L/O: Precious Little Miracle

Paper and cut out embellishment: Kaisercraft Peekaboo Girl

TA Glimmer Mist, TH distress ink

Shabby chic style on the roll...my 2nd layout for this week! I start to like it, playing with distressing ink, misting, edge distresser and layering flowers and leaves on the layout.

I was inspired by a very talented crafter Mina with her shabby chic style layout. She's done a fabulous step-by-step video and I picked up lots of tips from her tutorial.

Made this layout based on C'est Manifique June sketch 

and again, inspired by the soft pink colour of the rosettes in Scrap Around The World June Mood Board challenge.

Using Kaisercraft Peekaboo Girl paper pad for Memuaris brand challenge #1 Kaisercraft.


Challenges:

1. C'est Manifique - June sketch
2. Scrap Around The World - June Mood Board (inspired by pink rosettes)
3. Memuaris brand challenge #1 - Kaisercraft
4. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes
5. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - summer (the colour represent what summer look like in my place ~ hot, bright, flower, green leafy etc)

L/O: Never Give Up

Paper: MME 'Bloom' 

cardstock: AC Black & White

flowers: I Am Roses  

dies : Kaisercraft Flourish, MFT Leafy, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Foliage

punch: AC tag punch

stamps: Kaisercraft Hexagon, Kaisercraft Butterflies, Prima Italic Texts,

ink: TH Tea-dye/Spun Sugar, Memento Brown

others: bling, doily, Twinery, lace

Have been struggling to make shabby style layout. I adore soft pink on layouts especially so if it was done in shabby style. While doing this, I have to browse through shabby style layout board on Pinterest. Often, I ask myself if is proper to add bling to shabby style layout. 

Made this page based on Sketchabilities sketch#141

The roses and the soft pink rosette in Scrap Around The World June Mood Board challenge also inspired me to recreate this layout in soft pink colour theme.

Challenges:

1. Sketchabilities sketch#141
2. Scrap Around The World June Mood Board challenge 
3. Scrap & Craft - Tag It
4. Challenge YOUrself - #19 anything goes
5. Crafty Steal 3rd Thursday Challenge - twine, colour cardstock, pattern cardstock, punch/die-cut
6. Card & Scraps - tag
7. Penny Black & More - wings
8. Live & Love Crafts - in the garden
9. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes

L/O: Fun In The Sun

Paper: DCWV 'Sky's The Limit' and 'The Snapshot'

others: EK Succes scallop circle punch, Spellbinder Classic Scallop Circle and Circle die, Twinery, AC tag punch, heart&arrow stamp, red card stock

Made this layout based on DCWV June sketch challenge. 

Using golden yellow, pink and blue from colours inspiration in Scrap Around The World June Mood Board challenge.

Challenges:

1. Scrap Around The World - June Mood Board
2. Scrap & Craft - Tag It
3. Challenge YOUrself - #19 anything goes
4. Crafty Steal 3rd Thursday Challenge - twine, colour cardstock, pattern cardstock, punch/die-cut
5. Card & Scraps - tag
6. The Artistic Stamper - summer
7. Noor! Design UK - #7 here comes summer
8. Scr@p-Cards Challenge - #75 summer
9. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

Floral theme birthday card

stamp: Hero Arts Lotus Leaf

sentiment: Hero Arts

others: TH distress ink (Spun Sugar, Spice Marmalade, Mustard Seed), Sizzix-BG Dotted Ring and Flower Cluster embossing folder, Spellbinder Classic Scallop Circle, bling, foam tape

Have fun playing with the distress ink colours on the embossed white cardstock. Stamped the smaller birthday sentiment on the pennant for added interest. I love flowers and floral theme card or papers are my favourite.

Challenges:

1. Sketch Saturday - sketch #365
2. Allsorts - flower power
3. Hero Arts - tic-tac-toe challenge (circle,birthday theme, favourite colour red,yellow,pink)
4. A Blog Named Hero - favourite (red is my favourite colour)
5. Craft Stamper - Texture Technique challenge

Summer Tag

image: Magnolia

medium: Faber Castel water colour pencils

others: daisy punch, Sizzix leaf die, Spellbinder Label 4 die,

lace, daisy punches, pearl, bling, air-dry lightweight clay, butterfly silicone mold

I re-colour this image using water colour pencils and the image was lightly stamped to avoid bold inking on the line. Made the flower using crunching technique and added gesso on the edge of the petals. 

I made the butterfly using air-dry lightweight clay with a bakery type silicone butterfly mold. It does not need oven to bake and will cure within 24 hours. However, to speed up the drying time and for easy removal from the mold, I put it inside the freezer for a couple of hours and voila, the clay can be easily taken out and did not lose any fine detail too! 

Challenges:

1. Midweek Magnolias - fun in the sun
2. All About Magnolia - lace and pearl
3. Magnolia Mania - bling
4. Card and Scrap - tag
5. Noor! Design (UK) - here comes summer