Ice Stickles to Create Frost

I think some of you had gotten the idea of creating an icy effect on your project by using white gesso through my last project at The Crop Spot, This time, I've used another medium with a little sparkle to create the frost on my project. It's the "Ice Stickles" by Ranger. It comes in various colours to coordinate with your project. Here's a link to all the colours available.

Simply just apply a good amount of Ice Stickles on the top edges of anything to create a frosty look to it. The mixtures of glitters in an Ice Stickles is just perfect to create the look. To create a thicker frost, just apply more. This will be an instant frost on your projects. If you have not tried this product, you should. It gives such a cool effect.

Tomorrow, I'll be sharing a project where I've used this technique all over it.

First Crop Spot Post in 2010!!

Happy 2010! It's time for me to share my first post at The Crop Spot for year 2010! I bet it's all cold and snowing for some of you at this time of the year. This week, I'm sharing a project which I've tried to create the icy effect on it using some mediums. It's a fun layout to create even though we're having such a hot weather here now. In Malaysia, we have hot and humid weather all year round. If you want to try your hands on creating your own icy layout, check out the full tutorial at The Crop Spot!

Today I'm also packing up some projects to be sent to Clear Scraps for their booth at CHA. I'm so excited and looking forward to attend my first CHA show soon! For those of you who are attending, make sure to stop by at Clear Scraps and Tim Holtz's booths to check out some of my projects. And if you all are attending the Pre-CHA Craft Supershow too, make sure to drop by Scrapbooking Supplies R Us's booth on the 23rd and join me for a make & take session.

All the best in 2010!!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2010 everyone! Here's wishing all of you a great start into this New Year!!

Hiro is already 32 weeks and he is one happy puppy this week. He had got some yummy presents during this Christmas and love it! He is really getting smarter and smarter each week. Now, he can open a sliding door himself and is able to let us know whenever he needs to go out to pee or poop. But the most interesting incident happened this week. He took down the bidet in the bathroom and somehow manage to get it spraying water everywhere in the bathroom. It seems liked he is playing with a water sprinkler. Gosh, you all have no idea how wet is our bathroom and even the area just outside it.....LOL! But I guess he had loads of fun with it. Now, we have to make sure that the tap to the bidet is always turn off.

On the other hand, it has been a week full of nervousness for us too. We took Ryan for his grade one orientation this week. It ended up me getting more nervous than him...LOL! I can't believed how much had changed since my time in school. Guess I'm really getting old. On Monday, I'll have to go to his school again to get some paperwork done and make sure that he is coping with his first day in school. It's always never easy being a mom.

Ok, back to some scrappy news! I've actually posted links to both my classes in USA and Kuala Lumpur on the right of my blog. For those who wish to register for them, feel free to check it out! I hope to meet you all in person!! By the way, if you all ever see me, don't hesitate to give me a hug! I love hugs!!LOL! I would definitely prefer a hug over a hand shake anytime. I'm so excited for my upcoming trip to the USA! Now, I'm actually designing some make and takes for Scrapbooking Supplies R Us at the Pre-CHA Craft Supershow on the 23rd Jan 2010. If you're there, make sure you drop by and say "hi".
  

Smile

This is a layout that I've created sometime ago while having some fun with paper doileys. It is a very simple and easy layout and I'm sure all of you could do it.

Here are the steps:

1) Use a pattern paper as the base for this layout. Cut both right and left edges into scallops. Ink all the edges with distress ink.

2) Cut out a huge rectangular from the pattern paper and distress it's edges. Ink it with distress ink and attach it to the middle of the layout. Hand stitch around it.

3) Cut out another small rectangular from another pattern paper using a deco scissors and ink around it's edges with distress ink. Attach it to the lower right of the layout.

4) Distress the edges of the photograph and attach it to the middle of the layout. Hand stitch around it.

5) Ink the edges of a die-cut floruish corner with distress ink and attach them to the upper left corner of the photograph. Detail it with pearls and liquid pearls.

6) Use the "Paper Doiley" technique to create the circle and add it on the right of the photograph. Dress it up with some liquid pearls.

7) Add a strip of wide lace horizontally across the bottom of the photograph and lace with a ribbon in between it. Hand stitch some cross-stitches on the bottom right of the wide lace. Also add a strip of thin pink trim on top of the wide lace. On the right of the trim, attach a heart with a small brad.

8) Use the "Paper Doiley" technique to create the fan and attach it with a button on the left end of the olive ribbon. Also attach another button on the right end of the ribbon.

9) Paint two chipboard stem with some white acrylic paint and stamp on it with a flower stamp and solvent ink. Use the "Paper Doiley" technique again to create the flowers and attach it to both stems. Dress them up with pearls and crystals. Tie both stems together with a ribbon and attach it to the lower left of the photograph.

10) Use a "Smile" rub-on to add the title to the layout and attach some small flower stickers all around the right of the layout.

Hope you all find this layout fun and try on the "Paper Doiley" techniques. It's always great to start off a New Year with a layout that "Smile" at you! Here's wishing all of you an exciting, colourful and fun year ahead! Happy New Year!!  

Sources: Pattern Papers: Basic Grey; Inks: Ranger Distress Ink, Tsukineko Staz On; Stamps: Heidi Grace; Chipboard: Fancy Pants; Stickers: Cloud9 Design; Others: paper doileys, Making Memories acrylic paint, Ranger Liquid Pearls, buttons, mini brad, ribbons, lace, trim, floss for stitching, Glue Dots and other adhesives. 

Using Doiley on Layout

I'm sure I've shared some tips before on using paper doiley to mask, to create fan, borders and flowers liked the one in above picture. Don't you think that using paper doiley on layout can easily add a little feminine touch to it? I just love how it makes a layout looks so feminine with a little vintage touch to it. If you use colours of distress inks such as "antique linen", "tea dye" or "old paper", it will give a fantastic distressed vintage look to it.

Below are more ideas on how you could use paper doileys on your layouts or projects.

In the picture above, I've also use the fan folding technique to fold the paper doiley and ink it's edges with distress ink. I've add the doiley to an end of a ribbon strip with a button.

I've also used the left overs of the paper doiley, the "circle", and ink it's edges with distress ink and use it in the design of the layout.

I'll share the complete layout tomorrow. In the meantime, try to get your hands on some paper doileys and start playing! Have fun!