Slowly but Surely

...am rebuilding my blog. I was so shocked by the disaster I caused (pls see previous post) that I refused to sit in front of the computer! Well, actually I was also away in Baguio for 4 days which was a perfectly good excuse for me to stay away from the computer. The mountain air did all of us good because as soon as I got home, I was raring to scrap! Hmmm.... now I really know the reason for my low scrap output. I spend too much time on my butt blogging & blog-hopping when I should be scrapping and maybe baking.

Baguio was wet, wet, wet but the weather was still fantastic! We were able to go out in the mornings but come lunch hour the grey clouds suddenly descend upon the whole city and everything gets freezing wet. Still, it was a gorgeous vacation! Here's a picture of the kids trying out the strawberry flavored taho. Yum!!!! Try it when you go to Baguio!

The month of April bowed out with almost daily rains and a wet May seems to be upon us. Hmmm.. is summer is really over? Before the rains unusually stay on, here are a few happy, summer layouts that I made for Lasting Impression.

And my choice for a carefree summer layouts? Sassafras! I love the cute and carefree designs of all its lines! Love using it on my DS!

Still using Sassafras papers mixed with Cosmo Cricket, I then made this layout of my DS to commemorate the time he spent a few days in the hospital last year. DS almost freaked out when he saw pink colors on the layout! lol! The Sassafras lines are quite versatile too! I so love the mood that I captured in this layout of my 3 boys (DH & two DS) walking up the trail to Mount Mayi in South Korea.
I was on a roll so I decided to scrap DS' picture at the Everland Theme Park & Resort in Korea. (thanks also to the scrapping session we had last May 1 at Lasting Impression) DS & I were left behind while all our companions went to ride the giant wooden roller coaster with the really crazy loop-the-loop. Even though it was a long wait DS still had loads of fun! I used Cosmo Cricket, Prima & Rusty Pickle papers for this LO. I also had fun using (again! after a long, long time) my MM paints and UTEE on the chipboard.

Please check out the gallery and online shop of Lasting Impression for materials used here.

My Happy Place

Ooooops... I forgot to post this layout I made for Lasting Impression.

Do you sometimes match the colors on the picture (eg. clothes, pillow (!), background) with the paper you use? I got the Cosmo Cricket Jack's World line from Lasting Impression and was thrilled when I saw that it perfectly matched DS' clothes, including the pillow! (Did I just repeat myself? lol!) I just love these colors. Reminds me of happy times & happy places.

Oh and many thanks to all you readers out there. A few asked for pictures of the Oreo cheesecake I made last Sunday so here it is.... Not sure if it's just me but I thought my Oreo cheesecake tasted much better after sitting overnight in the ref.

Please check out Lasting Impression's gallery for more ideas!

Cosmo Cricket Mr. Campy

Here's my latest DT work for Lasting Impression. My DS wanted to ride a white horse with a pink mane in Baguio so we went to Camp John Hay to check out the riding trail. No pink horse there so we just settled for a less flamboyant but sturdy & handsome brown one. It was a big horse with beautiful shiny dark brown mane. DH & DS got on it and off they went for a 30 minute ride.

When they were done, DS couldn't hide his excitement and chattered happily about the ride. He amused us as he tried imitating the snorting & neighing sound of the horse. We all broke into laughter when he started complaining about how bad the horse smelled and how his butt hurt. Despite all these, he said he'd love to ride again.

All materials are available at Lasting Impression. Please check out their site for further information regarding the layout.

Cosmo Cricket Challenge of Lasting Impression

Lasting Impression's Cosmo Cricket Challenge is still ongoing. You may upload your layouts untilo April 15! Check out the details here!

T'is the Season for......Christmas Layouts

Don't want to start a panic but are you aware that there are only 32 days to go before Christmas???!!!! Eeeekkk! I haven't started any shopping. Don't even have a list. The decors aren't even up yet. (Bad Mama!)

Oh, but I did have time to make a couple of Xmas layouts for Lasting Impression. (Wink, wink)

This is my first time to use Cosmo Cricket papers and I must say, I found this line absolutely divine! Initially though, I found it intimidating because quite frankly, it just wasn't my style. Well, I'd like to think it came out nicely though.

Thanks, Mia Caniza and Ms. Marian King for lending me your Quickutz dies! They're to die for. Thanks to Ms. Vivian, too!

Dear Santa

Naughty or Nice

Materials Used: Cosmo Cricket Be Good Collection, Be Good Ornament Fashions, Die-cuts: Sizzix (Funky Brush alpha, bread tag), Quickutz Beauty Queen Alpha, chain link, ribbons, blings & gold glitter, Fancy Pants Stamps: From the Garden.