Scrapbook Layout: Vacation #1

This photo is taken from our vacation in NYC last month. The color theme is inspired by the color of my boyfriend's shirt, the blue color of my shirt, the green color of the statue of liberty, and the little bit of coral color on my scarf. There is a lot of fussy cutting in this layout because I want to challenge myself not to use flowers to embellish (even though there are flower pattern in the cut outs).  

This layout is created for the June Challenge in berry71bleu

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Homemade Glimmer Texture Paste

I LOVE glimmer modeling paste but they are expensive to buy. A two-ounce jar of glimmer texture paste can cost you 7 DOLLARS. If you want a lot more glimmer texture paste than just a jar, there are cheaper ways that you can use to produce your own glimmer modeling paste. 

What you need is:

1. Iridescent Medium (I got this from Hobby Lobby for $8.99, but trust me, this stuff can last you forever and you can do soooo many things with it, like making your own glimmer paint glaze.)
2. Baby Powder
3. Glazing medium, or gel medium, or mod podge, or regular glue, or anything like that... 

There are no particular ratio of each ingredient because everyone prefers different consistency. What I did is that I add 1/3 of iridescent medium and 1/3 of the baby powder. The result can be quite thick, so add glazing medium or mod podge to your "taste" until you reach the consistency you want.

The result turns out to be wonderful. It is creamy and can hold its shape very well. It dries fast and is flexible after it's dried. 

Go and try it out. You can add whatever color you want to match your project. 

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Song

scrapbook layout: Trip to Texas 1

This layout is created based on the layout below in Sketchabilities blog. I went on a long family trip and there are sooooo many pictures to be scrapped! 

I will now start craft and scrap harder. Hope you like this layout :)

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Scrapbook Layout: Spring

It's finally spring here!! So I decided to do some picture of flowers although this picture was taken a year ago...I don't do layouts too often but I definitely enjoy doing them a lot. My goal is to do more cards and layouts. I have been doing too many altering projects.

This layout used the sketch #90 from Skethabilities

The background is created using shimmerz spray. 

The paper I used for the banner is from prima nature garden

Most of the flowers are from recollection.

Stencils are from CWS

Hope you like this layout :)

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Mixed Media Card- You Are My Love

Hi there

I have been sooooo busy lately. Finally I am able to make one card. This card is inspired by the sketch #70 from Cardability. I cut a doily as the trim around my sentiment. The background paper is from prima fairy belle. I used glimmer paint and mist to color the background paper and the trim. 

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Secret Garden Card

This is a easel card I made using Graphic 45 Secret Garden collections. There are a lot of fussy cutting on this card. I also used the Martha Stewart butterfly punch to punch out many butterflies. I am trying to create many different  layers on this card so it won't look so plain. I don't make cards that often but I start getting into the card making recently and definitely want to make some beautiful cards in the future.

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Bird Song Shadow Box

I had so much fun creating this project. I made the shadow box out of chipboard for this project. One thing I am so in love with graphic 45's paper is that there are soooo many elements you can cut out from. Like in this project, almost everything is cut out from the bird song collection. This project is inspired by the style of SHANGHAI in 1930s and 1940s. very vintage and "asian" chic.

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