My Little Attic- Valerie Salmon's Sketches!

Took me a long while again to post some creations! I always sneak to scrap upstairs when I have the luxury of time, this helps me throw away all my stress at work, hahha! Here are two of my latest pages...

22 Complete Bliss... is a page to celebrate my eldest's 22nd birthday! We had an eat-all-you-can lunch with the family and his bestfriend Von, then just strolled around Glorietta. I am just happy that I have a 22 year old already. I used here Making Memories and My Simple Stories pps and cardstock stickers, AC Thickers foam numbers and DMC threads. This was inspired by Valerie Salmon's sketch posted in the Attic.

Teacher's Day 2015... It was my 5th year in teaching and what a great way to be honored and loved by the students was to read their messages and wishes. Valerie Salmon's sketch gave me so much room to put some of these messages, just loving it. I used here AC white cardstock, DMC threads, My Simple Stories pps and cardstock stickers and Memories Mists mango lemonade spray.

Thanks to Nette of My Little Attic for providing us with Valerie Salmon's sketches. My layouts were super late because of work load, but I had a great time using them with my photos and memorabillas. I am kinda short of photos this year, but I promise myself to catch many more memories soon.

Life is a bit hectic lately, I wish to unwind and relax soon in my little haven upstairs... thanks for looking as always!

Shine!

My little boy is shining to be a young man! I didn't realize it until I saw him wearing his black suit and red shimmer tie, and all ready for his Junior and Senior Promenade Party. Time went really fast, now my Luigi is a young man in the making and I'm excited as a Mom. Oh, but not with Chuy, he will be my baby for now! Let me share this page...



Shine... my Prince!
This page is inspired by this sketch from Ms. Becky Fleck. I just gave a little slant in my version and used a diecut bracket shaped base. I used here October Afternoon and Graphic 45 papers, Bazzill cardstocks, diecut chipboard, Hambly transparency, Prima epoxy sticker, K & Company adhesive chipboard word, AAS glittered heart stickers, felt heart ribbon, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, blings, Colorbox fluid chalk ink and glittered glue.

Check out Scrapdango's 4th anniversary challenge at Page Maps... thanks for looking!

I hopped and HOPPED!

Terrible typhoon Ondoy was here during the weekend! and I wasn't feeling well and so I hopped and bumped into Iris Uy's new site and found this! Then, I headed over at Pamela Young's blog and found the Scrapbook Challenge's DT Blog Hop and Sketch challenges. Took me awhile to visit their 13 DT blogs, but it was all worth it... got so much inspirations and learned that some of them are Filipina designers too. Here's Pamela's sketch and my simple take...




David and Me... Here's my very own version of the Philippines' teleserye "Tayong Dalawa" or Two of Us... its my nephew DK, my little "David" Kharl. The name David became famous in Philippine television for almost nine months and since then, most of us fell in love with these handsome boys JR and Dave Garcia. Hehehe! I used here Ytet's bracket-shaped corrugated board, Sassafras pps and cs sticker, Jillibean Soup Journaling Sprouts, blings, ribbons, Tattered Angel glimmer mist, cardstocks, staple wires, glittered glue and Ranger glossy accents.

Thanks for looking!

I'm @ PRIMA Blog!

It's Monday today but my spirit is quite low and I spent the whole afternoon wondering and hiding myself. Its just about time when Cookie buzzed me with some nice news! She saw my July Prima BAP "SOLITUDE" layout at the Prima blog being featured... I thought Prima didn't get my layout because one time Ytet buzzed me too and told me that my page didn't appear in the gallery. It was my first time to join their BAP Challenge, although I didn't actually win, but just to be featured on this flower site makes me feel cloud nine!

Thanks Prima! TFL!

Isn't he cute and huggable! I found this sketch site at my friend Wati's blog. Check it out here, its really nice and they give prizes for the best layout. Here's the sketch for this week and what I came up with..






Bounty
Its good that I get to finish some more layouts for my nephew DK... this is still part of his baptismal reception last August. I enjoy scrapping multi-pictures this days, makes me unload my backlogs. I think this Beary Box sketch fits perfectly to my page. Here I used Kaisercraft pps, DCWV pps, cardstocks, Brillance black ink, watercolor pencils, glittered glue, buttons, DMC threads, lady bug buttons and Colorbox fluid chalk ink.

Oh, almost forget... the flowers are stamp images. Its a raffle prize from Scrappin' Moms and its from Gelatins. They are perfect for this week's sketch, hindi ba?!

Thanks for looking!

Scrappin' Kids' Sketch for January 2009

There's a lot of new things going on in Scrappin' kids this new year... and here's the first one! We're having our first sketch challenge that will run until the end of January. Hope you can join us this month for our new challenge. There's a humble RAK waiting for the winner and its from the generous Jasmin Brahim. So link us up to your blog by leaving a comment on this month's post or send us an email with your layout at scrappinkids4@yahoo.com.sg.

Here's my take for this month's sketch... special thanks to our very own Creative Advisor Jessy Christopher for this inspiring sketch. I used here Imagination Project paper, Sandylion paper, blue and black cardstock, AC Thickers glittered letters, string, Thomas Train chipboard embies from dear Wati, Tim Holtz tickets, Ranger glossy accents and Colorbox fluid chalk ink.


Thomas and my Crocs
This photo was taken last December 13 at the UPLB campus. This little boy was so excited to wear his new pair of Crocs and play with his little tank engine
It's blast when this two favourite things come together!

Thanks for looking!

Summer is Here!

