Innocent

This is my second project as Mon Scrapbook.com's GDT this month. It's a layout with a few fun and easy techniques. If you have not tried masking, this is the chance for you to start masking.

Here are the steps to this layout.

1) Use a pattern paper as the base for this layout and use the "Create a Fancy Frame with Masking" technique to create the frame around it’s edges.

2) Cut out another small piece of rectangular from a pattern paper and distress it’s edges with the scissors distressing technique. Paste it slightly tilted at the bottom of the page.
3) Cut out another huge piece of rectangular from a pattern paper and distress it’s edges using the scissors distressing technique. Paste it in the middle of the page.
4) Distress the edges of both photographs and ink it’s edges with distress ink. Add it to the page. I’ve stamped the word “Blooming” on one of the photograph using black solvent ink.

5) Hand stitch two strips horizontally on the upper edge of the huge rectangular piece of pattern paper.

6) Add a felt branch on the upper right of the page and ink a grungeboard bird with some distress ink and paint some highlight to it using shimmerz. Add a crystal too for it’s eye. Add it to the branch.

7) Add some buttons and a dimensional sticker on the upper left of the huge rectangular pattern paper.

8) Stencil or reverse mask a circle on the bottom right of the page and while the mask is still intact, stamp some images on it using solvent ink. Later, add details to the images and highlight the circle using Stickles.

9) Use some alpha stickers to form the title and paint part of the edges of the alphas with Shimmerz.

10) Punch two holes on the bottom left of the huge rectangular pattern paper and tie a ribbon to it.

11) Use the "Ink on Vinyl" technique to colour a vinyl swirl sticker and attach it to the left of the page. Add some Stickles to it too.

12) Add a strip of trim horizontally across the swirl and the photographs.

13) Paint the petals of the flower with Shimmerz and add it to the page with some velvet leaves.
14) Add some sticker tab and circles on the right edges of the photograph and doodle some details to it using a white gel pen.
I wish everyone a Happy Spring with this layout and hope you all had a great Easter!

Sources: Pattern Paper: Memento; Inks: Ranger Distress Ink, Ranger Alcohol Ink, Tsukineko Staz On; Stamps: Queen Kat Designs; Stickers: American Crafts, October Afternoon, 7 Gypsies; Others: Tim Holtz’s idea-ology grungeboard and masks, Ranger Stickles, Inkssentials Opaque Pen, Zig Writers, Prima flowers and felt, Shimmerz, trim, floss for stitching, crystal, buttons, ribbons, Glue Dots, Helmar Glue and other adhesives.

Ink on Vinyl

I'm sure that some of you are wondering how we could jazz up the vinyl embellishment that we have all this time. There are actually some manufacturers that had come up with some vinyl stickers and embellishment for crafters and scrapbookers to use in their projects. These vinyl pieces do look liked leather and would be cool for any project.

In my sample above, I've used an American Craft's white vinyl swirl sticker and colour it using some alcohol ink. Different shades of alcohol ink had been used to stamp on it. I've also added some dots of Stickles to it.

Try this technique on your next vinyl embellishment to add some colours to it.

Create a Fancy Frame with Masking

This is a technique that I've used in a project that I've created as a GDT assignment for Mon Scrapbook.com. I've used some Tim Holtz's idea-ology border masks and start masking on all four edges of the paper. In my sample above, I've used two different border masks and overlap them a little while masking. I've also used different shades of distress ink to create some depths to it.
Isn't this very easy? Try it and I'm sure you'll be blown away with the cool effect.

Cherish Card

This is my first project for Mon Scrapbook.com as their guest designer this month. They've sent me this cool line of pattern papers by Memento to work with.

Here are the steps to this card.

1) Use a white card stock as the base for this card. Run it through an embossing machine.

2) Cut out a pocket piece (Just cut a rectangular piece first and use a round chipboard to draw the half circle and cut it out) from a pattern paper. Ink it's edges with distress ink and hand stitch around it's edges. Paste it to the card.

3) Ink some grungeboard flowers with distress ink (I've used fired bricks, black soot, vintage photo). Add some gold liquid pearls to it. Add it to the card.

4) Cut out another small rectangular piece from the pattern paper and ink it's edges with distress ink. I've stamped a butterfly on it and mat it onto a black card stock. Add it to the card. Dress up the butterfly using some Stickles and highlight it with a white gel pen. I've also draw some journaling lines using it.

5) Paint a chipboard frame using crackle paint and later use the "Creating Moss Effect" technique on it. Punch two holes on it's side and tie some ribbons to it. Attach it to the card and add a dimensional sticker as the sentiment of the card in it's center.

6) I've cut out a butterfly from the pattern papers and attach it to the card using foam adhesives. Ink it's edges with distress ink too.

7) I've distressed some flowers using the "Distress your Flowers with Punchers" technique and add a button to finish it off before attaching to the card.
Hope you all like this simple card tutorial. Things had been way more crazy than I expected here at my new home. Loads of finishing touches to get done and even more to unpack and get organized.
Last Saturday had been a fun day for me doing a workshop for the pre-school teachers here and I'll be doing one more workshop in Kuala Lumpur this coming Saturday. It's going to be a fun filled acrylic day!
Guess I better get back to more unpacking now. Will try to post the rest of my projects for Mon Scrapbook.com sometime this week. Thank you for keep checking back on my blog even when I'm away.

Sources: Card Stock: Bazzill; Pattern Paper: Memento; Inks: Ranger Distress Ink, Tsukineko Staz On; Stickers: K& Company; Others: Ranger Liquid Pearls, Ranger Stickles and Distress Stickles, Ranger Distress Crackle Paint, Tim Holtz idea-ology grungeboard, Inkssentials Opaque pen, Prima flowers, floss for stitching, button, ribbon, Helmar glue, Glue Dots and other adhesives.

Publication Toot!

At this moment, I'm still crazily unpacking and getting things organized at my new home. I don't even have time at the moment to take any photos of my new home yet. I just can't work and live there with all my things in boxes.

I've preset my post up till yesterday. Hope you all like my projects for CCM. The owner does email me to let me know that they do ship overseas. So if you're interested to get some products from them and are not from the states, you can email them.

I know that some of you had already knew about this publication toot. Yep! One of my technique had been published in Creating Keepsakes May issue. I'm super excited about this publication as it includes step by step pictures for my technique.

I'll definitely try take some pictures of my new home and my scrap space when I'm all finished unpacking and organizing.
I'll be sharing some projects that I've created for Mon Scrapbook.com in the next few days. Have a great weekend everyone!