There's Always Room for Chocolate!

Here's my LO for Color Combos Galore challenge #185!

Title: There's Always Room for Chocolate

Materials: Cardstock, Puffy Alpha and pen - American Crafts; Patterned papers, flowers, stickers, rub-ons - Pebbles, Inc; Twine - The Twinery.

Hope you can join us for this week's challenge!

Sweet Spring

Here's my LO for Color Combos Galore Challenge 184. This color combo looked much easier than it was to actually work with. I think it's because I didn't have a coordinated set of papers and embellishments so I had to make my own flowers...after much trial to get the right look and feel.

Title: Sweet Spring

Materials: Cardstock - American Crafts; Patterned Papers - Basic Grey; Mist - Tattered Angels; Velvet Ribbon - American Crafts; Journaling Diecut - Tim Holtz; Buttons - Nikki Sivils; Misc ribbon and doily; Pen & Rub-ons - American Crafts; Fabric Tab - 7 Gypsies; Chipboard - Scrapworks; Paint - Folk Art


I hope you get to try this pretty color combo this week.

Some great news...

I'm so thrilled to be part of the Pencil Lines 2011-2012 DT!!! This was one of those that I wasn't counting on getting in...really was just hoping for the best as I know many people want to be on this team..so the email I got the other day just about made my week! Here's the LO I made for my entry...

Title: Hello Sleepyhead
Journaling: I love weekends because I get to watch you wake up from a good night's sleep! Bianca, Jan 2011
Materials: Patterned papers - Webster's Pages; Die-cuts - SEI, American Crafts; Cardstock - Wassau, Coredinations; Mist - Tattered Angels; Punches - Martha Stewart, Fiskars, EK Success, Ink - Clearsnap; Pen - American Crafts; Alpha stickers - Basic Grey, Webster's Pages; Ribbon Tissue - Jenni Bowlin; Velvet Ribbon - American Crafts

Many of my recent LOs have a romantic feel to it...that's what happens when I look through my stash and see lots of Webster's Pages papers waiting to be used...which is what I love most about being on challenge blogs...the chance to dig through my stash and use them all up, up, up...

Side Note: The Scrap More with Pia and Ria Class has been tentatively moved to April 2, 2011 as the materials have not yet arrived. For our paid and confirmed attendees, please confirm that you are available on this day, if you haven't yet by sending us an email.

Happiness

Here's a LO I made using one of Nikki Sivils' new lines called Beatrice. This is my favorite of the new lines because of the bright and happy pinks and greens!

Title: Happiness

Journaling:...is having a big sister who shares her favorite ice-cold treat on a hot summer's day! May 31, 2010 Central Park, New York City

Materials: Cardstock - DCWV, Wassau; Patterned papers, buttons - Nikki Sivils; Transparency - Hambly; Metal Tag - Imaginisce; Fabric - Prima; Foam alpha and pen - American Crafts; Mist - Tattered Angels; misc cork; punch - Martha Stewart, Fiskars

Butterfly Crafts March Sketch Challenge

Here's my 1st LO for Butterfly Crafts for our March sketch challenge.

Title: You

Materials: Patterned papers, stickers, buttons - Nikki Sivils; Transparency - Hambly; Felt & Pompom Lace - Fancy Pants; pen - American Crafts

You can play along by leaving us a link to your layout in the comments or e-mail a photo to Butterflycrafts1@aol.com by 10th April. We will then pick a favourite layout and that person will be asked to be our guest designer for April.

Whip It Up Cards!

Here are 2 cards I created using Pebbles' New Arrival line, both completed under 30 minutes! The New Arrival line has a whole sheet ofr sentiments for boys or girls making card-making so easy!

