22
Apr
2012

12×12 – Pure Uncertainty

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It’s been a long while since I did something with Draco hence this. And well, I’m only managing to publish this one today since I was a bit held up with some other more important stuff. In fact I finished this piece 3 days ago on the 19th April.

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I’ve used Got Sketch‘s Sketch 75 by Valerie Salmon. Not much of my own alteration. I just copied straight from the template since I thought the sketch done by Valerie was just perfect. She seriously has the loveliest sketches, IMO.

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‘Pure uncertainty’ was how I felt in placing this title. Especially with the second word. I had initially wanted to place it in a straight line, but with the constraints of space, I decided to just jumble it up a bit. And those small rectangular pieces of sponge were leftover from my Mum’s sewing kit. *giggles*

As for those paper flowers, they’re actually the leftovers I had left from my Cricut creations that I did with the SVGCut‘s flower kit.

A fan-made poem by LadyLilyMalfoy called ‘Do you think I don’t remember?‘ It’s obviously just a part of her whole write-up.

That bird cage is a metal piece by Prima. For those of you who are familiar with their pieces will know that they come in white. I only coloured it with green chalk ink to go with the whole colour theme. Also I thought the bird cage thing is a rather significant to Malfoy.

A quote by Pliny the Elder. Also if you notice, I used the same patterned paper that I’d used for my paper flowers. Too many leftovers, but I just do not have the heart to throw them away.

 

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08
Apr
2012

12×12 – One Day

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Another Bobby Deol and Aishwarya Rai page. Hehe! They’re not exactly stills from their movie AUR PYAR HO GAYA, but just promo pictures in which they posed on set.

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I’ve used Scrapbooks Etc‘s Sketch 358. I’d actually contemplated if I wanted to use all out black and white pictures, but I thought it’s better to have a mix-up.

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  • Kuretake
    - (item #FMP-20) gold pen
  • American Crafts
    - (item #85351) glitter brads
  • Jean
    - (item #061) cream ribbon
  • Prima
    - (item #552534) floral embellishments
    - (item #549251) floral embellishments
  • Inkadinkado
    - (item #63-00000) Pastels Blending Chalk Pack
  • Katanuki Punch
    - (item #885941) heart puncher
  • VersaMagic
    - (item #GD-58) chalk ink: Hint of Pesto
  • Studio Calico
    - (item #AL002) cardstock sticker alphabets

That flower arrangement was quite a task. I wasn’t sure as to how and what to arrange them with. I’d initially wanted to use 5 different flowers, but eventually ended up with a big ribbon in the middle; in which I completed with a button from my mother’s stock.

It’s probably a mistake edging the layer cardstock with black chalk. I guess I should have just left it untouched. Anyways, I wrote the journaling section using a gold pen by Kuretake… I know, I’m not the best of writers. My handwriting sucks!

A small punched paper heart pasted on the corner of a photo.

 

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03
Apr
2012

12×12 – Being Alone

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Aha! Finally you’re seeing something different from my usual pictures. They’re promo stills from my current favourite TV serial, HUMSE HAI LIIFE from Channel V India.

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I’ve used Scrapbooks Etc‘s Sketch 324. Honestly, I can’t say I’m satisfied with this piece. There’re way too many mistakes that I did. Colour coordination and materials that I’d used… Gosh!

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One thing that made me happy is the fact that my hand just landed on the most perfect 12″ by 12″ paper for the backing. The colour stripes were just spot-on for the whole theme as the uniforms of the students of Elite School in this TV series are exactly of those colours, albeit checkered.

Those white dots are actually dried blotted liquid from my correction pen. That was actually my feeble attempt at covering the ugly glue shadow from the blue ribbon I pasted on the side. I’ve also pasted a punched heart; as per the original sketch.

Merlin knows how much time it took for me to think up of a title for the whole page. And as you can see, my thinking didn’t do wonders for me. And oh! You might spot my lazy and quick cloning on the main picture. I’ve also cut out a cardboard to form that bracket; of course not before I coloured it out with a black marker.

The journaling section is part of a poem by Jillian Baker, entitled ‘And I’m The Girl‘. I wrote it entirely with a white ballpoint pen by Pilot.

Yes, probably the most problematic part of the whole page. I’d actually mistakenly used a glossy black paper and then decorated it with chalk ink for my clear-stamping. So understandably, even if I put it out in the open for years, the stuff would just not dry up… Guh! How stupid of me!!  But oh well… I might change it using matte paper some time later.

The chained words of ‘friends’ were inspired by Luna Lovegood. *winks* I’ve also used flower brads to fill the void.  I guess they’d look better had they been a bit smaller. Also, I’ve used punched butterflies in which I used recycled paper that had black & white pictures on it. Hence it gave the butterflies a bit of a marble effect.

 

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02
Apr
2012

12×12 – Adore You

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I’m pretty satisfied with this page. Agreed I did some mistakes here and there, but I think it looks pretty. Of course my idol, Aishwarya Rai takes 90% of the credit. She’s just so pretty. No wonder she’s still voted as the most beautiful Miss World of all times for two decades in a row.

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I’ve used Got Sketch‘s Sketch 132 by Valerie Salmon.

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Probably my most favourite part of the page. My attempted “flower arrangement”. *chuckles* Even after clumsily pasting those 3 stalks of red leaves with scotchtape, I think I succeeded in making it look pretty. I bought these flowers from some flower shop my Mum used to go for our home deco. Beside that, I also used a border which I’ve cut using my Cricut some months ago.

I have used a felt shape that came together with an issue of the PaperCrafts magazine. I then cut a white paper that is smaller (and obviously imperfect) version of it. The title ‘Adore You’ is a clear stamp by Technique Tuesday. And oh! A pretty button to fill the void.

Yup, I know. I hate the way I edged the polka patterned paper with my chalk ink. I’m just not good with chalk-inking. *pouts* I’ve actually pasted light yellow paper onto a thick cardboard before cutting it into strips for my journaling section. It’s part of a poem by Ms. JStar entitled, ‘A Woman’s Beauty‘.

 

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26
Mar
2012

12×12 – Traipsing Through

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I think this is the first time I designed using just circles. Thank goodness my Fiskars cutter was happy with me. Usually it just ruined my papers.

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I’d used Scrapbooks Etc‘s Sketch 328. These photos were taken two years ago in 2010. The middle one was taken at Marina Bay when the place wasn’t exactly finished and was still under construction. The other two were at Esplanade.

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That top border wasn’t supposed to be there in the first place, but I found the whole page to be rather bare hence the eventual decision to place it there. I’ve also used paper butterfly from my favourite butterfly puncher by Ek Success.

I find myself getting a bit addicted with the ‘rumpled edges’ effect. I guess it gives the whole design the authentic scrapbooking feel. Those little pink flowers are actually from my Mum’s plastic vase in which she no longer wants. Hence I plucked off all the little flowers for my keep.

Also, it might not be visible but I did give a bit of a chalk effect on the background to give it a tad bit of dimension; else it would have looked overtly plain.

I used the same sky blue patterned paper to use as the journaling strips. The words were written with a Pilot pink pen.

 

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