Twenty-Ten

Welcome 2010! Happy New Year everyone! Well 2009 flew by so fast, I barely had any time to do so much scrapping plus blogging. Been busy last year with so many things but I'm glad I was able to sneak in a bit of scrapping time. And just before 2009 ended, I managed to create 2 LOs, a 2010 calendar and some mini cards. Trying to make up for those times I didn't get to scrap. Hehe.

And what a great way to start the year because one of my projects was featured at GCD Studios blog! Hop on over ----> HERE to check it out.

I was actually chosen to be a product tester for GCD Studios last year and I got a bunch of yummy goodies to play with and that calendar was one of the projects I created. Here are two more projects I made using the GCD studios goodies:

Box of mini cards

Good Times Layout

I gotta say... I'm loving their products and if you check out the GCD blog, you'll find sneak peaks of their up coming collections. Everything I've seen looks great so far. I gotta have some of those!

I am keeping my fingers crossed this year and I'm hoping that I could have more scrapping time and perhaps blogging time too. No promises but I'll try my best. :) Hope everyone will have a great year ahead.

Thankful

I've been a very bad blogger. I'm so sorry blog for not being able to visit you often. It's been really hectic around here especially now that Christmas is only a few days away. Plus got lots of stuff to take care of. 2 major events are happening this December and I will be sharing the good news one of these days. And I feel so blessed despite the busy schedule because God has been showering us with lots of blessings this year. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything will successfully fall into place.

Have been busy with so much things but sadly not too busy with scrapping. I really wish I had more time to scrap. Got lots of new tools and materials but no time to really play with them yet. :(

Well I've been going through my digital photos and found some projects which I haven't shared here yet. I believe I made these months ago and never got to post them yet.

Here's a simple Thanksgiving Card I made using KI Memories paper and chipboard accents (cardstock is American Crafts)

The next one is a Christmas card with a hidden "door" where you can tuck in some cash for your "inaanaks" (godchildren) this Christmas. :)

Untie the white ribbon and it reveals the secret door.

TFL!

Featured at Card Sketch A Day

I almost forgot about these two cards until I dropped by the Card Sketch A Day blog:

I saw that they were featured yesterday. :) Do drop by here to check it out.

TFL!

2S4Y 1st Annual Ultimate Card Showdown

It's been a while since I last did some card making. I came across the 2 Sketches 4 You Blog and saw their 1st Annual Ultimate Card Showdown. I know it's quite a long shot for me but I did like their sketch for the week so I gave it a go. Here's Laura's Sketch:
And here's my take:

I really had fun making this card and I love how it turned out. Thanks 2S4Y for the inspiration. Check out their blog for more inspiration from their DT. They did amazing jobs with the sketch! :)

Toots on a Rainy Day!

I was about to go to sleep but I decided to take a little peek on my blog. I then saw from my right side bar that Moxie Fab World posted the winners for their rainy day challenge. I was curious to see who won coz I also submitted an entry a few days ago. And wow I was chosen as one of the winners! Yey! I'm all smiles now and I don't think I'm sleepy anymore. lol. Check out the announcement here. And here's my winning entry:

Front:
Inside:

What a fun rainy day. I got to meet up with my high school friends this afternoon too and it was fun. Thanks Moxie Fab World!

Sharing some of my projects

Been a little busy over the past week. After I gave a family friend an altered clock as a gift last week, they liked it so much that they asked me to make two more to give as a gift for their friend who's leaving for London tomorrow. I was flattered that they really appreciated my gift.

Safari Clock:

Rhianna's Clock:

She also asked me to make a small framed keepsake for her niece's friend.
And I also made these small gift tags to match the clocks and the frame.
TFL! Happy Weekend everyone!

Banana Muffins and Recycled Projects

My mom brought home a couple of over ripe bananas yesterday which she got from my grandmas house. She said they would be perfect for baking banana muffins and asked me to bake some this afternoon. I added some oatmeal and chocolate chunks for added flavor and texture to the muffins. I also baked a loaf of banana bread using the same recipe but baked longer. I enjoyed taking photos of them as much as we enjoyed eating these yummy treats.

Hot and fresh from the oven:

2 dozens and a half:Let's have a close up:

A loaf of yummy goodness:

Want a slice?And if that wasn't enough, I also created some projects to go with the muffins. I made some altered projects and some cards using some recycled materials.

First was this altered can (it's an emptied chocolate wafer sticks container) which can be used as a gift container for these muffins. You can fit up to 4 muffins in the can. It can also be used as a container for trinkets or other goodies too.

