It's SemBREAK!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

... 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...

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!