LOVE from Shazz!

TGIF!!!!

I am very honored and blessed to have met a very dear friend online for the past several months, Shaz. She is a very talented scrapper from Australia, a loving wife to Baz, a wonderful mother to Kirrily and Jeffrey, and a great friend for many.

I would like to invite you all to her blog because her blog "CreativeMe68" is celebrating its 1st year birthday on May 22 and she is celebrating it with a BLAST for almost the entire month of May. There will be tons of fun that she prepared for all of us and will be giving away some great prizes. Most of all, you will get the chance to to know her more.

Also, one way of showing her appreciation to all her friends and supporters, Shaz gives away RAKs monthly via random draw from all the comments she receives from her blog. So who do you think the lucky winner is for the month of April????


Thank you Shaz for this precious gift but for me, the greatest gift is having you as my friend. You have always been there for me since we've met online, cheering me up, giving me great advises, and always there to listen. More power to you and your blog. Happy 1st Blog Birthday! Wishing you great health and a lot of scrapping supplies :P. Love yah

A2Z Scraplet Blind Challenge Reveal!

Good day!!!

I have posted several days ago that I took part of A2Z Scraplet's Blind Challenge for April. The details can be found here.

What I did initially was to interpret the Instructions into a sketch to make sure I know the placement of every materials. The Instructions can be read here while here is my sketch interpretation:


To make sure about my interpretation, I asked my OBFF (Online BFF), Tessah, to interpret it also. We actually made our entries at the same time while chatting online. We consulted each other, criticized each others work, and provide some advises as needed. We really enjoyed every minute of it but of course, the creation part took longer because we were chatting as well.

Finally, after the long wait, the REVEAL is up. Here is my take:


Title: Daughter

Journal: " Those tiny hands, those small feet, those cute button nose. They are all so adorable. I can never imagine you growing up so fast. If only you can be a baby forever and always be mine, I will keep you safe in my arms."


Material's Used: Assorted PPs (lost my list), A2Z Daughter and Kisses Frame Scraplet, Kaiser Pearls, Stickles, 7 gypsies Journal Card, Flower from local store, Brown Cardstock and Doodlebug Oh My Words


And I also want to share my OBFF Tessah's Entry:


I just love the color she used for this LO. The embellishment layering and cluttering is superb. Love it!!!

Thank you A2Z Scraplet for this very exciting challenge. Feel free to visit their site to view the other amazing entries, click here.

Thanks for viewing!

MAM University. ENROLL NOW!!!

Good day!!!

I would like to invite everyone to Mon Ame Memories event this Friday



Hope to see you all there!!!

Creative Scrapper's 1hr LO Contest

Good day to you all but not so good to me!

Despite having a fever and a flu, I am still looking forward to scrap all day. Scrapping is one of my passion now and having to scrap to inspire others is a great honor for me. That is what a DT Member is all about.

I know I have lots of deadlines but I always enjoy making LOs for challenges, for crops and for random contests. Like early today, I almost forgot about the 1hr Sketch LO Contest over at Creative Scrappers Forum. Luckily, I was able to read Kristine's email reminder.

Having to work for an hour for this LO is a great challenge for me since I am a slow scrapper. I have read Kristine's email around 9:16pm EST and the contest will end at 10pm EST.

Working so fast, no photos printed, no pps chosen, I grabbed the first pack on my table from ScrapAttack. I printed my photo then on with scrapping. I was so happy to finish my entry at 9:50pm EST, giving me enough time to upload my work.

Here is the sketch:


Here is my entry:

Title: So Cool

Journaling:
"nothing can be more adorable than seeing you wearing my stuff. This is way too cool darlin'"

Materials Used: Sassafras Lass pps

This is just a simple LO finished in less than 30minutes. I did it!!! I love these 1hr Sketch Contest at CS always. I always have fun and the sketches are very easy to work with. Thanks Kristine! Happy Birthday to CS again!

But......

You think its a great ending...

NO....

The unthinkable happened, while uploading my LO, I lost my internet connection. I wasn't able to submit my LO on time because my connection went back on at 10:27pm EST. What a luck, right?

Oh well, what's important is I was able to participate to this amazing event and created another cool LO.

