Saturday, December 8, 2012

Enjoying Artful Delight November kit & sketch inspiration

Hi everyone!!!
I'm back with a quick post.
 
I am having fun creating with ARTFUL DELIGHT's Nov kit
and was inspired by SKETCH INSPIRATION sketch #349
here is my finished layout-
 thanks for stopping by!

hugs & lots of love,
melissa <3 p="p">


Monday, October 15, 2012

SUMMER 2012 FILIPINO SCRAPBOOKERS CHALLENGE #8 USING NIKKI SIVILS SUMMER COLLECTION

Hello everyone!
Check out the new sketch challenge that's up over at
and here is my take on the sketch
and i used the fabulous SUMMER collection from NIKKI SIVILS
 
Please come and check out the
and be inspired by the fabulous DT's creations.
 
***Just a reminder about the challenge rules***
Your project entries should be linked up by the 15th of the month using the inlinkz gadget on this BLOG POST.
Qualified challenge participants are Filipinos and should only be residents of the Philippines for we only mail prizes within the Philippines.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and i hope I have inspired you to be creative.
God bless and have a wonderful week.
 
hugs and lots of love,
Melissa
 
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

FILIPINO SCRAPBOOKERS CHALLENGE #7

Happy Fall everyone!
I will not bore with my excuses why i haven't been blogging
so let me cut to the chase and share with you my take on
 
 
This is my sweet Jylian and her aunt Faith, yes she's her aunt, she's my husband cousin.
these photos were taken last year October on our of our family camping trips.
 
Please come and check out the very inspiring sketch
created by Kathleen at
and also be inspired by the fabulous DT's creations.
See you there!
 
Have a wonderful day and God bless.
 
hugs and lots of love,
Melissa
 
 


Wednesday, September 12, 2012

FUN CARDS WITH NIKKI SIVILS

Hi there!
It's the second Tuesday of the month and here are some fun cards I created using
NIKKI SIVILS
Get Well Soon, Summer, and You're A Hoot collection-
that was up on NIKKI SIVILS blog post HERE

"Get Well Soon My Friend"

 
"Guess Hoot Loves You?"

 
"Thanks For Everything"
 
Thank you so much for stopping by and God  bless.
 
hugs and lots of love ,
Melissa


Monday, September 10, 2012

SILLY YOU- FILIPINO SCRAPBOOKERS CHALLENGE #5

Good Monday morning everyone!
Oh How I miss blogging, I miss sharing my projects with you and one thing for sure
I certainly miss scrapping!!!
Lots of things had happened but hopefully everything will be back
to normal soon. Everything is fine i just needed some time off to organized our
stuff, adjust to my new job, and helping my two boys settle down to their new schools.
 
I am sooo late posting about our new sketch challenge over at
Here is my take on Miss Kathleen's sketch
 
 I hope you can visit
and be inspired by the rest of the DT's creation.
 
***Just a reminder about the challenge rules***
 
Your project entries should be linked up by the 15th of the month using the inlinkz gadget on this BLOG POST.
 
 Qualified challenge participants are Filipinos and should only be residents of the Philippines for we only mail prizes within the Philippines. 
 
Thank you for stopping by my blog and i hope I have inspired you to be creative.
God bless and have a wonderful week.
 
 
hugs and lots of love,
Melissa

Sunday, August 26, 2012

LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE- CREATIVE SCRAPPERS SKETCH #219

Hi there! How is your weekend so far?
My weekend is very busy, nothing new on that LOL.
I just wanted to share with you this layout i created using
I used a combination of WEBSTER PAGES papers and FANCY PANTS embellies to create this layout. In the photo is my two boys and my sis-in-law taken last March on her birthday. I love how this layout turned out- lots of details and layers.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and i hope i have inspired you today.
Have a wonderful day and God bless.
 