 

Pebbles supplies used (Girl):
New Arrival Girl 3x3 Cards (751052)
New Arrival Girl Sweet Moments (751056)
New Arrival Girl Little One (751057)
New Arrival Girl Perfect (751058)
New Arrival Girl Bundle of Joy (751062)
New Arrival Girl Icon Dimensional Stickers (732030)

Pebbles supplies used (Boy):
New Arrival Boy 3x3 Cards (751064)
New Arrival Boy So Sweet (751068)
New Arrival Boy Little Angel (751069)
New Arrival Boy Precious (751071)
New Arrival Boy Congrats (751074)
Other supplies used: Punch (Fiskars)

Scrapfit Glitter & Glam

Title: Sweetie Pies

Materials:
Patterned papers - Webster's Pages; Cardstock - American Crafts; Die-cut stickers - Hambly; Die-cut - Autumn Leaves; Alpha Stickers - Making Memories; Rub-Ons - 7 Gypsies; Glitter - Stickles; Pen - American Crafts; Stamps - Hero Arts; Ink - Clearsnap; Misc - Bling, lace, lace blooms

Workout #39 of Scrapfit is to show Glitter and Glam! I loved working on this LO of my 2 girls before they had their ballet Christmas presentation. Join this challenge for a chance to win an awesome kit from The Paper Trail.

CCG 181

Title: Everyday

Materials: Patterned papers - Sassafras Lass; Cardstock - Bazzill; Die-cuts - Daisy Ds;  Flower & Bling - Prima; Butterflies - Jenni Bowlin; Twine - The Twinery; Pen - American Crafts; Misc - Doily Lace; lace; Punch - Martha Stewart; Ink - Tsukineko

Journaling: Bianca @ 5 yrs; Sept. 3, 2010

Here's my Lo for Color Combos Galore Challenge 181. I love the soft colors and how my LO turned out. But what I really love most is that I was finally able to use these Sassafras Lass papers  sitting in my stash since 2009, I think.

So please do join us for this week's beautiful color challenge!

Furry Friend

For this week's Pebbles Inc. blog posts, we were asked to scraplift a LO from one of our co-DTs. I chose a LO by Jennifer Yates featuring the Cats & Dogs line. I love Jennifer's scrapping style...always fresh and fun and happy...

Title: Furry Friend

Journaling: Bianca with one of her furry Webkinz friends. 072010

Pebbles Supplies Used: Cats & Dogs Cat-i-tude (751046), Cats & Dogs Sassy Cat (751049), Cats & Dogs Kitty Condo (751050), New Arrival Girl She's Here (751055), New Arrival Girl Sweet Moments (751056), Charming Glitter ABC Stickers (732000), Twitterpated Journal Stickers (732003), New Arrival Girl 12" Border Stickers (732024), Cats & Dogs Tags (743701), Green Glitter Candy Dots (744215); Other supplies used: Thickers (American Crafts), Pen (American Crafts), Punches (EK Success, Fiskars)

For this LO, I particularly loved how she used circles to create a border and made my version using one of the Pebbles border stickers. I love how the papers perfectly matched my photo, right down to Bianca's beaded bracelet! You can view Jennifer's original LO in the Pebbles blog here. Thanks for a great idea Jennifer!

The Candy Man

 

Title: The Candy Man
Materials: Cardstock - DCWV; Patterned papers, buttons, stickers - Nikki Sivils; Pen - American Crafts; Punch - EK Success
Journaling: Luis isn't much of a candy-eater. except when it comes to lollipops...he just can't say "No!". Easter 2010

Here's a LO using Nikki Sivils "Something for Everyone" collection. I love the soft blue colors in this collection! Luis is growing up so fast, I don't even notice it until I take a look at his pictures...soon my little boy is going to be a little man...sniff, sniff...

Tiara Girls

I made this LO for Color Combos Galore Challenge #177 only to find out that what looked like a dark purple on my screen was supposed to be black. But I still love how this LO turned-out. It's not my usual style, since it has very little bits of patterned paper but it is refreshing to go shabby chic every now and then...it's a great way to use up my stash too!

My little girls love to do anything crafty...wonder where they got that from?...and saw these DIY tiaras in one of their craft books...they immediately insisted on making them...who would've thought tin foil tiaras could be so cool???

