Scrap for joe

Sometime in July, Joe convinced me to participate the Nike 10km Run. I was a little hesitant at first but in the end, i was more gung ho than anyone else.

During the run, Joe accompanied me and I decided to make a journal for him to remember me by.

I made a book from scrap and pile them together.

I used red as back ground, observing that the logo is primarily in red and we both were wearing red, it only make sense.

I left the album empty for a while. I didn't know what to do with it. There wasn't a hint of inspiration at that point of time. I tried listening to some songs and stared at it for longest time, yet nothing came in between. I couldn't possibly use any flower theme.

So I started cutting owl from a 12X12 paper I bought recently. I guess it kept coming after I started sticking the owl in random places. No blog is complete with some descriptions on it.

Write some nice stuff in it and Joe was impressed with the result!


And yes, i completed the 10km run.

Simon's farewell

Upon knowing Simon will leaving us to lead the offshore team, i set on to prepare an album for him to remember us by. I picked blue because it's a neutral colour for everyone else.

I got everyone to write an individual message on a coloured scallop paper and stick them in a page where Simon can read them. At the same time, everyone would feel involved and participated.

What I did was I took a photo of each of everyone of us in office attire so that Simon can remember us by. It's funny how we recall our colleagues in their office attire. There was once when I bumped onto my colleague in his casual attire and someone, I felt weird. Like, he wasn't suppose to look like that, according to my recollection.

Here's some snapshot of photos of the incomplete stage of the photos.

Will upload the completed ones soon.

He was very touched with the book and I was honoured to have my photo taken with him.

Flower Power II

Handmade -flower craze is back.

This time, I use thin brown papers that I punch out from the Giant Flower Puncher. I got loads of them when my online shopping shipment arrives. The paper are used to wrap my goodies, so instead of throwing them away, i might as well put them to good use.

I used EK success Giant flower puncher for this project. The puncher can't punch well with papers that are too thin so what I do is I fold it 3 times and hold it still. Use about 6 to 7 pieces and place them together with a brad. I realised later on that using a stapler to hold them together is good enough as the brad isn't visible anyway.

Peel each layer to open them up and crumple it together so that it fluffs up.

Spray water mist to grunge it even more.

I use Maya mist to add colours and glimmer mist to add some shine on the edge.









It really has been keeping me busy.

New Layout

This is my first attempt on grunge, worn lay out.

I always thought it is an easy task. Just make it look like it look old and anything brown.

Not so easy as it look after attempting it.



I found a photo of my father when he was a little boy. riding on a wooden horse. Easily 50 years ago.


I have yet to decide on the journalling text and there are still some touch up to do. Awaiting inspiration to hit me.

In the end, i couldn't think of anything else to embellish the 12X12 cardstock, I simply trimmed away the sides and made it 6X6.

Decorating canister

Someone once told me that I am sticking anything that falls into my view. I can't understand why either. It has become a habit and I actually enjoy doing it - decorating and personalizing things.

I recently bought love letters that comes in canister, not because of the love letters of course, but for the canister~!

They are so ideal to store my stationery and it feels so authentic. They remind me of those tin box that chocolates used to come in and our mom usually store her sewing kit in it. Gone were the days where we store practically everything in a tin. Money, coins, movie ticket butt and even a piece of our baby blanket. I used to keep everything precious that I own in a chocolate tin box which I hide under my bed. Away form watchful prey - my brother.
On the box, I would state in bold "Keep Out!" - AS IF! That didn't stop anyone from opening it, if not, tempting and itching them to pry even more.

Try it! Brings back old memories. ;)

Felt monster

I am now into a new craze of stitching felt. I like it that they are so colourful and I am spoilt with choices. The tricky part is to cut 2 shapes of the same size and get them to hold still while I stitch them together. The next time I am into a new projtect, I will try to get some snapshot of the making. I initially wanted to make a bigger project, otherwise no oomph when hugging a soft toy but the idea of stitching can be tiresome and I didn't want to do something half way. So I thought it will be good to start something small and cute.

I get the ideas from cartoons and I enjoy customizing them. I wanted to make something that doesn't sit at a corner and collect dust so I thought I make something useful. I travel quite a fair bit on the road and I have always wanted a neck rest (without having to pay for one). I didn't know how to gauge the size so I just borrowed one and trace it, rough estimate and somewhat there. It was just a plain looking neck rest and i decided to add a heart shape, and then some spikes and then eyes. Then it just look like a sea monster and sea monster it is.

I made another baby pillow with the scraps left from the neck rest project. Useful to distract kids when travelling too.


Felt soft toys - easy to make and they are so ideal as gifts for kids and loved ones. Start one today and it's addictive!

Flower Power

I am so engrossed with making flowers that I didn't realised time has fly pass me so quickly!

I bought Quickutz Scallop Nestabilities recently and it has kept me busy like a newborn puppy. I love the variety of sizes that it comes with and it allows me to make assorted flower shapes.

Over here, I used 3 layers of assorted coloured paper and mist it with Maya Mist (so in love with it!) They do wonders!


If you wanna get a puffier flower, stack 4 to 5 layers and bind them up with brads.
A note to take when come to shopping for glimmer mist. I love making flowers so I am inclined to warmer shades like pink, red and yellow. They are great on chip boards too. My hands are crafter certified now as they are smudges in colours.

Will be away on production for the time being.

New Arrival to the house

No, no one is pregnant and it's not a baby I was referring to but my newly arrived EPIC six.


I have gotten some template before the arrival of the machine and I have been ecstatically cranking all night. It is definitely make a good investment.

The one thing that I am not entirely happy with it is the cutting mat. It bends upward when cranked and it has tendency to push at the plastic cover, making a loud thud sound.
While cranking, hold on to the top part so that it remain flat as it goes. Other than that, it's a beauty!

Tadaa!

This is what have been keeping me busy for the past few weeks.

Initially, I crashed the page with assorted colours and it was all over.

I was feeling disheartened and wanted to tear the pages to pieces. The angrier i felt, the more pieces I wanted to take

apart.

Somehow, I felt very troubled whenever I look at it.

I find peace with it when I finally took it out and stare at it for the longest time and decided to patch things on top.

Finally, with patience and determination. I revamp the entire page again.

Happy 2011!

Happy New Year! Another year, another reasons to splurge!

Lovely. Simply lovely! Can't stop punching since day 1.