Some DT work

Hi everyone,

Just some layouts to share using the October Studio Calico Roller Rink Kit that I got from scrappinstudio.

Using contents from the kit, I decided that I wanted the wooden chevron to be part of the focus, and used strips of patterned paper to "decorate" the chevrons. I decided to juxtapose this chevron with the wooden veneer chevrons in the "Crack the Whip" add-on. Love using the woodgrain thickers too (:

I put my Silhouette Cameo to use with this layout, cutting 27, the age I'm turning, and highlighted one, by putting a different color behind one of the digits. I also decided to use the phrases in the sticker sheet that I thought would define what I want to continue growing in grace to be. I'm also a tad obsessed with the wooden veneer chevrons.

Hope you liked what I have to share. I'm still working on more projects that I hope to get more of a chance to share with you. Till then, toodles.

ANOTHER PROJECT LIFE CATCH UP

Project Life catch up alert!!! This means a barrage of the past few weeks of my Project Life catch up in place. (: And noting down small significant moments.

The publication of my name in the glory box of the magazine for the first time. And I love the woodgrain chevron by Alison Kraft for Echo Park.

It was also the saying goodbye to a dear friend who is going to spend at least a year in Japan. I also had the chance to go for the local launch of Canon's new four-thirds series of camera.

Did you know that Legoland is opening in Malaysia Johor, barely an hour away from Singapore. Love all the replicas of famous landmarks in Lego, the best part of the park if you ask me, though I like all the parts which are made of Lego, which is scattered everywhere, I kid you not.

This also marked my first time driving around in a buggy on my own. True Story: I couldn't figure out how to reverse my buggy for a good five minutes before giving in and asking for help ;(

Angry Bird mooncakes also graced our office, stirring much excitement amongst everyone. Love the Starburst stamp from Studio Calico and still making good use of the Lawn Fawn stamps that I have a new obsession about.

Percival the dinosaur has got my hear with the flatness and absolutely cuteness.

That's all for today. Have done more but the weather hasn't been good enough, or rather I haven't been at home when the sun is up. Will be back soon with more (:

Project Life is a line of products by Becky Higgins, and can be used for documentation of daily life or anything else you may want. I am using it to remember the year and take more photos of  my everyday. For those who live in Asia, you can get your PL supplies from Scraplicious. Follow my PL journey here. 

PROJECT LIFE CATCH-UP

Catch up in postings that is - though I must say that I have been scaling down from the past where I could do a week in a two page spread. After reaching the half year mark (and still being on the project... yay me!), I am probably going to head towards doing a two page spread every fortnight and being flexible enough to change things as they need to be done. No pressure too, as it is about the memories that are documented, not about having done it religiously.

There was a children's event at the museum in June and I made my way there with a few of my favourite kids. And of course the best exhibits would have been the ones that made it to the page. Particularly cool was the UV light exhibit which made everything glow, as well as the interactive exhibit with iconic images in black and white, reproducing as you spoke into the mike.

Thus there was also loads of journaling thrown into the mix... which reminds me that I really need to dig out my typewriter and my sewing machine again... because I want to, not have to (:

Project Life is a line of products by Becky Higgins, and can be used for documentation of daily life or anything else you may want. I am using it to remember the year and take more photos of  my everyday. For those who live in Asia, you can get your PL supplies from Scraplicious. Follow my PL journey here. To view more project life week pages all around the web, check out The Mom Creative. 

I'M BACK

It's been nearly a month since I last posted, but much has happened since then and I think I am finally adjusted back to a rhythm and routine.

As a result too, I have been scrapping more and catching up on PL, though I am now deliberating about how best to capture the last month as I have not been taking enough photos.... yes ironic I know as scrappers ought to be full of photo taking enthusiasm.

So to mark my re-emergence in the blogging world, I'm back with a card as well as one Project Life spread to share.

First the card,

Supplies: Studio Calico, Crate Paper, Maya Road, Lawn Fawn, Hero Arts

I decided to play with a brown, yellow and grey scheme and I very much love how it came out. I have also been having lots of fun with the hero arts midtone shadow inks as they have been fantastic to use, giving really good coverage for the acrylic stamps that I have.

