Singapore Adventure: New Supplies!!!

Yesterday, I went on a crazy crafting supplies shopping spree.  And the best thing about it was Hubby Cookie being there to carry my shopping basket! Hahaha... Shopping assistant mode on for Hubby Cookie. :)

I bought new paper packs and cardstock.  Mostly Christmas themed and more masculine prints.

I also got a new clear stamp set from Bo Bunny. A first in my collection. And some bling! :)

My favorite purchase yesterday would be these fantastic ribbons from American Crafts. :)

I can't wait to start using all of them on cards and (crossing fingers) scrapbook pages.

LO Project: My New Hero Arts Stamps

My Hero Arts order arrived yesterday.  Well, it was at my doorstep on Monday afternoon but I was out renewing my passport and so was not home to receive the delivery.  After scheduling for a redelivery with Singapore Post, it has finally reached home! Woohoo!!!

And today, being a rainy and lazy Friday, I decided to sharpen my coloured pencils.  They have been with me since March but I just sharpen the pencils I need.  Today, I decided to do them all.  Hihi...

Here's what I came up with using my new toys, and my fresh coloured pencils. :)  It's not much, but it's a start to get me going again.  I am in a bit of a "creative juice" drought. Is there such a thing?? Hahaha..

The stamps are Hero Arts wooden blocks - 3 Girls set.

LO Project: New Cards with Paper Piecings

Remember my paper pieced hot-air balloon project? 

I have finally used it on a Bon Voyage themed card.  Here it goes. :)

And for the paper-pieced sofa, here is what I came up with.  A New Home themed card.

LO Project: Paper Pieced Sofa

Here's another paper piecing project I worked on recently - a sofa.  It can be used for a "New Home" card, or as an embellishment on a scrapbook page.

1 - It starts off as a sketch which I grabbed from a crafting magazine.  I printed out 2 copies of the image on a white cardstock which will become my templates.  I prefer printing them out on cardstock so I can store and reuse them in other projects later on.

2 - Cut out the essential components from the printed out image.  For this project, I just need the body of the sofa, one circle, and one rectangle with the rounded corners. 

  

3 - Trace the template cutouts on the back of a patterned paper. For this project, I used a page from Prima's Reflections Paper Stack set. Trace out two circles and three of the rectangles. Cut out the pieces.  Ink the edges of each piece.

4 - Put the cut out parts together as in the original sketch.  I used foam tape to adhere the pieces to the sofa body to achieve a 3-D effect.

Presenting, the finished product! :)

 

Acknowledgment:
     Sofa sketch from the Paper Crafts Inspiration magazine February 2011 issue

Singapore Adventure: Cubee Crazy (Update)

Two new Cubee creations by Princess Cookie.

Computer geeks should definitely recognize this fellow. Say "Hi!" to Tux. ^_^

And who doesn't recognize this Italian Plumber from the colorful world of Nintendo? :D Made it at lunch break today. Now, it sits on my PM's office desk. My Christmas present to him before he goes on leave for the festive season.

I've a couple more lined up to do while my Cookie is vacationing back home.

Miss you already, my Cookie.

Singapore Adventure: Cubee Crazy

This is what's been keeping me preoccupied. ^_^

This is Hell Boy. Cute, huh? I gave it to my teammate as a birthday present.

I also made Santa Claus but I don't have the photo here. It's sitting comfortably at my Cookie's office desk.

I have a couple more Cubees to make lined up for the weekend without my Cookie. Will post them up when I finish them.

If you want to start your own Cubee collection, check out this site. All the templates are free!

(Update 1)

Just finished another one... Meet Mr. Stay Puft. You should be able to recognize him if you are a Ghost Busters fan. Hehehe...

Now Cubee Santa Claus will have a friend at my Cookie's office desk. ^_^

Singapore Adventure: Guest Book for Baby Meg's Shower

I am invited to attend a colleagues Baby Shower on the weekend. Instantly, at the receipt of the invite, I suddenly had that feeling... This occasion calls for a craft project. :)

I instantly got several ideas of what would be nice to give Cza - the Mommy to be, on this special occasion for her little princess Simone Margareth a.k.a. Meg. But due to the inavailability of photos, I decided it to be just a small "guest book". Well, note cards where Baby Meg's guests can jot down well wishes for her, and her mommy and daddy.

I decided the theme to be pink. Of course, it's for a baby girl. Hehehe... But in fairness, I also asked Mommy Cza if pink is a good idea, and she gave a nod. ;)

I have completed 3 pages already - the cover page and two other pages to write messages in. The cover page is the picture on the left of this paragraph.

So cute! Hehehe...

The other pages will contain the text Simone Margareth at the left bottom corner, some baby quotes in some random place on the page, and embellishments in the shade of pink. As shown in the next two photographs.

Can't wait to finish the project. Well, I NEED to finish it by tomorrow, in time for Saturday. Baby Shower happens at lunch time that day. Wish me luck. And cheer me on. ;)