I am not a trend watcher but there’s one particular trend that I’ve seen everywhere has really caught my attention. DOILIES! They are immensely popular and I believed it is because they add so much elegance to a project. I spotted a few doily inspired products and here are some of my favorites.

Doilies pattern paper from the Restoration collection. The colors are really beautiful and so retro!

I’m swooning over these tranparencies.

 Think of all the possibilities you could do with this vintage doily punch! 

The beautiful doilies patterned paper from the Life’s Portrait collection. 

Here’s the card I made with the beautiful paper. I cut one of the doily patterns from the paper and layered with a turquoise bloom and a butterfly sticker. Isn’t it looked trendy and shabby all the same time? 

So what do you think? Are you inspired already? I hope you enjoy today’s post and happy creating!

~Cindy~

{OPENING END NOVEMBER 2010}

Sat  4th December 2010    2pm

Sat 11th December 2010   2pm

Class fees: RM65 per class

Instructor: Cindy Lee

You were not seriously thinking of sending an email greeting or a text greeting this year, were you? Not when you can learn how to create 4 beautiful Christmas Cards of different styles! Learn stamping, embossing, paper piecing techniques and more as you put your heart into these beautiful works of art , for those special people in your life, Weren’t you meaning to show them how special they were?

All materials will be provided except adhesives, so please bring your glue runner, zots, pop up tape and precision scissors.

Sign up now by e mail: smidapaper@mac.com or send a text booking to +60124211201

Our new store address is:

{opening end November 2010}

smidapaper

3A-1-1, Straits Quay,

Jalan Seri Tg Pinang

Tg Tokong

Penang, Malaysia

Next month smidapaper paper brings you a special workshop with CIndy Lee.

3 gift boxes made from the My Mind’s Eye’s beautiful “so Sophie’ collection.

Learn how to make & decorate these pretty boxes in 3 hours!

WIll come in handy for the approaching holiday season.

Place:

Date: November 27th

Time: 1.30pm-4.30pm

Fee: RM 50

Bring: sharp craft knife

precision scissors

glue runner

strong wet glue

e mail smidapaper@mac.com or text +6012 4211201 now to reserve your seat

Places only confirmed with full payment within 3 days from reservation.

chipboard frames, cream coloured buttons, swirly bling, intense colour, paper flowers on flowers, antique lace.

(all products will be available at the all new smidapaper end nov 2010)

Masculine Card Challenge

Most of us tend to shy away from masculine cards simply because we are intimidated by the colors. I know most of us prefer to work with a softer palette like pink or baby blue so today’s tutorial will show you how to create a simple masculine card with a touch of pink. Yes, you  heard me right! A pink masculine card, lol!

Before you start, choose the pattern paper that you want to work with. For instance, I choose the beautiful paper by My Mind’s Eye from the So Sophie collection. Polka dot and graph work well with any kind of design.

To begin, trim kraft card base to 4” x 5”. Punch two strips of brown cardstock using a border punch, then adhere across the top and bottom of the card.

Adhere polka dot paper to the left side of the card,

And graph paper to the right side of the card as shown.

Next, place a die cut border along the seam of the pattern papers.

Place “HAPPY” chipboard letters across the card.

Lastly, spell “birthday” using letter stickers and place them below the chipboard letters.

There you have it! A simple decorative yet masculine card in minutes! Now, how about a challenge to create a card for the dudes using pink? We would love to see your pink masculine card. Email us your take at smidapaper@mac.com and you have until Friday, October 29^th, 2010. The winner of the challenge will win a RM50 gift voucher to be used at the brand new Smidapaper store! Hurry up and put on your thinking cap right now!

Happy Creating!

Mark your calendars! We will have a table at the IWA Xmas Bazaar which will be held at the Rasa Sayang Resort ballroom on

Saturday 6TH NOVEMBER 2010.

Goodies for sale will include Xmas Cards, bargain scrapbooking & cardmaking stuff and more including this little box of Vintage GIft Tags!

