My Life and My Scrapbooking

Scrap It Lah Challenge

2011-08-28T07:31:00.005+08:00

Went over at Scrap It Lah"s Site and saw their August Challenge given by my Idol Iris Uy! She wants us to have "three things in our layout... stamping, embossing, and misting. Plus there must be at least one raw chipboard to dress up". Ever since I went to Iris' Classes I'm always awed by the different techniques that she uses in her layout. So this challenge is really going to be fun. Here's what I came up with:

Here are a few closeup photos of the techniques I did.

Did some stamping and for the embossing, I first stamped the lamp post on white cardstock using a clear ebossing ink the applied black embossing powder, then I cut it out. For the raw chipboard, I used one of my "Dusty Attic" Fence chipies and applied copper dabber paint then put patches of citrus dabber.

Did some misting ang masking too!

Charming and Adorable- LGS challenge

2011-08-02T15:40:00.003+08:00

Its been quite some time since I joined the "LETS GET SHABBY" monthly challenge. For this month, its TOILE AND TICKING! I fell in love with the Creations made by the DT's so I thought I'd give it a try. So I went through my stash and saw two papers that I hope would meet the criteria.

Here's my entry:

Webster's Pages - Lets Celebrate!

2011-06-21T22:01:00.003+08:00

Hi Everyone! Somethings cooking over at WP! They're launching a new line- Let's Celebrate!

Just Copy and paste this Badge on your blog and join in their Fun and games, and who knows! You might be one of the lucky winners! C'mon! Lets Go! Lets Celebrate with Websters Pages!

Dream

2011-05-05T18:14:00.004+08:00

It's a color challenge at "Lets Get Shabby" this month and I'm just loving the challenges that they come up with. Just look at this colors for inspiration!Yummy!

Here's My Entry Using my new prima papers and rubons which were simply perfect for this challenge!

First Glimpse of You!

2011-04-29T21:22:00.004+08:00

Found time last week to do a couple of layouts and I couldn't resist the challenge over at SCRAP THAT BABY! Their challenge this month is to scrap Ultrasound pictures of our babies. This challenge is simply perfect because I haven't scrapped the 4D ultrasound of my DD.

Well, Here's my Entry using MME Papers! TFL!

Stuck on You Sketches Entry

2011-04-23T17:41:00.004+08:00

It's been a few weeks since I found time to scrap. I'm so glad I got a few days off and made this layout for STUCK ON YOU SKETCHES.

Here's the beautiful Sketch from Liz Qualman:

And Here's My take on the sketch:

It's Summertime over here and I decided to use one of my pictures with my DD when we took a dip in the pool! TFL!

Prima March Product Pick and Palette

2011-03-27T15:46:00.003+08:00

This is the Prima Pallete for the month of March. I rarely do monochromatic pages so i thought I'd give it a try.

Denim And Lace Challenge at Let's Get Shabby!

2011-03-19T22:23:00.004+08:00

I've been busy lately with work that I rarely can scrap or join challenges anymore. But when I went blog hopping a few weeks ago, I saw a couple of challenges that I couldn't resist! One of it is the 'DENIM AND LACE' Challenge over at LGS! Here's what I came up with:

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I used the Pink Paislee resist front Patterned paper as my base and did some distressing! I'm becoming a fan lately of using distress ink and doing resist stamping and I'm loving it! I also used denim as a frame for my picture as well as used it as a strip together with a lace at the right upper corner of my page. Added pre-made denim flowers also to my cluster of Prima flowers!TFL!

Sweet Girl - Let's Get Shabby Challenge 16!

2010-10-10T15:02:00.009+08:00

Ever since I gave birth to my DD I kind of experimented on doing shabby chic layouts and totally loved it! So when I found this new site called LET'S GET SHABBY I was amazed by the beautiful work of their DT's! And they have challenges Too! So I thought I'd give it a try....

Challenge 16 is first to choose one of two kitchens then use 3 of the colors in that kitchen as the dominant colors in the layout and also you have to use 1 fabric and 2 diecut shapes. I chose Kitchen 2 and here's what I came up with! TFL!

Kitchen No. 2

Chose the colors light pink, Dark Pink and green as my dominant colors for this page. Did some stamping too. I recently bought this Dusty Attic Laser chicken wire chipboard and I didn't want to use it only for 1 layout. So what I did was I used it as a stamp using brown paint. And it turned out great! LOL! For the diecut shapes, I used 2 sizes of butteflies.

For the fabric, I first sprayed it with pink shimmerz mist then placed twigs, flowers and stamen at the center and rolled it up forming a bouquet. This by the way was inspired by one tutorial that Master Iris Babao Uy did! Thanks Iris!

Here are some close ups of my layout!

Materials used:
Papers- Shabby Green Door for the base and my scraps from Prima, Websters Pages, green CS
Flowers- Prima
Daisy D's Journaling cards
Chipboards- All about Scrapbooking, Dusty attic (as stamp)
Local lace ribbon and fabric

Scrap that baby Prompt 14 Challenge Entries

2010-10-07T16:27:00.004+08:00

Found this new Site called SCRAP THAT BABY and they have awesome challenges so I thought I'd Join in! This week's challenge is to create a layout featuring one of your favorite teeny tiny baby parts! Well I chose my DD's feet. The first layout is when she was only one week old and the second was when she was already 5 months old playing footsies! TFL!

Last Reveal at Sketchabilities

2010-10-03T19:09:00.004+08:00

I can't Believe its been already 6 months since I first joined the team for sketchabilities! I'm really going to miss it! Thank you Karan for this wonderful opportunity! Your Sketches have always been an inspiration. Don't get tired of inspiring others as you have inspired me.

Here's the last DT sketch and my take on it.

Like a Child in a Candy Store!

2010-09-26T19:59:00.006+08:00

I had a chance to visit Singapore for a few days! And of course the scrapper in me was dying to be able to visit MADE WITH LOVE!(MWL) It's a famous scrapbooking store in Singapore! And Boy was I in Luck! My hotel was just beside Plaza Singapura where MWL is located. So after our tour each day, I was there for three straight nights! Yummy Goodies! Good thing during my last night there, they displayed their new arrivals! I drooled over the new Cha releases of Webster's Pages! Yummy!

Carousel Ride- September 23 Reveal!

2010-09-23T18:00:00.000+08:00

Todays reveal is special because we have with us as sponsor the EAD DESIGNS! They are the makers of STICKERZ!!! They have so many awesome designs to chose from. I received a sheet with a carousel sticker which is perfect for the picture of my DS taking a carousel ride!

Here's the sketch and my take on it!

Please head over to SKETCHABILITIES for more layouts done by the other DT's using the EAD Design Stickerz!!!

BLOG HOP WINNER!

2010-09-22T18:00:00.000+08:00

Thank you ladies for taking time to join the 1st ever SKETCHABILITIES BLOG HOP! Without your participation and taking time out to visit every DT's blog then this event would not have been a success! AND NOW FOR THE WINNER......

KELLY MASSMAN!

CONGRATULATIONS KELLY! please PM me your complete address so I can send you your prize!

NEW BOOTS - SEPTEMBER 21 REVEAL

2010-09-21T18:00:00.000+08:00

Its reveal time once again at Sketchabilities! This new sketch by Karan Gerber is simply perfect for the pictures that I have had developed for quite some time but didn't get the chance to scrap. It's my DD once again, this time showing off her new dress but most specially her Boots! If I'm a scrapaholic then she's a "shoeholic"! She's less than two years old but she's particular already with the shoes that she wants to wear. While at the mall trying to get shoes for her, she wont try anything I chose! But when she saw these WHITE BOOTS, she was so in a hurry to try them on and we could not take it off already. She wore them until we arrived home! LOL! So I guess this now officially makes it her favorite! LOL!

Here's my layout and the sketch:

SKETCHABILITIES 1ST BLOG HOP!

2010-09-15T21:00:00.000+08:00

Hi Everyone! Thank you for dropping by my blog. It's SKETCHABILITIES first ever Blog Hop and this blog hop is run a bit differently than others. There is an order for you to hop!

[1] Follow the hop by visiting Karan Gerber blog first, find the word (highlighted in orange), and go to the next blog listed. So if you are now in my blog then you came from Jenny chesnick's blog.

[2] For our followers to be considered for the final Sponsor Giveaway, you need to hop to Design Team Blogs that are participating in the blog hop in order…On those blogs, you will find a word in the colour Orange. Find the highlighted word, make note of it and leave some feedback. All these highlighted words combined form a catch phrase about Sketchabilities.

[3] You need to comment on each Designer Blog to be considered for the individual RAK the Design Team Members are offering. For my RAK ......

I am giving away an embellishment kit containing assorted ribbons, buttons, flowers and chipboards.

After leaving a comment here, you can now proceed to RHONDA VAN GINKEL

............your last step..

[4] You will need to put that “catch” phrase together and bounce back to the Sketchabilities site to leave your final comment and the “catch” phrase.

You'll have 5 days to complete the hop dates are Sept 15th until 20th!

Winners of each DT Blog Rak and the Final Sponsor Giveaway prize will be posted Sept 22nd!

Here you will find links to all the Sketchabiliies designers participating in the bounce. Each of them have a RAK to give away and all you need to do is leave them a comment on their blogs.

Good Luck Ladies! Hope you have fun!

Shanead- Sept.15 DT Reveal

2010-09-15T20:00:00.000+08:00

Ist DT reveal time once again at SKETCHABILITIES!
As always we have another beautiful sketch from Karan Gerber. Its a multi-photo sketch and I decided to used photos of my DD showing her usual bubbly self!

