Pink Paislee's Daily Junque

Eeked out some mojo & a little scrappy time today to cut into PP's Daily Junque pps .

The handmade twine flower & map button flower center I recently received from Down Under - thanks to Kim ! Love 'em, grrll !!! ;) 

Such Sweet Tierney chipboard buttons and some misting with TA's Autumn Nights 

are my go tos when in doubt of how to embellish . ;) 

Layout design is inspired by the sketch for the first challenge over at Once Upon a Sketch, 

a new challenge site. 

Creative Scrappers Sketch 150

Cutting into more of my new Glitz Design stash ,

using up some Laced with Grace pps and cardstock stickers .

Layout design was inspired by the latest sketch up at Creative Scrappers. 

I have waited for the right papers to come along to scrap this pic of me & Perth scrapper, Tanya ,

- taken when she was on vacay here in Dec .;) 

Other supplies : 

Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden Dew Drops pp &  Ephemera pack, Zva Creative Crystals , 

Smooch Spritzes - Vanilla  Shimmer & Gold Glow, Prima flowers and lace

It is one of those days ...to put on the Glitz ! ;)

Today I just needed some retail therapy ,

 followed by some intensive creative therapy . 

& New Glitz Design came easily to the rescue ! 

We simply have too much by way of new arrivals these past weeks , 

so it's so easy to indulge I'm afraid. 

Bought up some Glitz Design Love Games pps

 ( & Laced With Grace & Afternoon Muse ) 

I thought the Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden Ephemera pack 

would go well with some of the Glitz Design pps, 

as well as EP's For the Record cardstock stickers. 

Alaskan Salmon goes well on many of my backgrounds I have to say (again!) 

more later ! 

Focus

Just a quick and simple layout I created with some new Teresa Collins Sports edition II papers. 

Mixed media pages seems to be the rage to me this year -

and I finally took the time to use more of Gesso

  on the kraft background here. 

I spritzed Autumn Nights GM all around the edges of the cardstock 

and love the effect of the midnight blue shimmer on kraft. 

Other supplies : Jenni Bowlin Flag Banner stickers, Studio Calico cardstock alphas, Maya Rd star pin , kraft journaling ticker, bingo game piecee.

Family potrait

with new Crate Paper Emma Shoppe 6x6 paper pad. 

I thought I would do something different for a change -

use a 6x6 paper pad on a layout before using them on cards. 

Other supplies : 7 Gypsies fabric tape , Heidi Grace Flea Market embellishments.

Have a great rest of the week , everyone ! ;) 

happy together

It's been awhile since I created with a sketch by Julie Bonner, 

and so inspired by Jennifer  and her fab take on this sketch, 

I was inspired to use up some Sassafras Lass Ellie's Tale here. 

Supplies : Pebble's Inc Happy Go Lucky Dimensional sticker, Sassafras Lass' Sweetly Smitten cardstock stickers, Prima Sculpture flowers,  Heidi Grace 's Fleamart word stickers, Chalkboard Mist - Alaskan Salmon , JBS ticket journaling spot, BG Doily Ribbon

Document Everyday Life / Pray for Japan

Inspired today to use up more Bo Bunny Ad Lib pps with Magistical Memories' 

Solid Bubble Loop chipboard set. 

I layered the smallest sized Bubble Loop over the largest piece for yet another fun chipboard sun take. 

Used up some Such Sweet Tierney Buttons and journaling spots by Tanya Leigh. 

I am still loving the new TA Alaskan Salmon Chalkboard mist - used it on the smallest Bubble Loop

and a little on the die cut background behind the photo. 

& while our collective thoughts and hearts must still be with Japan right now , 

here's a link on Facebook where you can go & share some of your thoughts or feelings 

Japan Quake, eyewitnesses from the ground

The spirit & resilience of the Japanese people right now is definitely more than inspiring - 

From Twitter ( translated by Jun Shiomitsu ) 

* 献血の列

http://twitter.com/NOBCHIDORI/status/46477518169047040

日本は強いです！大阪難波の献血施設は被災地の方の為に超満員の順番待ちでした。私欲の無い列を初めて見ました。感動しました。被災地の方々、全国でその辛さを受け止めます。諦めずに頑張って下さい！

Blood donations

Japan is strong!  At Osaka I saw a LONG line of people waiting to give blood at the blood donation center.  This is the first time I have seen such a queue of selfless people waiting patiently in line just to give.  It was a moving sight!  To everyone in the hard-hit areas, we your countrymen accept your suffering as our own and we share in your grief.  Do not give up!  Stay strong!