Time really moves so fast, imagine we're now on the 6th week of the Itty Bitty Sketch Challenge. This week's sketch came from Tina McDonald. Again, I rotated the sketch a little to fit my photos. I'm so happy to scrap Enzo's beach photos! It was his 2nd time to see a beach and I was so excited to capture his experience and fun playing in the sand. Here's my take for this week's sketch...

I used here BG pps Sublime's Four Corners, Recess' Principal, Oh Baby Boy's pps, DCWV's Nana Kids yellow polkadot pps, cardstocks, foam for the titles, chipboard for the summer word, Fancy Pants felt shapes, MM mini brads, Colorbox ink chalk and a black pen.

TFL!

FUN!

Lately, I'm enjoying sketches and lifts. Probably all my new layouts are inspired by them and mostly from Itty Bitty Scrapshack's Architects. Here's my week 5 sketch entry from Sara. It's Enzo's latest mall adventure! Pixie Forest at the 3rd level of Festival Mall in Alabang is getting to be a fave place for my kids. They will just spend time there playing...

I used here WRMK Urban Window Collection-on the Dot Cranberry pps, Cherry Arte Cosmic Energy-Milky Way pps, cardstocks, filstar chipboard letters, 7 Gypsies fabric tape, twill ribbons, MM staple wires and amusement machine tickets.

Gift for Ivan

Ivan is my nephew, son of my first cousin Dr. Ian Virtucio and wife Mae. He's turning one tomorrow... I thought of making an acyrlic layout for him as our birthday present. Then, I used Betty Fleck's Week 4 sketch at Itty Bitty Scrapshack. Actually it's a card sketch, but I was just inspired to make a layout out of her sketch.
Here's my take...
I used here Cherry Arte pps, MM acrylic paint, Fancy Pants felt shapes, Ranger glossy accents and alcohol ink, cardstock, cork accent, and Staz on black ink.

TFL!

3rd Week on Itty Bitty Scrapshack's Sketches

This sketch came from Nicole, one of the Shack's Design Team. I thought of Enzo's Easter egg hunting photos for this sketch. I'd love to scrap this because he really had a lot of fun looking for those hidden eggs. He got lots of prizes from Tita Timi! Here's my take...









I made the tags for this year's baskets and I used mine as the title and embellishment of the page. I used here Fancy Pants Key Lime Pie-Dainty pps, checkered pps is unknown, cardstocks, bottons, fabris flowers, K & company tags to go, fibers and brads.

TFL again guys!

Multi Photos from Joanne Yap's Sketch

I'm starting to enjoy the idea of using a sketch! It's a big help in the layout process, but still-- all the elements of the page should come from your own brain and style. And it's up to your own interpretation and version, isn't it? Thanks to Joanne Yap for her first sketch, helped me scrapped Enzo's birthday celebration and our little family gathering during the Holy Week. Here it goes...






Together... as always!


Materials Used:7 gypsies family report pps, cardstocks (black, beige, olive green), lace, Fancy Pants felt shapes-harvest, Prima mini flowers, MM flowers- Sophia blossoms and bottons, MM antique brads, MM staple wires, Creative Imaginaton Anthology cardstock journal stickers, Ranger glossy accents, Colorbox chalk ink and black pen

Journal: Everyone in our family looks forward in the observance of the Holy Week or the Semana Santa. Each year on Holy Wednesday, we have our annual Pabasa, its singing Jesus' life and death for about 12 hours. It's a family reunion for the Virtucio Clan and it's a tradition for more than 40 years now...

Let's Celebrate!
Materials Used: Fancy Pants- sweet pea (noa), Kewl (sublime),Chichi (forgot the name of the pps), cardstocks, DCWV happy birthday pps, Fancy Pants MOD bottons, MM brads, Autum leaves rub ons (happy birthday), vellum black pen, Ranger glossy accents, MM metal index tab, DMC thread and fibers

Week 2 of the Sketch Challenge

Here's Mara Campell's sketch for the 2nd week of Itty Bitty Scrapshack's Sketch Challenge. I scrapped Enzo's 1st birthday celebration, well still part of my backlog for Enzo's 1st 12x12 scrapbook... here's my interpretation!






I used here DCWV's Nana Kids papers, some cardstocks, fibers, eyelets (which my bestfriend Mae gave me years ago when I was just starting to scrap), a diecut party hat, Ranger's glossy accents, Colorbox chalk ink, and brads. I used my old star puncher which I got from 101 Boutique. I love the lively colors of Nana Kids, it matched the theme of my layout. Thanks for looking guys!

Layout of the Week at Itty Bitty Scrapshack...

There's a 6 weeks sketch challenge at Itty Bitty Scrapshack.com and last week's sketch was from Tamara, check out her blog for more inspirations. I'm so happy because Mara choose my layout for the shack's Layout of the Week... check it out!


Chuy's New School Shoes
Materials used: 7 Gypsies pp-family documentation, Karen Foster pp-boy collage, cardstocks, DMC threads, Heidi Swapp and Craft Express chipboard letters, MME cards, Fancy Pants pin, botton, Sakura aqualip black pen, and Ranger glossy accents.

Journals: This is my new pair of black shoes. Mommy got it for a good deal of 50% off at SM Sta. Rosa. She may be so excited for school, because I'm going to school on June. Because it's a snap type of shoes, it's very easy for me to wear it all by myself.

Another lift from Cookie!

Yes, here's another scraplift from Cookie Aguilar's "A Story of Us". I just love how cookie made this multiple photo layout, it's my second time to lift her page. I used it now for Miel's baptism page. Miel is my childhood friend Marife and hubby Manny's 1st born and I'm scrapping his 1st scrapbook. I love to scrap baby photos, they are so full of memories and so fun to create. Oh, I also made his baptismal invitations impromptu! Here's my layout...