January 2012.... where did you go?

Oh boy, time really is fast.  Today is the last day of January and I have been wanting to update my blog so many times but every time I attempt, I have another thing to do - so on and so forth.....

January is my birth month - I'm now another year older.  It's kinda scary when you think about it - specially when I saw a couple of white hair that's beginning to show.  But then, I just have to have the proper mind set - and that is, not to feel old - then maybe, it will be ok.  There are a lot of things I just want to be thankful for.  I thank the Lord for my family, good health, for good friends and for allowing my mum to be here with us.

Scrappy-wise, I have been scrapping pages and creating cards.  I have been preparing class samples at Catchy Crafts.  And with new products for CHA coming out, I really need to make a dent on my scrapbooking materials. Here is my first page for January....

 Closer look....

Materials Used:  AC Cardstock - Vanilla; MME glitter and pattern papers; MS Punch All Over the Page - Butterfly; Prima blings;  MS Border Punch - Doily Lace.

And here are my cards...

 Close-ups...

Card 1 Materials Used: AC Cardstock-white; Papertrey Ink Die - Fence; Kaisercrafts Sentiments Stamp; Pebbles Inc. Pattern papers; Couture Creations Embossing folder - Entangled.

Card 2 Materials Used: AC Cardstock-white; Kaisercrafts Sentiments Stamp; Pebbles Inc. Pattern papers; MS Punch all over the Page - Butterfly; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots.

Card 3 Materials Used: AC Cardstock-white; Kaisercrafts Sentiments Stamp; Pebbles Inc. Pattern papers; Couture Creations Embossing folder - Entangled.

Card 4 Materials Used: AC Cardstock-white; Kaisercrafts Sentiments Stamp; Pebbles Inc. Pattern papers; Couture Creations Embossing folder - Pinstripe; MS Punch All Over the Page - Butterfly.

I really wish to be very active in the blogging and scrapping world again....It's my stress buster... and  I will make sure the I will make time for this. Again, thanks for reading.  Until then...

Hugs!
Cookie

I'm still here....

Oh  my, it has been 3 months since I have posted something here-- my poor neglected blog.  Updates?! Well, I have been busy with my part time work at Catchy Crafts - preparing scrapbook and card classes which I have yet to post and share.  Also, busy helping Harvey with school work and of course doing some household chores - ladidadida....  Bad news - unfortunately, I did not get into the Kaisercrafts design team (read previous post) but it's still worth the try. 

I'm still scrapping....  and right now, they are mostly double pagers!  Can you believe it?! Yeah, I'm trying to come out of my comfort zone.  At times its hard because I feel like I just don't know what to put on the next page... but maybe with practice, I can improve.

I mentioned card classes... yep, I'm into card making too!!!  My new found love.  I enjoy teaching card classes and of course the ladies are also fun! Worth every effort.

Now to start the ball rolling again....  here is a double pager that I have made using one of my favorite brands Echo park.

Title: Tying my Shoes
Materials used: Bazzill cardstock - white and dark yellow; Echo park-Playground Collection; MS Deep Edge Punch - Daisy Fan; EK Success Punch - Embossed Zigzag. Papertrey Ink Buttons and Twine; AC Thickers; Martha Stewart Medium Punch - Heart Confetti; Glimmermist; MS Combo Punch - Cherish.

There you have it.... have to go...  stay tuned for more updates coming in a couple of days...

thanks for stopping!
-cookie

After 44 days..... long post.

Just want to let everybody know that I'm still here!!!  It feels awful not to be able to update my blog for the longest time.  There were many times that I've attempted but I also don't know why I ended up on just uploading the picture files on my laptop - and thats it!  It never made it to a post on my blog.  Laziness beats me on this - which makes me feel bad.  Of course, there is Facebook and Kdrama which I also do in my spare time (kinda addicted to it).  I still scrap and even make cards.  In fact, I have plenty to share.  I just need to get the rhythm of blogging again.  I will really try harder this time....because it also makes me happy to be able to share my work.