Title: Tiara Girls
Materials: Cardstock - Wassau; Patterned papers - Graphic 45, Sasafras Lass; Trim - Webster's Pages; Chipboard - Dusty Attic; Paint - Making Memories; MIst - Tattered Angels; Transparency - Hambly; Flower - Prima; Metal Alpha and tiles - Joann; Journal diecut - Daisy Ds; misc lace and heart charm; pen - American Crafts; punch - Martha Stewart; ink - Tsukineko; rub-on - 7 Gypsies; pompom lace - Fancy Pants
Journaling: Nadya & Bianca loved the aluminum foil tiaras that Yaya Jen helped them make. Jan 3, 2011

CCG 180

Here's my LO for this week's challenge at Color Combos Galore.  This was another not so easy challenge for me since I rarely use just these colors -- I would normally add a yellow or orange for a little more pop...

Title: Getting Ready to Party

Materials: Cardstock - Wassau, Bazzill; Patterned papers - Love Elsie, October Afternoon' Journaling Paper - October Afternoon; Journal sticker - 7 Gypsies; Small Alpha Stickers - Jenni Bowlin; Chipboard Alpha - American Crafts; Chipboard Circle - KI Memories; Pen - American Crafts; Ribbon - Maya Road; Mist - Tattered Angels; Misc Baker's twine, staples; Punch - EK Success

Journaling: Bianca wanted some curls, just like mommy's! Dec. 24, 2008

You have until Friday next week to send in your submission for this challenge!

Scrap FIT Workout #38

Our challenge for Workout #38 is to scrap the winter blues away with a bright and cheery color palette of green-yellow-orange-red-white....not that we have winter over here, but the weather has been dreary as well with unexpected rains in the off season so it was really nice to do a sunshiny LO.

Title: Perfect Getaway

Materials: Cardstock, foam and chipboard letters, pen, rub-ons - American Crafts; Patterned papers - Sassfras Lass, KI Memories, Bella Blvd; Sticker - Bella Blvd; Ink - Tsukineko

You can use any shade of the colors mentioned and you have until February 28th to link your entry to our Mr. Linky here for this Workout.  You also have time to join in on Workout #37 Dream A Little Dream.  Winners from both Workout 37 & 38 will be anounced on March 1st. You could be the lucky winner of a great kit from Lucky Girl Crafts or a FITkit from ScrapFIT! 

 

It's Almost V-Day!

In celebration of Valentine's Day tomorrow, Color Combos Galore features a very fitting palette this week.

It is very rare for me to use colors that are these bold so, as usual, I rely on simplicity of design to create maximum impact. I am so glad I found these KI Memories sheers in my stash...I forgot I even had them...And this photo is another one that I've been meaning to scrap but just hadn't had time to do before now...

Title: ABC of Love

Materials: Cardstock - Wassau, American Crafts; Sheers - KI Memories; Foam Letters - American Crafts; Tiny Alpha - Making Memories; misc floss

You have until this Friday to participate in this week's challenge...go and create one for your love now! I hope you all spend tomorrow with someone you love!!!

Summer in the Big Apple

Here's a long over-due LO from our trip to New York last summer. We're lucky that my 2 sisters share a huge (by NY standards) apartment and they let us stay with them for a week...I have a feeling though that the invite is only open if we have the kids with us...

It's funny though, because if you ask my kids what they love most about NY, they will tell you that it's the apartment -- they got so tired of all the walking to the subway and back (it's 5 blocks to 57th and Lexington) -- they were excited to go out each morning but were more excited to get back home asap where the doting aunts would let them watch TV, play games on their laptops and let them eat whatever they want.

Title: Summer in the Big Apple

Materials: Cardstock- DCWV, American Crafts; Patterned Paper- Nikki Sivils; Making Memories Slice machine; Foam alpha - American Crafts; Buttons - Nikki Sivils; Small alpha stickers - Nikki Sivils

Journaling: We spent a week in New York and can't wait to get back. May 2010

This LO uses the new Summer line from Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker which has a really fun color palette...I hear all of Nikki's new lines have sold out and she has had to re-print already...woohoo!!! I also followed a sketch from Sketches for Scrapbooking by Allison Davis and Debbie Sanders.

The apples were the last things I cut from my Slice machine before it unceremoniously died on me -- not really, but started cutting really weird shapes and the Making Memories Customer Service says since it's past the warranty period I would have to pay $19.99 for check-up on top of shipping it to the US and then an unknown amount if it is fixable...tsk tsk. So I will have to do a "big think" on this one as I have almost 30 design cards, but am not keen on investing in another MM machine if it only lasts 2 years...what to do, what to do....and I did love my Slice machine to bits until this all happened...

