Happy to be back!!!

Happy to be back eventhough lots of Special occasions passed already without sharing important memories happened in my life & my daily routines. It's been a long time since I don't able to blog share everything with you all about my family mostly with my kids and with my scrapbooking.

Year 2009 would be a productive year for me in my hobby... Its started when I introduced scrapbooking in our place by showing them my albums & frames layouts...Everybody was amazed on how a simple photos turned into a unique one after putting some designs and embellishments...Starting January I got orders mostly a 12x12 page, layout for a 5R ready made frames...

Got a problem cause here in Cebu stuffs are limited mostly papers... I still need lots of papers huhuhu... I realize still my papers here are not enough coz some photos given doesn't much with my papers available...By now, I tried to sort and match my papers by pack & unpack my stuffs with the photos 2 to 3 times before having a final choice... hehehe...very tiring yet I have no choice....

Friends, i'll post my finished paid layouts soon....hahaha....

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all!!!

My family will having a short vacation tonight via ship going to Ormoc City, Leyte. Good timing so that I can greet happy mother's day, hug and kiss my mother and aunts. We stayed there for three days to attend our barrio fiesta..."Feast of Fatima"... Von(hubby) will be going to a business trip again to Coke Plant, Tacloban.

Again, happy mother's day to my mom and also to my mother-in-law.

I love You!!!

Layouts, Layouts, Layouts!!!

Finally, I was able to upload my 2008 latest layouts...Layouts I made when we transfer to our new place. When not so busy, I steal some time to start one layout. I didn't able to finish one because there were lots of things to do, arranging things in the house and adjusting to the place, people around us & mostly on the distance of my kids school which is 3 rides from our place now. I felt very happy when last school year ends because I can now transfer my kids to a new school nearer to us.

Success Story...

In this layout, I used Me & My Big Ideas paper, soft spoken embellishment (success story), an urban lily paper to which I cut the flower design, a die cut flower (layered) with button flower on top and buttons for the embellishments.
I give credit to the master Iris Uy for the Me & My Big Ideas stuff. Thank you so much.

Wonderful You...

In the picture are my kids taken last New Year's Eve at our new house. I love this because this had portrayed my kids growned up already and knew how to make cute poses sometimes when they're in the mood. Their smile are great.

I used Cherry Arte East of India - Sari Dreams and Paisley Rouge (thank you Pia Lopez for this), DCWV Stack 5, Orange cardstock, beads, buttons, orange bling & colorbox ink.

Bontilao Family...

Finally it's my first paid layout for my neighbor...It's a mixed emotion of happiness & worries

I used blue Bazzill cardstock, Urban lily paper, colorbox ink, and blue bling.

Carefree, Fun & Laughter...

Again, a layout using an urban lily paper which I still cut. The picture was taken during our 6th wedding anniversary celebrated first time in Cebu...Together with the family was my close friend & kumare Elaine Sauler from Bacoor, Cavite. She worked as a Marketing Manager of SM so she was able to visit SM Department Stores nationwide.

Home Sweet Home!!!

The landscape...

The transfer...

Transferring to our new owned house was the reason why I don't able to update my blog, share new stories & post new layouts.

October 12, 2007 we transfer to this house, we lots of things to do, arranging the things, cleaning the whole house. We move here 4:00 in the morning with my mom, helper & my whole family. My mom follow some filipino traditions in transferring to new house. She went here(Cebu) for the transfer which I'm very thankful coz of some financial help to buy this & that. We're financially broke that time, we have lot of things to settle to the developer, to connection of electricity & water before our transfer. Aside of that, we're checking the unit if its already its already painted & we can be able to transfer in few days coz our contract in the apartment ended September 2007. After breakfast Von with the help from friends start to get other things left at the apartment.
We transfer without tiles coz we have no time & most of all no budget..hehehe...Inspite of so many sacrifices especially with in financial matters & my scrapping was bit affected & without internet connection for about 6 months, but still we're happy & finally we have our HOME SWEET HOME!!!.

After we transfer, my mind won't stop thinking on how to improve our house...November 18, 2007 we decided to have our garden in front landscape...It's not that expensive coz we're his first client in the subdivision...He's service cover everything from the soil, plants, stones & other materials he use in a small plant box...Once finished, we're very happy & contented for the price...Almost everynight, there are neighnors who pass by just to look at it & appreciated it a lot...Price doesn't matter as long our Home Sweet Home looks great in our eyes & to other appreciate the beauty of clean & gree environment. Click here for more photos...http://qiellecortez.multiply.com

Finally!!!

After moving to our new last October 2007...I just got an internet connection (Smartbro) only last March 30..It's about six months without a net, gosh!!! I feel very bored, I can't view my friends layouts & share my few projects...

Finally, i'm back...Sorry for not updating my blog right away, my goodness!!! so many mails to read....

WM-October Issue....

I been busy as always that I can't even update my blog..Anyway, there's an important things to post, hahaha. But inspite of a very late post, i still want to share this simple happiness...

September 30, 2007 / 7:25 in the evening my friend Pia Lopez called me up a very good news for me...She said that my letter/comments to working moms magazine was published in their October issue...By then I don't have a copy yet. I just dropped by in a magazine stands in SM-Cebu but no delivery yet...I want a copy because I collect this magz since May 2007 after knowing that they have an article about scrapbooking...And this October, I don't want to miss an issue bec. Pia Lopez make-over was included in this issue..

I can't remember my reaction after Pia's call..I keep on jumping and laughing, i'm very happy as in happy where my 2 kids join me jumping while asking me why....hahaha...

I would like to thank Pia Lopez & Joanne Yap for encouraging me to write the WM editor...Having my name published in a great magazine in the market now, i feel very overwhelmed...that..."I can die na coz nasa magazine na kahit my name"...hahaha

Latest Layouts....

Finally I have able to finish new layouts....Eventhough I'm busy, I still spare quite some time to my scrapping....I'm very sorry for a blurred picture, I don't know yet the settings of my scanner...LOL Smile

A layout I made for my baby Arryanne.... I use Craft express papers..Alike Quel

I decided to make this layout when I see my baby picture & got a baby picture of my youngest which we're very alike...It's alike coz my name is Raquel while my baby is Arryanne Quelle... We're called as Mommy Quel & Baby Quel by Von...I use the papers given by Pia Lopez...Thank you so much sis...

Adorable

Layout for my baby Arryanne again while having cute pose in her own...I use craft express papers & bazzill cardstock...

A new life together to celebrate...

Picture taken during our wedding at the reception...I use craft express wedding kit papers...