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in three months time, we will be celebrating our wedding anniversary. 

i can't believe it will be seven years by then. time does fly fast when you are having the time of your life. that is especially true when you are with the one person you chose to love and live with forever through all the ups and downs.

to cap off the love month of february, let me share with you this layout i created when we celebrated our 4th year anniversary. 

you'll notice that i "played" with my title to indicate both the year we are celebrating and to say "i love you" figuratively.  i also deviated from using pinks or reds for my color palette, which i think suited the layout very well.

journal: Every year spent with you have been a journey and a celebration. We have moved through our married life with continued hope and faith of what the future brings for our family. We learn more about each other everyday and continue to keep God in the center of everything. He has bigger plans for us and we know it will come in time. We will continue to enjoy our journey and will love each other every step of the way. 

I love you…

(May 29, 2008)

materials used: cardstock - bazzill; patterned paper - october afternoon; chipboard - american crafts, tim holtz; flowers - prima; glimmer mist - tattered angels; stickers - 7gypsies; punch & tools - fiskars, martha stewart, creative memories; others - crochet flower, resin chipboard, corduroy buttons, fiber; font - traveling typewriter

1. 2. 3. pout

it's the last blog hop for the scrap-it-lah anniversary challenge.  the last hop is over at jessy's blog.  she's one talented scrapper and i really like her scrapbook style.  oh and did i mention i like her photographs too. i'm sucking up to jessy on this one. lol!

it's a photo inspiration and this is how i got inspired by it.  this is my niece aly, my sometimes willing & unwilling subject when i need variety for my layouts.

i used a floral patterned paper inspired by the cupcake holder.  i used a ribbon and placed a frill on top to give it that dainty feel, much like the cupcake.  and, used touches of yellow for the buttons and the alpha inspired by the color of the photo.

i liked the simplicity of this design, just the little touches here and there especially that little birdie by the edge.

journal:
you really have a way of making us laugh with your little antics. there's something about your attitude that we just can't resist. one minute you look so sweet, the next, you are hilarious! keep up that spunk aly and continue to make us smile. (oct. 3 '09)

materials used: 
cardstock - bazzill; patterned paper - fancy pants, we r memory keepers; stickers - american crafts, making memories, hambly studios; rub-ons - autumn leaves; buttons - autumn leaves, making memories; ribbon - fancy pants; ink - chalkbox

beat it mj's

it's the fifth blog hop over at scrap-it-lah.  the challenge was to create a layout with circle elements.  simple!  and just right for the layout i have on hand.

these photos were taken back in october during halloween night. we chanced upon a contest at hard rock cafe for mj impersonators. well, who else would you expect to pose with them for a photo! lol!

journal: the king of pop's magic lives on with his fans. we came across these mj wannabe's at the hard rock cafe. they were competing on who's the best "michael jackson." i did have my personal fave! care to guess... (10-30-09)

materials used:
patterned paper - basic grey, american crafts, sassafras; chipboard - american crafts, scenic route; sticker - creative imaginations, jenni bowlin; transparency - hambly screen prints; pen - uni ball signo, staedtler triplus

twilight

i've been following the challenges over at scrap-it-lah for quite some time now. it's run by michelle ku, a really talented scrapper from malaysia. she also has talented scrappers in her design team and they are just as friendly and equally talented scrappers.

i have participated in their challenges in the past but stopped some months ago coz i've just been doing a lot of stuff.  well, i hopped over to their blog again a few weeks back and found out it was their 1st year anniversary and they were having a month of blog hop challenges.  it was a great way for me to start joining again on their challenges.

here's my entry to their 4th blog hop challenge by yatie.  we were to create a layout consisting of items from 10 different manufacturers. here's my take on the challenge.

journal:
i was a late bloomer when it comes to this series of books. nelo got me a set of these as a post-birthday gift. talk about catching up fast (september 2009)


materials used:
1. bazzill - black cardstock as photo mat
2. dcwv - blue cardstock 
3. martha stewart - border punch; butterfly punch
4. glitz designs - black & red, birds patterned paper; stickers
5. jenni bowlin - argyle patterned paper
6. jillibean soup - kraft paper base
7. scenic route - chipboard
8. little yellow bicycle - stickers
9. american crafts - alpha title
10. unknown source - buttons
11. unknown source - frills
12. leeho - glitter glue
13. judikins - diamond glaze
14. staedtler triplus - pen for journaling

laughter

it's a long weekend here since friday was a holiday.  so i had the chance to do some chores and tidy up the house. we also attended a birthday party of our friend's kid, it was her 1st. lots of fun photos taken yesterday. will scrap it one of these days.