Till next time sweeties

A2Z Scraplet Entry

Good day!

I do apologize if I wasn't able to post anything for the past few days. I was out of town with my family to post-celebrate Hannah's first birthday. I will post some pics as soon as I uploaded the photos from my DSLR.

Anyway, here is a sneak peak of my entry to a2z Scraplets April Challenge:


Challenge: Blind Scrapping

Instructions:

1. Cut pp#1 to 11x2 inches.
2. Adhere pp#1 to left hand side of base sheet, 0.5inches from the top and bottom.
3. Cut PP#2 to 7.5x9.5 inches.
4. Adhere PP#2 1 inch from the top, and 1.5 inches from the right hand side of the base sheet (longest side @ top).
5. Cut pp#3 to 4x10 inches.
6. Adhere pp#3 2 Inches from the bottom of the base sheet, the shortest side, flush with the right hand side of base sheet.
7. Adhere your 2 small photos side by side (or one 4x3), above pp#3, on the left hand side.
8. Adhere the large photo next to the smaller photos, close to edge right hand side, and close to the bottom of pp#3.
9. Adhere journal box on the left hand side of your large photo, and under the smaller photos, on pp#3.
10. Add your title under pp#3, on the left hand side.
11. Add 3 small embellishments next to the title, on the right hand side.
12. Further embellish, add journaling, doodling etc - if desired.

I will post my final LO as soon as the reveal is made.

A Card!

Good day to you all!

Since yesterday, my mojo left me without letting me know. So for the past 2 days, I do not feel like scrappin. It sucks because I know I wanted too.

So for today, still in search of my mojo, I decided to create a simple card. I am not a cardmaker and I am not planning to be one but just to try something new, I made this card in less than 10mins. It turned out okay I guess because I kinda like it.

The inspiration from this card came from SOCK's Challenge #1:

(to use this photo as my inspiration)

Here is my take:


Materials Used:
Creative Imaginations Narratives - Renaissance pp
My Minds Eye Adorable Dots pp
Felt
American Craft's Poolside Thickers

Thank you Deanne for this great challenge, she's the challenge setter for this one. I really enjoyed this challenge. Hope you like it!

Later! Need to look for my mojo still

BasicGrey's Idea Gallery

I am very happy because my "Goodbye Chub" LO was accepted at BasicGrey's Idea Gallery. Basically, I have 4 LO's with them already.

"Goodbye Chub" for their Porcelain Collection Category

"Innocent" for their Eva Collection Category

"Ponder" for their Marrakech Category

"1st Friend" for their Marrakech Category

Isn't it obvious that I love BasicGrey pps so much. Their collection pack is always yummy and fun to play with.

Until next time!

Sneak Peak

Good day!!!

It's been a while since I posted here. I have been occupied with Hannah's 1st birthday last Sunday and wasn't able to scrap at all. Yesterday tho, I need to rush 2 LOs for roll2create and for a special request from my dear friend, Janis.

Here are some sneak peak since I still cannot post them as of this time:

Sketch Challenge

Good day!

So from the sneak peak from the previous post, here is the real thing.

LG's SKETCH (my 2nd sketch ever):


Here is my take to my sketch:

Title: Goodbye Chub

Journaling:
Mummy was having Hannah
I need to give you up
And find you a new home
at my friends, Dona & Chit

Materials Used:
BG Porcelain Chintz pp
BG Porcelain Dresden pp
BG Porcelain Wedgewood pp
BG Porcelain Empress Cream pp
BG Porcelain Element Stickers
A2Z Scraplets
BG Porcelain Chip Stickers
Gems
Stickles
Ranger Distress Inks
Acrylic Paint

Here are some close-up shots of this LO:


I would like to thank Shell of RSS and Julie of A2Z Scraplets for these materials. These were the RAKs that I have won from their challenges. I love it ladies! Thank you so much.

So what are you waiting for, join me at Mon Ame Memories Sketch Crop today!

Sneak Peak

TGIF!!!!

As I have announced from my previous post, Mon Ame Memories will have a Sketch Crop starting today till Sunday. I would like to invite you all to join us and win some awesome prizes.

For the meantime, here is a sneak peak of my LO from my sketch:


Hope to see you there!!!

