Christmas Project

Finally I can post these pic of my Christmas Project. I taught this project for my LSS(MWL). I can only post it after the final class last week. I had lots of fun with thisproject.... the concept, the colours, the techniques. Using Basic Grey Wassil papers..... a house template which I construct out of plain flat chipboard. I love that 7G door knob. Gotta get more of these. Inside this 'house' an album... made of felt. I forgot to take the pics. Will add soon. This side of the house, I added a heart charm. Just hanging there. Love it.

This side of the house has a Christmas tree (I draw that on chipboard and lay that red paper on it).... pop it on pop-up glue dots. I cut out some 'presents' from BG wassil papers. I gold emboss the star with Rangers Ultra Fine gold. Lovely colour.

All sides of the house has this 'vine' (stamp emboss with Autumn leaves swirls). Love the effect. Then I rub Distress ink over the emboss image... to aged it further.

Oooo.. this is my fav... the created the 'scroll' by stamping with a Tim Holtz stamp..... pasted it onto a corrugated board. I treated the corrugated board with glimmer mist. Tie the scroll with twine. Love the shabby chic effect. I house some journaling inside the scroll when you untie the twine.

Front of the house has that lovely 7G door knob. The words "love, joy, peace" are stamp embossed with MM Magnetic words stamps and Ranger "Tinsel Red' embossing powders. This red gets me weak in the knees. It has that glittery sparkle!

Next, I cut a 'wreath' from one of the BG papers.... and emboss with UTEE.. to bring out the motif.

See those blobs of 'snow'... ooo.. that was a Tim Holtz technique from his 12 tags of Christmas.

I created 'snow' with a variety of technique besides using Tim's idea.

I stamps with dots stamps with white ink.

I driped candle wax over the roof... oh... you got to be steady with this. You dont want to burn this house down! LOL!

Then I rub silver stickles over the roof (to mimic the glistening effect of snow)

Of course, this green BG paper (roof) was much cleaner... I distress it with walnut ink, paint.. to rough it out a bit more.

For each panel of the house, I tear, wet and curl the papers... see the red stripe part... then I ink it... love love the distress look.

Have a BLESSED CHRISTMAS!

LO for YSS + a little project

I did this LO with Prima "Peaches" papers, Petaloo flowers, Hambly, Prima Felt Alphas, lots of stickles. Had lots of fun with this!!!! (Sorry, this LO has been removed for publication in FEB 2009 issue of Scrapbook News and Review) With the left over scraps from the papers, I use it to make this 'flower'. Saw this at Kenner Road project. Rub-ons (JOY) from Luxe Designs. I like this box from Prima............ Charis decided this gift box should 'house' a beaded necklace for her beloved Children Min pastor. Done! All stuff available from YSS. BTW, YSS is having their 25% off entire orders............ and also Sassafras papers....... cool! Check out their blog.

Yummy goodies in my mail

Wow... I have 3 goodies packages this week. I am 1 happy woman!

1) Webster Pages

I really love this collection "Hello Beautiful"...... this is from my win from WP Oct challenge.

I can't wait to play with this. Lots of ideas floating now!

2) Jenni Bowlin

Wow... this came from the Jenni Bowlin contest at CMK. Thanks Lisa... shipping is really fast! Appreciate it.

3) Kate Spade

How can I not go weak over this? My hubby got me this for our anniversary. He is my guy! He knows what makes my heart melt! LOL. He really dotes on me! A red Kate Spade wallet... yums!

I am smiling and grinning from ear to ear ........... definitely a happy weekend!

Card/Mini Album for YSS

Here I did a card/mini album cos every year I send a card + some photos to update my friend. She is staying in USA.

So, this idea is perfect....... combine the 2 together .This is like a card where I write some notes and updates and tucked it in between pages. I added photos.

This idea came from a Scarlet Lime Tutorial.

All you need is a 12x12 paper and it makes this accordian style mini album.

This is great to mail out this season.

