Adore

Last year, Hannah was invited to be the Flower Girl, for the first time, of my friend's wedding. I was very excited for her because I know she loves doing those sort of things. She loves attention, she is one confident kid, and very charming.

I made a layout to remember her 1st flower girl moment. I never got the chance to be a flower girl so I wanted her to have this memory.

The layout was inspired by a sketch at Scrapidees. I have used Nook's October kit featuring MME goodies. All the yellow is perfect for her yellow dress. Here is a full body shot of my dd during the wedding:

I love how they accessorized her entire look. With the hat, blings and the flowers, I was inspired to accessorize my layout with the MME brads:

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A Double Page Class

I just want to invite you all to check out my double page class 

at My Scrapbook Nook!

View this class here!

March Nook Kit

Hi ladies! Did you receive your gorgeous March kit yet? I know!!!! Gorgeous isn't it? I love the wood patterns, the color combination, those cute buttons & pins, the twine, the colorful rubons, I can go on forever.

If you don't have yours yet, get one now! Check this out:

Manufacturer featured in this month's kit is MME Miss Caroline collection

You can order and subscribe to the Nook kits here!

Okay now, I am sharing with you my first layout that I did using this amazing kit. I am so in love with this kit that I wish I have two of it. I tried my best to maximize what I have so that I can create more projects with it.

I Simply Enjoy You

For this layout, I made my own background by misting different colors and stamping textured images to my cardstock. I have used Hero, Kaisercraft, MME and Idea-ology stamps.

To add a touch of teal on my page, I used my washi tape and a leftover Lily Bee rubon that I got from a previous Nook kit. I love, love, love how it made my page more cohesive. 

The patterned papers were added minimally to make the photo pop but with the cute embellishments that came with the kit, I was able to achieve the look I was aiming for.

Thanks for dropping by! I'll show you more in the next few days. One will be a double page class using the March kit.

OUAS March 1st Challenge!

Journalling Criteria/Theme:

All About Me!

The focus of your journalling and the theme of your layout has to be based on YOU and something/s that you are really good at. Don't be shy! We are all good at something as small or as big as it might be.

Ideas for journalling: being a good mum, cooking, talking, understanding people, organising, cleaning, gardening, studying, computers, fashion, exercising, scrapbooking, good at my job, maths, languages, writing , drawing, painting, photography, running, craft, sewing. Maybe you can talk about an aspect of your personality..your sensitivity, your 6th sense, your patience, your strength or bravery, your ability to stay positive. 

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and theme and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

You MUST combine our journalling criteria with this sketch..

 

Prizes

How would you like to be our Guest Designer for April? This is the challenge where you have the chance to win a spot on our design team for the whole upcoming month simply by winning this challenge. As well as being our Guest Designer, as chosen by our Design team, you will also receive this GORGEOUS kit from Berry71Bleu 's etsy shop....

Papers from GCD (sweet surrender collection), Journal, Lace trims, Fab Scraps metal embellishments, vial of silver glitter, set of clear stamps from 7 gypsies, Tag from Berry71bleu, paper flowers, prima flowers, Rhinestone vintage-style pendants,sequined picks, butterfly, adhesive faux pearl, glittered skeleton key ornament

Lastly we LOVE to encourage EVERYONE here at Once Upon A..Sketch to play along with us NO MATTER your skill level or scrapbooking style. SO we have 2 prizes us for grabs for 2 RANDOMLY chosen people.

Firstly, another prize from our ongoing sponsor Berry71Bleu. One randomly chosen entry will receive this GORGEOUS handmade tag from Berry71Bleu. Here is an example of the kind of tag you could receive..

Our second prize for one RANDOMLY chosen person will be 2 paper collections from FeatureArt...

 

click here to view gorgeous examples and the details of this challenge!

BasicGrey + Scraplift Chain

Recently, I participated in a Scraplift Chain at My Scrapbook Nook which we have been doing for some time now. You can read the mechanics here. I love this type of challenges because you will never know what the main layout looks like until the reveal. It is interesting to see different interpretation and where each participant draw their inspiration. You can view the full reveal here.

