A Druggist's Junk Journal

My second blog entry of the year, hopefully not the last. Long overdue project that took me this long to showcase this. Becoming a woman of less words; I shall dive down to one of my latest project - A druggist's junk journal.

Entire book was made from scratch using tea-dyed papers and printables from Ephemoire's Vintage Medical collages. Needtheless to say, the centre piece is a modified mixed media caduceus; staff of Hermes. With added touch of alchemy, as what was associated with anciently. Oh well, hence this book belongs to the Druggist who lives down the alley.  

While it's hard to capture everything, a video orientation is perhaps one of the better options to showcase this whole journal. 

Destiny 5890?

Jam packed with loads of ephemeras

Magnetic mini folders

Just in the right time for this Halloween. Apparently, this seems likely to be a sequel to my mini poison shoppee which I did last year. I'm hoping I won't take too long to come up with such projects. 

Meanwhile stay tune.

A Rare Oddity Whimsical Night Owl Candle Cover

Here is the most exciting thing that's happening this weekend! Presenting here my little creation for this Spellbinders Whimsical Woodland Blog Fest - A Night Owl Candle Cover. When I first received this dude, he's seriously small!!! I could barely paint his beaks and feet well. Does this reminds you of burning some sort of midnight oil?

Talking about burning midnight oil, staying up late to study is something (I believe) every student has gone through. It's also a very common notion for people who don't believe in studying consistently. Haha! I'm actually one of them simply because I'm a very forgetful person! What I study for today I can simply forget the following day! I've very forgetful brainy cells; they just love registering images more than words. I'm a visual learner and I prefer much in messing things up in the Lab to aid my understanding rather than reading strings of words (which I seriously hate).

Gone were the days where I had to burn tons of midnight oil. I wish I could just burn all my notes, digest them and throw them out on my exam papers and get distinctions! Wow! If someone had invented something like that, I'm 101% sure I'll BUY it at all cost! Alright, another digress rant of mine! Pardon me...

Here is the Snapguide tutorial, sit back and enjoy! There's a giveaway during these 3 days, do hop by each participating blogs to enter. Details can be found HERE. Happy crafting and Good Luck!!!

Click here for the tutorial - How to Make a Rare Oddity Night Owl Candle Cover

 

A Roam Broom Halloween Layout

Today over at Clear Scraps Blog Post, I'm sharing this super cute layout using Graphic 45 retired Happy Hunting collection... Featuring my niece when she was about 2 years old, trying to be a housekeeper at home... She insisted to sweep the floor for us but she ended up getting the wrong broom and ended up getting herself stuck underneath her pants... Struggling to get herself out from the "broom", she gave this super duper cute expression that was so desperately funny... So out I came and took this epic moment of hers... Haha... Come to think about it, she was really too cute and funny...

I started off with a sheet of 12" x 12" acrylic sheet and centre down with a piece of  pattern paper... Did some minimal mixed media work here - random damask stenciling and some painting on the chipboard pieces... As I wanted this to be cute and simple, I kept this layout to the minimum... As usual in what I love to do, I gave my niece a witch hat and a tulle veil, turning her into a cute little witch for this Halloween...

Halloween is only this Friday, I hereby wish everyone a Happy Halloween!!! Have fun and happy crafting!!! Cheers!!!

Here is the list of supplies for this layout:

• Clear Scraps 12" x 12" Acrylic Sheet
• Clear Scraps Theatre Chipboard Album
• Clear Scraps 6" Damask Stencil
• Graphic 45 Happy Hunting (Happy Hunting, Pumpkin Time, Jolly Jack-o-Lantern, Word Play, Bewitched)
• Art Anthology Sorbet (satin sheen gold)
• Clear Snap Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink (tuxedo & carrot)
• Swirls Chipboards
• Black Gesso

Graphic 45 Halloween Tomb Party Gift Set

Today on Graphic 45 tutorial blog post, I'm sharing how to make these incredible fun Tomb Party gift set for this Halloween using An Eerie Tale and Steampunk Spells paper collection.

As I was browsing the Steampunk Spells papers, I came across these 4 intriguing Halloween characters-Miss Ima Fraid, Dr. Dreadful, Mr. Seymour Bones & Madame Macabre. I saw the potential to transform them into unique tomb-masters for a Halloween Party. The result is a gift set with matching invitation cards, where each guest is assigned a tombmaster based on their invitation. It's a fun and creative twist for your Halloween celebration.

Curious about where I got those crosses and skeleton hands? I handmade them using a glue gun and painted them according to my needs. I believe these are available for sale in your local craft store. But for a more personal touch, I decided to make them.

Download the tombstone template HERE and follow this tutorial on how to make these.

I hope this will give you some ideas for creating a theme for Halloween.

Happy crafting!!!

It's Halloween!!!

Yes, it is Halloween today. For this Halloween, I've created a 6-page Happy Hunting album using Graphic 45 Happy Hunting collection. With lots of goodies, fussy cuts and hidden bookmarks, the album also comes with a removable photo frame which can be used to frame your face and take pictures with.

It's actually my very first time building an album from scratch, so the binding was not really that good in fact. But after watching several tutorials on YouTube, I guess I'll do a better job in my next album. So exciting!!!

Happy Hunting!!!

The album...

The removable frame...

The inside front cover after the frame is removed...

Some details inside the album...

Some pockets to house some bookmarks...

Frames!!! I like to make frames!!!

Using the chipboard to make another mini frame here...

I like adding on some details using craft punch and fussy cuts...

The clock...

The last page that marks the day of Halloween...