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Kaisercraft Pages...

2012-01-20T15:25:00.004+08:00

Squeezed in some pages for my family in America, we'll be sending them by the end of this month. Here goes...

My cousin Donna and her husband Seth... I used here Kaisercraft pps, Prima flowers, buttons and native twine, Memory Mist, AAS wooden fences and fabric brads, K&Company embossed word stickers and cardstock.

Bliss... I used here Kaisercraft pps, MM note worthy pad paper, Prima flowers, AAS fabric brads, AC Thickers chipboard lettes and Ranger distressed ink.

Pretty Gorgeous... She's my niece Graciana Sybill! I think my title matched perfectly right? I used here Kaisercraft pps, cardstocks, Prima flowers, buttons, native twine, puffy stickers and K&Company embossed words stickers.

Wish to thank my friend Cookie Aguilar for giving me this Devonshire Collection paper of Kaisercraft, love the orange and light blue-flower theme of this collection.

Its going to be a long weekend again and its Chinese New Year on Monday! Hubby is coming home for the weekend, crossing my fingers for that! Nothing much to do in the house, my lectures are all done and I just need to do a little reading, kids are just fine... well, I guess its PLAYTIME once again!

Have a great weekend peeps, TFL!

Halfway DONE!

2012-01-14T10:00:00.005+08:00

Happy New Year everyone!
I started the first day of the year just SCRAPPING the whole day! I didn't feel like celebrating much because Hubby left for work that same afternoon. So I thought I just need to stay home too to nurse my little boy having asthma attacks. Moving on with my scrap service, I'm on pocket #36 today! So this means I have 34 pockets more to play with, YaHOooooo! Here's sharing a few of my pages for this new year...

Happiness is like a Butterfly...I love the simplicity of this multiphoto layout, got so inspired with Piradee Talvanna's pages and how she decorate them with buttons and butterflies. I used here cardstocks, Rouge de Garance pps, carstock stickers, Jillibeans Soup journaling sprouts, Prima butterfly, Memory Mists and Ranger distress inks.

Houston, Texas... Katherine's state visit to Texas. I used here Basic Grey and 7 Gypsies papers, cardstocks, Jillibean Soup journaling sprouts, Prima notecard and flowers, AC Thickers foam shapes stickers, buttons, native twine and AAC chipboard embies.

I am getting to be an OC-OC this days! Spending so much time roaming around to keep things organize around my house, specially in my little scrap corner. Yesterday, just as I jumped out of bed I headed on to my closet and organized my hanged blouses according to color. Then today, I started writing on my new Poplar Starbucks 2012 Planner, just so worried that my memories will jump out of my mind, hahah! My Project Life will not be coming so soon, so just to keep me dated with what I will be putting on that much-awaited album. I believe 2012 will be a promising year for me and my family (specially to my Hubby!), having a POSITIVE mind in spite the daily challenges is what's keeping me UP. Still perfecting the attitude of maximizing things and time because I realized that LIFE is SO short and there's no turning back.

GREAT! Have a great weekend peeps and thanks for always looking!

THANK YOU 2011!

2011-12-31T21:15:00.013+08:00

Now is the best time to look back at the last 12 months of the year... Here's what 2011 gave me!

The first kick of the year was my baby boy Lorenzo's 7th birthday celebration. My brother Louie came home to celebrate with us, but needed to leave before the two boys' graduation. Lorenzo graduated in Pre-School and had an academic award in Logical Math-Time Smart Kid. While Luigi graduated in Highschool on March 31, 2011. It was such a great achievement for me and Dodo as well, seeing them achieve another milestone in their lives and praying that their dreams will soon come true. And by June, Luigi entered college at Colegio de San Juan de Letran taking BS Tourism, while Lorenzo is in 1st Grade. We finally gave our 11 year-old home a major make over! From cream, cream, cream everywhere, we have a gray and dark brown house now.

I moved to STI Colleges where I now teach Business Concept and CIWETS subjects. My first semester as a College Instructor was truly a delightful experience and I owe it all to my bosses Mam Emie, Mam Rose and Mam Gie, and to all the STI faculty and staff, specially to Manolo! May bonus pang gala just before I started working again, I got to squeeze a little escapade in Hong Kong and it was an enjoyable trip alone having to see Madame Tussaud's wax museum for the first time. In September, I experienced pain on my right arm which was diagnosed as Tennis Elbow, must be my heavy bag everytime I to go to work?

My Scrapaholic family is continuously growing as we welcomed Helga Tatianna in November. My sisters Liezl, Rita, Ytet, Cors, Timi, Chiqui and Helga are still my best friends for more than 6 years now. These girls never go tired of birthday party gimmicks and overnight crops, I just love them all for that! Then, I celebrated my 43rd Chinese themed birthday along with Nanay Cors. Thank you Lord for another year of life, You gave me bliss and love to celebrate life each year. Another thankful moment was meeting Amy Ela after almost 11 years of absence.

On the right part of my brain, which best describes me hahaha! I opened up Sam Ribbons or Ang Art Ko! via facebook to showcase my craft. My first venture was the hairbows which I love doing eversince I was in college. I learned to make Kanzachi flowers on authentic kimono cloths from my Auntie's Japanese friend. Scrapbooking is still my first love among anything else. I was able to finish 3 mini albums, 70 pieces of hot pot holders, and 213 pages for this year. The passion for papers, flowers, mists and just anything scrapable is still an addiction until now. I'm booked on service for the 1st quarter of the year and still hoping to scrap MORE!

Now, 2012 is 2 hours old already and I am still sitting here and blogging! Me and my family are truly blessed with new endeavors even before 2011 ended. Now, I want to see 2012 with more work, friendship and love, scrapping of course, travel, good health for my family and my Mom and world peace. May the good Lord continue to look after all of us, give us good health and long life to share His Blessings. Now on with our lives, my first plan for the year is to check the graduate school!

Thank You 2011 and Welcome 2012... Happy New Year Everyone! Hugs!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2011-12-27T14:51:00.005+08:00

I hope my Holiday greeting is not yet late! Sorry but I totally forgot... anyway, I posted it on my facebook, I just forgot to blog it! So from my family to yours... Dodo, Luigi, Lorenzo and I would STILL want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2012!

I'm on a two-week vacation from school, but its only now that I finally get to sit on my scrap table and WORK! I'm on an exclusive contract for scrap service for the coming months of my life. You may think that it will be kinda hard, but for me its a BREATHER for my daily routine. I mean, I just love LIFE, and this is my life. Scrapbooking is still here to stay with me.

This past few nights, just before I go to bed, there are some minutes of reminiscing how the year came up with me. I hope to blog it soon before I say my final goodbye to 2011. Okay that's it, have to go back to work for more, more pages!

TFL as always!

Christmas is almost HERE!

2011-12-12T20:27:00.010+08:00

... and as the days come closer, it EXCITES me so much! I'm finally done with my handmade Christmas presents and my tree is also up. Just a few more ribbons and bows to make and a few more gifts to wrap, I guess I'm all set for the Holidays!

Yesterday morning, as I opened my facebook... this caught my attention! Becky Higgins' PROJECT LIFE! I fell in love with it at once and searched the net for the nearest store I can get it. I'm gonna have the Turquoise Kit soon, I can't wait for February!

Spend the whole day today making my Zachi Collection headbands, finally used the japanese cloths given by my Auntie Linda's friend. Love the colors and textures of these kimono cloths. And to top it all, I made some mini Christmas boxes for a friend. Used some Prima and MM's Falala scraps of papers and some native twine.

I still have a week at work, one more day for lectures and another one for the Prelims exams, and I'm free to PARTY! I learned to maximize and manage my time properly, so I get to finish much of my Mommy duties, house chores, study time and scrappiness. I'm just happy to accomplish things everyday, I just need to practice it more for the coming 2 years of my life. The boys are having another major exams this week, just good before vacation starts.

Hope Santa sees my wishlist very soon, hahaha! Have to go... TFL!

Crate Paper Class

2011-11-28T14:26:00.009+08:00

I had another wonderful time yesterday with my Scrappy friends Ate Liezl, Doc Ritz and Doc Chiqui, and of course, teaching us for the 3rd time is Master Iris Uy! It was almost 6 hours of non-stop scrapping with the new Crate Paper class of the Master. Here's what I made...

Unwind a Bit! Caught Luigi playing with the swing during our fishing last month. He was taking time out of school and texting I guess, hahah! Thought of using a nature pic to somehow compliment this floral page. Love the ruler used here, the layering of embies and flowers, and of course the misting!

Sisters... They are my sister-in-laws, since I don't have a sister, I'm glad I have them both. I love the clock pattern for misting here and the resist papers used for tags were really nice.

Celebration... It's my Mom's 72nd birthday. Captured her moment of blowing her candles and wished her lots more to come! The round chipboard frame was so nice, highlighted by butterfly and flowers all around.

My Cowboy... This was Lorenzo's costume during the recent United Nation's Day in School. Needed to bribe him for just one shot! I know there are lots of flowers for this boy page, who cares! I still love it!

@ 18! Another page to celebrate my first born's 18 birthday. I had to limit my embies here because again its a boy page, but just then, I love the brights that conplimented the birthday feel on this page.

Happy Times... This was taken early this year, I guess during my wedding anniversary in January. We had lunch at Terriyaki Boy, Tagaytay City and took a little pictorial around the area. I had to change a bit of the orientation of my elements because I used a horizontal pic here. Just then, I love this page!

The past week was a bit hectic both at home and at work. Hubby was away for a week now for a 10-day training, that's fine! I got to start making a new set of Christmas presents, put up my tree and wrapped the first batch of gifts, went shopping with the Scrapaholics, had some school activities for my NSTP class and now, still with ITCHY hands I still wanted to scrap! My 2 boys are enjoying some quiet time while their Dad is away, probably more time to play plants and zombies, angry birds and dota on their computer.

This is my birthday week... I wonder what will happen on Thursday! Have a great week ahead peeps and thanks for looking as always!

Work!

2011-11-25T13:20:00.005+08:00

A box came in this morning! Came from a very generous client from USA who send a lot flowers, embellishments and journaling tags. Now I can't wait to scrap again!

And here is my work part, I need to create an estimated 148 pages for this set of scrap service. Wow, that's a lot of happy scrapping! Hahaha!

I got an early birthday celebration with my wonderful Scrapaholic family! Along with another celebrant, Nanay Cors and I decided to do a Chinese-Field Trip birthday celebration last Wednesday. The first stop was at the Dapitan Arcade in Manila, we went shopping for ceramics, leather organizers, baskets and Christmas decors. Then the next stop was at Lasting Impression, a one-stop scrapbook store in San Juan. Lunch was at North Park followed by Mobler Store where they got me this great floor lamp which is intended for my scrap area. I love it, thanks mga Lola! And the last and longest stop was at the Noel Bazaar at the World Trade Center. We were out for about 15 hours loaded with shopping, laughing, chatting and girl bonding. We just missed Ytet and Helga!

I'm still working on my handmade Christmas presents, still a lot of boxes to wrap. I'm planning to put up my tree tonight, so wish me luck! School is just doing great and so are my 2 boys. Life is so good today!

Thanks for looking peeps!

Altered Pot Holders

2011-11-18T12:08:00.002+08:00

This is what's keeping me on the move this past few days... now I'm running out of the wooden pot holders in the supermarkets. It's just so fun to make and give to friends. Try altering!

Thanks for looking as always!

My Christmas Project

2011-11-14T07:37:00.002+08:00

Every Christmas season, I try to make handmade gifts to my family and close friends. I made altered wall clocks, picture frames and calendars, this year I am altering hot pot holders... Its made of light wood, patterned papers, native twine, metal hooks and scrapbook embellishments.

Its Monday again and its our first day in school for the second semester! I can't wait to go back to teaching and exams once again. I had a fruitful sembreak, I was able to clean the entire house, bond with my kids, had a couple of doctor's check ups and therapy for my right arm, finished a scrapbook assignment, eventually working on some more Christmas projects and the most important part was, I was able to REST for almost a month. As I woke up today, I feel I'm ready to go back to work again.

I hope to drop by the mall today... find a good top for a wedding party, find some more pot holders, and do a little grocery for my boys. Starting the week right, so bless me Lord! God bless us all! Thanks for always looking!

Disney Pages!

2011-11-07T11:17:00.006+08:00

I am so excited to share these Disneyland pages which I did for service. I wanted to use bright and happy colors here which I don't normally do, hehehe! I wanted to create a cheerful mood to match my clients' cruising experience. I just hope I did justice to these set of photos, here it goes...

