First Christmas

Woo hoo!! It's my turn again to share with a layout and this time I created a Christmas layout!! I was grateful that I found this Christmas photo of my Papa and my nephew, Constantine. It was their first Christmas together :)

A fairly simple composition for this Christmas layout as I wanted to have my photo as the focal point. The Christmas papers by Imaginisce are bright and cheery, therefore a black & white photo is perfect!

Don't you love the glittery Making Memories die-cuts?

Such lovely embellies to be added onto this layout.

Doilies are perfect addition to this layout too, somehow

they reflected like huge snowflakes. LOL!

Materials used:

Imaginisce Patterned Papers

Bazzill Cardstocks

Crate Paper chipboard stickers (tree & date)

Making Memories glitter die-cuts

Martha Stewart "Cherish" punch

Doilies

Lace

Hope you are in the spirit of Christmas now!

Wait no longer, do drop by the store and grab your pieces now :)

Xoxo Jessy

'Books R Us' layout by Amelia Khalik

Hey all, it's that time of the week again! Yes..it's Monday blues for some. Here's my first layout for Nov. It's a picture of my children holding their favourite books of the moment.

A bit of scrappy info. I prep the background by misting on an alphabet template. Distress and layer the die cut puzzle on top. Using a craft knife cut the numbers from another pp. Die cut a foam letters, assemble and finally i applied crackle accents to some of the letters.

It's pretty straight forward and easy to do layout. You can create the whole thing by using your own letter template or print screen.

Material lists, Fancy Pants Stripey pp, Fancy Pants Numbers Bracket pp, Fancy Pants Turquoise Grid pp, Maya Road Mists, Alphabet Template, Foam Letters, Tim Holtz Die Cut and Distress Ink.

Bien

Wowee! Thanks to the enthusiasm & the excitement you brought to us at Papier yesterday, the PCM party was a success!! Hats off to the Papier team, the DT team (Amelia, Sharm & Rosa) who assisted in our make-n-take, and Teacher Jessy (our RD), who organised and had the wonderful games session with all who participated. Also congratulations to all our RAK winners, Lucky Draw winner(who took home a Quickutz Squeeze Starter Kit) & Best Dressed cum Top Spender Winner - Elaine Chong. Elaine takes home a Sizzix Big Shot!!

For the past few weeks, the team at Papier have been busy getting ready for the big day. From the party tokens, e-mail invitations, in-store displays and decos, even to the goodie bags, each of these were carefully handmade with love or had a personal touch to make these extra special.

Perhaps you made a new craft friend along the way, or discovered new craft interests among each other, liked the goodie bag, got a few bargains, enjoyed the company or simply enjoyed the refreshments, whichever the reason, we hope you enjoyed the event as much as we did.

Once again, we sincerely thank you, our loyal Papier members (PCMs & VPCMs) for your continuous support as you have been giving us, and hope that you will continue to allow us to service you in the future and we welcome any feedback for future improvements. We apologise to some of you whom we may have missed out and will take this opportunity to step up customer communications going forward.

Last but not least, I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to the Papier team (Wah, Amie, Zainun & Peck Ling), for all their hard work and efforts and their great teamwork which made this event possible. A special thank you also goes to Making Memories who sponsored some goodie bag items. Hip Hip Hooray!

For pic updates, check back soon!

Create, Enjoy & Be Free!

Macy :o)

Take home a Sizzix Big Shot!

Bonjour,

Tomorrow's the day. Tomorrow is an all-day Papier Members' Day exclusive. And for that, the Top Spender (on 30th October, 2010) will take home a Sizzix Big Shot tool*. Accumulated receipts accepted, so all you need to do is spend and submit your receipts for the day to join the contest. All receipts will be tabulated at the end of the day (10pm), and the winner will be announced, Monday, 1st November 2010. Sorry but late entries will not be entertained. Only purchase receipts of 30th October 2010, will be accepted and all entries must be received by 10pm tomorrow.

