Father’s Day Postage Elements

This year’s Father’s Day will fall on June 21, the third Sunday of the month. 

The celebration of Father's Day was inspired by the success of Mother's Day (which was observed nationally for the first time in 1914). Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, was listening to a Mother's Day sermon in church in 1909 and decided that fathers deserved a similar day of recognition.  The first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910. It was not until 1966, under President Lyndon B. Johnson, that it was proclaimed a national holiday and observance of this on the third Sunday in June was made a law in 1972.

In line with this, I decided to make freebies for Father’s Day Celebration.  I will offer them as soon as I finished doing them.  As starters, I did two elements…in postage form.  Hope you can make use of them.  Do check out from time to time for the next freebie of this kind.

Winning Moments and Performances

Congratulations both to Kurt and Kamillo (Bel’s sons, a very dear friend of mine)  for winning their “first boxing fight” held last May 30, 2009 at Elorde Gym at Sucat, Paranaque.  They are part of the Katipunan  group and here is their poster as shown in the lobby premises of the gym.

and here is the proud mama with her two handsome guys before the fight…(sorry for the wrong date in the picture…I wasn’t able to update it ha ha)

and me posing with the gwapito brothers…and included in the picture is the youngest,  Kylie,  also a “boxer in the making” ha ha….

and some moments of the rest of the “cheering squad”…. and warm-up exercises of the two  while waiting for the boxing fights to begin, around 1:30 pm.  There are numerous fights scheduled that day, with so many branches competing like SM Southmall, Taft, Gilmore, Pasig and so many others.  Kurt was 3rd while Kamillo was 18th on the fight list.

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and we (w/ Irene, Kamillo’s girl) had also the opportunity to pose with a celebrity comedian by the name of Dennis Padilla… Kempee de Leon, a youngstar, was also around but too bad, we weren’t able to take pictures with him….

 

And now the Main Event…….

Presenting Kurt’s (in yellow uniform)  winning performance in  a two-round fight…

Kurt’s winning moment…after a glorious two-round fight!!!!

and here’s an album showcasing Kurt’s boxing performance…

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Kamillo’s Moments….

He really did came up with a superb performance I must say.   He was able to recover fast enough, displayed an amazing composure and eventually won the fight.  His opponent did play dirty tricks on him and apparently that bounced on him, praise God.  Too bad I was able to capture on video only his first round fight because my digicam registered a “memory card full” would you believe ha ha!!!  At that time when I needed it most!!!!  (I learned a very important lesson that day,  and that is to check out the capacity of my memory card…which I never bothered before ha ha!!!!)

and here are some snapshots of the actual boxing fight of Mill….

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It was so much fun seeing these young guys doing their new-found passion.  I also never thought it would be that thrilling and fulfilling to watch a boxing fight.  But it is really different when the person inside the ring is someone dear to you.  All emotions will come in… you would even forget you are sick. 

So again…congratulations guys!!!  And thank you for an amazing and unforgettable experience.  Till your next fight!!!!

June Calendar

My kit includes a cluster and a quickpage too.  Special thanks to Digitreats for the calendar template and to a “very special person” for the background paper used in making the QP.

 

and here’s my layout….

June Notebook Element

I made a notebook with the June calendar on it.  There are 3 versions in my kit.  I decided not to put other elements in the right portion of the notebook so you have the option to decorate them.  I am also considering giving the notebooks without the June calendar on it as freebies in the days to come.  They might be of use to some of you out there…

 

Flowery Alpha and Numbers

SimplyTess WordArt No. 10

I’ve discovered a very useful and easy-to-use WordArt Generator thru Suruha of Free Spirit.  It is a generator that automatically scrambles your type-in words to an eye-pleasing arrangement.  You have several arrangement options to choose from, including the font type and color scheme.  I’ve tried my hand on it and decided to have them as my wordart freebies.  I did combine them too with some photo-mask to give you an idea how it will look like. And you can also merge them with your favorite tags or with photoframes too.  I basically use various positive adjectives in this one.  And in case you are interested to create your own, here’s the link… Wordle. 

 

 

Making “Friendster” Background Layouts

I just want to share with you the background layouts that I had made for our “Friendster” accounts.  It came about when my niece, Airiz, requested me that I change her existing layout…and since I am always the ever-“gracious” aunt, I tried my hand on it and so, our Friendster layouts are now personalized!!! Isn’t that cool huh?

Simply Tess Flower Festival Part 2

I still have about 30 flower images that I had previously searched in the web and saved the elements as PNGs  in my file and I thought I want to share them with you, so I made a part 2 of my Flower Festival.  

 

Simply Tess “June” Elements

The month of June is just around the corner, and so I decided to make a kit out of the word “June” for your calendar scrapbooking needs.  It has 16 versions of it.

 

Note:  Thanks to the following… Chez Nanine for the heart=shaped alphas,  Akizo Designs for the craft brown-alpha,  and Bel Vidotti Scraps for the pin tag.

I just love the June pink “flower” version that I will come-up with a set of alpha using this font in the days to come, so do watch out for it.  And if you want a certain color for it, just leave a note and I will try my best to do it for you….

As Requested: I Love U Mum

Hello there Andria… thanks for appreciating my freebies and as you have requested, here is your version of I Love My Mom!!!  I had included in the kit a quickpage in case you will be interested in it and I made individual files so that you have the option where to place each word.

 

Note:  Scrabbled wordart inspiration from Nicecrane Designs.

“I Love” Series: The Love of my Life

and here is the last installment for my “I Love” series… thanks to all those who liked and appreciated this theme of mine!!!

 

Note:  Thanks to Nicecrane Designs and Digi-Designs by Nicole for the elements used in making the quickpage.