Rache's Revelations

I've been tagged! Haha twas so funny I had to figure out what it meant. Where have I been? Lol. I've been tagged by Agring to create a short blog article and show a photo that isn't online yet. Agring, I followed you and just made a magazine cover hihihi. Sorry, birth pains. Lol.




















And here’s the instruction to this tag/meme:
1st step - Post a short blog article that includes a photograph (or a series of photos) showing the face behind your blog. If you already showed a photo somewhere on your site (such as in your about page), then make your post more interesting and choose a photo that’s not currently online.

2nd step - Include links to other people that have displayed a photo, or include their photos in your post, adding a reference.

3rd step - Tag as many others as you like in your post to spread the meme.

4th step - If you link back to me here and send an email I’ll be sure to include links back to you. Each person tagged should create their own post and repeat the process.

I'm tagging Nyree, Lorelei, Sassy , Tabs and Fran!

Sunset

I'd like to cap the work-day with a smile on my face, despite of going through such rattling activities at work (it being end of 2nd quarter for this brand that I am assigned with). It was a pretty tough week but grace was just fabulous, that I got by! :)

Now let me share with you this is a photo I took yesterday at around 6pm, just right outside our bedroom window. Aren't sunsets just the most beautiful? The asthma of my Tiffey has set down as well, praise God. Thanks to you guys who prayed :)

Have a blessed weekend everyone!

Little Rachey

scrapping early this morning after feeding my little girl tiffany who's currently sick with an inflammed throat and her asthma acting up last night. poor honey kept on coughing and was in tears as she reached out for me and asked me to pray. i wasn't able to get enough sleep as she would cough every so often and hubby and i watched out if we had to nebulize her. i am staying at home today to care for my girl and we will take her to the doctor in a while after she wakes up this morning. good thing that series of coughing died a bit and now she can catch up on sleep. i couldn't seem to get some zzz's myself, maybe because my body's telling me i should be awake during the day. i'll probably try to sleep after we pay a visit to the doctor. anways, sharing with you this new lo of me in my tiny years. :) credits here.

Boyish Layout

Tristan, originally uploaded by Rache's Scrapbook.

Did this LO last night before going to bed. I haven't actually done a LO for my little big boy, so, I took on the challenge and I'm happy at how it came out :)

Cubeville Makeover (Inspired by MrsB)

Moved by MrsB's digiscrap on her cube-fix at work, I decided to do the same favor for my neglected workspace. Here are some photos of how my cube make-over went this week.

*Before*

(a complete mess really lol!)

and...

*After*

Requested for a corkboard from our admin and posted two scraps and a portrait on one side, and some of my favorite photos from our euro trip last year. the cow hanging up there keeps me sane on a busy day (just press and it says mooo.. hehe cutie).. the tiny koala at the side is handy for clipping some docs when i can't find my binding clip.

On one corner of my workspace I posted three matte posters I got from Paris and a photo frame of me and my hubby plus the kids.

I still need to put some more effort though on the other side of my cube, which is just piled with folders and notebooks. lol. Will put that in the drawing board for now.

Lemme know what you think!

Beauties :-)

I got into such a mind buzz last night that I couldn't seem to catch some zzz's! I was thinking about this LO project that I've countlessly redone over the past four weeks.. I can't really understand why the creative side of my brain would have to be switched on from 11pm onwards. Ang laki na ng eyebags ko! Lol. So after doing five spreads for that project, I decided to scrap on this sweet-looking photo of me and my little girl, Tiffany. I'm kind of high on pink lately, so this will have a similar feel to my two previews LO's. :-) Have a great week everyone!





















Credits - Paper from Paisely & Ivy Paper Pack, Weeds & Wildflowers Design; Flowers from Being Me, Weeds & Wildflowers Design; Ribbon Bookplate by Shabby Princess; Pearls by Melany Violette; Stalk Brushes from deviantart.com; Scalloped Frame by RL; Photo by Oly Ruiz

Wedding at the Grand Terrace

Spent our Saturday afternoon at the wedding of my hubby's cousin where our boy Tristan participated in the entourage as ring bearer. I think the Grand Terrace is fairly new, with almost the same concept as that of Plaza Ibarra, Fernwood Gardens and Gazebo Royale. Anyways, it was a flicking photo spree for the family, us being such camwhores from the youngest to the oldest! My brother-in-law, Oly brought his two DSLR's for us to toy with, so, I sort of got to practice again before I lay my hands on my own DSLR. Just a thought - no wonder most photographers are men. These equipments, together with the lens and other accessories are darn heavy. And I mean heavy to the point that the muscles in my right arm would feel real strained right after a night's shoot. But it's a good kind of pain I tell ya. Especially if you want to pounce a chance to get awesome looking photos.

Here are some of the photos we took last Saturday ...

The Grand Terrace

Irma, Me, MIL, Nina and Tiff

My hubby Oli and my boy Tristan

Feeling pre-nupt pose.. haha.

Me and the kids in the bathroom.. lol!