Here's the sketch and my take on it:

CHEEKY - Sepember 13 reveal

2010-09-14T09:00:00.000+08:00

Its the 3rd reveal for this months' Anniversary celebration over at SKETCHABILITIES! Boy are the sketches fabulous! Thanks to the super talented Karan Gerber who makes scrapping so much easier and fun by providing us these beautiful sketches so we can finish our layouts faster. She's actually the reason why I became a "SKETCHAHOLIC"! LOL!

Anyways, here's the sketch and my take on it! TFL!

Hope you drop by again for our Bloghop on September 15! See Ya! Lots of RAKs await the lucky hoppers!

ADORE- September 10 Sketch reveal

2010-09-12T16:41:00.000+08:00

It's another reveal day at Sketchabilities! Here's another beautiful sketch by Karan Gerber! Its actually one of my favorite sketches. For this page, I used Webster's pages Life's portrait line. It's my first also to use a paper doily. Did also some misting on the doily and prima white flowers after which I stamped the flowers! I really had fun doing this layout. Hope you like it!

Hope you can drop by the sketchabilities site for more inspiration from Sarah Buck, our Guest designer for this week! More upcoming sketches will be revealed this week! Lots of prizes also to be won! So join us now!I'm sure you'll have lots of fun!

I'm also inviting to the blog hop which will run on Sept 15 to 20.

SKETCHABILITIES TURNS ONE!

2010-09-09T23:35:00.000+08:00

Happy Anniversary SKETCHABILITIES! It's definitely going to be an exciting month! Lots of sketch reveals by very talented Guest designers and of course lots of prizes! Don't forget the blog hop which will run on the weekend of the 15th! So Hurry! Head over to the Sketchbilities site so you can download the calendar of events!

It's time for the first Sketch reveal and here's my take on the sketch!

You are a Joy! - sketch 23

2010-08-30T20:41:00.000+08:00

I can't believe that my baby girl will be turning two in three months time! Oh how time flies! Everyday she just brightens up my day especially with her killer smile! Since its reveal time once again at SKETCHABILITIES I used a picture of my dear Shanead for this weeks sketch. Here's what I came up with:

BIBLE BEARER

2010-08-15T16:31:00.000+08:00

It's sketch reveal time once again at Sketchabilities. The sketch is so perfect for my DS picture as a Bible Bearer during my nephew's wedding. He was so excited to wear his "Barong Tagalog" (filipino traditional Wear) and was all smiles for the camera.

Here's the sketch and my layout:

Hope you drop by at sketchabilities for more inspiration from the other DT's. I'm also inviting you next month for our month long birthday celebration!A blog hop, Lots of sketch challenges and prizes awaits you!See you There!

SKECHABILITIES IS TURNING ONE!

2010-08-12T12:55:00.000+08:00

Be sure to join us during the month of September!!!

you wont want to miss what we have planned.

There will be sketch challenges and a Blog Hop on Sept 15!! And Lots of Prizes Too!

So check back often at our SKETCHABILITIES Blog for updates! See you There!

Schonbrunn Palace- Sketchabilities July 30 Reveal

2010-07-30T21:29:00.000+08:00

Its sketch reveal time once again at SKETCHABILITIES. It's a multi-photo sketch from the very talented Karan Gerber! For this sketch, I decided to rotate the sketch and this is what I came up with.

Do drop by at Sketchabilities site and I'm pretty sure you'll get inspired by the varied takes on the sketch by the other DT's.

Watch out also for our First Year Anniversary Celebration Starting September 7! See Ya there!

July 15 reveal- Amsterdam

2010-07-15T15:29:00.000+08:00

I had the chance to go to Europe last month. It was really a fun and enjoyable trip! So for this month's reveal over at SKETCHABILITIES my first stop is Amsterdam. The sketch is a multi-photo layout, just perfect for showing the sights that I enjoyed in Amsterdam.

Here's the sketch and my take on it! TFL!

The DT's have awesome pages also for inspiration so hope you can drop by the sketchabilities blog. Sketchabilities will also be turning one next month! We will be having lots of activities like weekly sketches, guest designers and prizes! So hop over the site for more info! The fun begins September 7!

Play Ball- Sketchabilities June 30 Reveal

2010-06-29T21:06:00.000+08:00

Thought this would be my last design team reveal over at SKETCHABILITIES but lucky me I get to extend my term for another three months! WooHoo! Thank you very much Karan for this wonderful opportunity!

The June 30 reveal is a very beautiful sketch from Karan! I used pictures of my DS when he was about three years old. Playing ball at the UPLB (University of the Philippines Los Banos) field was his favorite past time during weekends.

Hope you can drop by the site so you can also be inspired by the different takes of the sketch by the other DT's!

Sketchabilities Sketch 18 Reveal

2010-06-16T21:11:00.001+08:00

Hi everyone! It's sketch reveal day again over at Sketchabilities ! It's another beautiful sketch by Karan Gerber and I had so much fun doing this page! Here's the sketch and my layout!

I just love this picture of my DS and his grandma! they're such happy people with happy hearts!

So head over at Sketchabilities and be inspired by the gorgeous pages created by the other DT's!

Genuine Love

2010-05-31T19:03:00.000+08:00

Its another DT reveal again over at sketchabilities with another beautiful sketch by Karan Gerber! hope you gals could head over there and see the other gorgeous takes by the other DT's! I'm sure you'll get lots of inspiration! here's my take!

Scrap - it - Lah May Challenge

2010-05-23T14:23:00.000+08:00

Recently, I came across this site through Jessy Christopher's Blog. It's Called Scrap-it-Lah. It's a Malaysian challenge blog where some of my fave Asian scrappers are the DT's. They have a new sketch by jessy and I thoughtI'd give it a try. I always have a hard time making multi-photo layouts so mind you this was indeed a challenge! LOL!

Here's the sketch and my Take on it: TFL!

Sketch 16 at Sketchabilities

2010-05-15T15:32:00.000+08:00

I can't believe that I'm on my 2nd month already as DT at Sketchabilities. I really have fun when I'm working with sketches. I guess I could say that I'm becoming a SKETCHAHOLIC already! LOL! Anyways, Sketch 16 is up with another beautiful Sketch from Allison Richardson! Here's the sketch and my take on it! TFL!

This is a page of my DD Sharie who at 1 and a half years old chooses what clothes and shoes to wear. As in we couldn't get her to wear anything that she doesn't like! LOL!

Please do drop by at the Sketchabilities blog and view the other fantastic layouts of the other DT"s. I'm sure you'll get lots of inspiration there!

"WA BU" Means I Love You!

2010-05-14T21:47:00.000+08:00

Made this layout for the weekly challenge at Twisted Sketches. The Twist this week was to use something Handmade. For this layout I made a flower out of book paper and misted it. Had fun doing this page.

Here's Sketch 48 and my take on it:

Pure Joy!

2010-05-14T21:13:00.000+08:00

I recently came across an Asian Scrapbooking site through Mazlina's Blog. It's called "Capture these Sketches" and I thought I'd join in their weekly challenge.

Here's sketch 36 and my take on it: TFL!

Materials used: Websters Pages PPS, Prima Chipboard Alphas, Brick red ranger Distress ink, local ribbon and brown and cream CS

So Very You!

2010-05-01T07:51:00.000+08:00

Its my second layout for sketchabilities. This is from a sketch by Karan Gerber. The sketch was sooo0 beautiful that I had so much fun doing this! Here's the sketch and my take on it:

PLease do drop by at the sketchabilities blog for mor beautiful inspirations from the DT's. Its National Scrapbooking weekend so I'm sure all of you would like a little inspiration to get started!

Savvy and Sassy 2010 Ribbon Rave Challenge Entries!- I won!

2010-04-24T21:45:00.000+08:00

Six weeks ago I joined the Savvy and Sassy I can't believe that we've finished already the last challenge! Thank you to the Ladies at SNS for this oppurtunity. I really had a blast and I'm so glad to have met the other wonderful scrappers from around the globe!

Here are my Entries:

I soo thrilled to win the challenge! Congrats also to Ingrid and Jillian! Thank you SNS for this challenge!

Little Lady at Sketchabilities

2010-04-15T22:31:00.000+08:00

It's my first DT reveal over at Sketchabilities ! Had fun doing the sketch from Allison Richardson and once again, its a page about my sweet little Sharie! Oh how fast she has grown. It seems only yesterday when I first held her in my arms and now she's already walking!

Here's the sketch my take on it:

Please drop by at the Sketchabilities Blog to see the other gorgeous layouts made by the rest of the DT's! TFL!

New DT Stint!

2010-03-19T19:03:00.001+08:00

I'm soooo Excited! I received an Email from Karan Gerber saying I was chosen to be one of the design team members for SKETCHABILITIES! Woot! Woot!

I have always been a Fan of Karan's sketches and to be one of her DT's is really an honor! So hope you scrap addicts and sketchaholics out there, do drop by the site and try out all the beautiful sketches of Karan and the rest of the sketch DT's.

Congrats also to the other DT's especially my fellow LB scrapaholic Marites Solivet and fellow filipina scrapper and idol Ria Mojica and Liza Bermudez! Looking forward to be working with all of you!

More Design Dollies Layouts

2010-03-07T22:22:00.000+08:00

A new layout I made for design dollies Challenge where we were asked to used yellow and a sun in our layout. Here's my take:

Second challenge is a color combo challenge using the colors royal blue, light blue and lime green. Here's what I came up with. TFL!

