. . . more postcards coming in . . .

Hi, everyone!

Another disappointing note for this batch of postcards received.  I know and remembered receiving these batch of postcards or finding them on my writing desk unstamped or unpostmarked in front of the each of the postcard faces.

And now, as I'm sharing the photos of these postcards, I've found and now saw that these are stamped in front by a Las Piñas City Post Office postmark.

These are not suppose to be so, as these aren't Maxicards. 

Maxicards aren't done like this unless it is to pay for someone's Maxi card being sent out abroad by another fellow Filipina or Filipino.

I know how it is for most Filipino postcrossers and it's sad that this is happening to me too.  Most have quit postcrossing because of this matter.  And I won't hesitate to be included in the number of postcrosser quitters should this subsist as these aren't really permissible.

Sharing now postcards received:

 ART RR 

art card from Russia done by Tisset James

(1836-1902)

 postcard from USA

ART RR - Portrait postcard

 Alternative RR#3 at Postcrossing.com's Forum

postcard of Chinese Food - Tofu from China

 meet-up postcard

meet-up done here in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

postcard is Countryside in Oil by Fernando, Amorsolo 

 MEMBER

My 1st Travelling Creative Notebook

Hi, everyone!

I know this must be long overdue as

a number are waiting for me to share

the pages of my Travelling Creative Notebook and Journal

that reached me back home here in Manila or

should I say - here in Las Piñas City, Metro Manila, Phils.

a few months ago.

It has been a long deliberating process within me

whether I should share the pages as this has been

quite a sentimental and heart-warming Creative Notebook

as soon as perused over the pages of my returned Creative Book

which have gone around the world over with

4 other Creative Notebook participants

from:

Manila,

HongKong, China 

Russia, 

another part of Russia again and

back home here with me in Manila

Here are the photos of all the pages 

of my Creative Notebook/Journal

that travelled internationally:

the Moleskin cover which I heat embossed with my name and a design from one of my stamps which I have to buy from Filipino Scrappin' Moms Mod Pia Salem-Lopez, one of the former Filipina industry leaders in the Scrapbooking industry in the USA.

below are pages of mine, Kathleen (Kath)

created a picture collage where each photo of every page are collaged in one photo, shown below:

below are pages created by Erica from HongKong, China

created a picture collage where each photo of every page are collaged in one photo, shown below:

below are pages created by Vicky from St. Petersburg, Russia

created a picture collage where each photo of every page are collaged in one photo, shown below:

below are pages created by Lily (Lilitec) from Moscow, Russia

created a picture collage where each photo of every page are collaged in one photo, shown below:

my Moleskin's Cahier Journal's backpage heat embossed again with a design and my name so as not to get lost while travelling internationally:

Looking for a possibility for more Creative Travelling Notebooks of mine to go around with the same forum or another forum, locally or internationally.

"Happy 64 Birthday, MA!" for Inspiredby dominic Designs

Hi, everyone!

I created another digital LO, I'm still working on photos of my entire family, my parents and sibling since last year 2013.  I haven't compiled photos since January 2014, all are with my mommy right now.  I hope she did save each photo they have.

This Inspiredbydominic Designs digital kit was release a few months ago at Scrapbook-Bytes.  I hope Inspiredbydominic could push thru with her digital site/scrapbook store.

 Inspired by Dominic Designs (IBDD)'s

"Green is Greenier" digital kit:

I had so much fun creating with the digital kit and

here I am now sharing my prepared project with IBDD . . .

Here is my CT Projects for IBDD's digital kit:

I utilized like me previous digital LO with Scrappy Bee, the digital template of Seoul 2 Scraps (S2SS), a digital designer at Scrappy Bee under Charly Renay.

The photo above was taken last September 23, 2013.
I hope I can get to creating scrapbook layouts of my 40th birthday last April 3, 2014 soon.

 Please visit the following shops

to grab IBDD's new "Green is Greenier" digital kit:

Scrapbook-Bytes:

http://scrapbookbytes.com/store/digital-scrapbooking-supplies/ibdd_grassisgreener.html


Love & Regards,

Kathleen (Kath) B. Hernandez

Inspiration Team Member
Inspired by Dominic Designs 

{Creative Team Member; Shine Squad member and

Optional Digital Freebie Maker}

"Oh Baby" digital LO from IBDD digital full kit

Hi, everyone!

Yesterday, I went working with:

 Inspired by Domini Designs (IBDD)'s

"Oh Baby" digital kit,
the kit was released a few months ago and
I only got to work with the digital kit only yesterday morning:

I had so much fun creating with the digital kit and

here I am now sharing my prepared project with IBDD . . .
Working on a general-themed digital LO with the baby-themed digital kit.  No babies for me to create a digital LO, but really liked the colors chosen by our digital desinger, Tiffany Nicole Berman, for her created digital kit.

