20
Feb
2012

12×12 – Morning Note

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I would have thought that having my kitchen rapt under renovation for a period of 3 weeks, I wouldn’t be able to sit down to do any scrapbooking. My apartment is currently very, very messy. I just hate it whenever there’re renovations in my house. I easily get frustrated with everything around me. But it appeared that I was able to find some time and space in this house to let my restless hands work out a page.

Anyways, it’s back to Bobby/Aishwarya this time round. The photos used are DVD screenshots from their first movie together, AUR PYAR HO GAYA.

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I’ve used Got Sketch‘s Sketch 82 by Valerie Salmon. I’m not too happy with the results. Although I have to point out that my camera made it look bad. I honestly think it looks much prettier than what my camera captured. *shrugs*

BRANDS USED

  • Prima
    - (item #842314) 12×12 patterned paper
    - (item #549251) floral embellishments
    - (item #545826) chipboard journaling sticker
  • Buttons Galore & More
    - (item #BB71) red buttons
  • Power Line
    - (item #N15918) orange rope
  • American Crafts
    - (item #85351) glitter brads
    - (item #53014) chipboard alphabets
  • Inkadinkado
    - (item #63-00000) Pastels Blending Chalk Pack
  • Ek Success
    - (item #PSP21C) butterfly puncher
  • Pilot
    - (item #BLGP-G1-7-L) blue pen
  • Studio Calico
    - (item #AL003) cardstock sticker alphabets

I’ve used a medium-sized paper doily to back the photos; but not before giving it a bit of a chalky, orangey shadow around it. I’ve also rubbed a bit of dark blue chalk around the thin alphabet stickers for the word, ‘note’ to enhance it a tad; resulting the letters with a bit of an outline.

Those flowers are by Prima in which I’ve fastened with glitter brads by American Crafts.

Seriously, I’m just not good at using journaling pieces properly. My handwriting sucks. So yes, I know it looks very incomplete and I should have done something more to it, but I was just out of ideas. The big button beside it is actually an unused one I took from my Mum’s sewing kit.

Also that thin orange rope… honestly, is there a simpler and neater trick to stick such stuff? I’d used glue-dots for this one though.

 

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13
Feb
2012

12×12 – Love You

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In celebration of Valentine’s Day, I have decided to make one very pinkish page showcasing one of my favourite ships.

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I have used Scrapbooks Etc‘s Sketch 108 for this. Agreed, the whole design would have looked much better with a black/white photo, but I found none in my current stock of photos. And I was just a bit too lazy to use my printer.

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I have used a mixture of Prima‘s and Pebbles‘ paper flower layers to create these. I’ve fastened them all with brads by KCK Craft. I also made use with a journaling shape piece by American Crafts.

I used a stencil to cut those circles. Heh! Then as you can detect, I’ve also used a clear stamp for the main title, “Love You”. Those little dots framing the inner circle were done with a pastel orange pen by Uni Mitsubishi Pencil.

Unfortunately as I’ve reasoned again and again, I’ve no records of the brands of most of my ribbons as I purchased them by yards. As for the journaling section below the ribbon, I had contemplated whether to write a short poem or some sort of quote. Eventually, I used a clear stamp and make it out like a border.

 

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10
Feb
2012

12×12 – A Wintry Encounter

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A love triangle. Possibly my favourite fanon ship(s) in the Harry Potter series.

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Initially I’d wanted to give it a white theme. But I just did not have the right materials. So eventually, I used a cyan-sort of colour which I thought did well too.

BRANDS USED

  • Sassafras
    - (item #21164) cardstock border stickers
  • Japan Home
    - (item #3311212) plastic snowflake
  • Power Line
    - (item #N15918) white rope
  • American Crafts
    - (item #42743) foam alphabets
  • S.E.I
    - (item #1-0074) button
  • Prima
    - (item #550127) tiny alphabet stickers
  • Ek Success
    - (item #PSP21C) butterfly puncher
  • Inkadinkado
    - (item #63-00000) Pastels Blending Chalk Pack
  • CarlaCraft
    - (item #CP-1N) snowflake puncher

This is one of the remaining plastic snowflakes from the Christmas ornament set that I got for myself. I just scrub off most of the fake snow to avoid the messiness. I have also used Sassafras‘ cardstock stickers for those cream-coloured top flag borders.

I have seriously tried to use up all those leftover scraps I have in my stock; blue card strip behind the pictures, white fabric and some remaining white paper for the punches. Just too bad I’m unaware of the ribbon’s brand.

Hell knows how tough it was to get that white string to form a bow. Eventually I resigned to using a glue-dot to stick the string and the button together.

 

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25
Jan
2012

12×12 – True Beauty

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Mhmm… a solo Aishwarya Rai this time round. I’m quite satisfied with this one, but like always, there’s always some regret of putting things instead of something else.

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I have used Pencil Line‘s Sketch 97 by Anna Bowkis. I decided to go all creamy and a tad bit desaturated for this one.

BRANDS USED

  • Prima
    - (item #842338) 12×12 patterned paper
    - (item #545826) chipboard stickers
    - (item #552534) floral embellishments
    - (item #550127) tiny alphabet stickers
    - (item #550141) tiny alphabet stickers
  • American Crafts
    - (item #85351) glitter brads
    - (item #53244) rubber alphabets
  • Ek Success
    - (item #PSP21C) butterfly puncher
  • Inkadinkado
    - (item #63-00000) Pastels Blending Chalk Pack
  • Technique Tuesday
    - (item #HEART) clear stamp
  • Pebbles
    - (item #732064) sticker alphabets
  • VersaMagic
    - (item #GD-91) chalk ink: Midnight Black
  • Melissa Frances
    - (item #CX708) frame embellishments
  • Tim Holtz
    - (item #TH92788) leave foliage

Hell knows how inconclusive I was as to the placement of the main title. From left to right and top to bottom. Eventually, it ended up there. And those metal leaves, I honestly regretted not putting my big blue butterfly instead.

I would have gone overboard with these flowers. But luckily I stopped myself. Heh! I just fastened the flower layers with glitter brads by American Crafts.

As for the journaling piece, well that’s another failed attempt at writing cursive. *chuckles* It’s a poem written by Teresa Mahieu, titled, ‘The Beauty Of A Woman‘.

I honestly love my butterfly punch by EkSuccess. It’s just so adorably pretty. And well, I’ve used my small plaster of paris mini frames by Melissa Frances to capitalise the initials of Aishwarya’s name. I’d actually contemplated to include her full (married) name — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, but meh! I still prefer her maiden name. It sounds so much prettier. *grins*

 

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24
Jan
2012

Blogs hopping!

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Time to blog hop!

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