Happy New Year 2010 !!!

A Video Poem to share .

Looking ahead to 2010 trends in scrapbooking

I think lace , doilies , swags , garlands , scallops, lots & lots of bling,

 lots more sophisticated florals & blooms ,

flourishes, vintage text & images will be here to stay for a little while.

Die cutting with machines - electronic or otherwise ,More handmaking our own embellies,

 Misting with new techniques will surely evolve

More texture , stamping , embossing too ...

just a litttle crystal ball gazing...

Ending the year with misting

This has been the definitive year of Facebooking & Misting & Masking away ,

at least for me ...

Catching Heidi Swapp on her first live webcast with tips for Glimmer Misting here:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/heidi-swapp-live

Thanks to a link that showed up on

my live newsfeed on FB .

Some great tips that we've caught so far on Heidi's live webcast :

shake mist bottle from side to side - not up & down ( to prevent nozzle blockage ! )

Use a brayer with a mask & mists ! very cool new technique for me !

Also , spraying a mask heavily with Glimmer Mist  & then stamping with it .

Fittingly, my last layout I created yesterday had to use some masking and misting -

which I decided on after adhering everything down !

I used a Webster's Pages Nature's Storybook cardstock leaf sticker as a mask here

and some of it landed on the butterflies for some nice glimmer sheen .

Happy ringing in 2010 , blogging friends !

Here's to more crafting fun next year !

Here's the video on Heidi Swapp's Glimmer misting magic :
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/3615677

The Scrappiest layout sketch 45

The last sketch for 2009 is up at the Scrappiest. 

Another chance to win the Dec prize

 if you send in your layouts created with any of the Dec sketches .

Also check out their layout sketch DT Call here.

Love these combo of papers - CC Nutmeg and Prima Bloomin Retro pps

together with these lovely late autumn in Japan pics by my friends.

Gave each of the maple leaves a different color stickle treatment . ;)

I hope everyone's recovering from the Christmas hols & feasting
& looking forward to counting down 2010 !

Family fun

My kids got together with 6 first cousins ( from one family ! ) before Christmas to have some fun together .

They had some nice park pics for me to scrap with now.

Using BG Origins pps & doilie , Carolee's Creations card & clear stickers ,

Sketch 104 by Sketch Inspiration 

Merry Christmas !

For Di Hickman's card sketch Dec #3

Supplies: Bo Bunny's St Nick pps , Brenda Walton's Evergreen Chipboard

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Little Shop of Sketches - sketch 62 - Christmas , the most wonderful time of the year

It's Christmas eve over here already in not so Sunny Singapore this morning .

The final sketch of the year is up over at the Little Shop of Sketches.

I definitely have a bumper crop of Christmas layouts this year

and even managed to capture some street lights and

a little of the wonderful street Christmas decor

 that we always have on our main shopping belt called Orchard Road . ;)

So once again , dear blogging friends ,

have a terrific( and safe !)  time

 on Christmas eve with family & friends !

 May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; 

the spirit of Christmas which is peace

 and the heart of Christmas which is love.

Peace on earth

As we all prep up for final 48 hours before Christmas , here's sending warm thoughts to all blogging friends

from Tropical Singapore! lol .
Layout here uses :
7 Gypsies Venice pps , Pink Paislee Mistletoe pp , FP Christmas magic journaling spot , CI diecut cardstock stickers , AC flair buttons , MS Garden Trellis deep edger punch , Sketch by Liz Qualman

The Scrappiest layout sketch 44

Check out the latest Scrappiest sketch here 

and all the fab DT egs.

Still continuing the festive mood around here.

Supplies " Bo Bunny St Nick & Tis the Season pps,

Autumn Leaves ribbon

K&CO Brenda Walton's Evergreen chipboard shapes

MS Loopy punch

Kenrokuen Garden

Our friends were in Japan in late autumn , & took lots of great pics to scrap !

This is one at Kenrokuen Garden , which is one of the top 3 gardens in Japan.

Used up more GCD Studios Artsy Urban here

Prima chipboard alphas

K&CO chipboard butterflies

Some misting with the maple leaves as masks
also used Stuck?!Sketches - Dec 15th sketch for inspo.