So, what's in-store for our members tomorrow?
There will be store-wide exclusive discounts for PCMs & VPCMs, including some special buys (limited stocks) and tool exclusives (including Sizzix Big Shot Pro, MM Slice Elite, QK Epic 6/Letterpress Combo) and additional discounts off papers. Discounts are valid for the whole day (10am - 10pm) with special buys available during party time (2-5pm). C'est ci bon!! Don't miss out!!

See you all tomorrow!!

C'est la vie

Create, Enjoy & Be Free!
Macy :o)


* Contest terms & conditions apply

ps: the colour of the day is red, blue & white!

La Vie En Rose

That's the music of the day... calling all PCMs and VPCMs. It's Saturday, 30th October 2010, and yes!! It's Papier MEMBERS' day! There's still time to send the kids to an extra activity, or work out your deal with the hubs, just for the few hours, let's relax, enjoy & shop with great discounts & bargains in-store. Or, just join in the fun with some cool games with Teacher Jessy & our great team of DTs and win yourself some cool RAKs.

Better still, come dressed in anything FRENCH, and if you're the PICK of the DAY, win a RAK for Best Dressed! So, what are you waiting for, save the date or just the few hours and make it YOUR DAY! Just with YOU & ALL OF US @ Papier. See you very soon... tata for now!

Create, Enjoy & Be Free
Macy :o)

ps: Please bring along your token for your goodie bags and we apologise for any inconvenience caused but only pre-registered PCMs or VPCMs are entitled to one make-n-take project each.

She is coming soon...

I am glad that Emeline Seet is coming real soon to Papier Love to conduct not only one but two classes this coming November 20, 2010. Can I hear someone say hooray??!

(click to enlarge the poster)

Emeline enjoys creating papercraft with romantic, feminine and colorful shabby chic style. She pours alot of careful thoughts into her creations and the result is ever stunning!! Besides creating for famous manufacturers like GCD, Melissa Frances, Glitz Designs & recently a Tattered Angels DT, she also teaches at her local scrapbooking store in Singapore & has been faithfully appearing in many famous magazines around the globe especially Scrapbook Trends. Check her GORGEOUS creations HERE!!

In her classes, you will learn all sorts of tips & techniques:

Paper Cutting

Layering

Distressing

Inking

Experimenting with Dry and Stamped Embossing

Experimenting with Masking and Stamping

Creating 3D Flowers

Accessorizing your creations with Emeline's authentic personal vintage finds

and more....

Getting all excited already? Pick up the phone NOW and speak to our friendly staffs! Remember to book a seat (if possible two) because these classes are limited! First come first basis. Trust me you gonna love my fun-wicked & talented friend of mine cause Emeline makes wicked stuff! *wink*

Xoxo Jessy

Faith

I love making cards...I do love scrapbooking and altered arts as well...but Card making has got to be my first fav..lol...Here's another card I whipped up using Papier's DT project kit..You just gotta love those Sassafras Lass PPs don't you! :)

I love 'em cause it comes with co-ordinating borders that don't make me go scrambling for border punches!! *lol*..so yeah..there's your tip!

Tip 2 : Dab plain looking flowers with distress inks (you can also use crackle paint! gives a nice touch ;)) to give a little bit of shade.

Materials Used : Sassafras Lass Patterned Paper, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Types Stickers, Ribbon, Prima Flowers, Purple Onion Designs Butterfly Stamp, Prima Crystal.

Scrappy Info:
1) Cut out your cardstock to a 6 x 6 measurement
2) Cut the border out from the patterned paper.
3) Cut the remaining patterned paper to a 5.8 x 5.8 measures (so that you have a teeny border made up of the cardstock)
3) Cut the border to exact proportions and place them on the top & bottom of the card
4) Stamp butterfly image. Cut out & affix to the card
5) Place the sentiment on a plain cardstock using foam dots (for dimension) and cut while forming a small border. Affix to card.
6) Ink flower with distress ink & affix bling.
7) Using other remaining flowers, create a small foliage.

