~ Mini Album ~

For my blog post at Oscraps, I created a mini album using digi pages entirely! Have to say, it was such a breeze creating one as everything was done on the Mac, printed out and then assembled.  It would have taken me ages to create one if I did it traditionally with physical stash!

Anyway, here's the mini album which incidentally is in the hands of my MIL. Gave it to her as a birthday present:

Supplies by Anna Aspnes
The pages were cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities. I made use of all the different shape templates that I possess (they need to be used from time to time).

I laminated the pages just so it could withstand the wear and tear. Now to make one for myself! TTFN!

~ On Display ~

Here are some gifts that I created last month for teachers. I altered 2 clipboards and some spice jars. I also created a poster featuring a teacher's quote.

I bought an Alice in Wonderland kit by Mr Whiskers and had a fun play with it!

 An altered clipboard, using just a single 12x12 sheet of double-sided patterned paper. 

 Another altered clipboard, again using a single double-sided sheet of patterned paper. It didn't fit the clipboard fully hence the tissue tapes in the middle. 

Altered spice jars containing sweets for the assistant teachers. I decorated 2" circles with digital images and punched them out with a scalloped punch.

Finally a basket of sweets for my colleagues. Played with my trusty Cuttlebug and cut out those tags.

TTFN!

~ Banana Frog Hop ~

We are at the end of July and it's time for another Banana Frog Hop. As the theme is on Summer, I've got some summer treats lined up.

Just before my boys left school, I made up some summer treats for their teacher. As they have quite a few teachers that they want to give, I made up these little sour cream containers (instructions can be found here) from scrap patterned papers. For labels, I stamped a large star from Just About Stars set and used the Teen alphabets for names. 

Using a souffle pen, I went over the name so that it was more visible. 

As these containers were easy to do, I made quite a few and filled them with chocolates. They made a lovely summer treats especially if you have a fair number of teachers to give to!

Who says labels have to be boring! Now these can be tailored to any occasions depending on the colours that you used. 

If you fancy any Banana Frog stamps, just leave a comment and you might just be lucky! Thanks for dropping by! TTFN!

~ Banana Frog Hop ~

Welcome if you have just arrived from Lory.

My project today is to keep track of those little bits and pieces that I need to use for documenting memories.  Currently I'm have several albums on-going and there are times where I get a souvenir from that particular day and need to keep in a safe place. The problem is sometimes, I keep it so safe that I fail to find it and this has annoyed me many times! Hence, I created this little bag to put these bits in one place and hopefully, ease the headache of searching for them when it is needed.

The bag is a recycled packaging. I merely painted it over and then decorated with patterned papers. The calendar was downloaded and printed out from Crafty Secrets site. The papers were from a digital collection by Carina Gardner. The swirls came from the Butterflies and Swirls set while the date is from De Louisville alphabet set.

The back was stamped using several Banana Frog sets: Butterflies and Swirls, Totally Tropical and Build A Daisy. 

Hopefully with this bag, I can now keep all my souvenirs in one place and when the time comes to scrap my page, I can easily find them. As for the theme on Winter season, nothing wintery here but since the new year falls in the Winter months, the new resolution was to be organised and hence, this bag!

Thanks for dropping by and if you fancy a Banana Frog stamp set, leave a comment. Winner will be announced on the Banana Frog blog! TTFN!

~ Banana Frog Hop ~

Welcome to the Banana Frog Blog Hop! Hopefully you're enjoying the hops so far.

The theme for this month's hop is on Christmas, very appropriate as Christmas is only a few weeks away. Currently, I'm in the midst of making Christmas tags as I tend to put these together with the Christmas cards and are given away to close friends/relatives. Here's a couple that I've done:

The Christmas tree came from Winter Wonderland set.

The baubles are from Christmas Elegance set.

To ensure mass production, the tags were coloured using Tim Holtz inkpads, dry-embossed and sprayed with a bit of glimmer mist. Then a background layer was laid on and then the stamped image. The back of the tags were then stamped with a Christmas sentiment. 

Your next hop is Annlouise. Have fun hopping and if you fancy winning a Banana Frog stamp set of your choice, just leave a comment! TTFN!

~ On Display: Banana Frog! ~

It was my turn to blog on Banana Frog and I created some Christmas labels. I use them a lot when wrapping up presents and I loath to buy them when I can create them easily with my supplies. This time, I made use of some digital papers from Elle's Studio. Here are my labels: 

Stamped image from It's Christmas, Deer set. 

Stamped image from Winter Wonderland set and coloured using Copics.

Stamped image from It's Christmas, Deer set, sprinkled with sticklers.

Luv the thought of being able to create different types of labels for different people. My boys will definitely have their own labels to distinguish between their presents! TTFN!

~ Banana Frog Hop ~

If you have come from Nat, welcome! Hope you are enjoying the hop so far. The theme for this month's hop is "Autumn".  Seeing that it's October and it's the end of the month, I can only think of Halloween! So with that in mind, I created this: 

Papers and embellishment were printed out from digital images, courtesy of Echo Park's Halloween collection.