Here is my CT Projects for IBDD's kit release:

 Please visit the following shops

to grab IBDD's new "Oh Baby" digital full kit:

Scrapbook-Bytes:

http://scrapbookbytes.com/store/digital-scrapbooking-supplies/ibdd_ohbaby_kit.html

Love & Regards,

Kathleen (Kath) B. Hernandez

Inspiration Team Member
Inspired by Dominic Designs 

{Creative Team Member; Shine Squad member and

Optional Digital Freebie Maker}

"Kahit Ano, Kahit Pano, Go!" atc Swap Hosted by Batangas City, Philippines

Good day, everyone!

Sharing the recently concluded

"Kahit Ano, Kahit Pano, Go!"

atc swap with

the Filipino Scrapbookers Club and

Philippine Crafters Association.

This time hosted by Batangueña,

Ces de Guzman de la Cruz.

I've sent my share of ATCs to Batangas for the swap thru 2GO Express.

Here are the atcs that came in from Batangas City

from various atc swap participants in the country:

L-R:  first 2 atcs from top left from previous atc swap; Jessa David; Maganis Mangilin; Tessa Morales-Serrano; Gale G. Solon

L-R: Cathy Rivera; Cattleya G. Bautista; 3 atcs from Faith Ramones-Balaga; 3 atcs from Virginia Cortez (Mayor Vi); Mariclaire J. Rioga

L-R: Fritzie Ann Vicmudo-Mazaredo; Jona Saavedra-Panesa; Ellen Joy Flores; Saenri Caccam; Liza Garcia; Mel P. Tiglao; Marinelle Desphy; Venus S. Fortuna, MD; Leah B. Reniva-Bernal

Ma. Pilarcita (Pia) P. Ojera; Jesslin Panganiban; Anginell Gateia; Ruth S. Gacayan; Cristina Fremista-Fortu; Julianne Carmen Manuel; 2 atcs from Gaye Lagula-Niango; Gilberto G. Reyes 

L-R: Kristine D. Bandilla; Febralie Franco; 2 atcs from Eden Gomez; Melanie M. Rogers; 3 atcs from Shiela May Castigador-Sierra; Jasmin Landicho-Arandilla 

L-R: 2 atcs from Jasmin Landicho-Arandilla; Dinah De Reyes; not signed atc; Monalisa Tadeo; Joy Nieva; Lorna Lubi (Laine's); 2 atcs from Aileen Joy Fernandez-Fernandez

L-R: Aileen Joy Fernandez-Fernandez; 3 atcs from Melanie Anne B. Cheng; 3 atcs from Vicenta D. Su-ay; 2 atcs from Gagay Li

3 atcs from Gagay Li; 3 unsigned atcs; Vanessa S. Torres; Catherine Tumbali-Gomez; Reya Eilleen S. Ramos  

L-R: 2 atcs from Reyna Jose-Walus (PCA President & Founder); 2 atcs from me - Kathleen Margaret Charity Borja Hernandez (out of 25 atc design sets sent for the swap)


Sincerely,
your FSC & PCA Admin

Reminiscing (Part II)

Hellow, everyone!

For the month of April 2014, I have stopped looking at my FB feed from various FB pages I've liked in the scrapbooking and crafting industry (here and abroad).

I just feel like sharing more of the works I've seen last month of March 2014.  Such wonderful works, I'd really say.  It is really such wonderful phase to see all of those works around the FB realm of FB pages in my craft and hobby.

Here are the few I'd share today:

found from one of my friends suggested inspirational verse for the day in Facebook.  I was just going to utilize it for my own personal Project Life album and not for any purpose.  But the sentimental and hurt in me, would like to share this here in my blog.  I'd wish to write the group's name here as credit, the artist and creator of the above graphic inspiration design.

2014-03-14 from Jackie Kennedy (Canada) GD at the Flying Unicorn

 I really just felt love on this art canvas by Jackie Kennedy.  A little bit scary seeing it that way, at the time I'm feeling lots of heartaches and pain.  Yes, I know people and friends once walked with me once upon a dream, and I did wished on finding each and everyone of them.  Sadly, I found and yet they're no longer the friends I used to know.  Once upon a dream will stay as only a dream.

I'd wish now to meet and re-connect with my old real friends, but then they're becoming a once upon a few decades as well and for most they were once upon a dream, as well.

