Tips and Tech - Distressing paper

One easy way of distressing paper is just to tear it.  Another simple way would be to tear the paper with your bare hands which I did with the paper on top. Alternatively - you can opt to use a paper distresser as pictured on top - this Paper Distresser tool is by Tim Holtz.  

Tips n Tech - Jazzing up your lace trim

I bought this lace trim and it seemed too white to be used by itself.  Hence I decided to lace through some ribbons to tone down the whiteness and give it some character.  I later added some pearls intermittently to further enhance it.  Hope you like this small tip.

Happy New Year - New Beginnings

A brand new year has dawned upon us.  What is your New Year's resolutions?  Well mine is to keep maintaining this blog with more tips and techniques coming soon.  A simple tip today:

I have just finished a simple album today.  Instead of a store bought album,  I have used some plain 6 x 6 chipboard which I have lying around and I have bound it with keychain beads instead of normal rings.  Do you have another way of binding your album?  If you do,  please email us at chowchow138@gmail.com.  We will be most happy to publish it.

Artist Feature - Nadhrah Maidin

The whole year seemed to have flown by really quickly.  We are all at the verge of a New Year and I have selected one final artist feature as a finale.  Here she is - Nadhrah Maidin who is coincidentally the owner of ScrappingGlitz.  

Nadhrah was kind enough to answer a few questions for me. I asked her on when she first started scrapping. Nadhrah replied - "I first started scrapping when i saw my sis in law, Ruslina's scrapping work . She is my partner in SG. I fell in love with it and I started with first ever project...a birthday gift for my husband. I did a 2 page layout and I framed it. The layout is a story about how we met." Awwww - that is so sweet...

Nahdrah rates swirls, stamps and rub ons as her favourite elements in scrapbooking. I can attest to that during a visit to her abode that she is another hoarder like me. This petite powerhouse also is another avid stamp collector. To my surprise - she seems to fancy acrylic stamps to rubber stamps. But I hope she will be a convert soon.

Armed with a Canon 400D, this petite lady can be seen snapping away - capturing beautiful portraits of her kids and landscape. A self-confessed scrapaholic, Nadhrah is one of those who is willing to sacrifice her sleeping time to scrap! At the moment - Nadhrah is designing beautiful creations for her shop. You can see most of her scrapping creations here.

Thank you so much for sharing with us Nadhrah.

Scrappingchix News

Spotted at the SC blog:

More new stuffs uploaded. We now have Ranger in the house! Lots of colourful utee, perfect pearls and distress embossing powder. Also some ink pads. Other new stuffs: colourful buttons & brads."

Apologies for no updates here

Due to a scrapping rut, I have not updated this blog. I will be back soon by the following week with more inspirations soon. Thank you for your patience...

Thank you Astro Awani

We would like to say a BIG Thank You to Astro Awani for giving us the opportunity to promote scrapbooking in Malaysia. We were on the program "W W" invited by their producer - Dang Suria Zainurdin to talk about scrapbooking. Sharon from Scrappingville and I were there to explain and show a simple demonstration on how to do a simple layout. SI would also like to thank the following scrappers for allowing us to bring their works of art with us:

1) Yatie Tajuddin - your lovely box with canvas
2) Nadia Jalil - Your beautiful cheeseboard
3) Wati - your heart-shaped wedding layout
4) Nadhrah Maidin - altered canvas
5) Liza - your gorgeous mini albums

Thank you everyone for all your good wishes and we hope that Malaysia Boleh Scrapping too!