Keep Calm & Be Merry- Scrap Challenge YOUrself

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I think most of us would agree that one of the most anticipated holiday of the year is Christmas! Especially here in the Philippines where it is considered the longest holiday of the year.  I always look forward to celebrating it and the traditions that go with it.  As a kid, my family would always try to complete the nine-days dawn masses or as we call it "misa de gallo".  And after the mass we would always eat Filipino delicacies like the "puto maya and sikwate" ( puto maya is a sticky rice steamed with coconut milk and ginger while sikwate is a cebuano version of hot chocolate made from pure raw chocolate).  As I grew up and started working, Christmas time is also one of the most awaited event in the company (Bonus, bonus and bonus...:D).  But for me, the most important thing about Christmas is celebrating Christ's birth and sharing to others whatever blessings we may receive.  So for my entry in Scrap Challenge Yourself, I used my photo from one of our company's Christmas activity and I say, Keep Calm and Be Merry! I hope you all enjoy my layout.

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Cory

Adventure's Out There- Rochelle Spears August Tic Tac Toe Challenge

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Traveling  is one of things that I enjoy the most.  I consider this as my reward for all the hard work that I have done and I especially enjoy this when I share it with the people that I love the most.  The picture I used in my entry for Rochelle Spears Tic tac toe challenge is the one taken with my mother and me during our trip to the wonderful island of Boracay in 2013.  I am so thankful that I was able to take my mom there let her enjoy for 3 wonderful days!  I really love my mom and I want to share to her my love for traveling.  It is also my way of showing her how much I love her and appreciate all the things she has done for me (yes, I am a certified and proud mama's girl!). We bonded a lot during our vacation and created a lot of memories which for sure I would cherish forever.  For the challenge, I used travel theme, kraft and quote.  The quote I used is from the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho which fits perfectly to our wanderlust, "Everyday is a journey, and the journey itself is home".  I hope you will enjoy my layout!

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Cory

forever best friends

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I once saw a  random post in facebook wherein it states that if your friendship lasts more than seven years then it is most likely to last for a lifetime.  Well, we have known each other since we were high school (13 years ago to be exact!) I think it's a guaranteed friendship then.  Anyways, this photo was taken during the wedding of one of my close friends, Glaiza.  I think this is the perfect photo to match with the sketch at Let's Get Sketchy.  I cherish our friendship so much and I treat them like a sister. So I hope you all enjoy my layout!

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cory!

puppy love

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In celebration of National Dog Day last August 26, I want to share to you a layout I made based on the  Sketches in thyme sketch 162.  I grew up having dogs as part of our family.  My father taught me to appreciate them and treat them as family.  Since I am an only child, my pet dogs are mostly my playmates when I was growing up.  For me, dogs are really man's best friend.  They don't judge you and all they want from you is your attention and affection.  I always look forward in going home after work knowing that my dogs will welcome me with such enthusiasm and will take away all my stress.  I love cuddling and playing with them.  Currently, I have 4 dogs and I love them so much.  The photo in my layout is one of my previous dogs.  I hope you all enjoy my layout and expect more doggie pictures in my future projects!

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cory

Party of Two-mini owner

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I want to share my layout based on the Me and Mine August Challenge.  The photos I used were from my mother's 71st birthday last year.   I had planned a surprise for my mother that year because I want to make her feel so special which she is.  And since it just the two of us now (my father passed away seven years ago), I want her to know that I will always try my best to make her happy.  I loved the look of her face when she opened the door to our room and I was there waiting with the cake and party hats (my dogs also wore party hats and I must say they were so cooperative that night and didn't take them off!). Even though I was just the one who surprised her I know she loved it and it was a success.  For me, my mother is the greatest person who have unconditionally loved and supported me (even my scrapbooking-addiction...:D).  She is my greatest fan and I know with her around, I could face anything.  So here is my layout and I hope you all like it!

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Cory

Reunited at last-Stuck?! August Challenge

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Real friendships formed last for a long time.  Even if time passes by, the memories created will still remain in our hearts and minds.  I want to share to you a layout I made based on the August 2nd half challenge over at Stuck?!.  The photo I used in this page is the one of me and my elementary classmate, Charlene.  We were classmates since Grade 2 until I graduated from elementary.  The last time I saw her was during our graduation since I transferred to another school in High school while she remained in our school.  This photo was taken during our impromptu reunion after 16 years!  Charlene and I were pretty close during grade school.  We've had our bonds and fights (pretty normal for kids) but still the friendship remained.  Although we rarely keep in touch (due to busy lives) but she will always remain a big part of my childhood.  I will always treasure the memories we had back then.  So here is my layout based on the sketch and I do hope you all like it.

