Joni Gray’s Cloud Nine QP 4

Note:  Thanks to Digiscrap Freebies for some of the elements…

Joni Gray’s Cloud Nine QP 3

Note:  Thanks to Bonscrapatit Designs for the heart frame and to Digiscrap Freebies for the other elements…

Joni Gray’s Cloud Nine QP 2

Note:  Thanks to Digiscrap Freebies for the elements…

Joni Gray’s Cloud Nine

Joni Gray of Digiscrap Freebies is one of the nicest persons I’ve known in this Digital Scrapbooking World.  She is very generous with her talent,  always ready to lend a helping hand and very patient in teaching me how to do things.  And I owe her what little I know now…

Joni was also one of those who persuaded me to continue with what I love to do and even offered her designs for me to work on.  You are really a treasure Joni!!!

And now that somehow I am back into the groove, it is only fitting that I give honor to Ms. Joni Gray of Digiscrap Freebies.  She has this beautiful kit now called “Cloud Nine” in time for her September wedding anniversary.  Do drop by at her blog to get the whole kit…

So for all lovers out there, this is my first QuickPage…and more to come!!!

 

Another August Birthday Celebrant

Agnes, a very dear friend of mine,  is celebrating her birthday and all my best wishes go to her today!!!! 

I met Agnes at Petron Corporation (late 80’s) and we’ve been friends since then.  Below are two photos with me, taken more than a decade ago.  Although I am not connected with the company anymore, we managed to stay in touch and though we seldom see each other, the bond is still there.  She will remain in my heart and mind forever.   

Protecting Graphics/Pictures

If you want to protect images, pictures or whatever graphics contained in your blog, if you have one, then this tutorial is great for you…

Just visit Easy Custom Blogs and you will learn how to do it.  So easy to follow the instructions.

Thanks Jeanette for always sharing your finds…

 

August Layout

Note:  Thanks to ChingJP Designs and Digiscrap Freebies for the elements used in making my August Layout.

August Birthday Celebrant

Today is a special day for a very special lady...and I just want to take this opportunity to greet her in a very special way!!!

Happy happy birthday my dear friend, Bel....

I am wishing you another year of love and happiness, of laughter and surprises, of joy and fun...
I hope all your wishes would come true... and that this day would be a perfect day for you!!! Enjoy your special day!!!

Make a Smilebox postcard

August Elements

I know that it is quite late to do this thing… but I just want to continue what I had done in the past.  So no matter how late, I know there are scrapbookers out there who would still appreciate these elements.  Thank God, somehow I am back in this world of scrapbooking.. i missed it really!!!

Note:  Thanks to ChingJPDesigns for some of the elements and Just 2 More Things for the text paths. 

“ The” Corazon Cojuangco Aquino…

    Note:  Uploaded at Flicker by Oliver T. Tirador.

So much has been said with the passing of a great lady by the named of Corazon Cojuangco Aquino….and I take pride in being a fellow Filipina…

And I just can’t helped but share with all of you all those beautiful things that have been written about her…

Time Magazine called her the “People Power’s Philippine Saint.  And in its Asia Edition Volume 174 No. 6, the “Saint of Democracy”…  "She was a good woman whose goodness alone, at the very end, was what proved enough, if only by an iota, to save her country," the Time article said.
The magazine also highlighted their 1986 cover story on Aquino, where they declared her that year's Woman of the Year - the second woman to hold that honor.

"For many Filipinos, she embodied a hope of becoming a better nation and a prouder people," a New York Times obituary on the former Philippine leader said. "Although often criticized as an indecisive and ineffectual leader,  Aquino combined passivity and stubbornness and an unexpected shrewdness to hold firm against powerful opponents from both the right and the left," it added.

The Los Angeles Times called her "[a] courageous woman who emerged as a reluctant leader at a time of national crisis."

Her rise to power was described as a "phenomenal metamorphosis" by the Washington Post in its obituary.

Through it all, there is one quotation from her that really befits “the” Corazon Aquino, and that is, “I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.”

Lastly, I would like to share with all of you a prayer entitled “Prayer for a Happy Death” made by her in 2004 and which was printed on the missalette  given out during her burial mass last August 5. (Note:  Image by Kel San Juan)

Almighty God, most merciful Father
You alone know the time
You alone know the hour
You alone know the moment
When I shall breathe my last

So, remind me each day,
most loving Father
To be the best that I can be
To be humble, to be kind,
To be patient, to be true
To embrace what is good,
To reject what is evil,
To adore only You

When the final moment does come
Let not my loved ones grieve for long
Let them comfort each other
And let them know
how much happiness
They brought into my life
Let them pray for me,
As I will continue to pray for them,
Hoping that they will always pray
for each other

Let them know that they made possible
Whatever good I offered to our world.
And let them realize that our separation
Is just for a short while
As we prepare for our reunion in eternity

Our Father in heaven,
You alone are my hope
You alone are my salvation
Thank you for your unconditional love, Amen

Time to Move On…

After much thought, I guess its about  time to move on to other interests.  It’s a painful decision because I really love the craft and it gives me so much joy and happiness…

I began to love digiscrapping last quarter of last year and started blogging about it end of January.  It’s almost my passion for the moment that it really eats my time.  But I don’t have any regrets putting so much time and effort into it.  I have nothing to gain here…i didn’t sell them nor I intend to.  It was self-fulfillment on my part and the desire to share them with all digiscrap lovers.

At this point, I just want to thank all those who appreciated what I have offered and so sorry for those who felt offended one way or the other by it. 

I will still keep my blog… to share my thoughts, my finds, my experiences  and my journey in life….

And to all digiscrap lovers, do enjoy your passion!!!

 

What a Sad Day!!!!

Well, I just received an email today from Corrie Kuipers, the artist whose designs I admired so much,  requested me to remove those items that featured her (I am assuming the artis is a Lady) artworks.  It really is sad because I know you all like her designs.  That’s life I guess.  And so I just want to thank all those who enjoyed these freebies of mine…

P.S.  I just opened my blog and saw all those comments in my C-Box.  I am really sorry.  I have no intentions of making them as my “own” creations and never did I claimed that they are my own.  I always take credit to all those designers that I really admire.  And so, even if the other elements does not cover their designs, I will remove my birthday theme from this blog.  If there are still items that appear in my blog, please just let me know.

I guess I will not make freebies for a while…I love doing them so much that it really hurts…