Spring Fling

Yesterday was the last day for the first week of The Studio's Spring Fling Design Contest. I've looked at it a few times and downloaded some amazing paper packs from the participant but participating myself, was the last thing i would've imagine until yesterday. my wedding dress kept nagging me... scan me! scan me...

it's all well and good but i don't have any texture packs, overlay or any such thing, or if i do, i don't know if the Term Of Use would allow me to use them. beside i haven't really learned what to do with them yet. i plan on learning, with time... i'm not rushing myself in any way. i figure that in about 4-5 years, i'll have gained experience and knowledge to consider getting more serious about scrapbooking/designing. the reason i give myself so much time is because...

• i have very little energy and burn out easily(chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia or what not... no official diagnostic)
• i have 2 young kids and they are on the autism spectrum
• i want to enjoy it and not put stress on myself. i can be hard on myself for trying too hard to be a perfectionist.

i often have a hard time believing in myself but this i know i can do... i know i have some artistic talent. i went through Jewelery Making in college and did quite well in it. being the first in my class was something i was not used to in high school and it was a new experience to see the others strive to outdo me. i really enjoyed those 2 years, our class was like family. now it's my turn to look up to amazing designers. i might never have a big name like them but it would be nice to make a little bit of a name for myself. but first and foremost, i want to enjoy it and the extra beauty it brings to my world. I love meeting others in the scrapbooking world because everyone seem to have such a beautiful and positive attitude.

now, here's my paper pack for the first week challenge. there's a download lnk over there. i'll probably leave it up till the end of april. the image is linked to my part in The Studio's gallery for now, where you can also find other amazing paper packs. they might not be up for very long though so hurry up!don't forget to visit the designer's play along section, they also have amazing paper packs to share!

and even though you missed the first week, you can still participate in the second week of the contest and following weeks too :)

Each Week there are 3 Winners

• First: theStudio CU $10.00 Gift Certificate
• Second: theStudio PU $10.00 Gift Certificate
• Third: Persnickety prints $10.00 Gift Certificate

for the second week, we have to make 30 elements!!! i better get busy hehe
hope to see you there :)

Barely under the wire

there's this challenge at After Five Designs's forum that i found. being that my daughter just love pink so much, i felt it would be a perfect mini kit to download to make pages for her so i downloaded it around the beginning of march and spent the whole month trying to figure out what i would do with it for the challenge... sometime ideas takes me a long time to come. i felt that since i enjoyed the download, i should show my gratitude by participating in the challenge.

by that time, i was quite intimidated because there's a lot of very nice layouts. lot's of techniques used that i haven't learned yet. so once i started having an idea, it took me 3 evenings to work on it. by that time it was the last few minutes before the end of the month. so this is what i ended up with.

you probably recognize some of the elements my daughter used in her layouts that i posted earlier.

seeing that it's April now, i'm looking forward to the new Featured Designer challenge at the Studio. and while i looked in the shop for what i might get with my non winner participation coupon. i found that Christine has quite a few affordable and very cute mini kits to choose from and i was agonizing over which one i would pick. i asked my mom who was visiting, if she'd help me make up my mind. then i checked, out of curiosity, if someone had won already and who it might be only to be completely shocked to find out that i'm the one!!! i won the draw for the huge full kit... Lime Sublime :) wow!!! and only after participating in the Featured Designer challenge 3 times... i guess the saying is true... 3rd time's a charm hehe