Winner - RAK Time

I have already drawn the winner of my RAK! Sorry for the delay, it was supposed to be last Saturday (November 24) but I wanted someone to witness the drawing of the winner and of course I also wanted a souvenir photo or two. Thanks to Issa for witnessing the draw and taking my photos. There are 21 who responded to my Personality Test - Alby, Nita, Khei, Sheryl, Candy, Florence, Ella, Jennifer, Gaye, Tetchie, Yvette, Issa, Jengkie, Chay, Sunshine, Helga, Cookie, Marj, Lee, Arnie and Liezl. Thanks, ladies for joining.








And the winner is...




YVETTE PLANAS.Congratulations, Yvette!

Last December 3, Yvette received her prize. And we had this photo op courtesy of Issa. Here are some of our photos:

Rekindled Moments Cherry Arte Challenge

Here is my take on Rekindled Moments's November 2007 Cherry Arte Challenge using Morocco, Poolside or Princess lines. I did two LO's for this challenge. For the first one I used Cherry Arte's Morocco line. Here is my LO:




Title: Be my Friend
Materials used: Cherry Arte pp - Morocco (Mirror Ball, Aniseed and Saffron) and Princess (Sheri), Cherry Arte chipboard - Morocco (clock and 2 stars),Provo Craft plain paper, DCWV cardstock (title), Colorbox Fluid Chalk (Autumn Pastels), DMC thread (golden yellow),Metallic thread, Buttons (orange), Metal photo corners, Dong-a, Gel pen, Glitter glue

Journaling reads:

Time, how fast you slip away. It seems just like yestreday when I hold Jigs in my arms, so tiny, helpless and totally dependent on me on just about everything. gone are the days when Jigs insisted to watch his favorite Disney cartoons with me, what else but Tarzan, Hercules and Jungle Book. gone are the days of collecting Happy Meal, kiddie, Meal and Chuckie Meal. Good for me though! Gone are the days when Jigs make kulit to buy Pokemon figures, Marvel, X-men and Justice League action figures which he collected with much enthusiasm. Gone are those days! But now, I'm beginning to miss those days of yesteryears when Jigs was still small and would willingly pose for a photo. So time, please be my friend, don't fly to fast for I don't want my only boy to be a man. Not yet.

Here is my second entry wherein I used Cherry Arte's Princess line:



Title: I am Grateful for You
Materials used: Cherry Arte pp - Princess (Heather, Sheri, Corrine),Cherry Arte rub-ons (Princess), Cherry Arte chipboard (Morocco), DCWV cardstock, DCWV alphabet stickers, Glitter glue, DMC thread, Buttons, Ribbon, Ricrac, Uni-ball Signo pen (white),Fabriano cardstock, Colorbox Fluid chalk ink

Journaling reads:

Dannah, many say that we look alike, appearance-wise. But there's more to our looks for we are alike in so many ways...and I'm very grateful for that! Grateful to see myself in you. At your young age, I see an immense talent in public speaking. I see much potential in your ability to be an outstanding leader. But more importantly, I am grateful for the wonderful person you are becoming- responsible, loving, selfless, compassionate and thoughtful. Finally, all my GRATITUDE go to the ONE who gave you to me to love, nurture and chesish - our Lord God. Love, Mama

This is True Beauty

Here is my LO for Scrapperie's November/December Challenge # 4. The challenge is to crates a LO with the title, This is true Beauty. Of course, the first person that came to my mind was my daughter, Dannah.

Here is my LO:



Materials used: DCWV cardstock, lace, Hambly transparency, flowers by Prima and Petaloo, eyelets, brads, 3 BIAR Chitchat stickers, Fancy Pants stamps, Stazon ink, DMC thread, transparency, Colorbox Fluid Ink, metallic foil mesh, Uni-ball Signo pen (white)

Journaling: You are beautiful inside and out, in my eyes and in the eyes of others...Dannah, 2006

RAK Time Goodies

Today is the last day of my RAK Time - Take the Personality Test. I asked Issa to take pictures of the goodies that I'll be giving away. Thanks Issa for being the official photgrapher of my LO's, prizes, etc.

Here it is:

It pays to be on time

Lasting Impression had a Piggy Tales Challenge last September. The original deadline set for submission of entries was September 30. Being a good girl (hehe...), I uploaded my 2 entries to Lasting Impression's Gallery in time for the deadline. Unfortunately, only two made it to the deadline (Gaye and myself). Ms. Vivian announced several days after that the challenge was extended to give way to others who might still want to join. The rules were also modified. Originally, it was to use 2 patterned papers, at least tag or chipboard letter, at least 2 different shapes, the word fairy, tale, piggy or a line or phrase from a fairy tale or nursery rhyme in your title. Gaye and I, being the early birds followed those rules to the letter. For being good girls, both of us earned a special gift pack from Ms.Vivian which I claimed during the Grand Reopening of her store last Saturday (Nov. 17). Here is what I got:

My prize -Piggy Tales (Humpty Dumpty) papers and taglets. Thanks, Ms. Vivian!