Here's a close up look at the details in the card

And here's one of the Project Life layouts as I play catch up in posting

Still like the EP camera's a lot, and the cupcake that you see, it's awesome. I can't remember what exactly is inside and what it is called, but it's a gorgeous combination of chocolate, peanuts, caramel and chocolate balls....mmmm...yum!

Project Life is a line of products by Becky Higgins, and can be used for documentation of daily life or anything else you may want. I am using it to remember the year and take more photos of  my everyday. For those who live in Asia, you can get your PL supplies from Scraplicious. Follow my PL journey here. To check out more project life week pages all around the web, check out The Mom Creative. 

That's all for now and will have more soon (:

PROJECT LIFE WEEK 19 & 20

Hi everyone!

I know I have been absent from blog land for awhile, but I'm back with Project Life Week 19 & 20.

For those who are struggling to keep up, give yourself permission to break the rules: not finish one week, not have any photos for the week, only do a single page spread, skip a month. I think that looking back you would realise that you cherish the memories that you managed to document and probably will not be thinking, so what did I do on April 23 2012, five years from now. (though it would be nice to know (: )

So without further ado, Weeks 19 and 20 on a double page spread

This week was a big week about me and my photography and thinking about taking it to the next level. Ironically I didn't take that many photos this week, so a few of the spaces were filled with screen captures and filler cards.

Loved using my Studio Calico Project Life slanted stamps in this week's spread and more washi tape too.

Just a quick close up for a few more details. On another note, I think I'm seeing my handwriting change and evolve.

Kept is simple for this side, and I like is, particularly the journaling card, second from left, with the washi tape and wooden veneer camera. Love it! That grey chevron My Mind's Eye tape is divine and definitely one of my all time favourite designs.

That's it for today. Do leave comments if you have any questions and I'll love to answer them!

Project Life is a line of products by Becky Higgins, and can be used for documentation of daily life or anything else you may want. I am using it to remember the year and take more photos of  my everyday. For those who live in Asia, you can get your PL supplies from Scraplicious. Follow my PL journey here. You can check out more project life week pages all around the web, check out The Mom Creative. 

CARDS AND SUCH

As every good scrapper should with the hoard that we all know we secretly have, it is near a travesty to go ahead and buy a card when there are more than abundant supplies readily available at home.

Making cards for me is somewhat of a dilemma, especially when I make a card that I really like and then have to give it away. It is also a challenge to balance between the fine line of the card being too simple or overly embellished. So here is my version of the cards that I needed over the weekend and thus quickly whipped them up.

Supplies: Silhouette SD, Crate Paper, My Mind's Eye, October Afternoon, Martha Stewart, EK Success, Jenni Bowlin

Yes I used my silhouette for all the titles of the the cards as they were all similar and using up the same letters The miser in me didn't want a pack of thickers to disintegrate and be "useless" due to the 'S' and 'E's being used up.The Crate Paper rose is a classic, I feel, and can be used for any card or delicate feminine project.

Next up , another birthday card, this time for a boy.

 Supplies: Silhouette SD, Jenni Bowlin, Crate Paper, Echo Park, Studio Calico, Prima

As the white words were not standing out from the background behind as much as I wished that they would, I layered the birthday word on a teal patterned paper and cut around it, while inking the other title with a teal chalk ink from prima.

Again I used banners as it's a birthday (: and I absolutely love the camera from echo park, that whole piece of paper, my only comment being that I wished that the cameras were bigger on the patterned paper.

Last, but not least, a graduation card.

Supplies: Crate Paper, Martha Stewart, Whisker Graphics, The Twinery, Studio Calico

My obsession with the wooden veneer stars lives on, and I think that they are really appropriate for a graduation card. I'm still loving woodgrain and this particular woodgrain from the Crate Paper Christmas line of 2011 has my heart. I used it to cut out one of my favourite butterfly shapes from the silhouette store.