I can say that my sembreak from teaching was spent well and I'm so glad to have accomplished a lot of tasks in three weeks. I was able to finish Katherine's 2nd batch of photos, organized my scrap space again and finally found a good storage for my papers, cleaned and sorted Lorenzo's little play area and Luigi's room upstairs. Now my house is ready for the Christmas season, this is my last assignment before 2nd semester starts in a week. Crossing my fingers to accomplish them all!

We had another family bonding since Friday, my sister-in-law's family were here in Laguna! And so was Hayk, she came home from Dubai and stayed with us for a couple of days...

TFL!

It's SemBREAK!

2011-10-31T14:31:00.004+08:00

Actually, my last day at work was last October 21 and I was then officially on vacation for almost 4 weeks... GREAT! I've been scrapping since then, finishing a set of photos for a friend in USA. I noticed Lorenzo's play area since its just across my working table, it was a TOTAL MESS! Since Shoemart was on sale last weekend, I went on a short shopping trip and found this little shelf for his Transformer robots and these white plastic baskets for his numerous toys. Yup, my cleaning and moving around my little house was not yet done, and I'm clearing up to give some space for Christmas!

Finally finished 43 pages as of today... 12 more to GO! and this box is ready to GO!

I need to maximize the 2 weeks vacation left before 2nd Sem starts. I have to start making my Christmas projects so I won't run out of time again. I'm excited to go back to school, just wondering what my teaching load will be? Tomorrow is All Saints Day here in the Phils, people will all be out in the cemeteries. I'm gonna visit my Dad, my lola and uncles, and of course, my angel Maxine.

Thanks for looking and happy Sembreak! Hahaha!

Hallooowww... I'm back!

2011-10-12T12:37:00.008+08:00

Been on the move since last month! I remembered I only blogged once in September... Anyway, I don't have much time to scrap after a batch of photos for service in USA were done. But I'm glad we had another overnight crop to celebrate scrappy friends Timi, Ytet and Doc Chiqui's Birthday last weekend and here are a few of what I've done...

Cotton Candy All You Can!... This page was part of Lorenzo's 7th Birthday, happened to scrap it just now. Actually, I was supposed to use this page for a challenge but I wasn't able to finish on time. Lorenzo doesn't really love cotton candy, but he was so amazed on how it was made and he got a huge ball behind my back. I used here DCWV pps and cardstocks, ribbons, native twine, button and MM acrylic paint.

Life is Good at 18! Yup, my first born celebrated his 18th birthday last month. We had a super duper lunch at Clawdaddy in Nuvali, Sta. Rosa. No extravagant celebration for him because he only wanted 2 things... a hearty meal and a pair of shoes. I used here Inque Boutique pps, DCWV cardstock, assorted pps for the layering effect, AAS chipboard shapes, AC Thickers glittered chipboard alphabets, buttons, native twine, Ranger distressed inks and Tattered Angel glimmer mist.

Yum Yum!... It's Lorenzo's turn to make his own frozen yogurt yummies at Fruitti Froyo at Solenad, Nuvali. He had so much fun adding his favorite toppings which are M&Ms chocolate and fresh mangoes. Looks contradicting but those are his faves and its his time to indulge! I used here Inque Boutique pps, DCWV cardstocks, buttons, AAS fabric brads, native twine, Ranger distressed inks, Little Yellow Bicycle pps and AC Thickers glittered chipboard alphabets.

Been a little tied up with school works and lectures last month. Now I'm on my final stretch of making grades and listening to oral reports. And we had a week of mourning for a lost of an Aunt and so some relatives came over to be with us. Luigi is finally done with his first semester in College and I'm crossing my fingers for the results. My first semester as a college instructor went WELL and I'm happy to top the students and administration's evaluation. Life is moving up so fast... I just hope I didn't miss anything!

Okay, I'm back and scrapping once again. Its so timely that another batch of photos for service came just in time for my sembreak. So I have to go now... thanks for looking as always!

Scrappiness!

2011-09-11T19:57:00.005+08:00

I was having a little nappy this Sunday afternoon when Luigi went to my room and told me that Auntie Linda's box was FINALLY HERE! And so... these SCRAPPINESS were finally here!

Got tons of paper stacks, ribbons, Japanese cloths, Martha Stewart punchers and magazines. Auntie Linda, how much do I owe you!?

My weekend walked away so fast and all I was able to do were household chores. I've been a little busy arranging for a short trip for my students this coming week. We have to observe on food stores this time and our lesson is about production management. Wish to be playful this coming week! My instant thinking cap is turned ON and my hands are itchy to do something.

Praying for a happy and productive week ahead... TFL peeps!

Clean and Organized!

2011-09-04T15:29:00.009+08:00

I was on vacation for almost 10 days! The whole family went to Baguio, but so sad typhoon Mina tagged along with us. It was so hard to move around the city because of the heavy fog and cold rain. The only exciting thing about this trip was the cold weather where my kids just loved it! The rest of the days were spent at home... I had the chance to clean up!

Can you imagine how much stuff I was able to accumulate all these time? My scrapbook stash were piling up together with Lorenzo's toys. These are the mess I will love forever, hahaha!

My papers are packed according to brand and organized alphabetically in these plastic containers. I bought these green plastic baskets at P35 each in a Novo store here in our little town. I separated all my paints and liquid mediums, inks and ink pads, stamps and embelishments in these baskets. Then, I re-organized my plastic drawer... where the buttom case were all punchers, followed by a whole container of chipboards and Thickers, metal embelishements, my Prima flowers and flower case, and on the top part were my ribbon collection.

Here's my working table or my little office at home every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only, hahaha! This corner of my house is my little haven where I can just create and scrap til I drop!

The pushing and pulling around the house was finally over! It took me about 3 days to have everything cleaned up and organized. I just wish this will last long enough before another major cleaning comes. I got a small house and I don't have extra hands to help me around, that's why I always clean before the kids bring tons of mess. Oh one more reason why I did clean was the anticipation of the Holiday season, christmas tree time is coming and Lorenzo will soon nag me about it. Thanks too to my scrappy sister Liezl, for lending me this culprit magazine on organizing creative spaces. After browsing a few pages of it, my nerves were uncontrollable until now.

Have to go now... TFL as always!

Weekend Overnight Crop!

2011-08-22T15:05:00.011+08:00

We celebrated Ate Liezl's birthday with another scrapbuffet-style cropping last weekend and its another blast! The scrap addicts were in violet color code and the celebrant was in hot pink! Here's what I have done during the 16 hours day off...

Chill!... My two boys running around John Hay's Commissary! I used here Prima pps, October Afternoon pps, Scenic Route chipboard shapes, buttons, native twine, AC Thickers foam letter stickers, Maya road mist and cardstocks.

Best Friends...Lorenzo just hates mascots and clowns, but during his 7th Birthday he instantly liked Ronald McDonald. I used here Scribble Scrabble pps, cardstock, chipboard, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, native twine, buttons, October Afternoon and Scenic Route chipboard shapes and Jillibeans journaling sprouts.

Wiggy Wig!... Lorenzo bought this funny looking wig on our way home from Baguio and he wore it while we had a stop at one of the toll gate, the toll cashier was shocked but was laughing when he saw Lorenzo and our driver. I used here 7 Gypsies pps, 3BIAR pps, carstock, Prima shipboard shapes, baker's twine, buttons, October Afternoon chipboard shapes and AC Thickers foam letter stickers.

Family Time... Family time-out at Exotica Resto in Kalayaan, Laguna, where you can eat snakes, snails, birds and wild pig! I used here KI Memories assorted papers, cardstocks, brads, native twine, AAS chipboard shapes and foam letters, chipboards, Maya Road and Memories Mists and ribbons.

Its MONDAY once again! and I have a lot to be thankful once again! First of all, I want to thank Ate Liezl for the check she gave me and its ready for encashment along with my positive dreams! My good scrapping buddies for another bonding moment! And thank God, I was able to relax and unwind during the weekend. I'm done checking my midterm exams and finalizing my grades, done with mommy duties, and now ready to scrap again to finish some more photos for service. And this is just LIFE, loving it!

TFL folks, happy scrapping as always!

Project: Katherine Lorenzo Hayes

2011-08-15T13:11:00.014+08:00

... She's the beautiful daughter of an old friend Cecille, who stays in Georgia, America. She looks exactly like her Mom, I can say. A few weeks ago, my friend Cecille asked me to scrap her daughter's photos and of course, its my pleasure to do it! And just last Thursday, a large box from Fedex came loaded with Prima flowers and Tim Holtz's inks, and of course the PHOTOS to play with. Since my weekend starts on a Friday, I instantly played and created 12 pages over Saturday and Sunday. Let me share some of my favorite pages...

Sweet Bliss...I used here My Mind's Eye and October Afternoon pps, Prima flowers and puffy sticker, blings, AAS ceramic rosettes and buttons, native twine, ribbon, Memories Mists, Tsukineko brilliance inks and Tim Holtz distress inks.

Grade 3...I used here Prima pps and flowers, Scenic Route pps, AAS felt, gelli brads and buttons, baker's twine and Jillibeans Soup journaling sprouts.

Music is the Speech of Angels...I used here Scenic Route pps, Making Memories pps, Prima flowers, carstocks and corrugated board, blings, fibers, button, Maya Road pin, Tsukineko inks, Tim Holtz distress inks and Memories Mists.

Paris... I used here Making Memories PPs, carstocks and assorted pps which I got from my old stash, EK-Jolee's stickers, Prima flowers, Tim Holtz metal embies and distress inks, AAS brads and chipboards, native twine, Tsukineko brilliance inks, Memories Mist and Tattered Angels glimmer mist. I did a lot of misting, masking, distressing and stamping here. I'm loving all the process of doing it, made me opened my dusty boxes of stamps and inks.

My weekend passed by happily creating and scrapping to the max! Now I have to tell my hands to STOP! because its study day once again and I have one more lecture day tomorrow. Hahahaha! Some people may think that I am one crazy creature spending much time on this hobby, but may I ask you... DO YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO CREATE? OR JUST FIND YOUR PASSION? Stop picking on us scrapbookers, I bet you don't even know how to scrap? Hahaha!

Okay, okay, its a Monday! And I promise to be gentle and happy through out the week. I hope my sharing will put on your thinking caps and start to scrapping again. Thanks peeps for always dropping by my blog.

TFL :)

You are Amazing...

2011-08-08T08:00:00.004+08:00

Happy Monday Everyone!

I realized, I don't have a DT assignment anymore! I'm a little sad. But on the other hand, I'm happy because I never run out of service. Just as I'm about to finish an album another one is coming up. So this means, I'm still on the grind and its keeping my brain cells in control! Its sharing time once again, and here's what I did last week...

You are Amazing! Its the graduation photos of my two boys and their medals too. My husband and I were just so proud to share their achievements, Luigi got a Loyalty Award for staying at MSMSI since pre-school and Lorenzo was awarded Logical Math-Time Smart Kid during their graduation on March 31 of this year. I used here The Girls' Paperie pps, Pink Paislee-Daily Junque Number pps, cardstocks, Crate Paper Trims- Toy Box Collection ribbons, AC metal embies from my bestfriend Mae, Jillie Beans journalling sprouts, Sassafras flowers and buttons, assorted buttons, baker's twine, Riff Raff chipboards, Scribbles transparent stickers, and Ranger distress inks.

Another thing that's keeping me busy is my teaching job. I'm happy with my weekly schedules in work and at home. I get to study, play and bond with my family in a very regular routine. This month will be a little busy in school because Midterms is shortly coming up. Means I'm halfway done with my first semester in teaching college, YahOooo!

Weather is still eratic, but I'm HAPPY to see the SUN from time to time! Hope you all have a happy week ahead... Thanks for looking as always!

Happy Birthday Mom!

2011-07-26T22:04:00.002+08:00

US... My Mom turned 72 last weekend and we celebrated it with dancing! I made this layout for her, to complete her album with her bonding and happy moments with the family. I used here Pink Paislee pps, DCWV cardstocks, Prima flowers, lace and Ranger distress inks.

My weekend was so exciting and enjoyable having another party for my Mom. So we are looking forward for another year of ballroom dancing and partying with her and her close friends. School is still FUN and I'm still enjoying each day of lectures and story telling. And my kids are moving on with 1st Quarter tests and monthly school activities. Nothing much new each day...