I made use of Banana Frog's Tag It, Fanciful and MadFont alphabet set for this project. I stamped the tags and used them as background for the letters. The letters were cut out and sprinkled with stickles. This banner will come in handy when I'm having my Halloween party tonite! 

Your next hop is Annlouise. Having fun hopping! TTFN!

September's Banana Blog Hop!

Welcome if you have come from talented Michelle!

I recently received the 3 new Christmas stamp sets and set out to have a play! I love Xmas cards and I've been making them since the beginning of the year, just so I'm not stressed at the end when I've to give out that many! Anyway, today's post is to show you how you can 'dress up' your stamp images. 

I love the tree image from Winter Wonderland. There is so much possibilities with that particular image. It can look pretty plain when stamped on a sheet but with some glitter, you can give the tree a different dimension:

Here, I played with sticklers and glitter pen to transform the tree into an embellishment.

On the same stamp set is a rather cute snowman. Here's what I did to him: 

He was coloured with Copic markers and I added buttons on him. I created a topper out of him which I will later put on a card or even a tag!

Finally, I played with a tree in Christmas Elegance set: 

Another topper but this time I dressed the tree up. I added buttons to represent them as baubles and added a bit of glitter around. Then I grounded it by adding grass around its base. 

When I'm short of time, I usually create something fast and simple like these. They are then later used either in cards or projects that I may be involved in. Here's a example of how I used the embellished tree: 

I used it on a tag. 

With Christmas only 91 days away, these little toppers/embellishment will come in very handy later for Xmas projects! These Christmas stamp sets are fabulous. I've not played enough with them yet. And if you fancy a chance of winning any of them (or others), drop me a comment. It might just be your lucky day! 

Your next blog hop is Annlouise. Have a very' hopping' time! TTFN!

~ Banana Frog ~

Well, it was my day to showcase on the Banana Frog blog and I made this canvas: 

The butterflies were created from transparency and coloured using Copic markers and glittered using sticklers: 

The flower embellishment were stamped and I added dimension to them by shading with Copic markers: 

Finally, I replicated the vine images at the side of the canvas: 

This canvas will be winging its way to my mom as her birthday gift. Having not done much creative work lately, it took me a while to get into the flow again. Can't say I have much time in the coming few weeks as I will be extremely busy (lots of things have come up and I don't have a lot of spare time these days). Until then, TTFN!

~ Banana Frog Hop ~

It's time for another Blog Hop. This month's theme focus on 'summer fete'! My eldest recently had a BBQ Sleepover Birthday party. It went well but I always like to ensure he thanks his guests and relatives for the presents he received. Hence, I made them some 'thank you' tags.

The tag, 4x6",  is cut from patterned paper. It shows both the front and back of the tag. I made use of Hiya Chick to decorate the tags. The journaling block is from Sentimental Style. I left some space for my boy to write his 'thank you' message. 

No doubt, these will be winging their way to his relatives as soon as he is done. I made them as tags as they can easily be re-used as bookmarks!

Thanks for dropping by and hope you are enjoying your hop! If you fancy winning a stamp set, don't forget to leave a comment! Your next hop is Annlouise! Have a great day! TTFN!

~ Banana Frog Hop! ~

If you have reached here from the lovely Michelle (now how cool is that table!), a warm welcome to you! Hope you have been enjoying the hops so far! 

As the theme focus on 'summer', I decided to create something that would be suitable for the warm weather that we are enjoying at the moment. With the heat, I'm always reaching out for cold cans of coke and they do leave water residue on the table. Using leftover scraps, I quickly created a couple of coasters.

These were simple to create. I cut the base with my Nestibilities. I added some stamped images and then laminated it.

The laminated sheet was also cut using Nestibilities. What I like about doing them is it makes use of lefover scraps, and they are great for just playing with stamps and creating themeless projects! You can further personalise them by adding photos too.

This is the end of the hop! If you fancy winning a Banana Frog stamp set, just drop a comment. Thanks for hopping by! Have a great week ahead! TTFN!

~ Banana Frog Hop! ~

If you're here from Debbie's blog, welcome! This month's is Banana Frog's birthday and there are some great prizes to win (if you have checked the BF's blog). So the theme's this month is on 'birthday'. I've in store some projects relating to it!

Kids love wearing birthday badges. Not surprising since it publicise their birthdays.    One can easily buy a badge with any sentiments on it these days. Bearing that in mind, I thought I create one using one of the new stamp set that came out recently.

I used Fairytale Princess for this project. The word 'Birthday' came from Retro Greetings set (one of my well-used stamp set). 

The base is punched using a 3" scalloped punch. A piece of scrapped patterned paper was laid over it. Then the relevant images was stamped, coloured with Copics and attached using foam dots. To wear it, simply attached a brooch pin at the back. Voila, that's it, a simple and rather unique birthday badge for your li'l princess!

