My third layout is another magnolia stamp Tilda with a lamb.

Wonderful Magnolia Workshop (Card making and water coloring)

Just A Quick Update

I want to share to everyone my halloween entry for an event I joined as a guest designer for the Filipino Scrapbook Club

i think Halloween is one of my favorite day of the year. Apart from all the candies that we get from trick or treating, I get to make these awesome Halloween inspired cards.

Sneak Peak: Advanced Cardmaking & Watercoloring Class

A sneak peak of my August class! Please check for updates, more pictures coming soon!

* using Lyric Collection paper by Prima, Magnolia Stamps and Tim Holtz Distress Re-inker.*

Another Card Making Class At the Lasting Impression

I had another card making and distress ink coloring at the lasting impression last July 6, 2013 with a very ecstatic group of ladies who were somehow new to cardmaking. I was so happy because all of them were very enthusiastic and willing  to learn all through out the whole class.

Here are the cards we worked on:

this criss cross card with a gorjuss girl stamp theme which we embellished with miniature flowers on the side.

a flower embellished tilda with a pop up i love you message inside.

a flower embellished tilda with a pop up i love you message inside.

a princess pea tilda card embellished with miniature flowers, laces and pearls.

The whole day was a blast, not only because of the projects that we created but also because of the fact that the lovely students I worked with enjoyed what they were doing. I hope that I get the chance to work with them again in the near future

Princess Pea Tilda in a shadow box card

Here's my latest creation. I had time to work on this yesterday and came up with this very lovely shadow box card:

The Magnolia Stamp I used is the princess pea tilda colored with distress ink. I embelished the side with a rose that i sprinkled with white and gold enamel. I added some white tool around the card and used some florish cut outs. I also used a metallic blue embossing powder on the sentiment.

I am very happy every time I have the chance to finish a new creation and I cant start to make a new one.

My Latest Tilda Card

Here is my latest Magnolia Card. I colored Tilda with distress ink. The scissors was cut using tim holtz sewing edge. I used a spellbinders die cut for The frame where i stamped tilda. The zipper is from prima vintage trinkets. I embellished the side with some pastel colored flowers and a lace.

May 22 Card Making Class at the Lasting Impression

i had a class last saturday at the lasting impression and i would like to share to you the cards that i taught to the participants.

I prepared 3 sets of different cards for the class and i made sure that each card will stand out.

This is very simple and easy but its also a very interesting and fun to make card. Again, since I really really love Magnolia stamps, i used this Tilda with Dafodil stamp that we colored with distress ink. The dye cut i used for the window is from Memory Box and the Branch is from spell binder. The leaves and the flowers were made using punch bunch.

For this card, I used joyful tilda stamp which we also colored with distress ink. Tilda was cut using the spellbinder oval die cutter with scalops. I used the Magnolia die for the flowers and the joy fleur de lis die colomn that has a lace like pattern in the middle.

This is a center step card and I used a saturated canary stamp for the main theme. I embelished it with hand made flowers using the spellbinder die, the butterfly is a die from cheery lynn. The center background was cut using a marian die while the floral side embelishments were cut using a memory box die.

its such a shame that I wasnt able to take a picture of the class itself but Im happy that all of the participants had a wonderful time making this 3 unique cards.

May 11 Class at The Yellow Violet House: Water Coloring and Card Making with Exploding Box Mini Album

The projects I taught at for my workshop at The Yellow Violet House were all Mother's Day Inspired. I was lucky to share how to create a dainty card dedicated for moms.

Here are some photos of the card:

To make it more special I threw in some hand made flowers in the kit for the card itself. The hand made flower is very easy to make and believe it or not, i just used some of the many scrap papers that I have lying around. Thats why I highly recommend for everyone not to throw away scrap papers. It might be useful in your future proects.

Here's a photo of the finished product:

I also taught a very unique and special project really suited for Mother's Day. The Exploding Box Mini Album. When I was trying to make this project by myself for the first time, I was very excited with all the techniques and ideas I have in mind that I can use for it. I felt like it will be a very fun way to honor your love ones and really keep memories boxed up. Once the box is opened, an explosion of fun times through pictures can be showcased.

in the middle of the box is a cherry blossom tree. 

