Happy Mother's Day

I was actually thinking to myself if I can be considered a mother because we have our pet dog Chichay.  I love her so dearly, and by taking care of her, I can somehow tell what kind of a mother I could be when we actually do have kids.

 
And then, this week, I received my first mother's day card.  It's a handmade card from Claire.  It did made me realize, that yes, I am Chichay's one and only mother.  Thank you Claire for a very wonderful card.  Sorry I wasn't able to tell you about this right away.  The envelope has been sitting on the counter, and I thought it was an already opened envelope.  Your card made my day... Hugs!

 
Going back to this special event, I was only able to make one card.  This is my first time to use this kind of stitching using Just Petra stitching and embossing stencil.  I was able to buy this through the kindness of Jerosha (thanks again, girl!).  You can see my Mother's Day card here.
 
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers of all kinds! ;)

Friday

This has been a very busy week - at work, at home and in my planet.  DH and I have been doing some work outside because of Spring.  And since Monday after work, I have been riding the bicycle while Chichay runs next to me, 2 miles round trip.  And for some good news, I'm officially part of the Hybrid Team of The Daily Scrapper (woot!)

 
Anyway, I want to talk more about the slider card I did the other day for my co-worker.  She asked me to make a card for her friend's baby shower, who is having twins (boy and girl).  I followed the instructions from the first slider card I made in Stampin' Up's make and take project during a scrapbook show a few weeks ago.  I just made it bigger, and added some changes.  I'm planning to do this for my next video tutorial.  Hopefully this weekend.  

 
 

Anyway, materials used are the following:

• Stamps:  Stampin Up Congrats and Simple Somethings, ProvoCraft Simply Chic Stamps
• Inkpads:  Stampin Up Pretty in Pink and Bliss Blue, Colorbox black pigment ink
• Nestabilities Labels 1 and 4
• BG paper by ColorBok
• Edge Punches:  Fiskars and EK Success
• Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
• Cricut WildCard Cartridge
• Sentiment from Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Card by Linda LaTourelle, typed in Word and printed on white cardstock
• Brads by American Tag
• Misc:  cardstock, plastic strip
• Kreate-A-Lope envelope maker

 

To see this card in detail, please click here.

Also, here's another hemp project I made.  It's a cellphone accesory, using leftover hemp from my first hemp creation. 

 

Nothing really special with this one.  But as usual, I just couldn't bear throw the leftover hemp and I just had to utilize it.

Happy Teacher's Day

Teachers' Day is one of the events that I've always liked during my school days.  Back in the Philippines, the students put up a show for the teachers, give flowers and presents, to show appreciation to their dear teachers.  The students want to make this day really special.  We call our teachers our second parents, because half of our day is spent with them.

 
Here in the US, they call it Teachers Appreciation Day.  This will be a first for me and I'll be doing a lot of observing, and most probably a lot of comparing.

 
The office staff is hosting a luncheon for the teachers.  I was tasked to make the "invitations" and goodie bags for the teachers.  Because there are 19 of them, I had to make easy and simple projects.  To be honest, I was thinking of my teachers from my 15 years of education while creating these.  They all have a special place in my heart, and they have taught me a lot - not just intellectually, but in a lot other aspects.  I wonder where they all are, what they are doing.  Maybe some of them have passed on.  I want them to know that they are in my thoughts at this very moment.

 
 

 
 

Here's to my dear teachers, my second parents.

Spring Board

One of the things I like about my job is doing the bulletin boards.  Right now, I'm in charge of 3, and sometimes 4, bulletin boards.  To me, it's like scrapbooking on a very large scale, without the pictures.  And thanks to this task, I get to use my Cricut machine more.  Talk about doing your hobby at work, and getting paid for it.

  

Anyway, here's my Spring Board for March and April.  You can see the 3D flowers and "Think Spring" title I made in March.  In April, I added the grass and Easter Eggs in the bottom, but I took them off after Easter and realized that I forgot to take a photo. 
The next theme for my bulletin board will be "graduation."
 
Please check out my other bulletin board projects here.
 

National Scrapbooking Day

I would not let this day pass without making a scrapbook page.  I just can't.

 But the difficult part, as usual, was the subject of my page.  To be honest, I wasn't in the mood to make a sweetie cutie page.  I wanted to do something uncommon.  Then I looked down, and saw my feet.  

They recently had some pampering - spa, pedicure, the works!  And it's been a long while since the last one.  In other words, I am really happy.  And so are my feet.  They've been wearing this elevated brown flip-flops, and they feel gorgeous!

 
So there goes my page for National Scrapbooking Day.  It's also the May page for my 2009 Calendar.

 

Materials used: 

Craft Cardstock by The Paper Company 

Prima Flowers 

Nestabilities Labels 4 

Chipboard Alpha by ProvoCraft 

Sharpie Fine Tip Pen for journaling 

Fiskars Edge Punch 

Misc.:  flower sequins, scrap paper/cardstock, leftover ribbon

 
Happy NSD!!!