happy mail day

oh wow! what a nice surprise to receive belated birthday greetings and goodies in the mail! these are from Jayne, a friend i met online a couple of years ago. yummy stamp set, bling and ghost embellishments. lovely birthday card to boot! Thanks so much for being so thoughtful, Jayne! =)

these are from fellow A Muse Addicts!
:) thank you, thank you, Pamela and Adelina:)

and now these... well, i don't know if i'm going to be happy or irked about these. grrrrr. I've been waiting for these to arrive forever!!! and they come after tubbyboy's messenger had already gone to the PO to pick up the package from Jayne. now i won't be able to get them until the next PO release day, which is tuesday. groan! what a long weekend this is going to be!

friend

did this for Suzanne's YITL word for the week

this photo of me and babette was taken at scrapfest, may 2007, courtesy of Jeff Lopez. I still need to add a bit of journaling at the back though

DDD challenge 5

So, over at Bad Girls, last week's challenge was to use Pencil Lines' sketch 72.

Here's what I came up with after much consideration as to which photos to use :)

photos printed from my new R290! =)

TFL! Have a great week ahead!

week 2

challenge at Ittybitty has just been concluded. The page requirements were:
4 photos on a 1-page LO
Rub-ons
Bling
At least 3 different patterned papers
Ribbon in a creative way

Here's what I worked on like crazy last Wednesday evening ;)


None too happy with that rub on peeking out from the top. HAHA! I originally intended for it to somehow line up with the first photo but for some reason, I couldn't angle all the other photos along with it. So.... I was stuck and just did what I had to do. Blah blah blah. Never mind! ;)

Here's my take on the ribbon challenge. Got the idea from Martha Bonneau

happy

Suzanne's word for last week is... you guessed it! HAPPY! Here's what i came up with :)
supplies: Bazzill cardstock, Technique Tuesday and SU stamps, Versa ink pads

DDD challenge 4

Time for fun over at Bad Girls! This time around, it's a spelling challenge and the word is: BAD GIRLS. Each letter of the word is used to represent products, techniques, colours, whatever, to create a page! Here's what I came up with during the SE mini crop last Saturday:


B - buttons
A - Autumn Leaves paper
D - distressing technique
G - gold star
I - inking technique
R - rub ons
L - lace cardstock (uhm, i couldn't think of what to use anymore, haha!)
S - stickers

all supplies, except for the bit of lace cardstock, from the Studio Azul December kit.

Saturday Mini Crop

HAHA! that 'mini' in the title is kind of like an overstatement! Only a few SE girls (myself included) were able to work on some pages; I think the mini crop at at Nette's (MLA/Scrapbooks Hawaii) was more like an excuse to shop!!! HAHAHA!!! Girls spent most of the day milling around the scrappy stuff on display. Lots of bargain finds! Got myself a set of FP 12x12 stamps at 40% off! Gotta love that! I picked up a few things here and there as well. Oh, but it was a fun opportunity to see and chat with some friends! Oh and YAY! I won a set of Inque Boutique stamps which Nette raffled off!! Yum!

Thanks to Cabbie, Donna, and Candy, for the wonderful demos! Here I snapped up a photo from Cabbie's blog (because I can see myself behind her! HAHA!)

QKD Card Making Princess

QKD Royal Court member Nina has just bestowed upon me the honor of being a


Thanks Nina!

new challenge up

chanced upon a new scrappy site sometime last week and decided to give their challenge a try. Specifically, we were supposed to use only 1 cardstock, 2 patterned papers, a set of alphas, and buttons. Here's what I came up with


supplies: Bazzill scallop card stock, patterned papers and alphas from the Bad Girls dec kit, AC alpha rub ons, Rhonna Farrer buttons from the SA dec kit, Zig pen

my self-declared V-day gift!

I have been considering getting myself a photo printer for the longest time now, as I've been fed up with the quality of prints I've been getting from both my HP printers. Naturally, I gravitated towards an Epson brand this around all thanks to the positive feedback i've been getting, but I have obviously not been too keen enough, until now! ;) OK, Cabbie's post just pushed me over the edge! I decided it's finally time to get it. All of last week, I went and scoured all the shops at Town and at the Southmall, but I simply could not find the printer in stock! Dang, dang, dang! I kept getting the same answer: they'd have to special order it for me and it would take anywhere from 3 - 7 days to get it, that is if their supplier had it in stock! But..... I wanted that printer now!!!