hugs and lots of love,
Melissa


Saturday, August 25, 2012

LAUGH OUT LOUD- CREATIVE SCRAPPERS SKETCH #220

Happy weekend everyone!
I am overwhelmed with a lot of things right now and i really want to scrap but i am way too tired and my creative mojo has left me :( The good thing is I still have more than 10 layouts I finished 2-3 weeks ago that i need to share with you. I had the chance to create with
sketches for this month and here is my take on sketch # 220-
 I had fun creating with FANCY PANTS Its the little things collection. I love this photo of my dear daughter and sis-in-law and if you can see him that is my hubby peeking behind LOL.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and i hope that i have inspired you today.
Have a wonderful day and God bless.
 
hugs and lots of love,
Melissa


Monday, August 20, 2012

PRECIOUS MOMENTS- STUCK?! BOUNUS SKETCH#1

Hi there again! Happy Monday afternoon.
I just want to share my take on STUCK?! SKETCH

"PRECIOUS MOMENT"
this photo of my kiddos & sis-in-law taken last March  on my sis-in-laws birthday-

Thank you again for stopping by my blog and i hope i have inspired you to be creative today.
hugs & lots of love,
Melissa :D 



Sunday, August 19, 2012

SO CUTE TOGETHER- STUCK?! AUGUST 1ST SKETCH

I missed playing along the sketch challenges and
sketches are my go to when i have my moments of artist's block.
STUCK?! SKETCHES is one of my fave sketch challenge blogs and
here is my take on the STUCK?! August 1st sketch-
"So Cute Together"
this is my sweet daughter and sis-in-law

Thank you for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful week ahead :D
hugs & lots of love,

Melissa :D




Thursday, August 16, 2012

TWO OF A KIND- FILIPINO SKETCH BLOG SKETCH #4

Hi there! I am back to share with you a couple of layouts  and
this layouts are for FILIPINO SCRAPBOOKERS CHALLENGE blog.
There is a brand new sketch that's up over at FSC blog
and it's created by yours truly. I must admit, I really
love creating sketches.
Here is my take on the FILIPINO SCRAPBOOKERS CHALLENGE blog sketch challenge #4 with some close ups-

"TWO OF A KIND"
-created with my BASICGREY stash
Now, I also want to share with you my take on the FSC sketch challenge #3
created by my very talented boss/friend Kathleen-

"LAUGH"
-created using some of the left overs from my ARTFUL DELIGHT kits and my own stash

Please do check out the
to see the fabulous creations by the DT's and I know the challenges are only open for
the Filipino scrappers living in the Philippines but everyone is very welcome to say Hi
and be inspired.
 Thank you very much for stopping by my blog.

hugs and lots of love,
Melissa :D





Tuesday, August 14, 2012

SCHOOL IS DEFINITELY COOL WITH NIKKI SIVILS

Hello everyone!
Oh my goodness! I was gone for a long time forgive me.
I've been busy spending lots of time with my kiddos this summer, started part-time on my old job, found a new job and soon we'll be moving out and looking for a new place to live, so yeah Life found a way again to stir me off from scrapbooking.
Anyhow, for the fun stuff I am up today at NIKKI SIVILS blog.
I used SCHOOL IS COOL line and just love, love it!
What a perfect way to get me ready for school, I meant me getting my kids  ready for school.
 And here they are-




and a couple of cards for my boys to start their school year fun-
So there you have it! I hope you like them and maybe inspired you start your back to school pages.
Don't forget to stop by NIKKI SIVILS blog 
and order one of the BEE'S KNEES CARD KIT--> HERE!
Thank you again for stopping by. Have a great day/night!

hugs & lots of love,
Melissa





Monday, July 30, 2012

HAPPY MONDAY AND SOME AMERICAN CRAFTS LOVING...

hi everyone! i know it's been very slow here in my blog, I've been scrapping but not
as much as I want to. I've been busy working and at same time
we've been enjoying summer.
I thought I'd post the projects I submitted for AMERICAN CRAFTS DT call a while back, unfortunately I didn't make it but there is always next year.
so here they are-

"YOU BRING ME SO MUCH JOY"

"SOMEDAY..."

