Happy Valentines!

Whew! I had been all over town today...So busy that I forgot to put this up earlier :-(


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Well, well at least I manage before the 14th eh? :-)
Have a wonderful Valentines day everyone! Give love and recieved love.

Cayscreation

My Daughter's 2008 Christmas Card

I made this to give out to friends and family for christmas.It was printed in a photopaper and the result was quite nice. I did love it ( hehehe, of course :-)



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Have a wonderful day ahead and thanks for dropping by :-)

cayscreation

A Fairy Tale

Have you ever wondered about what type of life your younger sister will have in the future? I did…..for my younger sister Palay as we call her. As an older sister I want her to have the best – living a good life and living her dreams. She is very talented. She loves to dance, plays the drums, guitar and keyboard. And to top it all she can sing!! And poor me can’t even hit the do-re-mi tune lol! Well I’m just happy she got those things that I don’t have. So happy for her. Love you sis! 

Palay is very sweet, caring, responsible and godly. She has the innocence of a child and the brain of Einstein ! I remember at the age of 8 she does read her Bible and pray before going to sleep. Thanking God for the day and for His blessings to us. She is always thankful for things she receives and grateful for almost everything. You hardly hear her complain about her life. We tend to spoil her, but she doesn’t take advantage of the fact that she is the youngest of the family. 

At the age of 18 she got her first boyfriend - who is now her husband. Sounds like a fairy tale eh? Yes, it is. Her husband Danny is a wonderful father to Amanda, and a wonderful husband and best friend to my sister. Thank God for answered prayers. At the young age of 22, she already has a flourishing family. She finished her degree, they got their own car and even built a house for themselves. 

Anyway, here is my creation of the day. The picture was taken by my sister in law, a very good photographer. Thanks Merete! 

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Embellishments, background paper, picture editing all done by me.

Enjoy !
Cayscreation

Mao, the self - taught musician

Today I decided to make a page for my brother. He has been asking me for awhile now to make him one…. Finally, today I made it! Hurray to me .

This picture was taken from last year while he was here visiting me. The new instruments just arrived. Hubby and him were so keen on trying out the goods… Both of them are pretty good musicians. Guess what? Both are self taught. My bro, Mao Tsetong as we call him, is a self taught musician who had learn how to play, guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums, and harmonica by himself. Ya, I know I’m such a wimp, can’t play any instrument at all, while he is what they call a “jack of all trades”.

Well, enough of the story. Let’s talk about the layout. I choose this one since he obviously loves guitars. I created the frame and made the guitars “out of bound” to get a 3D look. Then I embossed them for the final effect. I also added a g-clef just slightly at the edge of one of his pictures to accent it. A guitar at the button edge, a cowboy & a sexy girl silhouette makes it more like my brother’s kind of stuff ( you know…)

It is very important when making a layout to know ahead what type of look you are going for. This saves a lot of time. Simple and interesting is what I usually go for. Small accents like the white dots at the bottom and right edge seem to complete the whole thing.

Enjoy, and have a great day! 

Hugs,cayscreation