Satw Nov 2015 challenge

Ok.. I'm getting a bit addicted to challenges. It gives me a structure to plan my layout. Mixed media can be so limitless that I get a little lost. So, I was actually eagerly waiting for November to come so that I can see what is the new challenge :)

There is it.

Scrap Around the World November challenge

When I saw the header "The most wonderful time of the year", immediately I thought about birthdays. You see, my 3 girls' birthday are all in November. all 3 of them within 10 days apart of each other. Some call it "good planning", I call it 'stress'. November has become a busy time for me as I start preparing for their birthdays and buying presents for them.

To add a little more to the 'history' of the layout, my hubby once again commented that I scrap single photos. 

What's a better opportunity to do a multiple photo layout than this challenge? It's almost brainless!

I took their individual photos with their cakes from last year :)

The main colours of the challenge is white, light blue with a pop of red. I tried my best to keep to that :)

The "birthday wishes" chipboard were from an Etsy Store "jittobearco". The long flower chipboard is from 2crafy.

I sprayed some blue on the background, before placing my doilies. A large 1 and 2-halves of a small doily. I painted white + iridescent medium on the flower chipboard to give it shine, before dabbing modeling paste on it for relief. Then I painted it white again.

I also dripped white paint on the top & bottom. I was imagining icicles (from snow) but it also looks like cream from their birthday cakes! :)

Light blue buntings & cord for the celebratory mood and some embellishments.

I really had fun doing this.

I love my kids and each of them are so different. They are the reason why I scrap.

Some closeup below.

Please feel free to leave me some comments for improvement!

Have a great November :)

13arts challenge #35 - summer dreams

This layout is very simple, but I'm very proud of it. 

I was in Italy with another couple friends and we were goofing around our homestay residence just before dinner. Yet another beautiful memory.

Here is the moodboard by 13arts

and  the challenge rules

Rules for Challenge # 35

1. Create a mixed-media project based on our moodboard above.

2. Publish your project on your blog and add link directly to the post using Inlinkz tool at the right side bar.

3. Please add a link and info about our challenge, where your work is published.

4. You may submit as many entries as you like. 

5. You can enter your project with a maximum of 2 other challenges and your work must be new, not published before our challenge has started. 

6. The challenge ends on 25th of October. Winners will be announced on 29th of October.7. You do not have to use 13 @ rts products in your project.

Below is my interpretation of the moodboard

The chipboard is from JittobearCo, an Etsy store which I coloured with gelato.

I used papers from "Mental Vacation" by Jelissa Mei (sold by 13arts).

I used the same stencil but with different mediums to create a different effect.

As you can see, it's really a simple layout. :)

13arts challenge #35

I'm joining 13arts challenge for the 1st time, because I was inspired by the moodboard.

Recently I was musing on my holidays in Japan. Japan has a special place in my heart because it had a significant moment in my history. 

Here are the details of the challenge:

and the challenge rules found on 13arts:

Rules for Challenge # 35

1. Create a mixed-media project based on our moodboard above.

2. Publish your project on your blog and add link directly to the post using Inlinkz tool at the right side bar.

3. Please add a link and info about our challenge, where your work is published.

4. You may submit as many entries as you like. 

5. You can enter your project with a maximum of 2 other challenges and your work must be new, not published before our challenge has started. 

6. The challenge ends on 25th of October. Winners will be announced on 29th of October.7. You do not have to use 13 @ rts products in your project.

and my take on it.

My photo-mat-frame is from an Etsy shop Jittobearco. I've actually used quite a number of their chipboards. The hotair balloon & clock chipboards are from 2craft :)

I used mists for the background and gelato for the chipboards and also a little of silk glaze.

For texture, I used sandgrit from 13arts.

I found the Ayeeda gold paint very fun to use and I used it to give that golden autumn-y feel.

Below are some close-up :)

SATW Oct 2015 challenge

Is it October already?

Time has flown by. I was really inspired by this month's challenge, so despite my busy schedule, I've decided to have some fun and to add a little colour to my house. Here's link to the Scrap Around the World October 2015 challenge & its rules.

This is the October mood board.

I'm always thankful for my wonderful hubby who is also a great daddy to my kids :-)

The chipboard are from an Etsy store Jittobear. 

