Just sharing even if they're old na!

These are my last few projects for 2008. I made these for Visual Creations. Mitch asked me to make a couple of projects for December and I finished 3 12 x 12 layouts and two cards. Details of these projects can be found here. All the projects are very easy to make. No complicated techniques here. I really don't make very complicated layouts.

This is an A2 Christmas card. I distressed a bit here - see the edges of the red paper?


This one is a 5x7 card. I also distressed the papers. My favorite part is the chipboard which I painted with crackle paint and then sprayed with Radiant Rain.


I think this is my first layout using Sassafras Papers. Not that I didn't have any Sassafras papers before this, but they are so pretty I didn't have the heart to cut them. Been reserving them for something special. And here it is, what can be more special than a picture of Ariel and me! Haha!



When I got this paper pack and saw the robots, my first thought was this has to be a boy layout. So I asked my cousin to give me photos of my adorable pamangkin, Riley, who loves to smile for the camera. I gave this to my cousin as a Christmas gift.

This is one of my birthday photos and I'm just glad to have scrapped one, finally!

There you go! Will share my first 2009 projects soon!

My Christmas Wishlist

This is my official wishlist for the KO Marketing Christmas Party. It's a bit easy to make this list because 1) we have a budget, and 2) I really want all of these and they all fit the budget easily.

Original DVD of Mamma Mia! (This is the most fun movie I’ve seen this year and I can watch it over and over again!)

Original Soundtrack of Mamma Mia! (I can listen to the music over and over again, too!)

Original Soundtrack of Twilight (I love the book so much that I’m bound to like anything remotely connected to Twilight.)

Twilight Companion : The Unauthorized Guide to the Series by Lois H. Gresh -available at leading bookstores nationwide (Can you tell how much I like Twilight?!)

The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide by Stephenie Meyer (It’s supposed to come out in December but not sure if it’s a worldwide release. Amazon doesn’t have it yet, but who knows, we still have a week.)

Scrapbook Central -3 inches thick , it’s a plastic container that can hold 12x12 papers, available at Make Room (You know how I breathe scrapbooking – though it’s currently overshadowed by my fascination with the Twilight Saga – so having one scrapbooking item in my list shouldn’t come as a surprise.)

Now, putting together my wishlist for Ariel is a different matter altogether. Hmmm...still need to think about that.

Christmas Photos - Slide Show

This is a little late. Forgive me but I just figured out how to upload a video into YouTube (thanks Ria for the tip!). The baby in the slide show is my 6-month old (at the time the photo was taken) nephew, Jonathan Riley.

Holiday Mini Album

I started this mini album on December 26th, thinking that the sooner I scrap the photos, the more details I would remember. I focused on key stories only. I realized it is easiest to do it this way. So, for future occasions, I might just scrap the photos as soon as I can - I hope I have the time.

For this one, I used mainly the Studio Azul December kit. I still have a couple of papers and some scraps left over from my 12 x12 layouts. Here are the materials other than what's included in the kit:

Mini Album - MM Cheeky Mini Album (Dot White); PPS - Cosmo Cricket (First Gift, Cocoa w/ Peppermint - I just used scraps for the tags); Stickers - American Traditional Designs (Dear Santa Vellum Stickers), Sandylion; Rub-Ons - Crafting Studio (stitches), Imagination Project (Battery Pack Alphabets); Ink - Brilliance by Tsukineko; Pen - Staedler Triplus, Uniball Signo, Artline Calligraphy Pen, Sakura Aqualip

Here's the Mini. You can see the 1st page through the cover.

1st Page. I used the Studio Azul stamps here. Note that I used Valerie Salmon's sketch for the Kaya December Challenge. I wasn't able to make a card so I used the sketch for this mini album.

Page 2. The album is in chronological order. I started with our Christmas Tree.

I wrote about our 3-year old tree which we bought really cheap at Divi. Every year, we'd buy new ornaments to add to the old ones. There's still space for a lot more.

Page 3. Here are some photos taken on Christmas Eve. For the first take, Ariel sneezed just as the shutter was released (I used the timer and the camera was on a tripod). We had four more takes after that. I decided to make the 1st shot the main photo for this spread. I even encircled Ariel's sneezing face using the rub-on included in the kit. I wrote the journaling on the photo itself.

Page 4. This page is about the gifts Ariel adn I got for each other. Took us a while to decide what we want and finally bought Charriol bracelets on Dec. 23rd. We had them wrapped so we could put them under the tree. We both wanted to wear them right away but decided to open our gift on Christmas eve along with the rest of the family.

Page 5. Here's a photo of us opening our gifts and one that shows us wearing our bracelets. I love those Daisy D's Rub-ons! I'm so glad that was part of the kit.

Page 6. I included a page with photos of our parents who joined us on Christmas Eve.

Page 7. These are photos of my sisters-in-law and my nephews. My brother couldn't make it on Christmas Eve as he had to work late.

Page 8. Christmas Day. Ariel and I wore matching shirts - my idea of course (he didn't like it but he eventually relented).

Page 9. Every Christmas Day as far back as I can remember, my mom's siblings and their families would always come together at my grandmother's place for a Christmas feast. We kept the tradition even after my grandma died. When Ariel and I build our house in Kawit, Cavite, everyone thought we should change the venue to our place.

