Havin Fun

Donna says, Kaya!

Another one of those 1-hr layouts I made. Marj, your challenges make me scrap faster than I usually do heeheeDid this right after I got home from Jane's birthday sale (Rekindled Moments), just ate dinner and went ahead in my scrap room to finish this 2-pager.Journaling: 0406We were invited to a bday party in Jollibee Green Meadows. Eventhough we just got from a summer outing the same day, it was a surprise that Cheska still enjoyed the party. But she cried when she saw the Jollibee mascots hehehe The theme of the party was Justice League, hence the Wonder Woman paper tiara/crown (whatever it is called).

Materials/Technique: Bazzill cs, KI Memories papers and epoxy embellishments, Chatterbox letter stickers, Staedtler pen for journaling and doodling.

About ME:My name is Donna Espiritu. I design for My Little Attic (http://mylittleattic.com/), Scrapbooks Hawaii (http://www.scrapbookshawaii.blogspot.com/), Dixie Pieces digital (http://www.dixiepieces.com/) and Black Magic Sketches(http://blackmagicsketches.blogspot.com/).Check out more of me here, MY SCRAPBOX (http://www.scrappydonna.blogspot.com/)

Classic

Donna says, KAYA!

One of my fastest layout ever, did this for less than an hour! I got home at around 6pm from my brother's then started the layout right away and finished just in time for dinner. I opened the pc and BAM!!!!! I forgot it's broken! So I hurriedly went out to a computer shop so that I can upload my layout hours before the deadline... whew!!!
Thanks Marj for another wonderful challenge, you know how I LOVE distressing :D


Journaling:
My mother... Dekada '80... Love the dress and the hair.

Materials:
Bazzill cardstock, DCWV, Fancy Pants, Basic Grey, MME patterned papers, Prima flowers, Maya Road chipboard swirls, Prima epoxy stickers, American Crafts Thickers, Making Memories paint and specialty glaze, Tsukineko inks, Tim Holtz distress inks, Stickles, Sakura Pen, staples, ribbon and lace trim, pearls.

Distressing techniques used:
Paper crumpling, sanding, inking, tearing edges.

About ME:
My name is Donna Espiritu. I design for My Little Attic, Scrapbooks Hawaii, Dixie Pieces (digital) and Black Magic Sketches. More of me here: MY SCRAPBOX. Thanks! :)

Pistachio

Donna says, KAYA!
Rummaging through my photos, I saw this one. I was eating a bag of pistachio nuts when I took this photo. Pistachio is my favorite of all and second to that is watermelon seeds!! I am not sure also if this layout gave justice to the 2nd challenge of Marj hehehe I'm not a negative space kind of scrapper. I tried very hard not to put stuff in this one lol! :D Thanks for looking!

Journaling:
I LOVE NUTS! And pistachio is on top of my list. Second to that are watermelon seeds. I could eat these everyday...every minute...for HOURS! Yummy!
Materials:
Scenic Route pps, Fancy Pants pps, Bazzill cs, DCWV pp, corrugated cardboard, AL buttons, AC thickers, DCWV letter stickers, Cloud 9 stickers, Heidi Grace stickers, MM heart brad, staples, pen for journaling and doodling.
Techniques:
Paper tearing and doodling (as usual heehee)

About ME:

My name is Donna Espiritu. I design for My Little Attic, Scrapbooks Hawaii, Black Magic sketches and Dixie Pieces - Digital.
More of me here, MY SCRAPBOX.

Sweet Thing

Donna says , KAYA!

I'm posting with a disfunctional monitor... it's color green right now and I have no idea how my layout looks like after cropping it in AP. Again, I used last year's photos of my niece coz I'm trying to lessen my backlog. I make layouts in double every time, for me and for my SIL, so you might have seen these photos with these papers a long time ago (last year is a long long time already when it comes to scrapbooking stuff lol!).. Anyways, here's my take on the first challenge. Thanks for looking!!!

Journaling:
Cheska's 2nd birthday celebrated with a Red Ribbon cake.
March 12, 2007
Dahlia St.