Here's a closer look at the can:

Another recycled project which I also made on my previous post is the altered toilet paper roll. This one can be a gift card holder:

And last but not the least are these pair of cards (I had some left over pps from the can and the gc holder so I made some mini cards from them to maximize the use of the pp):
TFL! Have a yummy week ahead!

April Showers Bring in May Flowers

My has the weather here been weird lately! It's usually super hot in the morning and it suddenly rains so hard in the afternoon. While it's supposed to be summer time this time of the year, we've been getting a lot of rain for the past couple of days. Blame it on global warming. We sure need some earth lovin' nowadays. Speaking of earth lovin'... we just celebrated Earth Day 2 days ago and I did make some Earth Day projects that day but I haven't really gotten the chance to post them yet. I made some gift card holders made from recycled empty toilet paper rolls (you know that brown roll that holds the toilet paper). They're so fun and easy to make too. Maybe I'll post a tutorial here one of these days. I made 3 but I still need to embellish the remaining 2. Here's one of the finished gift card holders:

Altered Toilet Paper rollWill post the others when I'm done with them.

Then I also made this distressed card for Hero Arts challenge:
Lots of flowers huh? I guess April showers do bring in May flowers. lol.

Miss Stamp a lot!

Been stamping a lot the past few days. The first Hero Arts challenge I ever joined was to stamp on something other than paper. I was thinking of a new way to stamp and I remembered reading something from a magazine way back which talked about faux wax seals using hot glue. I had some colored glue sticks on hand so I gave it a try. At first I was afraid, I was petrified (lol... don't be shy to sing along)... to use the stamps on hot glue for it might melt the clear stamps. But then I tried it. The technique is to dab the stamp with some ink first before setting it on the blob of hot glue. I waited for the hot glue to cool down a little bit (about 20-25 seconds) before actually stamping it, but make sure it doesn't cool completely or you won't be able to get the image stamped correctly. When it was cooled, I cut the image to its shape. I also stamped the sentiment on hot glue and highlighted the words with white paint.
I also stamped on acetate which was first colored with alcohol inks for my other non-paper element. Here's a closer look at the stamped flowers (the bottom flower is the one stamped on acetate and the top flower is the one stamped on hot glue):
For the second card, I stamped on acetate again. This time the whole card itself is an acetate, embellished with acetate flowers. This was based on Card Postioning System's Sketch 110.
And last but not the least... my take on Card Patterns sketch #9:
The sentiment "Just for You" is from the Hero Arts All Occasion Stamp set which I stamped on a KI Memories chipboard sticker. Sorry for the poor photos. I only scanned them since the CF card slot on the camera broke. Huhuhu. :'(

Oh and just a reminder, you still have until Wednesday, April 15, midnight to join my blog candy here and to avail of the 10% discount from my TSYS shop. Hope everyone will have a great new week ahead!

xoxo

"Hoppy" Easter!

I'm back! Took a short blog break there for some quiet time during the Holy Week. Hope everyone is having some "hoppy Easter fun". I'd like to share a couple of projects I made last week. These were from the Scrap Jam I attended last April 4-5 at Clarkfield. It's been a while since I've been to one and it was surely fun! Lot's of freebies, shopping and food too! I was also happy to have met new faces and also the other scrappers (who I already met before) from here and Manila. It was an overnight affair but I had to go home coz I couldn't leave my little girl alone at night. But I did come back the next day for the jam's part 2. We made 3 cards, 1 LO at 2 mini albums. I love the new things I learned especially those cute and easy to make minis.

Here are the cards:



Will post the layout as soon as I get a good photo of it. And the mini albums when I'm done with them (we only made the base album).

And I'm so happy I got my first ever collection of Hero Arts stamps too! I've been playing with them all week long. I'll surely get some more once I get to save enough money for more stamps. lol.

Thanks to ate Marisa and Yoyin for another great event. Props to Teena and Romely for helping out too.

A Gift A Mom would Surely Love

I was recently searching the net to find a unique gift for my mom for her birthday and I came across a website called Red Letter Days which is based in UK. I saw some really interesting stuff there and they had Mother's Day gift ideas on their site. ( Just a little trivia: I know Mother's day is still a few months away but I found out that in UK, it will be celebrated on March 22.) As I was browsing through their site something caught my attention... one of their Spa Days & Pampering package which is the Chocolate Body Wrap Treatment. Oh my! I love the idea of being pampered and what's better is that you'll be wrapped in chocolate (I'm a chocoholic so this would be perfect)! How cool is that!? Maybe hubby can send me to UK and get me that package for Mother's Day. Lol. Wish wish!

