Father

This lay-out is a tribute to my Dad using the sketch at the Dollhouse.

Materials:  Patterned Paper all Pink paislee, chipboard - MME. 

Journaling:  Papa & Me, Manila Zoo 8 years ago lay-out 9/2010

Hidden journaling:

To the man who wakes up before sunrise,

to drive me in  all my competitions

To the man who buys the books,

I want and need before I ask for them

To the man whose always tagging along

the video camera

to capture every moment of our life

To the man who had big dreams

for his children

To the man who supported

all our endeavors no matter how big or small

To our Great Papa

who had build a solid foundation in each one of us

I may not be the ACCOUNTANT LAWYER you dreamt of me

or the ENGINEER I've wanted to be

I know you were proud of me for being the ARTIST,

I've grown up to be and for the path I have chosen.

You are very well missed and I want to let the whole world know

what a great Father you had been to us.

I love you.

Live your Life

Its been a productive weekend for me.  I was able to finish 4 ATC's, 2 lay-outs and an altered box.  Here's the atc I made for the challenge at the dollhouse, and the altered box using the ATC. 

You are my sunshine

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine . . .   you make me happy . . .

I just remembered that song when I started writing this post.  These kids are really my sunshine.   My son and my nephews - Migs, Wacs and Bins.  They really bring lots of joy and (headache) too! 

I used the color challenge at Design Dollies to come up with this lay-out.  I just love this summer colors  and Inkido papers  suited well with Webster pages paper. 

Materials: Patterned paper - webster pages and Inkido, cardstock - bazill, rub-on - sassafrass, acetate - fancy pants, flowers, lace and pins - inkido, blings - prima.

WOYWW and projects to share

Wow,  where did the time go?  Its wednesday once again and I am grateful for all your visits last week and comments. I had a busy week but still got time to be creative and I know,  I was pretty busy creating ATC's.  My addiction to it is coming back.  I get to use my scraps to create my art cards and trade with friends around the world.

Here's the wall in my desk.  I always make sure that my stuff are within my reach.  That is an altered corkboard which I had collage with my sons's photos,  the bookmark I got from OWOH this year, my art card, my disney autograph book (who says kids should be the only ones to have an autograph book?) and my sons drawings and doodles and his school year calendar (so that I won't forget important dates in school).

Here's a close up of my art card and Zid's photo in the corkboard.  The art card used to be in my 7gypsies art tray before I gave it a new look with Inkido products.

Here's my desk with a finished lay-out I made for a sketch at Design Dollies, the dmc thread  I'm using for crocheting doilies (I finished one already and used in my lay-out below) and an ATC  I'm trading with  a friend.  If you are a scrapbooker like me and haven't heard of the Dollhouse yet,  you will love to play with them too.  They have sketch, color and elements challenges.

Here's my lay-out  up close -  "Darling Angels"   Its is titled such because we named our group Darling Angels of the Resort. We all worked together in a beautiful island resort here in the Philippines - Lagen Island Resort 9 years ago and we have been friends all these years even after our life there. 

For this lay-out,  I used the sketch at the dollhouse.

Materials:  Inkido cs, Pink Paislee pp, inkido blooms, My Mind's Eye chipboard and pp and my very own crochet doily.

Journaling:  We will always be friends til wrinkled skin and grey hair.  I miss you guys.  The Darling angels at Greenbelt 5  ( Lesley wasn't here)

And finally,  my "Free" ATC.  I really love it when I get to use my scraps.

Have a nice day and happy blogging.  Don't forget to check out Julia's blog to learn more about this wednesday phenomenon in the blog world. 

First day of School and a lay-out

We just celebrated our 112th Independence Day last Saturday June 12 and during the long weekend holiday, I was able to work on a lay-out and ATC for swap with Patsy which I will post tomorrow.

For the lay-out, I used the sketch from Design Dollies sketch challenge. I also mixed my Pink paislee papers with another patterned paper which I forgot from what manufacturer.
Hop on to the Dollhouse to join in the fun, you wouldn't regret it!

Some close ups:

A close up on the photos I used. I accidentally cut the MME transparency. good thing it still looks good.

Zid is really excited on his first day of school. He woke up early and even reminded me to prepare his snacks. He's so cute in his school uniform ( being a proud mom here). He is all grown up and almost forgot to give me a kiss before going to his classroom.

You will be seeing this photos in my pages soon!

Have a nice day!

Lil Princess

Quoting from Ella's Mom: You will always be our princess!

I enjoyed the process of doing this page for Design Dollies color and elements challenge. I know I didn't wait to see the sketch to make it to trifecta. I used the color combination of pink, white and craft and added the recipe for elements challenge - lace, stripes, 3d embellishments and crown. I cut the crown from the transparency of tim holtz mini mask and its backing paper for my craft backing paper. I made my own 3d flowers - crumpled scallop papers and transparency flowers.

Have a nice day!

Oh Brother!!!

My nephews Migs and Wacs having a great time and bonding at Enchanted Kingdom. Kuya Migs enjoyed the adult rides while Wacs with the kiddie rides and playing with Kuya Zid.

I misted the white cs with perfect pearls using mini mister but the shimmer is much better in real life. I just love this white space sketch over at Design Dollies.

Have a nice day!

You make me smile

. . . giggle, happy, laugh and complete. This is the joy of motherhood. And for my friend Chie, she just experienced it early this year.

I used the sketch from Sketchy Thursdays where I drew my inspiration:

And a few close ups:

I made this lay-out in acrylic block to focus on the love shared by the mother and child. I just loved how Jaimee lovingly smiled at the camera with her mom.

Thanks for looking. Have a great weekend!

Train your dragon

This is one of the attraction in Ocean Park and we had so much fun inside, playing the games and picture taking. Zid really enjoyed inside. Of course, I have to use my certificate to add in my page the characters. I'm keeping Zid's certificate of course.

I'm joining this scrapbook page for Sisterhood of scrap for their predominantly brown challenge, and for Design Dollies - thus the splash of blue and lime green for their color challenge.

Happy weekend!

My Girl

My take on the sketch challenge at Design Dollies. Of course, I added some elements to it. I just loved the button flowers I just learned from Scrapbook Heaven.

Have a nice day!

Ride Away

I found a new challenge blog called Design Dollies. I just love the elements, color and sketch challenge they have. And you can even combine the challenges for their trifecta! How cool is that!


Here's my take on their element and color challenge. Challenge is to be inspired by mother goose ryhmes. I have to look for Zid's book and find a ryhme that will suit this photo. Luckily I found, Ride away ride away. here's the ryhme"



Ride away, ride away
Johnny shall ride,
And he shall have a cat tide to one side;
And he shall have a little dog tide to the other;
And Johnny shall ride to see his grandmother.

I also added a hickory hickory dock die cut and some misting of clock since we are trying to make most of our time in singapore.

Thanks for looking!