* 渋滞した交差点での出来事

http://twitter.com/micakom/status/46264887281848320 

一回の青信号で１台しか前に進めないなんてザラだったけど、誰もが譲り合い穏やかに運転している姿に感動した。複雑な交差点で交通が５分以上完全マヒするシーンもあったけど、１０時間の間お礼以外のクラクションの音を耳にしなかった。恐怖と同時に心温まる時間で、日本がますます好きになった。

At a congested downtown intersection …

Cars were moving at the rate of maybe one every green light, but everyone was letting each other go first with a warm look and a smile.  At a complicated intersection, the traffic was at a complete standstill for 5 minutes, but I listened for 10 minutes and didn’t hear a single beep or honk except for an occasional one thanking someone for giving way.  It was a terrifying day, but scenes like this warmed me and made me love my country even more. 

* バス停で・・・

http://twitter.com/yunico_jp/status/46168394755612672 

バスが全然来ない中、@saiso が、バス停の前にある薬局でカイロを買ってきて、並んで待ってる人みんなに配った！

Bus stop mini episode:

It was freezing and bus was taking ages to arrive.  “@saiso” left the queue to run to a nearby pharmacy.  He bought heating pads and gave one to everyone in the queue!



Three days after the tsunami, three people were rescued from their attic. Upon being asked to comment, the elderly man smiles and says,

"We're fine! I've experienced the Chile tsunami too so I'm fine! LET'S START REBUILDING!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zeroCZSrjo

Smitten with ...

Sassafras Lass' latest releases - Sweetly Smitten - being one of them . 

The background pps of this line just scrap themselves . 

I simply used some of my current fave things 

with the wonderfully detailed background paper. 

And everything came together quickly .
Definitely the perfect line on hand to scrap this sweet couple's retreat pics at their recent getaway .

Next, I'll see if I can cut into Ellie's Tale soon . 

A Quick layout with Prima

I couldn't wait  to try out a new 8x8 mask by Prima 

and had a  quick go with this layout. 

Surprisingly,  I liked some of the new Prima Sweet Fairy pps 

more than the other lines at first go - 

( although I would get others as need arises ) .

Love the new crystal swirls with fimo flowers

 & the Donna Downey sculpture resin flowers . :)

New products , new inspo

Inspired today to use up some new Prima products on hand - 

the new Carnation vine , vintage trinket- bird , crystal & pearl swirl, canvas alphas, 6x6 mask 

together with Webster's Pages' Spring Market pps. 

Had lots of fun water distressing the paper edges & 

Loved  the result of masking with Walnut Distress ink here . 

And for something different to journal on ,

 I used a Magistical Memories' Hang Tag ( designed by Amy Teets ) .

Very easy to LOVE these new Prima crystal & pearl swirls ! ;) 

TCR#44

Here 's this week's latest color palette with a new twist ! 

The  Whitewashed challenge will be a chance to explore colours in our creating. It will always include white, and three other monochromatic colours. 

To get the full experience exploring monochromatic colours with this palette, we suggest you try and create with the palette colours only. Not adding the usually allowed neutral colours. 

This will be required with each "WHITEWASHED" palette released.

I started with the new WP Spring Market Gardener's Seeds pp for the background, 

and built up the layout from there - using this week's inspirational sketch as well. 

I pulled out as many white & green embellies in the shade of this week's palette 

and in no time was able to finish off my first monochromatic layout of the year . lol ! 

Tried out some Vanilla Smooch Spritz on the dark green background . 

Had a problem with the spray nozzle 

and had to abandon the use of the Vanilla spritz after a coupla sprays. 

I was surprised by the number of green flowers I actually had in my stash . 

& only too happy to put them to good use here. 

Well,  this is my last creation as RDA over at the Color Room. 

