stamps

I bought this set  of stamps from someone else' stash and it must be one of the best addition to my collection.

As my kids love to play and I have lots of photos, it really enabled the journaling  process. 

really happy with my purchase :-)

good times - leg0 exhibition

this photo was taken almost 2 years back when we went for the Leg0 exhibition. The kids were standing over the air duct in the shop and immediately their imagination took to flight.

I remember this day because we had lots of fun. 

I haven't layered paper in a long while and wanted to do it. However, it wasn't as complicated as I would like it to be.

I used Project life cards for sentiments.

Cut out green velium to overlay, followed with an embossed heart & a brad and cut washi tape into an arrow to bring focus to the sentiment "good times".

I made 3 layouts instead of using Project Life, since Hubs commented that my layout consisted mainly of single photos. 

for the first 2 layout, I used printed paper for photo mats. it adds colour to a otherwise plain black or blue background. I used orange distress ink to bring out the photo mats from its blue background. quite happy with the effects.

with the first layout, I used paper punches to bring even more dimensions & textures.

This layout was done a long time ago, when I first started out. hopefully my skills has gotten better with practice. :-)

Kids wanna have fun

I finally used the Mambi Kit given to me by my friend a long time ago. "Kids wanna have fun".

I used a background from DCWV Modern Meadow Stack, with some japanese origami papers for the layering behind the photos.

I altered a chipboard sun/flower. I embossed the outside with yellow. for the middle, I used red Versacraft and then embossed it with gold glitter.

All the accents & sentiments comes from the Mambi kit, except for the 'grass' at the bottom. Those are die-cuts I bought from the store.

I used good, old cotton wool for clouds & a bird brad. I folded the corner down and used sky-blue versacraft ink to colour both the white background and the white card-stock I've sticked behind it.

As for the little banner behind the word "kids", I used the banner chipboard that came with the kit. I traced it onto paper, cut it, and inked it with purple versacraft ink (again).

One thing I discovered:

1. I like DCWV paper pads

2. I like versacraft pigment inks, compared to distress inks. I believe it has to do with the range of colours available. Somehow with distress inks, not only are they expensive but there is a limited range of colours.

3. Paper layering is a great way to give depth to a project.

4. Chipboards! super fun. will start buying/hoarding them :)