Clique Kits July Pep Rally Share!

Happy Wednesday to all! Welcome to Clique Kits July Pep Rally Blog Share! Hope your week has been great! *Drum rolls* and introducing Clique Kits latest July Collection called Carpe Diem! 

For this collection, I have decided to scrap about my DIY Terrariums! Have you tried making one before? It may seem daunting at first (especially when I do not have green fingers), but after trying it it's really easy!
There are quite a few websites that you can just google that provides step by step instructions on how to create your own terrarium! Here's how:
Supplies needed are: soil, charcoal, succulents/cactus, sphagnum moss, spoon, pebbles, glass jars and embellishments
1. Start off by heading to your local florist to get some lovely succulents and supplies.
2. Start by first adding pebbles to your glass jars. This allow good drainage for your soil.
3. Add a thin layer of charcoal and sphagnum moss to prevent rot and to absorb excess water.
4. Add your soil mix with the succulents.
5. Embellish your glass jars with cute supplies! I got my Totoro collection from Q100 and Carousel!

I created a total of 5 glass jars that afternoon!:D And this layout was creating using Clique Kits July Kit stocked with yummies! Head over to their blog for more inspiration!

Supplies used:

Thanks so much for dropping by and hope you create your own terrarium soon! Till my next update, take care and God Bless!:D

         

Japan 2014!

Hello everyone! Super duper excited to share a video I created on YouTube! It's a compilation photos on my 23 days in Japan! I really love how it turned out - using brochures, ticket stubs, coupons etc to fill up my pages! It really feels super old school and I kinda find more joy in that! How do you usually document your travel photos? Please share it with me!






Just so you know, I brought my Canon Selphy along so I spent each night documenting and printing photos from my Iphone!:D Heavy but worth it!!


Hope you have enjoyed this video! Till my next update, take care and God Bless!:D

Polaroid Travel Album for Lombok!

Heyyie all! It's me again! Hope you ain't suffering from the Mondays' blue!:( And hope you get cheered up with this travel album! I am using this for my trip to Lombok, Indonesia, soon! Don't you think October Afternoon make the cutest embellishments?! Super heart the travel embellishments from the latest Travel Girl Collection!

This chipboard album is actually from October Afternoon Boarding Pass Collection about 2 years back! Haha! Oops I have been hoarding products for TOO LONG!:P But fret not, they have something similar from Maya Road as well!

Decided to not use the metal rings but a very simple binding technique to hold the pages together!:D  I love making easy peasy albums for my travel photos and this fits Polaroids perfectly!:D
Products used: -October Afternoon Travel Girl Collection -October Afternoon Boarding Pass album -Timeless Twine natural twine -Timeless Twine heart stickers
Thanks for dropping by! Till my next update, take care and God Bless!:D

         

Timeless Twine Simply White Blog Hop!:D

Heyyie all! Thanks for swinging by! I love blog hops and this time, the prizes are really attractive! 

Here's my project to share using the white twine!:D

Supplies used:

Simply White Twine

Heart stickers

Lace doilies

Next, hop over to Debbie's Blog!! If you are new and happen to chance upon my blog, fret not, head over to our first stop!

Here is the order of the hop:

Brianna 

Casandra 

Debbie 

Isha Gupta 

Julie Odil 

Karen Nofziger 

Kristy 

Madge Gillen 

Rose Miller 

Ruth Nixon 

Shannon 

Tara Chaussee

Prize - 1 Spool of Simply White and a $10 GC to the store.  To win, you must visit and comment on each New Release Blog Hop post by the DT.  A random winner will be selected from comments and announced no later than 2/16/14.

So whatcha waiting for!! 

Any creative inspiration with Timeless Twine? Share your project with us on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter! We would love to see them!! Or wanting to stock up on your supplies? Head over to our Bella Creationz!

Thanks for dropping by and have a twine-fastic day! Take care and God bless!

XOXO,

Cassandra Chen

Time for gift wrapping!:D

Hello all! Ain't you excited for Christmas?! Busy trying to find those nice wrapping papers to match your presents? How about making your very open in say less than 5 minutes?! 

With just a nice snowflake stamp with white pigment ink, I decorated a roll of inexpensive brown papers and personalised them accordingly!:) 

And a tip to share for taking nice photos! I love using PicMonkey (www.picmonkey.com) to edit my photos! The online software is really simple to use and FREE too!:) And basically taking photos in the day with bright diffused sunlight!:) I hope this helps in letting you create nicer Christmas photos!:) 

Till my next update, take care and God Bless!:D

Christmas Album Tutorial!

