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)

Proud Boy

Here's a delayed post for my LO which was on the Pebbles blog last week...

The 1st day of 2011 was a fun and lazy kind of day for us...we woke up almost lunch time and decided to head to the club for a swim (for the kids), a run (Bud and I) and some kite-flying...

Title: Proud Boy
Journaling: Luis was so happy to finally be able to fly a kite -- and a Chinese centipede kite, at that! Daddy brought it home from one of his China trips! Jan. 1, 2011
Materials: Pebbles supplies used: New Arrival Boy Little Angel (751069), New Arrival Boy Precious (751071), New Arrival Boy Everything Sweet (751073), New Arrival Boy Peek-A-Boo (751075), New Arrival Boy Chips (744116), New Arrival Boy Word Stickers (732027), Tree House Laughter (751025), Tree House Chips (744114), Chocolate Brown Ribbon (744027)

It was really a perfect day for pictures and the New Arrival Boy line from Pebbles went perfectly with Luis' shot of flying his Chinese centipede kite!

And the Winner Is...

Mama Mia Castrillo!!! Mia, PM me your address so I can send you your package...perfect for your 4 lovely girls!

Mia Castrillo said...

Ria! Nabuhay ako! Sana I win so I can start scrapping again. :-) Posted the "It's Your Day" badge at my blog: http://mcastrillo.blogspot.com/

10:49 PM

And here is a real sneak peek at 2 of Nikki's new lines...

Here's Max and Mollie...

and here's It's Raining, It's Pouring...

Promise, they look even better in real life...they smell good too...doesn't all new scrapbook paper smell so good???

That's it for now...

Nikki Sivils Winter CHA Sneak...

Beatrice	It's Raining, It's Pouring	It's Your Day
Max and Mollie	Summer	We Are Family

...well, sort of...here are badges representing each of the six new lines debuting this month at CHA.

Leave a comment on which collection you think you'll like best and you'll be in the drawing. Grab at least one of these badges and post it on your blog, and link back here to double your chances of winning!

Comment before Monday, Jan 10, 2011 for a chance to win the whole Sugar Cookie paper collection plus a few other goodies...perfect for your Valentine's Day projects! Sorry, this give-away is open to local Philippine addresses only. So go and grab a badge now!

Happy New Year!

And to start the New Year off, here's a LO I made for Colorful Creations for their Guest Designer Sketch Series. Colorful Creations is a wonderful community of scrapbookers with several regular challenges.

I used Nikki Sivils Blueberry Hill for this project and drew and cut the balloons myself.

Title: Plastic Balloon Fun
Materials: Cardstock - DCWV; Patterned Papers, die-cut and letter stickers - Nikki Sivils; Thickers and pens - American Crafts.
Journaling: Nadya discovers the joy of plastic balloons. April 2010, Canyon Woods, Batangas

2010 was a very good year for me in all aspects...got our house renovated...kids are all doing well in school...Bud is doing well at work...more scrapbooking opportunities for me...got to travel a bit...but the start of a new year is always exciting...so many things to look forward to...

I hope 2011 is a great year for everyone too!

Merry Christmas!

Good Morning everyone! No, I am not awake this early...thank God for scheduled posts! I hope you all are having a Merry Christmas!
Here is my Christmas LO which appeared on the Pebbles blog the yesterday.

Title: Waiting for Midnight


Materials: 

Pebbles Products Used: Tree House Pebbles Chips (744114), Tree House Epoxy Brads (744231), Tree House Bliss (751033), Tree House Trunk (751034), Tree House Fun (751035), Red Spool Ribbon (44029); 

Other Products Used: Cardstock (American Crafts, DCWV), Pen (American Crafts), Punches (EK Success, Martha Stewart), Letter Stickers (Autumn Leaves, Making Memories), Misc - doily lace

Journaling: Here in the Philippines, our kids don't need to wait for Christmas morning to open their presents...they only need to  be awake when the clock strikes at midnight on Christmas Eve.

After an evening mass, we all gather in my mom's house dressed in our Christmas finery to wait for midnight when we eat our Noche Buena...a huge feast when the family gathers together to celebrate Jesus' birth.

The waiting time is one of the best times to take pictures of the kids, as they are at their most cooperative selves. They can't risk anything at this point as it is so close to "opening presents time". 

And when midnight comes, the riot begins as gift wrappers are torn and the kids start squealing with delight.

At around 2AM, we go home loaded with presents, prepare milk and cookies for Santa, and finally go to sleep to wake-up to a full day of more family get-togethers, more eating and lots & lots of presents!

Christmas 2009

CCG 172

Advanced Merry Christmas everyone!  Here's my LO for Color Combos Galore Challenge 172. I'm so happy I finally got to scrap these pics and use up these papers that have been in my stash for quite some time now...can anybody name where these pps are from???

Title: Comfort and Joy
Materials: Patterned papers - Autumn Leaves; Cloth paper - Love Elsie; Sticker - 7 Gypsies; Alpha - Making MMemories; Punch - Martha Stewart

So if you somehow find the time to scrap in the next few days, please do try out our new challenge...who knows, you might still be able to meet your scrapping goals for the year???

Happy Holidays everyone!!!

In a Charming Mood...

Nikki Sivils recently partnered with Creative Charms and Sketches for Scrapbooking 2, and here are 2 LOs I made using them.

First up is this Christmas LO using the new Happy Holly Days line using photos taken inside a grocery store last year. I chanced upon this Coke display in the grocery and had my driver go home to pick up my girls for a photo-op. It was so funny because Nadya kind of thought he didn't look like the real Santa and, I think< bianca was definitely not convinced (she didn't even want to sit beside him), but they went for the ride anyway.

Title: Storybook Christmas
Materials: Cardstock - Wassau; Patterned Papers & Stickers: Nikki Sivils; Brads - Creative Charms; Chipboard: Dusty Attic; Stickles, Folk Art and Making Memories paints; American Crafts pen

This next LO uses the Something for Everyone line (FYI: the dotted one is named after me:)).

Title: She
Materials: Cardstock - DCWV; Patterned Papers - Nikki Sivils; Transparency - Hambly; Flowers: Creative Charms; Die-cut machine: MM Slice; Paint: Folk Art; Key - Tim Holtz; misc lace

I loved how these 2 2-page LOs turned out. Thanks so much to Creative Charms and Sketches for Scrapbooking 2!