Nothing but scrap!

To say that work is busy is an understatement...

And I am in a state of emotional wreck of deciding whether being here in SIN is for me or not (yes after a year this still bugs me big time).. I've just come back from from my vacation in MNL and believe me when I say that I would not let go from my mommy's arms (I know, I am such a big baby). I am really praying hard that things work out for the best whatever it is that I've decided...

I will be updating my blog as soon as I can. I have finished a couple of layouts that I want to share but in the meantime, some of it is posted at Scrappin' Moms so please do check them out there and give our Filipino scrapping community some love by joining and participating in the forum.

On a scrappy note, this is the mess that I left in my room:

It's a tranny mess lemme tell ya...

On a happy note... yippie! I am getting this tomorrow! But I am so not visiting any LSS this month since I blew all my lunch money for this and this and this and this..

Later...

Finally opened and played with the March SC kit. I realized I haven't really made a layout of my brother and his wife.. I love these photos because it captured how they really are.. crazy! Haha... Love them both..

Scallops are hot! I mixed tiny scallops and medium scallops and just dotted the edges of the medium scallops 'coz... well, coz I just wanted to :)

Additional material I used are Robin's Nest pebbles (love, love these!), Making Memories tiny alpha stickers and Maya Road clear ribbons (they feel like those clear bra straps - rubbery and stretchy - so cool!).

Seriously loving it...
Thanks CK for organizing..
More than enough reason to scrap, scrap and scrap some more...

From this:

I got this idea from a magazine to make shapes and layering for outdated papers. And so that's what I did. All the shapes are freehand cutting.

This is our actual street address in Manila.

Thanks to Artzdescrap for providing the letter holder!

I can finally post my layout for the first ever Pinoyscrapbookers Round Robin Challenge. And how cool is it that the challenge was featured in the Scrappin' Mom's Scrapbytes E-zine! Please visit the site here to see the creativity that spanned for almost 6 months!
It's just today that I read the whole article regarding for the Challenge and I almost fell in my chair when I read my name as a special mention. In a way, Ria was right - I was always almost called by my teachers not because I was an out-of-the-box thinker but because I was really talkative... haha... Thanks to those who have appreciated my interpretation. I'm looking forward to the next challenge! And kudos to everyone who have participated.




Materials: Patterned Papers: Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, Luxe Designs; Cardstock: Bazzill; Alpha Stickers: American Crafts; Stamps: October Afternoon & Technique Tuesday; Stamping Ink: Technique Tuesday and Tsukineko; Ribbon: Maya Road; Rhinestones: Kaiser Crafts; Thread: DMC; Pen: Zig; Others: staple wire and foam dots.

So far, I have finished one mini album - which was a Basic Grey bracket album. I have so far covered 3 (haha... no pictures to showcase yet). I really like the chipboard album from Francheville - hope I spelled it correctly - they are currently available at Spotlight.


This is a 6x6 white chipboard album - the cover is actually a spin-off of an Ali Edward's project. I'm still in the process of collecting and capturing pictures of my current favorite things. I'll post the finish album once it's done.




So far my materials are: Chipboard album: Francheville; Laser diecut: KI Memeories; Transparency: Hambly; Chipboard Bracket, alpha stickers: American Crafts: Fabric alpha: Scrapworks (yep! I still have those!); Patterned Paper: Me & My Big Ideas; Pen: Uniball Signo & Zig; Old Script Stamp: Purple Onion; Stamping Ink: Tsukineko; Glimmer Mist: My Tattered Angels



This is an 8x8 white chipboard album that I completely painted with acrylic and crackle medium. I actually did this the long method - see I actually painstaikingly did all the pages day by day, first covering the pages in red acrylic paint, applying the crackle medium, then cream acrylic paint. Once the crackle started to show and the cream acrylic dried, I applied glimmer mist (I soooo love this stuff!). I was able to find a booklet full of oriental images at MWL used for ATCs and I thought it was really befitting to the current project I have. Marian, my friend, saw this mini-album and she's begging me to make one for her - I told her sure, as long as she pays for the materials! haha..
This album will be all about my Singapore experience. See how time flew by - I've been here for almost a year now! I still miss home like crazy. I want to finish this before I hit exactly a year (April 24), I think that this will be a good visual diary of my life while living in another country. I'll post the finish project soon.



So far my materials are: Chipboard album: Francheville; Paints: Making Memories; Crackle Paint: Derivan; Glimmer Mist: My Tattered Angels (see how much I love this stuff!); Old Script Stamp: Purple Onion; Stamping Ink: Tim Holtz; Die Cut: Jenni Bowlin; Alpha stickers: American Crafts; Sticker: 7Gypsies: Button: Autumn Leaves; Ribbon: May Arts; Wood Flourish and Rhinestone: Kaiser Crafts; Glitter: Stickles

I was inspired to do a layout using sketch #72 from Pencillines. Here's my take:

(Patterned paper: October Afternoon, Making Memories; Die-cut , glitter paint & brad: Making Memories; Photo corner: Daisy D's; Chipboard letters: Heidi Swapp; Buttons: Autumn Leaves; Ribbon: May Arts; Rhinestone: Kaiser Crafts; Pen: Staedler; Others: Stickles & DMC thread)

See how serious I look in this picture? nyahaha.. That's just for show..

Have a great week ahead!

Because I get to scrap all day!







(Patterned papers: Imagination Project, Tinkering Ink, KI Memories, Basic Grey; Alpha sticker: American Crafts; Journaling spot & Girl Chipboard: Maya Road; Photo corner: Daisy Ds; Felt Embellishment: Queen & Co.; Rub-on: Colorbox; Rhinestone: Kaiser Crafts; Die-cut & Stamps: Making Memories; Transparency: Hambly; Glitter: Doodlebug Design & Stickles; Pen: Staedler)

(Patterned paper: Jenni Bowlin Studios, KI Memories, Luxe Design, Basic Grey; Alpha stickers: American Crafts & Heidi Swapp; Cardstock sticker: Fontwerks; Photo corner: Daisy D's; Stamp: Autumn Leaves; Stamping Ink: Tsunkineko; Glitter: Stickles; Pen: Zig)
Here's to a new week! Have a good one!

These are going to the mail tomorrow. I hope the kids from Club Rainbow enjoy these as much as I have enjoyed making them!

(Flowers: Prima; Stamps: Purple Onion, Cat's Life Press, Making Memories, Technique Tuesday, Autumn Leaves, Gel-a-Tins; Stamping ink: Tsukineko, Ranger; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey; Buttons: Autumn Leaves; Eyelet & Brad: Jo-Ann's; Paints & Glaze: Making Memories; Glitter: Stickles)

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