Sweet treat party

So my sister went on a skiing vacation in Canada back in December/January and came back with sweet treats for us.  

Here is the Gangster Gang (niece + nephews) posing with their maple syrup lollipops.  And why yes, it was totally staged. I made them take a video to thank aunt E. *winks*

And I got a few baking related pressies too! *big smile* Yeah, that is a really tiny whisk. *LOL*

I had fun rummaging through my paper scraps for this cutesy layout. It was a sweet treat indeed to find bits and pieces that somehow "work" together on a layout.

Playing along with My Creative Sketches.

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My attempt at a shaker card...

Shaker cards have always been challenging for me because I like my cards to be done fairly quickly. But for some reason, these pink sequins and jar were calling out to me...so meet my attempt at a shaker card. *winks*

Well, a mini shaker jar on a card. [Yes, I was thinking that if it didn't work out, I could replace that element with something else.] 

I had to fiddle quite a bit with getting the sequins to sit properly in the jar but I think it turned out okay?? *LOL*

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A sad girl in watercolour...

Meet my sad girl in watercolour. At least this time, it was intentional. *winks*

Of late, my drawn/painted girls have started to look the same to me and I wanted to challenge myself to try something different.

And of course, try it in just one medium - watercolour.

Which was quite challenging for me since I always use one medium on top of another to cover up my mistakes. *LOL*

Still lots of room for improvement but at least she looks a little different from the other girls in my art journal. :) 

Happy week ahead friends! 

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Hello beautiful! :)

Hello beautiful friends! Have you missed me? Between travel and my second bout of cold (within a week of recovering from the first!), time has sort of whizzed by. Where did February go? *winks*

Anyway, here's a card I made for Maya Road for Creativation CHA 2017. 

Residual mists on watercolour paper, remnant lace, diecuts and pretty embellishments. :)

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This little fella....

This little fella is currently my latest crush. He has the sweetest smile and the most dramatic lead-up to a cry. *winks*

This little fella is my nephew E. Always happy and super adorable.:)

I decided to work with a pastel colour palette here...with neutrals, blue, green and yellow.

I was amazed at how much of this colour palette I actually have in my scrap stash. *winks*

Playing along with The Studio Challenges.

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A mixed media girl on canvas

It started out in the typical fashion. Some wrapping tissue + remnant lace on a canvas with a coat of gesso. Then some mists and inks.

I was all ready with my hot glue gun and embellishments when I decided to paint a face instead. Well, a girl can change her mind, right? *LOL*

It was rather hard to draw and paint over such a textured surface. But I went in with guns blazing...I mean art supplies spread all over my desk...*winks*

I think my mixed media girl on canvas turned out okay. What do you think?

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I love "shopping" in my scrap pile...*winks*

It has been quite fun "shopping" in the scrap pile for the little bits and bobs to put together on projects. I have discovered that I used to 

1. Enjoy fussy cutting. A lot apparently. I have quite a collection of fussy-cut critters and flowers. 

2. Like patterned paper with journaling cards.

3. Be indiscriminate about accepting patterned papers from well-meaning friends. There are some really questionable designs that I would have never chosen on my own and evidently, have not figured out how to use them yet. *LOL*

Here is a card that was created when I went "shopping" in my scrap pile....

What about you? Do you enjoy "shopping" in your scrap pile?

Playing along with Fusion Card Challenge.

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The Yam circus

If you were wondering why you haven't seen the Gangster Gang of late, this is why.  The Yam circus cannot cooperate enough to take a decent photo together. Period. 

It's like you think you've got the perfect shot and the someone moves/blinks/makes a funny face. *LOL*

Nephew #1 and the niece are always camera-ready...the other two nephews are a real problem. One refuses to smile, the other refuses to stay still. Sigh...the woes of a auntrazzi. *winks*

I had fun working on this layout though....even my star punch came into play. Along with some diecuts. And buttons. The scrap pile is surely dwindling right? *haha*

Playing along with Stuck?! Sketches.

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Have you noticed how much I enjoy clustering my embellishments? *winks*

I love clustering my embellishments. A lot. Have you noticed? *winks*

I love rummaging through my stash and picking out embellishments that might look good together in a cluster.

I've long given up on rationalizing what actually goes in a cluster. Like what has a flower got to do with wooden spools, right? *LOL*

What I do like is combining dimensional elements with textural ones....

How about you? Do you enjoy clustering your embellishments?

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Love cherish adore

I love my cards relatively flat (for easy postage) but somewhat textured for visual and tactile interest. So for this Love cherish adore card, I pieced together remnant pieces of lace for base of the card. 

It looks like a whole piece of lace, right? *pats self on the back*

Then I distressed the edges of the sentiment panel to add a little more texture.

I finished with my fave ribbon tab and button combo. It is a great way to use up little bits of ribbon that are too short to tie a bow with and lone buttons. :)

P/s: Happy Valentine's Day friends! :)

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