Radiant

The fourth and last entry to Challenge #7 of the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog.  Another layout in which I didn't do much.  The papers from the Magical line from All About Scrapbooking are perhaps my most favorite 8"x8" patterned paper set.  But what I found is that when it was time to work with them, I felt a bit constricted by the design.  The papers are really beautiful, but I guess I couldn't do much with them except add pictures, the title and some journaling.  Which should be good if I wanted to do pages quickly, but I guess that is just not my style.  I usually like to add a little bit more to my pages, do something more creative and involved.  But maybe it was also because I was trying to beat the deadline (again!) that left me with the feeling that I hadn't done enough.  It looks a little bare to me, to be honest.  Oh well, at least I got to scrap some more pictures.  Can't wait to NOT CRAM the next challenge. ;-)

The journaling on the bottom of the page says, "Even when you're frowning, your light still shines through.  Jillian, age 5, 10 December 2011".

Materials:  Patterned paper (All About Scrapbooking), die-cut sentiment (K & Company), glitter glue (Leeho), metallic gel pen (All About Scrapbooking), others - fabric flowers, die-cut oval frame, gem stickers, gold ribbon.

Groom Aglow

You don't often find a groom being described as "glowing".  The bride, yes, but the groom... well, not really.  But that was exactly what my brother, Paul, looked like in these pictures taken as he was getting ready for the wedding.  After the stress of all the wedding preps, here you see him spending some time with family and his close friends, even joking and goofing around. Seeing all the hard work he and Ica put into this day, I'm glad to see that they were able to enjoy it.

Another very simple layout, as the design of the paper can definitely stand on its own.  All I did to add to is was stamp the title and some subtle designs as a background for the pictures.  I have very dreadful stamping skills and I obviously need to practice some more.  I don't know if it's the white ink that's not compatible with the smooth-ish paper.  But I'm really not blaming the equipment, it's all on me.  :P

This is my third entry for Challenge #7 (sketch by Kathleen Hernandez) on the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog.  Please check out my other entries on my blog and leave a comment.  Thanks!

Materials:  Patterned paper (All About Scrapbooking), ink (Tsukineko), stamps (Crafty Secrets, Creative Imaginations, and Pink Paislee).

The Ring Bearer's Speech

A really simple layout about my nephew, Jonas, who was the ring bearer at my brother's wedding.  As most people in our family (the older ones especially) are bit shy about public speaking, the task fell on this little boy's shoulders.  Well, not-so-little anymore, as he proved to be very capable and quite the charmer as he certainly engaged his audience with his heartfelt speech. 

There really was no need to do much as the patterned paper was great by itself.  I only added the pictures, some journaling and the title.  The journaling consists of snippets from Jonas' speech handwritten on the swirls in the dark blue sky, around the sun's rays and right along the blades of grass.

This is my second entry to Challenge #7 on the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog.  I had four pages planned, but have so far been able to fully finish two.  With about 2-1/2 hrs to go 'til midnight, we'll just have to see how this goes.  It's getting harder and harder to sneak in my scrappy time when we're already well into the school year.   Sigh!

Materials:  Patterned paper, die-cut shape (label) and metallic gel pens (All About Scrapbooking - Magical), others - square brads, metallic paper for matting.

Enchanting

This time around, when I looked at the sketch for Challenge #7 at the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog when October began, I had some ideas on what I wanted to do.  It was such a versatile sketch by Kathleen Hernandez, that I thought there was so much room to be creative.

But as I was going through my stash for stuff I could use, I came across this set of 8"x8" papers called Magical from All About Scrapbooking and most of the designs included celestial bodies nestled in one corner.  The designs simply lent themselves to the sketch, that it seemed the sketch was made with these papers in mind!  I already took out some pictures that would fit right in with the theme.  And since I still have a bunch of pictures from my brother's wedding last year, I used those again.  But this time, these are pictures of some of the cutest people in the entourage - my nieces and nephew.

This layout is all about my niece, Jasmine, looking all calm and peaceful right before the wedding, in the midst of everyone rushing around her.  Since the paper already had a beautiful design to it, I didn't want to add too much.  I did add die-cut and punched out flowers to hide some things that didn't go with the overall design/color scheme.  I actually rotated the paper 90 degrees clockwise to get the sphere (I think it's the moon) where I want it, so I can position the picture at the lower left corner.  As a result, there were awkwardly positioned birds near the bottom of the page that had to be covered up.  Same goes with the bright green stars that came with the paper.  And since the left side of the picture was adorned with artificial poinsettias that were part of the church's Christmas decor (it was a December wedding), I had to cover those as well.

Journaling:  "In the hustle and bustle that comes with getting ready for a much anticipated wedding, here you are - all CALM and SERENE.  How I wish that we could all take a moment to stand back and happily watch as life unfolds, like you do."

