~ Butterfly Crafts: May Visual Challenge ~

Found some time to scrapbook and used this sketch at Butterfly Crafts.

Here's my LO: 

SB kit: Scarlet Lime April 10 

Stamp: Unity's Brave Girl scrapbooking set

TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

It's Friday and the end of the first week of March. This is gonna be a very busy month for me ... loads of concerts coming up for the boys as well as preparing for a car boot sale in my son's school. Gearing myself for the onslaught of 'busy-ness'. Hence, any escape to my craft room is a welcome relief and I did manage to pull myself away and create some stuff last weekend. 

First up is a LO created using a Scarlet Lime kit (July 09). I luv scrapbooking kits as it saves me the hassle of buying stash online as I don't have a LSS near me at all. I don't have the time to trawl through the latest arrival of items and I rely on kits to provide them! Here's my LO:

Patterned papers by GCD Studios Ava collection. I used a mixture of Unity's scrapbooking sets. The butterflies were cut out from the patterned paper and were thoroughly glitzed and blinged! As the base of the patterned paper was quite busy, I kept the overall design simple and decorated the background with stamps instead. (Picture of my boy, taken in Singapore last summer, who was determined to get thru' the monkey bar, no matter how long it took him).

My next offering is a card with I did for 365 Cards.

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Sugar Rush. Stamped images from January's store kit, coloured using Promarkers. 

I'm so glad it's Friday, hoping to be able to grab some chill-out time for myself tonite. Haven't had the chance to craft this week and I'm itching to create something! Thanx for dropping by and have a great weekend. TTFN!

~ Creative Scrappers: Feb challenge, sketch #89 ~

Had some time on my hands and found this sketch blog (thanx to Lisa). February's challenge is to create a LO using any sketches from #89 - #92. Here's sketch #89: 

Here's my LO:

LO created using Scarlet Lime Jan main kit. A couple of stamped images came from Unity's scrapbooking kit (bunting from Jan/Feb10 SB kit & journaling panels from Sep09 SB kit). The calendar image is from {ippity} Life's Little Moments.

TTFN!

~ The Studio: 16th Jan Challenge ~

My first time taking part in a LO challenge on this site. The challenge is to: 

1. Take your alphas and alter them. Maybe you have a font you love but in the wrong colour – well change them! Show us what you can do!
2. Use a symmetrical page design – everything on one side should balance what’s on the other.
3. Use fabric of some kind on your page!

Here's my LO based on the above recipe: 

Made use of a fabric Thickers and outlined them in brown ink and later coloured using Copics. Symmetrical designed: checked! and I used fabric (felt) for the flowers. LO created using Scarlet Lime Jan 10 kit. Stamped images (background words on strips and quote) is from {ippity} Because of You set.

TTFN!

~ Butterfly Crafts: Challenge 26 ~

Catching up on some challenges. This is Butterfly Crafts sketch challenge: 

Here's my LO: 

Broke into my latest Scarlet Lime Jan 10 kit. Paper doily is from my own stash. Sprayed it with glimmer mist. Owl and branch image is from Unity's Jan KOTM set. Photo was taken by school photographer.

TTFN!

>>> Journal Your Christmas 09: Day 1-3 <<<

I decided this year to participate in Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas. Not having done one before, thought it might be interesting. It certainly has! I've been receiving a prompt everyday, since December, and it has certainly help me fill my pages although equally, my daily schedules and routines have also added more pages to it. Here's the first few pages:

This is the inside of the album.

Here's Day 1 which is a manifesto of what the album is all about.

It was also the day my boys had their first in a series of concerts that they will be performing this month. Made use of Scarlet Lime Dec 08 and Nov 09 kits. I'm hoping to make a dent in the kits that have been pilling up in recent months.

Day 2 was something to do with the weather.

So I checked out what the weather was for that day and recorded it.

Also on the same day, my boys decided they wanted the Xmas tree up and so we relented. Both of them decorated it and we did the finishing part.

Day 3 focussed on card so I made one to put into the album.

My card.

My journaling about it.

My pages aren't uniform and I prefer it that way. There are days when nothing much has happened and so it will just be a notepad but on others, a lot may happened and I would like to expand on it. Where there are LOs, I will simply put them into page protectors. I'm slightly behind in my pages but I'll catch up! TTFN!

>>> Butterfly Craft: Challenge 23 <<<

Been a while since I attempted LO challenges so when I saw this particular challenge over at Butterfly Crafts, I couldn't resist doing it. Challenge 23 asks to think about the things that make me happy. Well, there's a lot but what I cherish most is the time spent with my boys. I'm always looking forward to the holidays so that I can spend time with them.

LO created using Scarlet Lime Oct main kit with a bit of Webster Pages thrown in and of course, Unity's Nov scrapbooking stamp kit.

Have to say, this is one of my fav LOs created so far. TTFN!

>>>It's Party Time! <<<

Hello to the Weekend and to a brand new month, August! It's a special weekend as it's Shimelle's Inspirational Party Weekend. I was invited to play along this weekend. So while watching re-runs of CSI, I created 2 projects for the Party. I was given a printable PDF to play with and it was so easy to use. Here's the first one, a hanging frame:

I played with the 'Self Indulgence' printable and cut out the cupcake journaling block and the words to use in this hanging frame.

