He Said | Inspiration

Hello there! today I am going to share one of my midori-style (a.k.a. Fauxdori) notebook that I use for documenting my toddler's first words and his everyday life. I keep it pretty simple so I would be easier for me to keep this up to date. I also use stickers, stamps and washi tapes in the notebook to make sure the notebook is flatter and easier to write on new pages.

Here's another closer look of the notebook cover that I decorated with scrapbook paper, Thickers and Evalicious stamps. I am loving this simple 10-20 minutes quick layout on my fauxdori notebook, as one of my creative outlet and also documenting the all the happy little moments.

Here's the first index page that I list down Ivan's first words. His very first word is Bye when we got him a big toy car as 2-year-old birthday present. He would ride the car and waves bye bye to us.

I stamp various 'He Said' images with Versa Magic ink on sticker paper and fussy cut them.

I hope this blogpost would inspire you to use your fauxdori / Midori traveller's notebook in a fun way with all the awesome stamps from Shop Evalicious.

Thanks for dropping by!

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HE Said… | Inspiration

Hello lovelies! Today I have a love-themed layout to share with you since February is the <3 month. I decided not to pressurise myself with making Project Life pages this year, so I focus more on scrapping 12x12 layouts and mini albums. Sometimes I also do some art journaling when inspiration strikes.

Here's a layout that I doodles some hearts on a piece of white card stock using Neocolors, then decorate each little doodled heart with puffy stickers and stamps. I am obsessed with all the Shop Evalicious puffy stickers and have you seen those new arrivals that are gonna be in the shop in March / April? 

This basically is how my little one give me buggies everyday so I use this banner stamp to mark the day. In love with this stamp and I think it is perfect to be used in planner pages too.

My little one just started babbling and talking recently so this He Said stamp is gonna be a stamp that I will use very frequently now.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you have fun and receive a lot of love in the month of LOVE <3

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Photo Love | Inspiration

Hi Everyone!  Christine here to share with you a layout I made using some simple watercoloring and Evalicious goodies! I’m actually not a seasoned mix-media person, but I found it really fun to play with some watercolors and a stencil. I created the top and bottom of my layout using watercolors first.  Then I let it dry for a bit before I created the rest of my layout.

I used the Photo Shoot Clear Stamp Set to create a stamped background behind my photo.  I used colors that coordinated with my watercolored background and just stamped one design at a time around the background of my page. I used the Ledger Alphas Puffy Stickers to create my title.  I used a journal card from Photo Shoot Large Tags to back up from photo, cutting a slit underneath the “Snapshot of us” graphic to slide my photo in.

I colored this wood veneer from Photo Shoot Wood Veneer with a Sharpie glitter paint pen in blue.  I really like coloring wood veneers with glitter paint pens!

I topped the photo with another wood veneer and stamped “LOVE” on the bottom of my photo. It gave it just the finishing touch that I was looking for!

Thanks for stopping by!  ♥

 

Evalicious Products Used:

photo shoot clear stamp set

photo shoot large tags

photo shoot wood veneer

ledger alphas puffy stickers

Rainbow Planner Tabs | Inspiration

Hello Everyone! This is Sam today to share a simple step-by-step post on how I make my own planner dividers and use various Shop Evalicious stamp sets to make own own patterned papers + rainbow tabs. If you look closely, those tabs aren't perfectly aligned / have straight edge. I am such an IM-perfectionist! *LoL* But those rainbow colours are seriously to die for.

This is a very photo-heavy post so I made the step-by-step into a simple collage.

This is basically a set of B&W dividers for my Kate Spade planner (equivalent to Filofax in Personal sized) with some colourful rainbow tabs. I was inspired by Erin Joy's video about her planner setup for 2015. I love how she set her filofax up in simply B&W.

1. I was looking for B&W patterned papers from my stash to match my black Kate Spade planner.

2. Okay, I cheated, I sneaked in 2 pieces of paper with a tiny bit of pastel colour.

3. Then I decided to stamp repetitive patterns to make my own patterned papers. I use Love Today stamp set to make this divider + add a tiny stripe of polka dots MT tape.

4. Then I wanted to have a typewrite & Banner patterned divider - so I made my own using Field Note Clear Stamp Set & Daily Life Clear Stamp Set.

5. Here's a peek of the 3 dividers that I made with stamping repetitively.

6. I couldn't stand that it is only in B&W so I added some paint splatter and water-colour using Distress Stain & Peerless Watercolor.

7. Then I used the inserts from my Kate Spade planner to use as a guide to punch the 6-holes for all the dividers.

8. I decided to stamp a few banners using Solid Banners Stamp set with various Versacolor ink pad.

9. I finally picked out 7 banners that I like which is in the following colours - form Blue to pink to yellow and green.

I stick the page tabs that I made with stamped banner with tape glue. Then send them to hot laminate. p.s. I took pictures of the dividers before I laminate them to avoid the glare. 

