WHO SAID THAT BEING A STAY AT HOME MOM IS EASY???

When I get time alone, i really miss the old and simple days. But then again parenthood has changed me in so many ways. Changes i will never ever regret. lessons in life came, and it made me take life a little bit more seriously. 

Love your mothers, cause what they do is more than any human ability. They sacrifice everything for you. They'd fight anybody if they see that what they're doing is for your own good. They'd cry every night coz they're hurt but can't voice it out. Then when you look at them, they'd smile, coz everything in the world is right as long as they have you. Its true what they say... You'll never understand parenthood until you have children of your own.

This was a message sent to me by my niece last Mother's day. And I do agree with her 100%. Being a mom is not an easy task. Belated Happy Mother's Day to All!

Instagram and Photo Apps

Last January I was introduced to the world of Iphone photo editing apps. Since then I got soooo hooked that it almost took all of my spare time playing with it. In fact i barely use it as a phone. I is more of a photo editing tool for me. LOL. I have found a new outlet for my creative juices.  

Working on New layouts...

Last week I was able to make a couple of layouts after more than a month of  being unproductive. Here are the photos of my my layouts in progress:

I was able to finish two of those layouts but the last layout was finished just yesterday! Talk about getting distracted. I will post the details once I am able to take photos of the layouts. :)

Thanks for looking!

First post for the year!

Hi peeps! This is my very first blog post since the last day of last year. I never thought the being a stay at home mom can be very busy. Every time I sit down a create a new post I would always get distracted by the kids or some household chores.


Well anyway here are some layouts that I did for the past 3 months:

I love the simplicity of this layout.
Here I used my Studio Calico kit that I won from Scrap-it-Lah

Here I used my fave Prima Stamp and some old BG Christmas Papers.

Here is another Christmas layout.

Well that is all. I hope to be able to find more time to post and cretae more scrapbook layouts.

Last Day of the Year

It is the last day of the year. Looking back...this year has been full of wonderful blessings. My son Ike, started preschool in a big school,

 Gee started in a new account and I began to teach grade school and of course the most important blessing of all is receiving our new angel Tatianna.

 
Thank you so much Lord for the blessings and I pray that in the coming year our blessings will be doubled.

So while waiting for the new year I send the day taking care of the kids and finishing my last layout for the year. It is a Christmas layout done for the last and final challenge over at Scrap-it-Lah. Their challenge is:

December’s Challenge

You need to please include:-

1.    Multi-photo layout using Christmas photos (at least 3) or,

2.    if you don’t celebrate Christmas, photos from a

3.    similar celebration (no birthdays please!)

4.    Glitter or glimmer mist somewhere on your layout.

5.    Traditional Christmas colours of red/green/gold (compulsory)

6.    plus only ONE other colour OF YOUR CHOICE

7.    (Both plain and printed papers are fine as long as you stick to the colours).

This is the layout I made:

And here is the wonderful prize that is up for grabs:

It is so sad that this will be their last challenge...I always enjoy creating layouts based on their challenges and of course their prizes are so great! To Scrap-it-Lah I will miss you...

And finally before I end this post allow me to leave with this note:

Let the Countdown Begin...

Our little Tatianna turned 1 month last December 2, 2011, I made her a cute little headband using lace and prima flower. Here is a photo taken last December 2:

Lately Ike has been obsessed with countdowns. First he started crossing out the dates towards our birthdays now he is starting to cross out the dates towards Christmas. I guess it has come to a point where he already understands the mechanics of using a calendar and also what Christmas is all about. So I decided to create for him a Christmas Tag countdown. Here are the first 4 days of the countdown:

 December 1

December 2

December 3

December 4

 Since my maternity leave I was able to create some new layouts...

I made this layout using Studio Calico kits.

Be Inspired!

Woot! I am a featured member over at Inspire Me the official ning site of Webster's Pages. I have been a member for quite sometime now but this is only my second time that I submitted a layout for their gallery. Here are the layouts that caught their eyes:

This dress form is my entry for Webster's pages October challenge: Dress-up a dress form.



I made this layout for the Dusty Attic October sketch challenge. The giant clock is from Dusty Attic and the papers that I used are from Webster's Pages.

I hope you like my creations!

My First Reveal for Sketchabilities!

This is so exciting! It's my very first reveal over at Sketchabilities! And here is Sketch # 33


And this is my layout using the sketch. I enjoyed creating this so much!

Ike recently discovered the joy of bubble bath! He got so crazy about bubble bath that he mixes his liquid soap and water all the time now! Oh no... lots of wasted soap and water!

Sketchabilities Sketch #27

I've been a sketch addict lately! I've never realized until now how much I miss using sketches in creating my layouts. It just makes scrapbooking easier. So here is a layout I did using sketch #27. It is a layout about Ike's first day of school.


Here is a detailed photo of the paper rolling that I did for the layout.



Thanks for viewing!

Another Giveaway at Sketchabilities

There is another giveaway over at Sketchabilities. This time we need to use Sketch #26 to be able to have a chance to win the RAk.




This picture was taken during Ike's first day in school. I don't know who suffered more from separation anxiety the dad, the mom or the son? LOL..

Thanks for dropping by!

Sketchabilities First Anniversary!

There is a huge celebration over at Sketchabilities and I am playing along. I did this layout using sketch #23.





That is my little school boy during his first day of school. Isn't he so adorable?

Thanks for looking!

Sugar Rush

It is a busy week for me. I don't have much time to spend surfing the net so I would just like to share with you a layout I made months ago. I used the Sugar Rush line of Basic Grey here. I love the colors of this line so much that I created several layouts using this line.

Here is another layout inspired by a sketch from Creative Scrappers.Again Sugar Rush was used here.

Don't you just love the colors?
Thanks for visiting.

White Layout Challenge

A new challenge is up over at Method's Playground. This time it is a white layout challenge. I enjoyed making the layout for this challenge. I never thought that using mostly white elements on a layout would look very interesting and pretty. So hop on to our blog and join our challenge.