Mia & Fresh

Leica says, KAYA!

I was inspired to scrap two layouts for this challenge. I am a simple scrapper so I was able to finish both quickly. I hope you enjoy them.

Mia



Materials Used:
paper: ala cart embellishment: cannon thread black, rekindledmoments flower, chipboard: scrapworks, butterfly and stone.

Fresh


Materials Used:
paper: creative imaginations, me and my big ideas, cardstock: dcwv black ink: gold, encore laces and flowers chipboard: basic grey Paint: gold-reeves

About ME:
Hi, I'm Leica. I've been scrapping since grade school and I hope never to stop scrapping, wherever I am. I will be leaving for Vietnam soon, and I hope that even if I am not here, you will find time to join my challenge. Thank you and happy scrapping.

August Anything At All

Time for a new challenge! And I'm proud to introduce to you our very young challenger. Many of you might have met her at your LSS or sales events, because this scrapper has a nose for bargains. I was actually beginning to suspect she hoards more than she actually scraps but she's proven me wrong.

Getting to know Leica -

I am Leica Ann Odulio and I started scrapbooking when I was still in grade school but have seriously pursued when I was in 2nd year college. I absolutely appreciate this hobby as it is connected with my chosen career in life. I am a pre-school teacher and I am very happy that my luxurious hobby is being paid off as I practice my “creativity” because of this hobby. I am just lucky that whatever I learn in this leisure is also developing me as a pre-school teacher. From the innovative tools that I use, the delightful embellishments that give things an extra “oomph”, the way I narrate events and most of all on how I always see something special in everything in life. Now, that I am leaving our country I must somehow pause in scrapping or at least in hoarding (hehehe). I am very happy to at least to share some of my things with my fellow scrapbooking enthusiasts and challenge you all to do something Leica-ish.

THE CHALLENGE:

This August I want you all to be free and use any theme for this challenge. Now you might ask what’s the challenge with that right? I just have TWO major requirements.

1) Being Leica means being vain especially in photos. So I decided that as a part of the requirements, I want you to be in the pictures. You may not be the exact subject of the photos, but at least I want you to be with the subject.

2) I need three photos in your layout. No matter what size those photos are as long as there are 3 photos and I can see you in all 3 photos you are already qualified to join.

And then we have the usual Kaya requirements:

1) Layouts can be 12x12 or 8.5x 11, traditional or digital.
2) The layouts should be specifically made for this challenge.
3) You can submit as many layouts as you want but you will only be entered once in the drawing for traditional and/or digital.
4) Deadline for submissions is on: August 30, 2009, 11:59 PM, Manila Time.

For the prizes I put on 2 whole lines of 7 gypsies papers (Calais and Zanzibar), some embellishments like Maya Road sheer journaling, some laces and pom pom ribbons , flowers (Prima and Rekindled Moments) and some knick knacks. Both traditional and digital winners get the same RAK.




Given that I will be in Vietnam already by next week Lee will be the one to ship the prizes. If you have any queries you can contact me through email (leicaodulio@yahoo.com). I would love to see all your layouts soon! Thanks in advance for playing along.

Cherish

Leica says, KAYA!


Journaling Reads:
Every girl wants to be a princess. I always wanted to be a princess. That is why, when I celebrated my 18th birthday, I made sure that my dress would be like any princess would wear. This uber glamorous long pink gown will symbolize all the beautiful things happened in my life that I will always cherish.

Materials Used:
Basic Grey Scarlet's Letters, Heidi Swapp black label holders, ribbons, gold rhinestones, gold staples, photo corners, black Bazzill cardstock, pink Colorbox, distress ink, Staedtler pens, foam tape, glue, and double-sided tape.

Techniques Used:
Distressing for the picture so it would blend in with the paper and also handwritten journaling for an added personal touch.

About ME:
Hola! I am Leica Ann Odulio y Jiongco, you can address me by my nickname Leica. I'm named after a German camera, Leica since my dad's hobby is Photography. I, being a frustrated artist, do love artsy fartsy things even though I'm not that creative. As of now, I really love scrap-shopping than scrapping itself. I have started shopping for scrapbooking materials since December 2006 and now I have 3 diecut machines (which I dont use) and have oodles of things that a normal pro-scrapbooker has. Although I always have a reasonable excuse behind my endless hoarding escapade. You see, I'm a third year BS Child Development and Education student at Miriam College, who really wants to be a successful pre-school teacher who also wants to run her own daycare. Hence, I believe that I could use my scrapbook materials with my career and I hope I could prove that I could use scrapbooking itself in the education system. I am thinking of using "Scrapbooking: Could it be a major breakthrough for the educational system?" as one of my papers. Maybe after few years, your soon to be children's cards would be like scrap pages wherein you could see pictures of them painting or writing their names and the written observation of their teachers. So there, I love scrapbooking not just because it is my most beloved hobby nor because it is one of my greatest investments in life but because I truly see a beautiful future behind this most intriguing and engaging hobby ever.