Bookmarks/tag

I decided to give some love to some of my lovely girl friends who has been such a great support.

just some simple tags/bookmarks for them :)

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!

March challenges - Bliss

I'm entering this layout for 2 challenges. 

@More than words &

@Blue fern studios

Having a boy after 3 girls is more than 'bliss' for me, it's a feeling of gratitude to God and contentment. However, having 4 kids is always quite a crazy busy time.

Here, I used clear gesso to prime the paper from the Blue Fern Studio's Autumn Anthology series, followed by some resist-stamping of sentiments in the background.  I also added some blue washi tape. I then used water-downed white gesso to paint over the washi tapes so that I can add more colours with gelatos.

I added some blue microsphere for texture and used red glass glitter for accent.

I added red flower stickers and flowers for the finishing touch.

I did some random stamping on the sentiment. Then I added blue paint & mist to water-downed white gesso

Red stickers sticking out, with red glass glitter and red roses.

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 :-)