Cousins

2010-02-28T23:07:00.000+08:00

This is a new layout I made for Design Dollies' Last February sketch. This is a fun sketch to make. It even took only 20mins to make and I love the outcome. Here's my take:

Design Dollies Entries!

2010-02-21T20:42:00.000+08:00

I Came across the Design Dollies site through my good friend Chiqui. They have this weekly challenges and I though I'd give it a try.

First is the color combo challenge using LAVENDER, GREY and WHITE/IVORY.I had a hard time looking for lavander papers coz I only have a few in violet shades so here's my take.

Next is the sketch challenge:

And Here's my Take:

Scrapmuse Blog hop!

2010-02-17T22:58:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone! Please head over at scrapmuse blog. they have a month long Spread the love contest and their blog hop is still on going! Just finished hopping to the DT's Blog and I had so much fun! Come and Join now! It will run up to Feb 17.

Featured Layout

2010-02-16T21:35:00.000+08:00

My oh my! I'm in heaven right now! I just received an email saying that my layout Entitled "MY LIFE" is one of the 5 featured layouts this week at webster's Pages site! This really made my day! For quite some time now I have been obsessed with using webster's Pages in most of my layouts. And to be featured is already a big honor for me! Thanks to the ladies of Webster's for choosing my page!

Scrapmuse Spread the Love Entries!

2010-02-12T21:03:00.000+08:00

I'm simply loving the challenges over at SCRAPMUSE. They're having a "Spread the Love" Challenge this month which will run from February 5 to 28. So far I have entered in 3 challenges:

Teresa's Sketch challenge:

Here's my take:
Title: You Light up my Life

"I Love My Life Challenge"
For this one we were asked to scrap something or somebody that you are thankful for and making life so good. We were also askrd to include the following in our page:

*Please use any 3 (or more) of the following colors: pink, red, brown, black, white or cream
*Include a die cut or punch
*Use a 2" x 12" strip of paper
*Add some dimension to your page (use a pop dot, layering or any technique that adds dimension)
*And you MUST journal!! :)

here's what I came up with:

"What Do YOU Love ' Challenge"

We were asked to scrap whatever we love. The only other requirements are that there be at least 3 hearts somewhere on your LO and that the the word 'love' appear in the title or in your journaling.
As always, My family is the one I love the most, so here's my take:

Spread the Love Contest at Scrapmuse!

2010-02-09T23:26:00.001+08:00

Scrapmuse is having a month long contest that will run from February 5-28. Do visit their site and join in the challenges!

In the mood for Challenges!

2010-02-06T21:23:00.000+08:00

It's been a few months since my last post. Been sooo busy during the holidays and when january came, it's back to work (para mabawi gastos during the holidays! LOL!). Anyways, 2010seems to be a good start for my scrapbooking passion. Did about 10 layouts last month. To keep me in the mood to scrap, I decided to join a couple of challenges.

First, is the Scrap the girls sketch challenge:Here;s my take.

Next stop is the ACOT "Black and white challenge.For these contest you need to create a layout or craft (no cards please) using ONLY the colors BLACK AND WHITE!!Boy was this a challenge! Never did a page using black and white colors only! Here's what I came up with.

For february I joined 3 challenges so far.

First: About me challenge by "Scrapbooks by design" .The challenge is to create an original layout that features one picture of you, and only you. Include journaling about yourself and some ribbon. I used my fave Webster's pages PPS for this challenge.

Next challenge is from Method Playground which requires us to use felt, woolen yarn or raw wool. For my layout, I used felt alpha thickers. Here's my page:

My latest creation is for mission create who gave us a mission to create a layout using 3 to 5 of the ideas from this list!
Deborah-Stitching
Jocie-Rub on's
Nicole-Curved Title
Vanessa-Paint
Frances-Red,Turquoise & White

For this page, I used 4 of the 5 concepts: red paint, rub-on, stitching and red, Turquoise and white!

That's all for now! I'm off to join another challenge! TFL!

Sharie Just turned One!

2009-11-10T19:57:00.001+08:00

Oh how time flies! It wasn't just too long ago when I gave birth to my second child Sharie. And now, she just turned one last friday November 6! I had a blast preparing for her party. Decided to make the give aways myself with the help of my mom and tita Meg.We sort of had an assembly line like in factories! LOL! I also made a cake decor from round chipboard boxes and altered it, and put Sharie's pictures from 1month old to 1 year.I also placed it on a rotating tray so visitors can just turn it to view Sharie's pictures. here's what I came up with:

Decided also not to use the common pink motif for little girls and instead added orange and apple green to the motif!

Sharie with her Godparents:

SHarie's 11 months old now!

2009-10-05T23:11:00.000+08:00

Yup! she's eleven months old! Oh how time flies. My baby is now a little girl! So beautiful....... so charming!

Priceless!

2009-10-04T23:20:00.000+08:00

Yup it's sketch time once again and I would like to share with you my take on sketch 72 at Creative Scrappers! TFL!

This is a very simple layout yet I love the final outcome. No pps were used. just black and white card stock and a metal frame from MM. Used my lace border puncher for added look. No journaling too coz my title and pics speaks for itself. Again TFL!

HP Space

2009-09-29T20:25:00.001+08:00

Hi friends! please drop by the official site of HP space and leave a comment. My super talented stepdaughter Ienne auditioned. Let's help a fellow pinay make it to the final round! Thanks in advance! Just click below.

HP Space

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Beautiful!

2009-09-20T11:58:00.000+08:00

Made this layout for Creative Scrappers Sketch No.70. I finally had the chance to use my Websters Pages PPS. I had fun cutting the gorgeous flower designs including the bird cage which is just soooo beautiful! Hope you ladies like my take on the sketch! TFL!

Sketch No. 70

Hope you can visit the site and take a look at the gorgeous layouts of the other DT's.

My Joy

2009-09-13T20:31:00.000+08:00

My DH and two kids are my greatest treasures in life. I just love taking pictures of them together especially when I see my kids embrace and hug each other. So when sketch 68 at Creative Scrapper was sent to me I immediately knew what pictures to scrap. Here's sketch 68 and my layout. TFL!

Hope you can head over at Creative scrappers and view the creations of the other DT's. Sketch 69 is also coming out by tomorrow so watch out for it!

On the Go!

2009-08-25T17:16:00.000+08:00

At 7 to 8 months my DD Sharie, started to crawl! she totally loved the freedom to explore her surroundings. As usual mommy enjoyed taking pictures!LOL! So when my second DT sketch at Creative scrappers came up, I immediately knew what pictures to use. Here's Sketch 66 by Karan Gerber and my take on the sketch. TFL!

Title: On The Go!

I used Fancy Pants Aged florals PPS for this Layout and as usual my fave technique- Hand cutting!

Journaling:

You are now in the crawling stage
Always on the go trying to explore your surroundings.
Do I see a future mountaineer or cave explorer like Daddy?
Hmmm... We'll see!

Sharie, 81/2 mos. old

The other DT's have created amazing pages using this sketch. You can see them Here

Until next time! See Ya!

Two New Layouts!

2009-08-19T22:30:00.000+08:00

Thanks goodness I finally had time to scrap this week! I have been busy lately with work that my hands are now really itchy to get hold of my scissors and craft Knife! Here's what I came up with.

For this page, I did some masking. TFL!

This is our official family picture for the year. I had some difficulty conceptualizing this layout because my picture is quite large.You see my husband didn't want me to use a smaller sized picture so I was stuck with this. But I'm happy with the outcome of this page. And I was also able to finally use my webster Pages PPS! Yipee!

Circle of Friends Award!

2009-08-11T22:06:00.000+08:00

I got this award from my dear friend Issa! I will be passing this award to Helga, Liezl, Timi, Cors and Lee! Thank you Issa for this award!

Love and Adore

2009-08-11T14:20:00.000+08:00

Hi Everyone! Sketch 64 is up at Creative Scrappers. This sketch is very memorable to me because it's my first design team reveal! Moreover this sketch is also special because it is made by a fellow Filipina, LG Belarmino!

Sketch #64

Here's my Take:

Title: Love and Adore

Hope you can head over at Creative Scrappers and see the amazing creations also of the other DT's. And if you have time, you can also use this sketch as inspiration and upload you layout to the gallery. Who knows! you might win some scrapbooking goodies from Mon Scrapbook.com at the end of the month!TFL!

Taking A peek!

2009-08-05T22:42:00.000+08:00

Sketch 63 is up at Creative Scrappers It's another beautiful Sketch by Karan Gerber!

Here's my take:

Title: Taking A Peek

This is my DD Sharie who loves taking a peek from her crib and giving me her signature smile whenever she wants my attention.Simply Adorable!

For this layout I used BG Bittersweet PPS.

If you're a sketchaholic like me or if you have'nt tried using sketches for your layouts then head on the Creative Scrappers! You'll definitely get lots of inspiration there!

More July Sketches

2009-08-05T22:06:00.000+08:00

I Finally finished the last two sketches for the month of july at Creative Scrappers

Sketch #61

I'm sure you'll agree with me that this is a beautiful sketch! I totally fell in love with it that my scissors went snip, snip, snip! I even cut the pictures giving a twist to the sketch. Here's what i came up with.

Title: Dare to Explore

Journaling: Be inquisitive, Be adventurous, explore, Discover!
Sharie 8 1/2 mos. old

Sketch #62

For this sketch, I used the pictures of my DS Gian during their school field trip at Hacienda Macalauan las February. Here's my take. TFL!

Title: Moo Time!

Layouts to Share!

2009-07-27T21:18:00.000+08:00

Recently browsed my files and noticed a few layouts I made a few weeks ago that I haven't uploaded yet.