Materials:
Bazzill cardstock, 3BIAR papers and diecut tags, 7 gypsies clip, ribbons, bear charm, pen, Fiskars border punch.

About ME:
Hi! I'm Donna Espiritu.
I design for My Little Attic, Scrapbooks Hawaii, Dixie Pieces Digital and Black Magic Sketches. See more of me here, MY SCRAPBOX. Thanks!

Simply Cute 'Do

Donna saya, KAYA!
I made this almost 2 weeks ago, I think.
Just took a photo today :D
I have tons of extra photos in my photo box, like these photos of my niece when we had her hair cut for the first time. I think I made 2 layouts, 1 mini-album and plus this one using the photos from this "milestone" in my niece's life... lol!
Anyways, on to the challenge... I really like Marix' challenge for this month. Made this one pretty fast and I really had fun. And of course, the card too! Tfl!

Journaling:
Cheska.. more than a year old.. First haircut..Dahlia St.

and my card:
Techniques and Materials:
Doodling, using of paint.
Fancy Pants papers and felt shapes, DCWV cs, MM paints, AAS wooden flowers, Sakura pen, Simple Joys Silver hearts.

About Me:

Hi all! I'm Donna Espiritu.
I design for Scrapbooks Hawaii, My Little Attic, Dixie Pieces Digitals and Black Magic Sketches.
You can check out my addiction HERE :D

To 8 waves, fun in the sun

Donna says, KAYA!
Whew! Last minute girl, that's me!!! Hehe This is just a simple mini, with summer photos super long-overdue scrapping. This was a GMA summer outing and I brought my husband, brother and my SIL and my bestfriend with me to enjoy the fun at 8 waves in Bulacan. Thanks for looking!!!

Materials:
Chipboard sheets cut into 5x7 as base for the pages.
Bazzill, DCWV, Kraft cs, 3BIAR, Tinkering Ink papers, KI Memories lace cardstock, ATB stickers, Fancy Pants felt shapes, AAS brads, Sakura and Staedtler pens, Pebeo paint, Colorbox inks, Autumn Leaves buttons, Kaisercrafts flower, Twinkling H2O, AC Thickers, Fibers, Lace trims, rings.

About ME:
I'm Donna and I always procrastinate :D
Seriously now, I am married to a very supportive and loving husband who is, hopefully, coming home very soon after almost 3 years of working abroad. I love to read romance, suspense and sci-fi and my fave to read atm are Nora Roberts books. I have a blog too! Here, check it out, MY SCRAPBOX. Thanks! :)

In time

Donna says, Kaya!
I thought I'd never make it!!! :D
Anyways, my layout is a "bit lighter" than the previous entries. It's about having a husband who's an overseas worker AND who's coming home very soon. Even my journaling is much lighter. I don't want to dwell too much on how my husband's distance really affects me. I just see this phase in our married life as a milestone, because so far so good :) And, I'm praying everyday that it stays that way. I used clock to symbolize both our time/distance apart and the waiting for his home-coming :) Thanks for looking! :)

Journaling:
"..we will be together again after quite a long time. everyday that passes by brings us closer to that day. when you left to work abroad, it didn't sink in until a couple of months went by. i never showed how much i was missing you already the day you left. i was even picking a fight while we were on our way to the airport. i guess that was my way to fight off the dreadful loneliness and the fear for you going away to a strange foreign country. i wasn't afraid you'd fool around, i trust you so much it never crossed my mind. i know how much you are sacrifing so we can have a good future. i know too that i am one of those lucky wives to have such a loving and generous husband like you. i am counting the months, the days, the hours that i'd see you and feel your embrace again. no more scheduled chats, no more limited calls. in time, you are coming home dad. i love you so much..."

Materials:
MistyCato_Inspire Me kit (paper, stitch, brad and tag), LDD_Vintage Retro kit (papers, knotted ribbon, butterfly charm), Barbderksen_Oldwatch. Fonts - Ariala and Century Gothic. Software-PS7

Techniques:
Drop Shadows, Burn tool, Bevel, Paper-tearing technique

About ME:
I am Donna Espiritu, happily married to a very supportive husband :)
Aside from scrapbooking, I also love reading. From Romance to Sci-fi to Mystical or anything in between :) Right now, I'm into collecting Nora Roberts' novels especially her trilogies :D
Visit my blog, MYSCRAPBOX.

