Top 10

Good day!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far c",) As for me, I have this great news. I AM IN!!!! I made it to Scrappin Moms Idol 3 Top 10 Finalist. YAY!!!


I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone of you. Thank you for continuously reading my blog. Thank you for your kind words. Thank you for all the encouragement and support. Thank you all for being my friend. All of this is dedicated to each and everyone of you.

I would also like to thank Scrappin Moms for all this amazing challenges. I would like to thank my local scrapping friends Janis, Diane, Cathy and Tessah for always being there for me all throughout this challenge rounds. Love you ladies!

Thank you to all who played along with the Scrappin Mom Idol 3 Challenges. I have learned a lot from all of you. You were all so supportive and inspirational.

THANK YOU!

Just a recap, here were my Idol entries:

Elimination Round: Ad Inspiration Challenge

click HERE to view details for this elimination round

Round 1: Paper Piecing Challenge

click HERE to view details for Round 1

Round 2: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Challenge

click HERE to view details for Round 2

Round 3: Negative Space Challenge

click HERE to view details for Round 3

Round 4: PLAY Challenge

click HERE to view details for Round 4

Round 5: Mini Album Challenge

click HERE to view details for Round 5

Round 6: Disney Princess Cahllenge

click HERE to view details for Round 6

Again, thank you for everything. I really enjoyed all of these challenges and blessed for meeting such wonderful friends. Now, I need to think of what to bring to the finals. It will be my first crop ever. I have never scrapped outside of my room nor have scrapped with anybody else aside my DH so I am not sure how I will handle the final competition.

What do I need to bring? Any suggestion? I really have no idea :P

Scrappin' Moms Idol 3: Round 5

BE A BOOKWORM!

#1. Create a HANDMADE "BOOK-INSPIRED" MINI ALBUM for this week.
- A book must inspire your theme for the mini album. It can be a children's book, collection of nursery rhymes, juvenile books (remember Sweet Valley High), adult romance books and a lot more.
- There is a wide variety of books/theme to choose from. Your imagination is the only limitation you'll have.
- The mini-album should be no bigger than 8x8 and no smaller than 4x4
- Include a write-up on your chosen theme/book and how this inspired your mini album creations

#2. The MINI ALBUM should be AT LEAST 6-pages EXCLUDING the front and back covers.
- Creativity and Originality will be a key factor when judging your albums

#3. Create at least three (3) A.T.C (Altered Trading Cards)
- The ATC must be included within the mini album
- Be creative in including the ATC within your mini album

What is an ATC?
An artist trading card (or ATC for short) is a tiny, original piece of art created with the intention of swapping or trading it with another artist, not selling it. The one rule an artist trading card must adhere to is the size. An ATC must be 2.5x3.5 inches or 64x89 mm.

Source: http://painting.about.com/od/paintingforbeginnersfaq/f/ArtTradingCard.htm

Criteria for Judging:
Originality & Creativity - 35%; Overall Design & Craftsmanship - 35%; Choice of Photo - 15%; Journaling - 15%

For this Challenge, note the following requirements:

• We will only allow submission of FOUR (4) PHOTOS for upload
• Submit a photo with all your pages together including the front and back cover. "Stitch" your pages/spread if necessary to present a better view of your mini album
• Photos for this challenge must not have been used in any previous layouts (both Local or International)

My Entry

Having a toddler makes me a children stuff lover. For this mini album challenge, I was inspired by a Children Mini-book titled Baby Animals by Alligator Books LTD. I saw this book from National Bookstore while looking for inspiration. I was immediately inspired by the huge images, the pullout cards, and the doodling. I imitated the minibook by using chipboard as my foundation (like the book), added a pullout for my ATCs, used big photos, doodled on each page, and did some weird cutouts on my base foundation.

I bound both sides of my mini using my Bind-it-all (never been used :P bought it a few months ago). The pages open up alternately and some pages differ from one size to another to make it unique and more complicated. My theme was a dayout with my baby and I used the title "7.27.2009" because all photos and the memory I preserved was taken that day.


Techniques Applied: handmade chipboard album, distressing, papercutting, doodling, painting, stamping, and layering


Materials Used: Cardboard, Bint-it-all, Orange Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Creative Imaginations pp, BoBunny Beau Jardin Harvest pp, BG Offbeat Informal pp, BG Ambrosia Mandarin pp, BG Ambrosia Marmalade pp, BG Offbeat Nonchalant pp, BG Ambrosia Tangy pp,BG Ambrosia Fresh-Squeezed pp, BG Ambrosia Chutney pp, Creative Imaginations Signature Collection pp, AC Thickers Chitchat Alpha Stickers, Pink Paislee Holly Doodle Alpha Stickers, We R memory Keepers White Out Rubons, Webster Lace, Prima Flowers, Chipboards, Dymo labeler, Tim Holtz Liquid Pearls, Ranger Distress Inks, Dew Drops, Colorbox Ochre, BG Ambrosia Bitsy Stamp, Transparencies

Feel free to check out the other entries here.

Paper Bag Mini Album

Last Friday I was privileged enough to join an online tutorial with Scrappin Kids. The tutorial was conducted by Wati around 10pm. We were joined with other talented scrappers around the world.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do my album at the same time the tutorial was held because I do not have any paper bags and I was taking care of my daughter. The tutorial was easy to understand and all the scrappers were willing to share their opinions, ideas and suggestions.

Finally, I was able to purchase some paper bags earlier and was able to start my Mini Album. Here is my take:


Currently, I have not completed the insides of the album because the album is about my daughter's firsts. Since she's only 9 months old, there will be a lot of firsts to come.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Scrappin Kids, the other scrappers and especially Wati for this tutorial. This is my first paper bag album and I'm looking forward to creating more of these (since I have like 100pcs of paper bags :P)