Layout - Just Love had been featured!!

WooooHooooo!!!  My layout, Just Love, had been featured in Made With Love blog as one of the Layouts of the Week!! :)

Here it is :



This is really an encouragement for me :)  What an exciting way to start the new year!! :) Thanks, MWL! :)

More posting in the coming weekend!

Till then...

Signing off,

Karen

Hello 2012...

Blessed New Year to all!! :) Hope everyone had a good break and all ready for the new year.  Time flies, isnt it? It seems like yesterday when I was counting down to 2011.  And this is another new year...well, I hope to be able to scrap more and capture all the wonderful moments this year!

Well, here's my layout about Christmas, which might be a little overdue...but guess, it's better late than never.. :)

I was so thrilled with my Christmas present that I just had to scrap about it.  Something which I have been wanting...Martha Stewart's round the border punch!!! YEAH!! Yes, we decided to buy for each other what we want for Christmas this year, so we chose our own presents and ...voi-la!! :)
On top of the border punch, I get to grab some October Afternoon papers, which I thought it will be great to do this layout.

Here are some close-ups:

That's the border punch, which I cannot resist to use it.

I have added Glossy Accent on the candy canes, and mist the cardstock with Glimmer Mist.

More altered projects coming up...I will post the pictures soon.  Do drop by soon!
Thanks for visiting :)

Till then,
Signing off,
Karen

Materials used:
- Cardstock : Bazzill
- Papers : October Afternoon (Holiday Styles)
- Alpha : October Afternoon Mini Alphas, American Crafts Thickers
- Stamps : Studio G
- Others : Ribbon (American Crafts), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), Hambly Screen, Distress Ink (Tim Holtz), Flowers, Glossy Accent, Foam Dots.

Blessed Christmas....

Here's wishing everyone a Blessed Christmas! :) Hope all of you had a good Christmas and holiday! I am so glad for this long weekend, where I get to catch up my sleep and of course, my scrapping!! :)

This is what I have done this weekend using Webster's Pages - Western Romance:

Yes, this is for a December challenge by Webster's Pages.  The requirements are to use Western Romance Collection Papers and Push pins.  See my 2 cameo push pins on top of the Princess Petals flower?  Love these cameo push pins, they add a vintage touch to this layout.

Here's a close up :

That's all for today...and I can't wait to lay my hands to do more scrapping, cuz I have more scrapping ideas coming in!! Ooohhhh....so exciting!! :)

See you around! Thanks for dropping by!
Do drop me a comment, love to hear from you!
Blessings,
Karen

Material Used:
- Papers : Webster's Pages (Western Romance)
- Flower : Webster's Pages (Princess Petals - Western Romance)
- Fabric Ticket : Webster's Pages (Western Romance)
- Cameo Push Pins and Whimsies : Webster's Pages
- Flower Lace Trim, Vellum, Foam Dots.

Another MME Challenge

Hi everyone!  Hope all of you had a good week and all ready for Christmas, which is just 7 days away! :) This is the challenge which I am going to take part in - MME Blog Challenge 30 : Layout.

The challenge? To design a layout based on this fabulous sketch with any theme and of course, MME products :

I was excited when I saw this sketch...because this will make me get out of my usual habit, and to scrap with more than a photo on a layout! :) I am so used to always scrapping with a photo in a layout, that somehow it just come naturally...selecting one photo (out of the many I had taken, it can be quite difficult to choose a good one sometimes) and start to scrap.

And here's my layout :

This is about a wonderful dinner I had with my friends - just the girls.  On this layout, I have used Stella and Rose collection - Hattie papers, I love the colours and the designs, which I fussed cut the dollies and the cute little flowers.

I have distressed the four sides and rubbed distress ink after that.  The cotton ribbon has been lightly misted with tinge of blue.  The photos have been lightly rubbed with blue distress ink to as a matting.

Some close-ups:

I have lightly rubbed some distress ink on the cotton lace ribbon and added a MME Hattie chipboard.

I have added some beads on the flowers to create some texture.

Here are the pretty dollies from one of the papers, inked with distress ink.

Got some inspirational ideas to scrap last week and can't wait to scrap these ideas out :) I am soooo excited, I am just so looking forward to the long weekend!!!  Will update it here once I get them done :)

Till then,
signing off,
Karen :)

Materials used:
- Papers (MME - Hattie: Buddies, Happy and Boy)
- Chipboard (MME - Gertie: Friends Forever, Hattie: Buddies)
- Trims (MME - Hattie: Boy)
- Alphabets : American Craft Thickers and Making Memories)
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Broken China, Scattered Straw), Tattered Angels Mist (Midnight Autumn), Cotton Ribbons, buttons, beads and twine.

What a busy week!

Hi Everyone :) It has been a busy week for me, but managed to squeeze in a little time to scrap a layout for another challenge I am going to taking part in.  I will post the layout in a couple of days' time, I'm just waiting for the right time and place to take a good photo of it.

Here I would like to share with you a layout which I have done some time back:

And here are some close ups:

Flowers with vellum leaves and pearls.  For one of the background papers, I have used plain white cardstock and stamped with butterflies stamp, using brown ink.  I used distress inks (Antique Linen and Scattered Straw) to change the colour of the paper to suit the layout.

 As you can see, I have pasted vellum paper around the photo and outlined it with glitter to have the photo stand out.

This layout is done to remember all the little and big things to do for the wedding preparation.

Thanks for dropping by!
Do drop by soon, as I will be posting the layout for the new challenge I am going to take part :)

Signing off,
Karen

Materials used:
- Papers (My Mind's Eye - Lost and Found)
- Flowers and pearls (Prima Marketing)
- Vellum ribbon and leaves (Fiskars - Cloud 9 Design)
- Crystal brads (Making Memories)
- Glitter glue (Ranger - Stickles)
- Distress Inks (Tim Holtz)
- Butterfly rubber stamps

Hooray! I won!! :)

Hello everyone! Hope you had a good week so far....I have a good news to share....I have won the Made with Love Challenge!! Hip, hip, Hoorayyyyy!!!! :D I was soooooooooooo excited and really happy when I heard about the news from a friend who saw it in Facebook.  I can't believe it that I won!!  This is really a HUGE encouragement for me to scrap more and also to join more challenges! :) Thank you, Made With Love!! :) You have definitely brighten my day!

Here's the page from Made With Love Facebook:

Thanks for dropping by! :)
Till then,
Signing off,
Karen :)

Another Layout Challenge :)

Hello! :) I am back with another layout challenge I took part - "Scrap this and that Challenge #1" with Made With Love.  After the fun I had in MME Challenge, I was hooked onto layout challenge...and was soooo excited when I saw this new challenge in Made With Love website. (Hooray!! Another challenge for myself to take up!! :) :) )

Here's the sketch:

The moment I saw this sketch, my first thought is my sister! I have not done a layout on my sister before, and this sketch fits it perfectly.  Looking through the photos, and I found this one with matching papers from Fancy Pants (Happy Together).  The colours of the papers match the photo perfectly, with colors of brown, blue and tinge of green.

And ta-da!

Materials used:
- Papers (Fancy Pants, Chatterbox)
- Rub-ons & Paper Stickers (Fancy Pants)
- Rubber Sticker (Sei)
- Stamp (Stampendous)
- Cotton Lace, Flower Lace, Flower Crochet, Cardboard, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Embossing Powder, old children's story book, Alpha Thickers (coloured with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze)

Thanks for dropping by! :) Blessed week ahead!
Signing off,
Karen