Easter Party at TGF!

Hello all!!

It's time for another TGF project showcase from the Print & Cut team! It's our last chance to work and post about the Hoppy Easterkit (for now), and our theme is to make an Easter-themed 3D card and a scrapbook lay-out!

I hosted Easter this year for my family so I decided to make an all-out party-on scenic card! I even dove into my stamp stash and grabbed Easter Anya and Lucky Bunnies -- they were all very fun to color! The color scheme isn't your typical pastel-like Spring, but I really wanted a bright creation! They sure are having a great time, especially Easter Bean, who is an exclusive digi stamp from the kit!



My 3D effect comes from this special fold. I under-shot the folding part so the angle isn't quite right, tee hee! But you get the gist, right? :) The fence with the confetti was created by lining up these fun little tags I got (sorry, I don't remember where). They kinda reminded me of lots and lots and lots.... and lots and lots of Easter eggs, don't you think?

My other project is a Project Life lay-out featuring more pics from last year. Here's my son during his preschool's Easter Egg Hunt. The younger tater tot joined in, but he was cranky (it was naptime, if I remember correctly).





I let the pictures do the talking again. And included these cute stickers from a scrapbooking kit I got featuring Peeps. They are adorable!



I'll be seeing you soon! I am on vacay this week so I may be crafting sporadically.

P.S. Make sure you visit the other TGF File Design team members - Claudette, Cynthia, and Sui Lan.

Toot-a-loo!!

Some Bunny Loves You.

Hi all!!

Easter weekend is underway for me...are you almost ready?

We usually do a BIG celebration, being Catholic and all. But also because now there are quite a number of little ones in our family. That's what good about having kiddies, right? You see every thing through their eyes! The Easter Bunny, the egg-hunting, the beautifully-decorated church, the people all dressed in their Sunday best!

Here on my crafty blog-o-sphere, I've still got a couple of Easter-themed projects to show you!

Today, I am so excited to showcase Jo Davies' newest creations for her line, Time for Tea Designs!

Not only does she have an adorable digi stamp (Some Bunny Loves You) that's perfect for Spring, she's got five different sets of digital Spring papers!!! They are so easy to use. And they have wonderful designs to boot!



Once purchase, you could easily print and cut them as I did here. Or if you have one of those fancy machines like a Silhoutte, you can so many 3D projects with these! Jo has an amazing example on her blog!

And ya know what else? She's having an Easter sale on all the items in her shop. Just read the details here for 30% off until Monday, the 21st.

Also, please don't forget that we want to see your T4TD creations ... there's a challenge going on right now until the end of the month (Anything Goes). There's a stellar prize for the 1st and 2nd winners!!

Well, gotta go back to my Spring Cleaning... which by the way, goes together with my Easter weekend. You see, my hubs and I are hosting :).

Laterz,

Easter at Milk Coffee.

Hello, hello, hello!

Peeps, it is time for another Challenge over at Milk Coffee!! This time, it's all about Easter!

Now you may not agree that this image, although cute, is an Easter stamp. But Lisbeth and Big Mushroom in the Rain is quite perfect for new beginnings, right? Get it... rain and growth, sadness then happiness?

Plus, with the added chicks and jelly beans and pastel colors, the only things missing are eggs and bunnies!! BTW, I'm saving those stickers for another project! :)




Remember that you've got two weeks to play! I hope you all join us! The Milk Coffee shop is full of amazing and adorable images! But you could still create something with any stamped image! Using MC would be a HUGE plus though!

Please head on over to the blog to see the other DT's cards!! Trust me, you will be inspired!

Talk to ya later,



P.S. The "Peep" sentiment is from The Greeting Farm's Hoppy Easter Kit. :)

Spring and Easter at TGF.

**If you are looking for the C.C. Designs' Day One Preview of April Stamps, please click HERE or scroll down. *****


Hello, hello, hello!!

It's time for new projects featuring The Greeting Farm's new and current print and cuts file - Hoppy Easter.

The DT made a Spring-themed creation as well as an Easter Project Life one. The kit definitely works for both! Here's my Spring one... I made a card using Easter Bean, which is exclusive in this digital kit:



Isn't she adorable? She is so much fun to color! And her dress is too cute! Do you all dress up for Easter? I try to find an outfit that is fresh and a l'il flower-y, if not pastel-colored. I do the same for my boys! I hope to do it for my hubby this time around, but he does not like to dress up (boo!). I used to not care for pastels, but I must say that I've been loving these soft colors lately. Tried to incorporate all of my current fave Spring colors here.



And for my PL, here are pics from Easter 2013 decorated with the Daily Life components. I really like how this kit is so versatile and so there are tons of ways to combine these designs!



