~ Woot! ~

I was asked recently to be a guest designer for The Studio and the challenge was to scrap my country's flag colours & black. Well, my country's flag colours are red and white which incidentally is the same as England's and since I'm living here, I shall represent both countries. Here's my LO: 

Photo of us taken at my SIL's wedding reception. I can never get my boys to pose nicely for photos but hey, that's them and I wouldn't have it any other way! Made use of Studio Calico May kit with extra bits from my own stash (notably the BG Basic White background paper). Couldn't resist the TH bird cage as well (which I finally got my hands on). Alphas in the background are from Heidi Swapp mask. Happy bingo card is a digi printout. 

TTFN!

~ Sketchy Thursdays: June GDT Challenge ~

Here's the sketch:

Here's my LO: 

I flipped the sketch laterally as it fit my photo better.

SB kit: Studio Calico May 2010

Stamp: Unity's Brave Girl scrapbook set

TTFN!

~ Sketchy Thursdays: May GDT sketch & Create 10 Day 4 ~

Woke up to a sunny Sunday and decided to spent the day crafting instead... sorry, as much as I luv to see the sun in this country, I'm no sun worshipper and you won't catch me sunbathing at all!!! Let's just say the fear of getting wrinkles and sun-damage skin weigh heavily on my mind! Besides, I devoted the last two weeks to my boys and it was time to claim a bit of 'me' time to myself. So hubs brought them out and entertained them. 

I started with Day 4 of the Create 10 project. There was a template to use and to create a fabric flower. I teamed it with a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays to produce this LO:

Here's the sketch:

And my LO:

Made use of Studio Calico April kit. For Create 10 Day 4 class, made use of the shirt template to create a bunting. In place of fabric materials, I substituted for lace to create my flowers (I'm a lace hoarder and got loads of them as opposed to fabric). For Sketchy Thursdays challenge, the theme was celebration and to use the colour green. Well, this LO is about celebrating Spring... when it came, we lost no time in heading to the beach!

A closeup of my lacey flower

I'm having a whale of a time doing the Create 10 classes. TTFN!

~ Creative Scrappers: Apr challenge, sketch #98 & Create 10 Day 2 ~

I'm having fun with the Create 10 classes and I did Day 2 which comprise of using a heart template coupled with embellishing hearts using ribbons. I kill two birds with one stone, I made use of a sketch by Creative Scrappers: 

Here's my LO: 

LO done using Studio Calico April kit. Luv that paper which incidentally is a SC paper. I covered the hearts with scraps of ribbons. The hearts/swirl template came from the class. 

Another fun LO to do. Off to finish the other classes... TTFN!

~ Sketchy Thursdays: Spring Challenge Blog Hop & Create 10 Day 1 ~

After much hesitation (just the fact that I'm so short of time these days), I enrolled with Crafty Templates Create 10 class. A class that contains 10 projects for 10 days. So far, what I like about it is that fact that techniques are taught, not just mere scraplift of a LO. So I started with Day 1, took the techniques and produced a LO based on a sketch by Sketchy Thursdays.

I played with a Spring Challenge Blog Hop sketch on Sketchy Thursdays. The blog is part of a group of blogs involved in a Spring Blog Hop, only for this week. Here's the sketch:

Here's my LO incorporating techniques from Create 10 Day 1 and the sketch: 

LO created using Studio Calico April kit. 

A closeup of the handmade flowers, sprinkled with a bit of sticklers and a gem in the centre.

I placed a large lace on the paper and sprayed it with Cosmic Shimmer. This resulted in a lacey background. My bunting, stamped and cut out.

Had fun making this LO. One of my fav I reckon! TTFN!

~ On Display: Studio Calico ~

I started my first sub to Studio Calico kit and I luv it! Papers are really yummy and the kit is very different from Scarlet Lime. Colours are more subdued. Anyway, I lost no time playing with it and used this sketch on the SC blog:

Here's my LO:

 I rotated the sketch to fit my photos. Journaling reads: You hesitated, you pondered, you were terrified, yet you considered, you were persuaded, you were cajoled, you were bribed. Eventually you mustered up your courage and you jumped, much to our delight! 

Had fun with the sketch. TTFN!