Heart and Soul

St. Patrick's Day blog hop

2012-03-13T17:47:00.002-07:00

If you are here because of the Blog hop please click to this link to be able to join. Thanks!

New Home

2010-07-23T18:58:00.000-07:00

I have moved to a new home...just click here and see my newly renovated site. Thanks!

Sketch Challenge at Design Dollies

2010-02-21T15:46:00.000-08:00

I recently discovered this new challenge blog called Design Dollies. They offer a variety of challenges every week. This week the challenge was to interpret this sketch:

And here is my take:

Finally I was able to scrap my son's first Christmas photos!

New Layouts

2010-02-19T05:45:00.000-08:00

It's been a hectic week for my. We celebrated Our school's 25th foundation week. Lots of this to do like prepare for the Fun Fair, my class's field demo and Family Day. My face got all red because of the heat of the sun.I was able to create some Layouts in between.

Spread the Love at Scrapmuse

2010-02-06T23:42:00.000-08:00

I just joined the "Spread the Love" contest at Scrapmuse. It is a Kitclub and online store that sells wonderful scrapbooking items. Do visit us and join.

Ike a Photographer?

2010-01-16T18:02:00.000-08:00

In the beginning of the year we allowed Little Ike to tinker with a point and shoot camera. The results are amazing! Some photos turned out to be great and even artistic. And would you believe he is only 2 years old! He has an eye for photography. You go Boy!

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-27T04:40:00.001-08:00

I know it's a bit late but I still want to greet everybody ... Happy Holidays!

Not so Card challenged anymore!

2009-11-14T21:51:00.000-08:00

I may be a scrapbooker but when it comes to card making it is definitely a challenge for me. After joining this month's challenge at The Mosy Scrapper I have finally developed my creativity in this area. Luckily, I won this months challenge. I can now proudly say that I am not card challenged anymore!
Challenge #1. Bells will be Ringing

Day 2 Challenge
"Christmas Past"

Day 3 Challenge
"Christmas Carols"

Day 4 Challenge
"Non-Traditional Christmas"

Day 5 Challenge
"Ho, Ho, Ho"

Day 6 Challenge
"On Dasher, On Dancer, On Comet...."

Day 7 Challenge
"Gifts are better to give than receive"

Day 8 Challenge
Creatures that live in the Pole

Day 9 Challenge
The little Snowflake

Day 10 Challenge
Recycled Christmas

Day 11 Challenge
Photo Op

Day 12 Challenge
The True Meaning

Thanks for viewing!

Challenge 54 at Methods Play Ground

2009-11-02T19:09:00.000-08:00

Challenge 54 is now up in Methods playground. It's Magazine inspiration this time. Check Out the details here. Here is my inspiration:

I was inspired by the color and the white space on top of the page.
Now here is my layout:

I am still down with the flu but I am feeling better now. Hopefully I can get back to work tomorrow.

By the way my son and husband surprised me with a birthday cake today. How sweet of them!

Birthday photos

2009-11-01T21:22:00.000-08:00

The flu bug did not stop me from enjoying my birthday. As written earlier I went to my parents grave and treated my nephews and nieces and my sister for some homemade Tuna Pesto pasta and bbq.

I played with this photo on Picnik. The 60's effect:

And finally my little handy man:

Flu for My Birthday!

2009-10-31T22:42:00.000-07:00

It's my birthday today and I'm nursing a flu! What a great way to celebrate a very special day. But hey this would not stop me from visiting my parents' grave. As a tradition we always visit the tombs of our loved one every November 1, All Saint's day.This is how I celebrate my Birthday year after year ever since I was a kid. My Birthday would not be complete without this. So later I will be visiting my parents at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Parish where my parents' ashes are buried. Then I will cook Tuna Pesto pasta and Bbq to treat my nephews, nieces and sisters. My body my be aching but who cares birthdays come only once a year.

By the way here are some photos of yesterday's trick or treating:

My Little Ball Player.

Spooky.

Whoooooo....

Trick or Treat Bo Bunny!

2009-10-30T23:16:00.000-07:00

Bo Bunny is having a trick or treat!

2009-10-29T19:31:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! The studio Calico kits above are up for grabs on our current challenge in Methods Playground. Visit the Methods Playground
for more details.

Join the Crop!

2009-10-24T01:32:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! This weekend I am busy with an online crop at Scrap That. Do join and become my recruit! Challenges are so easy. Deadline of all challenges is on October 27.They have lots of prizes in store for us!

I love Sassafras!

2009-10-20T06:29:00.000-07:00

I love using Sassfras on my layouts! Here is my latest project using the said product.

Methods Playground

2009-10-18T03:51:00.000-07:00

This is my very first layout that I did for Methods Playground. And since it is a techniques challenge blog I decided to do tutorials on how I made my layouts to inspire the challengers in creating their wonderful layouts. So do drop by from time to time.

Here is a tutorial on how I created my take on my very first Methods Playground layout.
What I used:
-white cardstock
-distress inks
-water spray
-stamps
-craft sheet
-perfect pearls
-brush

I first smudged some distress inks on my craft sheet then sprayed water on it. I then placed the white cardstock on the ink and let the paper absorb the ink.

Here is how it looked like.

After drying the paper I then stamped images on my paper and applied perfect pearls to give it a shine. You can use any stamping techniques that you want.

And here is the finished product.

It is Official!

2009-10-16T18:22:00.000-07:00

It's official I am now a proud design team member of two blogs. One is for a sketch blog and one is for a techniques challenge blog. The sketch blog is Creative Scrappers and the Techniques challenge blog is for Methods Playground. Please do look out for my design there.

Outreach

2009-10-03T01:45:00.000-07:00

My dear mother-in-law and dear husband visited Tadlak this morning to deliver some relief goods. This barangay is still under water because of Typhoon Ketsana. They had to relocate on top of the railroad were it is dry. Good thing is that the railroad is still idle since they stopped the train operation to Bicol. Gilfred took some photos that are very touching.

Typhoon Kestana aka "Ondoy"

2009-09-28T02:01:00.000-07:00

Another unforgetable typhoon has devasted the Philippines. Heavy rainfall has flooded several barangays here in Luzon. Thank God the river in our backyard did not overflow. It was almost like typhoon Milenio. According to an online news it was rated to be twice as bad as Hurricane Katrina and the storm signal was only signal number 1. Here is a video of some photos taken during the said typhoon. Let us all pray for the victims of this tragedy.

Circle of Friends Award

2009-09-20T19:30:00.000-07:00

Recieved this award from my fellow LB scrapaholics, Rita and Chiqui ages ago. LOL!

Now I'm passing it to Cors, Ytet, and Liezl

My Idol layouts

2009-09-20T18:42:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share the layouts I made for Scrappin Moms Idol contest.

