If you like reading newspapers and you are hooked on CNN, BBC News, Fox News etc for the latest world news, check out The Daily Scrapper - your online source for the latest scrapping news. Grab a cup of coffee and read featured articles and writeups, go through the classifieds and check out the latest sales, CT calls and of course the oh so yummy freebies by your favorite designers all in one spot. It’s published and headed by “super lady” Ms. Alice Koh and for now it comes out every 2 weeks.
Here’s a sneak peak at the front page to get you started:
Here’s a little toot…toot too. While you are there you can check out some bargain QPs for sale by the talented TDS Layout Artists, and TADA! mine are also included in the store. Im now a TDS Layout Artist and QP Designer! Here’s my first set ever:
(click image to go to store)
And here are a few LOs I did using the QPs: 
Credits : everything from Krystal Hartley’s Moody Hues Energetic Kit. Check out TDS QP Central and quick scrap those photos, PRONTO!
Happy Scrapping!
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Posted in Design, Scrapbooking, digiscrap on Jun 21st, 2008
Yey! Just wanted to share another toot for this layout I made. I joined TaylorMade’s Designer Spotlight Challenge and was one of those who won one of the main prizes. You can read about it in Amanda’s blog right here –> TaylorMade Designs
Here’s what I did for that challenge :
TFL!
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Posted in Design, wp template on May 25th, 2008
It’s been a while since my last little freebie and since its NSD all over the scrapping world, I thought I might join in the fun and give away a little something as well. It’s my first attempt at a template so be kind. I did a scraplift of a layout by Diane called Tea Party and added a little twist to it. Then I turned it into a template to share with you all.
So here’s my layout “Peek A Who?” and then you’ll find the link a little further down to the freebie.
Happy National Scrapbooking Day everyone!
credits :
A scraplift of Dianeskie’s Tea Party layout. Thanks, Diane!materials used:Michelle Coleman - Wild Sorbet background paper;Shabby Princess - Promise paper stripes; Catrine of Catscrap - explore solids fire paper; KHart - bracket piece; Misty Cato - gridworks alpha; Lili - paper pieced alpha; DST birthday glitz - journaling strips; Oulahlahsouris - staples; Tilliefaire - acrylic star; Brownie Ann - stitching; Font - Brady Bunch
and now the freebie template :
download here.
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Posted in Design, Scrapbooking, digiscrap, toots on Apr 15th, 2008
Posted in Design, opinion on Mar 29th, 2008
I’d like to share this excerpt from this book I’ve been reading, “Healing after Loss”:
” Often, especially in first grief, we don’t have the will or energy to do anything much, for ourselves or for anyone else. But as we begin to get better, we can give ourselves a welcome break from our preoccupying sadness by doing something for another. It expresses the hope that we are not always going to be stuck in this valley of sadness. Not to mention that such a move on our part can be reassuring and useful to someone else.”
I remember these words my dad said to me when we celebrated his birthday last year, he said, “I think I’ve overstayed already, 80 years is enough.” Little did he know, that those words were like a stab in my heart. True enough, his words came to pass and today he is no longer with me. It has been one of my greatest struggles so far because my dad has always been with me all my life so the road to healing has been slow and arduous. I’ve taken little steps in that area and today, I’d like to push myself a little farther in this healing process by doing something useful for someone else in remembrance of his birthday. It might not be much but there’s a lot of love and a lot of heart put into it.
Please enjoy my little gift for you all, a simple 8×8 paper freebie called “My diary“.
Happy birthday, daddy!
click here to download:
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Posted in Design, Travel on Mar 26th, 2008
I had the opportunity to travel to Brunei a few years ago and I have more than a few fond memories that remind me of that trip. I have traveled to a few other countries that were predominantly Muslim but each one that I’ve been to has their own unique quirks. One unique Pinoy cultural quirk is how we call someone’s attention. We do that by saying “Psst!” or “Hoy!”. Nowadays, in text lingo it has evolved into “Oist!”. Or what about our “tabo” or bathroom dipper and the original exfoliant “panghilod” or river rock? These are dead giveaways that you are in a Pinoy household.
Brunei has its own cultural peculiarities as well. An example would be pointing at an object. Usually, we use the index finger to point to an object, person or location. In Brunei, it is offensive to do that. Instead, they close their hand as if giving a person a thumbs up and then they use their thumb to point to whatever. I find it quite amusing. Another thing that I learned about Brunei is that, since it is a predominantly Muslim country, alcohol is not allowed or served in restaurants or dining places. I found out later how some of the locals become quite creative on how they get around that “no-no”. One time, while we were at a certain function and having dinner, I noticed that some of the people at our table acted as if they were hiding something under the table. They had just asked the waiter for a teapot and some tea cups with nothing inside. I asked the person next to me what was going on and he said that those guys actually had sneaked in a few bottles of liquor in gift bags and they were drinking it out of tea cups so that they won’t be caught. Talk about slick and sly! Alcohol is not available for sale in Brunei, so these guys would actually drive across the border to Miri, Malaysia and buy the stuff and drive all the way back to Brunei with their loot. Makes me wonder if I could find an alcohol rehab in Brunei?