Today’s journaling idea need not correlate directly to the picture that is scrapped because today’s journaling prompt stretches beyond a specific retelling of an event or a moment. This idea highlights the power of words, even when it’s just in bits and pieces rather than in long lofty paragraphs. A collection of words and phrases sometimes help to tell a story even better and with larger meaning than a properly structured paragraph. This usually works for a layout that is more thematic than event-based, like how in my example it’s like a collection of words that remind me of who I am and how far I’ve come, hence the photo is a childhood photo from a million years ago. The words and phrases can be in your direct journaling and can also make up the embellishments like in this example where the stickers, etc form a big part of the page design.

This fun journaling idea can even be translated onto different types of projects, and when you seem to have trouble finding a proper paragraph to express the page, a collection of words and phrases can surmise it all.

Some title ideas for a project like this might be;

1)    Words to live by

2)    My life in words

3)    Here and now ..in words

After deciding on your title, your journaling would then include the relevant words to your theme whether as part of the embellishments or written down and can include a paragraph to give clarity to the cluster of words.

These are just some thought generators. As you work on this project, feel free to be spontaneous and just include whatever words or phrases that come to mind when thinking about the subject at hand.

I’m sure you get the idea now and are raring to work on your own project like this.  Journal away and feel free to leave comments about which aspect of journaling you might want to know more about, or just to share your journaling experiences. I’ll try my best to address your concerns.

Happy journaling=)

i-mei=)

I love ruffles! Be it the paper type or fabric ones. I just love them. I thought they make an interesting element to any projects. If I can sew, I will definitely alter my plain top with pretty ruffles but unfortunately I can’t. So I might as well just stick to paper and adhesive J Some time ago, I created a card with ruffles and often being asked how to do it. Today I’m going to show you exactly how and hope this simple tutorial is helpful to you. Let’s get started!

The product I used to create the ruffles is fabric paper by Dear Lizzy – American Crafts that you can get at Smidapaper.

Start by cutting three 1” x 12” strips of fabric paper.

Next, tore off the adhesive back.

Apply tape runner or sticky tape along the bottom edge of your cardstock.

Gather fabric to create ruffles as shown. I’m right-handed so I start from the left and work my way to the right. So if you are left-handed, you may want to start from the right.

This is how your ruffles should look like.

Continue working on the second layer by repeating step one and two.

To finish, I covered the edge with lace trim and you could do the same with ribbon.

Simple isn’t it? Why don’t you give it a whirl and I bet this fun technique will soon become a favorite of yours. Happy Creating!

In a word- doilies. not so much the paper kind you get with your favourite cake, (strawberry shortcake flashing before my eyes), but the interpretation of that delicate accent. Doilies on stamps, rub ons, stickers, acetate, plastic,even cute doily inspired flowers. i’m loving them all. They go really well with a shabby, vintage-y look. I used some on this card  I made for a special artist. She celebrates her b’day today & the poor dear is feeling a little under the weather. Hope this cheers you up, Jessy!

Doilies in acetate, doilies on patterned paper,  (Crate paper’s Restoration collection, we’ll be using these for a series of class projects soon!), crocheted flower that just looks so doily-ish. Oh I must tell you about the cute button stamp, stamp in any colour you want, punch out, distress, tie a bow. Fun, yes?

Sheila=)

one fabulous page meets scrap express! This November at the ALL NEW smidapaper store! The countdown starts October 25th. Stay on this blog ! Countdown with us. Download coupons! Win free stuff! & more…

Scrap Express ! Our most popular class is back . Well , soon. 3 layouts in 3 hours goes fabulous with Sizzix, Bling and loads of personality. Registration starts with our countdown on October 25th 2010.

Hold on to your glue runners, Penang scrappers, smidapaper, your local scrapook store will be up & ready to go, 7 days a week, 10am -10pm. FInd out more soon!