Studio Calico Birthday Card

Recently, I have came across this blog - Studio Calico (http://studiocalico.typepad.com) through one of my favourite scrapbooking blog, Piradee (my idol =) and managed to see this 'Sunday Sketch' post from them. So I have thought of giving it a try by selecting one of the 3 sketches to work on my Birthday card.

Here is the sketch from SC blog by Maile Belles:-

And this is the Birthday card I have come out with by using the sketch above as my guideline.

Front View

 

Flower Detail:- Cut out 3 different sizes of flower pattern from SC (Yearbook Trapper Keeper) pattern paper. I have tried to cut each flower in vertical strip form to create petals and glue them down layer by layer to have a 3D look. Lastly, i also added a round 'Happy' wording brad in the middle of the flower to complete the look.

 

Internal View

 

Back View

The supplies used are:-

Cardstock: Grey, Black, Blue and White

Pattern Papers: Studio Calico (Yearbook Trapper Keeper)

Embellishments: Mix Brand Buttons, Mix Brand Brad and Art Friend Black Lettering Sticker

Stamp: Fiskars (Make A Wish) and Hero Arts (Musical with Bird)

P.S.: If anyone is interested in this product, please kindly visit HYEN online store at http://www.hyen.com.sg for more details. Tentatively for the start, HYEN conducting the business locally (Singapore) only. However, if you are interested to purchase HYEN products. Please email to us through the 'contact us' form at HYEN website, so we could provide the estimate international shipping quote.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a nice day.

This & That Christmas Gifts 2012

Hi everyone, Christmas is just around the corner.

Here is a Christmas project challenge that I have taken part that is organized by Echo Park. The rules of this challenge are:

1. Create layouts, cards or altered items using any of the EP Christmas 2012 Collections

2. Submit all works by 30th November at midnight MST to EP facebook page

3. May enter more than once but can only win once

 

First of all, I have created 1 card and 4 altered items (same design with different letterings) for this project challenge. Let's start with the card project supplies that I have used:-

Cardstock: Army Green Polka Dots and Black

Pattern Paper: Echo Park (Very Merry Christmas - Ornament) and Echo Park (This & That - Christmas Wooden Nickels & Ornaments)

Embellishments: Robin's Nest Dew Drops (Metallic Pink), October Afternoon Word Stickers (Very Merry SS-240), American Crafts Thickers (Marquise Printed Chipboard Letter Stickers) and Washi Tape (Blue)

Card Front View

 

Card Internal View

 

Card Back View

 

P.S.: If anyone is interested in this product, please kindly visit HYEN online store at http://www.hyen.com.sg for more details. Tentatively for the start, HYEN conducting the business locally (Singapore) only. However, if you are interested to purchase HYEN products. Please email to us through the 'contact us' form at HYEN website, so we could provide the estimate international shipping quote.

Now, we will continue on with the altered items project supplies that are used:-

Item: IKEA Spice Jars

Cardstock: White

Pattern Paper: Echo Park (Very Merry Christmas - Ornament) and Echo Park (This & That - Christmas Wooden Nickels)

Embellishments: Maya Road Lisa Uppercase Alphabet, Washi Tape (Green w/ Polka Dots and Blue), King & King Wong Ribbon (Beige with Silver Glitter Trim), Maya Road Clear Crystal Trinkets, Self Made Colourful Trinkets as well as Mix Brand Leaves.

Overall View of 4 Altered Bottles:- I think I will buy some colourful candies and put inside these bottles. Hope my friends will be like the gifts that i have prepared for them.

 

 Top View:- The round cut-out white cardstock edges are inked with Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo Colour and I have sprayed the Maya Road Lettering with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Apple (Shiny Gold Colour). Totally love the effect. 

Front View:- I have sprayed the leaves by using Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Be Mine (Red Colour) to give it a autumn leaves feel.

 

 Do leave some comments if you like my works. Thanks for visiting.

 

Gratitude 2012

Hello everyone, how is your weekend? For me, I have a relax weekend by doing some house chores, drawing sketches for my Christmas mini album project and catching up some Korean variety shows online.

