Crafting with tea: 2013

Monday 30 December 2013

December 2013 BAP from Prima

Hellooo everyone! Its been really quiet here and I finally have the time to squeeze in to do some creative work..

As usual a really good sketch to spark some inspirations from Prima..

And heres my take! Really loved the Holiday Jubilee collection from Prima so thought of doing a christmas layout (but actually I love all their collections haha!)

Happy New Year in 8hrs 18mins!!

Prima products used:

Holiday Jubilee - Chilly/Christmas Morning

Sunrise Sunset stencil by Finnabair 12x12

Graph paper pad

Cabaletta - Autumn flower

Wood icon (camera)

Others:

Tattered Angels mist in Dark Blue/Tokyo/Kraft

Thickers - Journal/Darling

Twine

Gesso

Textured paste

Stickles - Stardust

Sunday 27 October 2013

October BAP: Shades of holiday

Hello folks! Its been ages since I updated my blog... had been a workaholic at my new job but I still make cards on and off for birthdays!! So.. I finally get to participate this month's BAP at Prima, an awesome sketch as usual!!

2013 October BAP KK

My take:

I had been trying to brush up my multi media techniques on my layouts.. and I thought I was pretty happy with the outcome of mixing the chalk inks from Prima and Tim Holtz after applying the gesso and some texture paste on the stencils here and there..

Thanks for popping by!

Prima products used:

Nature Garden "Blackthorn"

Anne Marie paper pad

Floral embellishments Essentials no. 10

Lady Godivas Coconut

Prima Alphas in Black

Anna Marie wooden embellishments

Chalk Fluid Edger

Others:

Crafter's workshop stencil 6x6

Glitz design washi tape "Choose happiness"

Tim Holtz distress ink pads

Doddlebug twine

Gesso

Texture paste

Saturday 6 July 2013

MOJO 300! - Happy Birthday

Good evening!

Its been a while since I got the time to sit down for some crafting time!

Nevertheless, I wanted to make a card for my father's birthday thats coming up next thurs, and I found out that Mojo Monday is celebrating their 300th sketch with lots of wonderful prizes to be won!

The sketch...

Just so beautiful as usual! I finally got my hands on MME's recent collection Kate&Co. the week when my local craft store brought them in.. the Oxford Lane series made my masculine card easy to get everything together :)

Heres what I made from the sketch..

Thanks for popping by!

Happy crafting :)

Wednesday 12 June 2013

MOJO MONDAY 297 - Heart Cards for a cause @ papermarket

Good evening!!

Its a brand new week with a brand new sketch over at Mojo Monday! Been searching through my favourite card sketches websites for inspirations to get more cards done for the Heart cards for a cause event over at Papermarket. I made another sweet birthday card with the use of Hello Friend collection from Glitz design!

Heres what I had came out with the sketch this week...

So pink! Kinda in love with this new card I had made haha.

Hope you guys had enjoyed it and thanks for popping by!

Sunday 9 June 2013

Mojo Monday 296

Good evening!!

Am here today to share a short post of the card I made for the sketch of Mojo Monday 296!! Time passes so fast, isnt it? The first week of June is already ending in 30mins lol! which also means its contest week over at Mojo Monday :D

Lovely sketch that got me stuck for a while.. but nevertheless.. my end product!

:D Have you all guys also checked out the 'Heart cards for a cause' event over at Papermarket?

Yeaps papermarket is getting cards for fund raising purposes! I will be sharing some of the other cards (on top of the card I made from mojo 296 sketch) that I will be donating to them :D

Stay tuned! Enjoy your weekend!

Friday 31 May 2013

MAY BAP

Hi crafting friends! Haha just a short post as usual as I just got home from work.. last day of the month! How time flies and of course that also means payday and the last day of submission for the BAP over at Prima! Have you all seen the sketch this month? Its always so lovely and I just did up this layout 2 weeks ago... and delayed it till now to post haha!

My layout...

Some close-up shots:

Flowers and driplets of ink...

Textures using modelling paste and random gessoing on Prima stencil... (though its not really clear.... lol)

Have a great weekend ahead guys! Dont forget to submit your layouts if you had already done them! :D

Prima goodies used:

Nature garden collection papers

- Candelas #950019

Romantique A4 paper pad

Stencil

Flowers:

- Jardinere Alla Prima #552596

- Bel Canto C #562106

- Encore ivory #561369

- Lady Godivas coconut #557058

Wednesday 8 May 2013

DeconstructingJen #100 sketch! - Happy Birthday card

Just a quick post before I go to bed.. haha it is going to be Friday soon! Can't wait for the week to end lol. O well, I was surfing through the net the other day and searching for some card sketches for me to play along and I landed up in DeconstructingJen!