And here's a peek of the individual dividers.

Thanks for looking and if you are interested, do check out the list of supplies that I used to make this set of dividers.

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Honey, I Shrunk The Stamps!⎪Inspiration

Hello there! This is Sam to share a fun way to use your Shop Evalicious Stamp set. Some of you may have seen me posted on Instagram about me making those little charms using Shop Evalicious stamp sets and shrink plastics. So today I am going to walk you through my process of making these cute little charms and also ideas on how I use them on my planner and Midori Traveler Notebook.

So to shrink your stamps (no pun intended) you would need these:
1. Shrink plastics (I have them in white and clear, got them from Art Friend Singapore)
2. Stamp Sets (I used this, this and this) and Acrylic block
3. Inks (My favourite is Staz On here, and I will explain further later)
4. Heat Gun / Oven to bake the plastics
5. Scissors
6. Circle Punch
7. Crop-a-dile
8. Paints and Markers

Firstly, if your shrink plastic sheet is smooth, you would sand one of the smooth side so that the texture will hold the ink / colouring. My plastic sheets come with one smooth and one texture side, so I didn't have to sand the plastic sheet at all. 

Punch various sizes of circles using circle punch - I used 1', 1 3/8' and 2' here.

And here are the inks I tried and I like Staz On the best.

P.S. My Staz On is drying up as I have had it 5 years ago, so it doesn't ink well. But thats okay, we can go over it with a sharpie or Zig marker. But this step is rely optional as the ink will turn out darker once shrunk. 

From left to right: Staz On, Ranger Archival Ink, Brilliance, VersaFine, Verscolor and Prima Resist Chalk Edger.

Close-ups of the stamped image before I heat it up: 

Staz On, Versacolor and Prima doesn't bleed  but the rest bleed, especially Ranger Archival Ink (although it doesn't show here)

Punch a small hole using your crop-a-file before heat up the plastics or send them to the oven. You gotta be careful not touching the stamped image else you would have smudge the inks like mine show below.

I placed mine into a baking tin that I got from Daiso and heat it up with heat gun. I seriously couldn't imagine my life without my heat gun. It might look wonky in the process but don't worry, just keep calm and keep heating it up. You can use a tweeter or craft stick to hold the plastic while heating up. Once done, use something to flatten the plastic while it is still warm. I use a glass jar tand it works well in flattening the plastic.

And here's the result.

• Staz On: It doesn't smear before / after we heat it up.
• Ranger: It bleed and smear badly, even after we heat set the ink.
• Brilliance: It smears a little before heating it up. Once heat up, it doesn't smear and it is perfect.
• VersaFine: It smears a little before heating it up. Once heat up, it doesn't smear and it is perfect.
• Prima: It doesn't smear before / after we heat it up.
• Versacolor: It smear badly before and after we heat up the plastic. But after heat up, you can actually clean up the smudges with wet wipes. The colour will not be as vibrant as we normally stamp on paper.

 I re-stamped all the images with thee three inks that smudge / smear/

And here's the end result! I love how tiny this little charm is! It shrunk from 2 inch circle to 3/4 inch circle. 

The stamped image with versacolor looks perfect after we clean it up with wet wipes.

And now, move on to the advanced part: create a water-colour effect / ombre colour effect on your shrink plastic. I use Tim Holtz Distress Stains and Distress Paints. I prefer Distress Paints over Distress Stains as the paint is permanent once its dry on the plastic and doesn't react to water much.

I draw paint stokes using the mediums below and quickly add water to the paint strokes to make the water less opaque. You gotta work quickly s the Distress Paints dry up real fast.

Then wipe away all the excess colours. Do not worry if the paint strokes look really pale here. Once the plastic shrink, it will look more vibrant.

Stamp and cut the image. Remember to punch hole before heat up the plastic. And use 3/16' hole punch (not 1/8') else the hole might turn out too small.

Once shrink, the colour looks more vibrant right?

I spent hours making these and I had so much fun. And now the fun part is add them to my projects!

I added jump rings and handphone straps to make them into keychains / handphone charms.

 I added it on the front of my Midori Traveler Notebook cover.

And also added another set to my Kate Spade Planner zipper.

These tiny cameras look so cute together <3

I also use my Fox stamp from Typo and added jump ring + chain, hang it on my Kate Spade Planner pen loop.

Added a clasp to the plastic and add it to my Swaroski crystal pen. You can also do the same and add it to your bag charm or Thomas Sabo bracelet.

I have fun making these cute little charms / shrink dinks. Hop you enjoy my step by step process too!

Thanks for looking.

Evalicious Product used:

• Oh Snap! Clear Stamp Set
• Photo Op Clear Stamp Set
• My Favourite Stamp Set
• Conversation Stamp Set

XoXo,

Sam