"Chloe" Banner

Remember this banner that I've shared before I leave for the states? Today, I'll be sharing it in detail here. This is a banner that I've created using Clear Scraps new acrylic "Birthday Banner". Eventhough it's a birthday banner, I did not create this project as a birthday themed banner. It is just a banner that I've created to decorate Chloe's bed frame. Isn;t this cute for a little girls room?

Here are the details.

To create this pieces, simply just cover the acrylic with pattern paper from it's back. Before attaching the pattern paper, hand stitched on all it's edges. Cover some chipboard flowers with pattern papers and stack them up as above. Dress them up with liquid pearls, button and flower. I've also added a strip of lace on it.

Cover the acrylic star with pattern paper from it's back. Hand stitch around it edges before attaching it to the acrylic star. Cut out some flourishes from pattern papers and attach them to the star. Also cut out some circles using decor scissors from cardstock and pattern paper and stack them together and add the alphas on top of it. Detail the rest of the star with rub-ons, liquid pearls, buttons, rhinestones, stickers and lace flowers.

To create the above pieces, first you need to cut out a strip of pattern paper and hand stitch on it's upper and bottom edge. Attach it to the middle of the piece from it's back. Ink the edges of a paper doiley with distress ink and attach it to the piece from it's back too. Stamps some flowers on it using solvent ink and dress them up with liquid pearls and Copic markers. Also add some sticker butterflies on it. I've apply some words felt stickers on cardstock and cut them out. Add it to the piece with some foam adhesives and detail it with flower and heart sticker. Lastly, add a chipboard alpha in the middle of it. Highlight the edges of this piece with some paint markers.

Firstly, highlight the edges of this acrylic cupcake piece with some paint markers. Then stamp on it's surface with some flowers stamps and solvent ink. Dress it up with some liquid pearls. Then cut out a few layers of circles from various pattern papers and cardstock. Hand stitch around the edges of the pink circles. Adhere the biggest circle to it from it's back and the rest on top of it. Apply some rub-ons to the smallest circle and add a chipboard alpha to it. Attach a strip of ribbon to a strip of pattern paper on one of it's side edges. Later, fold the pattern paper to get the zig-zag flap. Before attaching this piece onto the acrylic cupcake, adhere a strip of lace on it first. When the zig-zag folds had been attached, tie a ribbon around the cupcake and also add a string of pearls on it. Detail it further with some stickers of a tiara, butterfly and hearts. Also add some small flowers to it.

Hope you all like this banner and start creating some acrylic banners for your cute little ones. They are going to love it!

Sources: Clear products: Clear Scraps; Cardstock: Bazzill; Pattern papers: Melissa Frances; Inks: Ranger Distress Inks, Tsukineko Staz On; Stamps: Heidi Grace; Stickers: Cloud9 Design; Rub-ons: Basic Grey; Others: Ranger Liquid Pearls, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Prima flowers, Ranger Glossy Accents, Copic markers, Zig Painty Pens, lace, rick-racks, floss for stitching, chipboard flowers, buttons, Li'l Davis Design chipboard alphas, ribbons, string of pearls, Zip Dry, Glue Dots and other adhesives. 

Whiny Mini Album

With so much catching up to do and tons of assignments to get done before Chinese New Year, I'm not able to share something new here yet. Anyway, I remember promising you all that I'll be sharing the projects using Clear Scraps latest release in more detail.

Today, I will share the acrylic purse album above titled "Whiny". This is also a DT project for Pages In Time as I've used their products to create it.

Below are the details on each cover and  page.

Front Cover:

I've used a circle flourish overlay on the front cover. Then, I've detailed it using some crystals swirls, flowers and ribbons. I've painted the flower using some Shimmerz paint.

Page 1:

This is a very simple page where I've added some pattern papers and embellished it with stickers and Stickles.

Page 2:

 

I've embellish this page with some stickers, felt frame and some liquid pearls around the edges of the page. I've also thread some mini flowers through a vintage button to embellish the middle of the felt frame.

Page 3:

On this page, I've the page with pattern paper and embellish it with rub-ons, stickers and flowers.

Page 4:

This is also a page where I've embellished with some die-cut stickers and rub-ons. I've also cut out some circles from the pattern paper to do the layering.

Page 5:

On this page, I've also used various die-cut stickers to embellish the upper left and lower right of the page.

Page 6:

I've added some rub-on flourishes on the left of the page and some die-cut stickers on the right.

Page 7:

On this page I've cut out a piece of pattern paper to layer behind the photograph and added some velvet stickers to embellish it.

Page 8:

I've painted the flowers with some Shimmerz paint on this page and embellished the clear sticker flourish with some Stickles.

Back Cover:

I've created the a continuous design from the front cover to it's back cover.

Hope you all like this acrylic purse album. It's definitely a great project idea as a gift for friends and relatives. Make sure you get some of these purse album to play with.

Sources: Clear Products: Clear Scraps; Pattern Paper: Creative Imaginations; Inks: Ranger Distress Inks; Stickers: Little Yellow Bicycle; Overlay: Fancy Pants; Rub-Ons: Basic Grey; Others: Ranger Stickles, Ranger Liquid Pearls, Prima crystal swirls, felt frame and flowers, Shimmerz Paint, 7 Gypsies metal buckle, American Crafts Thickers, vintage button, ribbons, journaling tag, rhinestones, Glue Dots, Zip Dry and other adhesives. 

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday everyone! Are you all ready for another tutorial from me on The Crop Spot? This week's project feature the gorgeous line, "Communique" by Graphic 45. I guess, from my projects, you all would know how much I love their paper line.

This week's tutorial will teach you all how you could easily create your own glittered butterfly to embellish your projects. In not time, you'll be covering your projects with all these cute glittery butterflies. Check it out.

Did You All Miss Hiro?

Did you all miss Hiro? We've missed him so much while we were away at the states. We went to take him back from the dog retreat as soon as we've landed and got to our car. He is so happy there and did not have any problem at all while we were away. He is so excited to see us and being back at home after being at the retreat for two weeks.

The above pictures were captured while he is trying to eat his treats which had been stuffed into that small white ball. This is a very difficult task but he is so intelligent and had ate all the treats in minutes. If you have any ideas on increasing the difficulty with tricky treat training, do share with us here.

Classes at SBSRUS/Memories Live On

Above are some pictures taken during my class at Memories Live On, Cupertino on 29th Jan, 2010. Everyone had so much fun masking, inking, painting, cutting, stamping and embossing. Eventhough this is a layout class, the techniques involved in creating it had made it interesting for everyone doing it.

The above pictures were taken during my class on 30th Jan, 2010. It's an altered project class and everyone had a blast with tons of inks in their hands....LOL! We've played with several kinds of inks and applying them onto various materials. I'm really thankful to have such an amazing and wonderful group of students. They've been so patience and had gone through this full day class with tons of energy and laughter. Thank you very much to all of you who had attended both my classes in San Jose. You all had made my teaching experience there a memorable and an amazing one! And thank you Scrapbooking Supplies R Us/Memories Live On for sponsoring my trip and having me there. 

My next teaching trip would be in Kuala Lumpur. If you want to be one of them and have some real techniques fun, make sure you reserve a seat for yourself now. Here's a link to it.

Classes at Scrap-N-Crop, Kuala Lumpur.

Scrap-N-Crop has come up with some instalment plans that had made the classes more affordable for eveyone. Do email them to ask about it. Hope to see you all there in March!!