igorot dance

this is my dt layout for visual creations for december.. using the chatterbox line of papers. for supplies, you can find it here on their gallery

idol time

just one of those rare moments that i get to scrap. i did this layout last month.

altered styrofoam ball christmas tree

this is my tutorial sample for the month of december at artzdescrap... we were asked to make a christmas tree!

materials: styrofoam balls, icicles in string, radiant rain, inque botique chipboard, ribbons, decorative plastic gold balls, i used a heavy duty craft glue to adhere the icicles ( what a challenge). the balls are stacked upon one another with toothpick. i also sprayed the balls with radiant rain.

Joyous

visit journaling junkie and you will see my take on their challenge 47 which is about christmas... join in the fun with the sketch and who knows, you might be the winner!

holiday sampler revealed on RSC

these are my samplers for the RSC holiday sampler issue which was published last month... well, they are now in the hands of some good friends! hope you liked it.

sneak peak for artzdescrap's December tutorial

on the 15th...

bazzill chipboard tags

i got these chipboard tags from my little attic and i love these !!!!... perfect for the holiday season.

i tried to alter it by going to the max.. that is, making this stocking a non-stocking stuff!!! materials used are: grungeboard ( my fave ), some stickers, paints and buttons! but anyway, this makes a great ornament too!

hope my swap partner over at SK doesnt read my blog today. lol. techniques mostly crackled paint from rangers. leafing gold pen used as outline. love the effect of the pen...

i also emphasized the anna griffin christmas stickers ( available at visual creations) with stickles to add glitter. daisy d's rub ons are so cool. they can stick to any surface.

could you imagine the gold round thing here? guess what, its the cosmo cricket blackboard chipboard which i painted with radiant rain solar gold! i also added a winged grungeboard ( michelle bertuzzi, thanks for that!), rubons are also great accents!

using sepia accents on the gift ribbon here.

My prizes for Artful Blogging Challenge on www.bookoto.com

Sorry for the delayed posting of my prizes when I won the Artful Blogging challenge at bookoto.com, I would want to post them "in complet0" that's why...

thanks to julie and sheryl for the awesome trio!!!! definitely A MUST READ for bloggers/scrappers like us!

Memorabi-Glass

One of the joys of altering is finding ways and means on how to go about changing a certain thing into something beautiful. Here i want to share with you what i did with microscopic slides ( and they go cheap with just 5 centavos per piece!) and using the digital sheets which i got as a freebie just by visiting the RetroArtCafe ( www.RetroCafeArt.com) i made these tokens and wrapped each of them in a satin cloth ( my aunt gave me a long long yard for which i duno what to do with them ). i cut then tied them up with cotton crochets... what nice gifts they would be!


TAKE NOTE: the cloth is pure white with flower prints. i thought of making them a little bit distressed and dark so i used the walnut ink antiquing solution terra cotta color, sprayed and diluted a small portion ( i cut a portion of the cloth ), dipped it into the basin of the antiquing solution. dried it up and ironed it as well.

see the difference in color.

wrapping time...

fresh as flowers...

tied them up too!!!

i used the digital freebie which i won... oops i have to print them out and cut each of them too!

how to? i pressed 2 pictures back to back then used 2 microscopic slides for that back to back pictures, one on each side. for adhering, the diamond glaze worked for me because it was transparent.

i played with the borders here: from left to right, the different borders were "made" with diamond glaze only, diamond glaze with beadazzles, rangers gold detail embossing powder, utee, sepia accent. i tried to experiment using different "sealers". while some were unsuccessful, they were lessons learned. it is only through mistakes that we learn our lessons, right?

i made 10 altered slides here and oh what a mess my table was after...

but in the end, it was worth it. it was a simple design and creation but appreciated to the extreme.

altered box into a tissue box

for the month of november, i recycled a box for a clock and turned it into a tissue box just in time for christmas... my work can also be seen at artzdescrap blog.