Little Shop of Sketches - sketch 61

All month over at Little Shop of Sketches the weekly sketches have a Christmas theme to them

if you're in the mood for all things festive right now.

I don't have a lot of Christmas pics to scrap usually

so I was thankful for these latest captures at Tokyo , Disney Sea,

where some of our oldest friends went for their latest vacay recently.

Journaling spots by Tanya Leigh Design.

Papers - Webster's Pages Wish Upon a Star, Home for the Holidays

Glimmer Mists - Candy Cane Red, English Ivy.

The Scrappiest layout sketch 43

Here is this week's fab sketch from the Scrappiest.

I used up some more DCWV Music Stack pps here

& lyrics from

"I want to know what love is "

Gotta love Mariah Carey's cover of it  !

Other supplies :

Photography by Metal_Minish

Pebbles Inc Chipboard

Adirondack's Metal Mixative - Gold

Prima Pebbles & Rajah Centers

Perfect Pearls

AC Thickers

Such Sweet Tierney buttons

If you feel inspired to try the sketch, email your LOs to thescrappiest@frontiernet.net 

and you'll be entered into the chance to win a great Pink Paislee prize pack this month.

Hint : Chances of winning a prize is much higher this month being a busy festive period .;) 

Di Hickman's card sketch Dec #2

Supply List: Bo Bunny's Tis The Season , 

Brenda Walton's Evergreen Dimensional Stickers ,

 Autumn Leaves' Jolly Holly ribbon 

Game boys ...

and their conversation piece ...

Newfound inspo found  this week here

- thru' these new Studio Calico Homefront line -

pps , diecut cardstock stickers

& fabRips - which I scrunched up for some texture

I misted in Avocado , Charcoal Maya Mists ;

Lemon Meringue , Khaki & Chocolate GM

around a circle template.

Used up some old  Fall Q&Co alpha brads,

old Prima daisies painted with my own Shimmerz type paint

I also used Sketch 100 from Sketch Inspiration ,

a newfound sketch challenge site .

Photography by Metal_Minish.

Such Sweet Tierney Buttons .

The Pink Ninjas- Prompt 28 - Elsie Inspiration

 this month our ninja star gloria wanted to go with an elsie inspired layout

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I found this Elsie page : 

& was inspired to create this , using pp from her Lola line :

used some masking tape to frame , chipboard & epoxy stickers , some doodling, painted edges

The Scrappiest layout sketch 28

The latest sketch #42 is up over at the Scrappiest.

Since i have a new DCWV stack on hand -
 this time a music themed one -

I just had to cut into it  .

Lots of glittery goodness as always on their papers.

Do hop over to check out the sketch &

all the DT inspiration 

and who knows you just might be the lucky winner

 of a great kit if you play along !

52sketches52weeks #49

 I seem to love using Webster's Pages with the sketches at 52sketches52weeks.

Love how this one turned out using the WP Nature's Storybook pps & cardstock stickers.

Created this circular frame using water distressing technique  -

after tearing back the paper around a circle, I wet the paper & moulded  the torn paper

 around a paint brush handle to get that rounded , dimensional look.

The rounded dimension remained even after the paper air dried out .

Did a little painting using Gold Perfect Pearl powder within that circular frame as well .

The use of the Prima Cadoobles here  was inspired by Gabrielle Pollaco .
I really like this rather unusual color combination  - violet, green , gold , brown ...

Di Hickman's card sketches - Dec #1

Supplies: Such Sweet Tierney Chipboard Buttons,

 Brenda Walton's Evergreen Snowflakes & Icon Chipboard, Bo Bunny's Tis the Season pps. 

Little Shop of Sketches - sketch 59

Here's Sketch 59 up over at The Little Shop of Sketches 

I used some GCD Studios' Artsy Urban embellishments - clip , glittered borders , clear embellishments ;

with MME's Life Stories' pps/kraft cardstock here & love the result.

Did a little misting on these papers - just couldnt resist adding some color & sparkle !

Love the MAMBI puffy metallic flourishes here too used with some K&CO chipboard , Prima rajah center