That's all I have to share today and I'm liking the card making, so I might make more to store and share them too.

PROJECT LIFE WEEK 16

Week 16 and I am working on Week 17 even as we are in Week 18, so weeeeee.... I'm still on track. This is the point where usually things start to become tedious when doing a year-long project, so working through it or giving yourself an off to miss a week or two or even a month is fine.

This week, I played with squares, used more veneer, played with new washi, and true to form, stuck to my labels.

As I didn't have as many instagrams this week, I filled in the rest with patterned paper and added a date card as well. It was interested to word with squares instead of the usual rectangles during Project Life.

I also enjoyed using the Amy Tan thickers, which are foam, which I have found are usually the type of thickers that I enjoy the most as they usually stay in place and are most flexible still especially for an indecisive scrapping mind like mine.

Love the little star veneers that are small enough not to be a scene dealer, yet a suitable accent piece.

Lots of journaling and much tauhuey that was bought. If you are in Singapore, you must have heard of Lao Ban soya bean curd, with outlets at Old Airport Road and Maxwell Food Centre. It is soya bean curd that has the texture or egg custard, and is extremely popular in Singapore with long snaking queues most of the time. If you happen to be there and there is no queue, it is more than likely that there is no more left.

So here you have it, my PL Week 16, especially with lots of food photos. I'm not too sure if it is a good thing or bad, but I link my memories to food that I partake (:

Project Life is a line of products by Becky Higgins, and can be used for documentation of daily life or anything else you may want. I am using it to remember the year and take more photos of  my everyday. For those who live in Asia, you can get your PL supplies from Scraplicious. Follow my PL journey here. You can check out more project life week pages all around the web, check out The Mom Creative. 

PROJECT LIFE WEEK 15

Hi everyone, am late with sharing Project Life but off-screen I have been keeping on track with my Project Life. So there might be a blitz of Project Life posts, but I'm sure you won't mind (:

Here you have it, Project Life Week 15 in it's glory.

Just a few notes, I'm still washi-ing up my PL layouts and using up label stickers. Also I decided to use these 3x3 square placed page protectors from WRMK, to house bigger blown up instagram photos. Was an interesting experiment and I might use it again (: Another note is that I got to use the wooden veneers that came in with my Studio Calico box.

Pretty simple, and quick as I have been getting busier. I am liking using the real estate punch, chopping it off slightly and outlining it with a white pen before adding the journaling it in. Still loving my JBS doily punch alot.

Aren't the map backed thickers cool. And I like the stars adding in a little touch and the airmail washi giving it a total travel feel,(even though I didn't do any traveling per say during this trip).

I kept the instagram page simple as I dont really lik putting more than a label sticker atop a photo. So easy peasy came this page.

However I did something different for the back which I am happy with, but that is to share another time. Do chime in if there are any questions and I'll be happy to answer them (:

Happy start of the week everyone!

Project Life is a line of products by Becky Higgins, and can be used for documentation of daily life or anything else you may want. I am using it to remember the year and take more photos of  my everyday. For those who live in Asia, you can get your PL supplies from Scraplicious. Follow my PL journey here. You can check out more project life week pages all around the web, check out The Mom Creative. 

PROJECT LIFE WEEK 14

Just to share my Project Life Week 14.

I did a one page spread only for Week 13 and hence decided to only do a single page for Week 14 so as to "balance" out the album. That may change down the road, but it's okay as it's my project, not for anyone in particular else.

A simple colourful week, using big photos to tell the story as well as sticky labels and a label stamp to tell the story. And yes I included my overnight blitz of creating gifts with my silhouette.

Was also excited to get my limited edition floral washi tape in the mail. *happy dance* I also decided also to make use of my growing collection of washi tape to do up the background for the dates part of the page.

I also decided to do a week in review card again, using the days of the week stickers that come with the core kit.

The Stepping Stone Alphabet from Studio Calico is really just the right size for use on the 3'x4' inch cards.

Here's to hoping to have more posts up to share this week.