Using Webster Pages papers, Prima flowers, Making Memories Paperie Brads, Making Memories Gameboard Alphas, Prima blings. All available at YSS

more projects for YSS

Here are 2 completed LOs using Prima "peaches' collection, Luxe Alpha rub-ons, Prima Felt alpha letters. All available from YSS. 1) Kungfu Pandas 2) Naughty or Nice These 2 girls are always 'fighting'......... here... one moment they are happily sharing the kiddie ride. Next they are throwing punches at each other.... trying to push each other off the ride. SIGH! I will be loading more projects tomorrow.

Another FUN project with my kids

This is another fun project with my kids. Using Maya Road Acrylic ATC Coaster Album, part of my DT kit from YSS. Erica emailed me the other day and said it is perfectly fine for my kids to play with some of these stash. So nice of her! What I use: Paints, 'stamping' stuff like toothbrush, corrugated board, bubble wrap, my kids toys (a star & a circle). We are ready to go! But wait, now the little one wants to play. Charis passed her a brush and another corrugated board and here is what she did! She was sooooo happy!

So, Charis dabbed paints onto bubble wrap and got this effect. I like it alot! Then she layer with a circle 'stamp' with green paint. Hmm... so much fun!

I added Luxe alpha rub-ons (family) to make the title. Next, Charis use the "star' stamp to do this. Gorgeous yellow star.

Next, she picked up some pink paint with the toothbrush and get randomly brush into onto the Acrylic surface. Cute!

Next, she dabbed lots of blue paint onto the corrugated board. We got to do this fast cos Corrugated board absorbed the paints very fast.

This is my fav. We painted our thumb with remaining paints, mix it up a bit and did fingerprinting. So cute!

And I like the last page.. the circle stamps... some parts were the result of an accident. Charis accidently dropped it and we got double stamp effect. Cool!

Now, we had a hard time deciding who to give. Grandma, Aunts, Uncles who are dying to get a piece of us... this will make a great Christmas pressie.......... any ART made by the kids will get Grandparents weak in their knees. LOL!

And this will make a COOL mini brag book.... which will go well into Grandma's handbag!

YSS is having their 12 days sale. Everyday is a new discount! Today is 25% off entire order. Plus some Fancy Pants are 25% off...... imagine 50% discount. Woohoo... I ordered some already. Can't resist! LOL

Some exciting news!

YSS is having their 12 days sale. Each day 1 brand or some items goes on discounts. Eg Basic Grey Offbeat collection at 20-30% discount. Then there is a daily checkout discount. Eg.... 20% off entire order. So, this is on top of the already marked down and the special.... which means the Basic Grey offbeat is 20% + 20% discounts off... now, that's what I call a SALE That's not all, YSS allowed you to accumulate all 12 days of items you buy so you can can free shipping or better rates. Check them out now. http://yourscrapbookstash.blogspot.com/ Hurry today is Maya Road sale. Remember the cute Christmas tags I did... on sale now!!! Woohoo... kids can play with them. You can add them on Christmas cards!!

Fun projects with kids

Dec time I hear this lot from Charis : "Mom, I am bored"...... or she just simply lie on the sofa and do nothing. So, i had a brilliant idea... why not include her in doing my craft? Today I decide to let her do the Christmas ornaments..... These MAYA Road tags are part of my DT kit from YSS. Well, I hope Erica will be ok if I let my kids play with these.

We painted each tag with white paint, pour white glitter over each and we add stickles.

Easy and fun. Charis is simply thrilled! With little supervision, she just plays with stickles, paints, glitter. I love it.... I am happy, she is happy! All Maya Road tags, stickles available from YSS. They bought in many many colours. Yummy! Grab them now! We can do with more colours, right!

Thankful

Hello......... I am back. Back from a short break.......... spending time with family. Eating... way too much! Shopping .......... ahem.... I shall leave that out for now! LOL! It has been refreshing. I like it ........... to take it slow and just be there. I am THANKFUL for these: 1) I have 1 Mini Album published in Scrapbook News And Review Mag and 1 LO too in its Dec issue. So thankful 2) Finally I can fulfilled a long time wish - I will be teaching a class in my LSS, madewithlove....... woohoo.... I really cherish this amazing opportunity. I am a bit jittery... being my first class........ but well, I am just going to let my passion lead me and have a good time. 3) I won the Jenni Bowlin Contest over at CMK with this project. Woohoo... I love Jenni Bowlin stuff. Will be returning tomorrow with some YSS DT work. See ya!