To my husband, age 33, to be opened on 12-2011

Donna says, Kaya!
Making this layout made me miss my husband even more. I was looking for a recent photo of us together. I only found the one I used here which was taken almost two summers ago. This also made me think how seldom we have our photos taken together, so that would be on top of my to-do list.
Here is my take for this month's challenge.... Thanks for looking!

Journaling:
12-2011
Dear Dad,
Happy 20th anniversary!!!! :D
Though that's not how long we're actually married, I'm still so happy and thankful that we are still together after all these years! I wish us both good health and may we be as strong as ever, so that no matter what comes our paths malagpasan natin un. Let us keep God the center of our marriage. Know that you have my love, respect, trust, loyalty and understanding...and I hope you do the same to me (I know you will).
If in case by this time finally nabiyayaan na tayo ng isang cute baby girl or boy, I know we are being good parents to our child. But if wala pa rin, okay lang :) I know we're still happy and contended with each other.
I always remember the words you said when I asked if by fate I won't be able to give you a child...sabi mo, that's not gonna be a problem, you'd still love me the same..besides, swerte ka na nga kse two in one na ko-mommy na baby pa hehehe I think pinapatawa mo lang ako but I know, I can feel in your voice that you mean every word you said. Naiyak nga ako diba :D
Again, happy anniversary my gwapong asawa! :D (as we always tell each other, love our own hehehe)
Always keep in mind I love you and that's forever...
(heart)lots,
Bebe
Materials:
MME Bohemia stripes and polka dots pps, HS Ghost letters "to", Prima flowers (From Dixie Pieces November kit), Dreamstreet brown pp (From DP April Kit), BBP white envelope & MM velvet brown brad (From DP Dec kit), Bazzill brown CS and 7gypsies "love"clip, HS polka dot mask (from MLA), Colorbox Chestnut Roan Chalk ink, Diamond Stickles (from SBH), Tim Holtz Distress Ink Faded Denim, Tsukineko Brilliance Moonlight White Ink, Autumn Leaves buttons, Staedtler Triplus pen, Sakura Souffle pen, Others - White lace, Swarovski crystals, paper clip.

About ME:

Married for almost four years now to my loving husband who supports me in my scrapbooking!!! :D He even downloads digital kits for me (I both enjoy doing traditional and digital scrapbooking), now he knows how and where to check FREEBIES lol!! Check out my creations here. Thanks!

My kind of HUNKS

Donna says, KAYA!
I was torn between Tom Welling and Johnny Depp.. then I remembered Keannu! lol! I was downloading pics of Johnny when I saw Hugh Jackman's... hmmm why not just put the four of them together? :)
So, here's my kind of Hunks! Bad boys, rugged, gorgeous, killer smiles, chiseled features, good bone structures... (((siggghhhh)))...love 'em all!!!

Journaling:
Tom Welling, Johnny Depp, Keannu Reeves & Hugh Jackman
who could resist these handsome hunks...
033008

Materials:
mda_joanna cinnamon_glitteringalpha & soft whispers_bling, nursedesigns_glassdesign, dsp_jamie_glitter_accents, cs_glitterheart, mda_brokenroad_paper, c_abram_black_ribbon, retrodiva_bemine_heartstitched and journal mat, valerie brumfield_antique gold mini-kit_brown paper, designs by krista_daisy_black lace, font seogi, software cs3

Techniques:
Adjust Hue and Saturation of Alphas, Masking, Opacity adjustments on papers, Drop shadows.

About me:

I am Donna Espiritu.Been scrapping for more than 3 years now. I love trad and digital scrapbooking... Can't wait to go back to the Philippines I miss my scrapbooking table and my stuff!! I know a couple of new kits await me heehee Check my blog here: MY SCRAPBOX - thanks!

How old are you?

