Sizzix: Frame | Smile

Hello! I am back again on the blog with some Sizzix UK inspirations! This week I have been blessed with the most beautiful dies and I am very inspired to come up with a couple of projects. 

Today I am sharing the use of this beautiful butterflies die! I love the array of butterflies and it also comes with 2 other single butterflies which you could use for layering.

This was a picture taken last year on the day of my wedding. I used the Staxable die as a frame. I might add more frames later if i wished to. (That is the beauty of this die!)

I wanted a soft touch of elements to embellish around the photo. The Sizzix UK butterflies thinlits add a wonderful touch! A simple white cardstock will do for this diecut. I say the design speaks on its own! I added a light touch of glitter randomly to this diecut, and it shines!

Just to layer it up a bit, I added some flowers from the garden florals. This pack of thinlit dies are so useful, I could really use them again and again!

Of course this project deserves a title! I was torn between smile and dream. These sentiments are just the right size! Similar to my previous project, I diecut the word Smile twice with cardstock and stacked them together. Lastly, I added another layer with silver foil.

Stacking is easy. Just have the right tools to deal with them! Get your Sizzix Paper Sculpting Kit today - with the right tools, crafting is made easy!

Be sure to check out the Sizzix UK blog or Sizzix Lifestyle Instagram for more ideas!

For my local friends residing in Singapore, the dies are available at Made with Love  whilst stocks last!

Supplies Used:
 

Maya Road: Time Flies - Constructed Clock Piece

It's my turn again up on Maya Road blog with a home decor - constructed clock piece - today. 

By chance, I happened to be in Ikea a while back, and I stared at this clock for nearly 15 minutes. It costs me less than SGD1.50 and I was wondering if I could alter it.

After bringing it back home, I started digging into my supplies and found the inspiration to dismantle it instead! The tomboy in me started to dismantle whatever I can lay my hands on, again. 

Using Maya Road Chipboard Book - dress form, I took out the piece with the bottom stand for this project. This time round, I decided to use napkin decoupage for a softer look.

A maya road mask (I must have used this many times over!) - Soar Butterfly Mask - was added to create the wings for my dress form. This mask is repainted with gold and sealed with a paint sealant. 

I then made a hole in the center of the dress form to encase the clock in the center. 

Items used:

MR Soar Butterfly Mask

MR Chipboard Book - Dressform

MR Time Flies Clock Transparencies - White

MR Time Flies Clock Transparencies - Black

MR Alterable Wood Bingo Motifs

MR Kraft Vintage Butterfly Pieces - White

MR Metal Arrow Clips

Hand make a home decor piece for your home today. Swing over to Maya Road Blog more pictures and details. Have fun!

Simple Stories "Documented" Projects [June 2012]

I think I must have bought at least 3 sets of each series. :D Somehow I am drawn to the colors and the simplicity of each series, and recently in use - Documented~

Smash Book
When I travel, I like to take notes. The same with my daily routine life. That's why I like to make books, to document every single aspect of my life. I like the idea of pasting my photos or to write my ramblings, hence I like the availability of space in the SS documented series. Using double coptic binding to bind this book, i added elements of different sizes to incorporate into my likings, and also to decoupage the covers with the pretty elements. I chose to do book binding because I feel that the 4x6 vertical and horizontal elements gave me that inspiration. I'm so excited to be introducing this as my next class as well! :)

Mini Starburst
A while ago, I did a larger Christmas Starbust project and a travel Starburst. I like the versatility of the album and how it fans out to display a star shape.

With the new SS documented series, I decided to make a smaller starburst because I simply love the smaller tag elements~ Love love love~



Altered Water Bottle
Recently, I bought a water bottle from MUJI, which allows me to decoupage and add to my bottle, which I use very much every day in the office. (I made a similiar one for my cousin in a Starbucks Bottle too!) I just like how simple it is~


I've had fun with the series, and I'm already halfway using summer fresh series. Somehow the SS series have given me room to grow... Hence June has been really filled with "documented" - feeling fulfilled~ :) Do check out SS blog for more inspirations~

One thing leads to another - Altered Pin Cushion

And so I've been away from blog land for some time. Well, I had a sorta good excuse.

Some good news. I have started work in a new environment since 16th April and was busy trying to settle all the little things on hand. But it seems to be escalating..

So it started... Erm.. Was it decorating AR? Haha, and so Mommy S said something about Arab street.. Or was it J? Haha either way, it was agreed for us to plan a trip down.

Then we started the trip with clothes shopping.. Then bags... Then accessories..

Finally we started the street with all the little trinkets and ribbons. It's quite difficult to not stop at the shops because there are so many nice things around.. We ended up buying ribbons and laces... :) bad day for our pockets...

We had so many ideas along the way and I enjoyed myself so much with the company of someone who talks craft! Haha. Overflowing ideas!

Somehow that led me to taking out one of my flower making books.. I just thought it would be good to make use of some tricks in there for my newly purchased ribbons. Brought it to show Mommy S and she had some crazy ideas about pincushions.. At first I thought she must be influenced by just the flowers; who knew my book actually had some pictures and instructions on pincushions!

Then I really had a second look at the book in a different light...

So what started out as a normal conversation brought us to Arab street, which got us some ribbons, to make some nice flowers and with the book came this:

It's an altered box, and made into a pin cushion. Here I've used lots of lace and cloth and stuffing, and of  course my favourite papers from Simple Stories - Documented Series. These little tags are so useful in every single book I've made so far, and also in this mini starburst album I did, enclosed in the box below my pin cushion.

So much talk for ribbons and pin cushions~ And now I've several to my collection, one of them handmade by Mommy S, and treasured very much! :)

I'm in love with dolls now~ And to end this post, I'm sharing my collection of dolls~ :) Seeya soon~

AR Display Re-newal + New Classes

Ho Ho Ho~ Ok, it's not Xmas i know. But I'm very excited to see a brand new display up at The Art Republic~ Remember the old one? I'm feeling so sad to tear it down, this was what it was when I first knew AR. Oh well, of course, the old goes and new comes, and a new display for a prosperous 2012~

Kinda miss it! So this is the black and white before... Sophia and I each went back to do some LOs for the wall, and here's my pieces...

Kinda rusty with LOs, lol~ But Pion Design Papers are quite good to use - they're all so pretty! And so with the LOs done up, Sophia and I began tearing down the wall... :p

And of course, our dear mother is taking my ugly photos. :) Very un-glam~

While fitting in the pieces, I'm in charge of the placement whilst Sophia and Jean tell me what to change. Haha. It was really fun being confused with the lefts and rights and moving up and down!

The final was really amazing. Jean and Sophia really has a way with the placements - it looks fabulous~

Pardon me for the lousy photos, because they were taken by my iphone, and the quality isn't that good.  If you happen to be around, why not pop over to AR and have a look at the new display? Hope it'll give you a refreshing feeling! And we will still be doing some re-vamp here and there, so you might be catching something new~

And of course, the next 2 projects up already.

Express Class: Love Token

Make your love token from scratch~

Songbird

An add-on to Sophia's Roche Box - Great for guest books or photo albums!

So that's one more reason for you to hop down to AR now. :) See you there!