Scrap Whispers Challenge #114 - Colour

A big Hello from Singapore!

DH and I are on a work (him), Christmas shopping (me) and catching up with friends (both) trip which is why my blog time has been a little sporadic. It has been really wonderful to see friends again for the first time in 2 years: to see how their children have grown; to congratulate them on impending new arrivals; to share the good Singaporean food with them and hear all their news. Some we have missed due to their holidays and chicken-pox believe it or not, but thank goodness for blog-land, e-mail and Skype.

Now onto this week's Scrap Whispers challenge, which is a colour one.

 

 PINK ~ BLUE ~ TURQUOISE

I created my LO before we left, and it celebrates friends made in Australia. I just love mosaic designs. I think they appeal to the ordered, control-freak part of my nature! In the same way that my beloved swirly flowery designs are a treat made more special by not over-doing them, I keep my mosaics for just the right occasions as well. Here's to all my dear ladies at the WASIMH choir, whose colour choices at the Christmas dinner worked absolutely perfectly with Georgina's colour scheme for this challenge.

So, pink, blue and turquoise. Easy lah! (As they say around here). Link the blog post showcasing your page to Scrap Whispers, make sure you include a link to the Scrap Whispers site in your post, and a Good Day Sunshine collection pack from My Mind's Eye could be yours.

Scrap Whispers Challenge #108 - Tutorial

Welcome back to another tutorial Blog Hop week at Scrap Whispers! This tutorial is one of mine, and I'm really excited to see what everyone does with it, because it provides a solution to one of the little irritations of scrapping - those dratted left-over alphas. So please have a go at it yourselves, and link your creation up to the Scrap Whispers blog? Not only because there's a wonderful prize, but also to humour me? Hehee!

Have a look at the Scrap Whispers blog for the full tutorial, and meanwhile, here is the LO I made using my method. I stamped the background paper with woodland stamps from Kanban, and red and blue dye inks from Dew Drops and Tim Holtz's Distress Ink in Seedless Grape by Ranger. The journalling is tucked behind, and is actually lifted directly from my blog entry - and why not? LOL The title technique worked especially well for this, because it is somewhat camouflaged - which is exactly what the little frogmouth thought he was. Bless.

OK folks, now hop over to the rest of our wonderful DT's blogs and get some more inspiration from them. Leave them some love, and then have a go at making your own title, and show us how it turned out. You don't have to use it in a LO or card, but if you do then that's even better!

Georgina
Kelly
Nilsa
Scrap Whispers

Scrap Whispers September Blog Hop - covering books

Thank you for joining us again for the Scrap Whispers September Blog Hop!

Firstly please join the DT in waving a fond farewell to Kimberly, who has decided to move on. We all wish her the very best with her family and her gorgeous little boy. Thank you for all your energy and enthusiasm Kim, and don't lose touch - keep coming back and playing along with us? 

This month, in readiness for school, the lovely Nilsa has provided a simple tutorial for transforming a regular school notebook into a work of art that anyone would be proud to carry to class. I haven't got any children, and I don't know any children to make things for, so I have covered a mini-album that I won, in readiness for filling it with beautiful decorations and photos.

I've broken into my beautiful ScrapJazz prize Basic Grey Sweet Threads collection pack for the first time. It is SO PRETTY it takes my breath away. It's too pretty to use, but I must - I will - and I have to do justice to it now!

I took the covers off and sprayed the holes end with Smooch Limolicious ink. I inked the paper, added the fibre, the title and the flowers before sticking it on and putting it all back together. The pages are black and all different with little pockets, slots, flaps, frames. I can't wait to finish it off now! Doesn't that cover just make your mouth water? LOL

All you have to do now is to hop through all our wonderful DT members' blogs, leaving a comment on each guaranteed to make their day. Then go back to Scrap Whispers for Nilsa's tutorial, and make your own beautifully simple/simply beautiful creation. Post it on your blog, linking back to the Scrap Whispers blog, and link us up to your blog so we can all come by and leave some happy comments on yours. You could win a fabby prize, which is so new that I have no idea what it is yet! All will be revealed on the Scrap Whispers blog.

Here are the DT's blogs:
Georgina
Nilsa
Kelly
Sherri
Rosey (here!)
And of course Scrap Whispers

Happy hopping!