Heyyie all! It's the time of the year again!:)Woo! Exactly 13 more days to Christmas!  Have you started preparing gifts for family and friends? Fret not if you haven't! Here's a short tutorial to share! Making Christmas keepsake albums under 15 minutes! 









Hope this tutorial is useful!!:)

Till my next update, take care and God Bless!:D

USA Road Trip!

Heyyie guys! Sharing with you a new layout today! It's about my USA trip and I love it so much!

I created tabs to add more photos (I mean seriously, how is 3 photos enough?!)and thought of adding an album but it's probably too heavy to hold it. 

I also created a faded whitish background using the gel sticks from Faber Castell so that the rest of my embellishments will stand out! Try this so your layout wont appear too cluttered and messy and it makes everything else stands out!:D



Here's the details!



I also die-cut a USA silhouette with vellum and sew my route on it!:D 



Products used:
- Studio Calico Take Note Collection and Sundrifter Collection
- Studio Calico die-cuts - Sundrifter and Here & There
- Crate Paper DIY Collection
- Mt washi tape - map, quotes and chevron
- October Afternoon Boarding Pass Collection and cardstock stickers

Till my next update, take care and God Bless!

Thank You for Caring!

Heyyie guys! TGIF! Hope you had a great week! For Timeless Twine DT post today, I made a few Thank You cards to thank the hospital nurses and doctors for their care and patience during my grandma's hospitalisation stay. They have been very supportive and kept updating us on my granny's condition, especially the palliative care team who provided much comfort and pain relief for my grandma.

Using the Hero Arts 'Thank You Card' wood block stamp, I stamped the image on a watercolor paper and painted it with distress inks and some water colour! Love how it turned out!

I used October Afternoon's Sidewalks collection and finish it by using the ever versatile Timeless Twine - Lemonade Yellow, Olive Green and Cherry Red!

Till my next update, take care and God Bless!

October Classes at Scraplicious!!

Heyyie guys!! Just sharing these 2 classes that I designed for Scraplicious! Head on down to Scraplicious in person for a close up view of my projects or simply call 6345 8600 to book a place!! Hurry to avoid disappointment!:)

1. Photo Memory & Camper Van Fun!

In these 2 layouts, learn to create a 'photo frame' where you can change photos whenever you like so your layout will never get too boring!:) Learn also to play with velcro to add interest to your project! Lastly, you will also learn how to create your own handmade flowers!:) Also learn to create a waterfall album!:)

2. 9 to 5 Altered clipboard

In my second class this October, learn to create an altered clipboard from scratch to file your small reminders and receipts neatly in place! It's not only nice for display, it is also very practical to write your to-do list on the whiteboard!:)

So sign up if you are interested! Till my next update, take care and God Bless!:)

PS: If you haven hear of my 100th post giveaway, scroll down and include your name in the draw! Whee!:) Have a blessed week ahead!:)

Upcycling my poker cards! 52 reasons why I love you!

Hey guys!! How have you been? It's been awhile since I last updated my blog partly because I was busy finishing up my school assignments during this week of break.

So how about starting this new week with a tutorial?? It's been a long time since I last did one! So here's to share:

This is an upcycling project and I love how sentimental and sweet this turned out to be. I found a deck of old and overused poker cards lying around and thought why not make an album of love notes with it?

So let's try this out together ya? Send me a link of your project should you decide to try it one day!:)

So these are my supplies: Gesso, October Afternoon 8X8 paper pack, basic supplies and definitely a deck of cards!

So, I applied Gesso on the cards so the words will appear clearer from the faint background!

Using the paper pad to decorate the back of my poker cards which look so old and dirty :X

Ta da, the finished product! 52 sweet reasons why I love you. Great as Valentine's Day gift for your special ones or anniversary gifts!

Have a great week ahead!! Till my next update, take care and God Bless!:)

Travel- Enjoy the journey

Heyyie! Had a great time working on this altered canvas I got from DAISO! Yes, another great place to get really affordable and nice looking stationary and household supplies!:) 

For Scraplicious DT assignment this month, I tore an old map into pieces and glue them to my canvas with Claudine hellmuth multi medium gloss! Love the glossy effect! And started with my layering! Try it out!:) 

Items used:
-October Afternoon Boarding Pass 8X8 paper Pad 
-October Afternoon Boarding Pass- word stickers
-Echo Park This and That - Instamatic
-Martha Stewart 3-in-1 butterfly punch
-American Crafts- cupboard
-Prima Pearl Penache gold dust
-Prima Melango Sunset
-Prima lilliput roses tropocale
-Air Mail envelope
-Scrapoholic miniature frame sets and flake stamp stickers
-Airmail twines and washi tape

Most of the items are available at Scraplicious so head on down soon!!:):)

Till my next update, take care and God Bless!:)