Have to keep this going.....

Hello everyone!  I'm back with another post.  As what I have written in my title, I have to keep this going otherwise I will lose the momentum again.

During the retreat, I had an opportunity to teach a scrapbooking class.  I had so much fun with the girls who attended my class.  I was quite nervous at first and it was also my first time to meet some of them - but they were all lovely and very pleasant so I had a great time conducting the class.

Here is the layout.... and I have made a small shaker element on my page.

Title: Aguilars
Materials Used: Paper: Crate Paper Love Notes, Dark Grey Cardstock
Dies: Memory Box Die  and Poppy Stamp Die
Embellishments: AC Thickers, Acetate, Heart Confetti
Others: Gesso, Prima Stencil

And here are some photos from the class....

 Thanks ladies for joining my class.  I had so much fun!!!

Its been awhile.....

Hello everyone!!! Finally, after almost a year of not blogging, I finally had the courage to start a post again.  I am very happy to be doing this and I really hope to be able to keep up to it.  I miss sharing projects and just about anything I love doing.  The past year had been very good and busy for me - with my son, family and work but in order to keep my sanity, I still scrap and create.

I will post new and some old projects I have done in the past months.  I just want to have a record or all my works here in my blog.  Please bear with me.

Last weekend, I just attended my very first Scrapbooking Retreat.  It was fun and I was in great company the whole weekend.  I was able to scrap a few pages which I will share with you in the next couple of posts. And I also did a few cards using some of the new Memory Box dies.

Here are my cards....

 Materials: Pattern Paper - American Crafts
                 Copic Pens - R20, R22, BG
                 Die - Memory Box Perky Poppy
                 Stamp - Avery Stamp Set

Materials : Dies - Memory Box Bamboo Shoots 98793, Poppy Stamp - Meso Background 999

 Material: Dies: Memory Box - Toulouse Background 98826; Lunette Butterfly 98745
                Paper: American crafts Paper and Black and White cardstock            
               Other: Wink of Stella - Clear
               Copic - C1, C3, C5
               Stamp -
Closer look....

Sorry for the photos, they were just taken using my mobile phone.
And lastly,  here is a layout I did a few months ago....

 Until next post!!!! Thanks for visiting.

White With 1 layout and as promised, a small giveaway....

I have created this page for the White With 1 Challenge blog.  I'm having a wonderful time creating layouts for this challenge blog.  It really makes you dig your stash up... looking for all materials that will suit the required color for that particular month.  And for January, the requirement was to use navy blue and to incorporate banners!  and I was digging, I realized that in spite of all the papers and embellishments that I have been accumulating, I don't have much navy blue stuff in it!  -- I really cant believe it... but the good thing, I have my glimmer mists and inks to the rescue!!! Thus, making it possible for me to create this page.

Here is my page...

Close-up...

Title: My Boy
Materials Used: Scrapware Chipboard; Maya Road Chipboard - Car; Buzz and Bloom Chipboard, Fancy pants paper - polka dot and matting; Glimmer mist, Brilliance dark blue ink; Hampton Clear Stamps - Text Borders; MM dark Blue Paint

Another thing to share.... Valentine's day is just around the corner.... and I'm inviting everyone to my Valentine's day Card Class over at Catchy Crafts - Hornsby this coming Friday, Feb 4, 2011. Really hope to see you there.

And... before I forget... my birthday month is almost over... as promised, I have 2 small blog giveaways!!! I  hope that there are still a lot of you who visits my blog (fingers crossed!!!)

I have prepared 2 paper packs, all from We R Memory Keepers.
The first one is for my fellow scrappers back in the Philippines... (miss yah girls!)

 And the 2nd pack is for my fellow scrappers from around the world (anywhere, including Australia!!!)

Wanna win these? Simple, just leave a comment at the end of this post and state what country are you from.  You have until February 14 to do that and I will draw the 2 winners on February 15.

I just want to say thank you to everyone who always visits me in my little corner.  HUGS!


-Cookie

January - my birth month... plus new stuff to share.

Whew! time really flies fast.  Last 3rd of January, I just turned a year older.  Yep! I'm 33 already!!! And there is so much to be thankful for.  I want to thank the good Lord for a wonderful husband and adorable son.  For giving me such supportive parents and family - even if they are all back in the Philippines; for all my friends, who has been in-touch with me; for all my new found friends too.  For all the wonderful opportunities that I have received and are coming; For health and safety... everything.  My Birthday wish was...  to live long to be able to cherish more...

(Julia, Gaby, Harvey and Me)
I am in the process of creating a new "Me" layout... and will be posting it here in the blog as soon as I'm done... I would also like to invite everyone - watch my next post because I will be doing 2 blog giveaways!!!

For the meantime, just want to share the things that kept me busy during the past few days....
First is a layout of my son... using the gorgeous Crate Paper - Restoration.

 close-ups...

Title: Ready 2 Ride
Materials: Crate Paper Restoration; AC thickers and ribbon; Bazill Kraft Cardstock; Scrapware Chipboard; Glimmer Mists and Smooch Spritz; MS puncher


2nd... I have a new niece!!!  Actually, she is my first niece!!! Her name is Erin Margaret!!  Want to know how cute she is? here...

And I made these invites for her upcoming Christening.... (excited Aunt hihihi)

So nice to be able to make something out of pinks and browns hihihi...
Materials: Bazzill Brown and Pink Cardstocks; AC Pebbles Paper - New Arrival; Plain vellum and Pink Ribbon

3rd... is this Greeting Farm Card.

 Closeup....

Materials Used: The Greeting Farm Stamp - Happy Day; Basic Grey Oliver Papers; Cardstocks; Basic Grey ribbon; Copic Pens; Momento ink; AC thickers

I also have a little something to share...  My layout HUSH... is published in this month's Scrapstreet magazine!!!  So happy!!!  

You can view the magazine here  its on page 31 of the January 2011 Issue. Thank you Scrapstreet!!!

There you have it...  what a nice way to start the year.
Dont forget!!! I will be having a blog giveaway next post!!!  be sure to check it out!

Hugs!
Cookie

Happy New Year!!!! and my last layouts for 2010!!!

First of all, let me greet you A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

2010 was a roller coaster ride for me in terms of my emotions, health and so many other stuff.   But I'm really  glad to be able to survive it... thanks to the help and support of my loving husband Henry and my dear son Harvey who keeps me busy - enough not to think about it.  Thanks also to my ever supportive family back in the Philippines and also my friends who constantly messages me specially in FB. Thanks to all my friends and new found friends here in Australia... you made adjusting to my new life here quite easy and fun. Thank you guys!!! And of course just wanna thank the Lord for all the blessings He continuously showers us.

Scrappy side of my life....  we'll I have been scrapping...  but not as active as I was a year ago - maybe because of our big move over here--- i still have to get the hang of it. But still, I'm glad to be able to scrap... it also helps me not to feel homesick when I do.  So one of my new year's resolution.... to get back into scrapping and blogging this coming year.  I'm a bit ok now...  unlike my first few months that I have been crying almost everyday because of loneliness or being homesick.  Hopefully, i can get back the things I usually do - lots of crafts!!! I just love it!!!

Before the year ends....  I would like to share 4 of my latest layouts from a kit I bought from Scrapbook Savvy.  Hope you like it and will continue to visit me in my humble corner....
Here is a picture of the kit....

And my first layout....

 Closeup....

 Next...

 Closeup

 third.........

Closer look...

and last for 2010...

Closeup...

Materials: Included in the kit - Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 papers; Bazzill Dotted Cardstocks; Kraft Cardstock; Maya Road Doileys; Making Memories Butterflies; AC thickers; Twiddlebitz Chipboards; Green Tara Flowers; Jenny Bowlin Bingo Cards
Other Materials: MS Punchers; Glimmermist; Dymo Labels

And before I forget....  I would like to share that this layout... was one of the winners in the White With 1 Challenge blog for November!!! I was so happy!!! And I would like to thank Lee-Anne of Scrap Therapy for my awesome Prize!!!

There you have it!!! Hope your 2010 was a memorable one too!!! Looking forward to a great 2011!!!
Hugs!
Cookie

Penrith Papercrafts Festival 2010 and an Awesome News!

Last Saturday, I had a chance to go to the Penrith Papercraft Festival!!!  Thanks to my every supportive husband who drove me all the way there and took care of Harvey despite of some office work he has to attend to that day - HUGS!!!!
Here are some pics during the day....
I really enjoyed the event!!! So many eye-candies, demos plus I also got the chance to meet some online friends in real life.  It was really exciting.

The very nice Lisa Warren from Scrapware.  So glad to finally meet you too!!! Really hope I can join one of your crop nights!!!

 Then some photos taken of the Catchy Crafts booth!!!!

Next is a photo of my 2 boys... who waited for me patiently... thanks!!! Mwah! You 2 are the best!

And for some news...  Just a quick share...  So happy that this page won in the American Crafts 6-color challenge!!!

You can read the announcement here.  Thanks so much AC!!!!
Thanks for visiting!!!
-Cookie

Guest Designer for March @ Scrapbooksavvy!!!

I'm so proud and honored to be guest designing for Scrapbook Savvy this month of March!!! Remember this post? I got their February He's Savvy kit and joined their Kit competition and I was so lucky to have won the spot!!! You can view the announcement here. Thanks Sar and the Savvy team for choosing me.

I'm still stalking the mailman for their March kit which I will be working with. I hope I can get my hands on it this week because I'm so excited to play. Scrapbook Savvy is offering 3 gorgeous Kits each month... and to give you an idea of how gorgeous they are... here are the current kits.

So hurry up and grab one of these!!! Just visit the Savvy Store and place an order!! They are also having their Cybercrop at the moment, so I'm also inviting everyone to join them... the girls there are awesome!!!

Please do watch out for my layouts using one of these kits very soon!!!

Thanks for the visit!

Published!!! - Kaisercrafts Q3 Magazine.

I planned to create a post for this a week ago but i have decided to postpone it because I'm still looking for a copy of this magazine in the news agency so that I can truly see my work inside in real life.

Then, a few nights ago... I went to their blog... I saw a sneak of the magazine. Yahoo!!! Now, I'm blogging about it because I'm so sure that my work is in there.

I am so fortunate to have 2 of my layouts published in the KAISERCRAFTS Q3 Magazine!!! Thank you for accepting my submission and for the lovely write-up on one of my layouts in the magazine. Reading it (in the sneak) made me more inspired to create even more pages.

Here is the photo of the Magazine Sneak from the Kaiser Blog...

And my layouts are here...

And for a little close up...Title: 1,2,3 Smile

Materials used: Kaisercrafts Loire Valley Collection and ThickersTitle: Too Cute to Handle

Materials Used: Kaisercrafts Loire Valley Collection and thickers

Im so excited for this... this is such an experience. I love their products very much and it was never difficult to create pages using them. Believe me... they are gorgeous.

Now, off to make some orders of this Magazine... Souvenir!!!!

Will be posting some more scrappy news very soon!!! Hope you will be back to check it out.