Here is my first entry:



Materials used: Patterned papers- Piggy Tales Little Red Riding Hood Grandmother, The Basket, The Forest and Red Cape; Piggy Tales Taglets (circle and square); silk flowers (red and cream); brads, DCWV alpha stickers (Tale of the Lady in); diecut alphabet (RED), buttons, lace, DMC thread, glitter glue
Shapes used: circle and octagon

The journaling is hidden beneath the photos and it reads:

Once upon a time, there was a lady named Timi who hated the color red. Anything red she disliked – red clothes, red shoes, red bags, anything red! She vowed that she would never wear anything that was red. She found this color too loud for her personality, too glaring and too flashy. For a time, she was into browns and dark blues.
One day, when she was shopping for clothes, she noticed this red blouse, as if inviting her to try it on. She tried it on and it fitted her just right. To her surprise, it looked beautiful on her. With that red blouse on, her face glowed. It put the sweetest smile on her lips like never before. That was the first red blouse she bought and wore. From then on, whenever she shopped for clothes she would always consider red, a color she used to hate but learned to love. And now if you look at her closet you will find more of reds than any other color!

And my second entry:



Materials used: Patterned papers: Piggy Tales Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Broken Chair, Goldilocks, Great Big Bear); Piggy Tales taglets and pieces (circle, flower, tab); brad, ribbon, fiber, ricrac, button, DMC thread, DCWV alphabet stickers, glitter glue, metal charms (cat and boy); Shapes used: circle, rectangle and triangle (photo corners)

Journaling reads (hidden beneath the photos):

This tale is about a boy and his cat…
Once upon a time, there was a boy named James who didn’t have any responsibility at home. You just couldn’t depend on him to do any given household chores. All he did was play, play and play or watch television in between. He was a very studious boy, though.
One day, James found a lost kitten. It was very tiny, hungry and feeling cold. At that instant, he decided to give the tiny kitten a home to stay and gave him a name, too. He gave the kitten a royal name, Prinsipe. He patiently fed Prinsipe with milk until the time when it was ready for solid food. He always saw to it that Prinsipe was kept warm. He had a special basket lined with old clothes which became Prinsipe’s home for a while. Because of Prinsipe, he came to take responsibility and tried his best to learn some household chores especially those that concerned his favorite pet.

Think Green

Here is my entry to Scrapperie's Challenge #2 - Do a Monochromatic LO. Although green is not my number 1 favorite color, I used it in my LO. The LO is entitled THINK GREEN (not to mean "green-mindedness" but being a nature-lover.) Yes, I am a nature-lover though I don't talk about it often. I love nature and I hope I can help preserving it in my own little ways.

Here is my LO:



Details of my LO:



Materials used: Provo Craft patterned and plain paper, DCWV cardstock, Fabriano cardstock, brads, silk flowers, ribbons, DMC thread, fiber, DCWV letter stickers, Around the block charm, Uni-ball Signo pen
Journaling reads:
Though I do not talk about it often, I consider myself a nature lover. The place where this photo was taken doesn't fail to unleash the nature lover in me. I have been to this place several times and everything in here is just perfect if you want to commune with nature. This place gives me the opportunity to be one with nature and a time to reflect on the more important things in life. Nature brings me serenity and peace of mind and heart.

Renewed Passion

In the early part of this year, I was into a scrapbooking slump. I just stopped creating LO's and attending events related to scrapbooking. This happened when my husband came home for good. We have so much catching up to do since he was away for a very long time. We relocated to our new home and there were tons of work to do. Plus the fact that my husband was already complaining about the tons of scrapbooking stuff I have accumulated all these years. So I finally decided to just take a break from my craft. I don't know what came into me that time. I just felt my passion for scrapbooking was gone. But I was wrong because after my so called scrapbooking slump, I just woke one day up realizing that I should not be depriving myself with the thing I am most passionate about.

I created a LO about this phase in my journey to the world of scrapbooking. I originally entered the LO to Scrapwords Word of the Week Contest - PASSION. Luckily, it won.

Here are some photos of my LO:



I included a mini-album where photos of the LO's I have created after my passion's been renewed.

The cover of the mini album

For this LO, I used Provocraft patterned and plain papers and of course my favorite embellishment, whatelse but Prima flowers!

My journaling was handwritten for a personal touch. Here is my journaling:

Was there ever a time in your life when you felt your passion is dying down? I have experienced this several times in my life, at work (my passion for teaching), in my relationships (my passion to give my entire self), in my craft (my passion to create). Just recently, I was into this phase. I decided to stop donig the thing I am most passionate about, what else but SCRAPBOOKING? All of a sudden, I stopped creating LO's, attending scrapbook-related events, joining contests, buying scrapbook stuff, seeing my scrappin' friends. This lasted for almost three months (March to June 2007). I missed a lot of things - new supplies and trends. I missed a whole lot of people - the LB Scrapaholics and my scrappin' friends! I missed being published in E-zines and newsletters where I was supposed to write an article. I was totally left out. It was my coice, no one to blame but me. But one day in the month of June, I woke up telling myself that I can't live without scrapbooking. I was glad that phase was over. I began scrapping again, this time with a renewed passion to create and share my creations with the world as I started posting in international galleries and blogs. It's good to be back.

Just last week, I received my prize from Leslie Ackman, Scrapwords owner. She sent the prize to my cousin, Guada who was in California. Guada just went home from California after almost eight months last November 4. I got the prize last Thursday (November 15). Here is my prize, three sets Around the Block big metal brads:



I also entered this LO to Creative Scrap Shack's DTLOTD for September and it was chosen DTLOTD for September 26. Here's what Jenelle, DT of CSC has to say about my LO:

"What struck me the most about Timi's LO was her journaling. It's just so real and honest. TFS with us! Congrats your LO has been chosen as DTLOTD September 26th. Come over to the MB and see what the members are saying!"