Materials:  Patterned paper (All About Scrapbooking, K&Company, Corona), die-cut glitter flowers, gem brads, gem stickers, metallic gel pen (All About Scrapbooking), others - pearl stickers; tools - flower and leaf punches (Carl & HBW).

Love Mini Album for Paul & Ica

It took quite some time to finish this album, Paul & Ica's wedding took place in Dec. 2011.  I can't even remember when I actually started the process of making this mini album, but I suppose that the idea came to me shortly after the wedding.  In my stash of scrappy stuff, I had this chipboard album that spells out "LOVE" and I thought it would be appropriate for a wedding themed album.  The next step was choosing the patterned paper and embellishments that would go into the album.  After I had covered all the chipboard and put in some basic embellishments, it sat untouched for a long time.  I haven't had any pictures printed yet, and when I found that the pictures were already ready for saving and printing, there were just soooo many that it was difficult to choose which ones would go nicely with the album. When I finally had the pictures printed (it took months before I got it done), I was held back by inertia.  I don't know if I was feeling overwhelmed, or I was simply looking for inspiration, but I just couldn't get started again.  But as I was eyeing all my piles of unfinished projects, I thought, why not?  I had planned on giving this album as a birthday gift to either my brother or his wife, but the birthdays have come and gone and the album was just sitting in my room, begging to be finished.  So I just did it.  And I already gave the album to the newly weds about two weeks ago. :-)

 

 

Materials: Chipboard album (Bare Basics), paper (solids - Star Paper Corporation; patterned paper - KI Memories & Paper Reflections), paint (Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint), embellishments (All About Scrapbooking - ribbons, trim, skeleton leaf, feathers, fabric flowers, gem stickers; Craft World - paper flowers; Hallmark - sentiment stickers, K & Company - die cuts; Making Memories - glitter chipboard flourish; Michaels - ribbon; Papemelroti - foam die cuts; Simple Joys/Regalong Pambahay - ribbon flowers; Yellow Violet House - tickets), others - vintage buttons, ribbons, font (French Script).

Life is Sweet

I challenged myself (and I guess I've been thinking about it since early this morning) to do another interpretation of Sketch #6 from the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog.  The object is to use the same sketch, the same set of pictures, the same stamps, but give the layout a completely different feel.  If you've seen my previous entry (click here to check it out), you'll find that it's simple and a bit formal (lots of florals, monochromatic and also very structured)... quite appropriate for wedding photos.  For this one, I wanted it to be more playful.  So I used bold colors (mostly pink, to get as close to monochromatic as it could) and put many of the elements askew.  I curled up the edges of the pennants on the banner to make them look more dimensional (and also a bit realistic, like they're flapping in the wind).  I also rotated the sketch 90 degrees clockwise.  Best of all, I used up a lot of scraps for this one - the only new stuff I used were the mini-brads and the embossed frame, which I've had in my stash for a long time now, it's just great that I get to use them finally.  This is actually a bit of a stretch for me making something that looks less structured and carefree, but I look at it and it just makes me feel happy.

Materials:  Patterned paper (Colorbok and assorted scraps), embossed frame (Papemelroti), cardstock, mini-brads, gem and letter stickers (All About Scrapbooking), border sticker (K & Company), pen (Faber-Castell), ink (Studio G & Tsukineko), tools - border punch (Fiskars & Martha Stewart Crafts).

Mr. & Mrs.

I recently finished a long overdue mini album for my brother and sister-in-law.  It's all about their wedding and I used a chipboard mini album that spells out "LOVE", which I've had in my stash for a long time now (will post an entry about it soon).  In any case, when I was done with the album, I still had plenty of pictures left.  So I thought to use the leftover pics and how fortunate that part of my prize as randomly drawn winner at the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog last July, was a wedding themed patterned paper stack from Hot Off the Press (btw, many thanks to Memory Lane Store for the prize). 

I've had the idea for this layout for about a week now but didn't really get to work on it 'til today.  The wedding themed papers were great and I thought it would be nice to do a very simple monochromatic page for this one.  The wedding pictures already looked great that I really didn't want to embellish the page too much and mainly did a literal translation of the sketch by Melissa Bonifacio for Challenge #6 at the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog.

I actually finished three different projects today, so I'm a bit drained.  But quite grateful that I did get to finish this one.  I hope I have time tomorrow to do some more.

Materials:  Patterned paper (Hot Off the Press Paper Pizazz Sheets), flowers (Craft World & Yellow Violet House), gem/pearl stickers (All About Scrapbooking), glitter die cuts (Making Memories), stamps (Making Memories & Crafty Secrets), ink (Versafine & Tim Holtz Distress Ink), pen (Dong-A), others - metal charm, lace.