September Kaya: What's Cookin'?

September is here! (I know I'm like 10 days late posting this entry). And this month, yours truly is sponsoring the Pinoy Scrapbooker's Kayang-Kaya Kaya? Challenge. :)

September has got to be one of my favorite months. It marks the beginning of the "ber" season and it's also a month of birthday celebrations in our family (including mine). And when there's a celebration it means there's food right? Before I fell in love with scrapbooking, my first love was cooking & baking. And lately I've learned to enjoy both and thought of combining the two hobbies. No, I will not ask you to cook your patterned papers and embellishments (lol), but I've cooked up a challenge for every food lover out there.

To view the complete challenge rules and requirement please click----> HERE.

Here's my sample for the challenge:

Materials:

Cardstock- American Crafts

Patterned Paper- DCWV

Stickers: Thickers- American Crafts

Journaling cards- Fancy Pants Creative Cards

Brad- Making Memories

Flowers- Hero Arts

Tools: Fiskars Lacy Days of Summer border punch, Crop-a-dile

Stamp- EK Success

Lunch box template: My Timeless Templates from Papertrey Ink

Others:buttons, lace, leaves, rick rack

I just finished baking 2 dozens of these yummy cupcakes. Tomorrow I'll be baking another batch for my niece's birthday. :)

TFL!

Princess

I've done both traditional and digital layouts before but I don't think I've done hybrid. So when I saw this month's Kaya challenge hosted by Alby, I was excited to give it a try. It was actually a fun process so I think I may do this again. :)

A Closer look at the digital elements:

Love these postal stamps:

Journaling:
You surely looked like a lovely princess on your second birthday. Yu were in the mood for a pictorial and look how pretty your photo turned out.
January 4, 2009
Marcie's 2nd Birthday

Materials Used:
Cardstock-American Crafts, The Paper Company
Patterned paper- Princess Phrase paper (Creative Imaginations)
Crown Die-Cut- Fancy Pants covered with Stickles and topped with bling
Dimensional Glaze- Ranger
Ribbons- local craft store

Digital elements:
Flowers, Journaling spot, postal stamps, gold princess title & butterfly all from Scrapblog.com

My First LO for 2009

I wasn't quite sure at first what to do with my LO for the new Kaya Challenge at PS. I didn't know what memorabilia I should use until I remembered my grandpa. He's not really my grandfather by blood since he's my step-father's dad but he treated me like his own grand daughter. After he died, we discovered his hidden treasure from his bedroom. That's where I got the inspiration for my 1st LO for 2009.
Journaling Reads: A few days after lolo Pete died, we were all surprised to find a box in his room where he kept his "hidden treasures". Inside the box were cards that people gave him and even the money they gave were still in the cards. Dad gave us these money which are no longer in circulation. You would think they're still new because they're still crisp, but when you look at the year printed on them, you'll see they're from 1949!

Materials Used: PPs & Stamp- Fancy Pants, CS-Bazill Basics, Rub-ons- Craft Express, Ink-Whispers, Flowers- Prima, Alpha Stickers-Misc.- lace, string of pearls, acetate, gold thread, button

Techniques Used:
Distressing, Stamping & Stitching ( I stitched an acetate on the PP to create pockets for the pics & the money)

TFL!