Quilling is not as easy as it seems

Catching up on missed posts. I was supposed to post this on Monday, though I actually did it last Saturday. It was my first time to try out paper quilling. The instructions were fairly straightforward, but it sure took me longer to finish this sampler than I expected. It was quite a challenge shaping the paper and even hanging on to the tiny paper shapes. I got a terrible headache later that night. Though I don't know if it was from the heat or because of the quilling. ;)

Two days missed

No posts for Mon (May 17) and Tue (May 18). :(

Monday morning saw me packing for a week-long trip to Tagaytay. I actually finished packing my clothes and other stuff the night before, but since my sister, Sandra, and I planned to get some scrapping time during this break, I had to pack some craft stuff as well. We have very limited space in the car, so I just brought a handmade Christmas card kit I bought a while ago but never got around to working on (so far). I hope to get started on it today, eventhough my sister and her kids won't be arriving until later tonight. Might as well get settled in.


Tuesday has been problematic in terms of internet access. This is going to be why the pictures won't be added on to this post until later (most probably next week). Will have to see how this connection goes.


Hey, what do you know? Can upload pictures after all.

What I Am Grateful For

Front cover of "What I Am Grateful For" mini-album that's made primarily from tags. Patterned the basic album from one I bought from Craft World. Except for the album itself, all of the paper in this project is recycled from scraps.

A full view of the accordion-type mini-album.

Page 1: Title page - WHAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR Date created - May 01, 2010
Page 2: FAMILY - Celebrate together Picture - Christmas 2007

Page 3: FRIENDS - Forever. Laugh.
Page 4: MY HEART - My health. My mind. What makes me ME. Picture - taken in 2006

Page 5: SIMPLE THINGS - Puppies & kittens. Sunsets. Smiles. Playing in the rain. The smell of fresh-baked goodies. New school supplies. Old books. The beach. Ice. A baby's laugh. These are only a few of the simple things I love.
Page 6: MEMORIES - There are really lots and lots of faces, places, things & feelings I will remember always. Picture - Index print of pictures taken by my friend, Dan, in 2005.

Page 7: BEING ABLE TO IMAGINE, DREAM, CREATE - Having a sense of wonder.
Page 8: HOPE - Love is grand. Life is good.

Tools used: Martha Stewart Edger Punch, Making Memories Slice Die-Cut Machine

An attempt at glitter art

I must confess that I'm not a big fan of working with glitter. I find it messy and hard to make go/stay where you really want, plus it takes a while for the glue to dry, and the design to set. So I was quite surprised one day when an idea came to me: why not use double-sided tape? It can be cut or punched to the desired size or shape, and adhered exactly where you want it. Then you can just pour the glitter over it and even it all out. I was just so pleased with the results. Now, this is fairly easy and I'm sure other people have thought of it before I did. But it was just a moment of serendipity for me that I scanned my work for posterity.


Mind you, this dabbling in random techniques happens when I am lacking in inspiration or do not have the time to fully work on a scrapbook page... which is quite often, I'm afraid. But still, there is a sense of accomplishment in knowing what I can do after all.

My very own MAC book

A journal altered sometime ago... in July 2009 I think, right about when school just started. It was a plain notebook I got as a freebie from a seminar. Thought it would make a good place to jot down ideas for projects, etc. Decorated the cover and put in some tabs to divide the notebook into sections. Will probably be doing something like this soon as there are only three weeks left before the new school year starts. In case you were wondering, those are my initials :)


Close up of label on the altered journal. Didn't really have a template for the brackets and the letters, so I used a word processor to take the outline of the shapes and letters and cut them out by hand. To put some pop into the letters, I followed the borders with dot-dash lines with a gel pen.