Cuddles and Doodles

Love month

2012-02-04T10:24:00.001+08:00

February being the love month, our swap group with PinoyScrapbookers decided for a love themed tag swap. I have started receiving the tags since last week, but I got to send out mine only yesterday. Here's a sneak of what I made. I used water color paper, neo caran water colors, gel medium, prima flowers, unity stamp, embossing powders, mists, ali edwards stamp. Lace or ribbon, glitters or beads/

Sweets for my sweets

2012-01-31T19:34:00.001+08:00

I bought home half dozen of doughnuts for the boys. First, for Joie passing the entrance exam in GCF ICS. Second, for Bujoi's origami presentation for the 2nd grader talent show in Sibika. And last but not least, for Daddy who serves as my little helper at night when I am asleep, working on whatever household chore I left out at night.

January Projects

2012-01-30T08:47:00.002+08:00

Uploading my January projects before the month ends. I managed to finish two layouts even without a helper. Sketches really come handy specially if you have very little time to spare for scrapping. Below layout is inspired by Stuck Sketches January 1st Sketch. While this layout is inspired by Stuck Sketches January 15th Sketch.

CD Art #4

2011-12-16T08:42:00.000+08:00

Here is another altered CD. The past few days have been so busy with work and household chores (our helper ran away) so blogging and crafting will have to take a back seat until we have fully recovered from the holiday activities, school activities and domestic chaos. Bees was, perfect pearls and stamp. Perfect combination. The letters were die cuts using cereal boxes.

CD Art#3

2011-12-10T21:59:00.001+08:00

Here is my CD Art#3. I used my new cloud punch from my PMO family, rub-ons, stamps and whatever I can hold during my creative process.

CD Art #1

2011-12-07T21:59:00.001+08:00

Here is actually the first CD art I worked on. Instead of using canvas, I used old CDs to alter instead of throwing them away.

Chipboard: 10 ways

2011-12-06T07:57:00.000+08:00

Here is something to share to kick off the busy month of December. I love how chipboards provide depth to layouts. With so much products available in the market today, altering chipboards are not limited to paints, inks and papers. Using different products and mediums give additional dimension and provide the look you want for your layout. Here are the top ten ways i love altering chipboards. 1

December 4

2011-12-04T07:42:00.000+08:00

This is one of the Sundays where we have to be at the church from the morning service to vesper service. For one, today is the quarterly release of the NOW bulletin and Dad has to pick it up from the printing press and bring it to the church for distribution; two, the Little Ambassadors for Christ has a scheduled rehearsal at 1pm; and three, we were designated to light the candles in the advent

CD art a day

2011-11-30T15:02:00.001+08:00

Ever since I started making a CD art, I cannot help but work on at least one a day. Normally, I work on 3 CDs at a time. It's some sort of maximizing the mod podge or gesso in the paint brush and at the same time, at least I can prep up on the CDs I will work on in the coming days. It is purely experimental, but I just love the outcome.

TGSUMC: Angklung Ensemble

2011-11-30T11:09:00.000+08:00

Around September this year, with the pledges and donations from the church members and The Good Samaritan Christian School (TGSCS), the much awaited instrument is finally home at The Good Samaritan United Methodist Church and so the TGSUMC Angklung Ensemble was launched during the celebration of CE month.

Artful expression

2011-11-27T02:03:00.002+08:00

I discovered my love for art this year. It started out of curiosity that I joined Christy Tomlinson's She Art Class and She Had Three Hearts class early this year. Slowly as weeks and months go by, I made no progress as I only made one She Art canvass. Not until recently that I get to play and experiment with my stuff. I am enjoying the process. I incorporate some techniques in my layouts.

Sketch time

2011-11-25T00:57:00.000+08:00

Here is my take to Sketchabilities Sketch #59. One thing I love about sketches is that it removes the guesswork with regards to placement of photos and embellishment. You can still own the layout by twisting or tweaking it a little bit and incorporating your own style and design. Too bad the lighting is not so good while I took a picture of my layout. All my recent layouts reveal my love

Shhh...