Layouts?  I have lots to share.... 
I'm doing more doubles!!!  Here is a quick and easy double pager that I taught on one of my sessions at Catchy Crafts. 

Title: Greenbelt
Materials Used: American Crafts City park papers; Martha Stewart Deep edge puncher, Ek Success Puncher; Fiskars Border puncher - Brackets; AC thickers; Bazzill Kraft Cardstock; Uniball Signo White pen; Cotton String

Oh by the way, Catchy Crafts is moving to a new location.  Still at Hornsby, just beside the old store.  We are all excited about it because it's bigger, more spacious and filled with more scrappy goodness!!! And since it will be our last week in the old addy, the store is having a 25% off on almost everything!!!  The new store will be open to serve on the 27th of April.  Hope to see you all there!

Recently, I've joined the Blue Bazaar Bootcamp.  This time, it requires us to finish 30 layouts based on Pagemaps Sketches by the end of May.  I love joining this as it will really make me put a dent on my ever growing scrap stash.  Right now, I'm on to my 6th layout! - Feels great huh!
Sharing my first few pages....

Here is my take...

Title: School
Materials Used: Pink Paislee Papers; AC Thinkers; Tattered Angels Chipboard; Pink Paislee Transparent Stickers; Glimmer Mist; Bazzill White Cardstock; Dimensional Magic; Yellow Versamark; Cropadile; Maya Road Tickets; Scenic Route Chipboard stickers.

My take...

Title: Hair
Materials Used: Pink Paislee papers and journaling paper; 7 gypsies Stickers; AC thickers; Bazzill Kraft Cardstock, Cotton String; Martha Stewart Deep Edge; EK Success Puncher; Fiskars Puncher - Brackets; Stickles - Black Diamond

My take....

Title: Love ko'to
Materials used: Sassafras Lass Papers - Sweetly Smitten; Maya Road Tickets; AC badge; AC thickers; Liquid Pearls - White Opal; AC Chipboard.

Will be sharing the rest of my bootcamp layouts on my next post....

And lastly, One of my dear friends in the Philippines is getting married.  And I made these simple wedding invitations as gift to her... I was able to make 94 of these. 

Hi Patricia! Hope you like it and congratulations!

There you have it!!!  thanks for visiting me!!!
Until next post!
-Cookie

Congrats to......

First of all, I want to say "Thank You" to all who visited, and to all who left wonderful messages in my blog.  It really feels nice to be able to read them.  And just want to tell you that "I really miss you all" - to all my scrapbooking friends back home...
Now, on to the winners.... 
Here is what I did to pick out the winners (haven't tried the random generator yet...)

 And the winner (International)... is LYNETTE!!!!  and  SCRAP N SCRAP from the Philippines!!!

 And wait.... I'm feelin' happy today.... so I've decided to give another Prize away...Put all the names together again.... and picked..... ARMIE!!!!

Ladies, email your complete name and address to ccerujano@yahoo.com so that I can ship your prizes to you!!! Thanks so much to all who participated.

Oh, before I forget... let me greet everyone a HAPPY HEARTS DAY!!!
Just wanna say thank you to my wonderful husband for this.....

and for supporting and loving me always... Mwah!!!!

Last February  4, I had a cards class at Catchy Crafts...  Here arey my 3 V-cards...

 I Misted, Stamped, Embossed and Inked on these cards.... I had so much fun teaching this....

Valentines Cards
Materials used: MME Lost and Found Papers, Pink Paislee Stamp, Ribbon, Doiley, Shimmerz Mist - Treasured Hymn; Glimmer Mist - Candy apple; CuttleBug embossing folder - Swiss Dots; Gold Ink, Gold embossing powder and Prima Lace


And lastly.... so happy about this.....
I entered a challenge with White With 1....  there were 58 entries... and I was one of the 5 winners!!! So over the moon!!! Thank you so much!!!

You can read the announcement here.
There you have it!!!  Again thanks so much for taking time to visit me in my little corner.

