Believe In The Impossible {Art Journal} @ STAMPlorations

Hello everyone! Hello April and welcome to my artsy zone on this day bringing you a mixed media art journaling made as my design team project for STAMPlorations new challenge this month. Take a visit HERE to have a see my fellow teammates' designs and join us in this month's Stencil Challenge.

This is created in the most roughest time the world is facing right now. Life hasn't been easy each passing day with the uncertainty but life has to go on. I wish everyone is doing fine and healthy. 
I pray hard this will pass very soon and hope Allah will take the virus away once and for all. I believe He will. 

I used a brown paper bag to create this art work.

Here a few up-close pictures:

 I wanted a vintage feel so the use of blue and brown with black which is my must have color in almost every projects I do {smile}.

Taking my art journal into these awesome challenges:

1. Try it on Tuesday : Beauty of Nature

2. Little Red Wagon : Ch#543 Blue

3. World Wide Open Design Team Challenge : Anything Goes

4. SanDee & Amelie's Steampunk : ATG - Steampunk or Industrial

That's it for now. Don't forget to display the graphic below in your blog post so you are eligible to win if you're the winner:

 Thank you for dropping by and stay safe.

Hugs and smiles,

Special Birthday @ DS4J

{My DT work for DS4J}

Hello friends! I have been very quiet for so many days I know. My last post was July 10 and then I was creating for some custom orders and upcoming design team work as well as balancing between working from home, housework, sewing clothes, mothering and family time. I was occupied and keeping everything organized as much as I can until mid-July approach bringing us the most saddest news ever. The evening of July 15, my husband received a phone call from his youngest sister of their beloved father's passing. My mother-in-law was with him until his last breath. My 78yo father-in-law was ageing and not in the best of health but still able to drive to the mosque, eat and drink as usual, walk up the stairs to his room except he didn't have the energy for gardening anymore. I used to help him cleaning his garden together but ever since he can't do it anymore, I would do as much as I can when we visited him. Now is just a memory that is still hard to swallow! 

After the funeral on July 16, we spent many days with my mother-in-law until it was time for me to go home with mountain of dirty clothes and plenty of things to get done since we left the house in emergency so the house was completely a huge mess. I left the house with tea time dishes unwashed, oven not wiped, clothes unfold, floor not swept and mopped and dining table full of dt work with paints and stuff. Even the sewing machine was not kept properly let alone fabrics and sewing materials all over the room.

Enough blab...thank you for reading so far {smile}. Today this moment ignoring a badge of laundry to fold {never mind that}...so eventually, I am able to share with you my long waited post for Digistamps4Joy mid-challenge reminder project I did before my father-in-law left us forever.

 A few close-up pictures:

The challenge will end at the end of this month so you still have ample time to submit your paper craft creations.

I hope my card gives you an inspiration to play with mixed media elements if you like that and create to your heart content.

Until I see you in the next couple of days. Take care and thank you for dropping by.

Hugs and smiles,

You Are The Smile To My Face @ STAMPlorations

{My DT work for STAMPlorations}

Hi everyone! I'm back with my recent layout I did as part of my dt work for STAMPlorations. A new mixed media challenge begins today and you can do anything you wish except card. My wonderful teammates have designed fabulous creations to inspire you {click here}.

I made a single layout of my little girl jumping onto raked leaves while I was doing my garden. I have four topiary trees on my lawn that needs pruning every three months. So no they are not fall leaves so to speak, lol. We don't have four seasons but however my favorite season has always been autumn because the atmosphere looks so incredibly gorgeous. When Afza played with the pruned leaves three years ago, I thought it'd be great to take photos and pretend autumn {chuckle}. Finally I get to scrap her photo and she loves it.

Supplies used: Foiled Again ARTplorations stencil, Artsy Border Maker stamp set, Heidi Grace paper collection, Alpha gesso and modeling paste, Scrapberry: flowers, leaves, butterflies, adhesive pearls and gem, Petaloo flowers, Kaisercraft rub on, Buncho watercolors, alpha stamps, Micia brown ink pad, corner punch, EK Success funky fibre and others from my stash {beads+sequins+lace+gauze+rhinestones+eyelets+drywall tape}  

Some close-up photos:

My autumn inspiration comes from Scrapki-wyzwaniowo:

This stunning sketch at Scrapclub Kiev is used as a guide for my layout:

And I also wish to enter Scrapberry's challenge. I used part of the quote as title for my work:

Meanwhile, take a peek at STAMPlorations for more awesome designs and challenges and stand a chance to win stunning products:

Thank you for dropping by and wish you a great week ahead.

Hugs and smiles,

Be{YOU}tiful @ Scrap Africa

{My DT work for Scrap Africa}

Hi everyone! Hope you are all doing great. I'm so under the weather and it's no fun. Thanks to the haze that never seem to go away even after some rainy days washed out the blurry sky and gave us some beautiful blue skies and sunny days but sadly I believe the wind from the southern region blew the haze up north and we are back living in hazy situation. As a result, my eyes start to feel painful and the body aches for two days now. Today I have slight cold, running nose and feel lethargy but life has to go on between rest {smile}.