After seeing that, I remembered I had a card which I made a few years ago (and I still have it til now) which will be perfect to give along with a gift certificate for a spa or massage treatment. I always try to make my gifts more personalized so even if the gifts are store bought, I would usually make a simple card to go along with the gift to have that hand-made feel to it. I think most people would appreciate a gift more if it is personalized. For me, it makes the gift more special that way too. So maybe I could get my mom a gift certificate for mother's day and insert it with this card:
I made the robe & slippers from felt and the bath tub with the little bottles are made from cardstock which I personally made too. TFL! :)

Another Birthday Card

There are a lot birthday celebrations in our family whenever March hits the calendar. Next week it will be my sister's birthday and on the 25th, my SIL, the 26th my BIL. Plus more from my cousins and other relatives. I made the card above for my brother-in-law who lives in Venice, California. We'll be sending him the card tomorrow and hope it will reach him before his birthday. I used Card Patterns Sketch #5 for this one. I must admit, I am not too confident with this card as I am not used to creating masculine themes be it for cards or scrapbook layouts. But I gave it my best and I hope he'll like it. :)

I used All About Scrapbooking (a local brand here in the Philippines) papers and stickers which I bought last year but never got to use anymore since someone told me they were not acid free. But I'm not so sure if they really aren't acid free because I did a test with an American Crafts PH Tester pen and it turned out good after all. So I guess it's safe to use them too but I mostly use them on cards and altered projects now just to make sure.

Well it's a brand new week and I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping I'd finally get to make my first LO for March! But I'm not so sure coz Marcie just caught a cold and has been acting like a baby the whole day. She wants to be carried and boy, is she getting heavier. I'm hoping she'll feel better soon because I hate seeing her looking weak. Get well soon my little girl. Here's a kiss from mommy... Mwah!

x's... Before I forget, do check out my cards over at Card Sketch A Day where I am the guest designer for the day. :) TFL!

A Card For My Mom

Tomorrow is my mom's birthday and I made her a card based on Card Pattern's Sketch #4. (Again I'm trying to beat the deadline. Lol.) I barely had time to do any scrapping this week. No, make it this month. All I have accomplished so far are 2 digital LOs and this card:


Materials:
PPs-KI Memories & Basic Gray
Fiskars circle puncher (love this new tool of mine)
Flowers- Prima Mktg.
Cardstock, Lace, ribbon, buttons, butterfly-from local craft store

Still hoping with this card, my Mojo will return and I can finally finish a LO or two. Happy Weekend everyone! =)

***Rest in Peace... Francis M. God bless your soul.**

CP Sketch #3 and Physical Therapy

I missed Card Pattern's 2nd sketch last week but I'm glad I was able to make it to the last minute for the third sketch. This time I made a baby girl card to give to someone who gives birth to a girl... still don't know to whom I shall give it to (lol). It just so happened I had an unfinished pink card which I found inside my Scrapboss compartment and decided to finish it using CP Sketch #3. Here's my take on the sketch:


I'm still going through Physical therapy for my back and knee and I'm starting to get sick of the hospital. I'm there every M-W-F for an hour and a half and I'm supposed to finish 6 sessions. Then I had a follow up check up and was advised to add 4 more sessions! :( So that means I'll be going to the hospital again til next week. Anyway, hope this improves my condition. I'm so glad the weekend is here.

Happy Weekend & keep it safe!

KI Memories All Occasion Cool Kit

I was so excited when my Balikbayan Box of scrap goodies arrived last week. I was more excited because the KI Memories kits I ordered were there and I couldn't wait to play with them!

And coincidentally, I found this post from the KI blog where they focused on the All Occasio Cool Kit. I downloaded their tutorial to get my mojo running and finished 3 of the 6 projects. There were actually 4 LOs and 1 card in their class but I was only able to finish 2 of the LOs and the card. Hopefully, I could finish the rest soon.

Title: Sweet Baby Girl

Title: When I See You Smile

Title: Thank You Card

Supply List: Everything used for the LOs and card is from the KI Memories All Occasion Cool Tin Kit except for the buttons and white embroidery floss. I also added some KI Memories La Di Dah Courtyard Chipboard artifacts on the "When I See You Smile" LO.