Passions

I did this layout featuring some of the people and things I'm passionate about - my two DD who are my greatest inspirations for my layouts, photography, art and scrapbooking. I used 3D foam dots on a couple of the photos as well as the paper cut-out, for dimension, and added crystals and fabric to give the layout some different textures.



Materials used:
Patterned Paper - GCD Studios Cosette Collection - Floral Parade, Floral Garden, Jenni Bowlin Pink Label
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics
Crystal Swirls - Prima Say It In Crystals - Pink
Title Alphas - American Crafts Thickers - Jewelry Box Chipboard Letter Stickers in Black
Others - EK Success Inspirables Fabric Sticker, 7g 97% Complete Stickers, Love Elsie "I Love Art" Chipboard, Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot, EK Success 3D Foam Dots

Happy {2}

A proud moment for mummy! My younger daughter was among the top three in her Primary One class this year, and received a Merit Award for Academic Achievement from her school. This photo was taken at the Prize-Giving Ceremony held on 7 November, and is of her and her two other classmates - the top three of the class. Incidentally, my older DD performed with the school choir at the ceremony!

I used papers from K&Co's Amy Butler Lotus collection, and the butterfly and flower on the right is attached to a little journaling tag hidden behind the mounted photo.

Materials used:

Patterned Paper - K&Co's Amy Butler Lotus Faded China Paper Collection, and Faded China Word Stripe Embossed Paper

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics

Flowers - Prima, Heidi Grace

Brads - K&Co Fabric Brad, Making Memories Crystal Brads

Crystal Swirls - Prima Say It In Crystals

Lace - Daiso Lace Ribbon

Chipboard Butterfly - Fancy Pants' The Daily Grind Printed Chipboard Shapes

Journaling Tag - Creative Imaginations

Others - Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot, Ranger Ice Stickles in Crystal Ice, EK Success 3D Foam Dots

Butterfly Crafts

Finally, I can announce the good news I received on Sunday night - I've been selected as a DT member of Butterfly Crafts! This is a new challenge site that I'm really excited about. The main focus of this site will be on scrapping your ‘Passions’ - isn't that fun! So come and play along with us!

Come Alive

This is my DT layout for Creative Scrappers this week. It was inspired by a sketch by the talented Kate Walsh. I used papers from Making Memories' Paperie - Rouge collection - I just love their Paperie range.

The flowers are layered using floral embellishments from Prima, Heidi Swapp and Doodlebug Designs.



The quote is one by Howard Thurman.

Materials used:
Patterned Papers - Making Memories Paperie - Rouge collection - Large Floral, Artisan Small Floral
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics
Circular Sticker - Creative Imaginations
Flowers - Prima, Heidi Swapp, Doodlebug Designs
Title Alphas - American Crafts Thickers - Platforms Chipboard Letter Stickers in Red
Sticker Quote - Rusty Pickle
Others - Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot, Black Lace, Red Gems

More Updates - Wins!

More updates here - on the challenges I've won recently!

Vogue won the DT Lift on Unpubbed in October.

Little Korean Princess was Prima Marketing's October Build-A-Page winner. I'm ecstatic!

The Music Of My Life was Scrap Friendzy's Think Pink Contest Winner for October. This contest was part of their Breast Cancer Awareness events in October, and the winner was chosen through voting, so I was really honoured to have won this contest!

Cherish Life won the Manufacture of the Month - October - Making Memories Contest at Urban Anthology.

And here's a look at the layout:

And finally, Friends also won the Decorative Edge Challenge at Urban Anthology this month.

And a look at the layout:

Updates

I've had my layouts selected as featured layouts in several sites over the past few months, so I've decided to do a quick update here.

Sisterly Love was featured on One Little Word's blog in September. I had entered it for their "Love" challenge.

My gallery on Creative Scrappers was chosen as one of their featured galleries in September's Today's Creative Gallery.

Happy, using Sassafras Lass papers, was chosen as a Fab Find on Coordinates Collections in October.

My Little Lady was chosen as Pick of the Day on Scrap Friendzy in October.

The Music Of My Life was also chosen as Pick of the Day on Scrap Friendzy in October, as well as October's Week 4 Winner from all the Picks for that month.

Alice In Disneyland

This photo was taken at Tokyo Disney, of my two DD attempting to pose with "Alice in Wonderland".

I used die-cut patterned paper from Creative Imaginations and stickled the white floral prints to give the layout some texture. The quote "Curiouser and curiouser" is one of my favourite lines from the book Alice In Wonderland.

Materials used:
Patterned Paper - Creative Imaginations Narratives by Karen Russell Die-Cut Paper, K&Co Amy Butler Lotus Collection

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics in Blackbird

Alphas - American Crafts Thickers - Lax Glitter Letter Stickers in Black, Provo Craft

Lace - Daiso Lace Ribbon in White

Others - Ranger Ice Stickles in Crystal Ice, Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot

The Sweetest Miracles

My two DD when they were babies. This was my DT layout for Creative Scrappers for last Sunday's reveal. It was inspired by a lovely sketch by Shanna Lewter. I just love the colours of this Basic Grey patterned paper, and thought it went so well with the baby photos. Sweet!

The poem is by Helen Steiner Rice titled "A Wee Bit Of Heaven", which I also thought was very appropriate.

Materials used:
Patterned paper - Basic Grey Urban Prairie - Bountiful, Jenni Bowlin Pink Label
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics
Heart-shaped Cardstock Stickers - Creative Imaginations
Heart-shaped Brad - Making Memories
Round Brads - MOD Blink Brads
Flowers - Prima
Crystal Swirls - Prima
Title Alphas - American Crafts Thickers - Jewelry Box Chipboard Letter Stickers in Brown, Shoe Box Glitter Chipboard Letter Stickers in Pink, Gift Box Chipboard Letter Stickers in Green
Others - Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap, Ranger Ice Stickles in Crystal Ice, EK Success 3D Foam Dots, Provo Craft Alpha Stickers - PC Licorice Half-a-bitties