ICSketches #81

ICS#81 is up and running.

My supplies : WRMK Retro Glam pps , Vintage Blue cardstock sticker,

Cuttlebug embossing folder . 

Our sponsor this week is Paper Romance.

 Up for grabs is a $5.00 Gift Voucher.

Bo Bunny Learning Curve cards / Teacher Appreciation Day !

Some quick cards that I managed to make with the

 new Bo Bunny Learning Curve pps that arrived here last week. 

Vintage cardstock image stickers are by Crafty Little Secrets . 

Here in Singapore , we celebrate Teacher's Day today in schools 

& Sept 1 is a holiday for teachers ( & the rest of the school !) ;) 

Happy Teacher's Day to all educators ! 

It's the difference one life can make on classes & classes of students , 

year after year, 

the power of one life to influence generations ! 

Thank you, teachers,  for the work that you choose to do . 

Random's the style around here for now .

A quick layout with the new 

Crate Paper School Spirit papers 

to meet the Crate Paper Sketch challenge deadline . 

Here's the sketch that was provided with the challenge . 

 DD & her netball team mates spent a few hours one afternoon recently

 helping out at a Handicapped Welfare Home and at the end of the day ,

 after serving the community they got to experience

 Wheelchair Basketball for the first time !

I simpy used pics from the event to capture a good memory . 

The clock, pencil & book dimensional stickers are from the 

Bo Bunny Learning curve line. 

Little Shop of Sketches #69

Here's a rather random type of sketch this week

up over at the Little Shop of Sketches . 

And fortunately for me , DD & netball mates -

just took some  pics of themselves in school - trying to form a rainbow -

since they had all randomly chosen their T-shirt colors that particular training day . 

Pics were taken with an iphone - so pardon the quality . 

I was also inspired to cut into my Echo Park Paper prize - 

a Walk in the Park paper kit  for this . 

A little bit of misting to tone the bright yellow 

and some black ruffled 7 Gypsies fabric tape 

to provide an anchor to the design . 

ICSketches #80

My card for ICS#80 this week .

I used a glittered white cardstock base which I

cuttlebug embossed with one of my all time fave folders . 

When in doubt ,( as with layouts too ) 

always use white or off white as a starting point . 

Other good alternatives - kraft , black .

I have basically followed the sketch closely here 

but scaled it for a rectangular card instead of a square one. 

Sentiment is a clear stamp by Techniques Tuesday ,

layered unto a punched circle which was inked. 

Can't go wrong using a border punch these days either ! 

Other go to ways  of embellishing cards - 

use flowers , ribbons , buttons , bling ( or brads ) 

in coordinating colors as the patterned papers .;) 

Prima Paisley Rd cards

Hey blogging friends , 

trust your week is off to a great start or will be !  

Here are some new Prima Paisley Rd 

cards to brighten up your screen 

for a change ! ;)  

This Best Wishes card uses entirely 

papers from the Paisley Road line , including the square card base. 

There's also a glittered chipboard journaling spot & bling pebbles from the collection.

These two Thank you cards following are made up from scraps .

I think this is one line that I could use almost every scrap up 

on cards  and I never thought much of them at all when I saw the sneak peek for CHA ! 

I am thinking that I might buy another round of this line to make layouts now .

I never got a chance to make a layout yet , I just can't stop making cards for now .;) 

Inspite of its rather Bollywood inspired name for this line , 

I certainly wasn't thinking Indian influenced at all. 

Just very happy colors for me & great floral & swirl patterns.

SRM Stickers Card sketch challenge

SRM Stickers is hosting a card challenge on their blog 

and I found time today to play along . 

using the new Prima Fairy Flora pps 

and all new Prima blossoms, Clementine Olivia ribbon . 

I really am enjoying the new Prima Fairy Floral 

and even more the Paisley Road line for cards  so far.  

Will post up more as I take pics of them. 

CCG#156

Lots of new arrivals on our sunny shores this week - 

New Cosmo Cricket, Prima , Maya Road !!

