Category: Paper & Craft

3 layout in a night!

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First one done is about my sister who is a vege hawker which I visited on the morning before going off to Kuching recently. I managed to take a few snap of her and the vege that she is selling. While flipping through the latest issue of Simple Scrapbooks, I found this simple layout that I can follow with my 4 photos. If you have the mags, please refer to p.68,”This is classic!”

I’ve used Bazzill Basic cardstock, HOTP PP, prima flowers, some buttons and American Craft letter thicker.

The second layout is about my trip to Kuching. Since I’ve found the photoshop processing 2-up photos, I’ve develop almost all the photos taken during that trip and arrange them in just one layout.

I’ve used SEI cardstock, some tags and American Craft letter thickers.

The final one is for the Product Challenge in Coconut ScrapShop, that is to use Making Memories Noteworthy scallope circle. I filled up the holes in the flowers with different PP from HOTP, made two photo corners also from the same PP from HOTP, and journal around the big photo with silver color pen.

I’ve used HOTP PP, MM Noteworthy PP, Basic Grey letter stickers.

TFL.

SoCalScrap July Sketch Challenge

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So glad that I can use the SCS July Sketch for these two photos that I’ve been wanting to scrap which was taken in May. That was one rare occasion for the boys to have fun with their cousins. They had a go on the ride on those mobile “animals”, they picked their own choice, sat on them and there.. with the on of the switch then they can go basically anywhere in the shopping mall of Palm Square but carefull not to bump into anyone. They really had fun!

I’ve used: Bazzill Basic cardstock, American craft pattern paper and letter thicker, My Mind’s eye Bohemia twill ribbon, Maya Road star chipboard, Daisy D’s pattern paper in Frigato, Pink paislee office lingo collection (from Coconut ScrapShop May’s kit) and buttons from Scrap-n-Crop Earth day kit.

I’ve the fun of following a sketch and alter according to what I have and I’ve tried to use up my scrap paper too.

Back and kicking

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Yup, got back from Kuching last Saturday and since working on my mini album. I’ve posted all photos in “Glad to be here“.

What I’m going to show here is the first mini album that I’ve just did in 6″x7″ black cardstock. I found this pack of old photos which I’ve taken on my two boys during the months of May and June in 2006. I’ve scrapbook some photos in it, but felt that I should include them in just one mini book, so here is the result:

Front cover with mis-match embellishment.

First and 2nd page. I’ve used photos corner for all the photos made from pattern paper. Tags are from Basic Grey Match Book and HOTP kit. Ribbons are from Scrap-n-crop Chinese new year kit and HOTP kit. Alphabet stamps and pattern paper from HOTP.


That really is my first mini album. Other things I’ve used are buttons and gems. I did’t use any brad for this afraid that it will rust on my project again.

It is fun to do this mini book, but I wanted to have one that is more coordinated and proabaly one that I can put into a ring album. Now my photos are very expose to humidity so they might not last long. I’ve actually follow the instructions from somewhere I read over the net or was it from scrapscene. Thanks for whoever that was showing their great idea.

Coconut ScrapShop June’s sketch challenge

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I’ve finally done another challenge on sketch and posted up my photos into their gallery in Coconut Scrapbooking.

I’ve used some old photos of me and hubby taken in 2001 on several places that we visited with friends. These are those photos that I don’t know how to scrap them, so thanks to Pamela of Coconut ScrapShop for hosting the June’s sketch challenge so that I can dig them out and scrap them according to the sketch that provided.

A very simple layout, I didn’t use much of my creativity, just simply follow the sketch, crop and adhere.
Journal:

I remember
– we were in love.
– we had so much fun with friends and travel.
– it was in 2001
– we were in Nexus Karambunai Resort, Uncle’s home in Kundasang, and Hotspring.
– Li Szu and Spidy were also present.
I remember and I want to keep these memories forever.

Me time

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Have just submitted a layout on their Showdown challenge in Coconut ScrapShop. The condition is to do a page about myself and using the color pink and with bling. So here goes my entry:


Pink: Ribbon, button, and PP and peach cardstock. Bling: flowers and pearl on the clock.

Journal “This is one of the rare photos that I have seen here alone in the picture. Ever since we have our first child, I seldom have the chance to have a solo photo of myself. All the focus turned to my two boys, and ever so often that I won’t be in the picture as I’m the one who did the photo shooting. Even if I’m in the photo, I won’t be alone. So having some solo time is precious to me, which I call “me time”. I’ve started to appreciate my quiet time, my own time, my own space and do the things that I love to do. “Me time” is a little escape for me. My “me time” now include scrapbooking, going to the salon for a hair wash, movie time with my friends and enjoying my relaxing hours of facial.- Jun 2008”

I’ve used kit’s materials from Coconut Scrapshop and Paperwishes, plus those that I bought from Scrap-n-Crop and 2peas.