Elimination Round: Ad Inspiration Challenge

Round 1: Paper Piecing Challenge

Round 2: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Challenge

Round 3: Negative Space Challenge

Round 4: PLAY Challenge

Round 5: Mini Album Challenge

Round 6: Disney Princess Challenge

Thanks for Looking!

Mini Album at Scrappinmoms

2009-07-30T04:10:00.000-07:00

I made this album for the Scrappinmoms' Idol.The album was inspired by Mother Goose. The mini album is composed of 4 parts. Each part features a nursery rhyme and an ATC.

Part 1. "Hush-a-Bye"

Rhyme: Hush-a-bye baby, lie still with thy daddy, Thy mommy has gone to the mill, to get some meal to bake a cake, so pray my dear baby, lie still.

Journaling: Even as an infant you always find comfort in Dada's chest. In fact he is the one who can put you to sleep.

Part 2: "Sulky Sue"

Rhyme: Here's sulky Sue, what shall we do? Turn her face to the wall till she comes to.

Journaling: What Ike wants Ike gets...'coz if you don't get it you definitely make sure that you get it!

Part 3: "The Mouse and the Clock"

Rhyme: Hickory, dickory, dock! The mouse ran up the clock; The clock struck one, and the he run, Hickory dickory dock!

Journaling: The first time you heard the alarm clock ring you suddenly shifted into your curious look and began to study the alarm's mechanism.

Part 4: "Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling"

Rhyme:Diddle, diddle dumpling, my son John went to bed with his breeches on one stocking off, and one stocking on; Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John.

Journaling: No matter what we do you always end up with only one shoe on. p to now we still wonder how and why?

This is the first time I made ATC and I enjoyed it so much. I think I make more of it!

You can view the other entries at the Scrappinmoms' gallery.

The Tote has arrived!

2009-06-17T02:44:00.000-07:00

Wow! Look at this beautiful Tote Bag by Amy Butler! I love it so much. It is the RAK that I recieved from My Little Attic. 12 x 12 perfectly fits in the bag. I can't wait to use it! Thanks so much Nette and Ate Marisa!

I won at My Little Attic!/Scrapbooks Hawaii!

2009-06-14T06:24:00.000-07:00

I'm on cloud nine! Just visited the My Little Attic Blog and guess what... I won their challenge. MLA is one of my favorite online scrapbooking store here in the Philippines. They sponsor great and fun events and even fun challenges. I am so proud to have won this challenge. The challenge was co sponsored by scrapbooks Hawaii Here is my winning LO:

Thank you Nette and Ate Marisa!Miss you both!

The Great Palawan Adventure

2009-06-06T00:45:00.000-07:00

Last May 28-30 my co-teachers and I went to Palawan. We stayed at the famous Dos Palmas Resort.
We left Manila via Cebu Pacific at 8 am and arrived at Puerto Princessa at 9:30 am. The Dos Palmas crew fetched us at the airport.

Than took a 30 minutes bus ride towards the port. We took a 1 hour ferry ride to finally get to the resort. Upon reaching the Dos Palmas Port we were greeted with a confetti of flowers, music, wooden necklaces and complimentary drinks. Wow were we amazed and impressed by their reception.

Upon arrival we ate our lunch buffet style. Their food were so delicious and the choices were awesome! It was practically a four course meal. After eating we settled in our cabanas and rested. After that we had our team building activities. We had several games and luckily our team won.

The next day we left early for the underground river.We travelled a total of four hours land travel and two and a half boat ride.

The land travel was abit stressful because of the winding road and some parts were a bit rough. But who cares all those travel were all worth it! The under ground river was really amazing. It really deserves to be voted as one of the 8 natural wonders of the world. Being in it makes you realize how amazing and powerful nature can be. God really works in wondrous ways!

The next morning we were supposed to have a picnic lunch at a nearby island but the weather did not permit us. So we just spend the morning kayaking, which I really enjoyed, and snorkelling. Then it started to rain so we had to go back to our cabanas and prepare for our departure. Before going to the airport we passed by the local market ad bought some souvenirs. Seafoods there are so cheap. Imagine fresh tuna is worth only 90 per kilo and and galunggong is only worth 10 pesos per kilo! Well I bought some fresh seafood, cashew and pearls.

I enjoyed the Palawan adventure so much. I wish I could go back there someday and visit Coron and El Nido.

SK Challenge #17

2009-05-23T00:31:00.001-07:00

I would like to share this layout that I made for Scrappin kids' Challenge #17. It is a layout about a day in my life as a mom.

Thanks for looking!

The Raks have Arrived!

2009-05-23T00:12:00.000-07:00

I have recieved several raks this month. Here they are:

I got this from winning Dt Mitch's challenges over at Scrappin kids.
Thanks You so much Mitch!

I also won a raks for another DT challenge over at Scrappin kids again.
Thanks You Cookie and Issa!

More Pages to Share

2009-05-15T18:38:00.000-07:00

I have not updated my blog for a long time. I have been so busy taking care of my family. All of us got sick. My husband got confined in the hospital, my son got fever for a week and then me. In between taking care of "US" I tried to scrap (it's the only thing that would keep me sane. LOL... So here are some layouts:

Last layout for Creatively Yours

Another winner at SK

Another weekend of Challenges

2009-03-31T17:07:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I joined the weekend of challenges over at Scrappin kids. I made several layouts. And guess what I won again! I really enjoyed creating layouts for the challenges. Here is the layout that won:

The background paper was hand painted by me. I used sponge and acrylic paint to create the clouds. then I used an old place mat ang crackle paint to add the finishing touches.

Baby Talk!

2009-03-20T10:56:00.000-07:00

Since January Ike has learned to communicate with us in 2 ways. Doing sign language and baby words. Since he now has longer attention span in watching videos I allow him to watch some videos designed for babies and toddlers. His first video was My Baby can do Sign Language. He was able to pick up some sign language like, sleep, thank you, mommy, daddy, flower, diapers, hat, socks, all done, cereals, up and a lot more. He also can say some words like, nana (meaning no more and banana), Dada (Daddy), Dede (Milk), La (Lola), ya ( Kuya). It is fun to watch him trying to communicate with us. Although sometimes he gets frustrated when we do not understand him.

By the way here are some of my new layouts.

For Creatively Yours:

Inspired by sketches from Creative Scrappers:

Inspired by a sketch from Scrappin Kids:

Another Prize Won from Scrappin Kids

2009-03-05T04:16:00.000-08:00

Last February 28 I joined another fun online crop over at Scrappin' Kids. I was only able to join 1 challenge which was sponsored by Ate Issa. Guess what! I won!!! LOL...I enjoyed making this layout so much. I love the colors so much. I is so funky! By the way I used sassafras and Scenic Route papers which I bought last year. And you know...as a prize I got these patterned papers by October Afternoon Night Light collection. Don't you just love those little monsters! I've been craving for these papers since last year...finally I got them!!! Thank you so much Ate Issa!!!