2011-11-21T11:16:00.001+08:00

This blog is on a sleep mode so better be quiet... -ber months are really busy mostly with school and church activities and some things really had to go. But still, I am able to squeeze in some scrapping in between. Most supplies from this layout is from my leftover during the Scrap Buffet by Studio Azul. This time, we were allowed to bring home leftover papers and embellishments that are on

Cramming

2011-10-20T05:00:00.003+08:00

i hate cramming but i often do it all the time.when will i learn my lesson? now i am cramming for the second quarter exam worksheet for my two boys, but let me sneak to share this. I love how mask and stencils can create dimension in you page. For this page, I used Crafter's Workshop Mums stencil. Creative process:1. Position the mask in the paper and do the misting. 2. Punch a border in a

Saving Up for Christmas

2011-10-12T06:08:00.001+08:00

Last night, I went grocery and noticed that shopping malls and stores are now filled with christmas gift ideas and I realized that Christmas is really in the air. This led me to another thought that I have to start saving up for Christmas. But still there are non-negotiable expenses that are due in the coming days, like Joie's prescription glasses. Ever since he is two years old, he's been

Scrappy Saturday: Sketches for You

2011-10-01T06:29:00.006+08:00

I joined Sketches for You's End of Summer Sketch A Thon. Designers will post a sketch, but the challenge is to follow either fall, school and summer themes. And here are my takes. Sketch 1: Look at my very onw mistable canvass tag. Sketch 2: I have two interpretations for Sketch 2. I just jove that Alpha Roller stamps...just perfect for my back to school photo. Sketch 9: Sketch 7:

September to Remember

2011-09-26T00:11:00.000+08:00

Two years ago: a. We opened our rice store - Camaso Rice Dealer. We have to totally entrust God where He will lead this new venture. b. I was scheduled for surgery at St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City. There is a growth in my vocal chords which causes my hoarse voice. After the surgery, I had to be speechless for 10 days to ensure proper healing from the surgery. I had to trust God that He

Scrappy Saturday: Scrap Lauriat

2011-09-24T18:22:00.003+08:00

I joined Scrap Lauriat which was organized by Studio Azul and Visual Creations. It was a whole day scrapping activity and glad that someone takes care of our rice store, Camaso Rice Dealer, that I can schedule weekend activities, either with the family or simply a me time activity. Scrap Lauriat is so fun, each participant were given a kit to start with and different embellishments, from flowers

Renewal of Vows - Part II

2011-09-16T23:53:00.000+08:00

Here's some more pictures...

Renewal of Vows

2011-09-07T07:50:00.000+08:00

Last February, part of worship service is the renewal of vows among couples. Couples renewed their lifelong commitment to their respective partners which was sealed by a prayer from our Pastor. Here are some photos snapped during the service. I have a lot more pictures to share so watch out for it.

Warm Up

2011-09-01T08:39:00.000+08:00

Last two nights and it will be the most awaited event for scrappers here in the Philippines - the Studio Azul and Visual Creations Scrapbook Laureat. It's gonna be this Saturday at Cameron Hall, North Forbes Park. This event has been announced for months already so that means I have time to prepare. For several weeks now, I have been going through my photos and sketch blogs to prepare. This

Scrappy Saturday

2011-08-29T20:18:00.001+08:00

Of course this should have been posted last Saturday, however, it is already late posting due to my commitments over the weekend. As promised, I try to post layouts every Saturday and try to share some tips on how I made the layout. Maybe someday, I will have the chance to take a picture of the work in progress layout. This layout has several elements I love, the misting and masking, stamping and

Cell Group Fellowship

2011-08-21T06:41:00.001+08:00

Later today our cell group will have fellowship with church members belonging to other cell groups. The 6-year class was launched last February and I cannot believe the first semester is over. Below are some pictures during the launching.

Monday Lessons

2011-08-16T07:51:00.000+08:00

Since I have been making reviewers for my kids since they started schooling (Junior Casa 1 or Nursery), I thought I would share it to other moms out there. Every Monday, I will be posting a lesson for the week and our lesson for today is about words with multiple meaning. When he was in grade 1, my elder son had a challenge on this topic and was told by his teacher to review and so we collected

Scrappy Saturday

2011-08-13T19:34:00.001+08:00

Here is another layout I finished. I actually have 2 versions of this photo. One goes to each album for the boys. Kuya is just so sweet sharing ice cream to Joie..Most of the papers are from Studio Azul kit. Here's the step in doing this layout.1) Lay Prima mask and using Maya Mist spray, spray randomly on the mask.2) Alternately adhere the Basic Grey and Making Memories alternate. Punch the