I journaled about the lunch. We decided to eat out in the garage on banana leaves. We ate with our fingers and feasted on grilled bangus and pork belly, grilled veggies and green mangoes with alamang, fish sinigang, buttered prawns and steaming white rice.

Page 10. New Year's Eve. I documented that this is our 7th New Year. No matching shirts this time.

Page 11. Our Media Noche feast. Nothing fancy. We had almondigas soup, lechong kawali (though cooked in the turbo broiler so it's not deep fried), oven-grilled chicken barbecue, lumpiang shanghai, grilled hotdogs (for the kids at heart) and rice. For dessert, we had apples and grapes dipped in chocolate fondue.

Page 12. No New Year celebration would be complete without fireworks. I doodled a bit here. And I used those cute buttons from the kit.

Page 13. A photo of myself and Riley - my 7-month old nephew - who joined us along with his parents (cousin Jojo and wife Richel). My cousin Jo-Ann and her hubby Alfred also joined us, as did my brother and parents.

Have a great 2008!

Holiday Layouts

I've been productive over the holidays! Yup, I scrapped! And I used our Christmas photos taken at Blow Up Babies. And scrapping was a breeze because I simply used the Studio Azul December Kit.

LO # 1: all i want for CHRISTMAS is you

Cheesy title, I know. Forgive me, I was in a rush! Other than the materials from the kit, I added more swirls using Autumn Leaves Swirls stamp. I also stamped the title using EK rubber stamps.

I adhered the title using foam adhesive. Here's a closer look.

LO # 2: let it snow

What's with me and song titles?! If layout titles are part of a challenge criteria, I probably won't stand a chance. I'm hopeless! Again, I used materials from the December kit for this layout. I just added a piece of vellum for my journaling.

Here's a closer look at the journaling. Hope you can read it.

A close up on the details. Love those buttons!

LO # 3: Happy New Year

Totally unimaginative title, I know. I used the last remaining patterned paper that I haven't touched yet, plus scraps of the cardstock I've already used. Other than those in the kit, I just added a few brads and a hinge, plus some glitters.

Here's the hidden journaling...

...plus some details. I used foam adhesives to adhere the stars.

I also finished a 12-page Holiday mini-album. I actually did that before my New Year layout. That's why I've used up most of the patterned papers and cardstock from the kit. I've taken pictures but I haven't resized them yet so that would be posted later.

I also finished an Asian-inspired layout for my Indian boss. Will share that later too (after I ask him permission to post his pic on the net).

Thanks for looking!

More Christmas Cards

Here are a few more cards I've made. Actually, I made these before the ones I posted weeks ago (using the Studio Azul kit). During the Scrapfest, there was a card-making contest sponsored by My Little Attic. I bought some papers thinking I would join. However, I made the decision too late as the other demos and challenges already started so I wasn't able to finish my cards. I just finished the cards at home and here they are!


A closer look...





One more. My concept here is that the card is wrapped so when you open it, it's like opening a gift. It even comes with a gift tag.

Christmas Photos

Just want to share some photos waiting to be scrapped into Christmas layouts. These were taken two weeks ago.We had these taken at Blow-Up Babies in Serendra. We had fun during the photo shoot.



The goofy photos above are my hubby's idea. Ayaw nya daw ng masyadong serious. I love how they turned out.

I just hope I get to scrap them in time for Christmas.

Uulit kami! Sa January, birthday ni hubby. Can't wait.

Cards Galore!

I was so inspired by Christine's cards that I just have to make some of my own. And since I have the Studio Azul Lady In Red Kit leftovers, I have more than enough reason to make some. All these are 6x6 folded Christmas Cards. I have yet to put the greetings inside the card but that should be easy.

1) I used 1/4 of the Hambly Screen Prints Overlay included in my Lady in Red Kit plus some cardstock. I stamped Merry Christmas on the overlay using Staz-On. The photo-corners are made using the cut and emboss die of Ellison. Oh, and I love the Christmas Tree! I cut two identical sheets of green CS. One I punched with holes of varying sizes. The other I traced the holes on and covered with bits of colored papers which I glazed (Diamond Glaze) for added shine. I then adhered the tree with the holes on top of the tree with the colored papers using foam tape for some dimension. Cool huh!

2) I used another 1/4 of the Hambly overlay over green cardstock. I used a small scrap of the Jenni Bowlin Vintage Red Tiny Dots paper, added some stickers of my own (Sandylion) plus a gold ribbon.

3) Another 1/4 of the Hambly overlay on red cardstock, plus some embossed green CS (using Cuttlebug embossing folders), Sandylion Stickers and a gold ribbon complete this card.

4) I used leftover scraps of the JB Vintage Red Tiny Dots, Vintage Black Ledger papers and the Imagination Project red pp here, adhered to white CS. I dabbed white acrylic paint at the lower portion of the card, adhered die cuts of the trees and the cottage - paper pieced (Cuttlebug Winter dies). I used the red felt from the kit for the roof and chimney. The house is adhered using foam tape for dimension. I added a Christmas themed vellum sticker from Sandylion to complete the card. Isn't it cute?

5) For this one, I used the Imagination Project patterned paper from the kit, plus a piece of cardstock which I painted red (I ran out of red CS!), and stamp-embossed with the stamp included in the Lady in Red Kit. I added the red ribbon also included in the kit.

Three 12 x 12 layouts plus a couple of cards! Not bad for P950.

Is it obvious I was on a roll last weekend?!!!