It's been awhile...

Its been a while since I posted pictures of our family and life's happenings here in my blog. I've been meaning to do it for the loongggggeesttt time but i dont know... everytime I plan to, something gets in the way or.. (excuses, excuses hihih).

It was my 3rd month here in Sydney last November 2. Time really flies... so far everything is fine over here. Of course, adjustments are still there but since the 3 of us are now together, we find each challenge, lighter.

During my first month here, I met with 2 awesome Pinay scrappers. One is Joanne and the other is Rox whom I just only known online. It was fun meeting with them and having a few chats with them. Beside Joanne is my best friend Cherrie and to the other side is Patrick.
And here I am with Roxanne during her visit here in Sydney. (see you soon again!)Then, here are a few pics of us wandering the city....
Harvey, waiting for his train ride...at the city...Will try my best to share more pictures of us here in my future posts. Hope you will all watch out for it. Thanks for dropping by!!!

Cards Galore!!! for Buzz and Bloom

I'm not a card maker.... but it is always fun to try. Assignments like these takes you out of your shell and try for things you normally would'n t do. We were asked to create 3 cards and i had so much fun creating these. Just love using those Buzz and Bloom Denim, Chipboards and Acrylics. For more ideas, go to www.buzzandbloom.typepad.com

See yah!!!

Scrap Your Pants Off - Week 1

It's been a long time since I entered a scrapping competition. And it took me days to think and re-think to finally take the plunge considering that mojos were nowhere to be found and most of my scrapbooking stuff is not here with me. I only have a few of my fave papers here with me plus I've done a little shopping online for embellies and other stuff.

I joined Artypants Scrap Your Pants Off Contest. Week 1 challenge is: Create something Old - a material from you stash that is 1 year old, Something New - stuff to be found at the new products section of the store, Something Borrowed - Scraplift a layout from the gallery and Something Blue.

Here is a sneak of my entry....

To view the full picture of my entry... click here.

To view the rest of the entries... click here.

and finally to vote... click on your fave here.

Thank you!!!

October GDT for Wicked Princesses...

I was so thrilled to be invited by Karen and Tam as October Guest Designer for Wicked Princesses. You can view the announcement here. They offer fabulous kits at very affordable prices and they also sell the wonderful Shimmerz!!!

Here are the layouts I've created using their October Twilight Zone kit.

First layout...

Close-up...

Title: Beware Cute Pirate

Materials used: October Wicked Princess Kits - Pink paisely twilight collection; Buzz and Bloom Chipboards and shimmerz

2nd Layout...

closer look..

Title: Look at Me

Materials Used: October Wicked Princess Twilight Zone Kit and Shimmerz

3rd layout...

close-up...

Title: October 31, 2008

materials used: Wicked Princesses October Twilight Zone kit and Shimmerz

Again, I would love to thank them for this wonderful opportunity!!!

Thanks for looking!

October GDT for Out of the Hat

Last September, I made this for a challenge at Out of the Hat Challenge blog...
the requirements were....
create a layout with 1. Use some form of distressing, 2. Use black white and 1 color and 3. use different types of lettering on the title.
here was my take....

Close ups...

Title: U Make Me Happy

Materials Used: Hambly Transparencies; Buzz and Bloom Chipboards; Fancy Pants Journaling; Prima Flowers; TC papers; Ac Thickers; Prima Blings

and guess what?! I won Mad Hatter's Choice!!! As part of my win, i get to be their GDT for this month. Thanks to the wonderful ladies at Out of the Hat!!! How fab is that?! Read more here.
For the month of October, here are the challenge requirements...
1. Use something folded on your page.
2. Handwritten journaling
3. Must be a double pager
Here is my take....

close-ups...Title: Busy Paddling

Materials Used: Collage press papers; AC thickers; October Afternoon Paper

Im inviting everyone to join this month's challenge!!! You still have time to create and submit!!! Thanks for looking!!!

CHA Mini for Buzz and Bloom

Sorry if it took me a couple of days to post this. Been trying to catch up on my scrapping and so far I'm really enjoying it.
Here are a few pics of the minibook I've made for the recent CHA for Buzz and Bloom.

I had so much fun creating this... so much misting and painting in this project. You should try doing this.Don't forget that Buzz and bloom is having their DT call for 2010 and there is also an ongoing Tabbed book kit challenge.

Thanks for looking!!! Will be sharing more news in my next posts!!!

Buzz and Bloom CHA Layouts and a few more Updates.

Hello! I'm still here hihi!. I haven't updated my blog for 2 weeks!!! and I feel terrible. So many things are going on and I really hope I'll settle soon. As you all know, just made a big move over here and then a few days ago, we finally moved into our own place. Our weekend was spent on cleaning the floors and drawers, applying for internet, buying some groceries etc.... ( i can go on...).
Harvey right now is having fever. I really wish it would go away soon. There are 2 things (that i could think of right now) that I don't want to happen to us here in Australia. One is losing a job and the other one is having someone sick in the family. I really feel helpless right now. And I miss having my family around everytime Harvey is sick. They give me so much support and help everytime Harvey is in such situation. Right now, I feel that we are really on our own now and I really miss having them around. And just last night too, a strong typhoon hit the Philippines. There are floods everywhere. My aunt called me last night to inform me that flood waters came inside our house in the Philippines. I was so shock because this is the first time that had happened to our place. All of our stuff are in the balikbayan boxes ready to be shipped here are now soaking wet! And it includes, my finish layouts and work as well as most of my scrapbook materials. I feel like crying!!! It really feels bad when you cant do anything to save your stuff and of course to help my relatives there. sigh!

On the lighter side... I have a few layouts for Buzz and Bloom for the recently concluded CHA. I love their new products which had also won them 1st place CHA Innovations. I have used the New Cords and Demin on these.
Closer look...Title: 10 Things I love about you.

Close-up...
Title: Heart Throb

I have also created a mini fabric album for the CHA show. Will be posting it in my next blog update. Please watch out for it.
I would also like to invite everyone to the 2010 Buzz and Bloom DT call !! Yup!!! its on-going and i would love everyone to try out for this. The details of the call can be seen here. We are also holding a Tabbed Book Competition too!! My sample is currently on the blog right now. Details can be seen here.

Thanks for reading and looking!

Join Us @ Mystical Scrapbooks!!!!

I'm finally here with an update hihihi!!

First of all, let me invite everyone to an online crop at

Mystical Scrapbooks this 11th of September, Friday 7pm.

September Animal Instincts Cyber Crop at Mystical Scrapbooks

Let's get wild and bring out the animal is us all with our september theme: Animal Instinct Cybercrop.

This is the purrrrrrfect time to scrap about you loving pets, or those unforgetable visits at the zoo or the 'animal encounters while on holiday' photo's....or the other animals in our lives- like the kids swinging in a tree!

Lets get right into the fab range of animal colours and textures, and animal word play for titles and quotes!

All happening this weekend beginning tomorrow night. Get ready for a week-end of fantastic challenges, fun games and lots of chatting!

Join us and get the chance to win some vouchers from the fantastic Mystical Shop.

Head over to the forum and Sign Up!!!

Hope to see you there!!!

Before I go, Just wanna share some layouts I've created from my September DT Kit...

Close-ups...

Title: Hi-5 Addict

Journaling:

Materials: Basic Grey - Lime Rickey; AC Thickers; AC sticker; JB Bingo Card

Close-up...Title: Relaxin

Materials: Pink Paislee papers and embellies; AC Thickers

I would also like to take this opportunity to invite you to Mystical's Monthly challenge. I'm doing the sketch challenge this month and really hope you can all join me there. You still have the end of the month to upload your takes in the gallery. This is my sketch...

and here is my sample. Close-up....Title: Cheeky Face

Materials: Pink Paislee papers and embellies; AC thicker

Scrapstreet!!!!

I have tons of backlogs when it comes to updating my blog.
Here is one and I really want to share this with everyone.
More than a month ago, I was published on Scrapstreet.com It's an online scrapbooking magazine which i am a fan off. And so nice and it feels good to see my layout there. I was in the July 2009 Issue featuring Bright and Bolds, and you can read more about it here.
Here is the page...

Close-up...Title: Harvey Turns Four

Supplies: Paper: October Afternoon, Fancy Pants, Transparency: Hambly, Maya Road, Frame: Chatterbox, Chipboard: Chatterbox, Maya Road, Buzz and Boom, American Crafts, Pressed Petals, Paint: Making Memories, Ranger, Glitter: Tattered Angels, Ink: Clearsnap, Stickers: Making Memories, Rub-ons: Hambly, Bingo Card: Jenni Bowlin, Magic Mesh, Other: kraft paper, feather, corrugated board.
Journaling: Independent, Handsome, Smart

Thanks for looking!