I thought I'd challenge myself buying a little Cosmo Togetherness & Pixielicious pps -

thinking I might put them to use on cards if I fail to make any layouts with them.:) 

 I surprised even myself that I was able to cut into the 

CC Togetherness pps quickly today -

all thanks to the latest Color Combos Galore Challenge #156. 

I misted over a new Prima splatter mask -

using Maya Rd Lemon MetallicMist , 

Candy Red Apple , Electric Blue & Black Magic GM.

There is an oppsie at the top left corner where the Candy Red Apple 

interacted with the blue mist & out came purple ! 

Couldn't resist putting some Maya Road doily transparencies to use here - 

this doily trend comes in all forms & colors , huh ? 

from my old stash : 

Doodlebug yellow frills paper ribbon ,

Scenic route paper strip - good times,

AC thickers.

Happy Mail Day ! World Cup , YOG ...

Helen's very sweet  World Cup RAK arrived at 7 pm 

our Monday evening !

Long awaited by my kids for the vuvuzela 

& all the sweeties !!! 

Fortunately none of my neighbours complained 

about any additional noise coming from our home that evening 

as the kids took turns to blast away . lol . 

Alas , World Cup is a rather distant memory for us here ,

as Singapore hosts the inaugural Youth Olympics, underway now until Aug 26th ! 

Here's a layout I created ,acknowledging the YOG spirit . 

Inspired by the Color Room Palette #19. 

Pics taken at one of our airport terminals - 

there's lots of activities around our island celebrating the YOG ,

including this mini bungee jump . 

Helen included some of her own crochet flowers in her World Cup RAK 

& I put quickly put some to work here : 

Thanks much , hun !!! 

really sweet these flowers are ! 

almost makes me want to take up crochet now ! ;) 

ICSketches #79

My card this week for ICS #79.

Supplies : WRMP Retro Glam pps , MM brads, 

ATD chipboard sentiment,

Doily by Pretties etc 

Our lovely sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs.

This weeks prize is 4 free digi images of the winner

choice. All you have to do is create something

using the sketch. Then link us up using Mr.

Linky here.

Little Shop of Sketches - sketch 68

Here's the latest sketch up over at 

the Little Shop of Sketches.

Our sketches will be in color from now on - what fun ! 

& my take using the IOD Loolah line .

Love all the die cuts in this line .

I've used an MM Metal Vintage embellie for the title ,

some Prima felt & a coupla rosebuds, JB butterfly stickers 

& this layout came quickly together .;)

Starting September there will be prizes up for grabs

(including a prize sponsored by me - I promise you , you will like it ! ) 

 so get scrapping with Little Shop’s sketches and email to  

littleshopofsketches@xtra.co.nz

and you can also find us on Facebook!

playing with mediums

I liked this trendy sketch posted over at 

YSS' blog by DT member Valerie Bishop.

and was inspired to use some mediums with it . 

There 's TA's Glimmer Glaze , Glimmer Glam and even Shimmerz Choc Blingz. 

& misting in Tattered Leather glimmer mist over my current fave lace runner .;) 

Other supplies : SF Indie Girl pp & banner stickers, BG doily ribbon . 

MME Lost & Found

Cutting into some new MME Lost & Found -

picked up some Union Square & Market Street pps today - 

 & certainly found some lost mojo for scrapping .

Love the fine red glitter on their papers & embellies ! 

The online pics of this entire release simply 

do not do justice to the actual beauty of the individual papers .

Much better appreciated in person for sure ! 

I recently found a cheap lace runner

 to mist over and just had to try it out here. 

I used Tattered Leather & Brick glimmer mists to match the colors 

of the papers . 

Gotta love the variation of textures here from 

just one little part of the lace ! 

I also misted the black cardstock for a photo mat, 

with Dazzling Diamonds & Snow Angel ,

& then splattered some runny white paint for effect.

Layout Design is inspired by Stuck?! Sketches' - bonus sketch 1. 

