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

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!

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

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 :)