Donna says, Kaya!
Love working with the yummy digital kit provided just for this challenge! Thanks to Diane's CT designer Danielle Young. Here is my entry for this month's Kaya! Thanks for looking!

Journaling:
"When asked, Cheska shows all her fingers. But she's actually only two years old. ~ 0907 Jollibee Star City"

Materials and Techniques:
All digital papers and embellishments from the kit by Danielle Young-Spring time feelings. Fonts - Times New Roman and another one I forgot :D
Stroke (white) on photos, Bevel and emboss on fonts, made scalloped template to cut photo and striped paper into shape, changed colors of a button on the frame, stitches and the flower from blue to pink, edited rimmed green brad and "embossed" letter onto it. Layered ribbons on the, erased some part so it would like its twisted on the frame. Changed opacity of the flowers and number 2 on the journaling spot to make it like a "stamped" image. Gaussian blur on the photos. Drop shadows.

About ME:

I'm Donna Espiritu, married to my loving and kind husband for 3 years now. As I've said on my previous Kaya layout, one of my wishes for this year is a baby!!! hehe Visit my blog here: My Scrapbox

3 Wishes

Donna says, KAYA!

These are my top 3 wishes for myself this 2008. Thanks for looking!

Journaling:

These are my 3 wishes and I hope it would come true this year:
1. a DSLR - I love to learn Photography & then be able to share the skill with my families & friends afterwards.
2. to LOSE not 10 but 20 lbs!! More is better! So I can prepare for my 3rd and Ultimate Wish...
3. to get PREGNANT - my OB adviced me to lose the 2x-extra weight it might help me get preggy.

Materials and Techniques used:

All materials from Studio Azul November Kit, Passage to India (except Bazzill cardstock, journaling pen and gold metallic paint).

Paper Tearing/Stamping/Painting/Paper cutting/Layering

About ME:

My name si Donna Espiritu. I'm a SAHW wife, no kids yet. I love scrapbooking, both traditional and digital. I am currently designing for MLA, SBH and Dixie Pieces. Check out more of my stuff here

Thanks!

Cute as a little bug

Donna says, KAYA!

This my take on the challenge. TFL!



Journaling:

"you are so cute.. love to kiss you everyday! mwuah!" ~ tita d.
francesca paulene, almost 6-mos old. rose st ~ 2005

Materials used:

BBP cardstocks (base, flowers and borders, Staedtler Triplus pens, Faber Castel watercolor pens, American Craft Slick writer, UHU glue.

Techniques used:

Cut-out flowers (green and pink) and small circle for center. Curled it upwards for dimension. Adhered center of photo only and curled photo left and right sides upward for a different look. All flowers and title hand-drawn/doodled and colored with watercolor pencils and highlighted with black and colored pens. Journaling spot hand-drawn with colored pens too.

About ME:


I am Donna Espiritu. I love italian and mexican food :)
I am proudly designin for MY LITTLE ATTIC.
Check out my blog here.

Playhouse

Donna says, KAYA!

Another one of those photo-finish layouts!! Did a trad lo for this challenge BUT idiot me, didn't borrow a camera to take a photo of my lo... hmmm... so, resorted to digital scrapping hehehe. TFL!

Journaling:
"the way your eyes twinkle is such a priceless sight whenever you are inside the PLAYHOUSE." ~ Cheska, 09-2007

Materials used:
6 pps - background pink checkered pp, blue stitched floral pp (2peas - Rhonna Farrer Sew Scrappea), strip blue with diamonds pp, pink with colored circles pp, strip blue multifloral pp, green swirl pp (2peas - A. Langpap July), Orange and pink flowers (A. Langpap July 2peas), Stitches (COF_ACOT), Ribbons and knot- Ronna Penner Express Yourself, Tracy Collins Sugar, Staple wire, buttons and Alpha - Tracy Collins (Tag sale and Naturally), Fonts - FG Amelia and Arial Narrow, Dymo label - my own design. Software - Adobe PS7.

Techniques used:
Nothing much here, I just enlarged the photo and put brown colored stroke to serve as matting. All drop-shadowed elements/pps. "Dymo label" is a simple rectangle shape filled with black color. Played with the text (cheska and date) with some drop shadows and bevel & emboss options.