TFL as always!

My Handmade Flower...

2011-07-19T08:58:00.003+08:00

I'm making handmade flowers this past few days. Actually they are for another purpose, but I thought of putting them as embies on my latest page... lookie!

Open Up... This layout may be a little late already, this was during Lorenzo's 7th birthday in March. He just can't wait to open his presents. I used here DCWV Nana Kids pps, corrugated board, cardstocks, Jillie Beans Sprouts, AAS Chipboard, Acrylic dabber, AC Thickers foam letters, fabric for my handmade flowers, buttons, baker's twine, brads, lace, K and Company die cut flowers, Maya Road mists and Ranger distress inks.

Wish to join Ria Mojica's flower challenge here. Thanks for looking as always peeps!

LB Scrapaholics' Version of a Scrap Buffet!

2011-07-19T07:45:00.013+08:00

We'd been planning for quite a long time and FINALLY, it just happened last weekend! Our personal schedules won't just permit us to come together, last minute Timi got sick. The rest of the 7 ladies came and go, and just SCRAPPED! Here's what I was able to create during the 12 hours of playing...

Life's simple Pleasures... I love this photo of Chuy! I know I have to scrap this! I used here assorted pps and cardstocks, Basic Grey chipboards, AC Thickers foam letters, metal embies, blings, Ranger distress inks and Maya Road mists.

The March... Bestfriends Luigi and NJ having the time of their lives during their highschool graduation. I used here October Afternoon pps, corrugated board, chipboard from Ytet, buttons, baker's twine, ribbon, metal embies, AAs gelly brad, Ranger distress ink and Maya Road mists.

Travel... My boys doing window shopping in Baguio! Glad I was able to capture this happy moment. Misting did a great play on this page, thanks to Helga's clock mask. I used here assorted pps and cardstocks, corrugated board, buttons, native twine, chipboard gears from Lola Ytet, chipboard titles from Cors, Ranger distress inks, Maya Road mists and AAS gem brads. Love it!

Easter Egg Hunt 2011... Who says pastels colors are not good for boys? Actually, I was a bit in doubt and then, I placed flowers. I just thought of Easter colors and its done! I used here assorted pps and cardstocks, chipboard buttons from Doc Chiqui's yummy stash, Prima flowers, native twine, Ranger distress inks and Maya Road mists.

Perfect Together... They find bonding moments at least a month within one year, and they have to keep it up with one another! I used here October Afternoon and assorted pps, ribbon lace, buttons, native twine, brads, Fancy Pants pin, Ranger distress inks, Maya Road mists and chipboard title from Cors' chocolate box.

Mom and Me... I'm so happy with this page, misting did a lot of difference here. Another page of my first born Luigi. I used here October Afternoon pps, K and Company chipboards, native twine, buttons, Prima flowers, Ranger distress inks and Maya Road mists.

Remember When... Finding time to capture this young man's growing up years. I used here assorted papers and cardstocks (which I forgot the names?!), native twine, blings, corrugated board, K and Company chipboards, 7 Gypsies cardstock stickers, Love Elsie fabric stickers, Ranger distress inks and Maya Road mists.

Dreams... I'm glad to scrap this page for Lorenzo, I almost forgot it actually. This was during his Recognition Rites and he was awarded the Logical Math-Time Smart Kid. I used here Basic Grey pps, cardstocks, assorted blings, corrugated board, 7 Gypsies cardstock sticker and chipboard title from Nanay Cors' chocolate box.

Candles... I took this photo during my godchild Rhianelle's 1st birthday. I decided to scrapped it now to add up to her pages. I used here Teresa Collins pps and assorted scraps from Doc Ritz's stash, K and Company chipboard butterfly, Prima flowers and some organza mini flowers, Ranger distress inks, Maya Road mists, Fancy Pants pin and chipboard titles care of Nanay Cors.

I'm so THANKFUL to my scrappy friends Doc Ritz, Ate Liezl, Lola Ytet, Nanay Cors, Doc Chiqui and Helga... for generously sharing their toys and stash! Can't wait for the next sleep over.

Still lack sleep, but I got lots of smiles for what I had created. Happy Scrapping and thanks for always looking!

Scrappiness!

2011-07-14T06:55:00.002+08:00

THANK YOU so much Mich Ku for this SCRAPPINESS! You can find this kit at Scrappin' Studio in Malaysia.

It's Prelim exams now, its time for the first major test in the college department probably in all schools around the country. I realized that teaching in the college is less stressful for me, hope to finish this semester with the same thinking. Virus is back at home, we are having aching throats and roaring coughs around the household this week. Hope it won't progress because this coming weekend is very special for me... I'm going on an overnight scrapping with the LB Scrapaholics!

Weekend is coming up so soon, hope you have a great getaway peeps and thanks for always dropping here. TFL!

Scrap-It-Lah!

2011-07-04T07:03:00.004+08:00

... I'm so excited to be their Guest DT this month in SIL Malaysia! And so I challenge you Scrappy Mommies: Scrap a multi-photo page of at least 5 colored and black and white pictures, and show us your journals to make it complete. EASY, right?! So here's what I want to share with you...

Happy Me!... This is what I feel everytime I wake up in the morning blessed with a brand new day. I used here Websters Pages pps, Pink Paislee pps, Bazzill cardstock, Ranger distressed inks, Prima flowers, laces, AC Thickers chipboard letters, glittered glue and Tsukeneko inks.

Please join us for this month's challenge and win these yummy goodies! So what are you waiting for scrappy mommies!

It's Monday once again, time to MOVE it! Need to be positive in all the things that will be coming along the week. Lorenzo will be having his 1st Long Test in Grade One and I'm short of time for my Prelims too. Lorenzo is doing good in Math, but Teacher Helga called me up for some back up for his English subject. I wonder what is going on with Luigi? Everyday seemed to be moving fast but everything is under control, stress is far out! I just wish to find time to create and play, hahaha!

Happy Monday peeps and thanks for looking as always!

Sketchabilities #50!

2011-07-02T13:17:00.004+08:00

I can't believe this will be my last sketch for Sketchabilities! My second term is over. Join us this month at Sketchabilities and have a chance to win this scrappiness... Here's my take for sketch #50!

More Fun! This was part of Lorenzo's 7th Birthday celebration. Sharing some photos of the Pot Balloon, Pinata and the Pabitin fun. I used here Scrapworks and Chatterbox pps, DCWV cardstocks, K and Company Boy Awning tag, buttons, Prima Essentials 5 Space Boy flowers, ribbons and laces, baker's twine, AAS Puffy alphabet stickers and Tattered Angel's glimmer mist.

I am sick again! Got a terrible cough and colds, pinning me down to bed this weekend. Wish to be well soon so I can do something else than stare at the ceiling of my room!

Thanks for looking peeps!

Pink Paislee class with Master Iris Uy!

2011-06-27T14:59:00.012+08:00

It's Monday and I still have a hang-over of yesterday's PLAYTIME! The LB Scrapaholics' ladies attended another class of Iris Uy and this time, we used Pink Paislee's Daily Junque Collection, Crate Paper's chipboard, Prima flowers and a lot of gel mediums. We started scrapping at around 11 in the morning and finished at about 6 in the evening, with 5 quality pages DONE! I had chicken and egg sandwich, a slice of buco pie, chips and 2 bottles of drink... and I survived the 7-hour playtime! Here's what I came up with...

Just Us!... Pia and Mom Che sitting and having fun by the bay! I started to like using gel mediums because of this page. We put clear gradular gel on the corners of our tulle cloth and colored it with perfect pearls powders. Then we used pearl mica flakes on the body of our salmon butterfly. I wish I can do this page again!

This is Life!... Little Lorenzo's idea of enjoying life was putting his feet up and just have FUN! This was our second page. We used Gesso material here and opal dust to give shimmers. I love the mixing of mists and distressing on the edges of this page.

Free Days...This photo was shoot at the bay window of my hotel room when I visited Hong Kong a few days ago. I love this window, I can sit here forever... while scrapping of course! I was a bit confused in putting all the elements on this page, thought that layering will be a little difficult. But since I was just lifting, I finally made my own version. The pink bird cage was painted with acrylic dabber and glazed with opal dust.

Just Us... Lorenzo and I always find time together, they say he's my little shadow! Or should I say, he's my tail! Big effort on this page was cutting and I just enjoyed every piece that I cut. The butterfly on top right was dressed on acrylic dabbers topped with Ranger's embossing ink and blue and gold perfect pearls powder.

Threesome... These three kids will be the next generation in our family, hoping there will be more to come! The thrill of playing with this page was again the use of Ranger distress and embossing inks. The dragonfly was topped with perfect pearls powder and the gears were glazed with mini beads gel. I just love the masculine theme in this page, but still little Pia blended in.

Last week was storm time in the Philippines, sun came up only yesterday and so I did the laundry at once this morning. I was really looking forward to scrap and just create this weekend, good thing Iris' class was not postponed. Oh well, everybody at home is back to the grind... school days, assignments, rush hours! And I need to go now, need to study my lectures for tomorrow!

Thanks for looking as always!

Sketchabilities #49!

2011-06-17T17:00:00.004+08:00

Sketch time once again and here's another take for Sketchabilities!

Game on!... This was part of Lorenzo's 7th Birthday album, I scrapped the photos of the kids while playing games during his party. They had ball relay, pasta challenge and pin the hat of Woody. It was fun just looking at them! I used here Scenic Route pps, DCWV cardstock and boy tag, AAS puffy letter stickers, brads and wires, assorted ribbons and laces.

Kids are finally back to school and so am I! I had my first day of teaching in college level last Tuesday and it was really FUN. Another kind of challenge and adjustments for me, but so far my first week was pleasant and hassle free. I have been scrapping in between days of work and I aim to finish by this weekend. Hopefully, I can play with ribbons by next week. There's just so much time to CREATE and I am loving every moment of it.

Thanks for looking and happy creative weekend peeps!

HK!

2011-06-13T19:12:00.010+08:00

Took a little breather and headed to Hong Kong! Its been six years since I last visited this island and although it was my 5th time to come here, I still love going back to HONG KONG!

Took the night tour for my Day 1, cost about $340HK for a Tram ride going up Victoria Peak, Madam Taussad's Wax Museum and an hour shopping at the Ladies market in Mongkok. A little expensive but its all worth it specially now that I got to see the famous wax museum. Plus I get a free ride going back to my far-away hotel.

Day 2: Spent the whole day outside! Woke up early to catch breakfast at Cafe Lido. Then took the morning city tour which I always join everytime I go to HK. First stop was Aberdeen's Fishing Village and then saw the beaches of Repulse Bay, where the riches of HK lives. Then went to TSL jewelry shop which I'd seen for the Nth time (eww!) and the t-shirt factory were I got our favorite dates and walnut bars. Then after that, dropped off to Tsim Sha Tsui where I get to walk and walk until I reached Ocean Terminal Mall to looked for glues.

I love eating around in HK... look! Found a street food store before at Mongkok night market, love the fried octopus tentacles!

I travelled alone, no kids for the first time! And so I get to relax a bit from Mommy duties. Here's my hotel facilities... got a buffet breakfast for $30HK, yummy! Then my bed was the best, I wanted to bring home my pillow and blanket. Then my favorite spot in the room was the big window overlooking the sea and the huge bridge on top. Tseun Wan was like 45 minutes away from the city proper and was quite hard to reach, and so I got to indulge my last day just laying on my bed and watching TV.

I love this trip... I was alone but I was happy and I enjoyed it! Now, I'm planning to come back soon, with the kids! Oh wondering how I got photoed? Thanks to some new friends who offered to take pictures of me, and thanks to my DSLR timer too!

TFL always!

SAM's Ribbons

2011-06-09T05:59:00.006+08:00

I opened an online store last month selling baby hair bow and customized head pieces. Here are some of my designs...

Ally's Collection

is our floral line.

Pia's Collection

is the stripe, checkered and star printed line.

Fern's Collection

is the double bow design line.

Max's Collection

is the big girls line.

Lara's Collection

is the dainty colored line.

Marie's Collection

is the twisted fabric line.

I used a lot of soft-wired, grosgrained, silk and organza ribbons on my baby-design bands. While I used fabrics like bridal satin, cotton and gina cloth for Marie's Collection. I used fabric bands like towel type and knitted for the babies, while I have this glittered elastics for the adults bands.