Me and my girl Tiffany

Little Portraits from Heaven by Metrophoto

Metrophoto is brimming with beautiful portraits from little kids to couples and families. I just love how Oly Ruiz captures every emotion and how he makes a seemingly normal shot become one that would make you go WOW. The photo I used is from Metrophoto's Little Portraits from Heaven, a part of its products & services.

Credits: Flowers, Papers & Heart Splatters from Being Me Kit by Gina Marie Huff, Weeds & Wildflowers Design; Ricracs by Shabbyprincess.com; Stitches by Tara Dunstan Designs; Tag from Wild Love Kit by Shabby Princess; Ribbon from Swirlicious Kit by Samara Gugler; Photography by Metrophoto

All Grown Up!

Our little girl is the sweetest! Tiffany is growing up to be such a charming, smart lady. Boy are we blessed to have her in the family. Here's a layout I did last night, "All Grown Up!". Photo is by Metrophoto and the kit I used is by Gina Huff of Weeds & Wildflowers Design, "Being Me" Kit. The nice clustered frames are from Fernlili.

Progressive Digiscrapper

I've always been amused by art. Growing up, I would doodle stuff until I had kalyo on my fingers (hehe!). When I was in high school, I got into the Art Class, a section for the entire batch that would concentrate more on well, Art. Come college, I was supposed to take Fine Arts in UP, was on waiting list, but somehow, the artsy fartsy part of me didn't exactly push me to pursue it then. So I ended up studying Business Administration, then Advertising later. I started to appreciate layouting when we put up a computer shop in the first few years of my marriage. I'd get to design business cards, flyers, posters, etc for the SMB and SOHO market of our area.

I've done a few layouts of my favorite photos, but never exactly thought that digiscrapping was possible. I'm just so amazed now at how things are put so nicely in a digital canvas. I was so clueless at digiscrapping that, when my I spotted my friend Nyree's friendster testimonial for me, I said, wow, this is a cool layout! Twas fun and creative! Ey, I want to learn!!! After that, the rest is history :)

Cutting this post short, lemme share with you my very first attempt at digiscrapping. Hehe. Not much here, but as my post title goes, my digiscrapping is progressive. I'm learning from the best at Pinay Digiscrappers. What can I say, I'm in good hands! :)


(di ko pa alam mga embellishments noon! lol)


shabbyprincess.com's freebie kits are a digiscrapper's dream come true. hehe! :)

Dinos at Eastwood City

Here's a scrap from our weekend afternoon laze at Eastwood City. There were a couple of huge dinosaurs on display, plus some other enormous animals. The displays were mainly made of wood or maybe hard plastic... funny how me and hubby and even the kids kept on wondering how in the world was it assembled and taken to a not so huge area in one of the open sections in near the coffee shops. So anyways, I got this new kit from Weeds & Wildflower Designs, "Being Me" and decided to digiscrap on the kids' photos. You HAVE to get the kit! It's awesome :)



The size is set to 1680x1050; just hit on the scrap to view a larger copy.

Credits: Papers & Embellishments by Gina Marie Huff, Weeds & Wildflowers Design; Cardboard Tags by Fernlili; Stitched together frames.. i'm so sorry, i can't find where i got it!! :-(

Oli & Rache

Posting away before bedtime! Here's a layout that I did about me and hubby in one of our summer weekend getaways.


Credits: Curled Edges by Jan Hicks of Scrapgirls.com; Stitches by Christina Renee; Brown Paper & Ribbon from Distressed Bohemian Kit from Oscraps.com; Pin from Miss Mint from Candy Fairway Kit by Peppermint Creative; "In Love" by Jessica Gordon; Papers & Funky Torn Tag from Funky Floral Kit by Leah Riordian Designs; Doodled Heart by Debra Tope; Frame Cluster by Welli Designs; Scribble Brushes by Invisible Snow

Blue Sparkles

The rain came today and been on for about two hours already. As usual, the cars seemed to have expanded and the roads are pretty much filled up. Anyways, might as well surf away to ease the traffic. Sharing with you this freebie I found from Magdalena's Blog - Blue Sparkles Kit.

Shiela & Rache

Did a simple layout today over lunch. This is me and my officemate, Shiela aka Shielalah (hehe) in the photo while enjoying our company's quick vacation in Hong Kong last March 2007.

Credits: Twig Frame by Carol Abram; Stitches & Stitched Flowers by Lena Gulbrandsen; Paper by Miss Mint's Party Pants Kit Tag by Retrodiva; Tracy Collins' Poppy Kit.

Pretty Kits!

Back in the office.. my mind just terribly wondering off... I miss staying at home and doing designs & layouts for business... Anyways, on with the freebies found today. Two adorable kits get an alert! You have to check it out the Party Pants Kit and Poppy Kit from http://www.peppermintcreative.com/ and http://www.digitalscrapbookingfreebies.com/ respectively.

Party Pants by Peppermint Creative, click here.

Poppy by Retrodiva Designs, click here.

Hoping I can do an LO soon! :)