About ME:
I'm Donna Espiritu. I love life, I love to laugh and I love this photo hehehe
Proud to say I am a DT for MLA (first ever hee hee)
And I just got my prize for the 3BIAR II challenge (yippppeeee!!)
Click here to check out my blog.

do you still REMEMBER these

Donna says, KAYA!

The first thing that came in my mind when I knew about this month's challenge, were the "love letters" my husband and I gave each other waaaayyyyy bacckkkk when (smiles). From candy or chocolate wrappers to tags of pants to perfume sample (like those in magazines where you can sample the smell of the perfume hehehe I don't know what it's called) to just anything.. we write each other love notes :) My friend and barkada who happened to be his sister ("RETO-RETO" days!!), was our "MAIL GIRL" hehe We just bribe her (wink*wink) and voila! Instant mail delivery! lol!! (love you SIL!!)

Anyways, the first idea was to use only one photo and some of our "letters" in my layout. But as I was browsing through the box where I put our "loveletters", I came across some photos I didn't realize were there. I decided then that I had to put those. I want the layout to come out like showing a "timeline" of our journey together. It didn't turn out like the way I had mind but I am still happy of the result :) Thanks for looking!

Journaling:

"It all started in 1991.. we give each other letters and knick-knacks EVERYDAY. If one of us fail to write even a short letter or note, we get ma like the usual "lover's quarrel" (talk about teenage lovers lol!!!). But come to think of it, I'm sure glad we did all those "corny" love letter stuff. I LOVE browsing through them, it reminds me all the things we promised one another. I hope you REMEMBER 'em too :) ~ love, donna"

Materials:

We are memory keepers, Prima flowers, Doodlebug designs/Karen Foster/Xyro silver brads, MM clear gloss, American Crafts Slick writer pen,Tim Holtz DI Frayed Burlap and Fired Brick, ribbons, DMC thread and transparency (from last PS EB used FP stamp c/o Mod Au with stazon black ink). *plastic used to envelope letters- from my Thermoweb foam tapes (is it acid-free???)

Techniques:

Distressing (sanding and inking), stitching, doodling.

About Me:

I am Donna Espiritu. 30 years old, married. I'm a very simple person and a homebody. Other people find me "suplada" as first impression but I am really shy (yes yes I am!). Well, that's what my old friends tell me I just don't know now :) hehehe
Know more about me at my blog, http://www.scrappydonna.blogspot.com/, see yah 'round!

the Story of Pamela doll

Donna says, KAYA!

This is what I call RUSH!!! Been so busy with important stuff and I had to go home as fast as I could just to MAKE a layout for Kaya 3 (I'm still panting as I am typing this!!)
This is a layout about my niece's doll, Pamela. TFL! :)

Journaling:

"Your doll's real name is ERIKA, we just renamed her PAMELA because MAMA DALLY's and my favorite PBB2 housemate, Gee-ann, has a doll named PAMELA :) Eversince then, you never let your doll out of your sight. Wherever you go, even to the bathroom/toilet, you like to take her with you. I think you love her so much..you even bathe her in the toilet bowl! hehe :)

You really are sweet, you know that? :) (heart)lots~T.Donna"

Materials/Techniques:

MME Bohemia pp, Fancy Pants pp, MM foam stamps, MM paint and clear glaze, Tim Holtz DI Fired Brick, American Crafts and Staedtler pen, brown ribbon.

Cut almost 5x7 Fancy Pants floral pp for matting and some flowers from Fancy Pants pp to match. Adhered and stamped on the far left and lower right corners and dotted the edges of the stamped image to enhance it a little bit. Adhered the brown ribbon first before placing the cut flowers which were glazed and curled the tips to give some flair. As usual, I handcut the letters of the title from chipboard, painted it white and handwritten the letters on the "blocks" then dabbed DI before topping it with clear glaze. Wrote the journaling after.