I was a little busy this past few days working on ribbon orders and finishing 2 scrapbook albums for US and Canada. Hoping that I can get going before I leave tomorrow. Got 9 units teaching load for an IT school which will be starting next week, so I need to start reading and preparing for that. My kids are both back to school and we are still adjusting to their morning routines. Hubby was busy with the recent fish kill in Batangas province. Sooo, everyone is on the MOVE!

Hope to be scrapping today! Thanks for looking peep!

Sketchabilities #48!

2011-06-01T07:51:00.001+08:00

Happy 1st of June everyone! And its time for another inspiring sketch over at Sketchabilities. Our guest designer is Ms. Bente Fagerberg and the rest of the design teams' layout can be seen here. And here's what I made for sketch #48...

Proud of You!... We are truly proud of this kid, his graduation ceremony was doubled with his recognition rites and we were surprised to learn that he was the Logical Math-Time Smart Awardee. We love you Chuwee! I used here DCWV cardstock and pps, Creative Imaginations pps, native twine, MM mini brads, Prima journaling stickers, AAS chipboard and puffy alphabet stickers.

God is always GOOD... when a door slammed right on your face, He opens a window. In my case, He opened lots of windows! I had a big blow last month and I had a big fall and it took awhile to get up on my feet again. I initially thought about my kids, maybe I had a wake up call to get back to them and take care of them again since they're both moving up in school. Then I thought of doing something while I stay at home again, I opened an online store catering my crafts. I went back to scrapbook services and photography. And now, I am both excited and nervous for a teaching demo tomorrow. Yes! I'm back to teaching but this time with bigger kids and hopefully a BETTER school.

At this point, I am so THANKFUL to the Lord! I owe it also to my family who is very supportive specially my Mom who always gives me this extra PUSH, my Auntie Linda and Uncle Bill in Delaware who are so generous in giving me everything that I wish to play. My bestfriends (you know who you ARE!) who are always there thru thick and thin and my LB Scrapaholics sisters who never left me even though I was away when I was teaching in Calauan. Most of all, THANK YOU sunlight for always coming after each challenging dark night!

I'm UP and back to the grind! Thanks for always looking!

Sketchabilities #47!

2011-05-19T06:47:00.002+08:00

Here's another great sketch from Sketchabilities! Join us and visit our gallery here. Our sponsor for this month is We Scrap Kits and they're giving away a fabulous kit to play! Here's my page for this sketch...

At Last... My two boys graduated on the same day, March 31 of this year. Lorenzo graduated in Pre-school, while Luigi graduated in Highschool both at Morning Star Montessori School. While I attended my first graduation ceremony at St. Bridgette International School. I used here Webster's Pages pps and buttons, cardstocks, Prima flowers, Kaisercraft blings, AAS wire, laces, Tim Holtz's grungeboard shapes and distress ink, Dusty Attic chipboard fence, Adirondack acrylic paint dabber, and silk leaves.

I've been SOOooo busy playing with ribbons and cloth this past few days! I just opened an online shop and I named it SAM'S Ribbons. At first, I want to make flowers for scrapbooking embies, and now I ended up making hair accessories for babies and mommies as well. Hope to find time to share them here in my blog... promise!

Happy crafting peeps! TFL!

Flowers and Bows

2011-05-15T09:05:00.005+08:00

After spending some time watching flower making in You Tube, I wanted to create my own line of flowers for scrapbooking. We all know that these embellishments are quite expensive and are not always available. But after gathering all my rolls of ribbons and started playing with them, I ended up making huge ones that are not appropriate for a layout. Hmmmm... now comes another thought of creating, thought of making some hair ornaments just like my old business when I was in college. Here's what I came up to...

I used here double-sided wired ribbons and grossgrained ribbons, my grandma's old zippers, threads, glue sticks and elastic headbands.

I just love them all! Happy creating! TFL!

Lorenzo's 7th Birthday Layouts!

2011-05-10T20:31:00.005+08:00

I finally had the time to scrap a lot of Lorenzo's photos... been wanting to create an album for his 7th birthday celebration. Here are some of the pages I made, some were already posted before and some are not yet ready for uploading, SORRY! But I wish to share them with you...

Most of the pages, I used My Little Yellow Bicycle pps, October Afternoon pps, Dream Street pps, Scenic Route pps, DCWV and Bazzill cardstocks, Prima flowers, AAS covered buttons, puffy stickers, chipboard shapes, native twine, baker's twine, glittered glue, glimmer mists, buttons, laces and ribbons, Jillibean Soup journaling sprouts, and a lot more goodies

I'm feeling a lot better now, been down with slight fever and stomach ache since last weekend. Hoping to be back to my normal self in a few days... to be SCRAPPING again!

Thanks for looking, as always!

Sketchabilities #46!

2011-05-04T15:47:00.006+08:00

Weather in the Phils. is SOOooo HOT! It has been two weeks since summer started and its getting terrible each day. What is the best way to cool down the temp? Here's what I discovered...

Foursome... Frozen YOGURT is IN this days and its best when mixed with fruits, nuts and candies. Had a little time out with good friends and had yogurt for dessert at SM City Calamba. I used here Scenic Router blue grid paper and pps, cardstock, AAS wire and fabric covered brads, glittered glue, Prima flowers and MM mini brads.

Last week was a total turn around on my teaching career, when the school I was working gave me a teaching load that I cannot perform. It was a "take it or leave it" situation which gives me this huge question mark on my mind... It was HARD as they said, but NO! I made it easier for you to kick me off and take the "leave it" part. On the brighter side of life, I have been traveling this past few days. Spending lost time with my kids and my new baby Richie, summer is still ON! And I am still thrilled for it!

I'm back to scrapping... TFL!

Happy Easter!

2011-04-25T08:20:00.007+08:00

Hallelujah! May the spirit of Easter be with you all... And so its time for the 5th LB Scrapaholics Easter Egg Hunt! Its an annual affair for the Scrapaholics and our growing family. Here's what happened yesterday.

My two boys gathered 8 eggs all in all and they got toys, biscuits and chocolates. We had yummy sandwiches, barbeque and hotdogs, chips and dip and red juice. And to make it complete, bonding moments with good friends topped it all. It sure is really great to have good friends and families!

TFL! Happy egg hunting anyway...

Friendship!

2011-04-24T08:04:00.006+08:00

It was a total career change for me... from being an Accounting Assistant in a government office, to a crafter-proprietor and now a Teacher! I found good friendship along the way...

Bliss... Cheers to a blissful friendship Mam Glendz! Thanks for making my first year of teaching really fruitful and meaningful. I used here DCWV pps, Provocraft pps, AC pps, cardstocks, Prima flowers, paper flowers from Bangkok, AAS pearl brad, silk flowers, glittered glue and Brillance ink. This page was inspired by a sketch.

Friends... Teacher Alleli is a great teacher, not just for Pre-schoolers but to me also, a pre-schooler by heart and mind, hahahah! I used here DCWV pps, cardstocks, button, native twine, Reeve's gold acrylic paint, ribbons, silk leaves and foamed flowers. This layout was inspired by one of my favorite sketches from my previous DTs.

My Baby Yo!... Shiela will always be a baby sister to me. The short time we've been together was like forever. I used here Dream Street pps, cardstocks, ribbons, foamed flowers, Brilliance ink and glittered glue.

Teacher Remy... She's like a big sister to me who always makes me happy and smile each day of my stay in the school. I used here Bohemian pps, Kaisercraft and MM acrylic paints, Jillibeans Soup pps, Dream Street pps, cardstocks, Prima flowers, fabric flowers, AAS brad, Maya Road and Tattered Angel glimmer mist and Brilliance ink. Just trying my hand on my old paints that's been sitting in my cabinet for years. I'm glad to play with them again!

Holy week is almost over and today is Easter Sunday! This year's Holy week celebration was a bit low, we stayed mostly at home and spent much time SCRAPPING! Well, I'm still the happiest in spite of all... made 10 pages and counting!

Have a blessed EASTER everyone, Jesus LOVES us all! Thanks for looking as always!

sketchabilities # 45!

2011-04-18T06:56:00.002+08:00

Here's my first design team assignment for my second term for Sketchabilities! I am happy to be a returning designer for another 3 months. Do drop by our blog here and check out our NEW GALLERY!

My Girl... This is Mady! My brother's baby girl hahaha! I used here Crate Papers (thanks Cookie for sending me these!), cardstocks and foamed flowers.

Summer is officially here! I will be off from school for a month.. Wooohoo! For now, all my weekends are taken and week days will be on surprise gimmicks. Holy week starts today and family gatherings just started yesterday. My scrap table just started making mess again and it feels good to be playing and rambling with my old passion. Hope to have more time with my kids specially now that both of them are entering a new phase of schooling, Luigi will be in college and Lorenzo will be Grade 1 by June.

I'm so excited for the coming days... thanks for dropping by blog! TFL!

Sketchabilities #44!

2011-04-02T15:48:00.002+08:00

This will be my last layout for Sketchabilities for my October 2010-March 20111 term. Its okay because I will be back for another 3 months! Can't wait to share my latest creation...

Turning 7... These photos were taken days before Lorenzo turned 7, had to schedule a photo op just for his upcoming birthday then. I used here Bazzill edges cardstock, MME pps, Ranger distressed ink, cardstock, AC Thickers chipboard letter stickers, AAS chipboard embellishment, Autumn Leaves clear buttons, baker's twine, MM clear word stickers, KI ribbons and Maya Road glimmer mist.

I am so excited because summer is almost here! I will be taking a few weeks off from teaching and probably then, I can have some time to SCRAP! I am anticipating scrapbooking classes too for beginners, I hope plans will push through by mid of this month. I am also excited to play with my co-scrapaholics this coming Holy week! So I am crossing my fingers for an exciting summertime...

Thanks for looking as always!

Sketchabilities #43!

2011-03-20T06:52:00.003+08:00

Oh I'm late again! But here's my Sketch 43 and its up here... Join us and win scrap goodies!

For the Boys... Bonding moments to be added to Luigi's treasures about his Uncle Jay and Ninong Louie! They're his second Daddies in this crazy boy's world. I used here Basic Grey pps, DCWV cardstocks, corrugated board, Colorbox fluid chalk ink, button, DMC floss. Tattered Angels glimmer mist, Dusty Attic chipboard shapes and Jillibeans journaling sprouts.

Oh LIFE! I'm down to the final stretch for the school year and no matter how much work I have done, it will automatically multiplies on its own. It's tiring but the thought that I won't see the kids for the summer vacation makes me SAD! I will be on Mommy duties for awhile after 10 official days... looking forward to that!

Thanks for looking as always!

Lorenzo's Guests...

2011-03-11T21:02:00.002+08:00

This was my idea of a guest's book... something I can keep together with Lorenzo's pages. I let the guests signed here...

Chuy at Seven... These two pages were signed by Chuy's classmates, friends and family members. Made them 2 hours before the party, so you can just imagine me rushing around my scrap table. I used here Crate Papers pps, cardstocks, MLYB papers, corrugated board and Maya Mists.

It has been a week now and I am still tired! I just have all 3 cameras downloaded with tons of photos, planning to sort the photos to have them printed and scrapped, but until now I haven't touch a thing. I'm looking forward for my summer vacation to do them all.

Thanks for looking again... !

I made it again!

2011-03-07T21:59:00.003+08:00

... YES, I made it again for another 3 months at Sketchabilities! I am so happy to be with the team again! Looking forward for more sketches and pages with you... Thanks Karan!

Lorenzo turned 7!

2011-03-07T21:32:00.007+08:00

Let me share some of the preparations I did for his big bash...

... and I would like to THANK the people who helped me make all these possible!

My Mom, brother Jay and SIL Che... for preparing the yummy food and the cotton candy booth.

McDonald's Vega, Los Banos... Luisa and Kid McDo for hosting the party and making the kids happy.

My cousins Jonjo and Buggy, my hubby... for the party place preparations.

My cousins Janice and Maan... for their big hands in helping me make the keychain give-aways and the last minute butingtingin. I love you both!

My fellow scrapper Ytet Solivet... for unselfishly sharing her things with me!

My brother Louie and cousins Ronald and Nancy... for the great memorable shoots.

Ms. Lei Tajao... for the wonderful cake!

Tita Baby Gonzalodo of Bebece... for the chairs and tables rentals.

Tito Jun and Tita Gay Manahan... for the beautiful tarp.

My co-teacher Anton Gallego... for drawing Woody and his hat.

... and to all the guests and friends who came and made Lorenzo the happiest kiddo that day.

