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 (:

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.

PURPLE CARD

I have a card to share. A simple card, but one I like alot.

Supplies: Melissa Frances, Technique Tuesday, Prima

The butterfly was embossed with Utee on transparency to give it a floating feeling.