After participating in the bloghop for the celebration of 100 sketches, I got inspired by the awesome cards made by the other fellow bloggers in the bloghop and I created this yesterday :D!

the sketch:

Hope you guys had like it! Thanks for popping over!

Handmade Calendar !

Hello everyone! Happy Wednesday! Haha had been quite quiet around here as I finally found a full-time job to gain some working experience before furthering my studies next year! 8.30-6pm on weekdays is taking all my time to allow me to sit down and craft.. but I was totally in a crafting mood last Sunday! Been thinking about how to make my workdesk more lively and fun.. and thought of the need to get a new calendar.. so I just made one last week!

The good thing about it being handmade is that you can choose whatever papers/embellishments to decorate your calendar, and since its already May, I decided that I should create my calendar from May2013-Apr2014, but I could still add pages if I want to :D haha!

I also attached the days on each month using staple bullets, which means I could always reuse the background and change just the dates for next year, the following year and so forth!

Hope you guys had liked it! Thanks for popping over :D

Monday 15 April 2013

Prima April BAP - making {faces}

Haha 2nd post before heading to bed! Yes the april challenges at Prima's! Wanting to do the PPP but not yet had the time to do it since I had just started working last week >.< still getting used to the new environment and culture of the company.. its been going well at least :D

O well so yes! The BAP for April is soooooo inspirational! Love the mixed media feel to the whole sketch.. the drips and stampings..

and my take..

I first started with applying modelling paste over some chevron stencils as I was going for the fun style for this layout.. then I started misting madly! A mixture of blues, browns, orange and yellow to go with the papers of this beautiful Zephyr paper collection that I was going to use. After all of the misting, I started stamping the lace doilies stamps from the "Rosarian" stamp set with a brown ink. Then the layering starts with using all the scraps leftover from previous usages, and thought the butterfly negative seem to be in place with the pictures too :D

Some close-ups...

A close-up on the title with a little drips beneath them..

Mixed media effects with the stamps and misting with gesso..

Layerings beneath the photo, with a butterfly negative beside it.

Misting and more misting!

Haha hope you guys had liked it and thanks for popping by! Have fun with the sketch and PPP!

Prima paper supplies:

Zephyr - "Tempore"

"Tabarette"

"Zephyr"

"Angelus"

Prima stamps:

Rosarian

Prima alphas:

#550103

Others:

Thickers(Rockabye), Versacolor ink(Bark), Adironrack(Sunset orange & Espresso), Tattered Angels(Firefly & blue), Modelling paste, gesso

MME's special challenge with PageMaps!

Hello everyone! How had your Monday been? haha just a short post before bed time to share a layout I did some time ago for this challenge at MME's and PageMaps!

The sketch for this challenge...

My take..

I tried to follow the sketch as closely as possible..

With the gessoing acting as the grids behind the circles..

and added a die cut with a circle behind the photo!

Lastly the tab with the subtitle 'Remember'.. and the main title '1970s' in which was the year that this photo was taken in.

Thanks for popping by and have a great day guys :D

Supplies from MME used:

Indie Chic - Citron "Party" lovely paper

- Saffron "Girl" geometric paper

- Saffron "Create" ornament paper

Others:

Amy tangerine - thickers - journal foam letters

Gesso

Tuesday 2 April 2013

My Mind's Eye March Sketch Challenge - "Lovey-dovey dessert"

Good morrrnning everyone! :D

Been working on a few layouts recently.. so i am sharing one of them today with u guys..

the march sketch challenge at MME!

My take.

I did some misting and gessoing at the corners and sides of the layout.. after layering the chevrons from the patterned papers of Indie Chic collection..

A close-up on the layerings with the printed title on the leftover scraps of patterned paper..

Products from MME used:

Patterned papers from Indie Chic collection - Saffron

"Dreams" filigree paper

"Girl" geometric paper

"Free spirit" chevron paper

"Create" ornament paper

Thanks for popping by! Enjoy your day guys :D

"Happy Birthday" - Mojo Monday contest #287

Hello everyone! Belated happy april fools' day too! Haha.. but no.. we aren't having any pranks here :D anyways.. just a short post to share the card I just made for my sister's friend's birthday that is around the corner.. using the sketch from Mojo Monday #287! Yay love the sketch!