Iris Babao Uy

Paper Tree House Blog Hop...

Updated with my winner... MARLEY! Please email me your address Marley. Thanks!

 

Welcome to Paper Tree House Studio's Friends, Love, and Faith Blog Hop. Today, we're out in force on the internet -- showing our faith and giving the glory to God. United, we stand as Christian paper crafters and blog owners to make a presence on the internet for all to see. If you are hopping with us, you should have hopped over from Christel Bonner's blog.  If you happened to just come across this post and you want to join in on the fun, make sure you jump over to the beginning so that you do not miss out: Paper Tree House Studio.

We're celebrating the theme of faith and we're happy to share our projects with you based on the verse:

"...those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

First, we would like to take a moment to thank our generous co-sponsors: Zutter, Paper Trunk, Create 365, Memorable Seasons, Scrapbook News and Review, as well as Papperie.  Together with Paper Tree House Studio, these companies have donated some wonderful prizes for today's blog hop.

Prizes? Oh, yeah! There will be three lucky grand prize winners for today's event.

To enter, simply hop through the blogs and take note of all of the participating DT members of Paper Tree House Studio, and make sure to jot down the "blessed words" they will have in their post, and leave a comment on their posts. Once you gather all of the words, you will have another special Scripture to inspire you to create while leaving His legacy. Then send us an email at mypapertreehousedt@gmail.com listing each of the staff members who participated in today's hop and the completed Scripture. It's that easy. All entries must be received by Monday, February 28, 2011 at 12 noon, EST and seven winners will be randomly chosen to win.

What are the prizes?

One Cricut Gypsy from Paper Tree House Studio
One Bind-it-All from Zutter

One baggy of goodies from Create 365
One baggy of goodies from Papperie
One baggy of goodies from Paper Trunk
One year subscription to Scrapbook News and Review
One $15 gift card to Memorable Seasons so that you can purchase your favorite goodies!!

In addition, many of our participating bloggers will have amazing blog candy and RAKS available for one of their blessed visitors by simply leaving a comment and becoming a follower on their blog. That's a lot of chances to win, so let's get to the Hop!

I'm sending this little token to one of the visitors here...


"...those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

The next stop on this blog hop is JACKIE WEEKS.

 

BasicGrey "Hello Luscious" and "Lauderdale"

I'm so happy to have a few spare days this week to sit down and work on the new BasicGrey lines that I received a few weeks ago. I have to say that all four lines are beautiful but my favorite so fas is "Hello Luscious". Here are a few layouts I made using the new collection...

Ist Up... "Hello Luscious"

added a Tim Holtz timepiece metal embellishment...

and a paper clip and canvas tag from an older BG line.

Here is another layout featuring "Hello Luscious". Nicole just turned 6 here and we took this picture of her with her grandma Helen at Hongkong Disneyland...

added a few really old random embellishments I had lying around in my stash.

Now on to the brighter, funkier, retro feel collection "Lauderdale"... This one is really fun. I had a blast with this collection...

Added a chipboard tree sticker from BG Lemonade

Lauderdale canvas tags and BG fabric flowers..

BasicGrey Lauderdale on Basics paper...

 Added chipboard shapes from "Olivia" collection.

Thank you BasicGrey for all the collection packs. I will definitely be back with more BG layouts. I'll be working next on the "Life of the Party" and "Sweet Threads" collection.

Thanks for your visit!

Iris

 

Reader's Challenge at Aussie Scrapsource

After the success of our reader’s challenges last year, Aussie Scrapsource decided to create more opportunities for the readers to share their layouts in the blog. 

Aussie Scrapsource is starting off the new year in the spirit of all things handmade and upcycled – with a ‘make it yourself’ challenge.  Each week, a new challenge will be issued to create a layout using different handmade items, and this week we introduce the series with the most fundamental of requirements for all our scrapbook pages, whatever our scrapping style – the background cardstock.

There will be little prizes each week. To join and read more info... click HERE.

There is not one single piece of patterned paper in the sample I made above. I love stamps so much and I tried to put my stamp collection to good use by using it to create the background design in the cardstock as well as the artist trading cards which served as the base for my photo.

To create the background paper, I first misted the white cardstock in a shade of yellow and a shade of light brown. Next, I rubbed "Broken China" distress inks on random areas to get light blue greenish tones. I then inked my script stamp with "Frayed Burlap" distress ink and stamped on the paper while it was still moist. This allowed for the image to slightly blur and wick which is exactly what I wanted to achieve.

To create the ATC cards, I rubbed different colours of distress inks on my craft mat and used my stamps to pick up the ink from the craft mat. This resulted in two to three colours in my stamped images. Once the cards have dried, I applied "Pumice Stone" distress ink to deepen the tones and outline the edges of the ATCs.

 You have until February 23 to send it your projects to this EMAIL. I hope you can join us!

A birthday treat and a give-away...

Updated with winner..

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I with reggie, we should be the one thanking you Iris for inspiring us.. you have so much talent and it never ceases to amaze many people around the world. im just a very proud pinay... i wonder why they dont feature you in TFC... hehehe. serious... happy birthday again!

P.S. i really really regret not having to attend your workshop in made with love... dumating ako from pinas the day after your workshop (na purchase na kasi ticket a year ago dahil cheap hahaha) i hope there will be next time....

Posted by: genevive/bebang | 02/17/2011 at 08:23 AM

Congratulations Genevive! I'll mail the items to you. Just email me your address in Singapore. Thanks!