Here's a close up view of the frame.

With leftover paper, I created a card. One sheet of printable hold a few images and I just couldn't leave them to waste so I cut out some cupcakes and a quote to use them in this card.

I outlined the cupcakes with a black pen and adhered them using foam dots.

Here's a closer view of the card.

I certainly enjoyed using the printable. There are actually 20 printables and they are exclusively available at the online class, Go To Press at 2peas. Check out the rest of the Party this weekend at Shimelle's. Thanks for dropping by! TTFN!

>>> Scrap Day! <<<

Took some time out today and went over to a friend's place to scrap. Been ages since I've done that and we had a great time. I actually completed 2, yay two projects. The first is a hanging frame for my youngest and the second, is a card. Both were done for a scrappy blog .... which will be revealed this weekend!

Did more scrapping in the nite (guess mojo is coming back now) and completed another alphabet of my A-Z BOM album. Sheesh, that has been taking a while to complete and I've only got 5 more letters to do. I did the letter 'X' tonite and as soon as I've sought out photos for the other letters, will try and complete them.

For the letter X, made use of the word 'XO'. Can't say it's easy to find a suitable word with the letter X so XO just happened to suit my theme! Made use of Scarlet Lime July kit.

TTFN!

>>> 365 Cards Day 115 & 116 <<<

Day 116 is 'Keep It To Yourself: Wedding Card'. The challenge is to creat a wedding card without any sentiment on the front. Had to have a good look through my stamps to see if I can find a suitable image. Thankfully I did!

Patterned paper by American Craft Craft Fair and Making Memories Love Notes collections. Stamps by Autumn Leaves Whimsical Frames (heart frame) and Label Tulip (couple). Embossed the inside of the heart using Cuttlebug embossing folder.


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Day 115 is 'Piece It Together' which is to piece images together, either via digital image or die cuts. Did a very simple paper piercing card:

Patterned paper by Scarlet Lime exclusive paper found in their May 09 kit. It was a scrap piece, leftover from a LO so it was put to good use. Stamped images from Unity June KOTM set! Stamped the cherries on a piece of Daisy D's patterned paper and cut it out. It was adhered using foam dots.

Have a great day! TTFN!

>>> On Display! <<<

Here are some LOs that I've done over the past few weeks for various challenges:

This LO was done for Banana Frog's May Colour Focus challenge as seen here. Made use of BF It's All About Stars stamp set. Patterned papers by Basic Grey.

This 8x8" LO was done for my A-Z BOM album, currently still running at BackPorch Memories forum. It has taken a while but I'm determined to get to the end! Made use of Scarlet Lime May kit. Map paper torn from an old atlas book.

This LO was done for UKScrappers Scrap Like You Mean It (SLYMI) week 20. The challenge was to 'scrap with a pen' so I did just that... doodled onto the patterned papers. LO created using stash from Scarlet Lime April kit and the borders are from LilyBee.

This LO is for SLYMI wk 21: Scrap a Song Title. LO created using Scarlet Lime April kit. Probably one of the busiest LO ever created!

TTFN!

>>> Unity Anniversary Challenges! <<<

It's Unity Stamp Company first anniversary and they are hosting a list of challenges at Splitcoaststampers. For the first day (Monday), the challenge is to create a project using these colours:

Kraft
Baja Breeze
Ruby Red
So Saffron

Not sure what the colour code refers to but here's my take of it. I tried to use the colours as close as I can:

Made use of Unity's April's KOTM stamp set and coloured using Promarkers.

Here's the inside of it:

Patterned paper by GCD, part of Scarlet Lime April main kit.

For the 2nd day challenge (Tuesday), it consists of a recipe (taken from the SCS site):
1. the project MUST include Unity stamps since we are celebrating Unity's FIRST birthday. (NO OTHER STAMP COMPANY's STAMPS!)
2. F is for flowers...include some sort of flower or flower image in the project
3. I is for insect...think butterflies, dragonflies, ladybugs, etc...
4. R is for ribbon
5. S is for scallops.
6. T is for turquoise or teal so you must include one of these two colors in the project.

I did a LO:

I believe I fulfilled the requirements as all stamps used are from Unity. LO created using Scarlet Lime April main kit.

LO is also created for UKScrappers SLYMI #17 which calls for scrapping using layers and lace. With time flying so quickly, had no choice but to combine challenges! TTFN!

>>> Dreamgirls Challenge #26: Jerry McGuire - Show Me The Money <<<

The challenge is to use a quote from a movie for the LO title. I googled and found the title I wanted. Here are the 'rules' for the page:

Prompt: Use a quote from a movie for your page title

Technique: A penny for your thoughts (Show visible journaling).

Product: Use chipboard or grungeboard on your layout.

Here's my take on the challenge:

LO created using Scarlet Lime Sep 08 main kit using their exclusive papers.

LO was also created for Banana Frog blog showcasing Banana Frog stamps as well. TTFN!