 Here's a photo of m student's finished product for the day:

 What a happy class it was!

For my mother's day special

Greetings to all the mothers and mothers to be. Its never easy to be a mom. Being a mother is a full time career with no hope for promotions and the only income you get is a smile and a kiss from your child. A never ending commitment and obligation that will guide them as the year pass by.


Happy mothers day everyone.

A Memorable Day At the Yellow Violet House

Following my teaching stint at Lasting, I was given the chance by the Yellow Violet House to also share my talent to their interested scrappers.

My class comprised of 5 amazing students who also shared the same passion I have with scrapping. We made 2 types of cards and a mini album, We were scheduled to work on the projects from 9am - 3pm but because we had so much fun we had to extend til 6pm.

Here are some photos of what i taught at the Yellow Violet House

We started by coloring the Lala Stamp on this card and worked on the card itself.

Love the sidedetails on the card! Specially the lamp post!

Another card we made. We also colored the baker tilda shown here and this card can be used to share your favorite recipe with your close friends or relatives

We used a hand made paper flower embellishment and some beads to make the card more lively.

A sneak peek of the mini album we created. 

I will be having another card-making class scheduled on May 11 at the Yellow Violet House and I am looking forward to being there once again.

Distress Ink Coloring and Card Making Class at Lasting Impression

Last April 13, 2013, I held my very crafting class at Lasting Impression in San Juan. Im so happy and thankful at the same time for having a full class considering that its my first time to teach.

We started with the distress ink coloring. I showed my students the techniques and used and learned from researching online. I can say that the internet is really a wonder when it comes to crafting as it opens new doors and opportunities for me to enhance my creativity. Even though I already have some knowledge in distress ink coloring,

A lot of people are generous enough to share their techniques just like Susan Lee, based in Dubai, who helped me a lot by giving me tips and sharing her knowledge on how to color using distress ink. I also learned from Iris Uy when it comes to mix media and because of them, i got inspired to share my talent and knowledge in crafting

I prepared 3 different card designs for the class.

I discussed how to make this easel card. I chose this Magnolia Stamp (Taylor Tilda) as  it brings back fond memories of my other who is a seamstress and I myself also love sewing. I embelished the card with some mini flowers and a spool cut out using tim holtz (sewing room dye) which i intentionally spooled with some yellow thread to match the yellow color of the fabric.

I found this round side step card design at www.paperpapillon.com . Credits to the design tutorial given by Marlene.  I embelished the card with hand made flowers using Martha Stewart and Memory Box dye cuts.

Since its summer, i thought of using this bath cap tilda stamp for this  6x6 card. i added some small pearls and a cute little ribbon to embelish it.

I had a memorable time teaching this techniques and I feel good in being able to see others complete the project. I would like to thank Vivian Uy of lasting Impression for giving the opportunity to teach and also everybody who attended the class for making it fun and lively. Im looking forward to teaching more techniques soon!

Thanks So Much! A Special Request

A student who was about to graduate cannot think of something special to give to his professors as a token of gratitude for their help throughout the years of teaching him at school.

He asked for my help and I came up with this little project. of colorful cascaded thank you cards.

I used Pirate Edwin #66 for his male professors:

and Pirate Tilda #66 for his female professors:

I also used some small embelishments like a cute pink and white flower tied with a small bow for the female cards and a tiny heart cut out with a blue string and small buttons.

I really had fun making this set and I find it really thoughtful for the student to remember his professors on his graduation day that's why I couldn't say no when he asked for my help!

Updating My Blog

Its been a while since my last post. I actually just tried to create a blog last year but due to so many activities, i was not able to update it.

I checked on my phone/camera and saw that i already have loads of photos of the projects I made, that I shouldve uploaded so I thought that its about time that I post it here for everyone to see.

I would like to start my update by posting this cute little card I made with a taylor tilda stamp that i colored with distress ink. I also used a tim holtz dye cut (sewing room) for the spool and added some flower embelishments that i found really pretty. I love using Magnolia Stamps especially Tilda.

Here is a snap shot of the inner part of the card:

I shall be posting a couple of more cards from my past projects on my next entries. stay tuned!.