Title: YOU MAKE MY HEART SING!

This is the layout I submitted for Creative Scrappers' DESIGN TEAM CALL. Aside from being my Lucky Page (Coz I was chosen by CS as one of their DTs),this page is also very precious to me. My heart simply sings when I look at the picture. I can feel the love of my DD for me just by staring at this page!

Title: A SMILE SO CAPTIVATING

Made this page for the PINK PAISLEE CHALLENGE last month at Create my Keepsake. I didn't win but I loved how this page turned out.

Lastly, This third layout is based on a sketch by Becky Fleck at Page Maps. Made this a few months back but failed to upload. Its a picture of my DD Sharie when she had her ear piercing done by Ninang Chiqui Gutierrez! All the other scrapaholics God parents were also present during the said event to give moral support and to document the event! Special thanks to Liezl for taking the pictures!

Title: IT'S A GIRL THING!

July Sketches

2009-07-23T06:19:00.000+08:00

Hi Everyone! Hope you can drop by at CREATIVE SCRAPPERS. They have beautiful sketches this month. here are three of their sketches for July: TFL!

Sketch #58:

Title: LUV UR SMILE

for this page I used Mainly Basic Grey PPS (Marakesh and Mellow), Dream Street and WRMK.

Sketch #59

Title: YUONE

This layout is a gift for my son's Pre-school teacher. She recently gave birth and I was her son's pediatrician. Such a cutie, don't you agree? Incidentally this was chosen as LOTD last July 16 at Creative Scrappers! Yipeee!

Sketch #60

Title: MY CUTIE PIE

I used my Scenic Route Sonoma line for this page. I also decided to turn the sketch around to give it a different look.

Watch for the other upcoming weekly sketches at CS! I'm sure it will stir your creative juices and scrap scrap scrap!

First DT Stint!

2009-07-11T22:44:00.000+08:00

Yup! I made it as one of Creative Scrappers Design Team! Yipee! Ooooooh Up to now I'm still on high and trying to pinch myself if this is just a dream! When Kristine of Creative Scrappers called for new DT members, I thought I'd give it a try. Ever since I discovered their site last January, I have been an avid fan of their sketches!This is my first DT stint and I'm so excited to be working with so many talented scrappers! Thanks Kristine for this wonderful oppurtunity! I am likewise thrilled that a fellow filipina Mia Castrillo is also part of the team!

Do checkout Creative Scrappers if you love sketches or if you simply just want to be inspired. I know I was!

Sketchaholic Me!

2009-06-28T20:01:00.000+08:00

Ever Since I discovered a couple of sketch blogs this year, I got totally hooked! I'm officially now a fan of a lot of these sketch blogs like Creative Scrappers, 52sketches52weeks, Inspired blueprints, Pagemaps and a lot more! I'm really loving all these fantastic sketches because it made me scrap fast and finish more layouts than last year.

Here are a few of my pages inspired from sketches.

Taken from 52 sketches 52 weeks Sketch 11:

This next sketch is from Scrappinkids' Sketch No. 3 Challenge for the month of june.I decided to do hidden journaling so I can accommodate more pictures.

Title: LOVE FOREVER

This one is from A2Z Scraplets June sketch challenge.Good thing Joanne gave me one of their products so I was able to join their challenges.

This next layout I made during the LB scrapaholics Pajama party. This is my take of the sketch made by our very own Helga Vergara! Lovely sketch Helga!

Had a chance also to join Inspired Blueprints' sketch 25 challenge. here's my take:

Now to do you believe me? Yup! I think its an addiction! But I don't mind coz I'm having fun doing this! LOL!

PAGEMAPS Entry

2009-06-07T21:33:00.000+08:00

Its my first time to join a challenge at PAGEMAPS. But I loved this Sketch of becky plus I fell in love with the prize that awaits the winner so I thought I'd give it a shot. Here's the sketch followed by my take on the sketch:

Journaling:
- Smiles that melts your heart
- Once upon a time, there was a lovely little princess and she had her Daddy
wrapped around her little finger. Secretly, he didn't mind at all.

I used the photos of my husband Ryan and DD Sharie who were "goofin' around" while I had fun taking pictures of the two. Just love seeing them bonding together and having fun! Sharie is truly a Daddy's Girl! I used Fancy Pants and DCWV PPS. Did some stitching and punch out also the strip of PP as an add on design to the paper. TFL!

My Little Attic Challenge Entry

2009-06-07T21:09:00.000+08:00

It's been a while since Nenette of My Little Attic had a challenge. So when she finally had one I couldn't miss it for the world. Actually the challenge is quite difficult. For one I would be scrapping about me since the theme was " A day in my life". I always have a hard time making layouts about myself. Second we had to use different brands of pps! And to top it all, we had to make our own embellishment and do at least 2 types of distressing technique. Definitely a challenge right? Well here's what I came up with.....

I used BG Urban Prarie and several old Fancy Pants PPS. For my homemade embellishment I made a tree out of PPS. Had this picture also of me sitting and relaxing on a bench during one of my trips to Beijing but I decided to cut it out so it would seem that I'm relaxing under the tree.Its my first time also to used a corrugated board as my base paper. All in all I had fun creating this page! Thanks for the challenge nette!

New Layouts to share!

2009-05-31T21:25:00.000+08:00

Here are a couple of pages that I have made over the past weeks but haven't had the time to upload.The first three layouts are of my DD Sharie. Oh! how fast she's growing! She'll be 7 months old already next week.

This next layout is for my son Paolo during his moving up ceremony.

Trip to OZ Land!

2009-05-28T19:20:00.000+08:00

Last week, I had a chance to travel to Sydney, Australia. Its my first trip to OZ Land and was really excited to see the wonderful sites there. I got to see the famous Harbor bridge and Opera House.

The tour guide also brought us to Hunter Valley for some wine and cheese tasting. I was looking forward to seeing the Blue Mountains but unfortunately it was raining and so we couldn't see the "Three Sisters" because it was covered with fog!

But the highlight and most exciting part of my trip was to see an old friend whom I've missed dearly!I didn't realize how much I've missed her until I hugged her again that night! Yup yup! ladies! I met up with "Miss Congeniality" herself........

Beautiful pa din diba?

Joanne and her equally darling sister Jovy picked me up at my hotel and we went to darling harbor for dinner and dessert at "Pancake on the rocks"! But inside the car pa lang I was already feasting on the scrap stuff Joanne Got for me! Grabe! So scrappylicious talaga! Due to the hectic schedule of our tour, I didn't get a chance to visit a scrapbooking store and Joanne was so kind to do all the shopping for me! What a gal!

At dinner, as usual puro chika kami about each other's Kids, our husbands, scrapbooking and our friends espcially the LBS girls. Inabot nga kami ng midnight kakachika! LOL! And of course we didn't go home without the pictorials!

To Joanne and Jovy, thank you very much for your hospitality and generosity. I really had a wonderful time. Looking forward to my next visit at OZ. Do come back to the Philippines soon so I can return the favor! Mwah!

A "Scrappylicious" Weekend

2009-04-27T07:54:00.000+08:00

Had a blast this weekend. Creative Scrappers is celebrating their 1st Birthday with a lot of challenges from April 19 to May 3 and so I decided to join.

The first challenge is the "Sweet and Simple" Challenge where we were allowed only to use one photo and one paper using this Sketch

Next, I joined the 3 picture challenge, again using a Sketch. Here's my take:

Third is their "Paint it" Challenge. For this challenge, you have to create a background on plain CS using paint. glimmer mist can be used. So for my page, I painted a bubble wrap with yellow MM paint and stamped it on a black CS. OOOh I loved the final outcome of this page.

Fourth LO, Yup it's my 4th in 2 days! I joined the No picture Challenge. I decided to put in the layout the pregnancy test strip of ny 2nd Child. This way I also cover my backlog LOS for my DD's Album. LOL!

Last Saturday, ScrappinKids also had a weekend challenge. I was only able to do two of their challenges. First, is Michelle's What is love Challenge. We were ask to ask our Kid what love is to them and scrap their 1st reply. Here's what my 4 yr old DS said:“Ikaw Mommy”. “I love you di ba? Like sa Mcdo – LOVE KO ‘TO!And here's my page:

I’m glad my son associates me with love. It’s the best gift a mother can get from her child. I hope and pray that he also learns to impart love and care to others.

For this layout, I used the sketch from Creative Scrapper's Button Challenge.

Aniza's Challenge was to scrap our kid's favorite food. Here's my entry:

That's it! Simply had a blast this weekend!

New Scrapbooking Style?

2009-04-23T22:10:00.000+08:00

Well, I Hope so. I have always been a clean and simple scrapper. However, since I started making girl pages, I've been experimenting on making "Shabby Chic" LOS. Gosh! its really quite a challenge! Hopefully in time I'll get the hang of it. Here's my attempt:

Next Experiment is to try to make LOS with White space and few embellies. A challenge at Creative Scrappers gave me this opportunity. It's the Sweet and Simple Challenge where in you are allowed to use only one paper and one photo. Here's my take:

McDo Kiddie Crew Workshop And my Method Playground Entry

2009-04-14T20:42:00.000+08:00

It's summer and I can already feel the temperature rising. I think even the kids can feel it too coz they get kind of restless and bored lately. So to relieve them of their boredom Chix and I enrolled Julia and Gian to the Mcdonald's Kiddie Crew Workshop. It's a 5 day workshop where the kids are taught arts and crafts, and how to serve at the Mcdo Counter as a Kiddie Crew.

