Kristy Fabric Faboosh Mini Album

Front cover: Raya Celebrations '09.

My proud paper flower sits on the top of this page.

Paper flowers are something I've always wanted to make but never got around to it.

Batik fabric on paper, paper of fabric, fun fun. Play play.

Going for classes are always great fun for me. What an excitement to try something new, something old, something blue... hehehe.. Always there are tips, techniques, ideas that I pick up along the way. Maybe also the more courage to try something uncertain of the results especially so when there's an expert to get answers from, the teacher.

I remember this..

Nilla was seated next to me. I was cleaning my stamped, having after stamped Staz On, I loved the colour, (and ofcourse Nilla was watching me), i hesitated for a minute to stamp onto surface, but.... Nilla said, "Go on, go on, try it, try it". We laughed when it didn't turned out the way we wanted it to.. But it was all fun fun fun.. Naughty..Nilla..

the box I received from the swap

Isn't this lovely. Such an arty box and did I mention that its altered!

I absolutely love it! Such good colour combination.

Every inchie (tiles are 1 inch by 1 inch) has different character to it.

A beautiful altered box made for me by my dear dear DT Yatie.

Box Swap

This was a typical box with a lid. 

 

Made into a luggage like bag. 

 

With a handle ofcourse. Love love the handle. 7Gypsies Canvas Handle.

 

A Box fit for my scrapper DT Sharon K. Naughty & Wild. LOL...

ATC Series: Peeling Packing Tape

Peeling Packing Tape Background. I adhered novel pages onto cardstock, randomly stick a few strips of packing tape, burnish well and then as you peel/tear off the packing tape, you'll see you've created a peeling off effect on the novel pages. Sprayed colourwash (colours I've used on ATCs above, are mainly brown colour). After spraying the colourwash over the top, the look you're getting is kinda like a tree bark, the more colours you add into it the more layers you'll see. Add acrylic paints as well to see the different textures.

Here, I've added another cardstock of which I embossed with the Cuttlebug, added a little swish of gold rub'n'buff (gold paste) lightly just getting the top embossed areas. Then to finish off, I added eyelets, paper doilies from Basic Grey and gauze.

Featured in Her World September 2009

ATC Series: Embossing Techniques

So here's one with CuttleBug's Embossing Plates (Script Template). It makes a cool texture and looks very old and very vintage. A very weathered look. Use colourwash, distress inks, bronze embossing powder, it all works! Imagine the amount of possibilities I could do with this background if I were to add different colours like green, blue, purple, pink, etc. Or a mix of colours!

ATC Series: Tissue Paper Technique

Tissue Paper Technique is the base (background). Here I've used white tissue paper. The textures tissue paper can create is awesome. Colourwash it with just a small dash of Golden paints, and with Golden, because the pigments are so intense, you'll only need a little dash of paint to cover the whole ATC.
ATC, being small and all, I love that you have to pay more attention to the little details. ATCs are great, if you are just playing (OR practising) techniques on different materials, etc. If you're a card person, it could be a technique or idea you'd repeat onto your cards.
Here's one I did a series for Scrappingville's upcoming ATC Series.