Trash to treasure

Hope everyone had a great weekend.  Its been a week after my birthday and I'm glad I'm back to my crafty mood.   My birthday celebration was simple and shared with my family.  It was just a day I want to skip.  Well, our car was stolen on that day and so glad that nobody was hurt.  It was just now that I can tell all these things here in my blog. 

Anyway,  crafting and scrapbooking will always make me happy and I just love turning trashes into treasure.  

Here's a peanut butter made into an artsy canister for my inkido blooms.  An addition to my growing artsy canisters.  I used my inkido blooms and laces and adhered using a hot glue.

the other side with a metal embellishment from Kort og godt:

close up on the dangling:

Thanks for the visit!  Hope I inspired you today.  So  before you throw that bottle, just look how you can prettify it with some lace and flowers in your stash.

Have a nice day!

Beach boys

Summer is just starting on the other side of the world and its over here in Manila.  Nevertheless,  with the climate change, we can still enjoy the beaches here.

My boys share the same passion as I do - having fun in the beach!  We all love to soak in the sun and feel the water and waves in our toes.  Zid also expressed his desire to become a diver like us  in the future.  (Of course,  in my thoughts, please do that in your own expense son!  Your father and I did.)

Here's a lay-out of my boys in Siloso beach at Singapore.  We really are so glad we stayed in Sentosa in our whole stay in Singapore.  We got to enjoy the beach every after our tour of the attractions in Singapore.

I got to play with my Prima stamp again and with my Best Creation scraps (surf's up and splash fun)

Thanks for the visit!  Have a great weekend!

All Smile

Whenever I scrap,  it always take away my blues.  Its been a crazy week at work and playing with paper and glue would really make me happy.

Here's my latest lay-out for Inkido.  A mix of old papers wtih some stamping.

I made some handmade flowers using a scallop punch:

a crochet and a flower ( I am now enjoying crochet even if it takes so much time!)

Thanks for the visit and hope I inspired you today. 

hugs, Jona

Happy Moments

 I don't buy expensive clothes, designer bags and shoes.  However, we do invest in memories,  which no one can ever take away from us.  Special Moments and adventures we will always remember.

Supplies: Cardstock - American crafts, patterned paper - websters pages, flowers - websters pages and inkido.

Every year we try our best to spend family vacations either in the beach or out of the country.  This year, we went to Singapore for the Universal Studios and the Zoo for the kids.  We all had a blast.
 close up on the mixed medium (paint with sequins and opal dusts)

and my favorite cluster of yumminess with some stamping:

Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend!
hugs,  Jona

Swirls of Fun

Its hip to be square!

The Design team were asked to make a project using squares.  Yes!  I can finally try grid design. I have been wanting to try this but whenever I try,  I always tend to shift on my style.
I used the Loops and Scoops collection for lay-out which suited best our visit to Universal Studios Singapore.  Of course,  I have to add some misting or else,  I will be confused if I made this lay-out. 

Here's a close up on the embellishments and details:

Check out the Best creation blog for some inspiration too.
Have a great day!
hugs,  Jona   ( I do really need lots of hugs today.  So many pressures at work!)

Best Creation Design Team Call

It’s that time of the year again and Best Creation is searching for the next design team! We are looking for enthusiastic and talented crafters who would like to work with the best of the best in glitter paper!

The new team will last from August 2011 through January 2012. As a team member, you must be willing to:

· Promote Best Creation
· Create 5 projects per month (with description of products used and brief tutorial)

To apply for a spot on the team, send us the following:

· Contact Information (Name/ address/ phone/ email)
· Headshot or Photo
· Short Bio

· List design teams you are/have been on
· Resume including any publications
· Link to your blog
· jpegs of 3 projects (layout, projects, and/or cards) incorporating any Best Creation paper

You will be compensated with the latest in Best Creation papers, products from our cross-promotion companies, and promotion from Best Creation on all of our sites!

Submissions will be accepted now through July 24^th, 2011 at 11:59 PST. 

 

Email your application to joyce@bestcreation.us!