Recently, MME has hosted a November Challenge - Gratitude in their blog and in this challenge, we can make a layout, card, altered item or mini album to demonstrates gratitude. So I have decided to give it a try by doing a layout to show my gratitude towards my lovely husband.

First of all, here are some of the rules of this challenge:-

1.Project must be created new for this challenge.

2. Project must look like a MME project.

3. All submissions must be turned in by midnight on Sunday, December 2.

If you would like to know more details about this challenge, you can visit this link:- http://mymindseye.typepad.com/blog/page/2/

Basically, I have created this LO by using these supplies:-

Cardstock: Turquoise Blue, Red, Beige and White

Pattern Papers: My Mind's Eye (Out of the Blue "Remember" Dots) and ("Play" Silly Stripe) as well as KI Memories (Sheer Delights - 3208 Verbs 2)

Embellishments: Washi Tape (Red Heart and Grey Love Wording), Toothpicks, American Crafts (Thickers - Rainboots Puffy Letter Stickers), Mix Brand Buttons, Mix Brand Leaves and Mix Brand Beige Twine

Overall View LO:- Select the cardstock colour by using MME(Out of the Blue "Remember" Dots) pattern paper colour as my reference

Detail View 1: Journaling Area with Self-Made Flag Embellishments

Detail View 2: Button Flowers Embellishments.

Go ahead and try this challenge as winner will be able to win MME collection of their choice.

 







 

 

First Mini Album

This was my very first mini album that I have created for one of my college girlfriends as her wedding gift. Why I have made this mini by using the butterflies chipboard instead of other shapes? This was because my friend likes butterflies very much as I still can remember during our school days when we have our lesson at the lecture hall, she would start to draw butterflies on her notes or even on my notes if she happened to sit next to me. So can you imagine, there are how many butterflies "flying" here and there on her lecture notes. Hehehe......

Besides the butterflies concept, I have also input the ideas of using the western (white) and eastern (red) wedding colors combination in this mini. The supplies used are:

Cardstock: White & Red

Pattern Paper: Prima Marketing  (The Tropics Collection) & White Lace Paper

Embellishments: Prima Marketing Flowers, Making Memories Stickers (Cheeky Shimmer), Spotlight Wedding Stickers, Mix Brand Buttons, Robin's Nest Dew Drops (Metallic Silver), Maya Road Trinkets (Silver), Mix Brand Brads (Silver), Mix Brand Ribbon & Lace & American Crafts Thickers (Vinyl White Lettering Stickers).

Cover Page: 'Xi' traditional chinese character search from internet, print & cut out on red cardstock

 

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Back Page

 

I really love the overall look of this mini album. When I passed this gift to my friend, she could not believe that I have done this unique gift specially for her and told me that she loves it very much.

This is the photo that the bride (my friend) is holding the mini album on her actual wedding day.(feel so happy whenever i see this photo) :)

  

My Very First Blog

Wow! I cannot believe that I have finally have my own blog which I have been thinking all these years. Maybe one of the reason is that my work is too busy for me to have all kind of excuses to delay myself from creating this blog. :P

This is my very first time to write a post through a blog and I'm still exploring and learning the different tools and function bit by bit. Hopefully I can master it after sometimes.

Just give a brief introduction of my blog, I have always wanted to create an art and handicraft blog to share my scrapbooking art and ideas with everyone. I have started scrapbooking hobby since year 2009 when one of my girlfriend asked me to accompany her to take up the basic scrapbooking class at Made with Love (Plaza Singapura Shopping Mall). From that moment onwards, I was addicted with this hobby till now as I always love art and craft since I am a little kid.

So now, I am going to share one of my scrapbooking projects that I have specially created for my secondary school friend's birthday in year 2009 (Wow...3 years ago). This was my first altered project by using a photo frame bought from 'DAISO' and using other scrapbooking materials like 'MAYA ROAD' butterfly chipboard, silver trinket pins, 'AMERICAN CRAFTS' white vinyl thickers, pattern papers as well as other lovely embellishments.