Sketchabilities # 42!

2011-03-07T20:26:00.003+08:00

This may come late here in my blog... been quite busy for the past weeks! But it always excites me to share a page for Sketchabilities! Here's sketch 42 and its up here...

Shabu-shabu... It was our 18th wedding anniversary and we celebrated it in Tagaytay. We were driving around the hill to find a good place to have lunch when we found this shabu-shabu resto. Tried it and the last thing I heard was a lonnnggg BURP! It was Lorenzo's first time to cook and eat shabu-shabu. I used here DCWV Green Stack pps, cardstocks, AC Thickers foam shapes, K and Company diecut flowers, Jillibeans journaling sprouts, DMC thread and Ranger glossy accents.

Been out of touch for almost 3 weeks, been so occupied preparing for Lorenzo's 7th Birthday Bash plus need to do the final stretch for school requirements. All came up at the same time and I was afraid I might lost time. But inspite of all these, blessings are still pouring! Thank God!

Thanks for looking as always!

Yummyness!

2011-02-15T20:23:00.003+08:00

Kaisercraft

Basic Grey

Crate Papers

My Mind's Eye, SEI and Bella Blvd.

Magazines!

Thanks to you COOKIE! For your generosity and thoughtfulness eversince. And to Doc Chiqui and Rita for buying me some more scrap goodies... Love them all!

TFL!

sketchabilities # 41!

2011-02-15T17:31:00.003+08:00

Its up and you can see the designer's inspirations here. Join us for another month of challenge and win exciting scrapbook goodies. In the meantime, here's my interpretation of sketch #41...

Rainbow of Friends... My scrapbooking buddies truly have unique birthday ideas and they make sure that you will be the happiest on your special day. Here we celebrated Dra. Chiqui and Ytet's birthdays at Sanctuario de San Pablo. Its such a nice place to create a rainbow of friendship! I used here Prima papers and flowers, cardstock, corrugated board, AAS gromets, fibers, lace, Ranger glossy accents and transparent letter stickers.

Just had my first PTC in school last weekend. I was so worried and nervous but it all turned out okay! Now we're heading towards the last quarter of the school year. It'll be exactly 6 weeks from now. At the same time, I am now busy preparing for little Lorenzo's 7th celebration. I need all the powers to do both Mommy and teacher duties, so wish me luck again.

Thanks for looking peeps!

Grow Slowly...

2011-02-13T07:24:00.003+08:00

Grow Slowly... My Luigi is growing up to be a young man! Say I'm selfish but I wish you'll slow down and be my baby forever. I used here Websters Pages papers and Sparklers, White cardstock, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, Prima flowers, ribbons and lace, Tsukineko inks, Colorbox fluid chalk ink and Tim Holtz Distress Inks. I made some paper tearing and distressing on the mat of my photo. Then, I cut some flower-like patterns from Webster's Pages lefterovers and I had paper folding and layering to give it a 3D look. Overall, I have a pleasant feeling of creating a Webster's Pages papers on a boy layout... it was FUN!

This is my page for Iris Uy's challenge. I hope I did justice using my paper leftovers.

Thanks for looking and Happy LOVE day tomorrow!

Sketchabilities #40!

2011-02-01T17:37:00.003+08:00

It's the love month and I can't believe we are on the second of the year already... time moves sooo fast! And I'm on my 7th page for Sketchabilities. Join our monthly sketch challenge and win exciting prizes, check it out here.

XOXO... Here's a photo of my Chuwee and his Dad having a little bonding time together. Its quite seldom to find a nice photo of the two boys and its great to capture it in scrapbook pages. I used here DCWV Green Stack pps, chipboard shapes, cardstocks, glittered glue, AAS recycled heart shape, and AC Thickers vinyl letters.

I am so high with scrapbooking this days, after I attended a class last weekend, I still feel like scrapping all the time. Unfortunately, its busy time in school and we are working on grades, grades and GRADES! I just wish I can have another ME time really soon! I am also excited for little Lorenzo's 7th bash and I'm working on a Toy Story surprise for him. Life is so tiring, but it is still good after all!

Thank you Lord! TFL as always.

Websters Pages Classes

2011-01-30T18:41:00.009+08:00

I can't believe I was able to make Iris Uy pages!!! The LB girls attend her Websters Page Class exclusively here in Los Banos last Saturday, January 29. We had three pages to play with and we basically lifted her original pages plus a lot of new techniques and materials to be used. It was an afternoon of fun and scrapping, bonding and playing... wish ko lang maulit ulit! Now let me share my busy hands' creations...

Time with You... Its Mom and daughter time to take the center page, hehehe! Such a nice shot to scrap! Love the new things I made here plus the use of granular gel medium and mica flakes on the bird and his glimmery house. I used here white cardstock, Websters Pages pps and Sparklers, granular gel with acrylic paint and mica flakes, chipboard shapes, Adirondack acrylic dabbers, mist, Tsukineko inks, ribbons and Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

Heart with Joy... My second page was a shot of my two wacky boys in Tagaytay City after a lunch date with the family. Here we did some misting and stamping using Tim Holtz's Distressing Ink and water sprays. I used here Websters Pages pps and Sparklers, white cardstock, laces and ribbons, chipboard shapes, mists, Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Adirondack dabber, Prima flowers and Tsukineko ink.

My Love... Look at the blending of colors we did on our third page. We used the wonderful colors of Tim Holtz's Distress Inks and his blending tool and sponges. Plus another great technique with the use of gel mediums. Look at the centerpiece that we did as an accent which was adhered with the use of gel. I scrapped my two boys running and playing at the UPLB grounds after an all-day performance in school last January 27. For the materials, I used here Pink Paisley pps, Websters Pages pps, Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Adirondack acrylic dabber, laces, Prima flowers, AC Thickers chipboard letters, Tsukineko Ink and for the center embellishments I used safety pin, metal buttons and antique metal flower, beads and sequences, tule cloth and Tattered Angels glimmer mist.

Mr. Mojo is still here and my mind is still whirling with lots of ideas. I just wish I have the time to put them all in a white space! Iris left us with a little challenge on the left papers and embellishments all to be assembled on a white base. Oh well, mine is done but my eyes are still feasting over it. I will share it soon, promise!

My weekend is finally over and school will be in full blast for the 4th grading period. Thanks for dropping by my blog, TFL peeps!

Sketchabilities #39!

2011-01-16T15:33:00.006+08:00

Hello everyone! Welcome to our first reveal for the new year at Sketchabilities! I still have hangover of the holidays and so I decided to scrap Lorenzo's Christmas photos. Here's what I came up with...

2010... Since I'm already working, I feel sorry for spending less time at home. Lorenzo constantly reminded me of putting up our tree as early as October. Christmas season comes early in my house and the boys are just excited about it. So this year, it was a bit late, but the excitement and happiness was just the same... overwhelming! Lorenzo still believes in Santa Claus and was worried his stockings won't fit Santa's gifts. He loves countdowns about anything that excites him, so you can just imagine how "kulit" this little boy is. I used here Fancy Pants pps, corrugated board, Bazzill cardstock edges and chipboard numbers, Scenic Route chipboard and pps, Prima's Antique Mistletoe, 7 Gypsies cardstock stickers, MM shimmer paint and Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist.

The weather is pretty much colder than last month, it feels like Baguio is here in Laguna! Nevertheless, Lorenzo is enjoying the cold breeze and its giving me a hard time waking up for work. 7 weeks from now, Lorenzo will be turning 7 and this is occupying much of my thoughts. I am working on a Toy Story theme party and my first move is to shop for little things for his loot bags and games. I am still searching for his Buzz Lightyear costume and its driving me crazy! Yeah, I am on panic mode now, and I think I am more excited than him, hahaha!

I feel I have finally adjusted on my daily routine in school. Just taking it easy for now and getting ready again for another major exam week. I am still scrapping, I'm glad I haven't forgotten it!

You're not lost, I just changed the face of my blog. Thanks for looking as always! :)

Mini mini!

2011-01-08T23:07:00.002+08:00

I'm doing minis this past few days! Some friends are giving them for post-Christmas presents, I guess. They are 6x6 in size, contains 6 pages per album and quite easy to make with the big help of my pink Bind-it-All.

This balances my work in school, after a day of teaching, this clears up my mind and relaxes nerves. First plan for the year is finally moving on... giving our house a facelift! Hopefully it turns out nice and keeps within the budget. Thinking about the second plan, its my little man's 7th birthday coming soon and I have less than 2 months to prepare for it. I'm so excited!

Somehow, still enjoying my fully loaded weekend... Thanks for looking peep!

Nikki Sivil's yummy-ness!

2011-01-03T15:43:00.005+08:00

I miss blog hopping! Finally have the time to hop just a day before I go back to work, aaarggh! Visit Ria Mojica's blog here and you can have the chance to win the whole Sugar Cookie collection from Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker. The CHA sneak are so nice and I want the Max and Mollie line, the Sugar Cookie is so sweet too... I wish I have the LUCK to win this yummy-ness!

I'm going back to work on Wednesday and I'm sure it'll be a pretty hard fight again because exam week is coming soon. I should be thankful for the 18-day Christmas break I had and that should recharge my energies for the last three months of the school season. I'm gonna miss malling with my boys and the bonding time we had during the Holidays. I'm happy that a lot of my work here at home were done like checking with the bank, saving and backing up my photo files, clearing my folders in my laptop, keeping my Christmas decors in boxes and having a total cleaning around the house. I wish to have a regular scrapping time even though I'm working. Oh well, lots of things in mind but life is slowly going back to normal. The most important thing for me now is to have a positive mind and attitude towards everything.

Oh great, I want to scrap! TFL!

Sketchabilities #38!

2011-01-02T22:56:00.003+08:00

Here's another beautiful sketch from Sketchabilities! Checkout our last reveal for 2010 and join our monthly challenges and win scrappilicious prizes! Thank you Karan for this wonderful sketch and my co-designers for their different inspirations. And so here's what I came up with...

Christmas through the years... Christmas will always be a well-spend occasion for me and my boys, and I see to it that I will capture every memory for them. This photo was taken at the Nativity Hut of UPLB here in our little town. I used here Websters Pages pps, Bazzill cardstocks and edges, corrugated board, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, MM tiny letters and AC chipboard letters.

Layouts, layouts and LAYOUTS!

2011-01-02T22:02:00.009+08:00

I thought of sharing some new layouts for this brand new year! I am looking forward to be scrapping again... after the Holidays, I am stuffed with lots of photos waiting to be played and scrapped!

Cowboy... One of Lorenzo's favorite this days is Toy Story's Woody. He asked his Ninong Louie to buy him this cowboy hat for his Woody costume. I used here DCWV Green Stack pps and cardstocks, corrugated board, old book pages from Yvette, K and Company diecut flowers, buttons, crochet flowers from Timi, DMC threads, Tattered Angel glimmer mist and AAS foam letter stickers.

123... Jump! Photo taken during Luigi's birthday celebration, where King Boy, Onald, Luigi and I jumped in the pool, with Nancy taking the shots. I used here DCWV cardstocks, Basic Grey pps, My Little Yellow Bicycle pps, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, AC foam shape and letter stickers, button and abaca twine.

Blissful ... 17! My eldest turned 17 in September and we had a swimming party at Villa Josefina here in Los Banos. I used here Scenic Route graph paper, DCWV pps, cardstocks, AC rubons, K and Company diecut flowers, Jillibeans journalling sprouts, clear buttons, baker's twine, pins, WRMK precious metals photo turns and brads, lace and Tattered Angel glimmer mist.

Happy New Year everyone and continue scrapping those precious moments... Thanks for looking!

THANK YOU 2010!

2010-12-31T19:29:00.006+08:00

Time flies really fast! And now, I am doing a run down again of what had happened for the 12 months of 2010. Year 2010 was GREAT and was very good to me!

The first quarter of the year was my last three months in school and I got a straight 1.25 grade in all my three courses. After that, I took a vacation and did not enroll for summer thinking that I will be back by first semester. Checking with the PRC, my 18 units in Education were enough to take the board, but unfortunately, I got some problems with my birth certificate that's why I wasn't able to get the board exams. Now I get to spend time with my boys... Luigi attended his Junior-Seniors Promenade in February at Ding-Hao Chinese Resto. And he won the Prom Prince title! Lorenzo turned 6 in March and lost his two lower front teeth in June. Our little fairy Garrie turned 1 in May and became the cutest Thinkerbell ever.

