I'm Back!

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!

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!

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!

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...!

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...

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...

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!