Hugs!
Cookie

White With 1 layout and as promised, a small giveaway....

I have created this page for the White With 1 Challenge blog.  I'm having a wonderful time creating layouts for this challenge blog.  It really makes you dig your stash up... looking for all materials that will suit the required color for that particular month.  And for January, the requirement was to use navy blue and to incorporate banners!  and I was digging, I realized that in spite of all the papers and embellishments that I have been accumulating, I don't have much navy blue stuff in it!  -- I really cant believe it... but the good thing, I have my glimmer mists and inks to the rescue!!! Thus, making it possible for me to create this page.

Here is my page...

Close-up...

Title: My Boy
Materials Used: Scrapware Chipboard; Maya Road Chipboard - Car; Buzz and Bloom Chipboard, Fancy pants paper - polka dot and matting; Glimmer mist, Brilliance dark blue ink; Hampton Clear Stamps - Text Borders; MM dark Blue Paint

Another thing to share.... Valentine's day is just around the corner.... and I'm inviting everyone to my Valentine's day Card Class over at Catchy Crafts - Hornsby this coming Friday, Feb 4, 2011. Really hope to see you there.

And... before I forget... my birthday month is almost over... as promised, I have 2 small blog giveaways!!! I  hope that there are still a lot of you who visits my blog (fingers crossed!!!)

I have prepared 2 paper packs, all from We R Memory Keepers.
The first one is for my fellow scrappers back in the Philippines... (miss yah girls!)

 And the 2nd pack is for my fellow scrappers from around the world (anywhere, including Australia!!!)

Wanna win these? Simple, just leave a comment at the end of this post and state what country are you from.  You have until February 14 to do that and I will draw the 2 winners on February 15.

I just want to say thank you to everyone who always visits me in my little corner.  HUGS!


-Cookie

January - my birth month... plus new stuff to share.

Whew! time really flies fast.  Last 3rd of January, I just turned a year older.  Yep! I'm 33 already!!! And there is so much to be thankful for.  I want to thank the good Lord for a wonderful husband and adorable son.  For giving me such supportive parents and family - even if they are all back in the Philippines; for all my friends, who has been in-touch with me; for all my new found friends too.  For all the wonderful opportunities that I have received and are coming; For health and safety... everything.  My Birthday wish was...  to live long to be able to cherish more...

(Julia, Gaby, Harvey and Me)
I am in the process of creating a new "Me" layout... and will be posting it here in the blog as soon as I'm done... I would also like to invite everyone - watch my next post because I will be doing 2 blog giveaways!!!

For the meantime, just want to share the things that kept me busy during the past few days....
First is a layout of my son... using the gorgeous Crate Paper - Restoration.

 close-ups...

Title: Ready 2 Ride
Materials: Crate Paper Restoration; AC thickers and ribbon; Bazill Kraft Cardstock; Scrapware Chipboard; Glimmer Mists and Smooch Spritz; MS puncher


2nd... I have a new niece!!!  Actually, she is my first niece!!! Her name is Erin Margaret!!  Want to know how cute she is? here...

And I made these invites for her upcoming Christening.... (excited Aunt hihihi)

So nice to be able to make something out of pinks and browns hihihi...
Materials: Bazzill Brown and Pink Cardstocks; AC Pebbles Paper - New Arrival; Plain vellum and Pink Ribbon

3rd... is this Greeting Farm Card.

 Closeup....

Materials Used: The Greeting Farm Stamp - Happy Day; Basic Grey Oliver Papers; Cardstocks; Basic Grey ribbon; Copic Pens; Momento ink; AC thickers

I also have a little something to share...  My layout HUSH... is published in this month's Scrapstreet magazine!!!  So happy!!!  

You can view the magazine here  its on page 31 of the January 2011 Issue. Thank you Scrapstreet!!!

There you have it...  what a nice way to start the year.
Dont forget!!! I will be having a blog giveaway next post!!!  be sure to check it out!

Hugs!
Cookie