My brother Louie came home in September. Spent the whole month with him... went up to Baguio for the second time this year, spent a weekend at White Cove, Laiya and celebrated Luigi's 17th birthday and his despedida at Villa Josefina, Los Banos. Although it was a homecoming of fun, we were sudden about the accident of my first cousin Janice, Buggy and my nephew DK. Thank God they were safe and better now. My three boys experienced their first Trick or Treat party with the Scrapaholics' families. Lorenzo was the most excited Dracula at UPCO, UPLB.

My LBS friends were still my best friends ever... hugs to Doc Rita, ate Liezl, Ytet, Cors, BFF Timi, Doc Chiqui and Teacher Helga for the beautiful rainbow of friendship. The last quarter of the year was a total roller coaster ride for me. I joined the faculty of Saint Bridgette International School in Calauan, Laguna where I teach Math and Social Studies in the Elementary Department. It was hard because it was totally new to me, but I have to learn more and face the daily challenges as a first time teacher. But at the end of each passing days, I still want to wake up early and go to school for these little kids. I may not be the best teacher, but I am trying to give my best in whatever I do. My only regret is that I cannot attend to my own kids' activity, well... gives their Dad his chance to watch and be with them!

God is good He gave me another year of life! I turned 42 this month... this alone is a great blessing of the year! I met old friends through Facebook, now we are connected after more than 20 years of distance. I can now chat with my second and even third cousins around the globe. I am blessed to have 2 precious children and a hard working husband. My Mom is perfectly healthy and dancing at the age of 71. My brothers are doing good in their chosen fields. I am still in love with scrapbooking. I made a total handmade pages of 245, got 5 12x12 albums for service, and had 2 design team assignments namely Creative Scrappers and Sketchabilities both in Canada... and everything goes well with my life!

I want to welcome 2011 with prayers and hopes... for the Philippines and the whole world to have peace. I ask for guidance in whatever I decide and want to do specially in my new task as a teacher. I ask for protection over my Luigi and Lorenzo, that they will always be safe and healthy specially when my eyes are not looking at them, they will pass their own little challenges and they will grow old with me. I also want to ask the same for my family specially for my Mom and husband. At this point of my life, I cannot ask for anything else except for life and love... God be with ME and you!

I would like to thank you all for being with me for another year of blogging, stories and scrapping.

Happy New Year to all!

2010-12-24T20:42:00.004+08:00

Let us not forget the true meaning of this celebration...

the birth of Jesus Christ!

Let us celebrate with Him

as we share love and happiness to one another!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Play Time!

2010-12-22T09:24:00.003+08:00

I'm glad I'm back on SCRAPPING! I play around during free time and rest time, hehehe! This is a mini album I made for a co-teacher, it took me the whole morning to do this 6 page-album with blank pages and just a decorated cover. I used here Prima flowers, My Little Shoebox papers, cardstocks for the titles, brads, backer's twine and assorted pps. I'm glad I used my Bind it All again, it was stock in my cabinet for some time now.

Let's scrap it away, TFL!

Party, PARTY!

2010-12-18T10:53:00.005+08:00

We had a whole day of FUN yesterday! First part of the day was a Christmas program performed by our students and a surprise dance number by the faculty and staff of our school. I am so proud of my Grade 3 for singing and dancing the song "Bro, Ikaw ang Star ng Pasko". They all looked great on their red shirts, santa's hat and my last minute glittered stars. They were the one who picked the song to perform and choose what to wear, I was just there to make the steps and practice them every single day in two weeks. After their number, I was like a proud Mama like what I always feel when I'm with my own kids. Then afterwards, we had our homeroom party where we played, danced and ate lunch together. Seeing my students with their happy faces makes my heart happy too in spite the different challenges I am going through as a first timer teacher. This makes me like the idea of our theme for this year "Let's Make Each Day Christmas!", not just because there are lots of money, food and festivities on Christmas season but because its stress FREE! Let me share my day yesterday...

The third part was the Teachers and Staff's Christmas Party! This is the time where we can all bond and party, and forget about the tests, grades and etc, hahahah! I was part of the managing committee of yesterday's event and I was happy I was able to help in a little way that I know.

I am not a PINK person, but I think I am starting to like it... hehehe! Thanks for looking peeps!

Sketchabilities #37!

2010-12-18T09:41:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone! I am officially on vacation starting today, YeHey! I wish to start it with blogging because I really missed my scrapping life. I wish to share this Christmas layout which I did for Sketchabilities...

Believe... This is my bestfriend Mae and her family who stays in America. Got lots of her photos and planning to scrap them one by one. I just miss her so much because we haven't seen each other for about 10 years since I visited her in California in 2000. This one is for you! I used here Fancy Pants papers and card, DCWV paper, Bazzill cardstock edges, glittered glue, blings, corrugated board and Tattered Angel glimmer mist.

18 days OFF from school starts today! I wish to spend my Holiday with my boys and family of course, I want to go somewhere, spend some time with the Scrapaholics, SCRAP and blog again, back up my photo files aside from my passport storage, study my coming lessons and make my tests, and just RELAX! A lot of things to do, I just hope everything fits in 18 days...

Its almost Christmas now and I know that everybody is busy partying and shopping. But THANK YOU SO MUCH for always dropping by here!

Sketchabilities #36!

2010-12-05T00:46:00.004+08:00

I'm back with a new layout for Sketchabilities #36!

My Li'l Sunshine... This is me and little Garrie's precious moments. She's my dear niece which makes each day a wonderful sunshine. I used here October Afternoon pps and card, cardstocks, My Little Yellow Bicycle pps, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, Kaisercraft pearls, AAS wire and metal embies, brown pocket envelope, transparent letter stickers and Colorbox fluid chalk ink.

I hope you can join us this month at Sketchabilites and win yummy scrappy goodies from Technique Junkie, you can visit us here. Thanks for looking... will catch up with blogging very soon, promise!

Another year...

2010-11-30T20:39:00.003+08:00

In a few hours from now, I will be turning 42! Getting old I guess, but I STILL don't feel my age. I am so thankful for the 42 years of life, blessings, friendship, scrapping and happiness. All I can wish for myself is good health and more more years with my boys and my family.

I was cleaning up my scrap table yesterday and found this card my little Lorenzo made for me. He made this a few weeks ago and I just read it now. Just in time for my birthday I guess. Ohh, melts my heart!

Life is good! Thanks for looking as always!

Sketchabilities #35!

2010-11-16T13:27:00.002+08:00

I know I am out of touch lately...been SO busy with school and I can't hardly open my blog and facebook. I am still adjust until now I guess, its been a long while but yeah, still adjusting and learning a lot. I am so tired everyday, all I am thinking of is this will soon pass and I will get over it.

Today is a national holiday here in the Philippines and we are celebrating the muslim's eid. Just realized that it is halfway November already and I have another page due for sketchabilities. Sketch #35 is up here. Join us for another month of scrapping with sketches and winning scrap goodies. Here's what I came up with...

Linggo ng Wika... Little Lorenzo celebrated the Linggo ng Wika wearing the famous red pants and scraf, and white camisa de chino. They recited the poem "Ang Ama't Ina ko..." Here I used double sided cardstocks, October Afternoon pps and journaling card, baker's twine, Kaisercraft crafter's acrylic paint, K and Company's tags to go, Bazzill cardstock edges and AAS brad.

I wish I can slowly go back to scrapping, I miss my MOJO ever! Thanks for looking peeps... really appreciate those who regularly visits my blog!

Our Room...

2010-11-06T15:02:00.003+08:00

Just the thought of having my own classroom EXCITES me! I am now the homeroom adviser of SBIS' Grade 3-Rosemary. Making our little room like my own house and playing, eating and studying with the kids keep my daily routine both fun and challenging. I am enjoying my new role as a teacher, but still I have a little regret on being away from my own kids for 8 hours. Oh well, this is life!

Here's what I did during my sembreak... I made our daily activity board, classroom officers, bulletin board and a couple of slogans.I used cartolinas, illustration boards, plastic covers, cardstocks for my letters, gift wrappers and patterned papers for the embies and Tattered Angel glimmer mist. I'm still doing our birthday fiesta and getting ready for Christmas. Still have a lot of plans for our little home in school, I just hope I have the mojo and power to do them all.

Its raining almost everyday and the kids are down with colds. Hope they will be fine by next week. Thanks for looking again!

Sketchabilities #34!

2010-10-31T14:05:00.004+08:00

It's finally up here. And this month's challenge will be due on November 10, so better play with our 2 sketches now so you'll have the chance to win a $35 worth of yummy scrapkit from Scraphotz! Here's my take for sketch #34...

Jack! Here's another page for my brother's loving dog Jack! This dog is a super spoiled but loving little pet who goes to the vet and grooming regularly, who ate my brother's eyeglasses and who has an UAE passport in case he needs to ride the plane. I used here DCWV pps, cardstocks, AAS wire, KI lace paper, Prima flowers, blings, MM gem brads, staple wires, Bazzill cardstock edges and lace.

Sembreak is more than halfway already! I only have 2 days left and still want to do a lot of things here at home like finish sewing my Christmas gifts, clean my dirty kitchen, start wrapping holiday presents, surf the net, start planning for little Chuy's 7th birthday and of course, SCRAP! When I get back to school, I will be on my own now teaching little kids how to play and love numbers. Oh well, all these will make life more exciting for me as the days move on to the Christmas season.

Wait, have to start dressing up for our Trick or Treat party tonight with my scrappy friends and family... have to go now! Happy Halloween peep!

TFL!

Changing Times...

2010-10-24T14:18:00.007+08:00

Sad to say, but this will be my last layout for Scrap Yourself... huhuhu! I was part of the Design Team for 2 terms now since June 2010 and so sad I have to say goodbye. I want to share this layout as I enter a new chapter in my life... I am now in my middle age and I am so happy that at this point of my life, I still have something new and exciting happening with me. I am now an Elementary School Teacher...

Changing Times... my journaling goes " Life's Experiments is finding out, I can be a TEACHER and still live with peace, love and happiness. I used here Prima Youth- The Best Things and Chuckster pps, and Romantica Collection- Rendezvous pps, Prima Flutter Vines Scarlet flowers and Essential 5 Space Boy flowers, Bangkok flowers, Jillibeans Soup Atomic journaling sprouts, cardstocks, AAS pearl gromets, fibers, AC pps for the bird cutout and Tattered Angel glimmer mists.

It's SEM BREAK! I have the privilege to enjoy a-7 day off from school just like the students, YeHEy! And since I am still adjusting to my daily schedule, I want to spend my vacation with my kids and have lots of rest (since I'm not also feeling well lately!) My first week in school-work was both tiring but FUN, specially that I got to witness the celebration of a bonggasious United Nations' Day. And all in all, this changing times will always be cherished and remembered.

That's all for now... Thanks for looking again!

Sketchabilities #33!

2010-10-16T09:54:00.004+08:00

'ey! My first assignment at Sketchabilities is finally UP! I am so excited to be a part of this sketch blog, so hope you can join us and win exciting scrapping goodies. All you have to do is use our 2 sketches for the month as inspiration and link it up here. Here's what came up with. Happy Scrapping!

My Boy!... He's my SIL's little boy Jack, isn't he the cuties?! I used here DCWV Green Stock pps, Prima blings and flowers, AAS fabric covered and metal brads, AC cardstock letters stickers, ribbons, K and Company Words, Cosmo Cricket cardstock stickers and Tattered Angel glimmer mist.

My life is making another turn now, seemed a little sudden but I am loving every moment of it. Sleeping early and getting up at 5 in the morning, preparing my boys to school and preparing myself for a whole day of TEACHING. Its new to me and I am still adjusting, but I love to be a TEACHER!

Thanks for looking!

DT Call!

2010-10-11T17:40:00.004+08:00

Time flies sooo fast! My second term as a Design Team Member of Scrap Yourself will be ending this month. I have indeed created a lot for myself and those will be kept in my own scrapbooks.

If you have a lot to share about yourself and wants to be a Design Team Member... join our call for the next set of designers at Scrap Yourself! You can view the announcement here. Goodluck!

Mission To Create #26

2010-10-05T15:09:00.007+08:00

I was so lazy yesterday and all I did was SURF! Then I came across this site Mission to Create! Its like an element challenge and they are loaded with exciting things. Hope you find time to check it out!

Mission #26 asked for a sheet music, use of decorative scissors or edge punchers, a shiny thing, rub-on alphabets and at least 3 funky bright cardstocks. I used all 5 elements on my page and here's what I came up with...

