Sketch Wednesday / 29 Feb ’12

7 March 2012

Project #15: Good Times

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Glitz Afternoon Muse patterned papers; American Crafts rub-ons; Amy Tangerine thickers, lovestruck clear stamps; Tattered Angels mustard seed glimmer mist, decadence chalk mist; Sizzix butterfly die; buttons

I know, this week’s Sketch Wednesday layout looks a lot like the last one I just did, doesn’t it? That’s probably because I was thinking about this sketch when I made that last layout. I guess you could say that I was subconsciously inspired (: But good things are worth repeating, yes? (: haha.

The American Crafts rub-ons are from forever ago when I first started scrapping. The rub-ons didn’t come off perfectly but I like the faded-ish look (:

Isn’t that Amy Tangerine stamp so cute?

I love the pop of turquoise on this.

As you can tell, I deviated from the sketch a bit. I put the journaling on the left instead of on the right, excluded the smaller photo at the bottom, and added more butterflies. But of course (:

I’m still loving these sketches.

Happy Wednesday!
Only three more days until the weekendddd (:

Made with Love Scrap Challenge Take

5 March 2012

Since I started scrapbooking, I’ve only done a handful of photoless layouts. So this scrap challenge at my local scrapbook store, Made with Love, was a lot of fun to do!

I made this layout about my favorite things right now (still technically twenty!). It’s going to be really neat to look back on this layout someday and see how much things have (or haven’t) changed since.

Project #14: Loving 20

Supplies: Bazzil Basics cardstock; American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection, large tags, thickers; We R Memory Keepers slate baker’s twine; Tattered Angels Mel’s Diner glimmer mist, Decadence chalk mist; washi tape; heart punch; badges.

Love the cute badges!

I kept the layout relatively simple so the pretty Dear Lizzy goodies could shine all by themselves (: I wish I had more them; can’t seem to get enough!

I hope your Monday has been fabbbb! (:

Sketch Wednesday / 22 Feb ’12

3 March 2012

I’ve been so busy this week that I just got done with last week’s Sketch Wednesday. Ugh, my bad. But better late than never, yes? (:

So on to the sketch!

Project #13: Love you girls

Supplies: Bazzill Basics Cardstock; Studio Calico State Fair, Autumn Press and Memorandum collections, Jillibean Soup; Maya Road sheers; Tattered Angels decadence chalk mist; Versamagic jumbo java; Kaisercraft bling; American Crafts premium ribbon

I like the big empty space in the sketch for the title.

I wrote the title in pencil, then handstitched the words. It’s far from perfect-looking, but I guess that’s part of the handmade touch (:

I added the bling for an extra girly touch.

I love that I got to use mostly Studio Calico papers in this layout. They were so much fun to use!

I’m headed out for the rest of today.
Have a smashing weekend! (:

Day in a Life / February 29

1 March 2012

Can you believe that it’s already March?!

Okay, so I don’t usually write this extensively about my daily life.
But since I did Day in a Life yesterday, here’s a look at February 29th! (:

7:40 AM.
I finally got out of bed after snoozing my alarm numerous times (I didn’t count how many; I was too busy getting back to sleep, haha) and did quiet time and bible study.

Say, hello, good morning to my nerd face with glasses.

9:20 AM.
Breakfast was a couple mouthfuls of yogurt while packing my stuff for the day.

The rest of my day was pretty much a whirl. It ended up being one of those days where things didn’t go as planned: traffic was horrible and I was pretty much late for everything, haha.

Anyhow, I spent the rest of the morning at classes.

1.40 PM
Lunch was a double cheeseburger from McDonald’s with my little sister <3

Then we shared a double chocolate frappe afterward.

I had a little bit of time to check out the new mall, Scotts Square after lunch. I think it has potential to be a good hang out place. We’ll see (:

I was at more classes the rest of the afternoon.

5:20 PM
On the way HOME.

5:55 PM
I worked on stuff on my to-do list after getting home.

7:30 PM
We had dinner out and I wasn’t able to do much once I got home.

11:20 PM
BED TIME, yay (:

So there you have it, my life on February 29th.
I definitely could’ve been wayyy more diligent in taking photos. But ahhh, I’ll try again soon-ish maybe?

In other news, I’ve been working on a layout the last couple of days. I hope to be done soon then I’ll share it.

Happy Marchhhh!

Leap!

29 February 2012

HAPPY LEAP DAY! (:

I decided that since the leap year rolls around only once every four years, I’d do something interesting/fun/memorable this year because life’s good like that.

So I officially declared today to be glasses day (for myself), meaning that I’d wear glasses (outside the house) the entire day and not worry about what a dork I look in glasses. Andddd, I did my own version of Ali Edwards’s Day in a Life. Although, I probably wasn’t as diligent in taking pictures as I should’ve.

Anyhowww, it’s been a crazy kind of leap day for me because Wednesdays are always busybusybusy.

But I’ll be back with more pictures and things tomorrow (hopefully!).

I hope your leap day was raddddd! (:

Basic Scrapbook Sketch / 20 Feb ’12

25 February 2012

I’ve been thinking about doing a layout like this for awhile now but I just never got around to. So this sketch was the perfect excuse (or motivation) to do it (:

Project #12: Starbucks Lovin’

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Amy Tangerine, Studio Calico, Echo Park patterned papers (I don’t know what brand the orangey-red paper under the ribbon is though!); American Craft ribbon, bones thickers; buttons; tag; Kaiser Craft journal clear stamp; Amy Tangerine lovestruck clear stamp; heart punch; buttons; white pen

Everyone who knows me well enough knows that I love Starbucks (: But for more than just the coffee, I love Starbucks for all the fun I’ve had, all the love and warmth I’ve felt, all the moments I’ve enjoyed, all the people I’ve connected with, all the memories I’ve made over a cup of coffee at this place. I had so much fun putting this layout together!