Today after they served drinks and burgers to costumers, they did their first project. Chix and I naman did some scrapping too while waiting for them to finish! Yup! Scrapping at McDo! Chix did a Disney Layout while I did my entry for Method Playground.

I've been hopping recently to Method playground and I have been having a blast looking at the LOS of their DT's. It's also been quite a while that I've been contemplating on joining their challenges but never had time to make one until today. This week's challenge is to use more than one frame,but less than one hundred, in your layout. You can put them where you want; they can be big or small; in any material: plastic, cardstock, magic mesh, up to you !

Here's my entry:

This Picture of my son Gian was taken during their School's Open House where we parents were allowed to observe our kids at school. I caught this pose of Gian who was intently listening to his teacher.

For this page I used 3 kinds of frames: Fancy Pants round transparency frame, Hambly bronze transparency frame and WRMK Metal frame. Used also rubons from Daisy D,Hambly,Basic Grey and Autumn Leaves.

Finally, here's Gian's finished project:

Holiday Crop

2009-04-14T19:40:00.000+08:00

Last Maundy thursday,Chiqui,Cors and I went to liezls' place to do some croppin', chika-chika and of course have salo salo over lunch which Ate Tere cooked! We had Inihaw na Tilapia, Bulanglang and Bagoong! YUUUUUMMMMY! For Merienda Cors brought Pancit and Liezl also served Halo-Halo! YUM YUM again! Looks like all I did was eat and made chika coz I was only able to finish 2 LOS that day. But I'm Happy with what I came up with...

For this page, I finally got to use my BG Mellow PPS which has been in storage since I Bought it at Last years' Scrap Jam. I had fun making the tree which I'm getting addicted to lately(If you haven't noticed in my other LOS, LOL!).Love this picture of Gian and his classmates relaxing during their field trip at Hacienda Macalauan.

Here, I used an old sketch from Creative scrappers and used Cosmo Cricket PPS.

The following day, I came up with another page. This time featuring my two kids, simply having a good time while mommy was taking photos! Just take a look at those smiles! It simply melts my heart! TFL!

Easter fun!

2009-04-13T20:25:00.000+08:00

Yesterday marked another fun filled day for us LB Scrapaholics and our family. We had our THIRD ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT! Yup, you read it right! Its our 3rd in a row easter egg hunt! Looks like its really going to be a yearly event for us! even our kids our looking forward to this event! My son Gian even marked our desk calendar and would look at it every day just to check if its Easter already!

It was really a full day for my family. We got up at 4am to attend also our Church's annual Easter sunrise service followed by the fellowship breakfast. Then we went home to rest for a few hours then we were off to UPLB OBLATION AREA for the egg hunt.

Of course, no LB scrapaholic event takes place without the pictorials. So bago pa maging basang sisiw ang mga kids, inuna muna namin yung traditional family pictorials. Each family was assigned a color and my brood came in violet/lavander.

Even my DD Sharie joined in the fun! Walang ginawa kundi ngumiti ng ngumiti! Here's proof!

My DH Ryan and I volunteered to hide the eggs this year. We had two sets of plastic eggs. One set for the young Kids and the other set for the older kids.Gian had fun looking for the eggs and was so proud to show it me.

Now what the LB girls didn't know was that we hid a third set of eggs but used quail eggs instead. The person with the most number of eggs found wins a rak from me and the one who gets the orange egg gets a rak of ribbons again from yours truly! Sobrang na excite ata ang mga girls at tumakbo na di pa ako nagsasabi ng go!LOL!Just look at them go!

Ryan and I limited the area for them to hunt just around the 3 sq. meter area of the UP Oblation. Pero mind you nahirapan ang mga ale mag hanap! yung ibang eggs naapakan pa! LOL!

Helga and Cors tied for first place while Ytet found the orange egg and won the special rak! Finally the group pictorial!

And now for the wacky shot!

All in all it was a fun filled day of bonding with friends and Family! Looking forward to our 4th Easter Egg Hunt next year!

Blog Award from Issa!

2009-04-11T00:02:00.000+08:00

Issa gave me this award a few weeks ago but never got around to post it. Thanks for this award Issa! It made me make some new posts in my blog.(Sa Hiya!) LOL!

I'm Passing this "measures up award" to Liezl, Cors, Ytet, Timi and helga!

New Layouts to share!

2009-04-09T22:08:00.000+08:00

Its been quite a while since I last made a post in my blog. As usual, busy with work and with other things. But despite the busy schedule, I found time to scrap a few pages which I want to share with you. Most of them were made from sketches which I'm becoming addicted to lately. LOL!

This last page entitled "Sharie's World",I made during Scrappinkid's March weekend RDT Challenges. I Joined Issa's Challenge which was to use bright colored PPS. I had these beautiful Sassafras PPS which I bought a few weeks ago and it was the right paper to use for Issa's Challenge. Luckily I won! Yipee! Its been quite a while since I won in online challenges. Thanks Issa and to the rest of the SK RDT's and DT's!

Black and White Challenge

2009-02-25T23:01:00.000+08:00

Chiqui recently posted a challenge at creative scrappers. Her challenge was to scrap a layout using black and white as the dominant colors, and the twist is, you have to use an additional color as accent. No specific theme required, you can scrap whatever you like.

I haven't done a black and white page yet so I decided to give it a try. Here's my entry:

Journaling Reads:
Someday she will find her Prince Charming, but her Daddy will always be her King!

TFL! If you want join too, just visit Creative Scrappers. Deadline for submission is on Feb 28.

Fun with Sketches and Scraplifts

2009-02-19T14:26:00.001+08:00

Lately I've been enjoying scraplifting and doing the sketches at Creative Scrappers . Their sketches are fun to do and this is just what I need to get more layouts done! True enough last week I finished four pages, 2 from C-S Sketches and two were scraplifts from my Idol Iris Uy!

Here's my take of Sketch 37 and Sketch 38:

This is the first page I submitted and I got lucky for it was chosen as the LOTD for february 17! Yipee! LUCKY CUTIE!

For this page I used my old stash of Chatterbox PPS and MME journaling cards!

For sketch 38 I used my BG Cupcake PPS to make a page for my son Gian when he turned four years old. Here's my take.

Journaling: Always remember to celebrate who you are. It's what makes you UNIQUE!

These next 2 pages were scraplifted from 2 layouts of our master and idol Iris Uy, which I really loved! Thanks Iris for the inspiration!

Journaling: My dearest Sharie, You're such a sweet and adorable baby. You never fail to put a smile on Mommy's face. And Like the lyrics of the song "YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE", you make me happy when skies are gray! I love You! - Mommy

Materials used: Fancy pants and Pink Paisley PPS

Journaling: As the months go by, you seem to forget how jealous you were when baby Sharie was born. Now, you keep on hugging and kissing her and saying "I LOVE YOU" or "LOVE KO TO!"
My son, now that you're a Kuya already, may you always love, care and protect your sister. I LOVE YOU BOTH!

Gian Paolo - 4 1/2 years old
Shanead - 2 months old

Materials used: BG Boxer PPS

New Layouts and Projects for 2009!

2009-02-01T14:49:00.000+08:00

It took me a couple of months to start scrapping again after I gave birth. Holding clinics and taking care of the new baby really took a toll on my energy level so that I didn't have the time and the energy to scrap!But the upside of this is I had lots of bonding time with baby Sharie (Shanead's nickname courtesy of ninang ISSA which my husband liked!).

It was only by the 2nd week of January that I made my first LO of Baby Sharie. It's hard pala to scrap again pag natigil ka na ng matagal! I feel like I don't know how to do it na. After 2 days of playing around with the pics and PPS, here's what I came out.

After this lo, I decided to push thru with the desk calendars that I was suppose to give to my doctor friends last christmas and became a Chinese New Year gift instead. all in all I made five of them in one week. Achievement na yun diba?

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By the 3rd week, No new layout still. Good thing we had our crop session last Jan 24 and boy did it get my creative juices flowing. In one week I was able to make 4 new layouts aside from the hatty holidays LO we made during our crop. Yipee! I really Had fun creating them that I can't resist sharing them with you. I decided to finish first my 2008 Christmas LOS. Here they are:

For the above layouts I used old stash of BG and cosmo cricket CS and PPS.

For this LO i used my old fancy pants pps. Glad to finally use pink papers!

A Birthday to Remember!

2009-01-25T22:38:00.002+08:00

I celebrated my birthday last January 20. I'm now 42 years old! I normally don't have a party on my birthdays but since I became an LB scrapaholic, it sort of became a tradition to celebrate each of our special day with a crop party and of course to give us a reason to get together! So this year I held my birthday celebration yesterday Jan 24 at my scraproom. First part of the program was a small salo-salo of tuna pasta, Taco salad and Okoy and for dessert, my home made chocolate with cherry filling!

Next,was the opening of my present! Yes, just one! My friends decided to chip in to get me this one present. And boy did it made my day! Want to know what it is? well scroll down for the opening of my gift.....

I was so touched by the generosity and thoughtfulness of my friends that it made me cry sa sobrang tuwa!Grabe loves na loves talaga nila ako! And they each made a tag for me!Aren't they Lovely?

They said that they decided to give me the MM desktop carousel coz bagay daw dun sa new scrap room ko! Yup! You read it right.Finally I have my own SCRAPROOM! And as soon as I finish fixing my stuff, I'll be posting pictures of it! So abangan!

Third part of the celebration was of course scrappin time! We decided to scrap our christmas group picture entitled "Hatty Holidays". Here's what I came up with.

