Embellish Magazine Challenge & Caardvarks Challenge

This card is for the following two challenges:
1. Caardvarks challenge
2. Embellish Magazine Challenge

The gray paper is from Basic Grey's Ambrosia paper pad. I stamped the flowers/leaves background with black ink. I stamped the flower again onto yellow card stock and cut it out. Then stuck it on with some foam pads. I added some glossy accent on the yellow flower to give it a shine.

HMITM Challenge #147

This challenge is about using old papers and embellishment that are not in their 'raw' form. I have loads of that from years ago as I hoard craft products. Here are bits I added to the embellishments used in my layout.

These buttons were clear in their 'raw' form. I glued some paper from an old book and sewed in onto the page with some red thread. For the middle button I applied some distress ink to the paper before sticking it to the button.

This embellishment started of as Tim Holtz idea-ology bronze frame. I changed the colour of it with Bottle acrylic paint dabber to match the colours on the page.

I applied glue randomly to the edge of the 12 x 12 card stock and stuck some old music sheet and then tore it off and applied some distress ink and stamped with a map stamp.

And here is the layout.

Practical Scrappers Challenge - Ribbons

A ribbons challenge is one I definitely had to participate. Hence for this challenge I wanted to use ribbon in a way I have never used in a project. This is what I came up with.

Yes, I went back to mat weaving - something I did at art class in school! I decided to keep to the pastel theme.

The Paper Variety Challenge #2

This challenge requires following the parameters set below.



For my page title, I chose a movie entitled You light up my life and for the border I chose to hand stitch some doodles. The sewing of the border took some time but I wanted something that I could do while watching TV. So while watching some mindless TV (Come Dine with Me), I sewed the border.

I used a double sided patterned paper that kinda matched Luke's t-shirt. The little captions along the side of the big pic was cut out of the other side of the patterned paper.

Spotlighted three times! Woo hoo

I have been spotlighted on three different challenges:
1. Practical Scrappers - Buttons challenge
2. City Crafter - Tree(s) challenge - go to the bottom of the blog for the spotlighted projects
3. colourQ challenge -  I used the same tree card as in the City Crafter challenge and they were both spotlighted!

I need to learn how to get the spotlight blinky on the side of my blog page. If anyone know the 'how to', please do tell.

Off to bed early today, as I have an early meeting at work tomorrow. Hope to post a creation for a new challenge tomorrow.

Good night!

Colour Create Challenge #53

This is a colour challenge that gives me an opportunity to make another Christmas card. You can never start too early.

Autumn colours

I am maximising my time in my craft room during the weekend. Spent a good part of Saturday organising the boys' rooms. A dear friend of mine, Rani and her husband, Mano (from Malaysia) came to visit for a week and stayed with us. We moved the boys into one room to allow them to have the other room. However, now the boys want to continue sharing a room. So we have moved them to the bigger room and will use the other room as their study. Do they need a study? Probably not but us it a space for Aiden to put his school books, bag, desk etc.

I made the card below for a few challenges - City Crafter Challenge Blog, colourQ Challenge and Pollycraft Challenge Blog. It is quite simple and perfect for a guy.

I finally used the HA Creative Trees WB stamps that I got ages ago. I do really need to enter challenges to use my vast supply of craft products.