The Color Room Palette #3

I found The Color Room recently through my friend, Iris. I've always loved different color palettes/combinations so I gave the color palette this week a try.

Here's the palette and my take:

Photography by Meng Lim

materials used: Making Memories, Scenic Route, We 'R Memory Keepers, BasicGrey papers; buttons; Scenic Route chipboard, American Crafts felt flowers, Zig pen

I wanted this layout to look whimsical so instead of using the felt flowers as 'flowers', I decided to make them as 'clouds'. Add to the whimsy feel, I placed the elephants on top of the tree branches and the clouds. I thought that it'll be fun to use the animals in a different way.

This one was just a "quickie" layout but I love it!

TFL!

-Pia

The Loot

materials used: Fancy Pants Rough and Tough, Sassafras Lass - Vintage Yummy and Monstrosity, 7 Gypsies word stickers, mesh, buttons, googly eyes, Zig pen

I used non-Halloween themed papers for this layout. I noticed that the base paper matches the racer costume of Ethan.

Since the puzzle paper (Sassafras Lass - Pleasantly Puzzled) looks busy, my friend, Iris suggested that I cut the paper. Actually, I don't know what she meant exactly but I proceeded  to cutting, anyway. After cutting a few pieces later, I randomly positioned the paper on my base  paper and what do you know ... I love how it turned out! Thanks too to Iris for the mesh. Scrapping side by side with the Master has always been an experience ... Iris can always come up with so many ideas running in her mind!

An update on my Project 52, I already created 14 layouts todate! Project 52, I believe is the best option for me to finish 52 layouts - something that is realistic and fits our lifestyle. 

-Pia

Bye House!

 

These were the exact words of Ethan when we left our house last year. It was such a bittersweet moment for us - we longed for this yet when we were leaving, it was sadder than I thought and was quite difficult. The house is owned by my in laws and was our home for almost 6 years. It has beautiful memories we would never forget - many of them are the firsts in our lives. Our first Christmas together, our first new born, our first new year, etc. I remember that we are the ones who chose the color of the house when my in laws wanted it repainted. The colors reflect our colorful personality. People from our subdivision would kid about our house as "bahay ni Kuya" from the Pinoy Big Brother show.

For this layout, I drew the clouds and used them as my journaling spots. I kept the embellishments into a minimum since the colors of the photos are already too loud. I love that the papers I used match the colors of the house. The base paper is from Fancy Pants - it's actually a summer themed paper. The blue paper is from BasicGrey Lime Rickey. I love this line, it resembles one of my all time favorite Color Me Silly Collection also from BG. The polka dots, butterfly and the flowers are from Tinkering Ink - another line of paper known for its bold designs and loud colors.

Thanks for looking!

-Pia

Two Busy Feet

These cute footprints of Ethan are one of my precious mementos of his toddlerhood. I remember making this a week before we went to Boracay (which was when the photo on the layout was taken). I was feeling quite guilty for not marking the paper with a date though. After almost 3 years, I was able to finally make a layout about these cute feet. The prints have a partner - cute hand prints. I know what to do about it, I just couldn't find the right photos to go with it : )

The materials are courtesy of my good friend, Iris (Thanks sis!). The papers are too adorable and are a perfect match to the theme of my layout. Now, I'm more inspired to scrap Ethan's baby pictures (I still have lots and lots of them LOL!)

materials used: My Little Yellow Bicycle - Sharon Ann Baby Safari Collection, Sassafras Lass (arrow), Ki Memories border sticker, American Crafts Thickers and letter stickers, Fancy Pants pompoms, Daisy Bucket rub ons

Journaling: At age 2 1/2, your two busy feet have walked through several places already. You've been to Subic once, Boracay thrice, Hongkong once and Singapore once. Keep on exploring two busy feet!

Lent (Pinoy Style)

Spending Good Friday and Black Saturday at home facing loads of paper works for the annual ITR, financial documents and quarterly tax for the 1st quarter of this year was worst as I expected. Truly, I felt I was having my "penitensya" racking my brain to understand these documents since I don't have any background on these things! Makes me think that when I'm already rich and can afford office staff, I will make sure I will hire a book keeper to do all these stuff for me hehehe.

On the otherhand, our Maundy Thursday was spent doing Visita Iglesia. Visita Iglesia, a Catholic tradition which means church visit has been a tradition of our family since I was pregnant with Ethan. Coming all the way from Cavite, we decided to start our visit at the Shrine of Jesus, The Way, The Truth and The Life (church near Mall of Asia). This was followed by St. Joseph Parish, Sta. Monica, Immaculate Conception Parish, Espiritu Santo, Santisimo Rosario Parish (UST). We had a detour and decided to skip Minor Basilica of St. Lorenzo Ruiz (Binondo), Sto. Niño de Tondo, Sta. Cruz, Basilica of Nazarene (Quiapo), and Our Lady of Remedies (Malate Church) because of heavy traffic and difficulty in parking. We ended our visit at San Agustin and Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Manila Cathedral). We noticed that this year, more Filipinos joined in this Catholic tradition as compared from the previous years. At almost 11pm, traffic and parking was still a problem at the Manila Cathedral. Hmmm ... must be signs of the times? 

I've always wanted to document our visits and was glad to have finally done that this Lent. Here are some of the pictures Jeff, I and Ethan took.

St. Joseph Church

Immaculate Conception Church

Espiritu Santo Parish

Santisimo Rosario (UST)






Manila Cathedral









San Agustin Church

It was an enriching experience again this year and I hope to preserve this family tradition even if Ethan is already a grown up.

I could have wanted to make atleast one layout for Easter but I was too tired and sleepy already that I took that day to rest. Anyway, I'm going to share a layout I made several weeks ago. The photo was taken right after Easter Egg Hunt last year.

materials used: Making Memories, Scenic Route and October Afternoon (cloud) pps, Daisy Bucket rub ons, American Crafts Thickers, buttons, Zig and Sakura pens, DMC embroidery floss

Come Easter Sunday, I went back to my mom's house to fetch Ethan. Ethan had spent two days of vacation at his lolo and lola's house. We were quite late for an outdoor egg hunt so we decided to do it indoor.

-Pia