About ME:

I am Donna Espiritu (or Donna Ong, to some~long story behind this one, maybe I should scrapbook it hehehe), married but no kids yet. I'm a scrapbook addict but not a scrapaholic (hmm???) I am moody but I prefer making other people feel comfortable around me so I usually set aside that part of my personality :)

Know more about me at http://www.scrappydonna.blogspot.com/

True Friend

This digital layout is about me and one of my closest friends, Vicky. We've been through a lot of hard/tough times together. Lots of laughter and tears, always honest with everything we tell each other even if it hurts as long as its the truth. We finish each other's sentences as if we know what's going on each other's head. Here's a little tribute to our friendship... TFL!



Journaling Reads:
"Of all the friends I have, you are one of the most influential to me. I was a young, naive woman and you taught me how to be brave. You showed me how to be a fighter and I learned how to survive. When I stumbled and messed up, you were there when I was picking up the pieces of myself. You patiently listened to my woes even if I was like a broken record. You let me decide for myself, let me be who I am and what I wanted to be and still, never failed to tell me to be careful. Funny, we don't call each other bestfriends. Maybe it's just a name or a label, I don't know. But what I'm certainly sure about is we are friends to its truest meaning."

Materials used:
All elements my own design except the flower, stitches and the bling (re-color, ACOT_Circle of Friends and SpringFling elements). Fonts Beautiful ES and Book Antiqua. Software used Adobe Photoshop 7.

Techniques used:
I started with a black background, dabbed white dots (used graph/ruler for correct alignment) and used a lot of different brushes to create a "distressed look." There were a lot of "distressing" black and white layers until I achieved the desired look I wanted. The two circle matts (black and striped b/w papers, that is if you can see the "striped paper") were also products of the same procedures I used to create the background "paper." Made the circle text by copying "a true friend i will always treasure" text 3x and aligned it in circle form. The butterfly is a brush in dissolved opacity (or whatever you call that). Again, dabbed brushes to form the white areas for the journaling. Photos edited to black and white.

About ME:

30-year old wife to Marlon Espiritu. I used to work as an IT support but for some personal reasons I gave up my job (but looking for one right now) and became a stay-at-home wife. No kids yet (but wish to have one someday) that's why the subject in my LOs is always my niece, Cheska. I've been scrapping for more than 3 years now and it gives me so much happiness and a sense of fulfillment. It is an outlet for the creative side of me. (Learn more about me at www.scrappydonna.blogspot.com)

Love of Reading

Donna says, KAYA!

My first digital layout for public viewing.

I started to love reading when I was in Grade 6. My first paperback to read was Sydney Sheldon's Bloodline - a very adult thing to read for a 6th grader! I shifted to Robert Ludlum (read: at Grade 6) and got hooked. Alongside with that, I also used to read Sweet Valley Hight & Sweet Dreams paperbacks. That's also when I started liking Danielle Steel and other Harlequin writers. I don't give away my books (unless someone really special asked for it) but I misplace some of them. As of now, my fave author is Nora Roberts. In general, I love romance with a twist of suspense, action and almost anything about mystical or magical stories like the Harry Potter series. So, I really don't know which one to choose it's hard for me I love them all like babies!

Journaling: Books by these authors are my all-time fave. I've been collecting these since HS. I can't choose which one I love best. May it be romance, suspense, sci-fi, mystical or magical stories, it's always as if I'm there in the middle of the story, feeling...living it. May 2007

Materials and Techniques Used: Digital kits - Going West_WW (CT Freebie), Circle of Friends _ACOT, SpringFling_ACOT, Fenderskirts flower image from Scrapbooks Answers CD, Discovering_WW. Used Adobe Photoshop 7 to edit the photo.

About ME:

30-year old wife to Marlon Espiritu. I used to work as an IT support but for some personal reasons I gave up my job (but looking for one right now) and became a stay-at-home wife. No kids yet (but wish to have one someday) that's why the subject in my LOs is always my niece, Cheska. I've been scrapping for more than 3 years now and it gives me so much happiness and a sense of fulfillment. It is an outlet for the creative side of me. (Learn more about Donna at www.scrappydonna.blogspot.com)