Project Life is a line of products by Becky Higgins, and can be used for documentation of daily life or anything else you may want. I am using it to remember the year and take more photos of  my everyday. For those who live in Asia, you can get your PL supplies from Scraplicious. Follow my PL journey here. You can check out more project life week pages all around the web, check out The Mom Creative. 

A PHOTOFRAME OR TWO, OR SIX

A very blessed Easter to everyone!

Just a quick share today of some gifts that I whipped up over the  Easter weekend, most importantly, by making use of my silhouette.

This is truly the bestest part of the silhouette, at least for me- no more worrying about needing the particular font, in the particular colour to match your projects, and most importantly - no more running out of important alphabets that you use the most frequently, which sometimes renders the rest of the pack unuseable.

Let me chime in and say I will still buy thickers for the dimension and visual interest and differentiation, especially for own use, so thickers will still make an appearance, especially in Project Life. But, especially for names, the silhouette works wonders.

When I approached this project, I had wanted to make it special for the recepient and it doesn't get any more special than having your name on the picture frame, definitely something that no one else would have/want to have.

The frames are from Ikea, which I covered with patterned paper and added a typed out phrase of the event. I then proceeded to type out their names and weld them together in the software so that it would come out as a single piece.

I then backed it on cardstock/glitter paper for the girls, used foam dots and hey presto!, with the addition of a flower/ camera cutout, the frames were done. I had actually wanted to cut the names with glitter paper, but couldn't get my silhouette to cut through, despite using double cut. Will have to try and experiment more.

Here is a look at all the frames if you are interested. I think it makes the perfect personalised present for anyone (:

For those in Singapore, hurry down to Scraplicious to see how this machine can be used and pre-order it at a special price of just S$399. The store had actually brought a few sets of the machines in, but they were wiped out the minute they hit the shelves (nearly as fast as the new ipad :P)

They are available on pre-order now, so hurry, you will want to get your hands on this machine and eliminate your "not-enough-alphabets" woes. And of course if you need any help, feel free to drop me a  mail or comment and I'll be happy to answer, to my best abilities, any questions that you may have.

A 'SMILE ALWAYS' FREEBIE

Just a quick post today to tell everyone that I have a freebie up for everyone that can be used for Project Life (:

Click here or on the image to download the file that is sized for the small pockets of Project Life Design A pockets.

And its part of a new set that I have up in the etsy store as a downloadable set. You can click on the picture to get there.

Hope that you like the freebie! Have been slowing down on the freebie front, but will pick up pace again soon as I get used to the new speed of life.

PROJECT LIFE WEEK 13

Hi everyone,

Just a quick update for Project Life today. It was a busy, but routine week here that I had, so the whole week is on just one page for this week.

And that is fine with me. It's better than stressing over trying to fill in the pockets got the sake of doing it (:

I recently went into a sequin craze, scattering it like confetti, a trend that has been hot in certain circles recent. I call it my shiny confetti.

Also, I snipped one of my camera cards into half to use it as a 'tag' of sorts. Also I'm continuing to use yellow thread to add stitching. Also noteworthy- airmail coloured washi. If you are looking for it Scraplicious, my LSS in Singapore, just brought in a whole new assortment of masking tapes, including this one, so head down there if you are interested.

It was also Earth Hour on Week 13 and I was witness to it in the busiest section of town and it was cool to see how all the lights dimmed for the hour.

Do you spot the camera flair with the wooden background? It's coming soonish to my etsy.

Project Life is a line of products by Becky Higgins, and can be used for documentation of daily life or anything else you may want. I am using it to remember the year and take more photos of  my everyday. For those who live in Asia, you can get your PL supplies from Scraplicious. Follow my PL journey here. You can check out more project life week pages all around the web, check out The Mom Creative. 


On the topic of my etsy store, I have a new listing.

A fun mixture of doilies, paper bags, shipping tags, twine, sequins and exclusive vintage flowers flair.

Here's a close up look:

Go to the store or click here to see more details about the set called "Sweet Treats".

