Made with Love Scrap Challenge Take

6 February 2012

My weekend was plenty busy! Baking, scrapping, hanging out with friends and family. And church, most definitely (:

But I managed to make this layout for this scrap challenge at Made with Love, my local scrapbook store. This was a color challenge to use shades of kraft, brown, yellow, and green.

Project #7: Hello

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Studio Calico Countryside, Autumn Press collections; We R Memory Keepers limeade baker’s twine; Maya Road kraft mini ticket strips; Keng paper tape; washi tape; American Craft forest thickers; Amy Tangerine Lovestruck clear stamps; date stamp; Versamagic Jumbo Java ink; buttons

I still love this camera stamp.

And I’m totally into banners still, can you tell? (:

I’ll be back soon with my recipe #4 of 20.
Happy Monday!

Sketch Wednesday take

21 January 2012

There have been a TON of really amazing sneaks of new collections this week in the scrapbooking circle. I’m super excited about this, this, and this. I can’t wait for these great products to be out in stores so I can lay my hands on them!

Anyhow, here’s my take on this week’s Sketch Wednesday over at the Green Frog Studio!

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; K&Company Sweet Nectar designer mat pad, Studio Calico State Fair collection, Sassafrass Starters collection, (I don’t know remember what brand of patterned paper the photo is matted on.); Basic Grey dark chocolate chip chipboard stickers; Kaiser journal box clear stamps, Amy Tangerine Lovestruck clear stamps; buttons; Tattered Angels Mel’s Diner & Mustard Seed glimmer mist; Bazzill Basics paper flowers and flourishes jewel template; Versacolor black ink; Dymo embossing label maker; black staples; washi tape from MWL

I took the sketch and flipped it to the left side to make it work for my photo. And used a cropped 4×6 instead of two portrait photos.

The tab on the right is actually an L-shaped pocket that hold more pictures from my birthday.

I hand-stitched the flower using a Bazzill Basics jewel template. I love how stitching adds extra dimension to any layout!

And so, this is also project #5. I love how the bright and cheery colors work together on this one and convey a really happy vibe (:

Good memories.

This weekend/upcoming week is going to be immensely busy with Chinese New Year; gonna be fun, I reckon! I might be missing for the next couple of days with my hoarde of Chinese New Year goodies (: HAHA. Have a blast!

First Sketch Challenge of 2012

19 January 2012

This year, I decided I would be more active in participating in scrap challenges, and stuff. So this is part of my attempt to do so! Project #4 is part of the sketch challenge by Craft Origine over at the Green Frog Studio.

I had a lot of fun with this challenge – love the banner and the strips of paper that form that photo mat!

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies patterned paper stack, (I can’t remember what brand of paper I stamped the flower on); Maya Road tags, kraft large ticket strip; AC forest thickers; Amy Tangerine clear stamps; We R Memory Keepers blue lagoon baker’s twine; MWL washi tape; Versamagic Jumbo Java; Tattered Angels decadence chalk mist, Mel’s diner glimmer mist

I wasn’t sure about the look of this at first. But now I love it! Especially the washi tape strips as the background (:

Happy Thursday!

Project 52: UPDATE

12 January 2012

Project 52 is underway. And I think it’s coming along quite nicely!

What I love so much about this is that there is no constrain to how many layouts I create in a week, or any pressure to “catch up”. Because I know that some weeks of 2012 will inevitably be busier than others, those weeks that I scrap more sorta “make up” for those weeks when time doesn’t permit me to scrap any at all.

So project #2: Being Us

Supplies: Studio Calico State Fair, Classic Calico, Memoir collections; We R Memory Keepers cream soda baker’s twine; Maya Road die cut kraft doilies, tag, transparency, ticket strip; paper tape by Keng; washi tape; Amy Tangerine clear stamp; Tattered Angels Decadence chalk mist; Doodlebug candy shoppe alpha stickers; Versamagic Jumbo Java; Versamark

Project #3: Me and My Brother

Supplies: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Lily Bee This & That, Memorandum collections; My Mind’s Eye rub-on; Amy Tangerine clear stamp; We R Memory Keepers slate baker’s twine

I happen to actually reallyyyyy like these latest two layouts. And by coincidence, they happen to be about my brother, no less (: But I am constantly reminded that I don’t have to love every single thing I create. I just have to create, and let the magic happen.

In other news, I’m planning on participating in this challenge over at the Green Frog Studio. Join in the fun!

See you soonnnn!

2012: Project #1

4 January 2012

This project also comes with a story about mojo, lost and found.

As I tried to put together my first layout of 2012, I had anything but motivation and inspiration. In fact, I was pretty discouraged: my mojo was low (it wasn’t flowing, to say the least), and I felt lousy over what I was doing. It felt as if I’d lost my touch, like I couldn’t do what I loved anymore.

But after pep talking myself, telling myself that I could do what I loved just because and it didn’t matter what other people thought, and a couple of hours later, I completed project number one.

Supplies: Bazzill basics cardstock, Jillibean Soup Black Bean, Echo Park Sweet Summertime, Amy Tangerine clear stamps, AC thickers, MR ticket strip transparency, MWL washi tape

And it turns out that I’m pretty darn proud of it. I’m convinced I’m okay. My mojo is back. I can still do this.

So there you have it, project #1 of 52 this year.
We’re going to get through this all fine and dandy, all right (:

p.s. I’d love to see your projects if you’re following Project 52 for 2012!