Earlier this evening, I finally asked Cabbie where her DH was able to score one. Ding, ding, ding!!! Octagon in Megamall, hmm? Since Tubbyboy was somewhere in the vicinity of Makati, I had the crazy idea of actually asking him to go and get me one. OK maybe that was not such a hot idea. I don't think he'd relish driving through traffic just to get me a printer he doesn't want me to be buying anyways. So, my next plan was to call the store and ask if they would so kindly ship the printer to their branch in Southmall. My patience was so sorely tested just trying to get a number for Octagon. In the end, I succeeded! So I dial the correct number only to be crest-fallen as they didn't have it in stock anymore! Boohoo! I call the MOA branch, no luck! My last resort was to call their branch in Festival. Oh, I got lucky!!! They had it! I had it reserved but was told that I had to get it tonight! Time check: 8PM! Cool! Plenty of time to change and get there! And now.... it's finally sitting pretty in my room. I just did a test print and guess who's smiling like a cheshire cat now? ;D

challenges galore

Since I've resolved to create more this year, I've decided to join several challenges to keep my scrap motivation going! =D

last weekend, my friend, babette, dropped by so we could 'play'! and she was able to work on some cards and tags. I, on the other hand, was not able to get anything done at all! i just couldn't get my papers together! ack! good thing i was already able to work on a my pages for coordinates collections' Scrapping with the Stars 1st challenge.

we were to derive inspiration from Ali Edwards and
Mahlin Andersson, one of Coordinates Collections' DT members.

Hmmm... this round really had me thinking, haha! I waited until the last minute and finally came up with these:

supplies: bazzill cs, scenic route paper, 7G gaffer tape and stickers, stamps (fontwerks, everyday beauty, stamped in ink), ink pads (Versafine and Colorbox), staples, zig pen


supplies: (from Scarlet Lime's January kit) scenic route and Ki memories papers, ki memories sticker, felt butterfly, buttons; (from my stash) hs flower, autumn leaves chipboard journaling spot, AC thickers chipboard alpha stickers, zig and sharpie pens

This morning, I came upon Suzanne's YITL card challenges. It practically just started and right now, it's still fairly easy to catch up! I decided to take the plunge! What a great way to use up some stash and lessen my piles of photos, even! *wink!*

Here's what I have so far
YITL 1 - resolve





















YITL 2 - winter





















YITL 3 - blue





















YITL 4 - proud
















YITL 5 - red





















YITL 6 - love

scrapbytes ezine

feb edition is up!! i was tasked to come up with some projects that make use of hardly used tools, heart punchers in particular! yikes! how do i come up with projects using tools i've had for ages but never even used? hahaha!! hmmm.... i let the ideas stew in my head for a while but in the end, I was only able to come up with simple cards and whatnots :) hey, this was a great way to use up my hardly-used embossing folders as well! *wink!*

so many kits, so little time..

after a dry spell, several of my kit subscriptions came in the mail last week ;) there's nothing like yummy stuff to jumpstart my mojo!! but yikes, I think I may have more supplies than I have the time of day for. i didn't even bother to open these up! there's simply no time to enjoy these (only for the time being, i hope!) :o

Fantastic February

happening at Scrapperie!

crazy good time for the whole month of February and you don't want to miss out on all of the fun prizes you could win!

check out how you can join in on the fun here

please mention i referred you when you register! thanks! =) happy weekend!

OHMY!!!!

I recently received word that my page has been selected to be featured in a scrapbook ezine launch!!! EEEK!!! I was so excited I didn't know what to do, hahaha!!!



so.... today's the day my work gets to be featured in Making Memories For You first ever ezine!!!

Shut Up... It's Your Birthday... Thud

The inside of the card says the sentiment above and it's for none other than the Queen of A Muse herself, Julie Ebersole! who apparently loves to say, shut up! =)

Happy birthday, JulieHRR! Hope you have a great day!!!

a beautiful mess

after a few stumbling blocks, Babette and I finally managed to get together to play with stamps and stuff :) oh, i definitely had fun! i got to work on some projects for the upcoming issue of Scrapbytes. will be posting a link as soon as it is up and running.

while waiting for Babette to arrive, I managed to work on a page for Bad Girls' DDD challenge 1 (scraplift Verro).

supplies: Bazzill CS, Ranger paint, Heidi Swapp mask, Everyday Beauty stamp, Versa ink pad, Zig and Sharpie pens

kaya challenge 9

for this round, we had to use a B&W 5x7 photo of our pretty selves (ha!) and come up with a page stating our 3 most fervent wishes for the year. hmmm...

I was pretty much done with my basic page (cardstock and papers) about 2 weeks ago but I got held up by the fact that I was unable to pick up my photo from the lab until now... haha. as soon as I got my 5x7, i simply proceeded to stamp the rest of my title. where to put the journaling (albeit a bullet type version) was a bit tricky. i finally decided on some label stickers. looks ok to me, so it's all good.


JOURNALING:
1. good health for my family
2. to lose at least 10 lbs
3. to take a family vacation in the summer

SUPPLIES: Bazzill cardstock, KI Pop Culture, American Crafts patterned paper, Fontwerks cardstock sticker, Technique Tuesday stamps, Colorbox ink pad, Zig pen

here comes another one!

got the chance to work on another quick and easy page. I love the fact that I am now slowly being able to break into my gorgeous LT kits! progress.


supplies: LT September kit/add-on (My Mind's Eye paper, Basic Grey rubons, AC Thickers chipboard alpha stickers), PTI CS, Colorbox chalk ink

the weekend that was

to redeem myself after the mad, mad, mad online scrap shopping i did last week, I decided to hit my scrap table and there i was stuck practically all weekend! ha!

supplies: KI Memories CS, The Paper Studio paper, Bella, Technique Tuesday and Studio G stamps, Versa ink pad, Prismas

for the 2nd card, I used the same papers as above, Technique Tuesday and Studio G stamps, Versa and Stampin' Up ink pads, Prismas, ribbon



I joined another round of QKD blog party challenges and Day 2 challenge was all about a black, white and pink card! Great challenge as I needed to come up with a card for a friend :)

supplies: Bazzill CS, Chatterbox paper, Nestabilities dies, Stampin' Bella and A Muse stamps, Versa ink pad, Prismacolors, ribbon

pages galore

supplies: Bazzill CS, Creative Imaginations papers, Prima flower, AC Thickers chipboard alpha stickers, button, DMC floss, Zig and Sharpie pens


supplies: American Crafts paper and Thickers alpha chipboard stickers, MM Noteworthy journaling page and acrylic paint, HS chipboard alpha, 7G gaffer tape, Zig marker


a lift of K. Contes' LO. supplies: Bazzill CS, Hambly screen print, 7G 97% stamp, Daisy Ds papers (Studio Azul), AC Thickers, Zig pen



a lift of K. Contes' LO. supplies: DaisyDs papers (Studio Azul), Fontwerks stamp, Versa ink pad, AC rubons, Zig marker


supplies: Paperwerx Studio Lazar papers, QKD background stamp (thanks, Nina for lending it to me!), Fontwerks and Love Elsie stamps, Brilliance and Versa ink pads, 7G gaffer tape, Zig marker


supplies: Bazzill CS, Studio Azul November kit (DaisyDs papers, Maya Road swirl chipboard, buttons), Prima journaling pad, MM acrylic paint, Glaze Accents

I worked on a few more pages until the wee hours of Monday morning *yawn!*

supplies: Basic Grey papers, rubons (AC, Basic Grey, Autumn Leaves, 7G), Inque Boutique stamp, Palette ink pad


supplies: Bazzill CS, unknown paper, Dymo, AC Thickers alpha chipboard stickers, Dymo, Fontwerks stamp, Stampin' Up ink pad

so glad to have been able to use a bit of my 2 year old paper stash! =D

supplies: Bazzill CS, CBX papers, Stamped in Ink and Prima stamps, Versa ink pads, QK Moxie, KMA ribbon, zig pen


supplies: Scenic Route and Prima papers, Love Elsie rubons, AC pen


supplies: Bazzill CS, Cosmo Cricket paper and die-cuts, AC and Sharpie pens, Dymo