How To Resist?

This is a layout about a shoe that both me and her dad could not resist buying it for her. Isn't this the cutest thing ever? The inspiration of the page came from the look of the shoe and the colours on it. This shoe reminds me of a girl wearing it running around in the country side which indirectly links my mind to soft colours of nature. Therefore the idea of using some handmade paper from DMD, just floats in my mind.

Here are the steps to it.

1) I've actually done of bubble wrapper printing and gesso card scraping technique behind the photograph. I've also use a punched paper to create a reverse look of the bubble wrapper printing to layer on the lower left corner of the photograph.

2) I've used a clear paintables from Prima to layer over the photograph and later use the "Paint to Distress" technique to distress it.

3) Some of the circles are covered using handmade paper from DMD and some are covered with crackle accents. I've also added a circle which I've cut out from a transparency and painted the edges with pink acrylic paint.

4) The swirls are actually felt fusion from Queen & Co.

5) I've also added a strip of handmade paper which I've torn on one edge and inked it using distress ink.

6) Then I've hand stitched across it. The word "Resist" are covered with crackle accents too.

I love this layout very much as it brings out the soft side of my style.

Sources: Card stock: Bazzill Basic; Pattern Papers: Imagination Project, DMD,Hot Off The Press (Paper Pizazz); Ink: Ranger Distress Ink; Brads: Making Memories; Others: Clear Paintables (Prima Merketing), Zig pens, Crackle accents (Ranger), eyelets, rick racks, buttons, transparency, felt fusion (Queen & Co), flowers (Prima Marketing), gesso (Folkart), acrylic paints (Making Memories).

Christmas '07

This is a layout about our Christmas in 2007. I actually love this photograph of Ryan and Chloe not looking at the camera. They look so natural and carefree. I've actually tried to use the traditional Christmas colours in this layout. Sorry for the bad photographs though as it's difficult to take decent pictures on transparency.

Here are the steps to it.

1) I've used a huge circle shaped pattern paper to layer behind the photograph. I've used the scissors technique and the inking technique to distress this pattern paper.

2) Then I've hand stitched another circle overlapping the pattern paper. I've also used a red card stock which I've punched out holes all over it to create a negative look of a bubble wrapper printing design.

3) I've used the "Create Your Own Mini Overlay" technique to create the two squares on the upper right of the layout and attached them down using mini brads and glue dots.

4) I've also distressed the edges of the photograph using the scissors technique. I've used two grungeboard hinges which I've inked and covered with crackle accents, to embellished the right side of the photograph. On the left, is a hidden tag with a quote.

5) I've also used some transparency to create some snowflakes. I've later doodled on it and painted the edges red too. To add some gold colour, I've heat embossed some snowflakes using gold embossing powder on black card stock and cut it out.

6) I've used a black flowery lace to layer underneath the snowflakes.

This is such a fun layout. I'm don't often create festive pages and I must say that I've missed doing it..LOL! Hope you all like it!

Sources: Card stock: Bazzill Basic, Pattern Papers: DaisyD's, Ink: Ranger Distress Ink, Tsukineko Staz On, Ranger Emboss It, Stamps: Norsk Stempelblad AS, Making Memories, Art Warehouse, Rub-ons: Basic Grey, Heidi Grace, Brads: Making Memories, Others: Lace, Thickers (American Crafts), Zig pens, uni-ball signo gel pen, grungeboard, Crackle accents (Ranger), rhinestones, ribbon, acrylic paints (Making Memories).

Create Your Own Mini Overlay

Recently I've been playing around a lot with acrylics and transparency and I must admit that I LOVE IT! It has so much potential in making your layouts or projects looks awesome and unique. In my latest layout I've used some transparency sheets to create my own mini overlays.

It's really very simple. I've used some stamps where we would normally only use it for making cards or ATCs. and stamped on the transparency using some black solvent ink. And there you have your own mini overlay. Then, you might just want to ask me, why not just stamped on the layout itself?

1) It would give a different texture to the layout
2) It ease the process of stamping an image onto uneven area. (ie. Different layers of papers)
3) In my layout, I've also painted the edges using some red acrylic paint to further defined the squares.
4) It gives the glass look to your layout.
5) You could print any image onto transparency using toner based printer.


Let me know what you think of this idea after looking at the complete layout.

Vintage ATCs (Transparency)

Here are a few transparency vintage ATCs that I've made for the Style's The Word ATC swap. Recently I've had a crushed with the look of glass or transparent in my projects therefore I've tried to use them in my ATCs too.

Here are the steps,

1) I've created some water distressed background papers using various inks to create three different colours for three different ATCs. Refer to "Water Distressing" technique for details.

2) Then I've stamped some vintage images on them. All the vintage stamps here are from Norsk Stempelblad AS. They have some gorgeous stamps. You could check out their site by following the link to Ett Trykk on the right of my blog.

3) Then I've used some solvent ink to stamp the corners using my new Prima corner stamps. They're so beautiful that I just can't wait to use them.

4) Then I've used a white doodling pen to doodled on the stamped corners for some details and colours.

5) For the "Be Happy" ATC, I've heat embossed the title on a vellum and cut it out. I've also layered some flowers and attached a charm to it.

6) In the "Travel" ATC, I've layered a flower with a transparency flower that I've stamped and cut out. I've also painted the edges using some red acrylic paint and doodled on it. I've used some dimensional accents to freshen up the flower and create dimensional drops all over the corners too. Refer to "Freshen Up your Flowers" technique for details.

7) For the "Sweet Heart" ATC, I've heat embossed the title using some gold embossing powders. I've also attached a felt heart with a charm to it. For some bling, I've added lots of glitters all around the ATC.

Sources: Card Stock: Bazzill Basic Papers, Ink: Ranger Emboss It, Staz On, Tim Holtz's Distress Ink, Stamps: Norsk Stempelblad AS, Prima Marketing, Maya Road, Others: embossing powders, Zig pens, uni-ball signo gel pen, transparency, vellum, glitter (stickles), Prima flowers, mini brads, acrylic paint (Making Memories).

Hanging Anniversary Card (Acrylic)

This is another acrylic card that I've created to celebrate one of my COF 's Anniversary. I've just came up with the thought to not to use any card stock or pattern paper for this card. I want it to be transparent with some splash of colours. Therefore, I've used only acrylic sheet, transparency and vellum.

Here are the steps to it.

1) I've use a sheet of acrylic for it's base.

2) Then, I have cut out a transparency sheet with scallop sides, I've inked the transparency with some alcohol inks (oregano, meadow, expresso, butterscotch, gold mixatives, blending solution) and painted the edges with black acrylic paint.

3) Then I've used glue dots to layer that on top of the base acrylic sheet.

4) I've printed the picture onto transparency and distress the edges using the scissors technique. I've also heat embossed some gold embossing powder on it.

5) I've stamped some flourishes using solvent inks on it.

6) The flowers are actually created using a layer of vellum and a layer of transparency. I've stamped a flower on the vellum and cut it out before I heat embossed some gold embossing powder on the edges of that layer. I've cut in on the petals and fold it upwards to create some dimensions.

7) To add some bling, I've used some gold glitter (stickles) to doodle dots all over the card.

8) I've used a crafting wire to make the hook to make this a hanging card.

Sources: Ink: Ranger Alcohol Ink, Emboss It, Staz On, Stamps: Autumn Leaves, Heidi Swapp, Others: embossing powders, Zig pens, uni-ball signo gel pen, acrylic sheet, transparency, vellum, glitter (stickles), eyelets, crafting wire and ribbon.