I have yet to include any journaling, but as you can see, the pics pretty much tell the story. Below are my parents with their grandkids. It's next to impossible to get a great group pic of toddlers and babies, right? :)



Please make sure you visit the TGF blog and the rest of the Print & Cuts DT: Claudette, Cynthia, and Sui Lan!

Toodles,

Hoppy Easter Kit from TGF!

Good morning, all!

We've got a brand new Daily Life/ Print & Cut kit at The Greeting Farm! It's very adorable as you can see, and oh so perfect for Easter and Spring!

And, whaddya know? There's something good about being a procrastinator! You see, I scrapbooked my phone pics from Easter 2013 into my last year's Project Life. But I also have these pics from my DSLR cam that I never got to scrap. So, I was so very happy to finally work with them and at the same time, showcase this awesome digital kit!





I've left the journaling for later to really show the cards and graphics here. And did you notice? There's a stamp included in this kit! The Hoppy Easter kit contains: 4 -3×4 journal and filler cards, 2 -6×4 filler and journal card, 20 – elements and one EXCLUSIVE digital stamp! She's cute, isn't she?

I'll be showing you a project with her colored, but doesn't she look adorbs just in plain b&w too? :)

And I'm so very happy with two great news!

One, my good Instagram friends: Cynthia and SuiLan will be joining Claudette and I!! Btw, I'm rinnesbliss on there (my craft account) and rinnester (personal). Add me! :)

And two, I am no longer a guest designer... I'm official!! Woo hooo!!!!!

Hope you tune in for more TGF Print and Cut designs!!

Bunny Olivia.

Hello all! It's time for theMarch release reviews of C.C. Designs!

Here's Miss Swiss Pixie Bunny Olivia featured on my card, front and center.

I've been hoarding this first Dear Lizzy line, and it's about time to let some of it go. Got lots of precious patterns going on here, so the lay-out is pretty simple. I just love the bright but subtle and colorful tones of Spring, don't you??



See you all very soon!!

Last Preview Day for C.C.Designs' March releases.

Top of the mornin' to ya!!

Today's the last day of March previews over at C.C. Designs, and it's Sweet November time!

Amy Young's Sweet November Bunny Tails are truly perfect for Spring and Easter. So much so that I wanted to include them in my Project Life*. This project is a 4x6 journal card.



I was mostly inspired by these colorful bunny Peeps I spotted online. I was drooling over them as I am trying a low carb lifestyle right now, and also admiring how pretty they were! Enter Copics and these images and voila! My very own Easter low carb option :).

Since I already had Shanna Noel's Print Shop papers out for another CCD project, I used up the scallop designed paper. The colors pretty much matched up although I truly didn't plan it that way. I thought it was quite pleasing to the eye and was a nice surprise!



Added some cute stickers and of course, the flowers had to show up somewhere -- it is a Spring card afterall! Used a date stamp to document when Easter would be in my Project Life album.

*(If you haven't heard of PL, it's basically a different way of scrapbooking. Created by Becky Higgins, it's mostly putting in cards in a pocket protector system. You can view more info here).


Hope y'all have a stellar day!!

Preview Day 2 at C.C. Designs.

Hi all!!

Today is Day 2 for the previews over at C.C. Designs' March releases. It's all about the new Roberto's Rascals. I've combined two of them -- Henry with Chick and Henry's Bunny -- into one card. Since I have two sons, I thought this would be their card for Easter :).



They're such fun images to color, and I love how sweet their demeanors are. My tater tots love animals so I know they'll just adore this!

When I was coloring, I found that there was a lot of negative space in between them. Thought this would be a great opportunity for a scenic card (which I enjoy making!). I applied some metallic rub-ons against the edges of a cut-up cloud to create the sky. To continue with the sky/ cloud theme, I layered two Hambly overlays against kraft cardstock. I'm really swooning over the effect of this, and besides the two stamps, it's my favorite part of the card!

I continued to extend the grass as well by using fringe scissors by Martha Stewart on green patterned paper.

Hope you all enjoyed my card! Looking forward to Easter now!!

Toodles,

March Previews Day 1 for CC Designs.

Good morning, everyone!

It's my first post on new previews there at C.C. Designs, and I'm so very excited!!

Today, I'm showing you cards previewing the new C.C. Designs releases for March. They will available on March 6th, 12 noon EST, and I hope you visit the blog for more DT previews!

Here's a project featuring Snail:



Snails hold a special place in my heart right now because of the movie, Turbo, that my youngest absolutely loves! I wanted to use up a color combination that was new to me though, and I was lucky enough to find these papers from Shanna Noel's Print Shop line. I think they are perfect for the subdued, simple, but interesting look I was trying to achieve with this garden snail.