"HELLO FRIEND CARD"

"SUMMER 2011 MINI ALBUM"










thank you so much for stopping by and i hope you all have a wonderful week.

hugs & lots of love,
Melissa



Tuesday, July 17, 2012

MY FIRST SKETCH DT WORK FOR FILIPINO SCRAPBOOKERS 2ND CHALLENGE

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't been around blogging, 
I've been busy with family outings.
Our second challenge over at 
and I created the sketch for this challenge so be sure to check it out and i hope you'll have time to 
play along with us.
Here is the sketch I created-

and here is my take-

 and see what the rest of our talented DT's have created. 
Just a few reminders-
Links to your project entries need to be posted by the 31st of the month
 in this BLOG POST.
  Qualified challenge participants are Filipinos and should only be residents of the Philippines for we only mail prizes within the Philippines. 

Thank you very much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

hugs and lots of love,
Melissa :D


Wednesday, July 11, 2012

SUMMER FUN WITH NIKKI SIVILS

Hi there! It's the second Tuesday of the month and that means-
I am up at NIKKI SIVILS blog sharing some NIKKI SIVILS Summer love.
 This month I played with the SUMMER collection and
just fell in love with the bright colors and fun images in this collection.

First up is a simple layout i created using the SUMMER collection cut-ups and punch outs-
"I Love Summer"



And up next is an altered $1 store wall clock! i love how it turned out :)
I made this one for summer and i will be making one for each season.
"Enjoy Summer Altered Wall Clock"




And lastly a couple of simple cards.



Thanks for stopping by and 
Enjoy your summer!!!

hugs and lots of love,
Melissa :D

Sunday, July 1, 2012

OUR 1ST SKETCH AT FILIPINO SCRAPBOOKERS CHALLENGE BLOG IS UP! COME CHECK US OUT!

Happy Sunday everyone!
You read it right, our first sketch created by Kath
is up today over at FILIPINO SCRAPBOOKERS challenge blog.
Here is my take on Kath's sketch-

Come and visit us over at
and see the beautiful layouts created by our wonderful DT's using Kath's sketch.
and introducing
Our July 2012 Sponsor:

We look forward to seeing your creations for this 1st bi-monthly challenge for the month of July 2012. Links to your project entries need to be posted by the 15th of the month as comment on the blogpost HERE. Winners will be announced not later than the 10th of the following month.
Please Take Note:
     Qualified challenge participants are Filipinos and should only be residents of the Philippines for we only mail prizes within the Philippines.
We are sponsored by wonderful and generous businesses who have kindly offered their products as prizes in our challenge. In the interest of fairness to all challenge participants, all entries that do not follow our simple rules will be removed and disqualified.
Thanks for your understanding and for playing along with us! 

Have a wonderful day!
Thank you very much for visiting.

hugs and lots of love,
Melissa :D 







Wednesday, June 27, 2012

MY DT INTRO AT FILIPINO SCRAPBOOKERS CHALLENGE

Oh my! I forgot to share this with you
I was up at
for my DT introduction last Monday.
and let me share you my take on the DT call sketch-


I used a mixed of my JILLIBEAN goodies and
this two cutie pies is my niece and nephew from Philippines.
Please stop by and leave me some love over at
and also meet the rest of our Design Team.
click HERE to see the post :D
Thank you very much and Have a wonderful day!!!

hugs and lots of love,
Melissa :D

Friday, June 22, 2012

A MINI ALBUM WITH NIKKI SIVILS EXIT HERE

HAPPY FRIDAY to you all!!!
I am up at NIKKI SIVILS today with my mini album I created
for our crazy 24 hour back and forth trip to Las Vegas last February so we
can apply for our marriage license.
Click HERE to see and read the post over at NIKKI SIVILS blog.
I used EXIT HERE line with a mix of other NIKKI SIVILS goodies
and I also used the scallop chipboard album from NIKKI SIVILS.
Well, without further ado here it is-
(***WARNING!!! long post with lots of photos but please stick around :D***)
















The scalloped chipboard originally had 6 pages only but i wanted to make sure all my favorite
photo from that day are included so I added a couple more  chipboard pages.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and for sticking around even with the long post LOL!
Please be sure that you stop by at NIKKI SIVILS blog and maybe leave me some love ;)
Have a wonderful FRIDAY and God bless.
We all have a choice so
CHOOSE HAPPINESS!!!

hugs & lots of love,
Melissa :D