ate g and kuya bobit's B A L A I

B A L A I --- This is the name of kuya bobit and ate grace's restaurant in ormoc. when i heard about this, i came up with the idea of making a framed project for them this Christmas.

i started making lots of quilled leaves, flowers, butterflies, tight and loose coils. i thought it's going to be easy since i only have to put everything inside the frame. lol !

i have to find a tutorial in some of the blogs so i would know how to put the letters in place. t'was one of the most challenging part. whew!

b e f o r e ...

a f t e r ...

scrapbooking technique (weaving)

i mentioned that my boss asked me to make birthday frames for my teammates as gifts. how can i complain when i'm asked to do something that i really love doing?! =)

when i was in bacolod, i bought a book from BookSale entitled Creative Paper Techniques for Scrapbooks for less than a Php100 (** wink - you might want to try visiting this store now and you'll be surprised on what you can get for as low as Php20) 

i wanted to apply scrapbooking techniques to make one birthday frame different from the other. the book helped me find the answer. i've read about paper weaving and used this to some of my projects...

:: photo from the book showing how paper weaving is done

:: Emz's birthday. I used paper weaving for the whole background

:: mel's birthday. i used zigzag lines for the edges where i can attach the paper strips  and achieve a unique look

:: angel's birthday. i used the same technique with mel's frame but applied weaving for the whole background.

:: chari's birthday. combining 2 paper strips and 1 printed paper for weaving

paper weaving requires a lot of patience as you would have to cut different colored papers, put them together to achieve a really nice and cute background for your projects. it's time-consuming but the finished products could really make you smile and proud of yourself =))

happy scrapbooking everyone and God bless!

happy birthday shyle marie mae michelle ann trixie joy !

"shyle marie mae michelle ann trixie joy"

i just made this up (grin) =)

her real name is shyle and she's a friend of my boyfriend's younger sister, scylla. 

i know she wanted to give her something special and since i work in the night shift, i volunteered to make a birthday gift for her before going to sleep.

it was my first time to combine scrapbooking and quilling on this project so i was really excited! 

i used quilled leaves, vines and flowers for the borders and added stickers near the photos...

shyle, scylla and the rest of the DR's <<< this is how they called their  circle of friends

not bad for my first quilled birthday frame, huh? 

i hope you like it! happy quilling and God bless!