Scrap Whispers May Blog Hop

Hi everyone, and thank you for taking part in our monthly Scrap Whispers Blog Hop once more! If you've come here from anywhere other than Scrap Whispers, then please go back there and start again, and you'll see what this post is about - all will become clear.

Georgina is hosting the blog hop for May, and after all the activity of NSBD last week, she has combined something delightfully simple with your requests for new ways of using up scraps. Very cool! I followed the tutorial but to start with I got my twists too rounded and ended up with this:

The loops didn't sit nicely and the outside ones got squashed. I didn't twig what I'd done wrong, and decided to try another one with thinner strips of 1/2" and I got this:

Pretty and quite acceptable, but not like Georgina's, so I had a third go. This time I angled my loops so that each looked more like an elongated figure of eight rather than a rounded one, and bingo! I got this:

How cute is that! And having got the hang of it, and being the scraps-user-upper that I am, I'm going to experiment next on different sizes for my smaller scraps, because these little chaps are simply addictive. I'm thinking Stickles... inked edges... ribbon... stamps in metallic ink... oh sorry, where was I?

To find out how to make these gorgeous bows properly, go back to Scrap Whispers for the tutorial, whip up your own creation and post it on your blog. Then follow the links through the Design Team's blogs leaving some love on each. Don't forget to link back to http://scrapwhispers.blogspot.com/ in your post.

Scrap Whispers
Georgina
Nilsa
Kelly
Rosey (here)
and Sherri after a few Blogger problems!

We're missing Kimberly who is having a month off from blog hopping, and Helen who is in the middle of having new flooring fitted and has had to pack away all her stash - poor thing! Gah! Hopefully normal service will be resumed next month, and meanwhile we hope life, the universe and everything settles down for you girls.

Well I'll leave you all to fashion your own supply of gift toppers out of leftovers, because you won't be able to stop making these once you start. Link us up to your variations and show us your creativity!

P.S. You know in my last post I mentioned about that wet stuff which we've all forgotten about here? I can't mention it in case it hears me and goes away again, but it's actually coming down right now! And hard enough for me to hear without getting up and peering out of the window. Yay!

P.P.S. Edited to add: here's a tip for storing these little babies. Rather than putting them in boxes to stop them from getting squashed, put them in air-tight zip-lock bags. Blow the bags up so that there is enough space inside for the bows to rattle around before sealing them, then they won't get crushed in with the gift-wrap rolls.

Scrap Whispers April Blog Hop

Hello and welcome back to the Scrap Whispers Blog Hop - thank you so much for taking part, and I hope you enjoy what we have for you to do!

This month we're focussing on scrap-lifting. Well, that's what the game is all about, after all! Georgina has given us this funny page showing what happens when you leave your brother alone with your camera, and has asked us all to lift it.

Firstly Georgina's page, then mine:

I've used my brand new Bo Bunny's Midnight Frost collection pack which has just arrived. I've been drooling over this for months, and obviously anytime after last November, so has everybody else because it's been out of stock everywhere. Now I couldn't wait to crack it open. Aren't those dots in with the snowflakes just delicious!

I made this as close a lift as I was able to. I didn't have the same papers, but I chose the closest that I could, and it's pretty obvious that this is an imitation of Georgina's work. And as such, she should be credited with the design if I post this whether it be on my blog, or in a gallery somewhere completely different from Scrap Whispers. If someone has produced a design that you love and would like to copy, it's only fair that permission should be asked of the designer for a copy to be made if possible, AND that they be credited when you post your own version.

This is something that we don't really emphasise in Scrap Whispers, and maybe we should. The game is all about lifting the design of the previous player. So when we post our own lifts, we really ought to be linking back to the Scrap Whispers blog site so that anyone viewing our lifts is aware of where they came from. By the same token, if we see a design somewhere on the net that we want to lift: in a gallery, or someone's blog, at the very least we should credit the source. And if they have lifted it themselves, it's always fun to be able to link back to their source and see how it has changed. Which if course, was how the whole Scrap Whispers game began in the first place.

So what we want to see this month is very simple. Just scrap-lift Georgina's LO, post both the original (with a link back to where it came from) and your lift on your blog, leave a link back to the Scrap Whispers blog, and leave some love on each of the DT's blogs as well as the main SW blog:
Georgina
Nilsa
Kelly
Rosey (here!)
Helen
Kimberly
Sherri
Scrap Whispers

Happy lifting, happy blog-hopping, and a Happy Easter to you all!