Toot!!! Toot!

My "PONDER" LO from my previous post got accepted at BasicGrey's Idea Gallery. Click here.

That's all for now :P

DT Challenge for Mon Ame Memories

Good day!

I just want to share to you the challenge I uploaded to Mon Ame Memories today. Please join me at Mon Ame by clicking here.

For my challenge, I would like you to incorporate the following techniques on your LO:

1. Stamping
2. Paper Tearing
3. Paper Rolling

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Here is my example:

Title: Ponder
Material's Used from Mon Ame's March Kit:
Metallic Light Blue Cardstock
Metallic Orange Cardstock
BG's Marrakech Mandarin Slice PP
BG's Marrakech Elderflower pp
BG's Marrakech Sencha pp
BG's Marrakech Chamomille pp
BG's Marrakech Cardamon pp
BG's Lotus Bitsy Stamps
BG's Colored Buttons

not from the kit:
Tim Holtz Idea-ology brads
1 Prima Flower
Font Printed from Computer

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Even though it took ages to do those paper rolling, I enjoyed it very much. Thank you MAM for this wonderful kit. I have submitted this LO to BasicGrey's Idea Gallery, wish me luck!!!

And speaking of MAM, I would like to invite everyone to our Sketch Crop this Friday!!!

Here are the details:

RAINBOW Challenge - set by LG

Good day to you all!!!

I would like to share to you and invite you to join me at Roll2Create for my 2nd challenge as their DT Member. There are a lot of great challenges there, so feel free to join us. Here are the details of the challenge:

RAINBOW Challenge - set by LG

For this month's Rainbow challenge, I would like you to create a Layout using these 2 colours.

GREEN
ORANGE

You may NOT add any other colours but you can use the different hues of the required colors (example: pink, light pink, dark pink)
I would also like to see ribbon and blings!

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You will receive 2 points for submitting an entry for this challenge. The winner of this challenge will get an additional 5 points
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All challenge entries must be uploaded into the gallery by April 30 and make sure to post the link to this thread. Late entries will not be accepted.

Gallery link for this Rainbow Challenge is http://roll2create.net/r2cgallery/thumbnails.php?album=63

Here is my example:

Title: Baptism

Material's Used:
Bazzill Black Cardstock
Scenic Route Ashville Sawyer Ave pp
Scenic Route Ashville Patton Ave pp
Felt Mesh
Ribbon
Water Dew Drops Sticker
Alpha Thickers
Metal brads
Gem Blings

Update of LOs that I did for the past 2 weeks....

Happy Easter!

I just want to update my blog with my latest creations:

Title: ELMO

Journaling:
I love Elmo, yes I do
I love Elmo, yes it's true
Elmo is red, Elmo is fluffy
I love him so much, I can't get enoughy.

Materials Used:
Scenic Route Worn Line Paper
Cosmo Cricket Chemistry: Flirt pp
Sugar Loaf Stephanie Bernard's stamps
Fancy Pants Red Frame transparency
Alpha Chipboard
Felt
Water Dew Stickers
Ribbon
Buttons
Watercolor Paint

Title: Cutie

Journaling:
I saw the reason to smile today
When I saw my baby dance and play
I saw the reason to smile today
Because she is the one who
completes my day

Material's Used:
BG's Sophia Collection Pack
Prima Flowers
Chipboard Alpha
Ribbon
Gems

Title: Boots

Journaling:
Furry Boots
Stylish & Sophisticated
Comfy and Cute
From Mommy

Materials Used:
White Cardstock
Pebbles Inc Love Beads PP
Shopsei - Julie Chocolat PP
WRMK White Out Nonsense JibJab PP
Eyelets
Embroidery Floss
All About Scrapbooking Swirl Chipboard
All About Scrapbooking Sticker Brackets
Yellow and Red Cardstock Strips
Yellow Felt

Title: My Precious

Journaling:
Sweet Calm Days in golden hays
Melt down the amber sky

Materials Used:
Brown Cardstock
Daisy D's Showoff pp
Cosmo Cricket Haunted Gothic pp
Prima Flowers
Tim Holtz's Spinner Idea-ology
Beads
Buttons
Metal Embellishment
Stickles
Making Memories Shimmer Alpha
 

