Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Change of my Blog URL

If you had noticed (or managed to come here correctly), my current blog URL (katiezgpaperworks.blogspot.com) is indeed shorter compared to my previous one (katsignerscrapbookingcafe.blogspot.com) and relates well with my blog title which I changed it somewhere in September last year... No more identity crisis and confusion... Whenever people ask me for my blog address, they will always freak out when I wrote the URL link down on the whiteboard... It was pretty long... And it has been quite a hassle to the extend that  I'll just get them to google my name instead as it's easier to search me this way over the internet... This actually brought me to a point that I should just change my blog URL for the better and for the sake of every human convenience... It makes my life much easier as well...

People who know me well will know I'm also known as "katsigner" a nick that's with me for 15 years... I often represented myself as "katsigner", a pseudonym for all my creative works and online personal writing way before Facebook was born... Back then, I was always dreaming myself as a designer, hence I came up with "katsigner as a combination of my name "Katie" and the word "Designer", in hope one day I can be one... Gradually, this becomes a nick for all my social media platforms in today's 21st Century... 

The initial idea of setting up this "KatsignerScrapbookingCafe" blog was solely an interest base blog when I started to get my hands onto scrapbooking in 2008... Plus I'm also a very cafe person, I had this idea of able to scrap in a cafe, hence this long title... Pretty obvious, I was just plain lazy and too used on my nick that I came up with something so lame, so nonsensical and bloody long for a blog address... It didn't occur to me that I'll be venturing into this seriously and gradually wanting to "evolve" further to get myself an identity as an artist... This will eventually be a showcase of all my works and creations that what I put on top in my blog is something I shouldn't ignore... I can't be possibly expecting people to just call me by my nick or just come by my little scrapbooking cafe here, it's so uncool... Hahaha... Guess I'm just being critical on myself...

Well, finally the URL has changed and changing links around all my social media networks seems like a major project especially on Pinterest!!! I'm sorry that if you had pinned my pins previously, unfortunately a change of address in my pins will not reflect on yours, that's the flaw of Pinterest... However, my old blog address still exists, mainly as an informative channel for people to know about this change... 

Moving on, in near future there will be more artistic works coming from me and I can't wait to share...


Tuesday, 21 April 2015

A Flourish Layout...

I had this very beautiful Phalaenopsis orchid which I bought her back about 2 years back, and I had watched her bloomed beautifully during spring... As it was my very first orchid, I decided to capture the blooming process... 

For today Graphic 45 blog post, I'm sharing this Flourish layout using Time to Flourish paper collection using one of the pictures I had taken... Used the shabby chic drawer pull here as the pot for my orchid, as if I'm still growing her...





Thursday, 16 April 2015

My Final Submission for Graphic 45 DT Call 2015/16

Finally it's all done up!!! For this year final submission for Graphic 45 DT Call, I'm doing up a tutorial instead of showcasing 3 projects. As my DT work is getting more compared to last year, my hands are tied-up with various projects and didn't have time to brainstorm 3 projects. However, my recent obsession on crates has prompted me to build quite a number of projects, including one project sheet for Graphic 45. Remember to subscribe to the newsletter to get your free project sheet.

Using the Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home collection together with some natural products, I'm going to show you how to alter a small wooden box into a realistic-looking vegetable crate and will be providing some interesting way to embellish and ideas... A list of supplies for this project is listed below this blog entry.

Grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy!!!






Supplies:

Monday, 13 April 2015

Steampunk Curiosity; An Altered Eyeglass Case

Steampunk is always one of my favourite themes, and surely I love almost everything that's steampunky... I've created several several grunge and steampunky altered art pieces - from perfume bottle, bookend to mobile case... Now, I'm taking my eyeglass case and turn it into another steampunky piece... 

I find eyeglass case bulky and troublesome though it's function is to protect your glasses... When certain objects don't look pleasing to me, instead of hating them I turn them into art pieces so that it will be visually appealing to me... Using quite a number of ScrapFX chippies and Shimmerz stuffs, I'm spreading glitter and jewel as well...  

Presenting here my new steampunky eyeglass case...




Supplies:
Remember to mention my name (Katie Zoey Ho) under Paypal checkout for a freebie should you shop at Shimmerz...


Monday, 6 April 2015

A Sweet Pink Altered Wooden Peg

Have always wanted to alter a wooden peg but didn't have any idea what to do... While I was in a craft store, I saw this medium size wooden peg, just nice enough for me to alter as a start...  Wanted something sweet with a whimsical touch, I chose pink and off-white as my main colours... This is also one of my debut works for Pion Design... Love, love, love the Paris Flea Market series, the colours are so sweet...

I started off by adding some flourish texture around the peg, and began blending the colours using a range of Shimmerz products to give a shabby look... To give a further vintage look, I distressed the edges using some tarnished steel colour... I deliberately use this colour palette to match the colour scheme of Pion's Paris Flea Market...

A list of supplies used can be found at the end of this post... Remember to mention my name during PayPal checkout to get a free product of choice when you shop at Shimmerz store...







List of Supplies:
  • Pion Design Paris Flea Market
  • Shimmerz Products (Inklingz - Pink-a-Boo, Tarnished Treasure, Misty Morning, Creameez - Berry Hot, Marshmallow, Spritz - Cotton Candy, Vibez - Sweet Heart)
  • Prima Flowers & Vines
  • Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Ornate Keyhole