Let's not forget if you have boys (like I do) so I created another one just for boys. I made use of Charming Prince stamp set. 

Background was sprayed with a silver mist. Stamped images coloured using Copics. A quick and easy birthday badge for a boy

I also made a quick mini LO (6x4") for my display frame. I love doing mini LOs as they are very quick to finish and easy to display and store! I bought an Ikea flip-over frame with 6 pages (which equates to 12 pages) some time ago and it was left in my cupboard for years until last year when I decided to do something about it. It struck me that I could do a 6x4" LO whenever I've a new photo. It will be displayed in the frame. The only time the LO is removed is when it's being replaced with a new LO. Any old ones are simply stored in a 6x4 album (any normal photo album, which can be easily altered of course!) So far, it has been successful and guests who visit, love looking at them. Here's my LO: 

Photo of my other half on his birthday. Photo size is 4x3". This size allows you to use up any leftover scraps. As the space is easy to fill, it can be done in less than half an hour!

Hope you are enjoying the hop. Bev is ever so generous this month so if you fancy any Banana Frog stamp set, here's your chance to win it. Simply leave a comment and a random draw will take place on Monday. Good luck! Your next leap is Nat! Happy Hopping! TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

So pleased that Friday has come again.... and this Friday is especially special as it's the start of half term! Yay! A week of break. Looking forward to not having to rush about in the morning. Although scary to think that the next term will be the last in the school term. It's like a year has gone past so quickly. 

Had some time to craft last weekend and created a commissioned canvas using May's store kit. I told myself I had to stop getting so many stamp sets as I'm running out of space to store them not to mention lack of time to play but the May set was just too unique to pass on...

Background misted using Tim Holtz stencil and glimmer mists. Then the flora stamps were used at the bottom of the canvas. Patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. Went overboard with the flowers as I don't get much chance to use them (I've got boys and there is only so much flowers you can put on them).

The stamped florals

Luv the large circular journaling block... gonna be very useful!

Also created a card based on this sketch: 

Here's my card: 

Patterned paper by October Afternoon

The inside of the card. The zig zag border was punched out from an EK Success punch.

Thanks for dropping by. Thankful for a quiet weekend and hoping to be able to squeeze some crafting time. Whatever you do, have a great weekend... TTFN!

~ On Display: Banana Frog ~

Something I made for Banana Frog blog:

My li'l wee one asked me to label his bed so I came up with this bunting. I recently received some new Banana Frog stamps and so they came in handy for this project!

I used patterned papers from Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage collection (6x6 stack which I won as a goodie bag from Crafty Templates!) Luv the colours as they are perfect for me! Stamp sets used here are Charming Prince and Mad Font. 

Found this cute photo of my boy and had to use it. I used the same sets again for this page. 

BF recently brought out Hiya Chick set... I must have swoon as I luv birds and birdcages! This set is just fab! Used this set to complete my decoration of the bunting. 

I now need to do one for my eldest! More stamps to play! Yay! TTFN!

~ Growing In Unity: Day 4 ~

A little late in posting but it has been a maniac day today. Anyway, today's offering is based on the theme of 7 Deadly Sins. I've been wanting to do something like that and I created each sin on a tag but with a modern twist, using Unity stamps of course!

7 Deadly sins from top left: Anger, Sloth, Envy

Bottom left: Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Greed

I gave a modern twist to it. Base of tags done using Tim Holtz distressed inkpads and spritz with water to give it a mottled, weathered look.

Words created using {ippity} alphabet stamps.

Here are the tags closeup with more details:

First deadly sin: Anger

I chose skull to signify the theme.

Stamp sets used: Confession stamp image in background from I {luv} Unity set, ticket image from Le Chic Vintage and skull from Pirate Madness

2nd deadly sin: Envy

It relates to the eyes doesn't it, so hence this li'l cute monster with one eye. 

Stamp sets used: Monster & sentiment from Cuter than Most

3rd deadly sin: Gluttony

I could have used a lot of food images but I especially luv this gumball image... in the eye of a child, scoffing tons of that would be gluttony!

Stamp sets used: background image from Going Retro, 'yummy' from Retro Barbeque and gumball from Mar10 KOTM.

4th deadly sin: Greed

Who doesn't want it all?

Stamp set used: Treasure to Me

5th deadly sin: Lust

The image of an incandescent tryst suddenly appealed to me.

Stamp set used: 'sun' from Jul09 KOTM, 'couple' & 'grass' from Jan10 store kit.

6th deadly sin: Pride

This had me stumped but I figured one does take pride in cooking so hence the kitchen theme!

Stamp set used: Kitchen Logic, 'leaves' in background from Bevy of Butterflies.

7th deadly sin: Sloth

Well, this was easy... lazing on the sofa!

Stamp set used: Comfy Cozy

Doing these tags certainly stretched my imagination. Definitely had fun and even broke into stamp sets that I've not used yet!  Definitely be doing another series of tags again but based on a different theme! TTFN!