Monday 27 June 2011

Meet our June Guest Designer - Mia

Please welcome our June Guest Designer Mia:-





I am Mia Montalvan-Castrillo from the Philippines. I have been married for 11 years to my college sweetheart and have 4 princesses ages 9, 7, 3 and 8 months. I am the manager of our family household and a contributing writer to a local newspaper in our city. In between cooking, writing, taking my girls to school and generally taking care of our household, I scrap. And I'm pretty addicted to it. :-)


I started fixing my pictures when I was in high school but got really serious into it in 2004 after the birth of my 2nd daughter. I lean towards clean and simple scrapping with strong journaling. I scrap as a way of communicating to my loved ones. Nothing is more fulfilling than a hug and an appreciated word from a loved one who has just read my layout's journaling. Scrapping is my form of relaxation after a busy day. I love the creative process --- choosing papers, looking for the right embellishments, thinking of my journaling. I am SOO addicted that I think of journaling and layouts in the shower, while breastfeeding, before sleeping, while changing diapers, while cooking, and in almost every spare time I have. I scrapbook because it is how I am able to express my love for my husband and children. I scrapbook because I am a storyteller and I love telling the stories of my children.


You can find me at http://mcastrillo.blogspot.com

Thank you so much Mia, it's a pleasure to have you design for us this month.

May Winner

Our May winner is:-





Mazlina


Mazlina please e-mail me at Butterflycrafts1@aol.com so I can give you your guest designer assignment.

Thanks so much

June Challenge

Hi Everyone, so sorry this is late.


Here is this months challenge, create a layout using this sketch




To play along please either leave us a link to your layout in the comments or e-mail a photo to Butterflycrafts1@aol.com by 14th July. We will then pick a favourite layout and that person will be asked to be our guest designer for August.
Here are the design teams examples for inspiration:-


Anna


Fay



Azura Alyssa




Kat



Kim



Rachelle



Ria





Yatie




Guest Designer - Mia



We look forward to seeing your creations......