Can I Blog Now?

I can't believe it's been 5-1/2 months since my last blog post. I've been super busy the whole time with a lot of things going on.

My business partner and I decided a few months ago to close our shoe factory. So that alone meant a lot of work. And as if the burden of closing shop wasn't enough, typhoon Ondoy (international name Ketsana) hit and our factory was not spared. Thankfully, no one was hurt and everyone has recovered somehow. And of course there had been some 'this and that' going on here and there. Oh, and facebook happened too!

My scrappy life took a dive...bigtime. I stopped making pages somewhere in September and October. Even spending a day with my scrappy friends did not do anything for me. How sad was that?

Anyway, that was last year. I hope things will look up this year, scrapbooking included. My first layout for 2010 is underway and I hope to get that done soon. Meanwhile, here are some of the pages I made in 2009 before the 'slump'.








Thanks for still being here!

Creative Scrappers

Here are the last DT layouts I made for Creative Scrappers. I really enjoyed my stay as DT and will definitely stick around there.

Title: Gotten for Sketch 62

















Title: In Your Eyes for Sketch 60

















Title: Mr. Moo for Sketch 58


















Thanks for looking! :)

Take Two!

Hi everyone! I'm hosting a challenge over at Creative Scrappers. I call it my "Take Two" challenge. You may view the details here or just read on.

Jao is turning two this month, hence, the "take two". My challenge for all our creative scrappers is to create a layout (12x12 or 8-1/2x11) using 2 pieces of each material - 2 cs, 2 pps, 2 buttons, 2 flowers, 2 chipboard, you name it! There is no limit to the number of materials you want to use as long as it's 2 of each. And everything else like the photos, words in a title, theme, color, etc is all up to you!

Please upload your LOs in the Creative Scrappers gallery in the album for this challenge by July 31st.

Here's my sample LO:


Title: College Remembered
Journaling: Bubbles, Fatima, Dylyn, and Dinah. Greenhills, Feb 2009
Supplies: CS - Bazzill; PP - SEI; Flowers - Prima; Rubons - FP & Heather Bailey; Sticker tags - 7Gypsies; Misc buttons & bling.

There's more....

For all Philippine residents who will join the challenge (and whose LOs are uploaded in the Creative Scrappers gallery) , I will randomly draw another winner for a RAK! Please leave a comment when you've uploaded your LO.

Hope you can all join!

DT Call!

Creative Scrappers is looking for 8 designers for the term beginning August 2009. You may check details of the call at the Creative Scrappers blog.

Meanwhile, here are my 2 recent DT layouts for Creative Scrappers.

Sketch 54 (Click here to view sketch)
Title: Oh Happy Day
Journaling: Your smile makes my heart bounce. - Winnie the Pooh



















Sketch 56 (Click here to view sketch)
Title: Cool Summer
Journaling: In spite of the cool breeze, my boys had so much fun playing in the water. It was a beautiful sight and truly a bonding moment.



















Please do join us over at Creative Scrappers for tons of inspiration and fun!

Sketch Time!

Here's another great sketch from Creative Scrappers.


















For my layout, I thought I'd make one about my mom. I so miss her.


















Title: Only You
Journaling: "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."

Please check out the fab work of my co-DTs here.

Use Up Your Scraps

Yep. That's what I've been doing the last few weeks. I thought I'd stop scrap shopping for a little while and save a little. Well, except for that one April Saturday EB at Lasting Impression and my Studio Calico subscription. But that's it, I promise.

So anyway, here are some of the pages I made with scraps. Gives true meaning to the word scrapbook, don't you think?

Title: Queer Eye Cuties
Journaling: Ambush photo op with Kyan Douglas and Thom Filicia of the Fab 5. M Cafe, Greenbelt, 2005
Materials: DCWV CS, Fontwerks, Chatterbox & KI papers, AC thickers, Buzz & Bloom chipboard, Making Memories journal sheet, Ranger crackle paint, Shrink Film, Stazon & Colorbox Inks, Marvy markers, Zig pen, Misc corr board for stamping

Title: Blessing
Journaling: You remind me everyday how lucky & special your Dad & I are. We are truly blessed and we cannot thank God enough.
"A child is the greatest joy, the ultimate blessing" - Emily Laughton
Materials: Bazzill CS, Sassafras papers, AC thickers, Maya Road sheer, AC slick writer, Sassafras stickers

Thanks for looking!

Sunset Kiss

I joined the Layout Kit Contest over at Creative Scrappers. The rules are simple. From your stash, create you own kit with 1 cardstock, 6 patterend papers, alpha, chipboard, flowers, and buttons. Then create 2 layouts using the kit. And here's what I came up with:

Here's my kit:


SUNSET KISS

Cardstock - DCWV brown
Patterned Papers - 3 Sassafras Orange Peel and 3 Dream Street Forget-Me-Not
Alpha - AC Thickers Darling
Chipboard - Maya Road
Flowers - Daisy Ds
Buttons - Making Memories



And here are my 2 layouts:

Born

















Baby Dreams