Iris Babao Uy

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

It's the eve of the 25th here already and we have so many Christmas memories to remember. There is however one story which I don't want to forget. My daughter Nicole who just turned 5 years old wanted a fruit and juice maker. It's like a blender but for kids. She has been bugging me to tell Santa about it. Last night, after hearing mass, we thought that instead of waiting for Christmas morning, we will let the kids open the gifts a few hours before Christmas eve so that the baby will still be awake. So when we were near the house, I told Nicole ... hey look... that was Santa waving to me!! He is up on the roof and just left with his reindeers! I told Nicole that Santa visited her first because she was such a good girl. Nicole was so excited! She wanted so much to get her Christmas gift, but she also hated the fact that she missed seeing Santa! When she went to the Christmas tree, she immediately spotted her gift. SHe opened it and was soooooo happy. I thought that was it... come sleeping time, Nicole kept asking me to tell her about Santa. After a few stories, Nicole became teary eyed! She was actually missing Santa! She said, mommy I miss Santa already! She kept crying out Santa's name. She asked me to stop buying toys so we can save money for a trip to North Pole so we can visit Santa. She wanted Santa to deliver the gifts of every child first and save the last stop for her so that he can have time to play with her. hehehehe. She is so sweet. I love that she believes in the magic. But now this mom needs some help. How do I deal with this situation???

Have a merry Christmas everyone!!

Look Who's Sprouting...

or should I say "what's" sprouting?! Love that tuft of hair...

 

materials:

Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants, Bella Boulevard; Overlay: Hambly, Teressa Collins; Rub-ons: Fancy Pants, 7 Gypsies, Heather Bailey; Chipboard: Sassafras Lass; Eyelet: WRMK; Others: Lace and Ribbons, Mesh

All things fabric

In terms of scrapbooking products - I am loving all things fabric now. I just love the texture and look it gives to a layout. Here is one page I made using all PRIMA products. For details on the materials used, you can visit my gallery at the Prima Site.

Thanks for your visit!!

Iris

Hope this makes you smile...

it always works for me...

My sweet little princess...

A Kit For A Cause - updated

Do you love Prima? Well I do! And more than the beauty of the products, I love the kindness and generosity that is present in the hearts of the owners and management of Prima Marketing Inc. When they learned about the first Class for A Cause which I offered a few months ago for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana), they asked me if there was anything they can do to help. They suggested that I create a Prima class kit and they will dontae all of the materials needed so that the net proceeds from the kit sales will all go to a charitable organization. They are willing to donate a total of 200 class kits!! Imagine that!! So in effect, when you pay for the kit materials plus the shipping cost, the total amount of your payment less the shipping cost will all go to donations.

For this project, we will be giving our donations to WORLD VISION. World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World Vision is dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people. World Vision serves all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

Here is the layout we will be creating with the class kit...

detail shots:

and here are the beautiful Prima products that you will be getting in your kit:

1 sheet Paradise City paper
1 pc. SIIP Swirl: burgundy
Lace: 1/2 yard (18 inches)
Lace: 1/2 yard (18 inches)
1 pack ( 6pcs.) Homespun Elegance Vintage flowers
1 set Times Chipboard alphas-white-small
1 pack (10 pcs) Raja centers: mixed bag

Total Kit Value : US$16.12

Special Kit Price: US$13.50 plus shipping

You get a discount on the Prima materials, free layout step-by-step instructions, AND you get to help a good cause. 

To date, we have sold 50 kits in Manila, and 47 kits in Japan. Plus about 30 more for U.S and international orders. For U.S. residents, we can extend taking your orders till January 7 with a flat rate of $5 for shipping fee. 

For international scrappers, we can also extend till January 7 but since shipping would be more costly, it would be great if you can invite your scrapper friends to get kits as well and you can order in bulk also to save on shipping. Please email me at [email protected] for inquiries. Just let me know how many kits you need and your country and area zip code.

Thank you!

IRIS

From Scraps...

I just wanted to share with you a layout I created using the left over materials from the 7 Gypsies Printer's Tray Kit being offered at Blue Bazaar. Even after finishing this layout, I still have lots of art supplies which can be used for other projects. Everything you see here except for the white cardstock is from the left over supplies from the kit.

 

For more details on the kit and class instructions, please check HERE. I have also included a step by step tutorial on the techniques I used on this layout which will be sent to everyone purchasing the class kit and instructions of the Printer Tray.

Pencil Lines Book and GDT at Inspire Me

Ok this is something that sketch lovers will be looking forward to. Pencil Lines has been one of the best on-line sources for sketches and inspirations. Now, we can have our very own Pencil Lines BOOK! I have been working on this project for several weeks. There was about three weeks of quiet time in my blog. Well, this book was the reason. We worked on some great sketches and color combinations. Anna Bowkis and the rest of the designers put a lot of hard work on this book and I'm sure every scrapper will want to have this book in their library. I'm excited to get my own copy! Expected time of delivery will be end of 2009. Here is the link where you can pre-order the book.

Speaking of inspiration, our guest designer for this month at Inspire Me is the fabulous WENDY KWOK!! Every month, the design team creates a lift of the designers work. For my layout, I took the inspiration from Wendy's distressed edges. So I tore some Webster's vellum folded it in layers, and inked the edges. You can see this right under the cut-out Christmas tag at the upper left corner.

Please join us at Inspire me! There are always some fun prizes to be won there plus you get loads of inspiration.

Happy scrapping!!