Java Nice Day !

Some ideas just take a longer time to brew than others . 

I don't know why it never occurred to me earlier that 

I could use these G45 Domestic Goddess pps 

with this pic until now. 

( & I have scrapped this pic at least twice already ! ) 

I do like how this color combination turned out 

& using a Liz Qualman Feb 2010 sketch  for MCS 

helped me put this together easily.

I like the effect of the Shimmerz Spritz

 on the top half of this Bazzill damask embossed cardstock. 

I couldn't resist adding this journaling strip by Crafty Little Secrets. 

& of course I love all the new Primas in this new 1-1.5" size . 

Added some black stickles to the silver puffy flourishes to try to age them a little . 

Is there life before coffee for you too , blogging friends ? ;) 

p/s : Liz is looking for 20 guest layout designers to create with her beautiful sketches this year .

Do check out her blog post here if you're a sketch-o-holic ! 

Love u !

More torn circle frame experimentation here . 

I tore back the paper in a circle to the size

 that was good for my wallet sized pic. 

I water distressed the paper & while wet, moulded

 the paper around a brush handle -

 even with the brush removed and left to air dry

 the paper will still retain that rounded dimension . 

I then misted in pink close to the frame for a heavier color result .

I finally try out some string twirling here - & tried to get in a heart shape here

  - & loving  how fun & easy it is ! 

Trying to finish up what's left of my pot of Pixie Dust Blingz . 

Paper is from the Prima Strawberry Kisses line. 

Layout design inspired by a sketch by Jeni Boisvert . 

Some Glimmer Mist tips from Heidi Swapp from her  latest live ! show  for Tattered Angels today  : 

1. Using different doily patterns as masks & even as stamps .
( yes ! whip that brayer out , spray a doily generously with mist & then stamp it on another paper ,
 brayering the doily unto the paper )
2. Heidi likes ivory paper by 7 Gypsies  , manila file folders for an absorbent background to mist on.
3. She also likes to use paper towels after misting, unto her paper, to pick out the excess mist .
4. Don't be shy about using GM generously on your paper ! ;)

ICS #53

Sketch #53 is up for ICS this week . 

Come on over & check all the DT inspiration 

& play along .

You might just win a $10.00 Gift Voucher to use in the Busy Beauties Boutique Online Store. 

That's what's up for grabs this week.

Supplies : Prima Patische pps & chipbooard 

and here's another sneakie peekie using new & old Primas together 

The Scrappiest layout sketch 51

Sketch 51 is up & away over at the Scrappiest ! 

& Here's what I did using the latest G45 Le Romantique pps . 

& I just wanted to have a go at creating my own handmade embellie again 

I chose to make a hot air ballon using the handcut roses for the balloon portion - 

they are also supposed to be heart shaped although I'm not sure that's obvious .:) 

I certainly had fun making the basket first & then

 adjusting the balloon height after I put the basket in place on the layout . 

I think I used more than half my pot of Pixie Dust Blingz on this layout ,

painting it on almost everything ! ;) 

On the Prima roses here ...

around the puffy flourish ...for some contrast from the brown misted area 

& even tried painting on the Pixie Dust on my photo

 ( knowing of course that my photo paper is waterproof ! )

If you do feel inspired to try the sketch and if you want to win an amazing kit from Scrap For A cure, complete a LO based on this sketch and add it to Mr. Linky to the post here . 

Good luck and we look forward to seeing your creations!

Thank you sweet friends !

A Huge thank you to my sweet friend in Canada , Jennifer Shaw , 

for this lovely blog award ! 

& thank you too to all my dear blogging friends who come by

 & often sharing your sweet thoughts here with me . 

I do hope that I can always come up with eye candy that's worth your time to look! ;) 

& unbeknown to dear Jenn

I'm not very good at blog awards these days 'cos of

 people they exclude more often than not ..

altered notebook - G45 A Proper Gentleman

I was so very sure I would have no use or need

 for this G45 A Proper Gentleman line prior to getting them . 

My first batch of masculine cards created was well received last week , 

so I can't wait to make another batch ! 

No no hoarding ! ;) 

I also decided to try the papers out on for a quick altered notebook gift idea.

Definitely no complaints from me how it turned out 

 - so easy to use these papers together - a breeze ! 

And while I was at it 

I wondered how some of the new Prima papers might look on a notebook too . 

Here's a sneakie peekie  using Strawberry Kisses pps .

Such Sweet Tierney DT news !!!

I get to be on the same DT team as these awesome scrappers ! 

woohoo to another term on the Such Sweet Tierney DT ! 

Check out the blog links to my DT mates

& to some fab & very unique eye candy : 

Anna Bowkis , UK 

Sharmaine Kruijver , Australia

Stacey Young, Australia

What's new , puddy tat ?

Quite a flood of Prima's CHA Winter releases was released for sale here yesterday 

and inspite of taking a minimum of products from each new design ,

it was still a little loot for me .

 ( I swear I spent 50% less than last year but boy ! 

 do we have a lot of paper collections this time !

 paper is the cheapest way to get updated in my books ! ;) 

So what better than to quickly cut into some new Prima Patische to get a feel of the new ! ;) 

I also received my Prize this week  for Stuck?! Sketches for December 

& the sponsor was none other than Chelley Bean  Designs. 