Here's what I did

1. Black-gesso my cardstock.

2. I used a 6x6 stencil & gelato for the colours. 

3. Then I reversed the stencil and stamped it for my balancing cluster.

4. I put a little modeling on a stencil  ontop of the coloured flowers.

5. added sand-grit and green crushed glass glitter and pink distress glitter

6. I used colourarte silk glaze for my title-piece, then applied some crackle paint.

6.I used blue colourarte silk glaze for the blue photoframe and sprayed some mist to have some colour variation

7. I found a little hanging trinklet perfect for my cluster. I couldn't be happier :-)

8. flicked a little yellow paint on the background.

for the mounting,

8. I used a Martha Stewart punch to punch out a 12x12 flowery pattern from white cardstock which I then coloured with gelato

9. applied distressed ink on (yet) another sheet of white card stock then i stacked everything together. 

I like this part best :-)

Bookmarks

Here are some simple bookmarks for my girls' teachers.

SATW challenge Jul 2015

This is my first time entering a challenge over at Scrap Around the World and I am really excited.

Here is the moodboard for July 2015

and here is my take on it.

My eldest daughter learnt to cycle this summer (although there is technically no summer season here in SG) and she has been cycling everyday ever since. We lived next to a park and hence she has got ample space and time to practice and she has started to do stuff eg stand while cycling. This is an everyday routine in the evening just before dinner.

The colours were used to depict the time of day & location.

I used gelato for the background and sprinkled water on it. The droplets of water created a very subtle lightening effect, coupled with the white & yellow mist sprinkles.

There are "leaves on the pathway" as shown in the background (with stamps and emboss) followed by my paper layer. Trees & flowers (sparkles) & grass (glass glitter, mica flakes) to depict the environment. 

I misted the title with light blue and used a white-on-white emboss.

I had fun creating this and look forward to more challenges! :-)

Practically perfect

it has been a while since I had the mojo to scrap. Recently I purchased some chipboard from JittobearCo and with it, came new inspiration. the chipboard used were practically perfect & chicken wire.

What I did

1. clear gesso on solid blue paper

2. random stamping of the flower stamp and using clear emboss for "resist" effect

3. I then used Silver gelato on the stamping to 

   a. bring out the flower stamps

   b. lighten the intensity of the blue paper

4. arrange the different layer of paper

5. Gesso the edges to 'blend' in the paper. I also used dimensional paste with some blue ink to have some colour

6. Then I arranged the photos and used some Heddi Swap water-colour embellishments. (what I really like about HS water-colour embellishments is that I'm totally free to colour them as I like. perfect for mixed media work)

7. Finally, I embossed the title with bright yellow as I needed it to stand out among the whites & blues. I also deliberately used a light-blue for the photo mat, so the photo would stand out, without the mat fighting for any attention.

I really like this piece :)

HOME Made love

I completed this just before going to the hospital and after 4 days of brainstorming. 

that year, I made flowers for teachers' day using 3-d punches, straws, wires & papers. lots of work and lots of fun.. and I wanted to remember this effort of mine! in a layout..

here's what I did..

1.I used different shades of green paper and did a paper mache as the first layer. I sprayed some brown mists, added more gesso, more paper mache & some red mists too.. 

2. then I used a brick stencil.

3. I used ice-cream sticks to create the frame as I didn't have pretty chipboard frames. *cheapo*

4. initially, my photos were 100% coloured. however, no matter what i did for the layout, it looked weird and I finally decided to go for grayscale and it worked out fine. (i'm beginning to see a reason)

5. I altered the rose blooms using gesso to achieve the colour scheme I wanted. It was very fun and rewarding to it taking shape.I'm also beginning to see how others are able to achieve certain MM effects. 

6. I altered multi-colour mulberry leaves to green.

7.I dry-brushed small flowers to gesso to tone down its brightness.

8. ( altered my letterings too. as i didn't have it in the colour I wanted. 

then I assembled it altogether.

wasn't too bad .... :)

please feel free to leave your comments.

have a great day!

pink harmony

it was Racial Harmony Day and my girls were dressed up for the occasion.

not so obvious, I used matte-gel to adhere white tissue to form the background, with brown stenciling. with the same stencil, i did some pink embossing as well. 

I altered some chipboard using gesso, versa pink ink and gold emboss.

the Heart chipboard was coloured using gelatos.

taking a break from mixed-media - happy baby

my little one was going through the photos/video in my phone and she was watching a video of herself crawling at 9 months. 

looking through those photos just prompted me to quickly download them and do a quick layout. 

my most cheerful, photogenic baby... such a joy to behold...

I used MS doily maker for the centerpiece and lightly inked it. it's a good buy :-)

from another angle

i like this photo a lot and thought that I would do another take on this. 

I used gelatos to have the green background. 

I have quite a fair bit of green stuff, so I thought i could make use of them, ribbons, washi, buttons.

I"m beginning to like mixed media a lot.... :)