Title: Sexy (frustrating title LOL. This was me when I was 26yrs old, before having Hannah. I do wish I can come back with this figure again HAHAHA. I gained 65lbs during my pregnancy and Hannah was only 6.3lbs when she was born. Right now, I am still 10lbs overweight from this photo)


Sewing Room Materials Used:
Velcro tape
Fabric
Thread

SB Materials used:
Dream Street Papers- Angela Hoffman Designs pps
Brads
TH Grudge Spinners Idea-ology
Rubon
MR Chipboard Swirls
Water Dew Stickers
TH Ranger Distress Ink - Tea Dye and Walnut Stain
Petaloo Flowers and Gems

Title: SPIRITED

Journal:
Girl you are so energetic! We can't believe that your tiny body can produce such spirit. You are very amusing Hannah!

Materials Used:
WRMK Nonsense PP
Rusty Pickle Pop Star PP
Fuschia Cardstock
Stickles
Prima Flowers
Coloured Chalk
Ranger Distress Ink Walnut Stain
BOHO Swirl Chipboard
Scenic Route Mini Powder Puffs PP
White Cardstock
Pen Markers
Sticker Gems
Buttons
Ribbon
Embroidery Floss

Techniques: Stitching, Distressing, Cutouts, Tearing, Punching, Doodling, and Layering

Ok that's it for now. I'll keep you hanging for more c",)! I would like to thank RSS, Feli, Creative Scrappers, Roll2Create, ScrapThat, Pinoyscrapbookers, ScrapCircle, Scrap My Memories, Tessah, Janis and all of you for all your inspiration, guidance and continuous support. I love you guys!!

Being Published!!!

Happy Easter!!!!

When I woke up this morning, I was greeted with a great blessing when I read from my email that 2 of my LOs will be published this April at Scrapbook News and Reviews. This is actually my first time to be published in a magazine since I started scrapping last October 2008.

Little Doll:


Boracay:


I am very thrilled and excited and don't know what to say but for sure, I would like to thank all of you for all your continuous support and encouragements. All of you have been part of my journey following my passion in scrapbooking.

THANK YOU!

Before I end this post, I also have received an exclusive invitation to join the Congo Line.

Basically when you receive an invitation to join you add the image as a sidebar picture widget and then link the image to the one person who's blog you want to be next in line.
Rules: - You can only join the line if you are invited - You can only pass it on to one person - Lets make the longest conga line in the world!! (wouldn't it be cool if it went all over the world and back??) - Make sure you follow through until the person you invite has added it to their blog otherwise the chain will be broken and it won't work - If you receive an invitation and don't want to be in the line then kindly let the person know who sent it to you so they can invite someone else. We are really excited to see where this will end up!

I will forward the next invitation to Janis - Her blog: The Reluctant Scrapper

BasicGrey's Idea Gallery

Good day to you all!

I just want to share to you that my "1st Friend" LO was accepted on BasicGrey's Idea Gallery. Click here to view. This is actually my 2nd LO to enter their Idea Gallery and I am honored and thankful to be part of it.

I would like thank Mon Ame Memories March Kit for these amazing pps. Everything that you need was included on their March Kit and they chose BG's Marrakech Line.

I would also like to thank Ms. Kath Parker for her amazing sketch over at RSS that gave me inspiration for this LO. You can view her amazing works by clicking here.

To view my "1st Friend" LO and read the details about it, click here.

My Challenge at Roll2Create

Good day to you all!!!

I would like to invite you all to come and join me at Roll2Create. We have great challenges set for everybody, inspirational topics and fantastic members.

Here is the challenge that I set for April 1 to 15:

March Black OR White Challenge - set by LG

For this month's B & W challenge, I would like you to create a Layout using White as your base color plus these 2 colours.

PINK
ORANGE

You may NOT add any other colours but you can use the different hues of the required colors (example: pink, light pink, dark pink)
I would also like to see some hand cutting and some ribbons too!
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You will receive 2 points for submitting an entry for this challenge. The winner of this challenge will get an additional 5 points
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All challenge entries must be uploaded into the gallery by April 15 and make sure to post the link to this thread. Late entries will not be accepted.