Twisted Cards #019

My card for this week's challenge over at Twisted Card sketches -

This week's twist is "Stripe" - any how, any way!     

Chipboard Sentiment by Momenta,

Ki Memories' Flourish papers

I tried out making my own air-dry lightweight clay embellishments 

after watching Lucy Edson's tutorial here. 

I have to say that the Shimmerz Blingz paint 

was the best medium to use on 

this kind of clay after trying out a variety .

The shimmerz & blingz really do come through really well..

While the supplies were out , I made another card 

using Twisted Card Sketch #018. 

The hot pink tissue rosettes here 

are by Chelley Bean Designs ( on etsy) 

I used Apricot Chalkboard glimmer mist  on the center rosette 

and added a little rosebud center on another . 

ICSketches #78

My card for ICS #78 this week.

Check out all the DT inspo here.

Supplies : WRMK Retro Glam pps , Prima florals , Sentiment by Flavia

This week's prize is a GBP10.00 GC to Bunny Zoe Craft's online store. ;)

Butterfly kisses

Trying out a soft color palette for a change 

with these lovely Shabby Green Door 

On the wings of a dream pps. 

It seems the only way I can get a nice bow going is with some 

crinkled ribbon .;) 

it's very forgiving  quite unlike using a satin or grosgrain ribbon.

Another go with the ruffled ribbon border here too . 

The sentiment is a K&Co dimensional chipboard sticker . 

Hope your week is off to a great scrappy / crafty start ! 

Mine sure is after finding out I'm one of three winners 

over at Echo Park Paper's "Life is Good" Facebook contest.;) 

Do post away your "Happy Halloween" creations 

over at Echo Park's FB page

& you just might be a winner  too ! 

They will pick 3 more winners this week .;) 

Mod Podge Resist background

I just got hold of some TA Glimmer Glaze, Glimmer Glam and  Chalkboard Glimmer Mist

and wanted to put them all into use at one go . ;)

So I turned to the Tattered Angels' educators'

 blog to experiment with some new ideas . 

 I tried a tutorial here by our very own Singaporean TA Educator, Jasmine Low .

The technique is called Multi Medium Resist -  you can see the full tutorial here .

I didn't have an artist multi medium on hand

so I simply used modge podge instead 

and a normal artist paint brush to paint on the modge podge

 all over a white cardstock background. 

Here are some of the colors I used on the background : 

Fall Glimmer mist colors  over the modge podged areas : 

Apple, Dragonfly & Sugar Maple. 

Tattered Leather & Apricot Chalkboard Glimmer Mist

 around the modge podged areas.

Splattered Glimmer Glaze in Emerald Cove & Penny Loafer .

Dirty Martini Glimmer Glam painted around the photo.

 another experiment with the new Apricot Chalkboard Glimmer Mist -

I sprayed the Apricot color on the paper towel 

and stamped unto the white cardstock background - 

I used a Glimmer Glaze bottle to press on the paper towel for 

the circular design .;) 

I'm not sure how this will be used yet 

but I do know we can make paper towel glimmer misted flowers .

Check out the tutorial by Liz Hicks here.

Echo Park's Life is Good !

According to Scrapbook Update's review of CHA Summer 2010 , 

Echo Park Paper was much buzzed about on the show floor .

Since we are lucky enough to get ahold of  their papers here - 

way ahead of all the other brands from CHA Summer...

I had to try some out ! ;) 

Card design was inspired by Card Sketch #50, Inspired Blueprints.

A rather pretty color palette here in this line 

which can easily suit a number of themes to scrap with .

can i say I highly recommend misting through a fine screen material -

 I am thinking  big pieces of lace, 

even my laundry bag - 

anything with fine screen ... lol ...

the texture is just wonderful & effortless . 

I have used the Fall Glimmer Mist colors here - 

Apple & Dragonfly with some Vanilla Breeze . 

very versatile colors indeed !

 & no, we needn't use them for a seasonal purpose at all .;)  

Layout design inspired by a Liz Qualman sketch .