Birthday Card for Mom

My mother will celebrate her 65th birthday next month and I decided to make a special hand-made card for her. :)

This was my last creation out of Crate Paper's Random collection kit. I was able to make 6 layouts and 5 cards. Lovely!!!

Three-layered flowers of Prima, with a brad on the center. I outlined mini-dots on the biggest flower using Ranger liquid pearl in baby blue. The outer portions of the card were also applied with liquid pearls in gold and white opal. The top flower, on the other hand, was inked using Ranger distressing ink in tumbled glass.


The "65th" chipboards were first applied with gesso. They actually had a design that didn't fit my card, so I covered it up with gesso. Then I embossed them in yellow embossing powder, sprayed with Maya Road's iridescent pearl mist and dried with heat gun.


Lastly, my ever fave Martha Stewart monarch butterfly punch as added accent to my card.


Have a blessed Sunday. :)

Cards for Mother's Day

Mother's day is still four months away but I felt the designs I was able to create on these cards make them perfect for that occasion.

As promised in my previous post, here are the hand-made cards that I made out of the scraps from Crate Paper's Random kit which we used in our LSS class held last November 2011.





Flowers, also hand-crafted
Hey, take a look at my DIY flowers! I got the inspiration from Vicky's flower tutorials. Check out her blog! She has lots of flower tutorials on the right sidebar.



Detailed paper cutting
Crate's Random papers had lots of designs that I decided to "fussy" cut them, such as this beautiful bird...


...and the red, pink, orange and white flowers in various sizes.



Notice the pink butterflies above? I speckled them with Jo Sonja gold dust. Love the effect!

That's it for today. Enjoy the rest of the week!

2 More LOs from the Crate Random Class

Hello again! Yahoo! I finally finished the last 2 layouts from our Crate Random class conducted by Iris last November 2011. Here they are... Tadaaa! :))

Happy Times
Sweet Bliss
Look at that: layers of lovely flowers.


And this one, wood veneer butterfly from Studio Calico, that I dressed up with gold blings. Oh so cute!


Lastly, we played around with UTEE, stamp and gold perfect pearls. I added that bird chipboard which I painted with acrylic paints, topped with clear rock candy and silver bling for the eye.


There were still lots of papers and embellies left from the kit, so I was able to create some more. Not layouts anymore, but.......

Oh well, just wait for my next post. Hehe. :D

Gotta go!

Hello 2012. Hello 4 New LOs.

Happy New Year! 2011 was another wonderful and blessed year. Despite life's trials, we all have a lot to be thankful for. Don't you agree? :D

Here's starting my 2012 with four LOs from the Crate Paper Random class of Iris Babao-Uy held last November. Yes, it took me that long to finish the 4 out of 6 LOs. Hehehe!

Anyway, here they are and I'm just so happy I was able to find time to enjoy my fave hobby once again.

Me and Teddy

My 1st Barong

Sweet and Adorable

The fourth LO is a scrap-craft new year's resolution of mine: to create more pages of myself! :))

X'mas 2010

Happy New Year!!!

I'm Back.... with a Card :D

So sorry to have neglected my blog... again! I also haven't scrapped nor created anything for more than a month. The new house is still taking much of my time, plus, my company has also moved to its new office building last month as well.

Anyway, I was able to create this card last Saturday but was only able to take a photo today. It's a simple and fast one, just so I would be able to satisfy my desire to create something! LOL My mom also used up all my previous Christmas card creations so I need to replenish my stock. Hahaha!

I was also able to fit into my schedule the Crate Random workshop by Iris at our LSS. I'll post my LOs asap. Promise! :D

Materials used: DCWV white and green cardstocks, Prima flowers, Pink Paislee stamp, Fancy Pants patterned paper, Ranger stickles (holly), Ranger distress ink, Tsukineko ink, gold string.

Happy News

Eek! I've been gone for quite some time again! The happy news? They're actually double happy news! First, we already moved in to our very own home! Yup, yup. I've been soooo busy arranging, unpacking, shopping stuff for the house. Next, my circle card (see previous post) won!!! I can't wait to receive the latest Christmas collection pack of Nikki Sivils' Gingerbread Land!!! Yahoo!!!

Thinking of You (Card)

I read about the latest challenge at the blog of one of my fave scrapbooking brands, Nikki Sivils, and of course, I participated. :D

The challenge, scrap a size you don't normally scrap.


Instead of the usual layout, I created a card. A circle-shaped card! :D

Now, my usual cards' sizes are either square or rectangle. So this one's truly a first! :D

I used the following NS products: patterned papers from Blueberry Hill, We Are Family and Beatrice collections; journaling spot, warm cord brad and burlap button.

Other materials used are white cardstock, local lace and leaves, AAS wooden butterfly and craft wire, Ranger liquid pearl, stickles and distress inks, Martha Stewart puncher, chipboard frame, acrylic paint and hand-made lace flowers.

The two white lace flowers with green brad in the center are my hand-made creations, by the way. :D


In addition, the three-layered flowers (light orange, violet, dark orange) were among the pack of flowers that I won during a Nikki Sivils scrapbook class held in our LSS, Lasting Impressions. This prize, according to NS DT Ria Mojica, came from Nikki herself. So, in a way, this 3-layered flower also makes it a NS product. Hehehe. :D

A close-up on the sentiment, "Thinking of You." I created this card for my bestfriend, Rowena, who's currently based in Bangkok, Thailand, for her birthday this coming October 29th. I hope she receives this in the mail in time!


Before I end this post, please notice the little beaver inside the frame. I just find her sooo cute. LOL


That's it! Gotta go!

Enjoy the weekend. :)