Recent Scrapbook Haul

Hi there!! Just got back home from Singapore,was there for 2weeks. My dear husband was there for business for 4 days and I went with him but I stayed alittle longer.

Of course have to visit the scrapbook store there and so glad that they already have the new Prima stuff so look what I have gotten!!

The big bulk of these haul were from the local scrapbook store " www.madewithlove.com.sg "

This pink ATG was from scrapbook.com



My pre-order with scrap-tastic hasn't arrived yet. There is some delay over at Prima side.... so I'm not sure when will they ship out my order ??
Hope to receive them soon......................, that order has my favourite papers - Jack and Jill and Annalee....!!! :(

Thank you for stopping by!! Hope everybody has a great day!!!

Btw!! I attended 2 workshops and 1 of them was taught by Julianna Hudgins!! She is a very sweet and wonderful person!! We had so much funs!! I am so happy that Sandra from 'madewithlove' got me a sit at the last minute!! Thanks so much Sandra!! and Thank Julianna for a great class....!! We did alittle Zumba too while crafting!! Yay!! It was a blast!!!

Notebooks

Hi everybody!! Sorry I have been missing in action..... I have not forgotten my blog, I'm just enjoying plenty of wonderful time with my family in Singapore. :D

Before I came to Singapore, I have finished a few projects which I made for my nieces and the flowers are for a friend. I was rushing to finished them that is why I haven't had time to update my blog. But anyway, I am only here for 2 weeks and soon I will be home and will be scrapping again. Yay!!

The notebooks were binded using coptic stitch.

These 3 notebooks were made for my nieces.




Thank you for dropping by!!

Swirlydoos August Kit

Hi everyone!! Sorry for not posting for awhile. I have been kinda busy and lazy to blog. Busy organising my scrapping goodies, making rooms for the new CHA stuff. I have seen some sneak peeks of the new goodies and all of them are super gorgeous!! Can't wait to play with them!!
Especially those from Prima.... omgosh.. the new blooms and pattern papers are beautiful!! I'll be placing a pre-order with scrap-tastic and hope to receive them asap!!

Today my August kit from Swirlydoos arrived, again another beautiful kit. I actually already have most of the papers but its ok..... those papers are double sided so I don't have a problem in choosing which side to use.... I have both... Yay!!

Here is the pictures of the goodies in the kit.





I also finished a few journals awhile ago, they were inspired by Marion from her "Live with Prima" and "apieceofcraft" Ustreams

This 1 below is very fun to create...... using some Prima paintables and some water-color papers to create a mini art journal...... you can view the Ustream by searching under Prima - Mini art journal.


on the cover, I used a Prima felt gate ontop of a paintable.....and Prima flowers!!

This is another watercolor art Journal.....the paper used for the front and back covers are from Prima the watercolor collection.

I learned to make this from one of Marion's class from "apieceofcraft" Ustream.....

I added a antique watch dial on the cover with some of Tim Holtz products.

This is the binding and its call "coptic stitch"....... There are also other tutorials you can find on Youtube.... just search for coptic stitch or coptic binding.......

Thank you for dropping by and wish all a wonderful weekend!! Happy doing everything!! :D

The Creative Hot-Knife

Hi everyone!! Here is something so cool that I have to share..... Recently I bought a few stamp sets from Oxford Impression and the stamps are all unmounted. Putting them on the cling foams and cutting with the Kai Scissors is tedious, tiring and messy.........!!
Remembering that once I saw a tutorial on Youtube using Hot Knife to cut unmounted stamps, I will put up the link at the end of this post, so I started searching for the hot knife and found it!!, went ahead made an order and it arrived today. Yay!! Its called "The Creative Hot-knife"!! On the packaging, it says 'tools created for women' Hahahaha!!
It cuts the sticky foam like butter, no more mess, no more tired/painful fingers...... how cool is that!!! :D But be very very careful though, its really really HOT!!!
The website that I ordered my hot knife from is http://www.michellesscrap.com/ You might want to take a look.