If ever you do visit Brunei, two of the must see places to go to are these places:
First, the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque. It truly is spectacular especially at night.
The other must see is the Sultan of Brunei’s Palace or Istana Nurul Iman. (pic at the bottom)
I’ve only been outside the gate but what makes this place a must see, especially if you are a Filipino, is the fact that it was designed by our very own National Artist for Architecture, Leandro V. Locsin and built by Filipino firm, Ayala International. Truly Amazing! Go Pinoy!
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It’s my scrappy Saturday today (depending on what time zone you are in) and since it’s Easter tomorrow I have a little sumpin’ for you digiscrappers out there. I love diaries. I love journals and I love writing. I’ve been journaling for years now and I got into scrapbooking around 1998-99 when I got married. I didn’t have a lot of pictures of myself growing up and the few that I had were starting to fade already. Yup it’s sad and I didn’t want my family most especially my kids to grow up with nothing to look back to as well. My solution - journaling with pictures. In short, scrapbooking!
I first learned about scrapbooking when we lived in AZ. I was into decorative painting back then and I stumbled upon it. I’ve been hooked ever since. Addiction is a mild term to describe my relationship with it. Every weekend, my husband would drop me off at the local craft store and I would spend the whole afternoon going thru each aisle in search of that perfect paper or embellishment. If I skipped an aisle, I had to go back and check it out again. I’d clip coupons and wait for dollar days just to get a good deal on scrap supplies. They didn’t have TIVO then but I would make sure I got to watch all the craft shows just to see if they had something on scrapbooking. Talk about needing an addiction treatment!
I started out as a traditional paper scrapper, switched to digiscrapping and now I’m thinking of trying to incorporate both by doing hybrid. Now for the fun part, I have a little giftie for you digiscrappers out there for Easter. It’s not much though but it’s my first freebie ever so be kind. Just visit my scrap blog right here to get this.
Happy Easter everyone!
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Posted in Design, Scrapbooking, Travel, digiscrap on Feb 2nd, 2008
Today has been bittersweet.
Early this morning I got a text from my brother informing me that after how many months of trying to do all the paperwork and legwork regarding my dad’s passing… in the midst of all the heartache and tears… my dad’s papers have finally been settled.
It was as if it just happened yesterday. All of a sudden… the pain… the tears… the loss came flooding back. It made my heart heavy all throughout the day.
Yet through it all God has been good. I found a wonderful surprise in my mailbox this evening. Something totally unexpected.
I received an email from Ms. Angie Pedersen (her surname almost sounds like my dad’s surname-Pedrosa ) saying this:
Hi Teys, Congratulations! For your participation in the Digital Scrapbooking day challenges, you won one of the GRAND PRIZES - one of each size photo book printed Shutterfly!
(read about it here: http://susanwhite.typepad.com/digital_scrapbooking_day )I think I also won a Tinkering Ink Digital CD Kit in the process.
I couldn’t believe it! I had to read the email over and over to let it really sink in. I had not been doing a lot of layouts lately nor have been posting in any galleries since my father’s passing because I didn’t have the heart to do it. I’ve been in major lurk mode since then and I just regularly updated myself with the diginews from DST.
From there, I found the DSD blog which had this challenge about scanned memorabilia. I had just happened to have one already made sitting in my hard drive. So I joined just to share.
I had made this one layout about my dad a while back which I had wanted to give to my kids. It contained some of their artwork they gave him, their baby pictures and mine, an old letter that he had written to me long ago, an old birthday letter I had given him when I was still in elementary which was all torn up already which I found in his wallet, and miscellaneous memorabilia he owned. I also included a letter I wrote to my kids telling them about their “lolo” and how much he meant to me.
Most important of all, I found a quote in one of his diaries that represented everything he lived and died for. I wanted them to know that this was the kind of man their grandfather was.
Thank you DSD for choosing my layout. You have made it even more special and more meaningful than it already is.
Here it is once again. You can also view it in my flicker account :http://www.flickr.com/photos/teys/1583799141/in/set-72157602447692711#preview
credits:background paper - La Wanna Desjardin cuddly yellow rubber band - scrappy cat designs everything else mine
This one’s for you daddy. I love you so much.
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