The New Team will be announced on July 29^th, 2011. This is a great team to work for!!!

Happy crafting and good luck!

Life is Good!

Yes,  life is really good especially when you share it with your friends.

Here's a mini album I made using the Best Creation Splash Fun 6x6 pad.  The mini pad is really perfect for mini albums and mini books.  Two papers of each and lots of tags to make the album.  I just added some scraps from my Surf's up papers and chipboards from Splash fun.

Don't forget to check out Best Creation blog for lots and lots of inspiration from my co designers.

Have a nice day!

Lay-outs and a winner

So glad the storm has passed.
Hello sunshine!!!
Its been a productive weekend for me and I got to play with my scraps and stash.  So glad that we were safe during the typhoon.

 Here's a lay-out I made using my websters pages scraps from spring market and hollywood vogue.  I did some stamping using my inkido stamps and tim holtz idealogy stamps.

here's a close up on my crochet with a prima flower.

and here's a lay-out using Best creation Rock star collection.

and I did mention a winner right?
Congrats ,  Gini of Beadz  please email me your snail mail address and I will ship your prizes right away.
Have a great weekend everyone!

Of Flowers and Wings

I love butterflies and clustering my embellishments especially the flowers. This is my favorite collection of Inkido - Forever.  And with little bits of Is this love and older lines,  I got the perfect page for my sister and her hubby.

 Here's another page with butterflies this time with my nephew and brother in law. I loved this color combination - brown and blue.

a close up on my clustering:

 

Thanks for the visit. Don't  forget to check out the inkido blog for lots of inspiration.

Splashes of Fun

A life without love is like a year without summer. - Sweddish Proverb

Well,  living in a tropical country is having summer all year round and I never regret it.  I dream of having white christmas and making snow angels too.  And I love love love making sand castles anytime of the year and diving underwater.  Yep,  that is the real me.  Beach lover.  A Mermaid with feet.

This week Best creations will show you all the fun in making water pages and how much we all love water.  Fussy cutting is easy with the Splash Fun collection to create the water. Of course,  with helmar Adhesives  our pages will always stand out.  Just like my own quote "  Behind every beautiful artwork is a glue - and that is Helmar!"

If you hop over to the Best Creation blog from now till the weekend, you will find lots of water-themed projects. There are guessing games with prizes to be won and many of the designers are having giveaways on their blogs.

Here's my two pager using Splash Fun:

 

close up on first page:  I used zap dots for lots of 3d  on those cute splashes.  Misting added more "splashes" on my page

a close up on page #2:

and there goes the ball!  It really looks like it created splashes on my page.

For a chance to win on my blog, leave me a comment by June 24th and I will draw one winner to win a pack of 6x6 collection and some extras.  Yes,  I will post anywhere in the world.

Make sure to visit other BC designers too.  Have great day!

Bring it On!

 The boys really enjoyed their bonding moment last holy week in Lola's resthouse in Tagaytay. After swimming, monkeying around and running, everyone waited for their own turn to play the PSP. 



Supplies: Cardstock - Crate Paper, Patterned Paper - Best Creation Loops and Scoops, Chipboard - Best Creation, tools - Martha Stewart and Fiskars.

 This is my take on this weeks sketch at Pencillines.Of course, I flipped the sketch again.
Sketch 242

a close up on the fussy cutting:

Thanks for dropping by!
Just a tease - make sure to come back by the weekend,  I may have a surprise for you!

Hugs,  Jona

New Releases from Best Creation

Best Creation just released three new lines this month:  Rock Star, Loops and Scoops and Splash Fun

Here's my page using Rock Star.  I added blue and my lay-out shouted summer.  How cool is that!

 close up on the birdcage using the glitter dot paper of best creation:

This time playing with " Loops and Scoops".  Its originally themed for amusement parks and carnival. Here on my page,  I used it for my nephew's frist birthday page.  

 a close up on the paper toiling technique:

Thanks for the visit and don't forget to check out the Best Creation blog for lots of inspiration.  You will never know when Teresa and Joyce throws some prizes!

See yah around!