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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Creative Freedom

Hello crafty foks!
Wanna share with you my second Pink Paislee page for this month... I had fun mixing lots of Pink Paislee digital stuff in this layout...

Thanks for dropping by!

Portfolio 12x12 paper pack
Bohemian Bliss Element Pack
Vintage Vogue 12x12 Paper pack
Country Lane Stamps
Shabby Sugarland Journal Cards
Lattice Circles

Happy crafting,
Donna

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Sweet Happy Times

Hi folks!
I have a new page tutorial in the Pretty Paper Studio blog..
Hope you check it out! Thanks!

Happy crafting,
Donna

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

First layout for Pink Paislee!

Hi folks, just wanna share my first digital layout and first blog post for Pink Paislee!
It went live 2 days ago... includes a short and simple tutorial about blending modes I used in my layout as well...

Thanks for checking it out!

Happy crafting,
Donna

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Bits and pieces giveaway by C'est Magnifique

Yummy!!

Crossing all fingers to win this hehehe :D

Happy crafting,
Donna

Monday, May 06, 2013

May is all about flowers and ribbons at Pretty Paper Studio

Hi folks!
Posted my first layout for Pretty Paper Studio for this month's challenge: Anything with flowers and ribbons.

Do check it out HERE and see how I created this page!

Happy crafting,
Donna

Friday, April 26, 2013

Guess who's in the Pink Paislee Digital Team?

That's ME!!!! OMG!!! Woot!!! Lol! :D
How cool is that... thank you Pink Paislee for having me in your digital team! :)
And congrats to Colleen, Kate and Amanda as well!

**I've been doing the happy dance since I got the news from Rebecca Cross and man, wow.. I'm still on cloud 9! Lol! **

Happy crafting,
Donna

Friday, April 19, 2013

Keep it simple and cool

I'm using up my stash every chance I get...and I still have lots! Are you one of those scrappers who still pile away even that one inch scrap from a very gorgeous patterned paper? Or you cut in half that doily thinking you'd save the other half for a project later.. EVEN if you have, like, hundred doilies yet to be opened??? (well, I might be exaggerating about the hundred doilies..or not.. lol! :D)

Anyways, I came up with this page using left-over papers from previous projects..take note: with S.
My style varies from time time and I notice I tend to lean on the cleaner/simpler style lately...
I still think how my pages turn out though :)

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting,
Donna

Sunday, April 07, 2013

Summer Scrapping Idol Final challenge

We've finished the Summer Scrapping Idol challenge last April 6 and the winners were announced for the weeks/challenges. I got the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds!!! Bessie Del Rosario won on the 4th round. Meaning, I am the over-all Summer Scrapping Idol winner! Woot!! Thanks so much for all the votes! I am so ecstatic, I've really put my heart in all my entries/ layouts in this challenge (as I always do in any projects I create).

This is my layout for the 4th and last challenge. Theme is Summer Past, so we had to dig in those old photos of ourselves. Unfortunately, I don't have any old photos of me anymore, remember Ondoy? So, anyways, I started the year I came here. Then, we have to think of at least on technique we seldom or haven't/afraid to use in our layouts. I've thought hard and settled with stitching. I love the look of stitches in layouts (or any project). But since I don't have a sewing machine, it means hand-sewing stuff.. manual sewing. It takes hours, I know coz I've done it before. Very time-consuming. So that's one. Then I also wanted to incorporate a different style than I usually have in my layouts. I am not a clean and simple type of scrapbooker. Hmmmm well, that's what I had in mind at first but, I couldn't help it :D

It's simpler than most of my layouts, right? Clean... not really.. lol! :D
Oh and another thing in the rules for the 4th challenge, is to use scraps. Literally the strips of paper were from an Amy Tangerine 6x6 paper pad in my scraps bin. As well as the other thin strips you see in my layout. The background paper, not really scrap but super old (in scrapbook years) Prima paper. And a Daisy D's rubon! :) What else... Oh! Making Memories tiny alphas!!! Talk about using up your stash :) (that's an idea! :D :D :D)

and here are the layouts I entered in the challenge...

First round (traditional layout, mostly Webster's pages stuff)

Second round (all digital layout, from various designers I CT for) based on a Valerie Salmon sketch

Third round (all digital, Hello Spring by Mari Koegelenberg and Melissa Bennett) based on a Leah Fung sketch

Again, thanks so much to those who took the time "LIKING" my layouts!
God bless you all! :)

Happy crafting,
Donna

Saturday, April 06, 2013

Pretty Paper Studio is ONE!

Hi folks!
We, at Pretty Paper Studio, would like to invite you to join us for our first birthday blog hop!
Our little store has turned ONE and we are SO excited and elated that we wanted to share our happiness with you, through an inspiring blog hop.

So how does this blog hop work?

All of us in the Creative Team are choosing ONE favorite project of a fellow CT member for you to find inspiration from.
Hop from one blog to the next to see which project each of us have chosen.
Once you have finished hopping, make ONE scrapbook Page/Card/Altered Project inspired by one of the six chosen ones. You will have to tell us which project you chose as inspiration.
Submit your project in our Facebook Album named "PPS 1st Birthday Blog Hop" by April 15, 2013.
Make sure your project is new and was made after this blog hop went live.
You cannot participate in this challenge more than once.
Follow us on Blogger, Youtube, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Like us on Facebook. If you do not have an account on any of these social media platforms, it is okay. You can follow us where ever you are.

What's the prize? One winner will receive an AED 50 gift voucher to our store. Winner will be announced on April 20, 2013.

So for your inspiration, I chose this project by Susan Renshaw. Check out her tutorial how she created these cards. Two cards but has the same inspiration/idea.