Misting with Tattered Angels

I've never used Tattered Angels products before, therefore, I was eager to learn about this product which I've heard so much about.  The class taught me the techniques using the various Tattered Angels products such as Glimmer Mist, Glimmer Glam and the Chalk Board.  It was quite a fun class, but I'm not entirely sure if this is my thing, because, I get worried that inks go everywhere and having ink stains on my fingers and clothes ;).

Here is a photo of the Techniques Album we took home - hmm... I think I need to mist a little more blue onto the album, too much yellow, don't you think.  Inside the album, there are some 40++ pages filled with technique ideas using Glimmer Mist.

Here's a peek into the album:

First page of album

Using lace & screen as masks



Misting on a tag

Misting on the TA embossed board, running Distress Inks over the embossed areas



My favourite page

The last page is my favourite technique.  I love the resist using the Glimmer Glam and I like the stamping on the page, i.e. the grunge stamp around the borders & the matching stamp to the screen.

I'm thinking I would use Tattered Angels products to make some backgrounds but I doubt I would go crazy on them.  Nevertheless, it's always fun to try new products and to discover if that's going to be my kinda thing.

I hope your week is going great!

Take care.

Hero Arts Cards

Hello again.  Today, I'm showing you some Hero Arts cards from the workshop at CHA.  I'm a long time fan of Hero Arts, but I've not used their stamps for sometime.  Perhaps it's because there are so many choices out there and sometimes, I feel the need for a change.

Nevertheless, there are some awesome stamps from the new Hero Arts releases for 2011.  I am loving a number of the stamps in their new catalogue and especially the Spring catalogue with the BasicGrey stamps (which coordinate with the new BasicGrey collections).

These are some of my favourites:

And, here are the cards:

There were quite a number of techniques involved making the cards, and I really enjoyed making every one of them.  We got to play with the new BasicGrey papers too - that was awesome.  Now I know, I must buy the 6x6 pads (my fav is Sweet Threads collection) when they are out.

I must show you the fabric flower made from the floral Hero Arts stamp (I persuaded the ladies at the Hero Arts booth to give me one).  I love it!  I don't sew very well, but I think I'd be tempted to try.

Have a great day!

Cool Projects

I know it's been a long while since I last posted.  I've been travelling quite a bit... spent sometime with my fab girlfriends in Singapore (watching lion dance and streets lit with lanterns for the Chinese New Year) and then travelled to Los Angeles with my sister.  So, in this post, I want to tell you a bit about what I did in LA. But, before that, "A Happy New Year!" to my Chinese friends.

Every year, my sister travels to the Craft & Hobby trade show in the US and this year, it was awesome that I got to go with her.  We had such a grand time, catching up with our American friends and especially lovely for me to meet my Uni friend & her family who lives in California, whom I've not seen for 3 years.  The other fun thing was I got to attend workshops conducted by some of the wonderful teachers in the craft industry.

Check this out:

For the first time, I got to attend a class with Tim Holtz!!  How awesome!  Although I'm not a big big fan of Tim's but I really admire his creativity & his wonderful products.  We made this canvas in the class, and I think it's simply gorgeous.  

Next, I got to play with Ranger's Perfect Pearls with Dyan Reaveley (a Ranger educator in UK).  I've never used this product before, but I can tell you it's so fun.  I guess if you read my blog, you'd know I really love colouring, and I think this could be my thing.  Love the shimmer of the Perfect Pearls.

Then, it was time to play with the new Adirondack Color Washes and Art Parts with Wendi Vecchi.  I love the awesome plastic flower on this project.  I don't know what it is, but the flower can be shaped by the heat gun again & again & again.  That was really fantastic.

The last canvas was taught by Claudine Hellmuth and of course, we got to play with the Claudine Hellmuth paints & sticky back canvas.  I love the fun look of the project.

I hope you like the above projects.  Of course, when I go away with my sis, we have to do some shopping although we didn't have much time this trip.  We also missed the first day of Chinese New Year leaving LA - cos when we got to my sister's it was already Friday 4th February. 

I'll post a few more projects in the next few days.  Stay tuned...

Have a marvellous day!!