Gear Up! Mixed Media Box at Made with Love

Hello peeps,

I know I've not been updating. Things are seriously piling up and I was freaking busy last week... There's a lot of unplanned happenings together with an unexpected design meeting and interview, my emotions were on rollercoaster ride... Moreover I had recently accepted a DT offer from one of the Sweden manufacturers and had gotten my DT starter pack, I was super excited the moment I saw how pretty the papers are... Well, in time to come, I'll be sharing my debute works soon...

Phew!!! I hope things can get more lined up this week... Alright for my next upcoming Prima class at Made with Love, I'll be teaching how to create an antique worn out patina look using various Prima Art Basic mediums and paints... It's somehow similar to my patina snapguide tutorial, but I'll be showing how to create the look in a different way using paints instead of mists... It's going to be a little intensive so I'm opening to only 12 pax for 2 sessions...

I hope to see some of you around... Below is the promotional collage and more detail pictures on this project...

Back to School Student's Sketchbook

I have been amazed and greatly inspired by fabric-based album, especially combined with papers... One of my fellow Graphic 45 teammies, Nadya makes gorgeous fabric-paper albums... Inspired by her, I decided to attempted one using ABC Primer, one of the deluxe collections and the latest mixed media album for today's feature on Graphic 45 blog post...

I wished I had bought a couple of ABC Primer fabric previously when I saw them on sale at Spotlight... It didn't occurred to me that Graphic 45 will be re-releasing this collection that fast and I was like "Oh damn, I should have bought it!!!" So... it happened that I have scraps of polka dots fabric left after making a blouse, and I decided to use it for this album... As it's pure white dots on black background, it didn't look vintage enough to go with the paper collection... Without a second thought, I tea-dyed the fabric and TaaDaaa, I've a vintage polka dots fabric!!!

Though the overall appearance of this album is not as pretty as Nadya's, I was having so much fun doing this up especially with those scrabble tiles... These tiles just goes so well with the paper collection...

Steampunk Altered Cologne Bottle

I had this used Ralph Lauren Explorer cologne lying around in my room; was empty and collecting dust. As I felt the cap is very interesting, I decided to do something about it. The first thought that came to my mind was Steampunk. Hence, I transformed this cologne bottle into a steampunk love potion bottle.

Guarantee pure and natural, it's one such great gift for this coming Valentine's. Sharing this on today's Graphic 45 blog post with a tutorial on how to create embellishments through stamping on UTEE.

Clear Scraps CHA Project Features

This year CHA seems to be a blast!!! Despite of my busy schedule last week, I only managed to catch a glimpse on what's happening via Facebook... Simply mind blowing on how amazing the products various manufacturers are coming up with... Seriously, I hope I could be there...

Well, a couple of my projects are there - mainly Graphic 45... Yeah!!! And I manage to see them via the publicity of my fellow design team members who took several pictures and posted them on Facebook... But not forgetting, I do send in my fair share of projects for Clear Scraps as well, showcasing around the booth...

Below here are 2 projects featuring the latest CHA releases; a mini mixable album and a wall decor using the clipboard and clear box... Total in love with the subtle colours of this paper collection, I used Pion's Vintage Garden for these projects... Also, used quite a number of I Am Roses mulberry flowers and laces from my stash... They just go so well together... Of course no forgetting some shabby chic resins and chipboards from Dusty Attic...

An Adore Fashion Adventure Mother Goose Layout

On today's Graphic 45 Blog Post, I'm sharing this cute little layout I've done using the Mother Goose collection...

Featuring my niece in her wild personality, she's simply a rockstar venturing into fashion... LOL! We were shopping one afternoon for her clothes, and before we could catch her, she was taking some accessories off the shelves to match her outfit... That's too adorable of her that we had to take a picture of her... And here she is, showing us this "Rocker" look... Fret not, she wasn't showing us the finger, she was just piping up 2 of her fingers trying to be a rockstar...

Just love her deep deep... Too cute...