Here's my layout:

SUPPLIES : [KISSING BOOTH] KIS-3550 Better Half, KIS-3566 XOXO, KIS-3553 Dozen Roses,  KIS-3575 Die Cuts and Transparencies, KIS-3581 Layered Banner Stickers, KIS-3584 Blank Cards

 I have used BasicGrey's Kissing Booth collection because it is perfect for that gorgeous photo of Hannah when she was invited to be a flower girl on my friend's wedding. The Dozen Roses patterned paper highlighted the event perfectly which I wrote about in the journaling.

Using Negatives

I am here to share with you a layout that I did showcasing not only some of the Imaginarium Design chipboards but using the negatives that came with it.

HAPPY

Products Used: Making Memories patterned paper, Crate Paper patterned papers and embellishments (My Scrapbook Nook Valentine Mini kit), EK Success border punch, Ranger Liquid Pearls, KI Memories stickers, Dew Drops, Glass Sand, Coloured Sand, White Inkpad, October Afternoon, Studio Calico and Shimmerz mists.

Imaginarium Design Chipboards used:

Tulip Flourish Pattern (IDFL0007)

I used the negative of this chipboard. I have purchased different small packed coloured sands from our local bookstore a while back. I knew that sand will give me the texture and depth that I wanted to achieve. By simply using liquid glue, I adhered the fuchsia sand by sprinkling over it several times until the entire chipboard was covered.

8 butterflies on board (IDS0002)

 

For the butterfly, I painted it first with several coats of white gesso acrylic paint. Then, I coated it with liquid glue and sprinkled transparent glass sand over it. I also misted some red mist and used a white inkpad to stamp on it.

 

Imaginarium Designs layout

Working on a small space limits me to get all the materials and tools that I wanted. I learned to maximize the space and the supplies I have. When I received all the gorgeous chipboards, I noticed that those negatives that came with it are as gorgeous as the chipboards. So I decided to use them as well!

For my first layout, I have used the negative of Numbers chipboard. I initially removed all the numbers on it and placed it in a plastic ziplock back for easy access when I need them.

 Products Used: Bazill cardstock, Crate Paper patterned papers and embellishments (My Scrapbook Nook Valentines Mini kit), BasicGrey transparent heart embellishment, Shabby Chic journaling spot, Gesso acrylic paint, Hero Arts stamps, Ideology Stamps, October Afternoon, Studio Calico and Shimmerz mists.

Imaginarium Design Chipboards used:

Sheet of Numbers (IDN0002)

To achieve the look I wanted, I first did several coating using white gesso acrylic paint. Then, using several stamp designs and different coloured inkpads, I randomly stamped over the negative chipboard. For the final touch, I slightly misted over it to get some small splatters. I also adhere patterned papers beneath the some numbers to emphasize that the photo was taken this year, 2012.

4 Small Butterflies with cut out wings in board (IDT0014)

The butterflies were just painted with white acrylic gesso to achieve a silhouette look.

Nook March Kit

Spring floated in on butterfly wings, dropping flowers where ever she paused and landed on an ancient wooden fence in front of a cottage full of scrap supplies, hidden away in a fairytale gloaming. Evoking all the gentle, blowsy beauty of a early spring day, this kit will enchant the senses as you pair darling pinks and florals with charm infused, country inspired wood grain patterns. This kit is the perfect blend of cute and sophisticated, pairing girlish bows of twine and buttons with elegant velvet flowers and sassy hat pins.

Here is a fantastic deal: If you sign up today, you will get this grab bag, valued $28,  for free as well:

More MME, Petaloo flowers, Webster Pages trim and binder, AC alpha and a JB stamp set

So order yours today!

BG Kissing Booth

Happy Friday everyone! I just want to do a quick post of a layout that I did for BasicGrey's blogpost last week. It features the gorgeous Kissing Booth collection.

SUPPLIES : [KISSING BOOTH] KIS-3550 Better Half, KIS-3554 Heartbreaker, KIS-3566 XOXO, KIS-3553 Dozen Roses, KIS-3555 Hugs, KIS-3560 Lip Lock, KIS-3552 Cupid, KIS-3567 You+Me, KIS-3563 Sweet Nothings, KIS-3575 Die Cuts and Transparencies, KIS-3574 Mixed Brads [LITTLE BLACK DRESS] LBD-3506 Lace Stickers [INDIE BLOOM] INB-3428 Accordian Stickers [MAX & WHISKERS] MAX-2472 Sticker Micro Monograms.

