Webster Pages Layout

I adore the Girl Land collection. I love the softness of the colors, the intricate details of the flowers and the doily design at the back of the Carefree patterned paper. And the best part is, it was the perfect collection to use for my daughter’s flower girl event held in Bali because the wedding color theme was pink and yellow. What a coincidence, right?
 

Webster Pages GDT!

Hi everyone! Just dropping by to say thank you for all your continuous support and kind words about my scrapbooking journey. I am always honoured every time I receive sweet comments from all of you.

It has been a busy summer and now, busy school days that keeps me away from my blog and even this hobby. For the past few weeks, I have been cleaning and rearranging furniture at home. I am also happy to announce that I finally have my own scraproom and I am no longer squeezing everything in our bedroom.

Today, I would like to announce that I was invited to be Webster Pages July Guest Designer. I am very humbled with the invitation. I never thought anybody will still be interested after being absent from this hobby. Thank you so much to Webster Pages for this opportunity!

Feel free to drop by at Webster Pages blog and their forum to see some of the layouts I made and all the gorgeous layouts the DTs made getting inspiration from my previous creation.

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BasicGrey CHA Summer 2012 Reveal : Lucille

Like pieces of fabric sewn together with care, time-tested and much-loved, Lucille by BasicGrey proves that variety is the spice of life. Pull that old dress out of the trunk, dust it off, darn it up and grab your kitten heels, because it’s time to pattern your next project, perfectly.

Available October 2012.

 Visit the BasicGrey blog to see the full reveal of this collection

BaiscGrey CHA Summer 2012 Reveal : Aspen Frost

Charming and familiar, wild and sweet, a juxtaposition of Christmas past and present, Aspen Frost by BasicGrey holds all the joy and tradition of a homespun holiday. In neutral birch, iced cranberry, red hot cinnamon, dazzling white, glacier blue and green apple, Aspen Frost is the comfort and blessing of yummy pies, sparkling drinks and a warm flame burning in the hearth.

Available August 2012.

Visit the BasicGrey blog to see the full reveal of this collection

BasicGrey CHA Summer 2012 : Serenade

The Serenade Collection captures the refinement of bygone years, where tea was served with crumpets and your dinner guests retired to the parlor for sparkling conversation. Full of refined grace and delicate simplicity, you’ll love adorning your projects with Serenade’s layers of petticoats, bustled tea gowns and prim parasols.

Available October 2012.

Visit the BasicGrey blog to see the full reveal of this collection

Doilies

I have hundreds of doilies in different sizes and shapes. I fell in love with doilies a few years back when I saw an online baking store selling them in bulk for a few dollars. I am not a baker but I am a scrapbooker and I knew that it will be a perfect embellishment on layouts and cards. On my page, I ruffled the doilies in layers so that it would look like a  flower-like embellishment.

Here, I have created a layout using the gorgeous Plumeria collection by BasicGrey. I love the color combination  of this line. The complimentary colors of Violet and Yellow is soooo beautiful.

Plumeria
6x6 Paper Pad
wild grape bistro patterned paper
cleopatra patterned paper
Element Stickers
Chipboard Shapes and Alphas
Wax Seals Vintage Buttons

 

a Project Life 12x12 page

I am one of those who started Project Life this year. I thought it would be easy but as life goes on at the same time,so does the weeks I need to catch up. Currently I am missing over 15 weeks. The good thing is, everything is documented in my iPad and I all my photos are organized. I just need to have some time off to do it.

One of the page style I do for my Project Life is inserting a 12x12 layouts. I do this when I want to highlight an event or tell a story about the week. I also compensate this for a page layout that I do with a 12x12 photo collage from vacations.

Here is a quick 12x12 page that I did for my PL:

Here I have used BasicGrey's What's Up collection. It was perfect for our Singapore trip last summer. I adore the design of this line, it made embellishing the page much easier.

BasicGrey PB&J layout

Definitely one of my stress reliever is hand cutting patterns from patterned paper and using them as an embellishments. In this layout, I hand cut the flowers from the Daisy Mae and Toasted patterned papers. I love that the PB&J has a variety of colorful patterned papers to choose from. Using flowers as inspiration, I also made a handmade flower. To create the flower, I first punched 9 one inch circles then folded it like a cone shape. When adhered together following a circle pattern, I was able to improvise my own flower embellishment.