Scrap Whispers March Blog Hop

Hello and welcome back to the Scrap Whispers Blog Hop.

Thank you all so much for taking part in our tutorial!

Would you like to be in with a chance of winning this prize? It's "Emma's Shop" 12"x12" collection pack from Crate Paper. Isn't it pretty?

If you would, here is what you will be making this month: 3 different paper flowers.

I made them from the Echo Park Collection Pack which was the prize for my super-enthusiastic August 2010 Team One winning the Scrap Whispers game - yes, even the DT get a chance to win here! The colours are so vibrant.

The inspiration for this tutorial comes from my current wonderful Team One, who I asked what they would like to learn about. Their answers were altered projects, paper techniques and flowers, so I chose paper flowers this time around. They are so quick and easy to make - your little ones might like to have a try too, then you'd have a pile of ready-made embellishments to last you a while.

AND there is also a beautiful shiny new Digital article WITH FREEBIE from the lovely Kimberly, our new Digi DT member.

So all you have to do is to follow the tutorial and make your own gorgeous versions, post them on your blog, post a link to your blog HERE on Scrap Whispers and leave some love on each of the DT's blogs as well as the main SW blog:
Georgina
Nilsa
Kelly
Rosey (here!)
Helen
Kimberly
Sherri
Scrap Whispers

Finally, Georgina has asked each of the DT members a question: "What is your favourite scrapping style?"

That's going to be tricky to answer, because my favourite style to look at is one that I can't actually do myself! I just love the many-layered, 3D, eclectic, vintage look which has been so popular in Asia for the last few years. When I try, my photos get swallowed up in a big mess of stuff, but somehow when THEY do it, it looks amazing and the photos still stand out. Here is a link to Laine's Papeterie, my old LSS's site in Singapore, so you can see what I'm talking about. I need to keep practising!

You've probably noticed a new look at the Scrap Whisper Blog site? Yes? That cute new logo, and the  green background (in honour of St Patrick's Day)? Well this is the sign of new things to come! Starting in April there will be some changes around here, so keep checking back. Now I can't wait to see your flowers, so get crafting/posting/linking and winning!

Scrap Whispers February Blog Hop

It's the 15th, so it's Blog Hop time again in the Scrap Whispers camp! Nilsa has provided our tutorial this month, and it shows you how to make a super cute banner. To be in with a chance of winning a prize, here's how to play.

Follow the tutorial at Scrap Whispers, then post a link to your own variation on our theme. Then start at Scrap Whispers, and hop through all the DT's blogs and leave some love on each - especially give a nice welcome to Kim and Sherri. ;-)

Let's have a look at my banner, shall we? I used Spellbinders large ovals and deckled edge ovals to make the flags out of Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper and letter stickers. I finished the letters off with my favourite Stickles in Diamond, and strung them on ribbon. It's so pretty, isn't it!

 

And a close-up:

Here are all the links for you, in no particular order:
Scrap Whispers
Georgina
Nilsa
Kelly
Rosey (you're here!)
Helen
Kimberly

There are loads more examples on the tutorial, and each of our DT has produced yet more to inspire you. So let's see what you can do?

Scrap Whispers January Blog Hop

Did you all enjoy your December break? We thought we wouldn't clog your pre-Christmas preparations up with blog hops, and this one is a really easy one to break you back in for the new year. I think it took me no more than about half an hour including decorating. I can see I'm going to be making more of these cute little gift bags.

I love how you can use up those patterned papers which you're tired of, and suddenly they have a new lease of life and you wish you weren't giving them away after all, hehee. This is DCWV paper from the Citrus collection, decorated with handles salvaged from shopping bags, my little Cropodile, and shapes cut using the Cuttlebug and the Silhouette, and not forgetting Stickles, without which my projects never seem to be complete.

The tutorial for how to make this is over on the Scrap Whispers blog site comes courtesy of the lovely Kelly. So if you want to have a go, join in and hop through all the DT's blogs and leave some love:
Helen
Kelly
Nilsa
Georgina
And don't forget to link us up to your version on the Scrap Whispers blog.

Enjoy, and have a great week everyone!