Thanks so much for visiting, everyone!! I hope you all have a great rest of the weekend!! And don't forget... the BIG day is March 6th for the reveal!!

Jesus.

Hello, hello, hello! How's it going?

It's time for another Milk Coffee Challenge, and these next two weeks, it's all about embossing (wet or dry).

Being a mommy of two and a full time registered nurse, I tend to go for the quick projects. I chose dry embossing, of course! I found this 'vintage' Love Elsie paper circa 2006 0r 07. I highlighted it with some metallic rub-ons.

I decided to use this religious image of Jesus (he was a free digi at MC a while back) because it is so close to Easter. I hardly talk about it here, but being Catholic is a big part of my life.

Just added some simple flower stickers and voila! I think it's a wonderful Easter card. Thank you, Lord, for all of my blessings!



I hope you all have a great day and visit the rest of the DT's projects! Remember that you've got two weeks to play along!

Love,

Easter Chick.

Time for Tea Designs has a new March release: Easter Chick. You can buy her at Jo Davies' Etsy store.



Aren't they lovely? Just in time for Easter! What do you have planned?

We usually go to church and dress in our Sunday best. Then, my sis invited us to do some egg hunting at their new place.

I've got the boys' outfits planned out -- a tie for Mattie and a bowtie for Oli with both of them wearing button down shirts. I've got no idea what I'll be wearing yet though. And Mattie's tie is infant-sized so I might try to hide the smallness of it with some kind of vest, lol!

Anyway, I'm super thrilled I got to use more of my Dear Lizzy stash. I love love this line, but I've got to make room for all the great new stuff that is out there! I paired the papers with some crinkled ribbon from Amy Young. I also doodles on the card.

See you soon! And thanks so much for visiting!



Hugs,

Favorite Easter Moments

Thought I'd share some of my fave Easter photos.




Here's the tater tot in all of his Easter gear. Yes, that is the pink hat I was talking about. He looks a bit like Jason Mraz. Awwwww....



Here I am with my watermelon baby. Eat it up cuz the bigger I get, the less pictures I'll be posting. LOL!



I planned to hide eggs in our backyard, but it rained that morning and the grass was all wet. Kinda regretted not doing the original Easter egg hunt I planned but we were rushing to go to church and then to family's. We just did it indoors.



It was cute and sweet to see him finally get hunting for and collecting the eggs.



I rarely ever post pics of my DH and son together. Was feeling kind of guilty but G isn't a ham like me. Really liked this picture capturing a tender moment between them.



And even if this was blurry, I loved my boys' expressions!!



Mattie's kisses consist of lip-kissing, sometimes open-mouthed! Here's one of him expressing his love for his daddy. My bro-in-law, who is a pediatrician and did not grow up with an affectionate family, stated "We gotta break him of this habit." Haha!!



In the Filipino culture, it is customary to show respect to your elders by "mano po" or blessing of the hand. You take their hand and put the outside part to your forehead.



Mattie is just starting to do this and was ecstatic when everyone cheered. That's my mom and she taught him this. Speaking of, I must think of a Mother's Day present for her!!

Anyway, I hope you all had a Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Just couldn't resist these cute stickers from Target. I believe they are from American Greetings. I don't really give out Easter cards but thought I'd make a card for each major holiday to my tater tot.

Tried keeping it a surprise, but he's here looking at the computer screen as I type this. He's very much into animals these days. In fact, most of his words are composed of animal sounds.

Bok kok. Chicken.

Woof or Arf. Dog.

He growls for lions and dinosaurs.

Moo. Cow.

I am trying to find a nice Easter outfit for Mattie. We usually go to church with family and have a lunch or dinner at one of our relative's houses. We are Catholic so it's a pretty big deal for us.

Not sure if I'm going to buy him a suit like last year though.



Wasn't he cute? It was his first suit at 10 months.

I did find a similar, pink plaid version of this fedora for kids.


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I know what you're thinking.... Pink?? For a boy? Hey, what can I say? I am a fashion-forward mommy who thinks little boys are allowed to wear pink. You know what they say...men who wear pink are comfortable with their sexuality and very confident. I think it'll be super cute! Anyway, the plaid part is blue.... so there! LOL!

So back to the card. We were at Target and I was looking for items to make him an Easter basket. Here's the one from last year.



And then I saw the stickers, and I just couldn't resist! The PP are from My Mind's Eye (So Sophie). The letters are from Jenni Bowlin Studio. And the background paper is from Basic Grey.

Thanks for visiting!