PAPERCRAFT INSPIRATIONS FEATURE

Just a quick post that one of my penguin digi stamp was featured in Papercraft Inspirations magazine #170, November 2017 issue. Grateful for this small feature! I excitedly bought the mag from Barnes & Noble in the US back in December and am a happy camper! I think I may be in the Jan 2018 issue also, can't wait for it!

This digi stamp can be found here: Penguin Umbrella 

DIGI STAMP CUTE LOLLIPOP GIRL WITH DOG

New digi stamp: lollipop girl with a shaggy puppy! I plan to release another two similarly themed images but autumn and halloween is approaching so there will be a few monsters coming up first!

'Lollipop' is 6.4 inches height in jpg and png formats for your crafting needs.

She and doggie is available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/458762452/

MONAMI BAUHAUS COLOURED PENCILS DEMO & REVIEW

Made a short video demo / review on Monami's Bauhaus 36-clr Coloured Pencils. Hope you find it useful. Monami is a Korean stationery company and these pencils come in a pretty tin box. They are wax-based. If you are in Singapore, they can be purchased from Popular bookstore. I personally only use them for simple colouring as the leads are too waxy for me.

FLORAL GIRLS DIGI STAMPS

New release digi stamp girls for you to craft and colour with. For spring and summer themed cards!

Flowers and Curls: https://www.etsy.com/listing/269374195/
This one should be fun to colour and a nice focal for any cards. She is 8 inches height.

Snow White: https://www.etsy.com/listing/268417809/
She is my interpretation of Snow White, not quite the disney version. I recalled reading a 'Snow White and Rose Red' storybook when I was little. 9" height.

Rainy Days: https://www.etsy.com/listing/271022923/
This sweet gal is great for people who loves rain or want some of that mood in their seasonal crafts. 7" height.

COLORING FOR CLEAN WATER FUNDRAISING

Folks who love colouring, you gotta check out this upcoming coloring contest organised by Cristena Bagne, to raise funds for clean water in Ethiopia! Clean water is something most of us take for granted, this reminds me to always be thankful for easy access of tap water.

My artwork 'Starfish Girl' is part of the selection, along with 4 other artists with their beautiful artworks!

Here's how it works:
Go to: http://www.youcaring.com/colorforcleanwater

Donate $3.00 - $5.99, you get to choose 1 image
Donate $6.00 - $8.99, you get to choose 2 images
Donate $9.00 - $11.99, you get to choose 3 images
Donate $12.00 ++, and you get a sweet deal of all 5 images!

Not only that, each contributor will have a chance to win one of these 4 prizes:
-  1 of 3 Coloring for Clean Water Event T-shirts  (men, women, or child sizes)
-  1 bag of Premium Signature Ethiopian Starfish Fundraising Coffee

The drive ends soon on 7 Sept, so please visit the site and get your stamps now! Don't forget to leave your name, email address and state which stamps you want.

You do not need to join the contest if you only want to donate, all contributions are appreciated! All donations go to providing clean water for villages in Ethiopia, run by Starfish Fundraising.

Here's the Facebook event for updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/591789404292810

LEMON SHORTBREAD FACEBOOK GROUP

I have finally set up the Lemon Shortbread Art Facebook Group at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lemonshortbread/

FB groups are more accessible than Pages for posting your images as they appear on the main feed. In pages, your posts only appear on the sidebar in text unless I share it onto the page. There have been the limits on views on Pages as well, so why didn't I set up a fb group earlier?!

Please feel free to share your creations in the group and/or page! You need to click 'Join Group' before you can comment or post anything. Any crafts with Lemon Shortbread stamps can be posted, whether old or current. You can add or invite friends who may be interested in joining or has an interest in art and crafts. I will upload special freebies for members so stay tuned!

DECORATING A MIRROR WITH VINTAGE

Here is an old mirror which I decorated with vintage necklaces and assorted craft materials... how kitsch is this! Definitely one-of-a-kind. If you are feeling crafty, you can decorate your boring old mirror too and give your dressing table a touch of whimsy!

I purchased this plastic mirror last minute for a jewellery booth many years back, and since I disliked how tacky it looked, it was immediately put away after that event so I didn't have to look at it lol.

Anyhow I re-found it and decided to 'deco-den' it just because. This is not my original idea by the way. When I was an intern (around 1999) at a local bags & accessories company, the boss requested me to decorate two table mirrors as frou frou-ish as I could, with cabochon and ric rac samples and scrap pink feathers because we had just revamped the stores with a fixed colour scheme. Haha, good times. Best thing was customers asked if they were for sale... unfortunately no. The mirrors did manage to get customers to stop by the shop so that was good.

This is the mirror before embellishing. It is red and silver. I guess it was meant to be futuristic but it doesn't fit my vintage shop. Only bought it because I needed a mirror with a sturdy base and a mirror face that stays put when tilted. Dug about my junk jewellery lot and found 3 beaded necklaces that was flat enough for securing. Actually I don't have an idea what I wanted at this point.

These are from the 1970s. I dismantled the clasps, and removed the cross off the faux pearl beaded one. Also cleaned the mirror and necklaces with alcohol.

Glued the hippie looking necklace from the bottom and ran it around the circumference. I used a normal hot glue gun.

Joined the second one where the first one ended. Unfortunately the necklaces were not long enough so I had to find something to hide the uncovered parts.

These are artificial flowers, fabric leaves and floral tape. I had them leftover from making bouquets for my dolls.

Assembled a small bunch and wrapped them with floral tape. Since the flowers have wire stems, they can be curved to fit the shape of the circumference.