My layout has fewer details and layers than the original. And I moved the title below the photo and moved the photo to the middle of the page.

I used the leftover punch outs from the punched hearts at the bottom of the page.

I curled the edges of the banner and didn’t glue them down for added dimension.

Oh look, no pinwheels or baker’s twine this time!

Okay, no bragging, but I love e-ver-ythinggg about this layout: from the topic at hand, to the photo, journaling, patterned papers, and everything in between. This layout clicks and resounds with me.

This makes me happy (:

I enjoyed the first half of my weekend today: spending time with my brother, lunch and catching up with my good friend, going scrapbook shopping…

But I was really bummed because Made with Love (or any of the other scrapbook stores, for that matter) was completely sold out of the Dear Lizzy goodies I’d been hoping to get (especially that roller date stamp and the jar and camera clear stamps!)

So ahhh, I’ll just have to be patient and wait for the next shipment to come in in a couple of weeks.

Enjoy every single bit of your weekend (:

20 recipes / nutella sandwich cookies + wholewheat penne with cauliflower sauce

24 February 2012

Today was completely unproductive from a to-do list standpoint.
BUT, I did accomplish quite a bit if you count in cello class, piano lessons, baking from two recipes, and making dinner.

I didn’t plan on accomplishing two of twenty recipes today. But I did.

We had this pasta for dinner, followed by nutella sandwich cookies for dessert.

I think the recipe I had from Rachael Ray’s book was slightly different from the one I found on her web. And I made several substitutions to the pasta recipe because I didn’t have all of the ingredients. But the siblings liked it anyway, so it’s all good.

(I used regular penne instead of wholewheat, vegetable instead of chicken stock, dried instead of fresh rosemary, parmesan instead of romano cheese, and left out the veggies. Okay, too many substitutions, I know.)

I also made a batch of marbled chocolate brownies for a friend’s birthday this weekend.

Then I made the nutella sandwich cookies. I’ll admit, I tried to be ambitious and make my cookies with butterfly cookie cutters. But then I ran out of time before dinner had to be on the table, so I changed my mind and made round cookies instead. Maybe I’ll try butterfly shaped cookies another day when I have the luxury of more time (:

6 down, 14 more to go.

I hope your weekend is a-ma-zingggg! I’m quite looking forward to mine (:

Happy mail + a card

23 February 2012

Most of the time, I like my happy mail in packages.

But this was almost just as good: I found this email sitting in my inbox last night.

I was so floored because it was such an unexpected, happy surprise. Sure, it was a random pick and might not be a big deal to some. But it was exciting enough for me to fall asleep with a smile on my face (:

Talk about extra motivation to keep doing what I love!
Now, just fingers crossed that they ship international!

And before I run off, I thought I’d share a card I made a few days ago – a simple birthday greeting with the pretty washi tape from my local scrapbook store, Made with Love.

When I’m this busy, simple is always good (:

I hope you’ve had something happy come your way today!

Sketch Wednesday / 15 Feb ’12

22 February 2012

I was slightly at a loss as to what to do for a moment when I saw this week’s sketch because it had more photos than I would normally include in a layout.

I guess my style has evolved since I first started scrapping because I used to do multi-photo layouts more often. Nowadays, I tend to just have a couple of photos (maybe 4 smaller ones at most) and tuck everything else in a pocket or mini-album.

So this week’s layout was slightly reminiscent of the multi-photo layouts I used to do “back in the day”when I first started scrapping.

But I liked the result and I hope you like it as much as I did (:

Project #11: Universal Studios (Singapore)

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Amy Tangerine collection, Lily Bee Memorandum collection; American Crafts Bones thickers; We R Memory Keepers slate baker’s twine; Maya Road large kraft tickets; Made With Love washi tape; Tattered Angels mustard seed, mallard glimmer mist, decadence chalk mist; brad; white pen

I stretched the grid to fill the entire length of the page. And I cropped my photos into circles instead of keeping the lines.

My circle photo mats were hand drawn and were anything but perfect. I just went with it anyhow because scrapping’s good like that. Then I decided to crease the mats just to add a little more dimension.

Of course, we couldn’t forget the baker’s twine and pinwheels, could we? (:

I love how pretty the mist looks on the tag (: And I didn’t even plan on it, haha.

I’m really pleased with how these sketches have pushed me to create beyond my comfort zone so far.

I hope your week’s been smashing! (:

Basic Scrapbook Sketch / 13 Feb ’12

18 February 2012

Warning: Image-heavy post ahead! (:

I finally used up my Amy Tangerine stash, which I have been unbashedly hoarding. I created Project #10 for Basic Grey’s Scrapbook Sketch with photos from our family’s stay-cation a couple of years back. This layout came together pretty easily, which wasn’t hard with such fun, happy papers to work with (:

Project #10: Making Waves

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; American Crafts Amy Tangerine collection, thickers, foam dots; Amy Tangerine Lovestruck clear stamps, Maya Road large kraft tickets; StazOn Stone Grey; buttons; sewing thread; brads; transparency.

I replaced the two photos on the sketch with pinwheels instead. I actually made those pinwheels on a whim and LOVED it! Might be my new favorite thing after banners and butterflies (:

I stamped on a transparency with StazOn and stitched my title on.

I created a mini-album behind the main photo. I think I might be one step closer in conquering my mini album phobia.

Added dimension with lots of foam dots.

I honestly love this collection. I’m so glad I found the perfect photos for this great collection (: I can’t wait for when more of Amy Tan’s new collection hits the stores in March!

Hope your weekend has been fabulous (: