Anniversary

May is a special month in our family. Not only it's the Mother's Day but it is also our anniversary and my boys birth month. On the crafty side, it is a busy month for me especially with family and friends wedding and baby shower.  So even if its late and  I'm doing my best to be on time to create special cards and some scrapbook pages.

It was hard to let the day go by without without making an LO of me and my forever boyfriend.

Materials used:
Paper: Bazzill, Embassy, PTI, Scenic Route and Bo Bunny
Tools: Colorbox Cat's eye chalk inkpad, Tim Holtz distressed ink pads, MM acrylic paint, MS craft edge punch and MS craft punch
Embellishment: Tim Holtz grungeboard, Prima crystal, DCWV sticker stack and satin ribbon 

Here's the anniversary card I made for my dearest darling husband:

Materials used:
Paper: GP, SU! and My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Belles and Whistles, Fiskars and The Paper Studio by Stampendous
Inkpads: Versamagic, Rubberstampede and Memento
Tools: Copic markers and MS edge punch
Embellishment: Prima flowers and leaves
No time or chance to celebrate either the anniversary or Mother's Day.  DH has to go work for another 8days straight, 12hrs/night shift.  I made him a special meal though to take to work and secretly include this card and a love letter with his food.  

When he came home at 730AM, he gave me these roses, chocolates, a card and a very nice flower plant as a gift. 

Isn't this plant lovely?  Love the sentiments on the card that DH gave me and want to share it with you:

Happy Anniversary Hon....  Love you more than I ever did before...

Mother's Day 3-D cards

Normally I would design and make different cards for those who are dear to me on special days like Mother's Day. But since, my hands are so tied up with so many things, I have to break the rules at least for this occassion. To be honest, I hate mass production but I have no choice. These will be late Mother's Day cards and I made them with so much love and care. Promise I'll try to do better next year.


Happy Mother's Day!

 

Recipe:

Cardstock: SU!, Wassau and Worldwin
Stamps: Sweet N Sassy, Pink Cat Studio, Stampers Anonymous by Tim Holtz
Inkpads: SU! (Sage Shadow), CTMH (Aspen Green) and Versamagic (Cloud White)
Tools: EK Sucess stampamajig, Ranger Ink blending tool, heat tool, SU corner punch and Sizzix embossing folder
Embellishment: Bazzill and Heidi Grace silk flowers, half pearls

Inspiration: Michelle Borsack for **CAS, white color motif and dry embossed theme
Technique: Beate Johns (SCS) for 3D-Stamping using stampamajig tool

**CAS - Clean ande Simple

Scrapbook Pages

Tonight was very productive. I was able to make two traditional scrapbook layouts. I was in the mood to play with my 7 X 10 pictures...

I used K & Company and The Paper Studio for patterned paper.  Recollection, Embassy, PTI and The Paper Studio for cardstock.  Cricut machine, SU punches and Fiskar corner punch.  Bo Bunny stickers, Prima flowers and crystals, satin ribbon, button, brad, craft thread, are added as embellishments.

Time to sign off.. Nyt everyone!

Wedding Card

A special couple who are dear to us is getting married soon. I especially made this card for their special day.

 

Used Recollection, CTMH and The Paper Studio Cardstock. Anna Griffin for patterned Paper. Used Cricut machine, Wedding, Tie the Knot and Blackletter carts. Also used SU! for sentiments while Memento Dew Drop for inkpad. Prima flowers, Prima crystal, half pearls, grossgrain ribbon and wine goblet are added as embellishment.
One more wedding card to go...

Playing with Sweet Pea Stamp

Playing with Sweet Pea Stamp.
Colored images using Copic and Prismacolor markers. Used DCWV Cafe Mediterrean cardstock and patterned paper. Used PTI cardstock for card base. Added glittered flourish chipboard, some silk flowers/leaves and a bunch of rhinestones as embellishment. I also used some skeleton leaves to create an illusion of wings...

NSD Entry: Mother's Day

In celebration of NSD and the upcoming Mother's Day, I decided to make an LO about my sister, who recently lost her baby girl, Nona. I have to admit that doing this LO brought tears to my eyes. Losing a baby is a very sad and traumatic event in a mother's life. Cheers to you Tin for being a good Mom and sister.
Someday it's gonna make sense...

I've chosen the black and pink motif for this layout. I used black for mourning and pink for baby girl. This is a simple and clean layout. No fuss or too much embellishments. The title "someday its gonna make sense" is the couple's theme song, which was sung by Michael Learns to Rock. The lyrics was very inspiring and gives so much encouragement to my sister and DBIL.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you, especially to you Tin...

Invitation for another Blog Candy

Happy Scrapbooking Day to Everyone!!!

I would like to invite you fellow crafter's to join us, Joan Switalski, Jerosha Aretun and I in celebrating this special occasion by joining our blog candies. So dig into your photo boxes that you long been ignoring and time to start preserving those memories.

Giveaways are shown below and mechanics are as follows:

Here are the rules:

1. Create a scrapbook page. A TRADITIONAL or HYBRID SINGLE or DOUBLE PAGE LAYOUT is worth 3 entries. A DIGITAL SINGLE or DOUBLE PAGE LAYOUT is worth 1 entry. A SCRAPBOOK MINI ALBUM is worth 5 entries.

2. Leave a comment in this blog entry including the link to your scrapbook project. The link should be dated May 1st to 31st. You can either post your link in this blog or here:

3. Winner will be drawn on May 31. 

REMEMBER: The more you post, the more you have the chance to win. Please make sure that entries should be posted between May 1 to May 31 and don't forget the link to your scrapbook projects.

Goodluck and Have fun!

Edge Punch Swatches

Are you one of those crafter who likes to hoard? Well, I am. I'm nuts about EK Success and Martha Stewart and boy, I think I have about 125 different styles. Shhh... I know, remember I have the obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Most of these punches are being stored in an Ikea drawer and with all honesty, I do not have any idea which ones I have. So to solve this dilemma, I made some swatches then drilled a hole and puts them in a binder ring. So now I can go through my edge punch collection without digging in the drawers. Here are the pics:

Hugs!

Need my Mojo back....

An original composition while my mind is suffering from a severe crafter's block...


Crafter's block, crafter's block, go away,
I need my mojo back today,
I need it back, so I can make my dear ones happy and gay,
I have to make gifts and cards for their birthdays and also on Mother's Day.
Oh dear, it is also the month to remember our wedding day.
Indeed, I ought to be busy day after day during the month of May,
But crafter's block keeps pestering me all day.
So please crafter's block stay away,
Have pity and give me back my mojo right away...

I need the creative juice flowing... HELP!

Babbling of the day

DH is off today. Got plans to go to the BX. Over the weekend, he came home and was excited to tell me that Air Force scrapbooking stuff were on sale. Too bad, I didn't see any sale or clearance scrapbook items. Disappointing, yes, but that's alright. I did see though some major changes in the crafting goods that the BX carries. They now expanded their line and was really surprised to see Cricut, DCWV, Bazzill, My Minds Eye, tons of Hero Arts (both clear and rubber mounted stamps) and alot more. It was pretty neat. I remember how craft deprived we were in Osan three years ago. Happy shopping for those active duty military and their spouses stationed abroad. I'm sure the AAFES will stock up more for you guys.

It was indeed a success not to buy anything about crafting in the BX but I did splurge on my daughter. I got her 4 new pretty dresses, 1 black pumps and 1 slip on sandals. Yeah, I agree she is a princess. 

I was planning to buy her a dress for my son's birthday but I ended up shopping for her. The birthday boy only got a pair of black flip-flops. I wasn't able to get myself a sneaker either. I guess I will have to wait until the season change. The sneaker type I want is more like a summer type and they are still a bit pricey right now. I also got my DBIL a perfume for pasalubong and hoping he would like it. Didn't buy much for myself. Headache starting to hit really good. My daughter and I had been sniffing too many perfumes. She was even asking me to spray it on her. Perfume is a big no-no for someone who has sinusitis.

I also got some Martha Stewart household and kitchen stuff. What I like most was the queen size bedsheet sets, got them for $30/set. I missed doing my shopping in the BX. You will always find a good bargain deals especially on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Hmmm, what a coincidence, today is Wednesday...

DH took us also to the thrift store. I think it was a rip off. Imagine a DCWV 6X6 album for $11.99. Hope the ones in charge for the pricing knows what she's doing. Anyways, in a corner together with some craft magazines, I found a quilling kit for $5.88, which I admit was a good deal.

I also found a white plastic 3-drawer organizer for $11.99. I wasn't sure if that was a good deal but heck, its paid and it's now sitting in the back of our truck. Too late to even regret buying it.

We planned to eat out and go to the Filipino store after the trip to the BX. But my headache was getting pretty bad. We went home and I was in a bad mood but I still tried to force myself to eat and feed the babies. The next few hours was pretty nasty until I finally dozed off. Couldn't sleep in the bedroom because laying down makes the head hurts even more. I actually slept sitting down in my comfy chair in the dark craft room. The whole family didn't eat dinner, everybody was asleep by now while I'm wide awake blogging.

I feel guilty not updating my blog. I'm spending more and more time in FB and completely ignoring fixing the house, my crafting and my blog. I need to make tons of Mother's Day card but nothing. There's a huge mess in my craft room and alot of things that needs to get done in the house. I am really starting to have remorse about buying a big house. I really need help fixing this big house. DH had been putting up 12hours a day. I got no help and I have to take care of 4 people. By the time I stopped doing the daily routine, I'm too exhausted. All I want to do is sit down and goof around. I am so thankful to my daughter for helping me alot in the house. Haist...

Time out. Gotta do more babbling tomorrow. Will also insert pics tomorrow. Need to force msyelf to go to bed now. Julie Powell should be an inspiration... Be positive and need to stay on track to meet my goals!

Cya tomorrow! Kisses and big hugs...