Glued the whole bouquet down. And another bunch at the bottom for some balance.

I added the green leaves on the tops to hide some of the uneven spots, then used the white beaded dismantled necklace on the inner circumference. It was not long enough because that is just one side length of the necklace. The other side was used on the bottom rim. Then added some plastic jewels that came free with a package I bought, these have scratches on the surface so I can't use them anywhere else.

I decided to dismantle the beaded cross pendant and replicate the weave to finish that missing spot, unfortunately after gluing it down, I realised the beads were larger than the rest! Oh well. I might add a ribbon or something but the odd-sized continuation is partly obscured by the flowers, so will leave it for now.

Got these from Daiso. One is a black spangled sequins (has a hologram effect) and the other is black frilly lace.

Glued the frilly lace on the circumference to hide the backs of the bouquet. The width of the tulle was trimmed down as it was far too wide. I glued the sequins all around the mirror's base till it was fully covered, and done! Hope you like it, I will be displaying this at an event this June so customers can enjoy looking at themselves in the mirror while trying on my jewellery!

LEMON SHORTBREAD AT SWEET PEA RUBBER STAMPS

Just received these unmounted Lemon Shortbread rubber stamps from Sweet Pea Stamps, thanks Lynette! The images are 4 inches height. As you can see, the lines are precise - sorry no stamped examples - I want to keep them clean for now!

These make fine samples for introducing people unfamiliar with scrapbooking or stamping. Their main question is: 'how do they get the lines cut so clean and detailed?'!

The rubber stamps are available here: http://www.sweetpeastamps.com/lemon-shortbread/ A selection of my digi stamps are also available at Sweet Pea so don't forget to check that out under Digi Stamp Artists if you'd like to combine your purchases!

WINTER WISHES BY CRAFTS 2 CELEBRATE

Check out these beautiful cards created by design team at Crafts 2 Celebrate, using my digistamps Christmas Glitter Shoujo, Christmas Poinsettia Shoujo and Star Wand!

Their challenge #3 is themed 'Winter Wishes'! Winner of the challenge will win 3 digistamps from me, so if you'd like a chance at winning 3 luscious stamps, join the challenge at Crafts 2 Celebrate now!

By Lisa

By Manuela

By Mel

By Teighan

By Lady

By Catherine

By Irene

By Valou

ORIGINAL ART BLANK CARDS SCRATCHBOARD

I have been playing with some scratchboard and they are pretty fun! The only downside is once you make a mistake it's permanently there. I made nine cards so far in my spare time, and these are something unique other than the usual greeting cards (and monochrome scratchboards) and exclusive creation by Lemon Shortbread. They are available in packs of 3 as a trial run in my Etsy shop. Great as signage and for kids to play too!

I like drawing trees. Rainbow trees!

And flowers! Lots of shoujo style flowers.

Set A
https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/211501631/

Set B
https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/211500319/

Set C
https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/211653297/

NEW PET COLLAR SHOP - MANGO MINX

I'm plugging my new shop with a close friend from my fashion school days! Introducing Mango Minx - luxury handmade pet collars! Tentatively we only have dog collars but we will soon do cat collars too. We also do customised work. Do check us out at http://mangominx.com/

The chihuahua above is a quickie to show how the collar would look like on a model, I might come up with a more legit promo lol.

Below is the current collection we have, with 2 more coming up. We have been working on the designs on-off for months, and pretty picky about the designs and findings. We like sparkly things so each collar has some sort of rhinestone or crystal elements in it. Join us on our Facebook page for updates and pet-related jokes, videos and memes: https://www.facebook.com/mangominx/

Gothic Victorian Dog Collar

Regal Soldier Dog Collar

Beary Kawaii Dog Collar

Flamenco Passion Dog Collar

FREE DIGI STAMP - HALLOWEEN SMILING SPIDER

New freebie digi stamp for Halloween or if you like the creepy crawlies... 'Smiling Spider'!

Freebie digi stamp! Download the high res Halloween Smiling Spider here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B91RHpzGLjXoXzNxM2FOVW50Uzg/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-Pvaf1SNI_OiFwQGsFt807w

Spidey is 5.3" height in 300dpi jpg. Oh and I am afraid of spiders lol.


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CHRISTMAS SHOUJO DIGITAL STAMPS

Woohoo! Here's to my completing a set of Christmas shoujo girls! I hope you like them. They are all instant downloads available in my Etsy shop, 300dpi in 7 inches height. 'Christmas Glitter Shoujo' is 8 inches. The linearts make wonderful colouring pages as well as they are highly detailed and clean. Each girl has a slightly different feel (era-wise), 'Ornament Shoujo' looks the most modern out of them all.

"Poinsettia Shoujo"
https://www.etsy.com/listing/205312477

"Ornament Shoujo"
https://www.etsy.com/listing/205985789

"Christmas Glitter Shoujo"
https://www.etsy.com/listing/206638313/

Christmas Shoujo Set of 3 at $10
https://www.etsy.com/listing/206662827/

ROLLING OUT THE CHRISTMAS DIGITAL STAMPS

New Christmas digital stamps are out! I may roll out a few more of these kitschy funny images by Dec (maybe not), there are just too many ideas to draw out so I am posting early for Christmas promotions. I will have a winter/christmas related freebie soon so stay tuned... actually I may backtrack a little and post more autumny things since there is still time.

"Christmas Cat in Stocking"
Digital download: https://www.etsy.com/listing/205516711

"Snowman and Son"
Digital download: https://www.etsy.com/listing/205141871