Time sure flies when having fun !

source : 

http://sg.promotion.yahoo.com/weekend-edition/dining/post/dining/33/lo-hei-choices.html

We are into Day 2 of celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year here in Sunny Singapore - 

a time of feasting & merry making - especially for the young & youth .

 Hence the MIA around the blog here these past coupla days . 

Here's wishing all Chinese blogging friends all over the world 

a hippity, hoppity good time this Lunar New Year ! 

TCR#43

Here's the last Shimmerz color paint palette up & running over at the Color Room this week. 

Unique color combos like this always helps me dig into my fave Rouge De Garance stash

for an urbane chic vibe. 

Some leftover Hambly overlay I thought would add on to the edgy vibe here , also unearthed a long forgotten 

Pink Paislee Petal ( last one I have ) amongst my RDG stash.

Some of the latest Such Sweet Tierney Buttons ( from the Baby & Moustache mix ! ) -

always my go to embellies for fun circular elements - don't know how I might survive without them now. 

& using up every drop of my white Liquid Applique turned off white with age ! 

A whole tube goes a mighty long way this Liquid Applique - 

guess I might buy it back when I'm done with my first ever tube.

My sweet 16 niece here , Jo with a friend at a recent openhouse checking out the next steps of her educational future. Exciting times ahead for her, 16 going on 17 ! 

Me Likey

....Using up stash ( nope , not to make way for the new - doesn't make a dent at all ! ) , 

doing sketch challenges - still my top fave, bright colors, just playing. 

My take here for Sketch 101 for the Scrappiest's

 week long celebration of reaching their 100th sketch ! 

Congrats , Liz & team ! way to go ! 

I've used mainly Sassafras Lass' Me Likey line here with a little Anthem , and then embellished with lots of cardstock stickers from their various lines. See if you can name 'em all .... teehee...

My nieces here growing up so fast & pretty too !

 always great subjects to scrap with their fun poses for the cam . ;) 

Sketch inspo

Found some time today & was inspired by the above sketch by Liz 

over at the Jan Sketch Challenge here 

& fancy that -  I used up some OA Modern Homemaker pps

 & scrapped a Christmas card for a change !

Featuring fabric buttons by Chelley Bean Designs .

Getting a hang of making the white crepe paper flowers too .;)

TCR#42 - I promise

Here is this week's Color Palette at the Color Room , once again inspired by colors of Shimmerz products . 

There is also a challenge extension - to scraplift a fave Color Room designer or member . 

Lots & lots of wonderful artistes to be inspired by at the Color Room- 

I picked an amazing Brazilian artiste - 

Solange Marque - check out her gallery here . 

Definitely no easy task at all emulating Solange's style but I certainly know who to turn to again & again to get a push on artistic boundaries ! 

I do Love her bold use of color, mediums & amazing textures .

I did use a coupla of mediums here - glimmer mists , distress inks,

 glimmer glam chandelier - for some soft glitter , 

alcohol ink on the acetate scroll label

 at the corner of the photo ,splatters of Shimmerz Pearlz Blue by You .

I modpodged in some cotton gauze for some texture with a difference and that blended with some glimmer mists in the background in the process .

Much thanks to Solange, for her wonderful inspiration !

Be Happy Now

Happy Midweek, blogging friends ! 

& a happy , sunny layout to share today ! 

Here's one layout where I truly shopped within my own stash -

and just too pleased to use up new & older lines/brands together . 

There's Glitz Design Scarlett pps, GCD Studios's Artsy Urban ( a scrap piece actually) , 

BG Doily from the Junebug line, Webster's Pages WonderFall cardstock stickers, 

Glimmer mist - Black Magic, 

Lily Bee rub on for the title , 

Magistical Memories' Lil Flower chipboard.

Definitely trying to go down this route of mixing it up this year . 

( who's tired of that familiar mantra now ? - 

we simply have too much !!!) 

Did you catch last nite's House of 3 Live show  ? 

you would have caught sneaks of what Prima , TA & House of 3 have in store 

for us, probably from Feb onwards .

I sure am lauding their "Color Connections" move - 

& foresee where my stash money's gonna be headed majorly ! ;)

check out a little report here