CCG 178

Here's my LO for Color Combos Galore #178 using Niki Sivils Scrapbooker's brand new "Summer" line.

Title: Smile

Materials: Patterned papers - Nikki Sivils; Rub-ons, pen, flair buttons - American Crafts; Misc rickrack, baker's twine, foam tape

This week's color scheme is so sweet it's almost sinful so please do try your hand at it!

Make A Wish

Here's my 1st LO for Scrapfit Challenge blog. For Workout #37, we were asked to scrap about our dreams or goals. It took me forever to think of what mine is...and shallow as it may be...the only thing that I really, truly want right now (because I am already so blessed to have everything else) is to lose weight!

Title: Make A Wish
Materials: Cardstock - Wassau; Patterned papers - Sassafras Lass, American Crafts; Die-cuts - Daisy Ds; Mist - Tattered Angels; Number Stickers - October Afternoon; Pen - American Crafts; Dymo label maker; Misc lace

If you've barely made a dent in your scrapbooking goals for 2011, this is a great challenge to start with. I hope you can join us here and you have until the end of this month to submit your LO.

Ballet Love

Here's another LO featuring Nikki Sivils' Sugar Cookie collection. This is Bianca at her ballet Christmas program last December. They featured dances from The Nutcracker and she's supposed to be doing a soldier dance. She was sooooo adorable, and I'm not just saying that because I'm her mother:)

Title: Ballet Love

Journaling: I love that you love ballet! 121810

Materials: Cardstock - Provocraft; Patterned papers - Nikki Sivils; Jewel brad - Creative Charms; Transparency - Hambly; Mist - Tattered Angels

Scrap More in 2011 with Pia and Ria

This year, Pia (Lopez) and I are spreading our wings and going to venture into teaching a scrapbooking class. Some might think this is an easy task, but not when the only other scrapbooking teacher, rather guru, in this part of the world is our good friend Iris Uy....such a tough act to follow...

Scrap 4 LOs in one afternoon using Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker's new "We Are Family" collection. Learn tips and tricks to:

• scrap multi-photos and 4x6 pics
• stretch your materials to create more LOs
• add dimension and texture with less mess and less fuss

Date: March 19, 2011, Saturday
Time: 12nn to 5 pm
Place: Lasting Impression (26-D V. Ibanez St., Little Baguio, San Juan)
Fee: Ps650
Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Please reserve your slot by sending an email to pia_zobel_lopez@yahoo.com and/or ria_mojica@yahoo.com. Payment details will be sent when we confirm your reservation. Limited slots available.

So if you're free on that day and want to have a scrappin' good time, please join us for the class! And before I go, I leave you with a LO I created using Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker's "Sugar Cookie" collection.

Title: One Sweet Thing
Materials: Patterned papers, die-cuts, stickers - Nikki Sivils; Cardstock - Wassau; Pen - merican Crafts; misc ricrac
Journaling: One of Bianca's favorite snacks -- quickie smores!

Nadya's 1st Communion

Here's a LO of Nadya's 1st Holy Communion that I made using Pebbles Inc's New Arrival Girl line. The whole event was a short and sweet affair. I loved seeing all the girls look so holy and demure in their long white dresses and floral headdresses.

Title: 1st Holy Communion
Pebbles supplies used: New Arrival Girl 3x3 Cards (751052), New Arrival Girl She's Here (751055), New Arrival Girl Little One (751057), New Arrival Girl Perfect (751058), New Arrival Girl Bundle of Joy (751062), New Arrival Girl Rock-A-Bye (751063), New Arrival Girl Baby Love (751061), New Arrival Girl Chips (744115), New Arrival Girl 4x9 Rub Ons (735003), Charming ABC Stickers (732001), Dog Chalk Stencils (742096), Earth Tones Chalks (742003); Other supplies used: Cardstock (American Crafts), Rub Ons (American Crafts), Pen (American Crafts), Ink (Clearsnap), Mist (Tattered Angels), Punch (Fiskars), Die Cut Machine (Making Memories)