WTG!... Way to Go little Lorenzo! I am just so proud of my little boy for being a star kid in his pre-school for a week. I scrapped here his certificate and our photo together. I used here cardstocks, MM musical notes pps, Jillibean Soup Atomic journaling spourt, letter rub-ons, Carolees' cardstock stickers, buttons, blings, ribbons, Ranger's glossy accents, baker's twine and My Little Bit of Whimsy bee pin.

I'm happy I was able to scrap 2 layouts today. Thanks for the inspiration I got from MTC.

Mission To Create #25

2010-10-05T14:23:00.009+08:00

Mission #25 is to create a card or a layout with an envelope, colour beige or cream, doiley, stripe and polkadot and something clear like a crystal, hole or transparency. Made some close up shots of my 5 elements here...

Bliss... My friend Rinda and her daughter Faye share a blissful relationship as mother and daughter. Moments like this, I miss having one myself, because I never had a daughter and I am an only girl in the family. I used here DCWV cardstock and printed papers, doiley, Hambly tansparency, blings ribbons, envelope and Tattered Angels glimmer mist.

Thanks for looking!

Good finds!

2010-10-03T19:58:00.003+08:00

My friend Doc Ritz got this for me from Made with Love, Singapore. The time she was shopping, Thickers were on "buy 2, take 1" sale. And finally, I get to have the newest Prima christmas flowers and Jillibean Soup Atomic journaling sprouts which I was hunting for even in Dubai. Thanks Doc Ritz!

All About Scrapbooking can be found at any National Bookstore nationwide. Its so nice that they have foam, glittered and chipboard letters stickers now, plus of course their colorful brads. Check it out!

I am now overloaded with scrapbook things... I wish to play with them real SOON. I miss my mojo and my hubby! Thanks for looking as always!

I'm Back!

2010-09-30T12:58:00.002+08:00

Its been three weeks since I last shared a page and its been more than a week since I last scrapped too. I was literally OUT most of the time since my brother came home for vacation. His three weekends were fully loaded with family bonding and gatherings, while I had tons of photos taken, I can't wait to scrap them all. Well, its GOOD to be back... and I just missed blogging!

Boy Thing! Here's a page I did for Lorenzo when he lost his lower front teeth in July. I am excited because this just showed that my little boy is growing up. Many things changing about him and I have to document them all. I used here Bazzill scalloped cardstock, My Little Shoebox pps Away we Go- Let's Ride and Vroom!, Kaisercraft crafter's acrylic paints, Tim Holtz's journaling tickets, Fancy Pants buttons, baker's twine, American Craft Dear Lizzy's phrase stickers, Tattered Angels marshmallow glimmer mist, AAS letter foam stickers and Jenni Bowlin's letter stickers.

Please watch out for my first reveal at Sketchabilities on October 15. We prepared new and exciting sketches for you scrapbooking addicts. I'm heating up my mojo and hopefully be back in scrapping real soon... Thanks for looking!

Beach Time!

2010-09-19T13:14:00.003+08:00

We've been vacationing for almost two weeks now, just making the most of my brother's one month vacation too. Our second weekend was spend in Laiya White Cove beach resort in Laiya, Batangas. TRIED to enjoy even though we had a family emergency, my cousins and nephew had a car accident on their way to the beach. We are so thankful nothing serious happened to them in spite the total wreck condition of their car.

On a lighter mood, I want to be positive! I have a lot of photos to scrap! Getting ready for my sketchabilies assignments and doing a few pages for my brother and his dog Jack. It's exactly 10 days left to bond with my brother, so I better start scrapping... tomorrow!

Thanks for looking as always!

What's UP!

2010-09-14T14:50:00.007+08:00

Been out of town for 3 days with the whole family and of course, we normally run to the north for some COLD weather! Baguio will always be a second home to me and my family, and it never runs out of thrill and excitement to my kiddos. My brother is here for more than week already and it has been 10 full-packed days of fun and travel... 2 more weeks to go!

I got some GOOD NEWS! My friends Helga and Doc. Ritz texted me while I was away, I made it to the DT call of SKETCHABILITIES! Yehey, I'm back to sketches again and I'm just excited!

This is all for now... need to organize my photo files, working table and my kitchen before I start packing again, this time we'll gonna hit the sun and sand. Thanks for looking!

Prize is here!

2010-09-10T09:53:00.004+08:00

Thanks to Method Playground for my prize! Won their border challenge sometime June this year. I tried these steel dies on my sizzix machine and it was just ok, will try on a roller type machine soon.

Will be heading North this coming weekend and will be out until Monday, so please watch out for my post at Scrap Yourself. Happy Eid'l Fitr and Hari Raya to my Muslim friends! Hope you have a blast this weekend!

TFL!

Caramaon...!

2010-09-06T08:14:00.004+08:00

Good Monday Morning Everyone!

Last week was full of anticipation and preparations, but somehow it was FUN! It started off with a grand birthday celebration of a co-scrapaholic Ate Liezl. It was a whole day of bonding, eating and adventure. Let me share a layout I made as part of our birthday gift for this special friend...

Caramaon Fun! I love this picture of Ate Liezl and her 2 girls. I can just imagine how Caramaon looks like and excites people with her beautiful waters and beaches. I used here black cardstock, Webster Pages Seaside Diecut pps, Scenic Route pps, AC Thickers foam letter stickers, MM acrylic paint, Tattered Angel marshmallow glimmer mist, Miss Elizabeth 3D travel stickers, Kaisercraft pearls, Tim Holtz journaling ticket, ribbon, flower, abaca twine, AC stickers and AAS pearl gromets.

So, my brother is HOME for a month... so this means, I will always be on the GO and BUSY! We'll spend most of the time with him because he usually stays with us only one month in a year. Aside from me, my boys are also excited to be with him. Here's my goodies from brother Louie... thanks Kapatid!

Happy ME! Thanks for looking...

Give Yourself...

2010-08-30T16:00:00.009+08:00

Hello Everyone! It's Monday and its Scrap Yourself reveal for me again. Do visit us daily in our blog because we have lots of ideas and inspirations to keep you creating and scrapping.

Give Yourself... This photo was taken at the Japanese Garden in Caliraya, Laguna, Holy Thursday of last year. It was a time for meditation and thinking about what I want to happen in my life. Then I thought that I should believe in myself first and I should give myself more love, dream and time and to make things possible! I used here Webster's Pages -Sweet as Cherry Pie, Set the Table and Magical Wishes, Magical Life, lace, abaca twine, Prima flowers, MM gem brad, foam flowers, Kaisercraft's pearls, Tattered Angel marshmallow glimmer mist and Nicole nostalgic shapes.

Last week was a little depressing for us Filipinos because of the hostage taking and a lot of national issues, I wish this new week will be a lot better. I'm starting it up with a-Mommy's day OUT with my fellow Scrapaholics, we are going to celebrate Ate Liezl's birthday somewhere south of Laguna. Today is a holiday and the kids are staying home with their Dad... wish the house is still up when I get home tonight.

Have a great week ahead and TFL!

My Little Shoebox pages...

2010-08-23T04:00:00.001+08:00

Good Monday Morning Everyone... I hope you had a great weekend just like me! Well, I had FUN playing with the rest of My Little Shoebox papers. I only have a few pieces of the Flying High, All a Flutter and Away We Go lines, but it went a long way and a lot of scrapping fun for me. Although I used cardstocks mostly as my base paper, I tried to finger paint and used glimmer mist to match the playful theme of the papers. I scrapped again my new niece Lucia and my nephew Quinn, and of course Garrie Girl and my brat boy Lorenzo.

Here are my "My Little Shoebox" pages!

A Splendid, Lovely Day... with Hayk! I used here MLS pps- All a Flutter's Flutterby and Wings and Things, DCWV cardstock, ribbons, AAS wire, American Craft + Dear Lizzy cardstock sticker, My Little Bit of Whimsy lady bug pin, Kaisercraft Crafter's Acrylic paint, Tattered Angel marshmallow glimmer mist, and Tsukineko Brillance black ink.

Love you...I find this photo so sweet and worth scrapping! I used here DCWV pps, MLS pps- Flying High's Tweet and Bird's Eye View pps, cardstock, corrugated board, AAS wire, glittered glue, Kaisercraft crafter's acrylic paint and Elle's Studio- So in Love tag.

Smile... Such a great sight to see a happy family smiling! I used here DCWV pps (Thanks Dra. Chiqui!), MLS pps- Flying High's Tweet, and Bird's Eye View pps, cardstock, AAS wire, Kaisercraft crafter's acrylic paint, chipboard brackets and journaling bracket (Thanks Ytet!),and glittered glue.

Growing Up!... Quinn is so POGI and growing up so fast. I used here Fancy Pants-All about a Boy pps, MLS pps- Away we Go and Flying High's Mile High pps, cardstock, covered button, rick rack, baker's twine, K and Company tags to go, Carolees Creations sticker, and Tattered Angel glimmer mist.

Lucia Jean... She's the youngest among my niece and nephews at the moment, isn't she a darling?! I used here DCWV cardstock, MLS pps- Sky's the Limit's Nice to See You, All a Flutter's Flutterby and Flying High's Bird's Eye View pps, Prima flower, MM gem brad, K & Company tags to go, Colorbox tansparent letter stickers, Kaisercraft crafter's acrylic paint, glittered glue and chipboard frame from Ytet.

Blessing... My cousin Donna and her youngest baby Lucia. I used here DCWV cardstock, MLS pps- All a Flutter's Flutterby and Wings and Things pps, AAS wire, Kasiercraft crafter's acrylic paint, Tattered Angel marshmallow glimmer mist, glittered glue and Elle's Studio's So In Love tag.

I find it amazing, having created 6 layouts plus 2 on my older post and 1 more which I cannot reveal right now, from about 10 playful pages of pattered papers. I still have some leftovers and a pending online order for more! hahaha! I love the new lines Sunday Market, Summer Breeze and Green, wish we'll have it soon here in the Philippines.

I am anticipating another hectic week since I'm back to another round of scrap service. Count down starts for the coming of my brother, he'll be home soon and the boys are pretty excited again. I hope everything will be okay for the rest of the week, that goes the same with all of US! Be safe now...

Thanks for looking!

At Play with MLS!

2010-08-18T19:38:00.007+08:00

I had a great day today just playing with My Little Shoebox papers. I only have a few but it went thru a loonnnggg way I tell you, and it was FUN! I finally get to scrap some personal photos... giving myself a little space to breath after more than a month long of doing scrap service. And now, I am excited to join this month's challenge at MLS, it's a sketch and product challenge. Here's what I came up with...

Fish Feeding... We've been visiting Nuvali, Sta. Rosa for a few times but this was the first time Lorenzo get to feed the Koi. He was sooo excited, he bought about 4-5 packs of fish food. I used here My Little Shoebox papers (Flying High's Bird's Eye View and Mile High, All a Flutter's Wings and Things), Prima blings and pearl, baker's twine, Tim Holtz journaling ticket, AC Thickers chipboard letter, Colorbok transparent letter stickers, glittered glue and Colorbox fluid chalkink.

Follow your Bliss.. My minimalist interpretation of the sketch where I played with acrylic paints on my fingers and sprayed glimmer mist for my background. I love this photo of my cousin Dionne and her baby boy Quinn. I used here white cardstock, My Little Shoebox papers (Flying High's Bird's Eye View and All a Flutter's Flutterby and Wings and Things), chipboard flower, AAS wire, Kaisercraft crafter's acrylic paints, Tattered Angel's blue and marshmallow glimmer mists, American Craft and Dear Lizzy's Rubon transfers and glittered glue.

I traded off my schedule for today with scrapping. I was supposed to watch my eldest son's dulaan in school, but Luigi told me not to watch because he might get conscious in acting the role of Don Timoteo. Good thing eventhough I did not attend, their class WON! Actually, I woke up at the wrong side of the bed but I opted to change my mood to attract good vibes the whole day. Oh well, I ended up making 4 pages using my few MLS papers. I will post the rest of my MLS pages soon.

That's it for now, TFL!

Who's the BOSS?

2010-08-14T14:31:00.004+08:00

This is a 30 minute layout! Made this one for my cousin Janice who celebrated her birthday last Wednesday. I haven't given her anything since she got married last December, so I thought of making a framed-layout for her and her husband Buggy.

