She grows

This collage of photos are of my 3rd child. This is her last year in Kindergarten and she moves on to Primary school next year. 

I almost thought she was my last baby until I had #4. so, in a way, she has a special place in my heart too.

Here, I did some clear emboss followed by some white misting. 

I used the tip of the dark blue mist to draw circles.

I've cut up a chipboard from 2Crafty and used it the embellishment

The coloured paper was layered on top of white cardstock.

As I've decided to keep the colours to blue/white, I've used 3 different colours gelato and blended them

Clear emboss with white misting

M loving it

I've been scrapping, but have not been posting. Somehow I put it into its sleeves faster than I post it. :)

This picture was taken during a recent holiday trip to NZ. We went to Mt Ruapehu, Okahune for a snow trip. The kids wanted to see snow. We were taking a little break in the cafe from the cold.

it's a little fussy with lots of things going on, but that's how motherhood is. but I'm content and happy to be in this season. There will be other things to do, when this season is over.

Ephemera & paper from PinkPaislee "oh my heart" collection

Here I've used a stencil and gelatos to create a sakura/flower background. 

Using another circle stencil, I used mist as paints to get the sky effect.

I used modeling paste to create grass and glued some glittered/beads for a more 3d effect. I've also embossed a big flower chip board with smaller flowers.

Perfect

I have been scrapping, but have not been publishing. :)

Here's 1 that I've done recently.

I've used Prima's Opal Magic for the background. It's quite an exciting medium to use and I am very amazed and pleased with the effect. 

some little details...

4 big flowers and 2 small little flowers...

I've learnt to emboss with different colours and it's really nice. gives a lot of different dimensions to a simple chipboard.

The chipboard frame was from an ezty shop jittobearco.

I love to layer, but I'm not a huge fan of too much layering. I tend to the "less is more" style. (I hope).

Love

My Hubby saw my previous layout and complained that he was neglects vis-a-vis my son! haha... so I decided to do a layout of him and me. Except that it's so hard to find a decent photo. Nonetheless, I found one.

I took this during one of our lunches together.

Hubs works quite close to home, so sometimes he would drive home for lunch, impromptu. We went out for lunch and a coffee together. It's a little time together in the midst of our busy schedule.

For this layout, I started with white cardstock.

I put white gesso on it.

Sprayed mist on it, 3 colours. Dark red, pink and a light tinge of orange

Then I mixed some modelling paste with 13@arts red Ayeeda paint and put it through a stencil.

(I initially wanted to do a whole page, but since the stencil was only 6 * 9inches, I ended up with this pattern, which I thought was better than thought).

I then used gelato, 3 greens to create the green background. I smudged the ends. That's it for my background.

I used the sentiment from 2crafy, with some flowers from Prima, die-cut borders and some bling. and it's done. 

Some close-ups below

Please do leave some comments and feedback! Thanks!

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.... :)

First b&w layout

I have been wanting to try using a black & white photo and I took this "perfect" picture last Friday.

Paper: DCWM

With Gelato, I doodled in dark blue & light blue, then used a brush to blend up the colours

Randomly, I used a palette knife to spread texture paste around...

For contrast, I used Tattered Angels "Coffee shop" mist and allowed the excess to flow around..

then I sprinkled Mr Huey's yellow (I asked my younger girl to help me here :P)

for the photo mat, I used a MS Round-the-corner punch to create 2 mats and put it diagonally to follow the flow. I used VersaCraft blue to colour it

then I embellished accordingly.... 

I'm not really sure if the cloud&rainbow really fits in the picture but it will do for now. until I get better and have more inspiration :-)

November fun

November is always a special time of busyness for me.

I celebrate the birthdays of my 3 girls and there are a lot of excitement and anticipation after watching their friends celebrate their birthdays before them.

This year, I decided to indulge them with their favourite wants. Frozen stuff for #2, #3 and football jersey for my eldest...

Now for the layout... :-)

I used paper from Heidi Swap and applied clear gesso. (I seem to like clear gesso more than white). I embossed randomly with a leaf stamp. I also sprinkled some mists.

I used a vintage metal heart shape from Daiso and some chipboard flourishes. a fairly simple layout.

mixed media venture

after I attended my first mixed media (MM) layout class with MWL, I decided to try it out. I had to prepare an anniversary present for a friend who is celebrating her 10th anniversary milestone as well as 1year bday of her 3rd kid. I've decided to do 2 layouts. but here's the first one.

i need to mount this on a 12x12 (like a mat) but otherwise it is completed.

I used Prima Bloom spray to make the 'cross', layered it with paper& paper strips, embellished it with some wood veneers & flairs.

I used gelatos to create the starburst effect.

for the 'frame' on the paper, I ramdomly stamped with brown ink, and I also used UT (Ultra thick powder) for the 2nd layer. since UT is transparent, I mixed with copper fine embossing powder to have colour.

it didn't turn out so bad. I'm pretty pleased with it, but it is a far cry from those 'expert' work.

MM is actually quite fun and there are a lot of possibilities, much more than with simply paper, in my opinion. Right now, I can't decide if die-cutting is a bigger investment or MM, or which has a better ROI. I suppose it is just a different style and really depends on which is your style.

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 :)

We love you daddy

I was/am very inspired by one of the layout done by Jelibeanz and I tried a bit to layer my photo with flowers. turned out to be quite simple.

Once again, I used my white felt lettering and inked it with my red Versa and I had beautiful lettering red lettering :-)

I also used my new EK <3 stamps and embossed it. However, the effect of red ink with clear emboss wasn't striking enough. I have since bought red emboss powder to use with my red ink. :-)

Childhood friends

I wanted to do a black & white theme but I really didn't know how and where to start.

After some searching on the internet for ideas, I have finally decided on a black & yellow theme instead.

I'm still quite far from my desired standard of layering but I'm working on it. Think I will have to attend some class sooner rather than later.

1. I used a stencil, neon yellow ink for the background yellow dots

2. string & yellow stickers for the top banner, which small boy/girl punch out.

3. my lettering was white felt, which I then sprayed with Mr Huey's yellow mist to stick to my colour theme.

4. Black & white washi tape interlaced with string

5. cutsie post-it stickers for the "little men" running

6. Feckle Fawn Enamel dew drop stickers.

7. brad with a chipboard tag

I love to play

Fefe loves to pose!

Daddy took these pictures and I couldn't resist but to scrap it. :)

1. Papers from DCWV Modern Meadows collection. Solid background colour also from DCWV.

2. I used thin, transculent paper bought from Daiso. 

3. I wanted the floral print but it was too distracting so I layered it the transculent paper. 

4. Simple embellishments to keep the focus on Fefe !

My first scrapbook challenge

I don't think I will win but I was going to create this layout anyway,  so might as well just submit it.
I'd never know. :-)

How to survive a plane ride

Using those little alpha stamps which I bought.

I didn't think too much about it and was even attempted to sell/give it away until I kinda understood its usage.

See,  I am usually a late adopter of whatever-it-may-be. :-)

So very precious

This is a fairly simple layout.

I love this photo so much that I printed a duplicate without knowing. Instead of junking it, I decided to emphasise it.

I used 2 duplicate Webster papers (which came in the Nov warehouse sale kit). I cut out flowers from the 2nd piece and popped them up. It's to give the "duplicate" effect.

I also destressed the edges so it wouldn't be so sharp.