Mini Album Tutorials at The Crop Spot!!

It's the third week of August and time for me to blog on a mini album tutorial on The Crop Spot! Here is the mini album that I'll be doing this month.

Don't you just love the colour scheme. The pattern papers had really made my job easy this time. I'll be posting page by page tutorials on this mini album on The Crop Spot throughout this week. To follow along the tutorials or check out this mini album, simply click here. Feel free to leave any comments you have about this project here. Enjoy!

I'll also be having another giveaway on my blog soon. Do keep an eye for it as you won't want to miss it!

Hiro @ 12 Weeks!

Here's the weekly update about Hiro! He is 12 weeks now and full of curiosity. We've bought him a couple of good chewing toys but he still chew on our wooden furniture and wires....lol! I've tried some dog repellent spray on the furniture but it only works the moment I spray on it but not afterwards. Any suggestions?

QKD Sept Get Inked! Kit!

Here's what you'll get in QKD September Get Inked! Kit.

1 Stamp Set designed by me ( The Nature stamp set)
1 Eggplant Dew Drop Small Ink Pad
1 Olive Green Vivid! Small Ink Pad
1 Bottle of Stickles (Frosted Lace)
1 How To's & Technique News Sheet written especially for this kit

and here are the projects that I've created to be included in the how-tos/technique sheet.

Grab your kit now before it's all gone! Here's the link to it.

QKD Sept Get Inked! Kit

This set of stamps is not available anywhere else because it's specifically designed for this kit. I won't be designing the Get Inked! Kit from January onwards. I will only be designing the stamps till this October kit and will be designing the projects till this December kit. I've had so much fun designing projects and stamps for this kit so far and hope you all had enjoyed the kit too.
So, if you all want to grab the last few Get Inked! kits that are designed by me, pre-order your kit now. Have a great weekend!

Featured in Scrapaholic!

This month, I'm so honored to be featured in The First Hebrew Scrap Magazine, Scrapaholic! I'm not sure if any of you read Hebrew but I've actually been interviewed and asked quite a number of questions. For those who understands and wish to get a copy of it, you can check out their blog here.

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This is a layout where I've used some small acrylic pieces from Clear Scraps to create layering on it.

Here are the steps.

1) Use a pattern paper as the base for this layout. Ink it's edges with distress ink.

2) Hand stitch all around its' edges.

3) Cut out a rectangular piece from a pattern paper and distress it's edges using the scissors distressing technique and ink it with distress ink. Add it to the middle of the page.

4) Cut a strip from another pattern paper and distress it's edges. Ink it with distress ink and add it on the bottom half of the piece in step (3).

5) Distress the edges of the photograph and ink it with distress ink. Add it to the page. I've created a film strip masking template from scraps and use some distress ink with it to create the masking below the photograph.

6) Get an acrylic scallop frame piece by Clear Scraps and stamp on it with some flourish stamps using black solvent ink. Add it to the upper left of the photograph. Use the "Stitch Over your Embellishment" technique on it and dress it up with liquid pearls.

7) Add a strip of lace on the right of the acrylic scallop frame. Also add some paper and vellum flowers on the upper left of the photograph and detail them with liquid pearls.

8) Use an acrylic circle piece from Clear Scraps and stamp on it with some flourishes and solvent ink. Dress the stamped images with liquid pearls. Add it to the lower right of the page. Punch some holes on it's bottom and tie some ribbons to it.

9) Add a die cut sticker on top of the piece in step (8) (This is the title of the page).

10) Add two huge buttons on the bottom of the page.

11) Paint a chipboard flourish with some crackle paints and ink it with distress ink. Use the "Stitch Over your Embellishment" technique on it and add it to the page.

12) Add a huge paper clip on the upper right of the page. Attach a die cut tag to it and use the "Stitch Over your Embellishment" technique on it. Tie a paper ribbon to it.

13) Print out a quote on a vellum and cut it out. Add it using some brads to the right of the photograph.

I've had so much fun stitching on this layout. Hope you all give this stitching technique a try!

Sources: Clear Products: Clear Scraps; Pattern Papers: K& Company; Inks: Ranger Distress Ink, Tsukineko Staz On; Stamps: Heidi Grace; Chipboard: Fancy Pants; Stickers: Me & My Big Ideas; Others: Ranger Crackle Accents, Ranger Liquid Pearls, Prima flowers, vellum, J-Angels brads, paper ribbon, floss for stitching, huge paper clips, lace, huge buttons, ribbons, Glue Dots and other adhesives.