Mini Album Time!

2009-02-27T19:02:00.000-08:00

A few months ago I created this mini album of the our Spa experience at the Butterfly Farm Here in Bay, Laguna. Here are photos of the album.

Creatively Yours Bulletin!

2009-02-26T04:10:00.000-08:00

Fabulous Fifties Feature at Creatively Yours!

Noella Arsenault, site owner and sketch artist at Creatively Yours, has reached a milestone.

Come celebrate with us as we reveal Noella’s 50th sketch! Over 3 days, February 26 and 27-28, you will be able to enjoy the creations of ALL our Design Team Members as well as those of our Guest Designers, using Sketch #50!

Come see us, be inspired… then create from one of our many sketches. If you leave us a link to your creations, we’ll pop over to YOUR blog to say hello!

Remember, all day Feb 26th, and Feb 27-28 will be the Fabulous Fifties Feature. See you there!

Family Bonding

2009-02-25T06:00:00.000-08:00

We have been planning to bring Ike to Umali Freedom Park since he learned how to walk last December. The said park is a place were families can enjoy and bond every weekend. Finally, our plans pushed through last February 20 and 21. That was the first weekend where Gee's schedule allowed us to have this family bonding. And of course as a scrapbooker I did not forget our camera to document the moment. Here are some the pictures we took last weekend.

This is a funny photo of Ike looking through the lens of the camera. He looked into the lens as if teasing me. lol...

We were able to capture Ike coughing with his hanky covering his mouth.

A family picture taken by no other than US!!!

Ike's way of saying "Thank you Mommy, I Love You!"

Our Little Plumber

2009-02-21T18:36:00.000-08:00

Ike is growing so fast. It seems like yesterday that he was in my arms so small and helpless. Now look at him he is so independent just like a little kid. I love watching him play. Sometimes I tend to be over protective but my DH keeps on reminding me to let him be. We like Ike to grow up to be independent just like us. We want him to experience childhood the way we experienced it. Playing outdoors, exploring things, climbing trees and playing with mud! Yes, the whole old school package. We want him to enjoy the outdoors as much as possible and not get hooked on computers.

Last Saturday, February 21, 2009, we caught Ike playing with the main faucet of the water line. He looks like a little plumber trying to fix the water line.

RAK at Creatively yours.

2009-01-31T23:48:00.000-08:00

There is a Rak going on at Creatively Yours. Do visit the site and learn more about the RAK. Oh and by the way we have already announced the winners of the guest designer contest.

Be a Guest Designer for Creatively Yours

2009-01-26T04:57:00.000-08:00

CY is running a contest to locate FOUR talented scrapbookers to become CY Guest Design Team Members for a 1-month period. We are seeking 2 designers for February and 2 for March, 2009.
Everyone, including international scrappers and previous CY designers is invited to apply.
Below are the contest rules.

To enter, you must flip, turn, or “mirror image” (reverse) the contest sketch that we have posted above for the CY Guest Designer Contest. You can even turn it upside-down!

Then, create your layout based on the way that you turned/flipped/mirror-imaged the sketch. The interpretation of the sketch MUST remain a 12×12″ layout size, however.

Use any colours, photos, papers, cardstock, and embellies you like. Creative FREEDOM!

DUE DATE FOR ENTRIES: Midnight, AST Thursday January 29th 2009. One entry per person please.

Email your well-photographed contest entry to us at peteali@eastlink.ca AND noelmika@nb.sympatico.ca

***Please type: CY GDT CONTEST Feb/Mar 2009 in the subject line of your email!*** Thanks!

We will choose 4 CY Guest Designers from the pool of entries received. Winners will be notified by email on January 30-31, 2009. Winning entries will be posted on the CY blog with a mini-bio of each Guest Design Team position winner!

Please join in the fun!

By the way guys my new layout for Creatively yours is up.

This time it was Ali who made the sketch.Please do check the other layouts by the very talented Liz and Vivs.Try out Ali's sketch. Please don'tforget to post a link on the comments area there.

Awards Time!

2009-01-24T06:42:00.000-08:00

It awards time! Thanks to Evelien, Chix and Ria for these awards.

Go check out Evelien's blog: http://eveliendesigns.blogspot.com/

The rules:
1). Post a link of the person who gave you this award.
2). Nominate 5 other people and give a link to their sites
3). Let your nominators know that they got an award from you.
4). Put a logo of the award on the blog
I'm passing the award to 5 wonderful lady's of the LB Scrapaholics.
1. Issa
2. Chiqui
3. Timi
4. Liezl
5. Rita

Here it goes:

Mention five (5) addictions and pass on the award to five (5) other fab blogs!

1. Scrapbooking
2. Scrapbook stuff
3. Surfing the web especially scrap sites and blogs.
4. Chocolates especially Dark chocolates.
5. Staying in bed with two men...MY Husband and son Ike. hehehehe.

I am now passing these awards to the following amazing ladies:

1. Liz Weber
2. Jana Fail
3. Evelien Verschelde
4. Ann Seleshanko
5. Ali McDonald

So, thanks for these lovely awards!!!

My Second Layout For 2009

2009-01-17T21:43:00.000-08:00

Finally I am able to scrap again. I haven't done that for while now. Since my nanny left for vacation I had to take care of my son. With him always on the lookout on what I am doing it had been very difficult to touch my paper and scissors. He keeps on trying to take it away from me! Anyway finally I am able to scrap another layout. My first layout will be posted at the Creatively yours blog soon. So be on the lookout for it. My second layout was done for Scrappin Kids. It is a layout done for RD Issa and Cookie's challenge.

Here is a closer look:

I tried to layer some papers of MM Passport line.I topped the layers of paper with KI chipboards and my title. For the title I used a chipboard by BG and Heidi Swapp. To dress up the alpha chipboards I used brilliance ink pad and Glossy accents.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-10T06:32:00.000-08:00

Better late than never! Happy New Year everyone! December had been a very hectic month for me.Not only because it was Christmas season but because my son's nanny to go on a vacation. I had to take care of my one year old on my own and that is in between going to work and doing household chores. I didn't even have time to check my emails or update my blog.

My son keeps on trying to get hold of the keyboard whenever I am in front of the laptop.He would not leave my side. So it was so hard for me to do the chores. But hey I enjoyed every minute of it! I was able to bond with my son. And watch his development. He can now do some gestures to help him communicate. He enjoys watching " My baby can talk" cd. He was able to pick some sign gestures like hat and sleep.