Scrap Whispers November Blog Hop

It's the 15th again, and that means... our monthly blog hop over at Scrap Whispers. This month our lovely leader Georgina has come up with such a beautifully complicated-looking card, but it really isn't! It's very simple, but it is definitely designed to impress, and you could win a fabby prize just for entering.

Here's what you have to do:

• Check out the Scrap Whispers blog site for the tutorial
• Create your own inspired version and link it up
• Hop through all the blogs, and leave a comment on each of them

There's no particular running order this time around - just drop in on all the DT's blogs. Here they all are:

• Kelly
• Helen
• Nilsa
• Georgina

I enjoyed making this card so much that I made two! AND I have a little pile of bits on my table for another one - which has NOTHING whatsoever to do with my measuring wrongly, nothing at all.... {whistle} I'm planning on going through my scraps and finding random rectangles for yet more, because I think it's another superb way of using up scraps. Don't you?

Scrap Whispers Blog Hop

Hellllllllllllllllllo, hello, hello, hello, hello and WELCOME to another Scrap Whispers Blog Hop!

This month's tutorial has been written by your very own blog host {bowing left, right and centre} and if I say so myself, is rather nice! I watched the advent of the Kindle, and the iPhone electronic book apps, and experienced a slight worry that the printed page would die out, but thankfully books are as popular as ever. And they don't take batteries. ;-)

So, do you fancy making this pretty dust jacket, a complement to any book-lover's Christmas stocking?

Go for it. Show us what you can do!

If you came straight here, swing over to Scrap Whispers first, and take a couple of hours out to make a masterpiece. Link your creation up to the Scrap Whispers blog (or e-mail it to Georgina at gh26@sky.com if you haven't got a blog) then follow the links through the DT's blogs and leave us each a nice comment. Your next port of call is the lovely KELLY.

Enjoy the hop!

Scrap Whispers Blog Hop

Yes, it's the 15th again (almost the 16th now for me and my Aussie friends) and that means the Scrap Whispers Blog Hop!

The rules are simple. If you've come here direct, then go back to Scrap Whispers to start, and see Nilsa's delightfully fun and simple tutorial for making a corner bookmark. Link your version to the Scrap Whispers blog, and hop through all the DT members' blogs, leaving a comment on each.

Your order should be:
Scrap Whispers
Rosey (here!)
Kelly
Leah
Helen
Nilsa
Georgina

And here's what you'll be making. I was thinking of them as a gift, not for myself at all, but then I had this idea of creating a set for my Bible. I used the Kraft card-stock that Glenda so kindly sent me, and a combination of SEI and Kaisercraft scraps. The sentiments are stickers from Creative Memories, the little stamp is from Tim Holtz, and the only other things are my corner rounder and lots of inking. So simple and satisfying to make, and nearly all out of scraps.

You have to use flat embellishments, because anything bulky will mark the paper, especially the very thin paper of a Bible. With hind-sight, before I stuck the paper to the card-stock, I would have added ribbons sticking out of the tops, and join the ribbons together and glue the other ends into the spine to keep them together. You can learn from my mistake!

This is my elderly, battered, faded Bible with all its mismatched, yellowed bookmarks.

And with my new bookmarks. An improvement, don't you think?

And now it's your turn. Go to Kelly's blog next, then have a quick peak through the other blogs first and get some ideas, then show us what you can do. Have fun!

Scrap Whispers Blog Hop

It's the monthly Scrap Whispers Blog Hop! If you've come here from there, then perfect. If not, pop back and leave your comment, then follow the links.

This month the lovely Kelly has produced the prettiest, cutest little project I've seen for a long time, and I tell you, I had SUCH a good time making this as a gift for my friend in the UK. I sent her a cryptic e-mail asking her for some photos all from the same event, then I chopped them about, paired them with My Mind's Eye papers and added pink, punched flowers and lots of glitter. It was so pretty that I didn't want to part with it, but I did put it in the post. I got the e-mail only yesterday telling me that it had arrived and how thrilled she was, and there were LOTS of capital letters and exclamation marks so I think she was pleased. :-)

Isn't that the most adorable little thing? So, all you have to do is to pop on over to Scrap Whispers for the tutorial and link up your version there, then follow the links and "hop" through the DT's blogs, leaving a comment on each. Your next port of call is at Kelly's blog.

Have fun!