Here is how the hot-knife looks like......... It comes with 2 blades and has a ON/OFF button that is attached on the cable.... and a stand.



First, you will have to cut out the images as close to the edge as possible..........


Next, cut out a piece of the sticky foam bigger than the stamp image..... stick them together....
and place the hot-knife resting and moving along the edge of the stamp...... Viola!!!..........


You have a clean cut stamp..................!!!! Here is the finished result!!!!!

The link to the Youtube Hot-knife Tutorial.....: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG7lnZTcY7g
This tutorial is done by 2worldswings.

Hope this post helps!!!! Have a great day, everybody!! and thanks for stopping by!!!

More Journals.......................

I must have fallen in love with making Journals..... Hahaha!! Here are a few that I finished and had lots of fun making them. Just trying out different techniques that I picked up here and there.

I didn't just stop at these few, I'm still in the making of a few more in different styles. Yaya!!

The first 1 that I'm sharing here is 1 made with corrugated cardboard and this is my first. I have seen many crafters/scrappers used corrugated board for 12x12 layouts, for mini albums and they looked so beautiful but have never tried it out........ So I thought why not give it a shot and have to say that it turned out not too bad. My little niece asked me to give it to her...... hehehe!!! I'm keeping it and will make her another 1.

For the hanging sign, I wanted a rusty metal looking hanger, so I first painted it with landscape green paint from Claudine Hellmuth (actually this part is not necessary), then I dabbed on some area with a 3D paint in kinda bronze color using finger to give some blotchyness and at the end I used a paint dabber in Expresso and dabbed it all over the hanger and over the bronze. Then went over with the 3D paint once more......
I used willow paint dabber and antique linen crakle paint on the front and back cover.

The signboard, I tried a technique called Rusted Enamel from "A Compendium of Curiosities" by Tim Holtz. It turned out cool........ Hahaha

the metal looking roses on this journal are a recent goodies I received from Velma... Thanks Velma.. they are so pretty... I am trying to figure out how these roses were made.... especially the very tiny ones, must be very tedious to make. Velma, if you are reading this..... you surely know where and what to buy..... you have great taste and you know what people loves. You are just wonderful. Thanks

On this one, I tried out another techniques from Tim Holtz book, on the frame....... but have to say, it didn't turn out so well..... This technique is called Rusted Grunge. He did it on grunge and I used a chipboard frame, not sure if using different material will give a different look. Or simply, I did it all wrong..... :(

The shape of this journal, covers and inside pages were cut using a Sizzix die - Card Fronts, A2 Eyelet and Ornate die.

Here I glittered the flowers with Vintage Glass Glitter-Diamond Dust by Art Glitter, using ModPodge. Then I glimmer misted it with "Peppermint Stick"

The metal butterfly was embossed with Zing Red Embossing powder.

Thats all for now. Once the other journals are done........ till then.......!!

Bye!!

My Thick "Prima" Mini Album

Hi everyone!! This is my thick "Prima" mini album which was inspired by Marion on 1 of her "Live with Prima" Ustream shows. Here is the link http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5549194
I only came across the channel recently.... and there are plenty of very cool projects....!!

Here is my version of the mini. It measures 41/4" by 51/2" , I hand stitched all the pages and made a loop on the side of the mini for hanging charms and adding ribbons. It consists of 16 pattern papers that were folded into half, stitched them onto a piece of heavy weight cardstock which was glued on the back of the cover lining because I didn't want the spine to show. Its different from Marions.
I had lots of fun making this Mini and am loving it, will be making more. Papers used were from K&company Black & Ivory Fusion Collection.

Here are some photos of the mini.

I layered the fabric flowers and added some pearl strings and black pearls on the center

I already have in mind what photos are going into this mini... :D

This 1 here is a simple journal I made for myself for taking down notes relating to scrapbooking, so I called it 'all things scrappy'. The pages are also hand stitched....

Thank you for dropping by and taking a peek. Have a wonderful day!! Happy Scrapping!!