JOURNALING READS:Just another day of bonding between friends! And to add spice to the day- Hats galore, both with Christmas hats and our wacky party hats!
LB SCRAPAHOLICS Xmas Party, 2008

Lastly, No crop party is complete without another group picture! Thank you to my brother-in-law Gee who took the picture and thanks to Issa who edited them.

At may bonus pa! Issa Took pictures of my daughter Shanead and sent it thru email. They were so lovely that I couldn't resist posting it!

All in All, It was an afternoon well spent among friends, doing the things that all of us love!What a Happy Birthday!

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!

2009-01-24T21:52:00.001+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

SHANEAD MARIE AT TWO MONTHS

2009-01-24T21:33:00.000+08:00

Last January 6 Shanead turned 2 months. She's so "Tabachingching" now and she now starts to coo and smile a lot! Gusto nga lagi kinakausap siya. She even knows how to pose for the Camera!

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS

2009-01-24T20:40:00.000+08:00

At Last I'm finally able to post in my blog. As they say "Better Late Than Never!" So allow me to post some of our holiday happenings!

This Christmas, we opted to spend it here in our new home in Bay, Laguna.So instead of our annual trip to cebu to visit my relatives, this time they came to laguna. Its the first time for my nephew and nieces to visit so we decided to give them a tour to tagaytay!

SHANEAD BAPTISM AND HOUSE BLESSING

We decided also to do Shanead's Baptism and house blessing Last December 28 while my relatives were still here. And who were the Ninangs? Who else but the LB Scrapaholic Ladies! Here's some pictures of the said event.

HOME SWEET HOME!

Our Little Princess Has Arrived!

2008-11-23T18:11:00.000+08:00

Last November 6, 2008, our Little Princess - Shanead Marie S. Vergara was born via repeat CS at 1:27 pm, with a birth weight of 7 lbs and 8 oz. and a birth length of 51 cms. Praise God my delivery was uneventful and Baby Shanead is healthy. I was really worried with this pregnancy because since my 3rd month of pregnancy I had recurrent spotting and infection. I also had 3 attacks of Asthma for which I had to be on inhaled steroids to control it. Thank you Lord for listening to my prayers. So Everyone, I would like to introduce SHANEAD MARIE S. VERGARA!

I'm not quite sure yet kung kanino siya kamukha. My mom says she looks like me when I was born but sometimes she looks like my son Gian so ibig sabihin kamukha ng asawa ko (Oh no! joke!). Well, let's see in the months to come. One thing's for sure, puyat ako lagi! She's hungry all the time and cries so loud na magigising buong barangay! LOL! At the moment we don't have a nickname yet for Shanead but I fondly call her "MEG"! Parang malayo ata sa Shanead Marie right? Well............
It's Meg for "Mega Dump or Mega pupu", "Mega dede", "Mega Weewee" and "Mega Cry"! LOL! But seriously, i hope we get to choose a real nickname for her na. My friends suggested Shane, My husband wants shandy kaso baka maging lasingera pag laki eh. Any suggestions? Just leave me a note! Who knows you might win a RAK from me!

Unang Silip Kay Baby Shanead!

2008-09-18T15:05:00.003+08:00

Three weeks ago I had my 4D Ultrasound at alabang so we can get a first glimpse at Baby Shanead Marie (Pronounced as "Shanade"). But looks like this baby is shy that she keeps on covering her face with her hands. Finally on our 3rd try 3 weeks later the sonologist finally got some good pics of Shanead. Everyone, Heto na po Ang unang silip kay Baby Shanead Marie Vergara:

Looks like kahawig pa din ng panganay ko na si Gian!

New Layouts to share!

2008-09-18T15:05:00.001+08:00

Its been a while since I got to scrap. Been lazy lately with my tummy getting bigger and heavier. After clinic all I want to do is rest coz of back aches and swollen feet. Kaya konti lang na scrap ko. So here are a few LOS I've made a few weeks ago but was unable to upload.

This layout was inspired by a layout of April using SR grafton PPS. Just love the colors of these papers.

Journaling Reads:It's your first time to slide on your own. And just by looking at your face, It seems you really had a great time! Keep on enjoying the siple joys in life my son!

The pictures in the next 3 LOS were taken at grand villa resort during Liezl's birthday last August. We had a great time taking pictures and simply enjoying each others company.

This is my first pregnancy layout and I'm so happy with the final outcome. I used BG sultry PPS for this layout. Finally getting the hang of making girl LOS. LOL! Hirap pala when your used to making boy layouts.

Journaling reads: Although this has been a difficult pregnancy,my only wish is for you to be healthy. Hang in there Baby Shanead! Will be patiently waiting for your arrival in due time. Love Mommy!

These last two are 6 x 6 LOS that Liezl asked us to make during her birthday.Had fun doing this!TFL!

Gian's Linggo ng Wika Presentation

2008-09-18T15:05:00.000+08:00

Last Aug 30, My son Had his first Linggo ng Wika presentation at their school. He was so excited that day to show their dance to me and my husband. We went to the school early to get seats in front. And Boy did he made us proud. He never cried or got shy to dance infront of all the parents. Fortunately, a parent uploaded their video at YOU TUBE so you can watch him Here
Gian is the boy in front with blue slippers.

Here are also some pictures of the affair:

MLA BLOG ENTRY!

2008-08-11T21:46:00.000+08:00

Ms. Nenette Madero of My Little Attic finally has a blog! And what a way to commemorate its first post by sponsoring a challenge! And double fun pa because we're going to use a sketch by no other than one of my idols, Ms Valerie Salmon. So busy or not I had to make this layout! Here's my take on sketch #49.

Altered Canvass for Scrapbytes

2008-08-11T21:30:00.001+08:00

Here's my entry to Scrapbytes montly challenge entitled "LOVE MY LIFE!". TFL!

I first painted my canvass with capri MM paint, Added some PPS then did some butterfly masking using lemon and wisteria MM paint unto the canvass and a portion of the picture. Afterwhich I applied blings to some of the butterflies to add more texture and dimension. Also applied Mod Podge after painting and masking.

Materials used. Canvass, 7 Gypsies and Anna Griffin PPS and DCWV CS, HS butterfly mask, Jo-ann craft essentials concho brad alphabet, Capri, lemon and wisteria MM Paints, Mod Podge, blings, BG wilma Chipboard alphabet and MM grapeside Scrapbook shimmer.

Layouts to share!

2008-08-11T20:46:00.000+08:00

It's been a while since my last post. Been very busy lately in the clinic, giving lectures and also going to Manila with my husband to canvass and buy materials for the house we are building. Good thing I still get to scrap once in a while. Here are a couple of the layouts I made.

This layout was made during our second weekend crop held at Issa's place last June 2 We followed Helga's BINGO card instructions, wherein we have to scrap a page with the following: use transparency, use 5 different fonts for the title, use stamps, use plain white cardstock for the base paper and use at least 1 black and white photo.

Journaling reads:
This silent lad was not a cry baby
Was disciplined and was never spanked by his dad
Was tempered by hand me downs; wasn't demanding
Never blew a birthday candle until he was 33
Studied and worked hard to be a generous provider to enjoy the finer
things in life
Became my life's partner, my husband and great dad to my son.

This layout I made during my 1st on line crop at scrappin kids. we were told to use two brands of PPS, 2 flowers and 2 swirls. Luckily I won!This is my second win from SK.

I recently joined Mystical's "Don't Quote me " Challenge. I immediately fell in love with the saying " Even if a day should go by, when I don't say I love you, may never a moment go by without you knowing I do" , so I decided to use it for this layout.

Materials used: Prima dude papers, Basic Grey wilma Chipboard alphabet, Buttons, MM rub-on and brads.

LUCKY AT SCRAPJAM!

2008-07-09T16:48:00.000+08:00

After the funfilled morning of shopping, demo classes,sumptuous lunch and bingo, next came the much awaited Scrap Challenge. We were required to use the Anna Griffin PPS provided by Marissa and also to use Bazzill Fancy edges and Boshers or washers(?). The theme was about friends and friendships. For my layout I used a black bracket shaped base CS and then I did some handcutting on the flowers from one of the patterned papers. I also used the fiskars lace border punch which I borrowed from Lee. Tinamad na kasi ako to go thru my stuff and open my new border punch. Thanks Lee for sharing your stuff!

It was again an anchievement on my part to be able to finish a layout in one hour. that's why it was really a big surprise when Marissa announced that my Layout won third place! Woohoo! It's my first On the spot Scrap challenge win! Our table proved to be lucky after all coz Candy won 2nd Place and Lee won the raffle for the Quickutz Squeeze! WooHoo!

Journaling reads:Scrapbooking is our common bond. But through the years, that bond has grown to something much more. It is now a friendship that is growing and Blooming!

And here's my Prize!Thank you very much Nette and Marissa for the wonderful stuff!

Let me share also the other goodies I got from the raffle and the other goodies that marissa and nette literally threw for us to catch! Everyone was jumping up and down trying to catch whatever came their way. Naku! kung di lang ako buntis talagang nakipagsabayan din ako. Luckily 3 items fell on my seat kaya nakakuha din ako. LOL!
With all the prizes I'm sure no one went home empty handed! Here's the loot I got!

It seems It was not only helga and me who were lucky that day! another LB scrapaholic won Nette's Summer Challenge! No other than my colleague Chiqui Gutierrez! Congratulations Chix! That sweet Solitude LO was simply stunning!

To Nette And Marissa, Thank you! Looking forward to your next SCRAPJAM!

SCRAPJAM!

