Saturday 27 September 2014

Love Your Life, a Coffee Break Layout

This Saturday on Clear Scrap blog post, I've done up my very first Prima layout using the Coffee Break collection together with a couple of Finnabair's new mixed media range of products...

I've been cafe hopping since last year and my most hops was over 20 cafes within 2 weeks!!! So here featuring is one of the Lattes I had when I was visiting Kith Cafe last August... The clear gesso certainly works on acrylic especially when I do not want to cover the entire surface with white gesso yet creating a "teething" surface for me to work on... And this actually allows me to use normal water based sprays which is great!!! I created this coffee spillage mess on the background before I "sat" my "latte" on it... Finnabair's texture paste certainly gives this layout a more 3D look, though it took a much longer time to dry...

Here is a list of supplies used to create this layout...
Enjoy!!! And happy crafting!!!






Wednesday 24 September 2014

Graphic 45 Come Away with Me Travel Magnetic Frames

Today at Graphic 45 blog, I have created a tutorial in how to make these travel magnetic frames using Come Away with Me paper collection... You can use them on your fridge, CPU or any place that has steel on it... Display them with your latest travel photos or create any vintage ephemera like what I've done here using several Graphic 45 stamps...

If you wonder what are those little packages around the frames, those are some of my hand-made miniatures for my next DT project... So do stay tune...

Here are a list of supplies in order to make these:
  • Come Away with Me 8” x 8” Paper Pad 
  • Come Away with Me 6” x 6” Patterns & Solids 
  • Come Away with Me Journaling & Ephemera 
  • Curtain Call Cling Stamp 2 
  • Ladies Diary Cling Stamp 2 
  • French Country Cling Stamp 3 
  • Heavy Weight Chipboard 
  • Magnetic Sticker Sheets
Enjoy and have fun crafting...




Friday 19 September 2014

Prima Art Venture Anaheim 2015


Don’t miss out!!!! ART VENTURE ANAHEIM 2015

Are you ready to start 2015 out with the most creative, action-packed event ever? Come join us for Art - Venture Anaheim this coming January 6th & 7th at the Anaheim Hilton! Not only will there be Prima -filled classes taught by the best educators in the industry, (Educators were announced April 2014 ) but each class will be developed JUST for you with NEW, never -seen -before CHA 2015 products! Come learn fabulous new techniques and walk away with glorious projects to display in your home or store. Did we mention the overflowing goody bags? Be prepared as we work on every little detail to make this the best kind venture YET!

Here are a few more details about Art - Venture Anaheim to help you plan your trip!
  • Payment option available with USD$75.00 down, just Select When Registering. Event cost USD$595.00 
  • If you will be coming with a friend, or in a group, and would like to be seated together, please e - mail us as soon as possible: denny@primamarketinginc.com to accommodate your group. Please note we cannot guarantee seating arrangements, but we will do our best! 
  • Class project photos will be emailed to all attendees in late December, along with required supply lists. Projects will be shown in full detail. Please note that basic tool kits/supply lists will not be included and are the responsibility of the student.
  • There will be several breaks Throughout the day as follows : 
    • Morning snacks: from 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM (Provided) 
    • Lunch Break: from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (Not Provided) So there are a wide variety of wonderful eateries close to the venue within walking distance.
    • Evening snacks: from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Provided)
  • Classes will start at 8:30 AM and end at 8:00 pm daily. Class schedules are as follows:
    • We will have a small retail store for consumers with a selection of past Prima products available for purchase.  
    • We will have a variety of sponsors. 
    • We will have 6 Talented Teachers (We announced April 2014 ) and 6 classes in total for your weekend. You will receive a value of over USD$700.00 in class kit and goodie bag product.
    • Classes will be in a classroom setting with long classroom tables for more working space in large classrooms .
    • As a reminder, please note did all pending balances must be paid by December 30th 2014. If you need special arrangements please contact us immediately denny@primamarketinginc.com.
    • This event does NOT include hotel accommodations. If you require accommodations there is plenty of hotels near the venue.
To register click on link below:
https://www.regonline.com/artventure2015anaheimca

Art Venture Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/859257057422598/

** Educators samples on Advertisement are just examples of their style and are not the projects being created at Art Venture 2015.


Wednesday 17 September 2014

Suitcase Treasures Tutorial & Mini Travel Map Books

Finally, I've done up a PDF tutorial in how to create these little suitcases which is one of the featured suitcases in my Graphic 45 DT stacked suitcases project... Now available in my Etsy store for purchase and download... The stacked suitcases would probably take some more time to get it all done up...