I couldn't wait to try out these red, pretty organza posies .

Supplies used here : 

Prima Patische pp, Crystal Swirls , lace , Gem Stickers , packaging for journaling;

Webster's Pages die cut cardstock stickers ,

Shimmerz Spritzes , Glimmer mists 

Feb 1st Stuck?! Sketch

Chelle Bean Designs Organza Posies 

ICS#52 & DT team ! ;)

Pleased to announce that I'm back on the ICS Card sketch DT for a second stint . 

Last year at this time I was also fortunate to be part of their inaugural DT . 

My card this week uses the G45 Le Romantique line papers & tags .
Don't forget to check out all the delightful  DT inspiration here . 

This week's prize from our sponsor  is 

  a $10.00 Gift Voucher to use in the Busy Beauties Boutique Online Store specializing in digital images.

DEADLINE for your submissions is : February 8th @ 11:59 pm CST USA. 

Link us up using  Mr. Linky with a Name and a direct link to your creations. 

The Scrappiest layout sketch 50

The Scrappiest has reached their half a century mark in sketches ! 

& we're also celebrating a new DT in place this week.

There are 4 returning members of the previous DT & 6 new faces .

Do head over to check out the new inspiration . 

Here's the DT list to check out too : 

Arlene Camacho (returning)
Gail Knowles
Grace Lauer
Kim Tupponce
Kylie Symons
Laurel Seabrook (returning)
Lisa Hidy
Monique Liedtke

 ( a fellow DTer for Little Shop of Sketches ! woohoo ! )
Susan Bourgeois (returning)

( click on images for a close up view) 

My Webter's Pages Banner of the Week prize  was quickly put to use on this layout .

I wanted to use the cameos & fabric tags as much as possible 

& this week's sketch was a great prompt as to where to place them. 

I love this background patterned paper & have a renewed 

appreciation for great neutral backgrounds

 once again. 

MME is the other brand I regularly turn to for ready to use distressed ,

 neutral backgrounds in blues or off white. 

These papers are from the WP Home for the Holidays line .
Love the colors for sure & their versatility !
But my fave part of this layout is the use of the die cut tree sticker which added so much to the overall design & feel with its sheer size & color ( I'm so loving the tone on tone look at the mo too ! ).
Love the subtle music print on it .
Lots of loves here ;)

I am thankful ...

...to be on Chelley Bean Designs' Creative Team  ! 

It was announced here today ! 

You can find unique Handmade Embellishments for Scrapbooking pages and other Crafty projects by Chelley Bean Designs on Etsy & they are based in Brisbane , Australia ! 

My fellow team members are : 

Toni Crane 

Tanya Davey 

& 

Marnie Sanford 

Sooo looking forward to this new creative opportunity !!!


& I do have other DT news to share throughout the week ! 


February is definitely an exciting month ahead ! 

oh, Joy !

Joy is the feeling you get when new papers you buy 

can actually work well with the pictures you have on hand ! 

I am so pleasantly surprised that I was able to easily create 2 layouts 

with the new G45 Le Romantique line  that I'm happy with , 

& I didn't have the entire line on hand , but certainly whatever I had was enough ! 

Some fun things I tried  here :

I used a Webster's Pages ruffled trim to form a circle

 & then attached 3 Prima rosebuds for the center. 

I used Diamond stickles on the edges of the white Prima roses here

 and then painted some Pixie Dust Shimmerz Blingz . 

For the title, I used an MME "Family' Life Story Tag , layered unto a G45 tag 

( which had the words Graphic 45 on it ,so nicely hiding it .)

I followed one of the edges of the Daydreams pp and cut out this unusual shape

 & then masked in the same shape by misting Avocado Maya Mist .

I tried painting on  Pixie Dust Blingz in a swirly pattern on the MME Life Story Kraft cardstock background.

( My Fave Kraft patterned cardstock at the mo ! ) 

Added some butterfly & rose cutouts from the different Le Romantique pps as embellishments , 

added Diamond stickles too on the rose. 

I am so appreciating the use of sepia toned pics currently -

 makes me wonder why I haven't used them more in the past ! 

I found some old forgotten trims and used them for a tone on tone look here.

In the same bag with the trims 

I had this lone white feather,

 so I happily added it on to continue the shabby chic look ! 

Loving the shimmerz in the Pixie Dust Blingz painted in a pattern here

 & all the other shiny goodness ! 

To add some interest to the smaller photo here

 I used an MME frame and layered it onto the peachy pink Tender Missives paper.

 I also have a Key to my heart tag under the photo which was also popped up on foam pads . 

The rose cutouts were great as handcut embellies & for use around the pics . 

Sure had fun with this creation ! 

Layout Design was inspired by LG's sketch for YSS . 

I leave you with a sneak peek

 of a hot air balloon made from scratch embellie - 

this here is just the basket -

 I used a Martha Stewart Deep Edge Garden Lattice punch to create the basket .

Being the first time I attempted this ,  I am not completely satisfied with the result 

which simply means I would be making more  in the near future ! woot ! 

More Masculine cards with G45 A Proper Gentleman line

I never had an easier time making masculine cards with these truly unique classic pps by G45 ! 

Really was a breeze ! 

I used some Rock Candy Crackle Paint & stickles in parts here to add some textured fun. 

I think I got all the papers in this A Proper Gentleman line 

and was determined to cut into as many of the patterns as possible 

and preferably without using up the same patterns .   

All the card designs here were based on sketches over at ICS 

which simply go great with G45 papers as I have discovered in the past ! 

Scropping !!! / ICS #51

Can I call shopping for scrappy schtuff  that ? - scropping ?! ;)

So I was all psyched out to get my own picked out kit of

new CHA Winter AC & GCD Studios goodies this morning

but alas ! our best plans can go awry !

It just wasn't meant to be today .

But rather than go home empty handed , I decided to indulge myself with some new

 G45 Le Romantique & A Proper Gentleman pps .

( which I was so sure until today  I wasn't gonna be getting .)

Not sure now if I'd be holding my breath for AC or GCD .

Mentally not.

I meant to make a whole bunch of masculine cards this week

& so I happily did - made at least 4 cards already with this fine masculine themed line .

I  meant to use up the older G45 Communique pps .

Now that's gotta wait ! tsk ! tsk !

I used ICS #51 as inspiration for the design here .

Think I will have more time to take pics of the rest tomorrow . ;)

Impressions of ...

Isn't it funny how some of our fave pps do not always begin with a love at first sight impression ?

I'm not a big collector of Christmas themed papers in general

& even when the Webster's Pages Christmas pps arrived into our stores here

I hardly bought up the entire lines .

( I have to say Webster's is definitely one of my top 2 brands for all time ! ;)

That is , until their 12 Days of Christmas crop in Nov last year.

Now I have a great appreciation as to how versatile even their

 Christmas themed papers can be for  pics unrelated to Christmas.

So here's a quick & simple layout I got done using the Webster's Home for the Holidays line .

 using a Liz Qualman sketch too.

I just received my prize for Banner of the Week  win

and am not hoarding this one prize as far as I can help it !

This is my 2nd layout done already & I foresee a few more to come ...

The idea being to use them up before the new WP  CHA Winter lines hit our sunny shores .

Famous last words !

Pics were taken at Tokyo Disney Sea by our olde pals ,

whose family was there for the first time last Nov.

The Scrappiest layout sketch 49

This week's Scrappiest Sketch is the last sketch of the month to participate with
to win an SC Homefront line .
Remember to link up your creations here !

We're having a tonne of fun with circles as you can see here .
I went a little out of my usual box & used some concentric circles as masks
which I can only cut with my Martha Stewart Circle Cutter
( ie if I dont whip up my Cuttlebug or Slice machine )
I used 3 brands of mists in some spots where you can see the colors a little smooshed -
 that was an accidental effect of misting 3 brands on one spot !

New found tip : I have a new plan to use up old, ugly pp in my stash -
practice cutting circles with my Martha Stewart Circle Cutter -
& who knows even sneak in a circle or two into the layout that I happen to work on -

Can you spot an olde pattered paper here on this layout ? ;)

New Scrappy goodness ;)

Yes, I did get hold of some scrappy goodness by the weekend

but just couldnt finish a layout until now .

So here goes !

So I did get hold of the 7 Gypsies' Avignon pps

( the papers were the only ones that arrived from this

 CHA Winter line , as expected - the rest will probably arrive in 3-6 mths time ! ;)

 So not only the 7G pps( I used at least 3 different pps for this layout )

  I just couldn't help getting hold of -

 the new Martha Stewart Pop Up Water Lily punch

& a new border punch - Pinking Scallop as you can see here in the close ups .

Layout Design is based on Julie Bonner's sketch here 

Lest I forget ...

how to make cards anymore !

Took a little time to make some quick cards  -

using up some DCWV  12 x12 Animal Crackers stack & 4x6 cardstock stack essentially.

The chipboard accents here are also DCWV 's sweet collection .

With One Heart One Mind birthday rub ons .

Such a happy time cardmaking is  ços it simply helps

  remind me of schtuff I have forgotten  is in my stash!

Yes , I am talking to you too, blogging friends ! ;)

My stash isn't well organised at all altho'

I have been addressing some issues

in that direction since 2010 arrived !

Cut from the same fabric ...

Us Singaporean scrappers here are a lucky bunch !

We are gonna be able to get hold of

 some new CHA Winter releases this week

just before CHA gets under way this weekend!

So its almost become a ritual for me  to wanna grab some new schtuff

for the sake of  novelty more than anything else  but I will

learn from last year's stashing lessons

 & try and do it less painfully ! :)

So while waiting for some new goodies , (not very long at all now ! )

A girl's gotta use up some of the latest & greatest on hand .

This layout is based on a sketch over at YSS' blog . 

Supplies : MME Life Stories' kraft pp, SC Homefront Darling pp - diecut stickers,fabrips ,

BG Nook & Pantry pp, BG Sugarush pp,

Such Sweet Tierney buttons