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Here is my example:

Title: Crazy Little Thing

Journaling:
We love to see you smiling and playing even though you look crazy sometimes. As long as you're having fun and enjoying yourself, we are happy. Your crazy smile is heart-warming. We are totally CRAZY for you

Materials Used:
White Cardstock
Sassafras Life is Beautiful PP
Teresa Collins CRUSH Notes PP
Chatterbox Inc Scrapbook Walls PP
Kaisercraft Flutterby PP
Prima Flowers
Ribbons and Lace
Button Brad

My Challenge at Mon Ame Memories

Good morning!

I just want to share to you the challenge I did for Mon Ame Memories.

Spring is a favorite season for many people, and it is certainly easy to understand why this is so. This is when the earth comes back to life after a long cold winter, and it is in spring when the first flowers begin to bloom and the green world begins to return after its winter sleep.

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So for my challenge, I would like you to get your inspiration from this spring abstract painting by Carol Beth:


Create a LO using the colors BLUE and GREEN
Use only B&W Photograph/s

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Here is my example:


Title: Milk Hour

Journaling:
You always look forward to your milk time
I can never see a baby who drinks milk as much as you do

Materials Used:
Kaisercraft Cabbage Path pps
Green Swirl Sticker Chipboard from Simple Joys
Thickers Glitter Sticker Alphas
Ribbon

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I would like to invite you to MAM forum and take part of the great challenges there.

WOWERZ!!!

Happy Tuesday to you all!!!

I just want to share to you the RAKs that I received today from Shell and A2Z Scraplets.

The packages

From Shell


From A2ZScraplets

Gorgeous, right? I am so lucky to have won their challenges and received these amazing items. Thank you!

Mon Ame Memories April Kit Revealed!

Good day!

Before I reveal to you Mon Ame's April Kit, I just want to share the first LO that I was able create using Mon Ame Memories March Kit.

Title: 1st Friend

Journaling:
Look at the mirror and you will see
A baby just like me

Materials Used:
MARCH MONTHLY KIT
BG's Marrakech - Palace Blue PP
BG's Marrakech - Mandarin Slice PP
BG's Marrakech - Cardamon PP
BG's Marrakech - Elderflower PPBG's Marrakech - Sencha PP
BG's Marrakech - Colored Buttons

OTHER SUPPLIES
Petaloo Flowers-Dahlia Blend
Embroidery Floss
Thickers Alpha

You can view the entire MAM's March kit here. Unfortunately, it's sold out already but no worries because MAM's April Kit is already available. Check this out:

Content:

3 Cardstock Sheets
1 12x12 die cut sheet
1 8 1/2 x 11 Orange pokka dot paper
1 Creative Imaginations scalloped paper
4 Bloom & Grow double side paper
1 Prima double sided paper
1 Fetching Pink Paislee green alphabets
1 Basic Grey Key Plate Album
1 Clear stamp
2 Ribbons
1 Prima pack pebbles
2 Maya Road pins
1 Clear butterfly

Yummy right? I love everything from the kit, its colorful, playful and can make several LOs, cards and projects. So what are you waiting for, grab one now!!!

Creative Scrapper's Sketch #46 - Team G Revealed!

Good day!

Finally, after the long wait, the LOs of Team G is revealed at Creative Scrappers. We need to interpret the brilliant sketch of our Guest Designer, Shana Dilldine.

Here is her sketch:

Here is my take to her sketch:

Title: Little Doll

Journaling:
Those big innocent eyes
See a world strange and new;
To make sense of it all
She'll look only to you

Materials used:
White Cardstock
We R Memory Keepers Nonsense PPs
Thickers Alpha
Prima Flowers
Gem Brad
Rainbow Eyelets
Knitting Thread
Watercolor Paint

I was quite nervous about this reveal since this LO will be my introduction to the Creative Scrapper's community. I have planned every single detail of this LO and had so much fun doing it.

Please do visit Creative Scrapper's Blog to view all the other gorgeous interpretation of my teammates to this sketch. Click here.

And remember, you have the next 2 weeks to submit your own interpretation to this sketch. So go for it! Grab this opportunity to win a RAK from Creative Scrappers via a random draw. Click here for details.