By the way please don't forgetto visit the Creatively Yours blog. Above is a photo of my very first job there using this sketch:

Blue Zutter Bind it all for sale :sold

2008-12-05T17:31:00.000-08:00

I am selling my sightly used blue Zutter Bind It All. I am selling it for only 2000 pesos but the price is negotiable. Please leave a comment if you are interested. Thanks!

My Very First DT Job!

2008-11-25T05:44:00.000-08:00

Oh my God! I am still in cloud 9. Will someone please pinch me just to be sure I am not dreaming.

A few weeks ago I tried my luck in applying for a DT position at Creatively Yours Sketches by Noella and guess what I got accepted! This is my very first DT job. I can't wait for my first assignment. Please do visit the Creatively Yours Sketches by Noella. They have such great and inspiring sketches.

And He Walked!

2008-11-14T23:28:00.000-08:00

Finally, Ike can walk on his own 3 months after his birthday he can finally walk. He is not that confident yet because he still continues to hold our hand in going places. Actually he was already able to walk about 2 months ago but he got sick and this delayed his walking development. It took another 3 weeks before he started to try walking again. We are not rushing him because I would like to cherish this moment were he is still dependent on you. I love how it feels every time he takes my hands to guide him. Yes, it can be tiring but who cares he is my son and I love him so much. I don't want him to grow fast hehehehe. Here are some proofs that he can walk:

Ad This First Challenge

2008-11-08T19:45:00.000-08:00

Here is a layout I did for the very first Ad This challenge.

More Reasons to Celebrate

2008-11-03T04:32:00.000-08:00

Yes...it is true my layout was featured in the November issue of Pagemaps. It was a wonderful birthday blessing for me. I've been dreaming of being featured in it for quite a while already and it came true on my birthday!

Another blessing is that I won 2nd runner-up in the resently concluded SK @9 Marathon. Wow...when it pours it really pours. To all those who congratulated and greeted me Thank you so much!!!

Do come back within the week coz I just might PAY IT FORWARD...

Before I go I would like to leave you some photos taken over the weekend.

It's My Birthday

2008-11-01T05:31:00.000-07:00

Well it's my birthday today. Yes, my birthday falls on All saint's Day. It is tradition here in the Philippines to visit our dead relatives in the cemetery and offer flowers and prayers. This year, I started the day by visiting my parents grave and offer prayers. Then my family and I went to the mall to by some stuff and eat out. My husband surprised me by filing a leave of absence. We are to celebrate three important events in our lives... our wedding anniversary (October 30), my birthday (today), and Gee's birthday (November 5). I wish I took my camera along and took some pictures. Thank you to all those who remembered my birthday and greeted me! Oh...one more thing please do check the latest (November) Pagemaps sketches.Guess who is in it...

My New Scrap Area

2008-10-30T05:31:00.000-07:00

Hey! I am so excited to tell you that I have a new scrap area courtesy of my dear sister-in-law Rita. They already moved to their newly built home with her very own scrap room and she has to dispose some of her stuff in her old scrap area. So I volunteered to take some of them. hehehe. I had to setup a new scrap area because my husband and the computer has already taken-over my old scrap space over a year ago(see the slide show my ctreative mess below). Here is a picture of my new scrap space:

SK @ 9 Marathon challege # 5

2008-10-29T06:46:00.000-07:00

"MOJO" ... That was the clue for the latest challenge of Scrappin Kids. It was Ate Issa's turn to give us the challenge. And we were required to create a masculine layout but we should use flourishes on it. Since I have a son, I'm a bit comfortable with this challenge because I use flowers on my boy layouts most of the time.

Here is the layout that I created for this challenge:

Take a closer look:

SK @ 9 Marathon Challenge # 4

2008-10-28T07:08:00.000-07:00

Finally I'm done with this challenge. This is the most difficult so far. We have to use at least 5 of these materials: Inks, stickles, embossing, watercolor, utee, paints or glimmer mist.
Here is my layout:

Well I used Ranger inks and brilliance (to distress the strips of paper and the painted frame and to stamp the word explore),

Pearl UTEE ( to add effect on the accent under the word family), Stickles (I used diamond stickles on the word family)

paint(on the frames)

and glimmer mist (on the brown cardstock):

SK @ 9 Marathon Challenge # 3

2008-10-27T07:31:00.000-07:00

My Boy...Your smile Puts a smile on my face. I LOVE YOU!!! XOXO

This is the title and my journaling on my latest layout for the scrappin Kids Marathon challenge # 3. I had lots of fun with this challenge. This is the first time to use blocks of 3 x 3 inches of patterned papers. I loved how this layout turned out. Here is the layout I'm talking about:

SK @ 9 Marathon Challenge # 2

2008-10-26T07:23:00.000-07:00

It is now time for the second challenge of the SK @ 9 Marathon.

I had a hard time thinking of a way to create a different matting for my photo. So what I did was, I asked myself what material will I use for my matting? I thought of ribbons and buttons because they are the most abundant materials that I have. From there I created my matting. Here is my layout:

How I made my matting:

I cut out several colors of ribbons. I glued the ribbons on a base cardstock so that it will hold together and that it will not be difficult for me to place the photo. After sticking the photo I bordered it with buttons. Sticking the ribbons one by one may be very tasking but it is all worth it.

Scrappin Kids @ 9 Marathon

2008-10-25T17:49:00.000-07:00

The marathon has started and baby Ike is sick. I almost did not make it but I am not a quitter I woke up at 5 am just to do this layout. Thank God Ike has been cooperative.

Here is my first marathon layout:

Layout details:

Journaling:

Look at the picture closely...YES it is a plastic bag. This may not be your favorite outfit but I love the way it fitted you perfectly. You even posed for the camera like a PRO. Just comes to show that you can carry any outfit you wear.

Another award

2008-10-11T17:46:00.000-07:00

Chiqui gave me this award several weeks ago now I am claiming it:

Now, it's my turn to pass on this award. But before that, here are the rules:

(1) The winner can put the logo on their blog.
(2) Link the person/s you received your award from.
(3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
(4) Put links of those on yours.
(5) Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.

I'm giving it out to the following ladies:
Zabeth, Diane, cookie,Joanne, Donna, Marian, Lee

An Award from Ate Marisa

2008-10-11T17:21:00.000-07:00

Ate Marisa sent me this award weeks ago. Finally I was able to claim it!

here are the rules for passing on the award:
1. Put the logo on your blog
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. Nominate at least seven other blogs
4. Add links to those blogs on your blog
5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

I’m nominating the following ladies:
Issa, Chiqui, Rita, Liezl, Ytet, Timi, Cabbie

My Scrappinmoms Idol Entries

2008-10-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

Hey! Do you like the new look of my blog. Well, it's Christmas season already. I guess I got bored with the old look of my blog so I changed it a bit. I tried my hand on customizing my header. The digi kit is courtesy of My Shabby Princess . I loved the way it turned out. If only I can get a free Christmas digi kit somewhere. Maybe I can make a Christmas themed header.

