OLW - Grateful

              "Insecurity is one of my imperfections I always deal. I always have a hard time to appreciate and believe in myself. It takes a lot of encouragement and support before I set my foot forward. I push myself to get out of my comfort zone and try new things. Enjoy, learn and have fun to develop my creativity. Meet new friends and enjoy with new company. And these help me a lot to overcome my insecurities. And I am GRATEFUL for this."  June 2013

"GRATEFUL" is my 2013 OLW (One Little Word) and for this month OLW Challenge at Scrappin' Peeps, Robyn added a recipe twist with the following ingredients (use atleast 4 or 5)

• laces or ribbons
• flowers
• patterned paper as a background
• blings
• strips of paper
• twines or floss

frame created using spray ink, click HERE

for more details



I embossed bird wooden veneer from Michaels

using my very first heat tool, WOO HOO!!!

Supplies :

• patterned paper - Crate Paper
• spray ink - Dylusion
• leaves - Dollarama
• wood veneer, gesso, lace - Michaels
• flowers - Michaels, Prima and from Heather M - thanks Heather!
• stencil - TCW mini chicken wire
• pens - Staedtler
• twine - American Crafts
• ink pads - Memento

Adorable

Happy Summer Everyone! So bright and lovely. Everything is full of life and colors when its summer. Just like this week challenge at About A Girl (AAB) - Use Bold Colors and Patterns. Oh boy, this is a real challenge for me. I may use bold colors in my pages but bold patterns? Not really...I needed Mr. Mojo for this one.

 

This is an 8 x 8 page with black and white photo.

 

 

threaded beads through ribbons

altered white flowers using spray ink to turn into orange

 

Supplies :

• patterned paper - Colorbok, thanks Connie
• die cut frame - from Heather M, thanks!
• leaves - Filstar, Philippines
• ribbon, beads and flowers - Michaels
• spray ink - Dylusion, squeezed orange
• cardstock - DCWV
• pleated border - Bazzil
• "adorable" phrase - Prima



 

Ampersand and Paint Chip

As part of the last Club CK Issue Challenge , Devra (BeachGal) issue a challenge to use ampersand (&). I took a chance to combine this with "Ombre" challenge by Heather (ScrapHappyLady) from Scrappin Peeps .

 

this ombre look is made out of paint chips.

 

 

Recycle them after use. Don't throw.

 

• patterned paper - Crate Paper, Studio Calico
• cardstock - DCWV and Benjamin Moore paint chips
• "&" - K & Company
• alphas - Jenni Bowlin, thanks Laurie! attached to DCWV cardstock
• tag - Crate Paper
• sticker label -Pinkpaislee
• paper banners - Heidi Swapp
• pen- Staedtler
• flower - Recollection

 

 

Heart Doilies

Along with their June first Guest Designer, Tone-Lil, About A Girl (AAG) team inspire everyone to  create a page using doily or doilies in the background, June 1st - Doilies.

I got this heart doily particularly the red one from Dollarama last V-day, white one from Michaels. What a great excuse to use them for this challenge.

 

• patterned paper - Crate Paper
• stencil - TCW Hexagons
• doilies - red (Dollarama), white (Michaels)
• abaca fibers - from the Philippines, thanks Connie!
• journaling cards, tabs - Heidi Swapp
• wooden tag - K & Company
• pens - Staedtler
• feathers- ZFP, thanks Hope!
• flower - Prima
• others - gesso (Michaels)

Oh A Happy Day

 

For Paper Lover Studio (PLS) - Sketch Challenge #1

 

 

And for Club CK Weekly Challenge Apr 7 - 14, 2013 

 to use imperfect pictures, blurry, too dark, too light, wierd shadows etc.

 

  

 

I used thick white cardboard for my letter stickers

"oh a" and "day" to add more dimension.

 

 

• patterned paper - Pebbles (Seen & Noted Collection pack)
• cardstock - DCWV
• tag - American Craft
• hearts and flowers - Basic Grey
• pearls - Michaels
• "HAPPY" - Basic Grey
• "oh a" "day" - Recollection
• "I can do it myself" - Making Memories
• pen - Sharpie

Cake Holder 2

Don't worry about the greasy part of your cake holder.

  Remove the greasy part.

  Apply gesso with brush. You can use paints too.

  

Let it dry. Apply paints, mist or ink. I used paint, Craftsmart apple tart and pink blossom.

For Club CK - ISSUE Challenge #2 - Mar/Apr 2013

• frame - Recollection
• crocher flower - made by my friend Connie
• trim, rhinestones, flowers - Michaels
• brads - American Crafts
• swirl - Dollar Shop
• journaling card - Bo Bunny
• clear cut monogram - Little Yellow Bicycle

Cake Holder

Mixed media is not always something about working on canvas. Sometimes, you will be surprised to find out that your are doing it without knowing it. When you use different elements like paints, fabric, wood, metal or when you alter your embellishment to add texture, you are doing Mixed Media! Yey!

Like this one, I altered cake holder. Yes, cake holder from Aiden's birthday "ice cream" cake. And I think small cake holder (thick and hard) is also good for mini album with rings.

For Frosted Designs Scallops Challenge 

and Club CK - April Sketch It Out , twist - No patterned paper

Here's how :

 Apply thin, textured layer of gesso with palette knife or plastic card.

  Moist stamp lightly with water. I used crackle stamp from Stampin Up.

 

Press the stamp repeatedly into the wet gesso until you reach your desired design.

 Let it dry completely. Apply ink. Sometimes it requires a little practice to obtain good color combo, so try your ideas on scrap paper first.

 

I used fuchsia dye ink pad Craftsmart and Colorbox blue lagoon for purple look. Versa Magic turquoise gem and Colorbox yellow citrus for teal with yellow effect.

  I altered  Basic Grey chipboard letter using fuchsia dye ink Craftsmart and TPC Studio Violet ink. I used small paint brush to apply ink.

• journaling cards - Basic Grey
• wooden bird cage, ribbon, rhinestones, flowers, pearls - Michaels
• cardstock, chunky glitter - American Crafts
• pens - Sharpie
• font - Papyrus
• die cut ticket - Bo Bunny

Fabric Flowers

I am loving these fabric flowers lately. I started with few strips of burlap and one day Kim gave me more fabrics to work on (",). Here's how I made them :

Strip of fabric (I used burlap) about 5cm wide, cardstock circle (approximately bigger than you want the finished flower to be.

Twist the fabric.

 

Secure the twisted end of the fabric to the center of the cardstock cirlce with hot glue gun or fabric glue and press it. Continue to twist and coil the fabric around the center and use hot glue gun as needed to secure the fabric in place.

 

 

If you meet your desired size , trim off any excess cardstock or fabric. Insert the tail of the fabric under and secure with hot glue gun.

Mist, paint, ink the flower or leave it as plain.

 

 

 Add button, pearls, brads, rhinestones or other embellishment.

 

For another twist, I used longer strip of fabric, about 60cm, about 5cm wide.

 

 

Twist and fold and follow the same instructions above.

 

 

 

 

 Here are some of my page with fabric flower