2008-07-09T15:22:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday, July 5, the LB Scrapaholics attended Ms. Marissa's (Scrapbooks Hawaii) and Ms Nenette Madero's (My Little Attic) SCRAPJAM! This was my first time to attend their EB but i have heard of how great their previous EBs were. So di ko talaga pinalampas tong event nato. And true enough, I really had a wonderful time. The ambiance pa lang bongga na! The house smelled so nice from the beautiful bouquets of flowers and aroma scents!

After the registration I headed straight for the scrapbook supplies and boy was I drooling at all the yummy stuffs! The moment I saw the Fiskars border punches, I just couldn't resist getting the lace and thredding water designs. Good thing Marissa gave out coupons wherein we could avail a 25% discount of any one Scrapbooks Hawaii item! (thanks so much Marissa!)Next I got the Kaiser Crafts "Baby Monologue" which I'll use for the Nursery.

Then I bought some PPS but this time I chose girl designs, again in preparation for the future girl layouts I'll be making in the future! LOL! Here are the other items I purchased.

After shopping, we settled in our respective tables for Marissa's demo classes. Liezl and I shared a table with Rachelle, Lee and Candy. I really enjoyed their company. I only get to chat with them in their blog's Cbox kaya it was a treat to finally get to chat with them in person. They were fun company to be with! Hope we get to share tables again in future EB's.

Marissa demonstrated to us 4 projects. It was the first time that I was able to finish all of the projects!Well... almost because the last 2 projects I purposely did not finish coz I wanted to put or use something else. But don't worry Marissa, I promise to finish it! Here are my outputs!The pink tote/gift bag was simply a lovely idea which I can use for the baptism of my 2nd baby.

After the classes, next of course was lunch! There lots of food! The Beef Caldereta was to die for! Congrats Nenette!you really know how to throw a fabulous crop party! Everything was just perfect! After that sumptuous meal was the Scrap jam Bingo hosted by Marissa's Daughter Jian! Unfortunately I didn't win. Cookie and helga who shared tables won the first two games then Christine V who sat at the table behind ours. Lucky nung table nila helga and cookie pero yung table namin hanggang pamumuro lang! LOL!

First School Project!

2008-07-07T16:30:00.000+08:00

I know its a bit late but I would just like to share with you some pictures of my son's first day at junior Casa. As usual he was so excited! He even forgot to kiss me good bye sa sobrang excitement. And No crying scenes unlike his other classmates. He just makes me proud!

So now I'm officially a mom of a preschooler! And within the first week we were already given our first school project which was to make a time line for our kids. This will be used during the kid's bithday celebration in school. Here's my finished project. TFL!

HOUSE ARREST!

2008-06-18T13:53:00.000+08:00

As I have mentioned in my last post, I have been on house arrest for more than a week. But being the kind of person I am, Di ko talaga kaya to just lie down the whole day. Maybe during the first two days okay lang but after that I get restless and bored. So a few hours a day I try to scrap. Here are my creations.

Last June 7 Sat, the LB Scrapaholics had a mini-EB at Chiqui's house. And since I could not attend, I decided to make one at home.

For this Layout I used my prima dude papers which I just love. Decided also to do some embossing coz it's been a while since I last used my embossing powders. Sayang naman diba?

Next, I used my newly bought BG Boxer collection to make a layout for ScrappinKids June Challenge which is to submit a Lo about bonding between father and child.I did some doodling and stamping too. This time I used my never been used Technique Tuesday "Whipsy Gig" stamps. I bought it ages ago and never got to try it. At least something good is coming out of this house arrest thing! LOL! Nabulatlat ko tuloy stash ko.

Special thanks to Iris again for the inspiration. This layout is a lift from her "Quiet Moments" LO. Naku Iris, Mukhang pinaglilihian kita! Just Loving your work and looks like I will be scraplifting your other creations pa in the future!Hope you don't mind.

My third Lo is for Busy Bee's First FP challenge. I used FP- About a Boy PPS. For this challenge We are supposed to include the word First or 1st in our title. Here's my entry.

Hidden Journaling:

Dearest Gian,

My son, the day I first saw your face was the happiest day of my life!
Being childless for eight years was quite a struggle for me.
But through endless nights of praying to our Lord, he finally granted my wish and gave me my life’s one miracle and that is you Gian Paolo.

Just like the lyrics of the song,
“The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave to the dark and the empty skies.”

I could not help the tears of joy to flow down on my face watching you when they laid you on my chest.
You had the most adorable face a mother could wish for.
Now I know my life is complete!

Gian Paolo, one hour old.

Lastly, this LO was made dahil kating-kati lang kamay ko to scrap! LOL! I used the Sultry paper from Basic Grey. Since puno na ng design yung paper, all I did was mat my picture with plain CS then put some flowers and gem brads. Then I added the maya road Bird and branch Chipboard. Used my Crackle paint again on the branch to give it an aged look and through Liezl's Suggestion, I sand the edges of the bird. Thanks Liezl!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

2008-06-14T10:23:00.000+08:00

On sunday, June 15, 2008, is Father's day! And as our simple way to greet my dearest husband, I made this simple Father's day Card for him. And my son Gian helped too!

I've been on house arrest for a week now due to spotting again and so I'm not allowed to do any strenuous activities that would stress me physically and emotionally. Think happy thoughts lang daw according to my OB. Buti na lang scrapping makes me happy kaya I was able to make this card. I would have loved to do some cooking too so we can have a special lunch or dinner pero baka mapagod lang ako nun especially its my helps and yaya's day off on sunday so looks like hubby is stuck with takeout food and this card. Bawi na lang ako next year! Well Here's the card.

For this card I finally was able to use my Inque Boutique Nightingale stamps then embossed it with silver embossing powder. For the "DAD" Chipboards, I first painted it with blue MM Paint then applied my straw colored crackle paint. But I think maybe I applied too much crackle paint kasi I didn't get the desired cracks I wanted that would show the blue paint or baka mali ang paglagay ko. Anyway once it was dry, I applied Silver paint to match my motiff of blue and silver.

Lastly, for the journaling inside the card, here's where my son Gian helped. He was the one who wrote "happy father's Day!" Follow the dots pa nga lang.Hehehe! But he still makes me proud!

here's a lovely poem by Carmen Strawn that I would like to dedicate to all the father's on their special day!

A Father's Love

Is a Warm Embrace,
Or a Quick Hug
A Glowing Smile, and Your Wit and Wisdom...

A Fathers Love is a Walk in the Park
On a Hot Summer Day
A Drive in the Car, Down that Windy dirt Road

A Fathers Love is in the Poem Written
To 'A Friend or Daughter,'
In the Special Words That Come Only From a Father...

A Fathers Love is in Fun Times Together
Camping under the Trees
Enjoying a picnic, and Walking through the Leaves...

A Fathers Love is Faith in His Family
High Hopes and Dreams, And Pleasure in Doing
'What Ever It Takes'...

A Fathers Love is a Kiss on the Cheek
Or a Friendly Hand Shake
My Idol for Life, 'I Will Treasure Dearly'...

Well, to you my dearest Ryan and to my Dad, brother, Brothers in law and to all the Fathers out there, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU!

Diba You Love Me Won!

2008-06-02T14:07:00.001+08:00

Yippee! I was so happy when I received an email from Wati Of ScrappinKids informing me that my entry to their Darnest May Challenge was the residence designer favorite of the Month! Woohoo! To all who greeted me, thank you very much and to ScrappinKids thank you for coming up with these challenges. I loved joining them! Here's the Layout again!

I had fun doing this layout coz I got the chance to do some stamping. Here I used an old rubber placemat for stamping using MM paint. For the chipboard title, I painted it then stamped using french script and then applied ranger glossy accents. I also used the flowers from the prima bitty bag I got during the scrapfest. TFL!

New Layouts!

2008-05-30T14:43:00.000+08:00

Have two new Layouts to share. First is my entry to My Little Attic's Summer Challenge. For this LO I used the Sweet Pea Line of Fancy Pants and their glitter cuts. I just fell in love with it that I could not resist using them. I also did stamping using MM paints and a bubble wrap! TFL!

Journaling:
Ever since Ryan and I got married it became sort of a tradition for us to celebrate his birthday at the beach. Both of us are very busy at work and for us to really have a great vacation away from patients or paperwork we have to really be far from home.
So whether it is in Boracay, Panglao or in Batangas, it was always a much awaited trip.
While Ryan goes scuba diving, I go snorkeling or simply take a stroll on the beach and collect sea shells.
These are simple things but it helps us relax, unwind and recharge.

Materials used: Fancy Pants- Sweet Pea – Noah, brenna, FP Felt shapes-
Splash, FP Glitter cuts, American Thickers- poolside and playroom, Creative Imaginations Scrapbook stickers, Plain CS, BG two scoops fibers, Tracing paper, MM paints- Capri, waterslide and lagoon, bubble wrap( for stamping), glue dots Vellum.

My next LO is an entry to Rekindled Moments WRMK Challenge.I used a combination of the white Out explore and promenade lines.

Journaling: Gian proudly showing off to his mom and dad that he can already write
his Name!
Panglao Beach, Bohol, Feb ‘08
Gian 3 ½ yrs old

Materials Used: WRMK White Out-Explore-trunk, meadow, Promenade-dance card,
Promenade chipboard tags, Heidi swap Flower, American crafts
thickers rootbeer float-white, brads, MM paint-apricot, Ranger glossy
accents, Pebeo azure, Sakura aqualip pen-orange, white uniball signo
pen.

Darnest May.....