Anyway, I would like to share with you my layouts for the Scrappinmoms Idol Contest:

Elimination round:

Week 1. It's Party Time:

Week 2. A Color is a Color is a Color

Week 3. A Day in a Life

Week 4. Layers of Me

Week 5. Supersize It

Week 6. Why I deserve to be next Scrappin' moms Idol

This was the last week but unfortunately I didn't make it to the finals.

Scrappinmoms Idol Grand Finale and Bazaar

2008-10-04T18:18:00.000-07:00

Up to now I still have that Idol grand finale hangover. Congrats to my co LB Scrapaholic, Issa for being on the top 3 and of course to Cookie for winning the Idol crown! Yesterday, I went on a scrapbook shopping spree! Yipee...I enjoyed it a lot! I brought lots and lots of papers, a stamp, a couple of stamp pads, and some stickers. Here are my loot:

Daisy Bucket Papers:

This is a layout I made during the crop using the daisy bucket papers.I will try to give a detailed description on how I made this layout later. Let's just hpe my son dosn't wake-up in a few hours.

I fell in love with these Autumn Leaves Cute Boy world line. Fit for my son's layouts.

I also bought some sassafras papers it's from their new line. What I like about these papers are their die cut edges. I would love to strip it and layer it on my layouts.

My Dream Street Loot

Last month I accidentally bumped into Heather Bailey's Blog while blog hopping. I loved the colors on her fabrics. Its fresh look is so pleasing to the eyes. I was surprised to see that she had a scrapbooking line. I acquired some of her Autumn leaves product line in yesterday's scrapfest. It looked so yummy. It will be great in creating some altered items and my mini albums. I will still have to discover how to incorporate it in my son's layouts.

On the side note.

Finally it arrived! I purchased this Sizzlits Boxed brush font from my friend Zabeth. I've been eyeing this font for several days already but unfortunately it is already discontinued. Luckyly I got it first. This font is so versatile and its size is just enough. Not to large and not to small. I've been borrowing Ate Issa's boxed brush for several months now because I can even use it in my mini albums.

My 100% Boy Layout%:

Hey my son is still taking his nap. So, as promised, I would like to share with you how I made this layout.

First I cut the Daisy Bucket Playlist-Download paper. Then I cut some circles from the Party mix paper. I used foam tapes to attach these circles to create a 3d effect. Bottons were also used to help me create this 3d effect. By the way, used the Pink Paislee Office Linggo as my background paper. I am so fond of used grid line as my base.

I hand drew a car and cut it to create this die cut.

I would like to focus on the stamp that I used it's by Autumn leaves. I used one of the border stamp to frame the picture. I used the gold brilliance stamp pad.

To high light the frame further I filled the circles with my black zig pen.I loved how it turned out.

Scrappinkids' Weekend of Challenges

2008-10-02T17:38:00.000-07:00

Two weekends ago I joined scrappinkids' weekend of challenges there were 7 challenges nad 7 raks to give out. Here are what I made during that weekend:

I won a rak for this one...
Jessy's Color Swatch:

Liza's Plain Stuff challenge:

Wati Lift me challenge:

Jazz's Stripy stripes Challenge:

Cookie's Rub and Stamp:

Issa's white and five:

Ike is 1

2008-10-01T05:03:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I posted here. I've been very bust taking care of Ike and joining scrapbook contests. Last August 18 Ike turned 1.
Wow! is it really been a year? Time passes by so quickly. Its seems to be just yesterday when I posted the news about my pregnancy. Ike has been a handful since his birthday. He is still learning to walk that is why we always keep an eye on him. He also has been exploring things around him. It's very tiring but I am enjoying every minute of it.

Just recently I joined the Bad Girls Kit Designer Challenge. Unfortunately I got eliminated in its 3rd round. Although my journey there has been short I still enjoyed every minute of it. It is still an honor to reach this stage. Over a hundred have joined this contest from around the world. The competion was really tough. The photo above is my enrty for the first round. Here are the rest of my layouts:

My Embellished Idol Journey

2008-08-24T23:23:00.000-07:00

Just recently I joined the Emebellished Idol 2008. It is sponsored by an Australian based kit club, Embellished Scrapbook Shoppe . It is an 8 weeks challenge were in contestants get to be eliminated every week. Sad to say after the 6th week I got eliminated. It's ok atleast I enjoyed the journey and learned a lot of things about my craft. Most important of all I got to scrap some backlog photos. So here it goes my Embellished Idol Journey...

Round 1 Sketch

http://www.embellished.com.au/photopost/data/964/weekone.jpg
And here is my entry:

By the way I used this layout in my son's tarpauline during his 1st Birthday last August 18, 2008.

Round 2 Get Messy

So here is my messy layout.

Round 3 Scrap a Life Motto

Every Lifes' Journey Begins with a Single Step:

Round 4 Stitch It

Round 5 Scrap a Non-person layout

Round 6 Create your own Embellishments

So my Idol journey ends here. To those who voted for me every week ... Thank you so much for the support. To the remaining 3 finalist goodluck!

Artful Blogging Challenge on www.bookoto.com

2008-08-05T05:32:00.001-07:00

Bookoto is a local online book store here in the Philippines. This month they are sponsoring a blog challenge. The challenge is all about the overall design and meat of the blog. Since I started this blog I've been wanting to improve it but my knowledge on the technology hinders me to do so. I tried to study how to create a wonderful header but I was not successful. So I just downloaded a template header. I chose the title Heart and Soul: The Life of Scrapaholic. This blog is basically about scrapbooking and my daily journey to the world of scrapbooking. I usually post updates on my life and of course the scrapbook challenges that I join.

Up the Stairs Won!

2008-08-01T08:03:00.000-07:00

Yehey!!! My layout Up the stairs won the Scrappin Kids July "I Did It" Challenge. Thanks to the Scrappin Kids Crew for appreciating my layout!

Up the Stairs

2008-07-30T07:18:00.000-07:00

Here is a layout of Ike climbing the stairs for the first time. He did it last July 19 exactly a day after his 11th month birthday. He did it as if he was already practicing it for a long time. You will notice that when he reached the top he clapped his hands with joy. I am so proud of him.

Journalling: Written at the back.

July 19, exactly a day after your 11th month birthday
you started to crawl up the stairs. You did it one
step at a time carefully taking caution. When you
reached the top... you were so happy you even clapped your
hands. You did it my son ...you did like a PRO!

2008-07-26T18:30:00.000-07:00

Timi tagged me
Timi tagged me with this:

What Scrapbooking Item are you? Go here to take the quiz.

You are Fibers!
Fun and crazy at times. You are a warm fuzzy kind of person. You run around getting things done but still find time for fun! You have so many diverse interests that it is often hard to pin you down to any one thing. People love your friendly attitude and carefree ways. You often brighten other people's days. But Fibers Beware - Sometimes people don't take you seriously because of your happy-go-lucky ways. Sometimes you find yourself feeling left out from decision making that could directly affect you. Even though you like to be happy and cheerful, make sure others know that you can also be serious and in tune with reality.

Don't forget to add the site where you posted your quiz and the scrapbooking item that describes you.

PLAYERS: THE SCRAPAHOLIC ME - stickers, A HANDFUL OF SURPRISES/MY PAPER SCRAPS - paper, MY JOURNEY TO THE WORLD OF SCRAPBOOKING - paper, HEART AND SOUL: The Life of a Scrapaholic-fibers ADD YOUR SITE AND SCRAPBOOKING ITEM.

I'm now passing on this tag to Iris, Cookie, Arnie, Joanne, Donna.

See Me at the Nook!

2008-06-20T06:58:00.002-07:00

Its been a long time since I last posted. I've been busy with work. my baby and a new challenge that I joined. I joined the Nook Scrap off contest. we are already on our 3rd week. Here are some of my projects there.
For my Biggie 1 challenge at the nook I made this:

For the Biggie 2 Challenge I made these:

This a canvas that I did for my husband.

I made this using toilet paper tube as inspired by the summer class at the Bad Girls site.

Altered tin can.

Half Page layouts

2008-04-29T23:04:00.001-07:00

Just recently I tried out creating 6 X 12 layouts. And boy I am enjoying this so much. I think I will shift to this format. Don't get me wrong, I will still do 12 x 12 layouts from time to time. 6x12 layouts are a lot faster to make and a lot cheaper. You get to cut your page expenses by half. Maybe that is why some people call it half pages. hehehehe. Here are some of the half page layouts that I created this month.

Flickr

2008-04-18T19:03:00.001-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Altered Layout

2008-04-17T05:34:00.000-07:00

What happens if a scrapper is on vacation? What else...it means more time to make new layouts and new projects. Since my last post I was able to make 2 12 by 12 layouts, 1 12 by 6 layout and an altered notebook. Boy am I enjoying this vacation so much. Here are photos of my projects:
This is a layout that I did for Itty Bitty. It is a scraplift from architect Angela.
This layout is my Lasting Impression Cosmo Cricket Challenge entry.

This half page layout was inspired by a sketch by Mara one of the DTs at Itty Bitty.

After finishing several layouts I wanted to do something different. So here it is...

I'm a Scrapbukan Guest Designer

2008-04-15T08:04:00.000-07:00

I'm am honored to inform you that I am currently featured as a Guest designer for Scrapbukan. Please visit their online store and blog to view the layouts and the altered chinese takeout box that I made for them.

The Heat is on!

2008-04-08T23:00:00.000-07:00

Here are two more projects that I was able to create in the past 2 days. One is a card:
I plan to give this to our friends who just got married last weekend.
Summer is really here. I cannot take the heat anymore! In times like this I just reminisce our Bohol trip. I wish I can fly back to that wonderful resort. Anyway, I should just relax, enjoy and have FUN in creating new layouts. In this layout, I used a photo of me relaxing and enjoying the Bohol sun. The layout was created inspired by architect Mara os Itty Bitty Scrap Shack.

In a Creative mood!

2008-04-03T06:54:00.000-07:00

Wow! I am in a creative mood. since the beginning of March I have been in the mood to make layouts and mini albums. Imagine since I started my vacation last April 1 I was able to make 3 layouts already. Not to mention the one that is still in process.I look forward to creating more layouts this month! Here are some of the layouts I made: This a layout inspired by Joanne.

This layout was submitted to the Scrapbytes monthly challenge.

This layout was created for the Itty Bitty challenge Shackin' up with the Design Team. This week they highlight DT Sara's gallery. The challenge is to scraplift one of her layouts. So I chose this layout:
I love the House in the background. I used Basic grey Mellow diecuts and papers.

Here is a 12x6 layout that I made that is also inspired by Sara.I love creating half pages it is so easy to make. If only there are 12x6 albums to store these sizes I would be shifting to half pages.

Busy, Busy, Busy

2008-03-07T05:37:00.000-08:00

Grabe!!! It has been a busy and tiring week.The school year is almost over. For us teachers it is the beginning of what we call hell week. So many reports to accomplish and deadlines to beat plus a sick baby to take care of. Haaay...It is only now that I am able to check my e-mail. It has reached almost 200 mails already! So I started to check my mail.I was shocked to see that I missed a couple of deadlines.I even missed the Round Robin reveal! Waaaah...I was really looking forward to it pa man din. Anyway, since I was not able to join the reveal I decided to post my layout here along with some of my other layouts.

Baby Ike's 2nd Month Layout Using Around the Block Papers.

Noteworthy Challenge entry

New layouts!

2008-02-23T03:54:00.000-08:00

Wow! So many things has happened since I last posted. I was not able to post lately because I got really busy and We also just came back from our family trip to Bohol. Bohol Was really great! There were several firsts for baby Ike. Here are some pictures of our trip. Baby Ike First Plane Ride First Beach Outing! Foggy Chocolate Hills
Hanging Bridge

Floating Restaurant!

My Little Attic Pop Culture Challenge.
Just last Week Mla sponsored 2 challenges. The Pop Culture Layout Challege and the Altered project. Ate Issa one of my Scrapbooking friends won the altered project and Ate Timi won for the layout Chiqui Won the card challenge. Rita and Ate Liezl also won for the Scrapbooks Hawaii Challenge.

Here were my entries for the MLA Pop culture Challege.
Altered CD Cover

Altered CD

Pop Culture Layout

Christmas gifts!

2007-12-27T05:45:00.000-08:00

Christmas is now over. My little baby was able to recieve lots of gifts from relative and his godparents. Of course I did not resist taking pictures. Please allow me to share with you photos of baby Ike posing in front of his gifts and him opening his gifts.(Actually him grabbing the wrapper to put on his mouth. hehehe)

This year I was not able to go Christmas shopping for gifts, so I decided to create acrylic layouts for my family. Here they are...

First Christmas Family Photo

2007-12-25T18:19:00.000-08:00

Every year UP Los Baños puts up a life size belen near the UP Los Baños entrance. This year they made a life size belen made from acacia that was wood carved from uprooted tree from the milenyo typhoon. The belen was so wonderful that we decided to have our very first Christmas Family photo in front of it.

Auntie Lina's Christmas Village.

2007-12-25T17:54:00.000-08:00

Every year would we would visit Aunti Lina's home to look at her Christmas village. And she never fails to amaze us with her new addition to her collection.
When she started she only had a few pieces displayed near the wall. Now her Christmas village almost occupies the whole living room! This is the first time Ike will see this amazing display.

Merry Christmas to all!

Christmas cards

2007-12-22T01:26:00.000-08:00

It has been a long time since I last posted on this blog. It is only now that I was able to find time to blog. I have been busy both in school and with baby Ike. Well early this month I was able to create 2 Christmas cards. One is for my baby in the SE card swap and the other was for my entry at the SE and PS joint Christmas party. Here is the card for my Christmas Card swap.

Here is my entry for the Chritmas card challenge. Luckily, I won. Thanks to Marian King! I loved the prizes! I will be posting pictures of it once I find the time to photograph it. heheheh.

Heads Up!

2007-11-29T22:58:00.000-08:00

Baby Ike can now pull his head up! Its amazing to see how time flies so fast Baby Ike now 3 months old. He can now pull his head up, play with his toys and talk to us. He also smiles and giggles a lot. He also stares at objects and people around him. Just today he was able to roll over. Here are some pictures that we took of him.

My Creative Mess!

2007-11-25T00:07:00.001-08:00

Here is a slide show of my Scrap space. It is located in an elevated area in our Living room. I share it with my husband who uses the computer often and with our pet cat Kulet who uses it as her nap area. At present since, I gave birth, I scrap in a moving table so I can scrap while looking after Baby Ike.

2 Birthdays and a Layout

2007-11-02T23:50:00.000-07:00

So many things happened during the past 2 weeks. We celebrated 2 birthdays and I was able to make a layout or the Piggy Tales Challenge.

Super Lolo

Last October 28, 2007, we celebrated Lolo Apeng’s or Super Lolo to Baby Ike (that is how our children calls their great grand father) 97th birthday. Imagine 3 years more and he turns 100. We celebrated it in a resort here in Laguna.
Almost everyone in the family was there. Lolo’s colleagues in the San Miguel Bulacan water district were there too. Yes colleagues as in officemates! My grandfather even at that age still works as a volunteer at their local water district. He even serves as president. Our Lolo is still strong and witty. His memory is still excellent, even better than mine! Hahaha.... He can still walk on his own, answer trivia questions, edit official letters and still recognize all of his grand children even his great grand children. He is such a great and strong man!

I’m Thirty-one!

Last November 1, 2007, I turned 31 years old. We did not have any celebration, just the usual All Saint’s Day activities. This year I was not able to visit our grandparent’s grave in Bulacan because Baby Ike is too young to travel that far. We just went to my sister’s house and then visited our parents’ grave. This birthday is special to me because this is the first time I celebrated it as a mom.

Piggy Tales

I was able to create a new layout for Baby Ike. This time it featured his father looking over his. The picture is very special because it captured the emotions of my husband.

Please view my webshots.

2007-10-24T18:22:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I have finally updated my webshots account. I uploaded my layouts there. Please do visit the site. Link is on the sidebar. Thank you!

I'm on Basic Grey Gallery!

2007-10-24T18:14:00.000-07:00

Early this week I recieved an email from Basic Grey telling me that my layout was chosen to be posted on their gallery. This was the first time I tried to submit a layout to them and I'm glad they chose it. I'm very comfortable using Basic Grey papers mainly because of their distressed look, which is my style. Now I am more encouraged to use these products!

Here is the letter.

Congratulations, your layout has been selected to appear in our on-line
gallery at www.basicgrey.com! We appreciate your time and talent and
thank you for using BasicGrey papers and embellishments.

Sincerely,
The BasicGrey Team

Issa Tagged me

2007-10-23T23:17:00.000-07:00

Issa tagged me!

Instructions: Each player starts with 7 random habits/facts about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

Seven facts about me: (1)I gave birth to a baby boy last Aug.18, 2007 (2) I got pregnant after 3 years of marriage (3) My baby was named after my husband (Gilfred) and my late father (Pacifico) (4) My husband and I got married after 10 years of being steady (5) I am a preschool teacher (6) I was born on All Saints' Day Nov. 1 (7) I'm a scrapbooker

A - Age: 30 turning 31

B - Band Listening To Right Now: none

C - Career: Teaching
D - Drink or Smoke: I don't drink or smoke. Mabait ako eh.

E - Easiest Friends To Talk To: Issa, Liezl and Chris

G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Gummy Worms

H - Have a Boyfriend: none, a husband!

I - In love: of course, with my family

J- Junk Food You Like: Lay's Potato chips addict ako dun!

K - Kids: Baby Ike

L - Longest Ride Ever: Trip to Pagudpud

N - Names For Your Future Kids: Tatiana yun dapat yung name ni Ike kung Girl sya

O - One Wish You Have Now: To go on a trip around the world!

P - Phobias: Creepy crawlers!

Q - Favorite Quote: Life is like a box of chocolates you'll never know what you'll get -Forrest Gump

R - Reasons To Smile: Baby Ike

S - Sleeping Hours: During work days 12pm to 5am, ngayon while on maternity leave... 9pm to 12mn then 1am to 3am then 4am to 8am

T - Time You Woke Up: between 5 to 8am

U - Unknown Fact About You: it took me 6 years to tell my parents na boyfriend ko ang asawa ko ngayon.

V - Vegetable You Hate: okra

W - Worst Habit: I can sleep all day!

X - X-rays You’ve Had: Chest and foot

Y - Yummy Foods: Roast Chicken,

Z - Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Anyone can grab this tag... and now I'm tagging Cabbie, Au, Iris, Ria, Joanne, April, Phylline

Baby Ike can smile!

2007-10-23T23:05:00.000-07:00

During the first month of Baby Ike it was hard for us to make him smile. In fact he never smiles unless he is asleep. Maybe angels are playing with him in his dreams. Then during the week of October 15-19 exactly after his christening and when he turned 2 months he smiled at us. He already communicates with his kus and aws. He responds to us. He now looks at us. We can see that his eyes are really expressive. Seeing him respond to us makes me really proud that I am his mother

Welcome to the Christian World

2007-10-23T22:49:00.000-07:00

Last October 14, 2007, Baby Ike had his christening at St. Therese of the Child Parish Church.

A couple of my childhood friends, Chris and Eds, were ninangs.

The LB Scrapaholics were also ninangs. Reception followed after the ceremony at a resort in Asiaville, Bay, Laguna. Foods were flowing and there was also Lechon which was given as a gift by two of the ninongs. Boy, it was a fun and tiring day.

Despidida

2007-10-23T22:37:00.000-07:00

Joanne, one of my scrapbooking friends, is leaving for Australia tomorrow. She is one of the greatest person I’ve ever know. Imagine how close I felt the first time we met? She immediately invited us to her home. She was the one who introduced us to the world of “acid-free”. She is truly miss congeniality.