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Cory

Super fun night! -Sketches in Thyme August 3rd week

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Today I am sharing to you a layout I made based on the Sketches in Thyme August 3rd week challenge.The photos I used was taken during one of our get-together with my high school buddies.  High school is a big part of our lives.  This is where we start to create an identity for ourselves. It is also during high school that you can meet people that would later create a big impact on you.  Real friendships formed in highschool usually last long and as you mature together, you can learn a lot from each other. My friends and I got together during our junior year and since then we formed a great bond that until now is still exists.  We even named our group, 'd animalz since each if us had a corresponding animal nickname. Since I am so petite back then (okay, until now), I was called the lizard or in our language 'tiki'. We are not complete in the photo since many of them are already working overseas but I know that even though we are far apart, we always think of each other and will always have a special part in our lives.  What I loved mist of this photo is even though we have already grown up we still managed to remain youthful at heart and can still be goofy.

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Cory

Research - Let's Get Sketchy August week 3

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Here's the thing, back in college, one of our subjects requires to make a feasibility study on a proposed business approved by our professor.  Among top three proposals our group made (dormitory, funeral home, hotel) our professor chose the second one, which is the funeral home.  At first we were freaked out of the idea of studying the business of funeral homes but in the end, we had fun and realized that it is a very profitable.  We even had a blast conducting our study and interviewing the owner of one of the funeral homes in our city.  During that interview, we were just an hour late of witnessing an actual embalming but we were thankful that we didn't see it (picture this: the embalming area is in the back room of the parlor, eerily quiet and you are surrounded by different kind of coffins!).  But then again, it would have been nice to witness it as it would add more data for our research.  Anyways, we had to document our research so pictures were definitely taken (good thing nothing photobombed in the pics!..:D).  So as my entry in the Let's Get Sketchy August week 3 challenge, I decided to use some of the photos.  I wanted to preserve the funny albeit creepy memories of that day. Hope you all like it!

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Cory

Party Time - Stuck?! August Challenge

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Birthdays always bring a smile to my face.  Not only because it signifies another blessed year but also it is an indicator of our maturity.  Well, some may dread getting old but not my mother.  She's the type of person who does not count the years but the blessings instead.  She does not admit being old but rather think that it is more important to be young at heart!  Since it's just the two of us now, I decided to throw her a surprise party, a party of two actually (hahaha).  But I was just so thankful that she is still here, healthy as ever, at the age of 71 (good thing she's not tech savvy, she's gonna be mad at me for divulging her real age...:p).  I love her so so much and she is the number one supporter of my hobby! I loved this photo of her and one my dogs (hachiko looks so funny in his birthday hat!).  So for the Stuck?! August Challenge, here is my layout featuring the most important person in my life right now, my ever beautiful and young at heart mother.

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Cory

Feasib Break-Stick it Down August Challenge

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I have been feeling a bit nostalgic these past few days.  I felt the need to reminisce old memories especially during my student days.  So, I decided instead of using recent pictures for my layouts, I used the ones taken during my school days!  Remember the time when you all had a group project and you planned to spend the whole night making it but you all ended up just having fun and talking and taking funny pictures?  Well, that's what happened to us.  We were supposed to discuss our final strategy for the defense of our project proposal that night.  But as "good" students, that didn't happen.  We just the spent the night joking around and talking.  Maybe we were so stressed out the previous night that we decided to unwind lest having a mental breakdown!  Well anyways, I loved the talks and jokes and the bonds we made.  So for the Stick it down August Challenge, I used these photos to commemorate those times. Hope you enjoy my interpretation!

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Cory

It's Over - GrandDiva's Creative Corner August Challenge

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It's me again sharing another fun layout based on the sketch challenge at GrandDiva's Creating Corner August Challenge. Most of the papers I used in this project is from DCWV Scrapbook Kit in a Stack-Color blocking line. The photos I used in this project was taken during my college days.  This was during the final defense of our Feasibility Study (Business Plan).  For the past semester we were very stressed.  Making the presentations, preparing the projected financial statements (for 5 years!!!) and finally facing the panelist who questioned everything we did, can really cause mental strain to us mere students.  But in spite of all the tears, the frustrations and the sleepless nights, it was finally over and we all had the reason to smile and goof around the camera.  Making this layout brought back a lot of fun memories of being a student and I really missed my groupmates.  So here is my layout and I hope you all like it!

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Cory

Friendship Goals - sketches in thyme July 4th week

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It's the last day of the month and the last layout to enter (yey!).  I have enjoyed entering layouts for different challenges this month.  So for the last challenge, I wanted to share to you the layout I made for the  Sketches In Thyme July 4th week  challenge.  I had fun making this layout since I had used the scraps from my other projects and I think it turned up fine.  The photo I used  is the one with my college buddies.  I think this was taken during on of our impromptu dinner together.  The four of us have been friends since sophomore in college and until now the bond is still getting stronger.  We usually don't meet as often as we want to but when we do, we have so much fun catching up.  Two of them already have kids and we all adore them.  We are actually looking forward who will be next.  I hope you all enjoy my layout!

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Cory