I hand cut the hearts from the Heartbreaker patterned paper and used scraps from the other papers to make different heart sizes and hooked them together by handstitching.

Get Creative/Once Upon A Sketch Feb 15th Challenge

This month, Once Upon A... Sketch has teamed up with Get Creative.

 The Get Creative gals have come up with some fantastic interpretations of the OUAS sketch challenge, which you can check out HERE.

  This also meant that the Once Upon A... Sketch gals got to work with the fabulous sketch by Irini Liolia over at Get Creative.

This is the sketch we worked from:

And this is my take on it:

Love the grid design of the sketch so I did my own twist on it. I played with lines with unequal division unlike the original sketch. I have used My Scrapbook Nooks Valentine Mini kit.

We are delighted to see so many of you embracing the Once Upon A...Sketch sister blog Get Creative this month.  Thanks so much for playing along with each of us.


For Once Upon A... Sketch Feb 15th Challenge details and the Get Creative's fabulous interpretations, head over HERE.

a very special child

For the past 4 years we were blessed with one gorgeous and very special child, Hannah Dominique. She is sweet, smart, creative, lovable, talented, charming, thoughtful - I can go on forever. Being with her makes our everyday fun and exciting. She continuously surprises us with her wise words and cute actions.

I know most kids her age loves to do the same thing, play! But since she is our only child, playing is not so much fun if she can only play with adults. We enrolled her to school at the age of 2yrs and 2mos so that she can mingle with other kids.

For most parents, they will find this too young to let their kids go to school. We received lots of concern messages back then telling us that she might end up losing interest in school at early age. We did consider that thought but at that time we saw Hannah enjoying a lot of things like painting, reading and learning a lot of new stuff that was why we decided to go for it.

We were surprised when her teachers told us that Hannah is an interesting kid, advanced for her age. Unlike others, she loves vegetables, she loves to learn, she kept asking question, very attentive and conversational at school against other kids that are older than her. She has a mind of a 7yr old - once told by her teachers last year.

To date, at the age of 3, she has 6 gold medals. Medals from Art, Talent, Physical, and Speech competitions beating kids who are 1 to 2 years older than her. She made us very happy and very proud. She is the best thing that happened to us.

Alive and Catching Up

Yes people I am still alive. I have been busy with work and Hannah's school activities that I felt like I neglected my hobby way too much. The only thing that is updated is my Project Life spreads but wasn't able to photograph from Week 3.

Just an update, Hannah got 3 medals for the past 4 weeks. Now, we are preparing for her school's mini Olympics this Saturday. I have also booked our Disneyland HongKong trip this April for Hannah's 4rth birthday celebration and our Bali -Singapore 3 weeks trip this May.

Glad to say that I was able to scrapbook last weekend. I left my daughter at my parent's place so that I can scrap. Pathetic? but I need it! I was able to finish 5 layouts last weekend and 1 yesterday. It felt real good!

Today, I will only share one layout because I'm afraid that I might not be able to create anything again with such a busy schedule. Here is one layout that I did using My Scrapbook Nook's Valentine Mini kit featuring Crate Paper's Paper Heart Collection:

I adore this mini kit! This kit comes with a great card class which is still available so grab one now by clicking here.

 

I have been loving negative space designs lately. I love how everything comes together so quickly which is what I need with the limited free time I have.

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Get your Yee-Haw on with the February kit! You’re gonna love the faded blues and lazy calicoes as they work together to wrangle up a perfectly vintage country scene. Mellow and sweet for cowpokes of all ages, this kit will keep you going for days whether you have country inspired photos to scrap, want to say “howdy” to your friends with homemade cards or just want to add that something special to everyday shots!

October Afternoon/Sasparilla- 12 double sided sheets
October Afternoon/Sasparilla- Flower Sack
October Afternoon/Sasparilla-Journal Cards
JB Ribbon
American Crafts Alpha
Handful of Wood Mix Buttons

By subscribing to My Scrapbook Nook kits, you will get this awesome $28 value grab bag:

3 Matching papers from the MME Howdy Doody line
5 yards of twine
1 Rub-on
1 Journal card
1 Webster's 12" Rose ribbon
1 JB Stamp
1 Handful of Buttons
1 Petaloo flowers
1 Webster's binder ring
1 American Crafts Thickers