It's time for me to move on, and no longer take time in just realizing that they were once with me and I was once and had always been with them (through bitterness, heartaches and pain, in memory or in life)

Thank you, Lord, for giving me the chance to look them up again.  I have kept those who had stayed friends no matter how long we've lost each other (may they be in Northern America or in any part of the country).

 2014-03-14 from Sue Vitovitch Plantier shared at Limor1278 Mixed Media Art Grp

A really lovely art canvas.  After seeing much work last March 14th of 2014. I really feel like going back up on the hill of my alma mater, long gone.  My alma mater where I once have taken my grade school studies when I was young.  It was at difficult times that I would want the wind to wisp upon my face, standing on top of the hill where my classroom stands, way back in the decade of the 1980s.

So much to do, and so much to find and realize for myself.  And times could be really emotionally tiring analysing everything, all issues and emotions of people around me online and in real.

 2014-03-14 Scarlett O Salamone' lil' Bubba

Thank you so much, Scarlett for sharing to us one of your crafting and scrapping friends at home.  Scary looking at him, but then the sight of your friend does give me a smile and motivation to craft and scrap some more.  I was able to scrap and decorate a few albums and notebooks I had travelling now around the world.  I pray for safe journey of all of my notebooks, saying farewell to my communities and challenge blogs and maintaining the friendships with all of my co-teammates, co-teamies and my pioneering design team members.

  2014-03-14 Project at Heartfel Creations

I always thought how it would be best to turn the hands of time back for a decade or more.  Going or plunging into scrapbooking starting year 2010, has been a trying phase for me.  I guess it was better than my first 5 years of soul-searching where I should be and where I am needed as long as I can manage and handle things and everything here with me with my parents, sibling and all.

The colour motif is very much akin and makes me sentimental, as it shows my 3 blogs that I dearly love decorating and the 2 putting up:  my Creo by Lady Katutz; the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog and my Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. {sniff, sniff . . . huhuhu}

It is my heart saying that life is better with my scrappy and scrapbooking and cardmaking friends in it, though online only. . . sharing our works and talents in an effort to help various communities here and abroad.  Sometimes, it is too sad for one of my team and sometimes we are glad all together with much effort in creating and blogging.

2014-03-14d

I'd wish to thank the graphic

"New Beginnings and Fresh Start" for Scrappy Bee

Hi and hello, everyone!

I think I got over-zealous about working with Scrappy Bee as a Worker Bee.  I went on requesting for another assignment to work on aside from the regular Worker Bee load.

Gladly, I was allowed to take 1 more assignment and here I am sharing my work, 1 digital layout out of the following kits:

 http://www.scrappybee.com/beehive/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_96&products_id=232

 http://www.scrappybee.com/beehive/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_112&products_id=383

Here is my Layout:

It was at this month of September 2013 that I have already formed my decision of instead of closing down my 2 challenge blogs, I would continue running and managing them together with all of my communities provided I have more able assistants at Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog and a willing and happy co-admin for the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog.

I have thought of and drafted challenge outlines as to the general make-up for every season for the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog . . . sketch challenge themes and make-ups from July 2014 to December 2015.  All sponsors have been asked to help (my current ones) and I am about or have already asked the help of Art Philippines, Ross Capili (AP moderator and head) and Agu Aguado (AP member holding all the National Artist's artworks / materials needed for inspiration to participants) as addition to the sketches done by the sketch team for the sketch challenges in running FSCB until December 2015.

I have already started talks with Kaboodle Doodles team members in setting up a UK-based community with international participants of Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.  I have conversed with Fran Hancock and Joan Borgelt.  And also with those who have left in the last quarter of 2013, Cheryl Caldwel-Nyboer (December 2013) and Sharon King (a quarter earlier in 2013).

Together with this is continuation or continuance of Postcrossing - Handmade Cards Sweden Group, which I hold as administrator - incumbent.  Now, turned international group as early as late last year of 2013.

Sadly, as of January 2014, plans did change.  I had no recourse but to safeguard myself and my own health and sanity.  I gave all working plans for 2 challenge plans for both the Filipino Scrapbookers Challenge Blog and Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog and Community.  It is indeed a sad, sad start of the year for me this year of the HORSE, year 2014.

Now, I silently reminisce all those work - in - progress that started as early as August 2013 and finalized month of September 2014.  And I was happy celebrating my mom's birthday at Spiral, Sofitel Philippine Plaza (as shown on the LO above).

Thanks and many thanks!  I just need to take care of myself more now and think of myself before anything else.

Do visit Scrappy Bee's Blog for my blogpost on

A Honey Bee Collaboration for April 2014 Scrappy Bee’s Grand Opening

Happy Birthday, again MA!

Much love and regards,