Layout - Headband Mania

Clarissa was quite a bald baby till she turned 3 - which by then she managed to have a short bob.  I used to cover her "baldness" with headbands and she had a "love-hate" relationship with them.  I guess I was quite tired to telling people that she was a girl (yes,  even when she was wearing a dress,  they insisted that she was a he - sigh).

It is with much regret that I have lost all her baby photos when we moved.  I managed to find some here and decided to scrap them.  She is barely 6 months here and loved to whiz around in her walker.  She would roam the house after me and just gurgling away in her baby talk. I loved the way she pulled the headband away in frustration and the next minute - she leaves it on. Funny baby.

This layout will be the first first layout for her A-Z album.  This of course will be the letter "H". Would like to thank Wati for the push to get an A-Z album done.  Thanks Wati.

Materials used:

Pink Bazzill paper,  Green pp - sorry can't remember,  Making Memories Kraft paper,  Doily from local shops,  Flowers from Prima,  Making Memories Glitter Butterflies,  Fabric Brads from Momoyo,  Autumn Leaves Buttons,  Versamagic Chalk inks,  Technique Tuesday Chipboard Circle,  Adirondack Dimensional Pearls in Butterscotch,  DMC Thread, Ribbon from American Crafts and Zig Pen.

ATCs with Faces using melted UTEE

Made another batch of ATCs.  Loved the results.  This time I have dusted off the dust in my melting - hee hee - the poor melting pot must have thought that it has been in exile!  

Took out some of my moulds and decided to melt some leftover greyish UTEE together with some gold UTEE and made some UTEE-d faces as embellishments to my ATCs.  Think that they go pretty well together. GLEE...

Materials used:

Thin Chipboard, Jo Sonja  Paints,  German Scraps,  Miyuki Beads,  Gold UTEE,  Leftover UTEE  (greyish in colour),  Black Bazzill cardstock,  Black,  silver plastic bead stickers,  Sayings from Scrappingville - sorry (can't remember the brand) and  Mahogany Crackle Paint.

ATCs with crackle paint, wires and beads

I went to Scraptivate when I was in Perth.  I must say that I was blown away by the talent I saw in that one shop.  Feeling inspired,  I came up with these ATCs.

I did the background before I left by using chipboard and Jo Sonja paint.  I then added crackle paint by using bubble wrap.  How? Just apply the crackle paint thickly onto the bubble wrap and stamp onto the chipboard - easy.

Then I wrapped 28 gauge wires around the ATC card and where the wires met - I added some beads here and there.  Loved the effect after I added some German Scraps (which is the green scalloped foil)  which is available locally at Scrappingville or you may buy online at Scraptivate.

Lastly I added a butterfly each from the local haberdashery and some Making Memories alphas to complete them.  I had fun making the ATCs and would like to thank the ladies at Scraptivate for their hospitality and inspiration.

Lift It - at the SK Forum

One of the new activities to hit the SK forum,  is the "LIFT IT" thread.  Every month,  one of the DTs will be scouring around in the member's gallery and pick a layout there to be lifted.  

In recognising the previous SK's RD (Resident Designer)  - I have chosen Jasmin Brahim's elegant layout to scraplift.  Here is Jasmin's layout:  

And here is my take on her layout...

Materials used:

Theresa Collins pp,  Black bazzill,  Prima and Blueyezedine flowers,  Pearls,  Trim from Hong Kong,  Thicker foam alphas both in pink and black and a pink ribbon from local haberdashery.

SK Feb Challenge

Someone help me please!  How do I take a good picture in acrylic?  Sigh - this I must say would be a task for Jessy or Sasha Farina.  The both of them are very apt in photography. Apologies for my non-existent photography skills...

For the month of February - the challenge would be to scrap using an adjective about our little one.  You may also use the adjective as the title.  I thought about it for a long time and it would be difficult to narrow it down to one word but I did it anyway.

I choose to remember Clarissa here this way in one word - she has always been a sweet child.  Giving in and sharing her stuff is not difficult to her ever since she was young.  I am grateful for that and thus this is a great word to describe her.

I have also stepped out of my comfort zone to use paints and other elements onto clear acrylic sheets.  I have lots of rubons which I buy with a vengeance but never use.  Hence - this is a great way of using them and trying to cut down on my stash.  I have to admit that the bubble wrap printing is inspired by Bridget Koopsen.  

Materials used:

Clear Scraps Acrylic Sheet,  Adirondack dabbers,  Prima felt and flower,  We are Memory Keeper rubons,  trims from Hong Kong,  Alpha thickers,  Buzz and Bloom Bird chipboard.

Smiles all around at City Beach

With a view like that - who would want to leave?

Post Vacation Blues

After a week of bliss - it is hard indeed to come back home...  I do miss Perth and all its laidback and relaxing atmosphere.