I've also made a set of mini travel map handbound books for sale as well which you can also purchase as part of your suitcase treasures if you desired to... Unfortunately, I only made 5 sets of these books and once they are sold out, I won't be making them again...



Links for purchase as follows (click to go to link):

Suitcase Treasures PDF tutorial
Mini Travel Map Handbound Books


Tuesday 16 September 2014

Clear Scraps + Echo Park Simple Life Collection

This week is Echo Park week on Clear Scraps blog... I received this Simple Life Collection Kit in my latest Clear Scraps DT package... Seriously, this is my very first attempt working with Echo Park collection... In particular for this collection, it's just simply too cute... Too cute that I do not know what to do with it... LOL...

Then... One day I caught my sister uploading a big chuck of selfies she had with my niece onto her FB and Taa-Daaa!!! I used those photos to create an album for this using the 6" x 6" Acrylic Tab Album...

And here it is, one of the cutest album I've ever created...

Enjoy!!!









Sunday 14 September 2014

A Good Ol' Sport Briefcase

Today on Clear Scraps blog post, I've created this Good Ol' Sport briefcase using Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport paper collection and Clear Scraps Chipboard Brag Bag Album...

Instead of using the album as it is, I actually altered it to become a briefcase by using one of the chipboards to sandwich between the front and back covers... The other 2 remaining chipboards I used it as the album covers... What's inside as pages are the remaining acrylic pages from my previous Clear Scrap DT projects...

Not exactly an album I should say but I'd think it's more towards a collage display book frame which I fully made use of the acrylic sheets to build up the pages to give a final collage when pages are stacked together... On the inside of the covers, I delibrately keep it simple, leaving it just it is for placement of photo which I think it will look great together with the collage pages... Something one can use as a photo display piece... The big red bow in the front cover is actually an origami bow made from a single sheet of 6" x 6" pattern paper, which you can find it all over the web on tutorials how to make this.... Hmmm, something that I think it will look well and indeed it does!!! And I'm loving it how it turns out...

Here is the list of supplies to make this project:
I hope you will like it... Enjoy!!!











Friday 12 September 2014

Whimiscal Altered Birdcage for Petaloo & Graphic 45 Blog Hop



Today is the last day for Petaloo and Graphic 45 Blog Hop... What I've created for this blog hop is this whimiscal altered birdcage... Actually I wanted to altered a lantern but it seems that it's pretty common and one of my teammates Solange Marques is doing that for this blog hop so I decided to make a change...

This birdcage stands at ~7” tall and took me a day just to re-paint, colour and seal the cage before I can embellish... Everything has to be taken in caution as I could only work within such a small area through that little door... What’s inside the base of the cage houses the various ingredients (pumpkins, bats, feathers and potions) together with this cute little magical bird... I drapped the floral branches down the cage and glue several mini pumpkins onto the branches to make it look like pumkins vines that grow on top of the cage... Thinking a pair of wings will spice up the cage, I altered and added the angel wings behind the cage to give a steampunk look... It turns out quite well and I like the effect when it's all done... To spice up a little more, I've also added a basketful of pumpkins pods and a bottle of wishing bones at the bottom of the cage as side decorations...

I hope you will like it and has been an inspiration to you... So now here I present this whimsical altered birdcage... Enjoy!!!

"Low and behold!!! 

Beware of that tiny magical bird that sits proudly inside the cage… He’s the master of Wishing Spells and brews spells for anyone who wish for it... Beware of what you wish for, your wish may be granted in the wrong way…"











Friday 5 September 2014

Graphic 45 Come Away with Me Stacked Suitcases

What's sharing today at Graphic 45 blog is this major project I had worked on it for about a week - stacked suitcases... Greatly inspired by the various stacked suitcases pins as home decor all over Pinterest, I decided to create my very own mini version by building each of them from scratch... Used quite a lot of Come Away with Me papers I should say... And I absolutely love love love this travel collection... 

What's inside of each suitcase are libray of minis books, matchbox suitcases and other treasure wonders inspired from the movies "Titanic" and "The Aviator"...

I've created a Snapguide tutorial in how to make these cute little matchbox suitcases as well as a walk-through YouTube video to showcase this project... Currently I'm working on a couple of tutorial sheets for this project and once I've finished compiling I'll list them for sale on my Esty store... Do keep a look out, will be out pretty soon... I hope you guys will like this project... Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy...