sneak peek for June ( artzdescrap )

june is near and so on the 1st of the month, i will reveal the peek for this altered item... watch out for it at artzdescrap.

i missed scrapfest 5!!!

last may 17, 2008 was a day i really anticipated but i did not expect that i would come up with this sickening pharyngitis which gave me a high grade temperature and a severe throat ache and other symptoms which i could not bear. and so i missed it... god i missed this most important event in my life because i was supposed to demo and share ideas with everyone. i was really down.

but gee, with every sadness comes happiness...i was glad on the other side of everything because i won first place in the "jazz up your toolbag" competition!!!!!!!!!!! i decided to submit this toolbag even if i was not around.. taking some chance eh.



I used the ranger puffy embossing powder which is so cool!!!! it has a powdery finish when you heat emboss it and it works even better on paper! click here to know where i purchased it.

wheeeee!!!! and look what prizes i got!!!!

this is my demo album ( not the prototype ) for the demo portion using some stamps from absolutement and different stamping techniques. the album size is 6x12.


well, good thing i had some preorders and good friend nita was the one who did the pickups... thanks nita!!!!

thank you scrappinmoms for understanding and for all the support i got from you.

featured at scrapscene!!!

i was really in cloud 9 when i saw my altered dental floss container featured at the Scrapscene's Speedlink Saturday for week May 11/08. it was indeed an honor for me. thanks angie for the feature. it was so unexpected but i really really appreciated it!!!

you can view the article here

ma and me

i did this layout for scrap-n-crop dt challenge for May using vintage pictures and at least 2 basic grey papers. i scanned the my circa 1974 pic of me and my mom at the temple down south of the philippines. my father took this pic using his minolta. he loves to take pics too!!!

i have been tagged

by RONI JOHNSON. her blog is so cool!!! you can check it out here... full of ideas and anything about inks!

here are the rules I’m supposed to follow…..


1. Link back to the person that tagged you. Check!
2. Post these rules on your blog. Check!
3. Share six unimportant things about yourself. Check!

1. i skip breakfast
2. i dont sleep early
3. i dont like to mix milk and water
4. i dont bring much stuff on my bag
5. i dont sharpen my color pencils
6. i scrap with things all around me

4. Tag six people at the end of your entry. Check!

im tagging diane, lee, nina, jill lim, jeanie nieva, sandra yu

altered dental floss container

it's the 15th on artzdescrap and so another inspirational scrapper would be giving a nice tutorial on altered storage container. head on to artzdescrap to view felicia ow's lovely tutorial for all of us.

this is my take on storage containers for the month of May. i decided to alter a dental floss container and turn it into a paper clip storage.

i used a watson's dental floss container given to me by joyleen lim.

materials: tim holtz rubber stamp; prima knock offs blings; pc letter stickers; MM acrylic paint; MM glitter glaze; MM red ruby glaze; maya road felt bird; LE ribbon; prima bitty bag flowers; flower blings from HK; creative imaginations chipboard flowers;

KAH MEI SMITH's BEST OF YOU CLASS

last may 10, 2008, scrappers from Manila attended Ms Kah Mei Smith's ( owner of Fontwerks ) Best of You class at the Luna Gardens, Rockwell, Makati. This was made possible with Scrapbukan's generous owner, Ms Sahrie Wenceslao. This is Kah Mei's last stop from her
Asian class tour! wow. She is a malaysian but settled in canada for the past 20 years.

what a fun day we had there!!! so much freebies and a fast paced class wherein majority of us were able to finish the 10 page mini book and lots of techniques involved too! we were able to finish this in 5 hours time, not bad huh.

this melt wax technique is so cool and yet so hot!

shrink plastic this is !!

all of us went home with our hands full of goodies and a minibook to show to our loved ones... had fun with my table mates CH, Tin and CV.

big bench

this layout is now on the basic grey gallery. i used the May sketch for this. materials: basic grey mellow collection. hs chipboard alpha. pebeo fabric paint.

i am back

whew i am back. of course my blog has been hibernating for the past days because i have to look into past entries which needs some spic and span but here i am again...happy to share what i know and inspiring you all about this passion so much. oh why do we love this craft with our heart? only we can tell.

using tim holtz texture hammer

i made this simple card using tim holtz texture hammer. i used it on a duct tape ( bracket ) and pounced it with alcohol inks. i dont need a texture template already because the hammer serves it all.

some of the coolest colors from the collection of nick bantock stamp pad inks.

the chipboard like embellishment was from scrappinkids when they had their scrappinkids charity drive.

this textured hammer is also great for the tim holtz grunge board.

national scrapbooking day celebration at visual creations

last may 3, 2008 was national scrapbooking day and we celebrated the sale and crop day at the newly renovated visual creations store.

it was the store's soft opening too!!! look at the yummies and goodies!!!

racks and racks...

stamping collection ( did not take a whole angle shot)

symbelly hiding behind the racks.. but i could see you darling. lol

what did cookie and vanny desired?

after some shopping, the GNO girls had a crop party at the scrappin room.

our goal is to finish one minibook. period.

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prescrapping time

9:00pm

10 pm
look at mia concentrating on her work while nita measuring something... is that au talking on the phone while her minibook draft lay on the table ready to be created?


hey nita. smile!!!!

1045pm
sym, me and mitch on one table. sym on the verge of finishing her mini.me and sym finished our album at 12 midnight. the final album was zutter-ed. coolness!

oh by the way,





mia doing the demo on zutter, isn't she cute with a terno scrapbooking shirt???

girls, the zutter is so cool believe me. if you want a pre order, visual creations can do it for you, pls email mitch sy ( owner of visual creations ) at mitchnsy@yahoo.com




this is a sneak peek of what i finished... and zuttered too!!!!
watch out for the revelation soon.

scrappinkids frenzy swap layouts

joining scrappinkids frenzy swap was really exciting! i get to swap with co-dt at artzdescrap LIZA YET. i scrap hers and she scraps mine but we still scrap the pics we send. here are our takes on each others photos.. 2 layouts each...coolness!!!!

these are my layouts:

for liza

for myself:

these are liza yet's layouts:

for me

for herself

swapping... so fun... im most excited to receive the actual layout from her!!!

thank you scrapbookshawaii

time flies so fast. 6 months have passed. thank you marisa for the wonderful opportunity you gave me. i hope to see you this coming july.

its been 6 months and now as i ended my experience with scrapbookshawaii, i would like to take this opportunity to thank marisa for all the generosity, all the praises and comments and the trust she showed me during this short stint of 6 months. as i embark on another journey in scrapbooking, i will never forget what she wrote me, that even though she may have been so busy with delays in the kits due to our distance, she still hopes the best for me both in my chosen career and in scrapbooking.

again, thank you for the trust.

ps. i will post some layouts for sh soon.

to be published at scrapnart

i received an email yesterday from scrapnart editor angel pruitt. she is going to publish my new altered candy tin can ( take note: not the love altered tin) on the july/august issue of scrapnart. it was supposed to go out on the april/may issue but she told me that the altered stuffs would come out on later issues and so this....

watch out for the update here on my blog soon!!!

I WON!!!

I can't believe i won ! but im so happy i did.

thank you scrappinkids for believing in my layout!! i am glad i was able to inspire to try different techniques like altering your photo and adding dimensions to any papers.

again, thank you all!!! you are all winners to my eyes.. you can check out their blog here or their forum here

you can view the details of my layout here

Canvas of Me

this is my altered canvas for artzdescrap for the month of May.

i doodled on maya road minichips buttons using signo white pen, sakura glaze pen, zig black pen.

an opened note using patterned paper ( i did this during our GNO holyweek special)

how did i go about doing this? a piece of canvas preprimed with gesso.

i painted the canvas with acrylic paints. different strokes! and again, i used mask technique here. i decided to leave some blank spaces too.

why not try yours? a ME canvas serves as an inspiration and a personal getaway to hang your YOU on the wall or desk and you get to experiment your hand with acrylics or watercolors paints too!!!

altered love tin

this altered love tin was featured at the ready set create e-zine last april 8, 2008.

i used the ff:

small tin can with cover ( pastilles can from bangkok) supposedly to be thrown away; glaze paints from MM ruby red.

just coat or paint the tin can. i did not sand anymore and so i had a hard time gliding the glaze to solid color.

for the base, i also used MM glaze amethyst. same concept, paint in many coatings.

after coating the base with glaze, let dry and spray with radiant rain.

apply crackle paint on the cover. my fave!

order of crackle.

for the final process, i stamped on the prima flower to add texture and effects . inking the flower seems like a good idea too!

cut 4 pieces of patterned cs into circles. attach chipboard letters L O V E on each circle. you can stickle the edges of the circles to add sparkle.

dab your cs with radiant rain on the other side of it and write your thoughts on love based on each letter.
enjoy! you can also use square tin cans with square cardstocks.
thanks for reading!

my kids

i would love to share with you about masking effect using heidie swapp masks and blending foams using distress inks.

aside from masking technique, i also used the heat embossing technique with glitters. the stamping up heat and stick is a must for the glitter lover scrapper.

emboss ( using embossing pen ) with the heat and stick. add glitter and heat set it.

this is the finished layout for kaya 12 challenge at the pinoyscrapbookers blog.

under the...

under the...

stairs. i took this pic with adriel under the stairs. i saw the potential of him having a good pose and so scrapper-mommy grabbed the camera at once...

i used the studio azul kit ( april's going postal) and added some simple embellishments. i also altered the MR people keychain ( only the guy ) using rangers crackle paint and misted it with radiant rain ( solar gold). i also used stamps, rubons and the best part here is that i used the fabric sticker from 7gypsies and made a journaling strip out of it.

by the way, this is my take on scrap/inspire/create's challenge no.1 {i often scrap about}.

had fun with it.

tagging my nooky nook

i call this my nook. my small working place. the place i love to stay when im at home. i love this place more than the kitchen and anywhere in the house. i love to place things within reach and so i have to sort those i think i would be using often near me like the inks, chipboard letters, buttons, flowers, embossing powders, some stamps and embellishments.

i keep those medium-ly used beneath the table and my other cabinet ( magazines ) with boxes labeled too. gee i really love boxes!!! the stickers, rubons and thickers are placed near my feet for instant gratification.

such small space not a room but a nook for me to open up my passion and creativity. i am glad i'm a person who can squeeze in small spaces when making a layout but i can be messy too!

i dont have a room for scrapbooking and people used to ask me where i get those ideas... i should say i draw inspiration from the things i see around me. just look at my nook-- i am oh so surrounded by scrap stuffs that they serve as my inspiration somehow. but you know, i tend to stare at the walls sometimes and a good bite of idea would sprout.


that's about it. a small space but im happy with my corner... my favorite place...

i guess size doesn't matter when it comes only to scrapbooking. lol.

AND SO I AM TAGGING THE FOLLOWING SCRAPPERS TO TAKE A PIC OF THEIR WORKPLACE ( remember it doesnt have to be a big area).. just your working area. okay?

if you want to see their areas, just visit their blogs.

1. COOKIE

2. CHRISTINE V

3. ISSA

sneak peek for May ( artzdescrap)

its the time of the month again... and so another sneak peek for you guys!!! head on to artzdescrap on the 1st of May for the revelation.

special girl

i did this layout during our GNO weekend 2 weeks ago. this is a layout for my niece, aeisha.

aeisha is with her guama ( lola ) at the temple in zamboanga city.

thank you scrap-n-crop!!!

thank you scrap-n-crop for giving me a chance to showcase my layout which won

FIRST PLACE

in their recently concluded april DT challenge.

thank you to dt michelle for the wonderful menu challenge!!! my layout entry featured was the

BLEET AND MY BOY.

bleet and my boy

this is my entry for scrap-n-crop april dt challenge using their challenge menu ( a very fun challenge indeed!). you can visit their forum here

arte y pico award

Thanks so much to LEA SANDERS for thinking of me when she “included me in her 5″ when bestowing the Arte y Pico Award.

Here is the scoop:

1) Select 5 blogs who deserve the award for their creativity, interest and design and their contribution to the blogging community irrespective of language.

2) Each award must name the author and a link to their blog so that others may visit their blog.

3) Each award winner must show the award and put the name and link of the person they received it from.

4) The award winner and the person who awarded it must show a link to the “Arte Y Pico” blog so that others will know the origin of the award.

So, who to choose-who to choose? There are so many talented artists out there in blog land all over the world, it really is hard to choose! Here are “my 5″. =)

1. nina - ( manila, philippines) -- i adore her blog because of informative tidbits not only scrapbooking but current scoops and life just about everything.

2. felicia ( singapore ) - creations by this university student is awesome! browse through her altered art and layouts! she never runs out of ideas.. great works of art, co-dt for artzdescrap.

3. christine v. ( manila, philippines) -- a really great scrapper who has lots of great designs on her mind. she never fails to amaze all of us with her racing and superb layouts.

4. jasmin - ( brunei) -- layouts which are fresh and lots of techniques to boast. her unique layouts are surely standouts!

5. joanne yap ( australia ) - pioneer in scrapbooking industry in the philippines but sought greener life in aussie. this lady's blog opens a lot of possibilities with her extremely gorgeous layouts!

i have lots of beautiful blogs to mention but i can only name 5...

thank you for the inspiration girls!!!!

what i see

this is a layout i did for scrappinkids' april's unik challenge...

materials: jb black bird paper; daisy d rub ons; whispers and le plume markers; sepia accents; maya road micro felt birds & note cards; hambly rubons; metal clip; fibers



i altered the photo using krylon leaf pen; i also bleached it with bleaching pen though not so visible after which i used MM glitter glaze to add that shimmery effect.


i also used sepia accents on aedan's hair and added a rubon crown.

i also colored the flowers with markers and doodled with black pen then again, i accented it with sepia accents to add dimension.


i scrapped aedan's picture because i believe his uniqueness lies on his courage and ability to see the world even if he has his lens transplanted. though he is on glasses right now because he needs to and sometimes its so hard to let him wear it, but i think in his heart, he understood it. he knows it is for his advantage. i thank god for giving him a saved vision even if not a perfect one anymore.

a decade together at spiral

happy 10th year anniversary ro and cabbie!!!

fun cookie

this is my intro layout for scrapbytes april issue with my topic about FUN WITH BUTTONS

you can view the complete article here

a prize from working mom

last march 6, 2008 i received a notification letter from working mom mag that i won a package from denman for answering their question about detangling hair... the issue mag was dated september 2007.


and for that, i got these goodies-- cute cute junior D brush and comb in one, a dog stuff toy which my son named Fluffy!!! i was not able to pic some more prizes from them, vitamins, marks and spencer goody cookies.

thanks working mom!!!

handmade altered noodle box ( tutorial sample for artzdescrap)

this is my take on the tutorial of RUEY ENANORIA for artzdescrap's april inspirational scrapper. i have to buy a take home Rice-in-a-Box so that i could have a template! lol.

a bit of energy and some folding and creases to achieve this noodle box.

why not give it a try, ladies!!! you can put candies or this may be a gift box too!