today was no exception as we cleaned-up some more. we'll finally have our cabinets built for our walk-in closet. that will be this coming week and we're expecting dust all over the room. we had to move out our stuff in preparation for it.

after all that was done, it was facebook time for me! i was able to squeeze in creating one layout earlier this evening for a challenge over at scrap-it-lah.  the layout featured my newest niece, my sil's 2nd baby - carina. this is the first layout i created for her. she's such a cutie and i love those big eyes of her!

materials used: 
lace cardstock - ki memories; patterned paper - jenni bowlin, autumn leaves, october afternoon, american crafts; die-cut - october afternoon;  bling - prima; sticker - making memories, 3 bugs in a rug; puncher - martha stewart

dip, scoop, pose

nelo and i are such ice cream lovers! whenever we are out, choice of dessert will either be cake or ice cream. it is such a novelty to find a shop which serves ice cream on a crepe. who can pass up crepes with ice cream! love the mix of pistachio ice cream with mango slices and almond nuts. yum!

journal:
we love ice cream! and there's no better way to cap off an evening than with this delicious dessert.

love the mix of colors in this layout. the pinks, blues & greens really blended well with the dose of yellow in the background.

used a lot of sassafras papers here. i love their die-cut borders. it adds a little extra touch to the design. and i used quite a number here, leftovers from various projects.

i'm sending this in as my entry to scrap-it-lah's september challenge.

materials used:
patterned paper - sassafras lass, basic grey, ki memories, american crafts; alphas - american crafts, doodlebug design, provo craft; glitter glue - derivian, leeho; thread - dmc floss; pen - staedtler triplus

missing... again!

yup! i've been missing from blogland once more. this blog has been neglected yet again.

things are busy with work and free time at home have been consumed with my addiction to farmtown over at facebook. lol! i have a layout lined-up about this. will share once it's finished.

on the scrapping front, things have been quite good despite the limited output of layouts.

a few of my layouts will be featured at scrapstreet. one will be for the september issue and three will be for their october issue. will post the link once the online magazine has been published.

remember this layout, newbies, it won in the july challenge at scrap-it-lah!

and, my last layout, i want my mommy, won in the cosmo cricket challenge at a walk down memory lane.

so happy! really, it's the icing on the cake.

that's it for now. will come back tomorrow to share some layouts.

newbies

this is a layout about nelo & me as newbies when it comes to our dslr.

these photos were taken barely a week after we bought the camera. good thing my niece had the same type of camera, so i told nelo to take a photo of me holding it and vice versa.

i used a prima sketch here for inspiration. notice that film slide? i've had those since i started scrapping in 2005. i never really found a need to use them until i created this layout. it holds photos taken by nelo & me.

love the kaiser wood flourish! i used an entire pack of 4 pcs. here. i had to cut it up to maximize it on the design.

by the way, this is my entry to the july challenge at scrap-it-lah. we had to choose from a set of malaysian menu when creating the design. i chose the following from the menu. enjoy!
(main dish) Nasi Lemak = Use chipboards/stickers
(side dish) Sambal Petai Udang = Hidden journaling
(dessert) Kueh Lapis = use paint/ink
(drinks) Teh O' Ais Limau= Your choice of papers

materials used: cardstock - bazzill; patterned paper, alpha sticker, journaling pad - prima; wood flourish - kaisercraft; metal clip - making memories; ink - colorbox; glitter glue - leeho; slide mount

little discovery

this is a layout i created using the june sketch from scrap-it-lah, a malaysian blog challenge ran by mich and jessy. i realized it will be much faster for me to finish layouts if i start off with a sketch.

i used here a photo of a sculpture we discovered at greenbelt 3 near the church. it's a sculpture of kids playing tug-o-war. saw this when we attended mass and stayed outside since the church was already full. it was there in one part of the garden outside the church. i've been passing through that route often but i never really noticed that sculpture until that day..

i mentioned in my previous post that i've been using up some of my old stash. this layout was no exception. used papers i've had since 2007, i just mixed in a strip of new ones. see the fasternater staple wires? had that since 2006. i got them on sale when we went to texas that year. and no, i don't have the fastenater, just the wires. lol! used the felt scroll here as well.

materials used: cardstock - dcwv; patterned paper - 7gypsies, prima, scenic route; journal note - prima; bingo card - jenni bowlin; chipboard - heidi swapp; sticker alpha - making memories; felt - q&co; ek success - fastenater; acrylic & glitter paint - lil' davis; ink - chalkbox; others - button, ribbon