"S'pore - Gnome Sweet Gnome" Layout

Hi, friends. How about some mid-month inspiration at Off The Rails Scrapbooking? This month's mood palette and sketch is quite fun!!

And here's my take on it:

August 9 is Singapore's National Day. This photo was taken years back where we first brought our kids to celebrate Singapore's birthday at Esplanade. It was taken at our block's void deck before we drive off. Look how happy my girl was. She's such a sweet little girl. Always love her smile.

To create the background, I take the que from my girl's t-shirt. Hand cut banners, used texture paste over stencil to create swirls, stamped with some vintage shabby swirls stamps and misted it. I used Lawn Fawn stamps from the "Gnome Sweet Gnome" collection. They are so so cute!! And oh, this month's sponsor for our challenge is none other than Lawn Fawn. So do join us to win a set of stamps of your choice.



I stamped the journaling on white cardstock,cut and inked them. Loved the tiny mushroom images. So so cute!!!! I had fun coloring the images with Inktense Watercolor pencils.



Used Simple Stories calender bingo card cut-out and circled the number 9 for the date. To make the photo abit grungy, I randomly spread some texture paste around the edges with my palette knife.



Here you can see the texture paste swirls in the background.



I hope you enjoy my project. Do hop over to Off The Rails Scrapbooking to join in the challenge. Have fun.

Thanks for dropping by.

Kitty Amigurumi and Instagram Bag

Hi, I'm here again to share about my crochet projects!! Using the pattern from the book, Zoomigurumi 1, I crochet a pink kitty for my dear friend, Karen. She loves cats!! And her cats are gorgeous and extremely shy!! I hope she loves this kitty I made for her.



The shoes, dress and head band can be taken out. I especially love the shoes. They are so cute!!!



Here's the side view. Aren't the shoes adorable!!!!



Here they are: 3 good friends together. Me (Giraffe), Fox (Aiyen) and Kitty (Karen) together!!!!Before I gave them out. I got 2 more amigurumis to crochet for 2 other owl friends!!!! Fun!!!

And here's another project I made. Its inspired by my crochet teacher, Wai Sam Ho. She made the gorgeous instagram bag and I copy the idea to make one for myself. Love them though its abit too small... But good enough size to put my HP portable charger. I used the clasp handle from Daiso. But atlas... now I can't find it anymore. :(



Btw, if you are interested in this instagram crochet bag, you can hop over to my teacher's website to purchase one. (fyi: I'm not earning any commission etc by recommending her... I just like her stuff and wish to share with you all). Here's her website: http://happie-scrappie.blogspot.sg/.

I hope you all enjoy my projects today. Have fun creating!!

Thanks for dropping by.

Lawn Fawn "Critters" Drama Box!

Hi, friends. Happy National Day to all Singaporeans!! We just celebrated Singapore's 49th birthday yesterday. So yap.. still in the "National Day Mood"!!! :P

Today at Off The Rails Scrapbooking, I will be sharing a simple and fun tutorial on making a travel story-telling kit for kids using Lawn Fawn stamps and acrylic sheets. Please do hop on over to have a look at the tutorial and also join in our once a month challenge!! This month's sponsor is of course, Lawn Fawn. So do join in our Mood Palette with Sketch challenge and win yourself a Lawn Fawn stamp set.

Here's some pictures of my project. Do go here for the full tutorial.






Have a nice week ahead. Thanks for visiting!

Meet Kelly from Lawn Fawn

Hi everyone.. I got something very exciting to share!!! On 9 August, 11am EST, Kelly Marie Alvarez, owner of Lawn Fawn will be dropping by Off The Rails Scrapbooking Facebook group for a chat. And you stand a chance to win a giveaway too!!! Woo.... can't wait!!!!

But wait.... here's what you need to do!!

COMING SOON!!!

All chat will be at the Facebook site HERE

To be in the running for a giveaway before Saturday.

1. Share this post on your blog

2. Share this on Facebook or Instagram (if you have an account)

3. Like Lawn Fawn and Off the Rails facebook page

4. Leave a comment here to be running to win a little giveaway

Closes midnight EST  Friday 8th August 2014

winner announced at the live chat.

Excited?? Well, I am!!! So look forward to it!! Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping by.