Paper!

Here is a scrapbooking-related tag from Eds. Thank you, girl!


You are PAPER!

You are an all natural basic person who likes to act as a foundation to others. You are willing to take a backseat in most of your relationships and let others take the spotlight, while you show your support and help them shine! Underneath it all, you are the one who makes it all happen. You are the focus and stability in any group, even if you are not the leader. Others look to you to set the pace and provide ideas for ways to get things done. But Paper Beware - sometimes you get a little edgy with the people who look to you for support and can give them some papercut remarks that can hurt their feelings. Remember to watch what you say, because you are best when leading by example.

Take the Quiz here. Then, add your site where you posted this quiz and the scrapbooking item that describes you.

PLAYERS: THE SCRAPAHOLIC ME - Stickers | Because Life Is Fun - Paper | Quicker8 - Paper | Just Me.. Eds - Glue | Digiscraptology - Paper | Your Turn

You Complete Me

Tired. Stressed. And feeling creative.

A layout I made for Shaui's (Fei-Fei Stuff) "A Freebie with a Contest". Finally, I was able to use the stuff that I showed you here. Not hoping to win here (honestly) but I am just grateful to be Shaui for the inspiration (and motivation) to scrap. ;) It means so much!

Here's the girl and her Dad! Thanks for looking!

Credits:
Word Art, Pastelaria and Whimsicality Kits: Shaui Lee of Fei-Fei Stuff
Paper Block Templates: Emily Merritt of {We Are} Storytellers
Font: A Yummy Apology
Brush: Inobscuro

The Few and I am Proud!

Here are more layouts which are posted on my main blog but I feel and I like to repost them here!

Credits here. Photos from 3 years ago.

And here. Photos taken in Davao City about 3 years ago.

More credits here. Photos taken November last year, during Wes' cousin's wedding in Pampanga.

And lastly, here. These photos were taken about 3 years ago. *sigh*

Yeah, I have so few pages. Still struggling to getting mojo work. Or overcoming my l-a-z-i-n-e-s-s (which is hard. Aaargh.)

Anyways, thanks for looking!

Spreading Creativity

Bago pa ako malunod sa mga tags (which has happened over and over again!), I am going to do this one na from Mai and Alpha. :D Maraming salamat!

All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.

::: Eckhart Tolle :::

{ created by Cathy, please don’t delete the graphics or alter it }

1. Copy the graphics designed by Cathy and then tell us your story about how you came to start designing. It doesn’t matter if it’s “for your eyes only” or you are designing for somebody.
2. Come back here and leave your link where you posted the story. I will add your blogs to the master list. If you have more than 1 blog you need to post the tag to your other blogs as well.
3. Pass it to people you know who makes beautiful crafts.
4. Make sure that you come back here to get the updated list of bloggers who joined the tag. This is a good way to increase our rankings on Technorati at the same time we get to read great stories.

So let’s start spreading those creativity.
1. Anything and Everything in Between
2. Designs By Vhiel
3. Vhiel’s Corner
4. Can of Thoughts
5. Digital Scrapbooking Creations
6. Me and My World
7. Big Money List
8. Simple Life, Simply Me
9. Digital Life Scraps
10. The Livy Updater
11. Pinay Mommy Online
12. Blessings and Beyond
13. The Artist in Mitch
14. InkBabyStudios
15. Aggie Scraps
16. Simply Me
17. Because Life Is Fun
18. Aggie Scraps
19. Enchanted Play
20. Just My Scrap
21. The Scrapaholic Me
22. Digiscraptology

{ end copy here }

Pretty things has always been my fascination. And I am a self-confessed frustrated artist. I loved to draw when I was a kid but I was not cut for the job. I was also into cross-stitching when it was the *in* thing and I enjoyed it. I used to collect craft scissors too because they fascinate me but I rarely used them. I wanted to try paper scrapbooking when I learned about it but I can't bring myself to cut the papers nor use the embellishments! :) That's why I HOARD scrapbooking gadgets and I have been keeping some embellishes. But I when I discovered digital scrapbooking, I felt the freedom to create and not to worry about the mess nor the expenses. It is sooo liberating. And I have my friend, Liz, to thank. Thanks, Sis! This craft has been a life-saver, plus it opened a new world to me. I gained more friends because of this hobby. And now, even though my laziness has overpowered my mojo, I am still not giving up this craft. I will keep on trying and motivating myself. And that's after I come out of the piles of scrapbooking magazines, idea books and CDs of digital kits that I have accumulated for some years. Yikes! :)

Buge and Liz: what's your respective crafting stories?

Templates and Kits Sale

Here are some shop sales which are so hard to resist:

Janet Phillips is cleaning out the virtual shelves and retiring 50 of her products for $50! Go and visit her shop now.

On the other hand, Digital Design Essentials is have a 3-day Sale.

Shaui's Contest

My friend, Shaui, is giving away this

and this. You would love to get your hands on them, don't yah? Plus a GC from her store perhaps? :) How? Go and run to her blog for details. ;)

Let's Do the Countdown

Participants: Me and Mine | Creative in Me | For the LOVE of Food | Little Peanut | Pea in a Pod | Mommy Talks | Aggie Shoots. Aggie Scraps | All Kinds of Me Stuff | The Salad Caper | Winding Creek Circle | Fun.Fierce.Fab | Ozzy’s Mom | Me,Myself+2 | Princess Sophia | Spin180 | Wisdom City | MY Happy Place | IamDzoi | ClikTrik | SuburbanBeats | All Things Me| Because Life Is Fun | Digiscraptology | YOUR BLOGS

Ten movies you’d watch over and over:
~ Waah! Next question please.

Nine people you enjoy the company of:
~ Husband, Little Girl, relatives, online friends, *real life* friends, colleagues,

Eight things you’re wearing:
~ Undies, pants, shorts, shirts, blouses, sleeveless tops, earrings, jammies.

Seven things on your mind:
~ Me being sickie, my deadline on Friday, what to cook for dinner, whether to buy another idea book or not, my dying blogs, my work on Sunday, sleep.

Six objects you touch every day:
~ Laptop, mouse, ref, doors, remote controls, keys.

Five things you do everyday:
~ Eat, sleep, work, talk, take a bath.

Four things that you see when you turn your head to the right:
~ Wall, window, pillows, curtains.

Three of your favorite things that are red color:
~I can't think of anything right now.

Two people who have influenced your life the most:
~ My parents.

One person who has been nice to you today:
~ The Husband, he provided me with the meds I needed without being asked. ;)

Thanks Alpha for the concern over this dying blog. Hehe.

YOU are tagged!