Using Coredinations with the Cuttlebug Embossing

Layout made for SK forum challenge. 

I played with the coredinations cardstock today.  What is the unique feature of this cardstock?  When you sand the coredinations cardstock - it reveals an inner cs which is white in nature - giving it a unique distressed look.

Here,  I folded the cardstock and embossed the cardstock in my cuttlebug machine.  Then I sanded the embossed surface and voila - check out the texture revealed.  I love the effects.  

Creating backgrounds with bottle caps and acrylic paint

I had fun playing with bottle caps and acrylic paint this afternoon.  All I did was just to stamp the reverse side of some bottle caps to a white sheet of bazzill and it looked great.  Hope you try this tip.

Toot for Irene Tan

What is the ULTIMATE scrapbooking dream for you?  Well for Irene Tan - her dream has just been realised.  She has been chosen to design Tim Holtz -,  yes - the man himself!  Irene - I just want to say that you have made all the Malaysian scrappers proud.  Thank you and we look forward to enjoying more beautiful creations from you. 

Malay Dowry Envelope by Hazel

Spotted in Hazel's blog - this beautiful envelope. What is it?  Hazel made it especially for a Malay wedding and it is used to store the dowry money to the bride.  Love how she combined the Chatterbox paper with a beautiful Basic Grey (if I am not mistaken) rubon.  The flowers and the butterflies were a great complement to the envelope.  This is so lovely Hazel.  Thanks for sharing...

Happy Valentine's Day

We would like to wish our readers a very Happy Valentine's Day. May your day be filled with lots of love from your loved ones,  family and friends...

What not to do with Crackle Paint

I learnt it the hard way on my recent attempt with ATCs what NOT to do with crackle paint.  I very stupidly added crackle paint to my latest ATCs on glossy paper. These latest batch of ATCs are done with distress inks on glossy paper and then I added the disastrous crackle paint.  If I had more common sense - how could I expect the crackle paint to stick onto the smooth glossy surface?

As the crackle paint dried,  I was dumb founded when it started peeling off.  Hence - I added some Helmar acid glue on top to bind the crackle paint to the glossy card.  It worked in some ways but some fell down too.  I ended up adding too much glue in various places and I added some more beads to distract the blob of glue. That was my way of embracing my mistakes. Hee hee...

Layout using cardboard

Spotted at Sasha's blog-what a creative lo.  Sasha made this cute layout by using cardboard.  Love how the way she tore the cardboard - makes the layout looks like it has so many textures...  Thanks for sharing Sasha...