Today I bring you my recent layout of my little girl Afza when she was 3 years old. An old photo in 2010. She's now 7 and attends primary school already. Time sure flies huh? I miss her babyhood and toddler memories so much. Sometimes I tell her not to grow...she says "Okay" so sweetly. Lol!

Supplies used: Kaisercraft patterned paper+stamps+alpha.stickers+die.cuts, Alpha gesso and modeling paste, STAMPlorations stencil, Buncho watercolors, black gel pen, Versafine onyx black ink pad and pearls

 Denise made this great sketch for Scrap Africa. I think it's challenging! All those pretty circles had me think for some time what to create on my page. I love circles a lot and end up playing with them with stencil and die cuts. I just played with the patterned paper collection to develop similar color tones on this page by fussy cut the flowers and leaves from one patterned paper and adhered on the other. Thanks Denise for the sketch.

Some close-up photos:

I wrote a little message for Afza that I'm sure she will appreciate some day {smile}.

I'm looking forward to seeing you paper related creations at Mr Linky Scrap Africa before deadline (October 14). 

Until then, have a pleasant weekend.

Hugs and smiles,

Heart to Heart @ TTCRD {Sept 29 - Oct 25 Challenge}

{My DT work for TTCRD}

Hi everyone! It's me again bringing you my recent card creation designed for Through The Craft Room Door. Today starts a new challenge with similar theme Anything Goes. Click here to see more inspirations from design team 'A'. 

This week we are sponsored by Deedee's Digis and I have used Raggedy Sisters.

 I had so much fun making this card as the dolls reminded me of my childhood playing with such dolls. I adore the sentiment too.

  This card will appear in the upcoming TTCRD magazine edition and your creations get to be published too if your project is chosen as winners in the weekly challenge. 

Click here to submit your project. No back linking please!

Click here for magazine subscriptions.

Till I see you again. Thank you for dropping by.

Hugs and smiles,

Bee Happy @ STAMPlorations {Stencil Sunday #13}

{My DT work for STAMPlorations}

Hello! Here's sharing my tag which is designed as part of my dt work for STAMPlorations.  

This time I chose to make cas design on my creation. I picked honeycomb delight ARTplorations stencil to create the background by sponging ink pad over the stencil. Then I stamped the edges using artsy border maker stamp set.

The September Mixed Media Challenge is still running and will end tomorrow however. You still have time though. Click here to submit your mixed media project and stand a chance to win great prizes.

Thank you for dropping by today and I'll be back soon.

Hugs and smiles,

Art Journal Pages @ ARTplorations Mixed Media Tutorials

{My DT work for ARTplorations}

Hi everyone! Here's sharing a little bit of what you can see more at ARTplorations today.  

Kindly hop on to ARTplorations blog to have a see at my step by step tutorial.

Hope you will like it...thank you.

Hugs and smiles,

My Art Journal @ Scrap Africa

{My DT work for Scrap Africa}

Hello there my sweet friends! I'm back again with my recent art work I did as part of my dt work for Scrap Africa. Denise van Deventer challenge you to create any paper project with her pretty lavender mood board in the new challenge this fortnight. 

Please hop on to Scrap Africa blog to see the design team creations that hopefully may inspire you to kick start your creativity and link up your project by the end of this month.

I made art journal pages using two watercolors and black as well. Black is always a must color in almost all my project {chuckle}. 

Supplies: Kaiser watercolors, Alpha gesso & modeling paste, black gel pen, Webster's butterflies, Making Memories 'Great Escape' stamps, Copic Sketch, Versafine Onyx black ink pad, gems and 'Standing In The Eyes of the World' Commonwealth Games 1998 song lyric 

This is the mood board. Isn't it beautiful?

And some close-up pictures:

Thank you for your time visiting me this minute. Until I see you again soon, have a pleasant week.

Hugs and smiles,

Grown With Love @ TTCRD

{My DT work for TTCRD}

Hi everyone! Hoping your day is as bright as the sunflower {smile}! I made an art journal as part of my dt project for Through The Craft Room Door. This week we bring you another challenge, same theme as always, Anything Goes. You can create anything you like and link up to TTCRD blog by 21st September. Hop on to TTCRD blog to view my teammates' work for some inspirations.

Here's my art journal using sponsored image Sunflower from Doodle Pantry {thank you}.

You can read the supplies I used in the upcoming TTCRD November-December magazine. 

Click here for Subscription/Renewal.

I get my inspiration from this pretty picture at Pixels and Paper Challenge Blog. The flowers and the green blend so well together. I added blue skies as well because at present we are having haze and unhealthy weather condition so we hardly see blue skies. Thus I created a blue sky and everything nice on my canvas and simply enjoy myself indoor {chuckle}.

I am eager to see your creations at TTCRD challenge and you may stand a chance to win a prize from Doodle Pantry. Get creative!

See you when I see you. 

Hugs and smiles,