2008-05-28T07:24:00.000+08:00

Kids say the darnest things!
"That's why it is so important to keep a paper and pen handy at all times!
You'll never know when you're going to overhear a conversation
that you will never want to forget!!!"this was the challenge made by scrappin Kids for the month of May... to scrap about the darnest things that our lil ones ever said. And I just got the right picture for this. Mind you this was the actual shot my husband took using his nokia N95 when this incident happened.

A few months ago, my son Gian stunned me by what he said. He was very naughty that day and so out of frustration I told him that he was a very bad boy! He started to cry and suddenly said "DIBA YOU LOVE ME? YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET MAD AT ME!This reply really caught me by surprise and I felt bad that I got so mad at him. But as always we ended up hugging each other tight. My hubby was so amused by what happened that he couldn't resist taking this picture of my son and I making up!

Studio Azul Entry

2008-05-08T21:01:00.000+08:00

I'm really glad I'm able to scrap again. This time I finished my studio Azul entry for their MARCH MASTER CHALLENGE. In this challenge, we were required to scraplift no other than every filipina's idol, Master IRIS BABAO UY! So who could resist this? Me? i wouldn't pass this chance. This is actually my second time to scraplift a layout of Iris.

Well, here's my version. TFL!

Journaling: Love you, cute and sweet little man.
Gian , 1 year old

Materials used: Deja Views The Sharon Ann Little ones Collection - My precious Boy pps, diecuts and framed brads, Lt blue CS, FP Felt shapes-splash, Colorbok embellishment punch-out diecuts, AC Thickers- Daiquiri white, Magic Mesh, Metal Silver alphabet brads, Assorted buttons and fibers, Bling, MM paint, MM brad, Pebeo pearl, Uniball signo white pen, Ranger glossy accents.

I'm Back!

2008-05-05T21:20:00.000+08:00

It's been a month since my last post. Actually I didn't go anywhere.Didn't have the mood or the drive to scrap. Had terrible afternoon sickness (yup mine is in the afternoon)that's why I've been out of touch lately. Anyway, I finally found a way to avoid throwing up. Did a few experiments and it seems that as long as I don't eat pork, beef or chicken then I'm less "hilo". hehehe! And maybe because I'm entering my 3rd month of pregnancy kaya medyo nag wane na ang afternoon sickness.

So finally, here I am starting to scrap again. I was able to make 2 new layouts. The first one I made for the april Scrabytes challenge. I had fun doing this layout because it gave me a chance to use bright summer colors which I just love soooo much! Here's my entry:

Journaling: (Hidden)
This was Gian’s first experience to go to the beach and “really” play in the powdery white sand of Panglao Beach!
He had a grand time digging and burying his lower body in the sand.

Bohol, February, 2008
Amarela Resort

Materials Used: BG Color me Silly papers and tag, MME Kaleidoscope-Brothers, CS for Sandcastle, pail, shovel and starfish die cuts fro wishblade, Buttons, Assorted ribbons cut into strips and sewed together using orange DMC thread in a zigzag stitch, other strips of ribbons used as rays for the sun, Multiple fonts used for title: 3 fonts from craft express chipboard alpha, 1 from American crafts White Daiquiri thickers, 1 from Craft express alphabet stickers, 1 from HS lemonade stand chipboard alphas, Craft Express rub-on for the word “sun”, MM scrapbook shimmer – school bus.

My second layout is for scrappinmoms Network Challenge in celebration of National Scrapbooking Day. For This layout I got inspiration from one of Valerie Salmon's sketches. Here's the sketch and my layout! TFL!

Journaling: My Son, there is nothing you could ever say or do that would make me stop
loving you!
Mommy

MaterialsUsed: Basic Grey Mellow PPS – cultured & juicy, Brown and olive green CS, WRMK White out layered chipboard-words, FP lots a letters Chipboard, FP Felt shapes- harvest, FP pins(Harvest), Maya road chipboard bird, Mamotara ribbon, ric rac, prima flowers, brads.

Mini albums

2008-04-02T23:16:00.000+08:00

I recently submitted 2 mini album entries to Rekindled moments Maya Road challenge. This is actually my first time to make one kaya medyo nangangapa pa ako. Medyo mas mahirap pala sya gawin but I had fun doing it.

The first mini Album is about my son Gian's developmental milestones. I have long been wanting to do this kaya lang laging na put aside. But I finally had the chance to make it. At Least when he gets older I can still be able to remember all his firsts by looking at this album.

The 2nd entry I made is about my recent trip to Tokyo. I'm so happy also because I was able to document my trip and be able to use some of my old stash. Mukhang bumagay naman yung BG lilykate and gypsy ko na 6 x 6 papers sa Japanese motif ko. I also used some of the souvenir items I bought there like the fans and origami papers. Thanks for looking!

New Layouts!

2008-03-30T10:18:00.000+08:00

I made A couple of layouts lately but I have been having problems uploading the images to my blog. So after several days of trying I decided to present it as a slide show.

The first two layouts I made were gifts to two of Gian's classmates at Rainbow school, Allyson and Isabella. They're such pretty girls that I could help making a layout for them.

Next, I made a layout for Khei at the EB at Lasting Impression. I just Love the AL superstar PPS that I also made a similar LO for my son Gian.

I also made a layout for my niece stacey and Thanks to Cabbie, I was able to buy the Dove of the East-Japan PPS na bagay na bagay for my pics in my recent trip to Tokyo. Yun nga lang Isa pa lang nagawa ko. The other layouts were for scrapbytes march chllenge and my entry for scrappinkids. Hope you liked it! TFL!

2nd LBS Easter Egg Hunt!

2008-03-29T22:09:00.000+08:00

Last Easter Sunday, the LB Scrapaholics had our 2nd easter egg hunt and at the same time sort of a family day so the rest of our family can get to know each other. It was a very memorable occasion because the kids really enjoyed looking for easter eggs and of course the prizes that they got! Also our husbands started to bond and they had fun too helping the kids look for eggs and taking pictures. On that day, we also celebrated Dana(timi's daughter) and Dodo's (Issa's Hubby)birthday. We really had fun. And because its such a hit, we're thinking of making this a yearly event! Its really heartwarming to see that not only us ladies are getting close with each other but even our kids and husbands are bonding and becoming friends. Let me share with you some of the pictures I took!

Our Husbands or shall we now call them LB Scrapaholics- Dad edition!

February Projects

2008-03-12T21:24:00.000+08:00

February was a busy month for me at the clinic, good thing I was able to make a couple of projects. Aside from my 3 autumn leaves cards, I finished also 1 LO, 5 additional cards and 3 altered clocks to be exact! Okay na rin diba?

First I'd like to show you my websters Pages entry. I had a difficult time finishing this LO because the paper was already beautiful and I didn't want to alter the design so much. Well, i hope you like my entry.

Next, are the cards I made for the fundraiser for the carmelite nuns. I really had fun making them and also it gave me the opportunity to put to good use some of my scraps and unused 8 x 8 Daisy D's papers.

Next I'd like to show you the 3 altered clocks I made for my mother and my 2 siblings in Cebu.

I won!

2008-02-17T17:48:00.000+08:00

I just couldn't believe it when Helga called me up last Saturday to tell me the good news that I won Scrapbooks Hawaii's Autumn Leaves Card Challenge! Ang Masaklap pa I was holding clinic at that time kaya di ako makareact ng todo. (Syempre Prim and proper ang doctor hehehe!). But seriously the first thought that came on my mind was "baka ako lang ang nagsubmit!" Hehehe!

Anyway, I'm so thrilled with this win because I was so busy the past 2 weeks and I
thought I wouldn't be able to join the challenges. Sa sobrang gusto ko makasali, I made this card at the hotel where I was attending a convention. I was all alone in
my room and I couldn't sleep. So I decided to make the cards instead. I finished it at 2am!Sulit naman pala yung pagpuyat ko.

Here are my entries!

Card No. 1: Birthday card Purse for Mom

For this card I folded and cut out a cardstock in the shape of a purse. To the backside of the purse I adhered a patterned paper (Tres Swirls). Then I cut a semi circle from the same paper and adhered it to the front side of the card. On the lower portion I embellished using the Autumn Leaves Flourishes stamp and applied glitter glue. After which I adhered small prima flowers, die cut word Mom and button. And for the final touch, I made a strap for the card purse using stringed pearl and pink beads.

Materials used: Rhonna Farrer Tres Swirls paper, Autumn Leaves Flourishes V:1 acrylic stamp, Basic Grey Urban Couture-Sateen, Daisy D Diecut (Mom), Prima Flowers, Button, Glitter Glue, Bling, Ric-rac ribbon, Colorbox chalk (Chestnut roan).

Card No. 2: Valentine Card

Materials Used: Autumn leaves Superstar:Legend paper, Red Bazill Cardstock, Autumn Leaves Fourishes V:1 Acrylic stamp, Heart shape felt fabric, Daisy D’s Die cut (I Love You), Fiskar’s border Punch (heart), brown ink.

Card No. 3: Thank you Card

For this card I first stamped on white cardstock using 3 different stamps to form swirls then I cut openings and accented using black Sakura aqualip pen. Then I attached under the white cardstock a patterned paper whose edges were trimmed using fiskar’s Embossing Border punch (dandy doodles). To embellish I added prima flowers on the edges.

Materials Used: Autumn Leaves Acrylic Stamps- Big Swirls, Flourishes V:1, Swirl Version 1, white cardstock, K & Co. Patchwork Embossed Paper, Fiskars Embossing border punch, Scenic Route diecut (Thank you), Prima flowers, Brads, sakura black Aqualip pen.

Thank you Marissa for coming up with this challenge. Because of this I was able to appreciate the art of card making. To the Judges, thank you also appreciating and acknowledging my work.