute, Sharpies
The challenge this round at Let's Scrap is hosted by Eniko. Her challenge basically is do something that's not your usual style. I dug up a photo from CNY 2 years go, taken with my mum and the boys. My take this round is ephemera style. There is actually minimal inking on this page, the papers were already prettily inked as they were, except for the biggest die cut piece, I had used baby wipes to distress the edges and then inked with walnut stain. The rest was mixed and match and layered over the page. Do join us for this challenge at Let's Scrap and remember to tag sketch that you use for this challenge!
Noteables : 12x12 Glitz Scarlett Stripe, Graphic45 die cuts, Distress ink walnut Stain, Jenni Bowlin Fountain Pen, Maya Road alpha chipboard, emblishments from Beadspin, Let's Scrap card sketch 2-2-12
This week theme at 365cards - "Fractured". Wonder what is it? Simple, you need to include a partial image (no more than half) of a stamp on you card. Here's something clean and simple. The stamp work is actually the Unity stamp of Xmas tree on the background. Can you spot one of the stamped image is not more than half the stamp? This is a quick card with the strip of MT washi tape and OA rubons. These work like wonders! Do take time and join in the challenge at 365cards!
Here's the last layout for current DT term at Let's Scrap. These photos again are from Queen Victoria Market Melbourne, dated Nov 2006. Though this look clean and simple, it did take me 2hrs to assemble this, me for being a slow scrapper! Do join us for this last sketch at Let's Scrap and remember to tag it as 4-10-13. See you around!
Noteables : 12x12 DCVW cardstock, Studio Calico, October Afternoon Farm Girl stickers / Boarding Pass journal bits/ alpha stickers / buttons / border from Fly a Kite
Here's my take on this week's CSI case #66. The colors reminded me of Chloe, our first black cocker spaniel who owns a bright red leash and collar. Here's a little tribute page for her. My evidences include arrow, flair, check pattern, bow, hearts and drawing/doodling. Testimony includes document something about a pet and handwrite your journaling, using inspiration Words: manic, point, owner-- use these as inspiration for your journaling, not just as a title
Noteables : Stencils : Prima masks/Dylusions/TCW, Mists : Dylusion Poxtboxed Red/Black MArble, OA Tintype/Redwagon, Prima flowers resist canvas, Textured paste, Distress stain Brushed Pewter, Flair from Badges Folie, Sharpie White marker, Maya Road alpha chipboard
The challenge at 365cards
this week is to use a sponging technique and an embossing technique to decorate your card. I did first layer of stamping with no embossing, and sponged all over the card and over the watermark with distress ink. Then I did another layer of floral stamp and emboss it with red embossing powder. Join us at
365cards for all the fun!
Noteables : Paper Impressions floral stamps, Embossing ink pad, Distress ink Pine Needles, Versafine Onyx Black, American Craft Embossing Powder Red, Hero Arts sentiment stamp,
Here are some busy textures from the fresh produce! Yup, more photos from Queens Market! I still have some photos and it does seems like there'll be market layouts through this few weeks! Here's my take on Skissedilla Sketch204. I had started off with misting on the white cardstock. The cardstock kind of warp after heating with heat gun so I placed it under stack of books to make it flatter before heading on for lots of ink blending and stamping work tonight. I am very happy with the outcome!
Noteables : 12x12 Bazzil Textured White cardstock, Dylusions London Blue/Postboxed Red/Cut Grass/Fresh Lime, Stamps from Stamper Anonymous/Kaisercraft/Hero Arts/Impression Obsessions/Prima, TCW Mini bricks stencil, Distress Inks Tea Dye/Pumice Stone/Walnut Stain, Versafine Onyx Black, Ink Blending tool
