Thrusday's Up - Thinking in 3s

Hello Thrusday! This week's challenge at 365cards is to think in 3s. You need to use three of each of these three items on your card:
*3 buttons
*3 blossoms
*3 pieces of ribbon
Here's my take, a CLEAN  kiddy card. Do join us and have fun at 365cards!

Noteables : Scrap papers/buttons from my stash, Blossoms from Simonsaysstamps, Stickers from SRM/October Afternoon, Ribbons from Daiso, Retrosketch #46

Let's Scrap Monochromatic

This is for challenge#153 at Let's Scrap by Kristine :
- Keep your project monochromatic, whether you use cardstock or patterned paper or both. 

- Add ONE punch of additional colour (some bright yellow in the background of the photo and on the paper)

So this was the process in one night, no heat gun required :
1. Doilies from the baking supplies shop, inked, tore a little in the process.. so I left it as is. Then glued, Then I stamped the clock
2. Corner top with ADMIT ONE, was also torn, a couple of inks, glued, and stamped
3. 6x6 sheet (with the all teeth thickers), tore edges and ink ink ink, Then glued as 3rd layer
4. Photo mat, cut to size, inked and glued. Glued the photo
5. 2nd last bit the invoice is actually left over from some other projects. Tore the edges, crumpled the paper, inked, stamped and stick it on the layout.
6. Then the thickers for title.
 

This photo is from 2years ago, 26Dec2010.  Kid was in brown, so I chosed brown to work on. I had quite a hard time keeping mono color.. but I'm happy with the outcome of this layout. 
I LOVE THE MUD WORK :)

Noteables : 7Gypsies Postale/Lille 6x6 pp. DCVW textured cardstock, Distress ink Tea Dye/Walnut stain, Ink blending tool, all stamps from Stampers Anonymous, Thickers from American craft, Let's Scrap card sketch 7-15-09

Linking up: 
* Simon says stamp and show Lace Love 

Let's Scrap 1-16-13

This week on Let's Scrap is a card sketch. You may make a layout or a card with this sketch. Do join us at Let's Scrap and remember to tag your creation as 1-16-13. This card is for my one and only sibling, my older brother who's turning 37 this year. He sends me birthday card yearly so now that I'm making cards of my own, I'll make sure he gets at least one card from me once a year! :) Doesn't look like a birthday card eh? But anyway, this should be masculine enough for my brother. :)

If you are interested, read on a mini tutorial for the card texture. For some crazy reasons I keep odd sizes, tiny and narrow strips of scrap papers from past projects, waiting to be used. Anyway, now I found a good reason to use them, on my cards! One good reason is to create layers and texture, whichever deem fit.
1. I took some green strips of the papers and placed them randomly on the card just to gauge how the strips would look like. No real planning involved.
2. Then gesso-ed the white cardstock below and started pasting the strips of scraps and between the papers as they layer onto each other.
3. Gesso-ed the top layer and run the gesso with a plastic knife to make the diagonal lines
4. After the gesso is dried, I cut away the excess paper to make up to the card size. 
It's all ready for you to ink/mist and add whatever layers that you need to! 

Try it, it's pretty satisfying to me when I realised I used up quite a fair bit of odd scraps that I'm still wondering why I kept them in the 1st place & for months!


Noteables : Distress ink Salty Ocean, vellum, October Afternoon Mini Market alpha stickers/Sidewalks Miscellany, Maya Road kraft white frame, Strips of green scrap papers, white gesso

Monday Times! - CW154 Buttons

Hello Monday! This week at Kaboodle Doodles, we have sponsorship from Di's Digis. The theme this week is Buttons. Make sure you use buttons in your creation. Come join us and play along at Kaboodle Doodles and you might be the lucky winner of $10 voucher from Di's Digis

Notebales : 7Gypsies Postal 6x6, October Afternoon Fly A Kite wildcard / Farmhouse Flowersack, Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Bundled Sage, Buttons from October Afternoon/Fancy Pants, Artful Delight Card Sketch#19

Random Layout - CSI Case #54

  

Here's my 1st attempt on CSI Challenge. After seeing a couple of scrapper friends playing at CSI Challenge, I decided to give it a try. Oh boy it's tough cracking my head how to do this! I've never done this before, this is my 1st attempt on a sketch/color/recipe challenge. Hope it's considered close enough! :) 

Noteables : Echo Park For the Record 2 Handwritten 12x12, Prima Printery collection 6x6 pp,7 Gypsies Postale 6x6p.p.,  SEI Fair ticket, Kaisercraft Music Sheet stamp, Unity Itty Bitty/Webster's stamp The Little Things stacked teacups, Staz On Jet Black, Hero Arts Circle doodle stamp, Hero arts Mid Tone Red Royale, Distress ink Salty Ocean, Picket Fence Crackle Paint, Dylusions stencil Chequered Dots, Maya Road  Winter's Rosese Houndstooth Licorice/Alpha chipboard, American Craft Jute, 1" EK circle punch, CSI case#

Thrusday's Up! - Sharp

This week at 365cards theme on Thrusday is SHARP. What does this word mean to you? There is a whole lot of intepretation to this word. If you are up to it, join us with your card at 365cards. I had used the stamp from Stampers Anonymous calligraphy pen and also the sentiment from the same set of stamps. So what's your take?

Noteables :  My Mind's Eye On the Bright Side2 6x6pp, Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Classics, Staz-on Jet Black, Vellum, Sketch from Unscripted sketches

Linking up :
*  Unscripted sketches #192
*  Simon says stamps Black, white & splash of colour
* Runway Inspired Ric27 Cacharel

Let's Scrap 1-9-13

This is a layout for Let's Scrap. I took some one year old photos during our trip back to Penang last year, taken in aeroplane, Penang airport, my mum's and inlaw's home. There is misting and lots of stamping all over the pages. Oh yes, I kept the boarding pass from the trip and put them onto a cropped off beige shipping tag with some wacky inky red is actually from the leftover of this layout. Join us for the fun at Let's Scrap and don't forget to tag your as 1-9-13

Noteables : Bo Bunny DoubleDot Designs Kiwi Journal 12x12, Basic Grey Obscure 6x6, Studio Calico Mister Hueys Heirloom Blue/Letter Jacket Red, Distress inks Crushed Olive/Tea dye/Spiced Marmalade, Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Bitty Grunge/Going Somewhere stamp sets, Classiky Graffiti washi tape, American Crafts Jute, B42O Flap boards, Alphabet stencil