Photo was taken during our trip to Hong Kong Disneyland last year, on 30 Dec 2007.

Sisters LO

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I’ve managed to do a layout without using brads on those embellishment that needed brads to secure them, like flowers. I used jewel / pearl stickers instead. And well.. I think my layout is not boring (I hope).
Here is a layout done for the friendship that me and my eldest sister share with a friend of ours having the same surname with us. She is like a sister to us.


Scallop light blue pattern pattern is from Scrap-n-crop Earth Day kit (this is just nice for the silver dress of my friend). Red polka-dot pattern paper is from American Craft. Flowers from Prima and HOTP (they bring out the colour of the red shirt), letter stickers from Basic Grey.
I really love scallop paper ever since I used it in “Style” layout.

p/s: I think I better stop taking photos at night right after I finished my layout, they always look dark and dull.

Dangerous embellishment

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Can’t believe what I saw when I rearrange my album (basically splitting it into two so that all the pages fit nicely and flat). I discovered most of the brads that I used are rusted and it stained the pages behind them. Gosh! I know I’ve been warned by Sandra of Creative Memories before. Creative Memories encourage their members to do flat layout for archival purposes, a big no no for brads!
Now I really feel and truly understand it after seeing those rusted brads. They do look nice and easy to use for attaching flowers, ribbons, overlay etc. But if they will spoil my photos and paper, I would rather give them up. Thus I’ve changed almost all of the brads (still have another album to go through) to buttons.
Another way that I think might be useful is to use zot on the brad’s legs before attaching them near to the photos, instead of popping them right through the pages.
The best of all is to avoid using them. I’ll have to keep on reminding myself on this, change to buttons, change to buttons, or stickers.
In Creative Memories, not even button is encouraged on layout, as bulkiness will dent the photos which then indirectly will shorten the life span of the photos and pages.
I hope my pages won’t turn to boring layout without brads…

Tutorial with a challenge

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Am joining Coconut Showdown challenge #1 (from Coconut ScrapShop). Challenge #1 is to learn a tutorial about making your own pattern paper by using grid and stamping. For this I’ve used the bronze cardstock that came together in their May’s kit, stamp it with white ink and draw the grid line with white ink pen. Fun!

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Journal:
“This morning, you refused to get changed for school. You got grumpy. As what you usually do, you started to jump, run and cry when you are grumpy. I wish you could stop doing that. 28.03.2008”

What I’ve used: MM bronze mini round brads, Q&Co. violet heart brads, HOTP swirl border clear stamp, American Craft letter thickers, flowers and leave stamps from Hero Arts.

Bonding LO

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Did another LO by using Coconut ScrapShop May’s kit and taking up the June challenge in ScrappinKids.

ScrappinKids’ challenge “is to scrap about that bond between the lil ones and their fathers. Create a Layout featuring a photo that shows BonDinG between them. Do include and share with us your precious and heartfelt journalling as well!”
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Journal:
“Fui seldom has time with the boys since he is working in Shenzhen, China.
Moments like these are precious to me, to see them bond, have fun and be rough together.
The boys are both afraid and adore him.
Afraid as he is strick.
Adore as he is fun to play.
June 2008″

I’m a stinky on my materials I suppose, ‘cos I’ve used everything including left over of border for tag die-cut and cut out frame. I’ve used the tag frame (left over from Style LO) and glue it on white cardstock for jornal. Another thing is I didn’t use thread for the button but instead I cut a thin strip of paper and use it as thread. The orange strip is also a left over from TLG layout.

Since the flower die-cut doesn’t really stand out by its own, so I’ve stick it up on white cardstock so that he stands out on the red pattern paper.

I’ve finally finished using all the buttons and wooden swirl from the Coconut ScrapShop May’s kit. Still have some left over and surely will gonna use them soon.

LO for myself!

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Yes! It was hard for me to do a page for myself, I mean with my own photo there.. ‘cos I don’t know what to write.

It just came to me after reading somewhere about some inspirational quote “All I can do is be me, whoever that is – Bob Dylan”

It just hit me and “Wow, I can use this!”
There.

Sorry for the blur LO, it is just the way I took it.

This, I get to use some photos that I seldom got the chances to use. And I’m glad to let Val (from scrap-n-crop) know that I’ve finally use the pattern paper from the Chinese New Year kit which I bought months ago.