I've also two other projects to share with you sweeties..It's an altered notebook (altered to be a diary) with a matching card!

Materials Used :
Card : Basic Grey PP,Prima & Kaisercraft Flowers, Chipboard Sentiment, White Satin Ribbon, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch
Altered Notebook : Basic Grey PP, Ribbons, Lace, Handmade flowers, Moof Rhinestone, Making Memories Metal Charm, Prima & Kaisercraft flowers.

Hope these projects inpire you! ;) Pleasant week ladies!

Card by Rosa

Hola! This week I did a simple card using Slice.

This is a simple card created with Slice. It's amazing what you can do with Slice.




- Select a shape, place the Slice onto the card base, (place it in the middle or wherever you want) & cut.

- cut out the same shape in different sizes from another pp, layer them with double sided tape for a raised effect.





It's that simple!

Materials used: MM Flutter pp, MM Vintage Findings pp, Crate Paper pp, Plain cs, Glitz Stickles, Ice Stickles, Black StazOn.
Slice design card: Wedding, Seasons

A Layout & A Card

Happy Tuesday!

It's the series of a layout and a card again... finally after such a long hiatus! LOL! Previously, I have shown you some simple "recipe" I have used to create my projects and this round ... this is probably the simplest among all.

I created this layout called "Our Love Blossomz".

All I used was a Bazzill cardstock and an Echo Park patterned paper.

I created my own background by using scrip stamp and mists.

My all time fav tool is my Cutterbee scissors. I love cutting papers and rearrange the fussy cutting image onto my layout. What I love to do next is to give the image some dimension by using glue dots/foam dots.

{Heart} all my American Crafts Thickers. Lovely treatment to my title!!

Punches like Martha Stewart butterfly is awesome addition to this flowery layout.

The balance of the Echo Park patterned paper I decided to create a card.

Using the same formula: cut and 3D.

See the "life is good" quote? That is the Echo Park's collection name. I cut it out at the edge of the patterned paper. I thought that is a great title for my card especially with the cheery colors. Don't you think so?

See you in November with new projects!!

Xoxo Jessy

"A Girl Layout & A Voucher/Gift Card" by Amelia Khalik

Happy Monday everyone!!! I hope you guys had a great weekend and it’s back to work for some. Today I have not one but two project to share here. It’s going to be a long post so beware…thehehe.

First up is this layout of my girl. A bit of scrappy info, since my background pp is busy with colours and design I decided to layer it with a mono colour pp from Basic Grey paper doilies. I choose to use a black & white photo of Allysha in order to make it stand out from the background. The rest of the page is decorated with buttons, flowers and blings.

Material lists, Basic Grey Cupcake pp, Basic Grey Laser cut Paper Doilies, Prima Flowers, Bling Butterfly, Buttons, KCK Chipboard Glittering Embellishment and MM Glitter Bling Stickers.

Second project is a Voucher/Gift card. Sometimes I find it difficult to choose a gift for weddings, house warming or birthdays and I think it is only best that I send the receiver a voucher instead. With that in mind I decided to share this simple 2 in 1 card. Two slot, one for a note and voucher on the other.

My card size is 5’ x 8’ I used the 12’ x 12’ cardstock. Please see illustration below, pls note this is not a template, I sketch it just to give a clearer picture of how I cut and score my card. It’s entirely up to you to have the card in whatever sizes you prefer. Glue the edges and the card will look something like this. Decorate to your liking.

Material lists, Blue Cardstock, Lace Ribbon, Buttons, KCK Chipboard Glittering Sticker, Basic Grey pp, Fancy Pants pp, Martha Stewart Puncher and MM Glitter Bling Sticker.

So there you have it, my two project in one entry. Till next Monday, have a good week..:)