Last month she finally visited us in Los Banos. She let us play with her new Fancy pants Stamps. Then for lunch we brought her to Kamayan sa Palaisdaan and fed her until she was really full. We really enjoyed that day.

Then last Saturday, we had a despidida party for her. Tear kept flowing throughout the program. We will truly miss her.

Another Week Ahead

2007-10-06T18:55:00.000-07:00

Scrapfest is finally over! After waiting for so long. It was truly a fun and exciting day. As usual I enjoyed looking at the yummy goodies brought by the suppliers. I felt like a kid in a candy store again. And of course it was so hard to control myself to buy new stuff! It was a scrapable moment not only because of the scrapfest but because this was the first time I left my baby. It was so hard. I felt guilty leaving him. Well that is past now.

Another week is about to start and it would definitely be very hectic! I would be preparing for my son's baptism. It will coincide will my niece's first birthday party. I am so excited because this will be the first party organized for my son. hehehe (another scrapable moment) All of the LB Scrapahoics will be ninangs.Soon I will be posting pictures of the event.

Tribute

2007-10-04T01:37:00.000-07:00

Today I just discovered that ate Cors create her very own blog. When I visited it there were only 2 posts but her latest post really amazed me. It was a tribute to her. In that tribute the LB Scrapaholics were featured. It is so funny that I want to share it to you. Visit ate cors's blog here

My Greatest Man

2007-09-28T18:18:00.000-07:00

Ever since I gave birth I've been discovering new things about my husband Gee. I've noticed that he has changed a lot. As I look at him holding our precious little boy I've seen how much he loves Baby Ike. The way he holds Ike when he is burping, the way he

talks to Ike, everytime he takes care of our baby when it's my turn to sleep,

and the way he cradles Ike in his arms are all heart warming!

Footprints

2007-09-27T06:36:00.000-07:00

This layout is very special to me. Why? Because it is the very first layout that I made for Baby Ike. It is a no picture layout. It was the last layout that I made for the Scrappin Moms Idol Challenge. The layout features the footprints of my son and also the name card that was on his crib. Inserted in the pocket is a miniture copy of his birth certificate. Someday my son will look at this layout and say wow mom my foot was so tiny.LOL!

Thanks!

2007-09-13T20:03:00.000-07:00

Today I got eliminated from the scrappin moms idol challenge. It was a wonderful experience for me. I was surely challenged everyweek, but never felt pressured by it. I felt really good everytime I finished a challenge except for this last challenge. The challenge that got me eliminated. It was only this week that I felt the pressure. First I cannot decide on what item to use. (I was choosing between a Magic card that my husband gave me and the foot prints of my baby)
Second, I was already feeling guilty that the challenge was already
taking too much time from my baby.
Nevertheless I am still grateful that I got this far. To the scrappin moms thank you very much. And to the rest of the LB Scrapaholics who are still on the go... God bless to you. Remember our motto "All for one and one for all" meaning "Ang laban ng isa ay laban ng lahat, ang premiyo ng isa ay premiyo ng lahat." Laging hating magkapatid at walang lamangan.
Kaya dapat isa sa inyo ay manalo ha! (pressure) hehehehe.

P.S. Sayang nga lang ung discount sa scrapfest tickets. hehehehehe.

Meeting Baby Ike

2007-09-12T22:33:00.001-07:00

The first time I held Baby Ike in my arms I got teary eyed. So this is how it feels. Ever since I was a teener I dreamed of this day. I felt that I will not be complete if I will not become a mother. I already imagined that I will cry the moment I see my baby. The dream came true last August 18, 2007, the birthday of our baby.

He has arrived!

2007-08-22T20:25:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the world Gilfred Pacifico Payawal Vergara!

I gave birth, through normal delivery, to our precious Baby Ike last August 18, 2007 at 3:25 a.m. He was only 5 pounds.

He is so cute!

MME Scrapbukan Challenge

2007-08-14T03:16:00.001-07:00

Wow! I
never
expected this! I won 3rd place in third place in the
Scrapbukan MME challenge. I am so surprised!
This is the first time
I have ever won an online challenge.
So this is how it feels.

In the Womb

2007-07-09T04:59:00.000-07:00

Six weeks to go before I give birth to my first child. Gee and I decided to name our baby Gilfred Pacifico, Baby Ike for short. Gilfred came from Gee's full name which is Gilfred Paul and Pacifico from my late father Pacifico C. Payawal. We decided to adopt my father's name because we learned that I was pregnant a month after my father died.

I have just finished my layout for Lasting Impressions' Scenic Route challenge. I used a 3D picture of Baby Ike. Isn't he cute?

My Son!

2007-06-19T02:10:00.000-07:00

It's been 5 months since I last posted a blog. Well I've been busy creating my pregnancy album, not to mention making other LO's for some contests.

My tummy is already BIG! I can already feel our baby squirming inside of me. (And boy our baby can really move!)

Last June 11, I had a 3D ultrasound. We have confirmed the our baby is really a boy.

New Scrapbook to Make

2007-01-12T17:52:00.000-08:00

Hi! Well last January 3, 2007 my home pregnancy test tested
POSITIVE!Wow, I was really happy about it. My husband was even
more excited than I am.He kept on repeating,
"Daddy n ko? Daddy n ako?" Well I guess we are really excited about it,
after all this will be our first child. I finally decided to have a baby after
2 years of marriageafter my father died last November 28, 2006.
I got really lonely because Iwas really used to having my father around.
Well after Dad died I decided to open a new door.

With a new baby coming, this means a new scrapbook to make.
I started to document my pregnancy already.
I kept my home pregnancy test and started taking pictures of my tummy.
My husband and I plans to take pictures of my tummy every month.
I hope that I will be able to find time to make this album.

Dreambook to Hong Kong

2006-12-28T23:36:00.000-08:00

Dreambook to Hong Kong was the very first contest that I joined.
The contest was sponsored by Jam 88.3.

In the contest we were supposed to make a dreambook about Hong Kong.
The winners of this contest will recieve an all expense paid trip to Hong Kong.
I was part of the top 15 and my scrapbook friends Cors, Timi and Issa won the trip.

Our Wedding

2006-12-28T20:55:00.000-08:00

My Very First Blog

2006-12-26T01:43:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Well this is my very first blog. I created this site so I can share my toughts, experiences, updates about my life, activities and most especially about scrapbooking. Scrapbooking is a hobby that was introduced to me about 4 years ago. I started when Ate Cors introduced to me the hobby.
She first invited me to join a scrap page making contest sponsored by101Boutique.
I was not able to join this contest becauseI had NO IDEA what a
scrap page looks like. hehehe.
Well, after the contest she showed me the winning pages.I was really amazed by what I saw.
That is when I started collecting pictures and materials for scrapbooking.
Well now the rest is history.