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I just turned 37 last February 11. I tried to forget about that day (yeah like who wants to turn another year older once they've hit 30 right?) but my inbox and my facebook page was flooded with birthday greetings! I spent the day with my family, ate a lot of oily carbs and creamy sweets (I started paying for that already by running 11 kilometers last night), was surprised with a really nice gift from hubby, and some beautiful gifts from friends. Among the gifts I received was this cool craft carry-all bag...

This is now my favorite crop bag. It's very light to carry around. Just the right size to carry my stamps, mists, paint bottles, trimmer, glue, etc. Yeah it can carry a lot! The fabric is washable too so I don't have to worry about my art mediums getting into the beautiful fabric.It's being manufactured and distributed by BUBBLEWRAP - a company run by a friend of mine ... .

Here is a link to the site in case you are interested to get one for yourself.. You have to check their stuff. They have some really nice items for crafters.

And since I celebrated my birthday, I'd like to do a little give-away for you.

1 pc 4" X 4" notepad (100 leaves)
12 pcs (2 sets of 6 designs)
1 clear gift box

and a Pink Paislee mini-album which I made a few months back.There are 8 boards in this mini-book or a total of 16 pages ready to be filled with your pictures.

Just leave a comment here and I will pick a random winner by Tuesday, February 22, 2011. It took me some time and a lot of effort to finish this mini-album but I would really love for one of you to have this. My way of saying thank you for your friendship, your support, and for the inspiration you give me each and every time you visit me here in my blog.  

Thank you!

Iris

Little Yellow Bicycle Guest Designer...

I am very happy to announce that I am a guest designer at Little Yellow Bicycle for this month. I was sent the "Twig" collection to work on and although I am not used to working with blues and greens, I actually had fun doing this project and surprisingly... I loved the end result.

Do you have pictures that have distracting elements in the background? Using Frames are perfect way to hide those imperfections in your photos. Scrapbooking memories isn’t always about having the perfect design or the perfect photos. There is always a way for you to include your special photos (whether it be perfect or not) in your albums.  In this page, I used the Twig frames to eliminate the clutter in my photos.

 

The Twig line has so many beautiful embellishments that it is not hard at all to create a page with so many details in so little time. This page took me less than an hour to finish.

 Here are a few more close ups from this page!

 

 

 

 The Twig line is perfect for both masculine and feminine layouts. This page needed little work because the bottom part of the patterned paper already provided a stunning visual element. I simply balanced the design at the bottom with the banner, added a couple of butterflies, some stickers, and it already looked great to me. The doily paper provided the perfect base for my photos.

 

 And a few more detail shots...

 

 

 

 Want to add some color to the Twig line? Simply mix and match it with other LYB lines like the “Cupcake Love” which I used here. Pretty hard to tell that they are separate lines huh? The Twig line provided the outdoor feel and look to my page, while the cupcake love line added the girly and whimsical look I wanted to achieve.

 

 And here are some close ups of this page:

 

 

 

 Another page where I mixed Twig with the Cupcake Love line. My daughter was actually holding some sweets which she was snacking on. I was not able to fit her snack in my frame when I photographed her. So I placed the cupcake just where her hand would be to help tell the story.

 

 And here are a few close ups!

 

 

 

 

Check back in a couple of weeks for a "Twig" mini album and a set of cards...

Thanks for your visit!

 

 

Scrapideas Bonus E-book for FREE!

Hi Everyone!

Got this very good news that the scrapideas ebook has finally launched.

I am very proud to let you know that I am part of this great project that features pro scrapbookers from around the world and their works.

The participants in the book got an exlusive bonus for their blog readers. As a way to saying thank you for reading my blog you will get this exclusive BONUS ebook for FREE. Go here to get it

If you like the sample and would like to buy a full copy of the ebook, just click on the banner at the top  left side of my blog.

If you have downloaded the Bonus E-book I would love it if you can leave a comment here. I'd like to know what you think of it. Thank you and I hope you will enjoy this!

Hugs,

Iris

 

 

Studio Calico February Kits at Scrappin Studio

This month's main kit at Studio Calico/ Scrappin Studio is "Candy Shoppe". I never realized how easy it was to use Studio Calico kits until I actually started working on them. Not much frills, no fuss, not so loaded but just right. It allows you to do some easy but beautiful pages.

Remember, for those is Asia, you can now get your Studio Calico kits straight from Malaysia at Scrappin Studio. Get your kits now!

The Perfect Partner...

I have been going on and on about how versatile the papers of Lily Bee are. I've mixed and matched them, used holiday themed papers for non-holiday photos, and I've also mixed the lovely papers with random embellishments that I have in my scraproom. I am such an embellishment Junkie that whenever I think of trying to use up my embellies, the first papers I grab to work on are my Lily papers...

Here is a layout using Domestic Bliss Papers, Chipboard buttons, stickers, and rub-ons...

mixed with random embellishments like this butterfly chipboard from BasicGrey...

the flower chipboard from American Crafts...

and even partnered with a stamped image from Hero Arts.

have a great weekend everyone! Signing off now to be mom again. Nicole and Cheska has a tea party this afternoon and afterwards we will have to review for her coming mastery test.

Thanks for your visit!

Lily Bee Review...

While waiting for the brand new lines from Lily Bee to arrive, I took a look at my recent Lily Bee projects and realized that I was not able to post these layouts on my blog...

This double page was recently published in Creating Keepsakes Magazine..

This one features the Christmas Town Collection used for everyday photos...

And one of my favorite Lily Bee Lines ... "Catching Fall" mixed with "Christmas Town"...

If you liked Lily Bee's previous collections you will LOVE the latest collections released at CHA. Check the blog now to get a chance to win papers packs from the new collection lines.