Hope you are having a good week! Mine has been swamped, but I hope to check back in soon.

PROJECT LIFE WEEK 12

Am caught up now going strong with Week 12, and yes, Week 9 will be out on this blog soon. *keep on reading downwards as I have something exciting going on there*

This week was a very colourful week as my photos were really colourful too, being in the city of Bangkok for most of the week, so I went a little colourful with my paper selection and I really like this week. In addition,I have an insert (something that I truly thought that I might never need), due to the number of photos that I took that I really want to document.

Here is the left side with the insert. I did photographed it this way as I thought it would be easier to read and see.

All sorts of fun stuff that I used here, including some of the products in my etsy store and my "hot-at-the-moment" doily punch. Funny how we take many many many more photos when we are overseas. But I think along the process I've learnt to cut down on the multiple photos that I take as I have no patience to look through all of them.

The American Craft thickers are finicky and so I sticked them down and ran the sewing machine through them for good measure, of course I like that look too. For some variety, I used yellow thread for the first time over the BKK words. Am still madly in love with the polka dot vellum and just want to continue to find new ways to use it.

And on to the right side,

Used a bunch of my favourite things, including the Dear Lizzy Camera stamp, Stepping Stone Alpha, Vintage Doily martha steward punch, Papertrey Ink Doily, my own printable journaling cards, manila shipping tag and labels, any many labels.

Spot the instgram stamp mark there. Yes I tried my own hand at designing my own after seeing Kelly Purkey show hers off. So this is my own interpretation for an instagram stamp. Given how much we use instagram in this day and age, I forsee myself using it more and not just on my Project Life pages.

I have some favourite pockets that I really liked from this week and want to just share some of them and some of the things that I did with them.

I am totally on board the chevron craze as you can tell and a doily one too (: And I loved using one of the camera flair button that I designed that can be found here, as a part of a set of six.
And the photo is a common sight that is seen in Bangkok all the time.

Added a bit of personalisation with a stamp on the top border of the 3x4 card, as well as punch outs from the Vintage Doily punches. The patterned papers came with the label printed on it, perfect for little bits of journaling.

More use of the yellow thread, love the effect even though I'm lazy to change out the thread from time to time.

Wanted to save this napkin that I bought at Chatuchak because of the pretty patterns on it. In order not to "damage" the napkin I put the descriptive label on the plastic pocket.

Used my Polaroid journaling cards, found here, in this pocket. Like how it gives a pop of colour to the pocket (:

Here's how the pages look in my album now.

Now for another little announcement, as I alluded to in my previous post(s) and as some of you have guessed, I plan on making some stamps in gorgeous red rubber with wooden handles, mainly for my own use but I'll be offering them in my store. They won't look like the ones I pictured previously but would look like this instead:

And to celebrate their entering the store, I will be offering them at a special pre-order price, until Good Friday on 6 April (Friday). Shipping is US$4 internationally for the first stamp (unless you stay in Singapore) and US$1 for each subsequent stamp. (Note that if you order than more than one stamp, I will refund the balance extra shipping that is charged.)

Here are what the designs will look like with the dimensions that they will be printed in. (ignore the watermark ''piecedpapers', the final designs will not have them).

Click here to view cart when finished

 

Dimensions: 0.5" by 1.5"

Price: US$15 US$12

Dimensions: 0.5" by 1.5"

Price: US$15 US$12

Dimensions: 0.5" by 1.5"

Price: US$15 US$12

Dimensions: 0.5" by 1.5"

Price: US$15 US$12

Dimensions: 1" by 1"

Price: US$15 US$12

Used here:

Those are the designs that I have for this first go around and I can't wait to use the ones that I haven't made a testing mold of yet, especially on my Project Life.

Project Life is a line of products by Becky Higgins, and can be used for documentation of daily life or anything else you may want. I am using it to remember the year and take more photos of  my everyday. For those who live in Asia, you can get your PL supplies from Scraplicious. Follow my PL journey here. You can check out more project life week pages all around the web, check out The Mom Creative.