magnolias in shrink plastic

made these magnolia stamps using shrink plastic ( matte ). the shrink plastics are so cool ( they are hot!) to play with...

i also crochet wallets to keep the little magnolias inside. various embossing and distress powders are used on the chipboards.

sketch variations

these sketch variations came out with the august issue of scrapbooks news and review online magazine.

paint and school layouts

for the august issue of scrapbooks and review online, here is my take on the calls for school days page:

and using paint on your layout:

scrapbook news and review September issue is out!

pizza fun

at journaling junkie, here is our take for the next 2 weeks:

Something you create from scratch, could be food or craft (other than scrapbooking)
Who taught you that skill, how old you were, any specialties you have

altered metal tin

our mid month tutorial at artzdescrap features a metal tin can which you can use as a container. here is my take, another version though...

head over to artzdescrap for more inspiration.

to the zoo - an eclectic style mini album

this is my DT work for Visual Creations online store in the Philippines. supplies used are American Crafts fabric paper; Crate Paper chipboards; album from Maya Road;

clear tar gel with acrylic paint.

stamp layering at artzdescrap

this month, the crew at artzdescrap will create works of art with stamp layering as the main attraction. stamp layering is layering stamps in different positions or in different mediums using your stamps. for my take, i stamped on gel medium atop of my stamped image creating sort of a blurry distressed look on your work on that stamped part.

if you have some gel mediums at hand, try to stamp different images on it for that unique look.

challenge 87 at journaling junkie

something to do with achievements at journaling junkie... try it! its nice to scrap about what we did for scrapbooking or anything about success.

sketch variations

for the july scrapbook news and review, i used a sketch for a layout and an ATC...