Who's the Boss? I used here Sandylion pps, Kaisercraft chipboard swirls, Prima flowers, Bangkok flower, cardstock, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, K and Company 3D wedding sticker and MM tiny alphas.

... Scrap-piness!

2010-08-14T13:37:00.005+08:00

My prize from Scrap, Inspire, Create's April brand challenge finally came! I am one happy Mama again.

The moment I saw this Martha Stewart puncher, I fell in love with it and WANTED it very badly. Thanks to Lasting Impression for giving me the last piece, YaHOooo!

I am also the happiest everytime I accomplished an assignment... I am finally done with 4 debut albums, and two of it are now ready for shipping. Just as I am about to rest, another one just came in! Now this is what I call real "Scrap-pines"!

Happy weekend Everyone and happy crafting too! Thanks for dropping by...

She...

2010-08-09T08:04:00.005+08:00

I am so happy that I am still with Scrap Yourself and I'm on my second term now! And for my first post assignment, I thought of posting this old project we did during one of Scrapping Moms' Scrapfest in Manila. The album comes in a unique top loading box and slip on 6x6" page protectors. Please join us at Scrap Yourself blog and be inspired to start creating about yourself...

The pages were created on 6x6" Basic Grey papers, Prima flowers, brads and metal ornaments, buttons and threads, cardstocks, ribbons, fluid chalk inks and epoxy letter stickers. The album case was customized and was covered with Chatter Box papers and decorated with K and Company papers and some ribbons. This happened to be my first "All About Me" project and it made me appreciate and love myself more.

Happy Monday friends and thank you for always dropping by my blog...

Going Multiple... again!

2010-08-08T12:09:00.007+08:00

Last Monday, Yvette surprised me again with a bunch of photos to be scrapped. This time she asked me to scrap her favorite Uncle who died recently. Even during my cross stitch days where DMC has this computer program on converting photos into cross stitch patterns, I ruled myself never to stitch people that were already gone. I didn't even have the courage to stitch my own Dad's photo, maybe because I am afraid of haunting? Whether its stitching or scrapping, for me its the same because of the use of photos. But as I saw Yvette's photos, I totally forgot it because the photos were full of adventure and happy memories. Let me share some of the favorite pages I created...

Scrapping multi-photo pages can be easy for some, because the photos cover much of the space leaving a little area for your creativity to play. Ytet Solivet once told me, that could be true... but what about the time you spend in thinking and use of papers? For me its experience, exposure and creativity all together. Hope I inspire you somehow to keep those tons of photos to be laid out.

Happy scrapping and keep the momeries alive... TFL!

Lorenzo's Pages...

2010-08-01T22:29:00.009+08:00

I wanted to scrap Lorenzo's latest photos! Been scrapping for debut projects this past weeks and I just missed creating for my boys. I'm taking things easy for now and squeezing some boy layouts. It's great to be scrapping on your comfort zone, just taking a little breather in between flowers and pinks.

His Toy Story... Lorenzo's favorite at the moment is Toy Story and these are his toys Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Bull's Eye. I used here Prima's Spaceboy pps, Fancy Pants journal card, cardstock, brads, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, Ranger glossy accent and chipboard gears from Ytet. I love this gears, I easily made this page to use them at once, Thanks Ytet!

Prep na Ako! Lorenzo is now on his last year in Pre-School. That will be exactly 3 years of schooling before he enters the Elementary level. He has matured a bit and became totally independent in school. Thanks to the wonderful teachers of Morning Star Montessori School, I don't need to bring him to school everyday.

I used here Cosmo Cricket pps, Creative Imaginations pps, Luxe Design pps, cardstocks, Jenni Bowlin bingo card, Tattered Angel glimmer mist and American Craft cardstock letter stickers. I just noticed the letters of PREP, Lorenzo played with the letter R and later placed it on top of letter E, oh playful little boy!

This coming week will be a little hectic for my boys because its exams time again and Luigi will be taking the UPCAT entrance test. I have exactly two weeks to finish some assignments and I will be preparing for Christmas. I have been roaming around Martha Stewart's site and I'm going crazy on fabrics!

Have a great and safe week everyone and thanks for dropping by my blog... TFL!

BZ.

2010-07-27T19:53:00.006+08:00

OKay, I'm busy this past few days. I don't scrap for more than a week already, I have to shoot but I don't even touch my camera after my Mom's birthday last Friday. I feel like I'm always on a run. I am on a Mommy mode, I guess!... grocery rush for kid's baon, bring little Lorenzo to his Pedia for an ear check-up, cook dinner, do the laundry and a lot more.

I need a ME time again... please!

SY12: Pet Peeves

2010-07-21T18:11:00.000+08:00

Peeves are the things that annoys or bugs us, things that we don't like or maybe hate. Each of us have these, right? So what's yours?...

Oh No!... I hate gray hair popping up, loud persons with a loud attitude, ice cream on a bun, dirty bathrooms and cooking! I know I have to adjust specially on cooking, ok I'm trying my best. I used here cardstocks, MM scallop circle pps, old book page, Maya Road chipboard girl, Tim Holtz crackle paint, K & Co. tags to go, sassafras tag, Prima flowers, fibers, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, AAS chipboard letters, AC Thickers foamed letters, Kaisercraft acrylic paint, and WRMK precious metal hardware photo corners.

This is my last layout for the May-July term at Scrap Yourself and I'd finished 6 layouts all about myself. I am still officially with SY for another term, YeHeyyyy! and I would like to thank Kristine for considering me. There'll be some changes in our blog posts and challenges but I'm sure it will continue to be FUN and EXCITING. So hope to see you again at Scrap Yourself!

Thanks for looking as always!

It's a GREAT Monday!

2010-07-19T12:44:00.000+08:00

Thinking positive and a sunny attitude really make wonders... I have a positive mind set for this week since last week was totally depressing! Although I woke up a little late this morning, I started right away with household chores and Mommy duties. Just as Lorenzo left for school and I was left with peace and quiet, I opened my mail and found some good news from Scrap Yourself. Finished a few touches on my recent pages, organized my albums and now, cleared my working table. Then, I decided to blog hop to look for new challenges, new inspirations and pages. I was surprised to know that I won the Challenge 70 at Method Playground...

My two FRIENDS layouts won their border challenge. Wish to acknowledge Creative Scrapper's sketch I used for the "Friends for Keeps". Thank you Method Playground ladies for the generous RAK.

I wish that this week will continue to be OKAY, no stress, no worries... TFL!

SY's Design Team Call...

2010-07-13T08:52:00.000+08:00

Scrap Yourself is looking for 6 members to join the list of designers for July 1 to October 31, 2010 term. If you are interested to join our team, please head on to our blog and find the requirements and details here.

Time flies sooo fast and now I'm down to my last challenge at Scrap Yourself. Since I seldom scrap about myself, the 3 months and 6 page-assignments were really something to be missed.

Hope to catch you again at Scrap Yourself! Have a safe Tuesday everyone... TFL!

Guestbook!

2010-07-10T10:41:00.000+08:00

Yvette's guestbook was the old All About Scrapbooking brown covered 8x11 non-page protector album. We just scrapped on one corner of the page and the rest of the area will be used for wishes and greetings for the debutante. I just loved the simplicity of her idea.

Going Multiple...

2010-07-10T09:50:00.000+08:00

I have been into scrapbooking service since 2008. Made a few albums for friends and other clients and most them were RUSH! Two weeks ago, I helped my friend Yvette scrapped her cousin's debut scrapbook and guestbook. As expected, pictures were pretty plenty and should be cropped. Thanks to the edge punchers, journaling circles and more nice paper prints, it made my job a lot easier. I wish to share some of my multi-picture layouts (of course, with the permission of the owner!) and Yvette...

I used here K and Company pps, Cosmo Cricket pps, Basic Grey pps, Scenic Route pps, My Little Yellow Bicycle pps, WRMK pps, cardstocks, ribbons, laces, buttons, Prima flowers, Jillibeans Journaling Sprouts, Jenni Bowlin scalloped notecards, Basic grey tags, Tim Holtz Tickets, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, K and Company 3D word and embossed stickers, Cosmo Cricket mini letters and chipboard.

Project YVETTE is finally over: 16 pages of 8x11 guestbook and 55 pages of 12x12 scrapbook pages in about two weeks time! WHEWWW! I think I have to CHILL now... Thanks for looking!

SY10: Childhood Memories

2010-07-08T08:13:00.000+08:00

Memories are treasures of our lifetime and it is kept in our minds and thru scrapbooking. I am fortunate to have lots of them! I am happy to grow up to have a complete family and close relatives, and I owe it to them for such wonderful time of growing up and living life. This weeks challenge at Scrap Yourself is about Childhood Memories, join us and get the chance to win. Here's my page...

Remember... I missed my Dad when I was working on this page. He was such a big part of my life although he only lived for 62 years. I can remember how my Mom took care of me, and now she's still doing the same for my own kids. Being an only girl in our family gave me lots of privileges, love and attention. And I am just happy for everything! I used here Webster Pages pps, MM Noteworthy page and gem brads, cardstock, foamed flowers, Prima flowers, silk leaves, AAS bling brads, chipboard word, Tattered Angel glimmer mist and Fancy Pants pin.

Life is slowing down a bit. Thanks for looking as always!

Toy Story and Lorenzo's Story!

2010-07-06T10:34:00.000+08:00

His passion for cartoons was just like any other child.. first he loved Barney, the purple dino. Then comes silly Mr. Bean, partners Tom and Jerry was an old time fave (even the old ones love it too!), then comes the talking Cars and now Toy Story. Even before Toy Story 3 was out, Lorenzo fell in love it already. I don't know what's with him that he even asked his Daddy to buy him stuffed toys of Buzz, Andy and the horse. Buzz and Andy became his constant friends. He would pile up our pillows and laid them side by side so they get to watch TV with him daw. And sometimes, these stuffed babies would be his bedmates. Funny Lorenzo, but that's his stories! Ok but we haven't watched TS3 yet because its long tests week now... soon I promise.

Then lets wait 'til his next playmate. TFL!

... and the Latest!

2010-07-05T13:47:00.001+08:00

Hello Everyone! Can't believe its less than six months before Christmas time again!

My world is on a run, although I stay at home most of the time this days, I'm a BBbbzzzzz Mama. Thank God that flu fever is finally over in our household. It's birthday month for both the Virtucio's and Alicbusan's... 5th Louie, DK and Uncle Totoy (+), 9th Uncle Eddie, 23rd my Mom, 26th Auntie Letty (+), and 31st my cousin Dra. Ellen Vivo. Did I miss anyone? Surely, this month will be full of family gatherings.

I'm now scrapping for a friend in Canada, working on the debut of her princess. This is what's keeping me up this days, plus I'm trying to regularly attend the free aerobics every Saturday at UPLB Baker Hall with my scrappy girlfriends Ate Liezl, Doc Rita, Doc Chiqui, Nanay Cors and Lola Ytet. I don't have plans on getting back my old waistline, I just wanna stay fit and health specially that Cholesterol is on a heavy guarding. Then, I had a MILIA removed on the corner of my right eye last Saturday. It looks like a white head but actually its a cyst.

Finally, Scrap Yourself's Challenge 10 will be up on Wednesday and its about Childhood Memories. I had lots of them and majority are happy ones! I have to praise my parents for giving us a happy life. It may not be that luxurious but it was a comfortable and a happy childhood. Now that I am also a Mom, I TRY to share and give the same experience to my kids like my parents did to me and my 2 brothers. Let's see what my co-DTs have to share on Wednesday.... join us at Scrap Yourself!

Enjoy the coming week, happy Scrapping! TFL!

Mini Albums at 101!

2010-06-29T18:13:00.000+08:00

I'm a little tight this days, been literally scrapping day and night. But don't get me wrong, I love my being BUSY again. Since I'm not enrolled anymore and I cannot take my board exams this coming September, I am just HAPPY because my brother Louie is coming home on September. In spite of the total change of my year's plans, I am looking at things in a very positive way.

Another news is that my co-scrapaholic and owner of 101 Boutique, Cors! is celebrating her shop's 12th year anniversary. And we are all invited to come. I heard there will be a scrapbook challenge, will post the rules later. Well for now, I made Mini Albums the whole day today... its been awhile since I did minis. Here they are!

Accordion Minis... I used here Ki Memories papers, chipboard and ribbons. I love the color and design coordinates of the papers, matches the ribbons somehow. They are 6"x6" in size and fits at least a 3R photo.

Happy Scrapping! TFL!