Supplies:
PB&J collection:
Daisy Mae patterned paper:-
Toasted patterned paper -
Sunny Day patterned paper -
6x6 Paper Pad -
Alphabet Stickers -
Title Stickers -

Plumeria Die cut Transparency -
Max & Whiskers Sticker Micro Monograms -

June OUAS Sketch Challenge

I can't believe it has been a year since I was invited to be part of a new sketch challenge blog by my good friend Nadia. I was so thrilled and excited for her. OUAS has grown to be one of the most popular scrapbook challenge blog available online. With an amazing DT line up, the challenges were very inspiring and motivating. I am honored to be part of its growth.

Even though this would be my last challenge participation as an OUAS DT, I will surely play along with the challenges. I will miss my other DTs there but also excited to see a great line up of DTs that will continue to surprise the followers with their amazing interpretation of the monthly challenges.

The theme of this challenge is BIRTHDAYS. 

We would like you to create a layout and interpret the theme "BIRTHDAYS" however you like based on the following sketch. You can journal as little or as much as you like, but your layout must incorporate this theme and the sketch below. Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . Hidden journalling is perfectly fine. 

Ideas for Journalling:most memorable birthday celebration for you or anyone in your family, the last birthday you celebrated and tell us your thoughts on turning this age, your child's/other family member's birthday and your thoughts on their age, a birthday that was a turning point in your life and your excitement/fears or other thoughts you had, an upcoming birthday for you or anyone and your thoughts, the best birthday present you ever received/gave and why?. You can also base your layout on a non - person birthday. This means your birthday theme can be based on : a pet, a business venture, a milestone anniversary etc etc. Its up to you how you interpret "BIRTHDAYS

 

 

Here is my take to the challenge:

 I have used the gorgeous Nook May kit here

**This is an international blog, so anyone can enter

**You are free to combine Once Upon A..Sketch challenges with other challenges. We don't mind at all!!!

**You are allowed to enter only layouts  for our challenges

**You are also allowed to flip or rotate the sketch or alter it to suit your needs, but please make sure its still recognizable.

**Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery and link it on the right hand side of the OUAS blog using the Link tool. Please provide a direct link to your post, not your entire blog.If the link tool is down, please leave a comment on the comments section of the corresponding challenge post and link your layout there.

** The deadline for this challenge is midnight June 30th, Australian Eastern Standard Time . The Design Team will vote and the Top 5 layouts PLUS Top 5 featured layouts will be announced soon after the challenge has finished.

**You may enter as many times as you like

**Also, please consider turning off word verification for comments on your blog.

BasicGrey Scrapbook Sketch : 6.4.12

It was my turn at BasicGrey sketch challenge. This week’s sketch is for a single page, two photo layout.Sketches are always my go-to when I need immediate inspiration. For my layout, I decided to rotate the sketch to accommodate the portrait photos that I have. These photos were post edited using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom so that I can get the purple hues that I wanted. I have used the beautiful Plumeria collection because I am in love with the soft tones of purple that is in this collection.

Here is the sketch:

 

And here is my take to the sketch:

Get a chance to win some BasicGrey collection by simply joining us on our sketch challenge!

Imaginarium Layout

I always wanted to tryout a softer colour palette on my pages. For this layout, I showcased the silhouette of the Title Chipboard I’ve used. The photo is my sister and her gorgeous daughter. I randomly create layouts of her and her kids so that we can complete the album I gave her.

You and Me

Products Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Masking Tape, MME patterned papers and embellishments, Pebbles brad, Kaisercraft rubon, Shimmerz and October Afternoon Mists, and Gesso acrylic paint

Imaginarium Design Chipboards used:

You and Me (IDP0023)

Embellishment 4 (IDS0013)

To get a full coating of white paint, I simply dipped the chipboards directly to my gesso container. The effect is so beautiful. The chipboard will look as if it was made of clay because of the thickness of the coating. Allow it to dry for a few hours.