LGS 2012 Dec Week 1 : My Angel

Lets Get Sketchy (LGS) is part of my life, I have to check and think about their weekly challenges. They provided a different direction in terms of creativity - I start with their sketch and think what pictures or occasion that I need to scrap that I can use in the layout, then looking for the papers and embellishments!

I used handmade paper but not sure if it is still available. Actually, in the mock up, the second base paper is dark pink and I turned it over, saw a lighter pink but did not think much and I just placed glue to stick the dark pink OOOOPSSS! There are actually two handmade papers! A light and dark pink plain!!
So from this faux pass, I just had to continue on one that would match.

The paper lace I placed using the patterned paper but it does not mark, so I used the backside which is plain white and to bring it to forefront, I matted it on the dark pink.

These challenges are fun and works my brain and creativity. There is no right or wrong but there is a better and more beautiful way in Scrapping ... as in life. One can always just hope that one has chosen the best combination of papers and embellishments from what is available, just in life - we make decisions on the options available to us.

Jacky : Friends

This layout was prepared from a sketch of the FSCB Challenge 11 and likewise entered to the Kaboodle Doodle Challenge 148 : Use Circles.

Jacky : My Hero

This layout was prepared from a sketch of the FSCB Challenge 11 and likewise entered to the Kaboodle Doodle Challenge 148 : Use Circles.

Jacky - Adorable

This layout was prepared from a sketch of the FSCB Challenge 11 and likewise entered to the Kaboodle Doodle Challenge 148 : Use Circles.

LGS 2012 Nov Week 3 : SMILE

I was sick and bed ridden for almost 2 weeks! How did I know I was better: I was able to scrap again! Unfortunately, this is also the time I have to leave for a long planned tour. So here I am, on my second night in Vietnam, trying to post an entry before I left the Philippines!

For the Lets get Sketchy challenge, what is more appropriate but butterflies, they metamorphose from caterpillars in their cocoons - same way i was forced to stay in bed, in my room!

Elmer's Birthday 2012 : Me?

I think I am favored by the heavens despite being bed bound recently! I got to hop blog of Fall in to Fall by Lets Get Sketchy, and for the week's challenge - I prepared this layout based on their sketch. I used a black and red plaid ribbon that qualified me to enter it at Kaboodle Doodles Challenge!

Thus, being of a less healthy mind, I could not think much of which papers to combines, lacking imagination, I just followed the sketch... hehehehe. But to add spice to the red and black scheme of the sketch, I used a wooden stamp with writings - and for it to show, I used gesso on the rubber stamp, smearing it with my fingers for the black paper. Then the conventional black ink on red.

Filstar All About Scrapbooking has no black paper - so I used one of the pages from their black kraft album.  The stars, ribbon, and that laser cut are from All About Scrapbooking.

The layout is entered on the challenges of :

1. Lets Get Sketchy for 2012 November week 2
2. Kaboodle Doodle Challenge number 145

Baguio Trip : Always

My Mom loved the layout! Then she asked, where did I get the butterfly frames? I smiled and said that those are part of Jollibee drink carrier that i cut out, primed with gesso, and then stamped with butterflies! Yeah - you can re use the those paper drink carriers and use them as frames! No need to buy paper frames.

The fabric ribbon  and the 3 dimensional butterflies were bought from 168 Mall in Divisoria. The Fabric ribbon cost Php40 for a roll and the butterflies are Php35 per sheet (depends on the design, a sheet has around 8 - 12 butterflies.

The rest : papers and embellishments are bought from the advance "Tiangge" or Bazaar Sale for its Scrappin Club members last 20 October. The sale would be open to the public on 13-17 November 2012. Oh, call me a hoarder but this brings the estimated cost a lot lower! For this layout that is fully decked with flowers : it would be around Php85. Why? The mark down embellishments would only be Php5 - when it was previously sold around Php29-Php49.50!

The layout is entered on the following challenge blog:

1. Challenge 9 of Filipino Scrapbookers's Challenge Blog
2. Anything Goes Challenge #144 of Kaboodle Doodles

LGS 2012 Nov wk 1 : Elmer

I made the layout based on Lets Get Sketchy 2012 November week 1 challenge, surprisingly... I qualifies also for the Kaboodles Doodles Challenge Blog! 

The layout is special and extra easy with - WASHI TAPES! I got to buy 3 rolls of it from Lasting Impression earlier together with stamps, so I used it for the border and the horizontal lines.  The papers and the ribbons - were sourced from All About Scrapbooking of Filstar.

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