you are the apple of my eye

"forever you'll stay in my heart"

submitted this layout for PinoyScrapbookers' Kaya 22. haven't really been that active with my scrapbooking {an irony to one of my resolutions, that is to use up my scrap supplies, heehee}.

when domestic responsibilities get the best of you, i am just glad that challenges such as the PS Kaya Challenge gives you something to start with. this month's challenge is by Tita Marissa. stitch me a song. of course, who else will i be scrapping with the title of my post? heehee.

hope everyone started their week well. God bless y'all. :-)

our pride and joy

i simply am a quiet person. and i am so shy in letting other people know how i feel. as a mom, sometimes, the happiness you feel about your child's achievements is so intense that you just want to share it to the world.

a few weeks ago, i have finished a minibook about our son's first year in school. you can say that it was a months-in-the-making project because i really do not know how to document his first time school experiences. glad that i found the solution in a mini. will have to post the pictures of the album at a later time when i have printed the journaling (i still cannot love my own handwriting {sigh}).

meantime, while i am into the proud-of-his-achievements mode...i decided to use his kindergarten recognition pictures for the kaya challenge.

Journaling: it was your first experience of school...no daycare...no summer classes...we only had blue's clues, Dora and little Einstein for your training but you sailed through kindergarten with flying colors...top of your class...amazing for a first timer...and you made us very proud...

Materials Used: CS: brown ; PPs: office lingo Pink Paislee, Karen Foster; inks: versacolor white, versafine sepia, colorbox gray & brown; alphas: AC Thickers Gift Box, Pink Paislee holly doodle and EK Success stickers; Inque Boutique stamps; AAS corrugated board; Scenic Route chipboard; yellow string; button; edge scraper tool

i am a slow scrapper.

indeed i am. and i am not the most patient scrapper either. i really wanted to hasten my pace (so i'll have more output which means more stash used = more {good} reason to buy new stuff {right babe?} heehee).

boy am i glad that (slowly) i am improving. scrapped a layout for the kaya challenge# 19 when i got home last night. it took me less than 2 hours (including a short phone call from the hubby) to finish the page and it's my quickest layout so far. sent the entry today. {sigh} one week down with one page done - i guess i can be happy about that :-D
meantime, you can check the other entries here.