tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45719998431866208842024-03-05T18:06:14.038-08:00Mabuhay ProjectMabuhay* (pronunciation: mah-BOO-hahy) is a word derived from the Tagalog language of the Philippines. It is used to express "Welcome", "Hello", or "Greetings"; to exclaim “long live” or the Filipino version of live long and prosper; to toast during gatherings and parties; to welcome guests and a way of showing hospitality by Filipinos. The root word buhay means 1. life 2. alive 3. live; become alive.CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-81953331349943622152010-04-15T10:59:00.000-07:002010-04-15T14:46:06.022-07:00Opportunity House Donation<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am pleased to share that our first Charity Collab Kit - <em><strong>Crop Dreams</strong></em> raised a not-too-shabby $144. Times are tough, so I chipped in a few more bucks to round out the donation to $150. Even though it was just shy of our $200 goal, I believe our first effort at fundraising was a humble success. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This experience has taught me alot about the fundraising process and I hope to have the opportunity again to work with such talented and generous people on future charity art collab efforts. Drop me a line here if you have ideas or suggestions for the next MabuhayProject collab.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salamat + Mabuhay! :)</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #999900; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Amount: $27.00 USD | Transaction Date: Mar 10, 2009 | Subject: You've got a payment CROP DREAMS SALES for 2008</span></li>
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@Mishee75, you will recieve a message shortly with the code to download Crop Dreams - Charity Kit at K-Joi Studios. We hope you enjoy Crop Dreams as much as we do!<br />
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And Thank you all for entering! By entering you've helped us celebrate Filipino American History Month and spread the word about our Crop Dreams Charity Collab Kit, which proceeds (minus paypal fees) will benefit children in the Philippines and other asian countries through Opportunity House.<br />
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Maraming Salamat! Thank You Very Much! Mabuhay!CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-53843453766634428102009-10-03T12:48:00.000-07:002009-10-03T12:59:56.729-07:00Win 'Crop Dreams'<span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#b45f06;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgdSJioN9bd_4UmyWBDfn9Z3OBT0dDBtOF3CEVV1D2BAbuTFIju-16lGtQrpJRuu2Kq5d6IR8qps5yRBjwzeqUyLFwLjgdDho5z7yqE5VAyBoZ0fIgvaITQSvPSLep5lbVIYTllPqjYc0/s1600-h/cmd08_cropdreams_all.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388464912485315474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgdSJioN9bd_4UmyWBDfn9Z3OBT0dDBtOF3CEVV1D2BAbuTFIju-16lGtQrpJRuu2Kq5d6IR8qps5yRBjwzeqUyLFwLjgdDho5z7yqE5VAyBoZ0fIgvaITQSvPSLep5lbVIYTllPqjYc0/s320/cmd08_cropdreams_all.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06;">That's right! Us MabuhayProject gals decided a great way to celebrate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_American_History_Month">Filipino American History Month 2009</a> is to offer up the collaboration kit </span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06;">(including the Alpha Set) to one lucky winner. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06;">This is an amazing offer, because <a href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=157_513&products_id=3032"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Crop Dreams</span></strong></a> has a ton of gorgeous elements, papers, word art and quickpages that are fun and vibrant for any of your beautiful photos.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06;">So, All you have to do is leave us a comment in our <a href="http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?p=2150239#post2150239">DigiShopTalk Happy Place post</a>: {<a href="http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?p=2150239#post2150239">click here to enter to win</a>} </span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:large;"><span style="color:#b45f06;">We'll pick a random winner using <a href="http://random.org/">random.org </a>on October 11th.</span> </span></div></div>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-10173541914236124482009-09-24T19:01:00.000-07:002009-09-24T19:05:42.034-07:00LAST CHANCE!!! Crop Dreams - Charity Kit<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tqwriNhdNdDJ4nE_BiD57H2OO1FN_sXTfyPEcYFi6TY08R5rfqj1KNwY6_2rfxjkm6ik9RMGBSzWsZKgeMFyrkEUy9zkW8a5dAjcC68asWgauvLvg2mZf72Hm60PKWE77oXdEloEbqwa/s1600-h/ad_lastchance_cd.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tqwriNhdNdDJ4nE_BiD57H2OO1FN_sXTfyPEcYFi6TY08R5rfqj1KNwY6_2rfxjkm6ik9RMGBSzWsZKgeMFyrkEUy9zkW8a5dAjcC68asWgauvLvg2mZf72Hm60PKWE77oXdEloEbqwa/s400/ad_lastchance_cd.jpg" iq="true" /></a><br /></div><p><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Scrappers! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">So far, we've raised just $36 USD for Opportunity House. Thank you so much for supporting Mabuhay Project since October ‘08. We'd love, however, to get the donation higher. We have a goal of $200. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">So, if you can, we would love it if you could tell everyone about our Crop Dreams Charity kit. If we get the word out to the entire scrapbooking community, we believe we can raise a lot more this last month. This October 2009 is our last chance to make an impact! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Please remember, with your purchase of the full collaboration, you will recieve the Crop Dreams Alpha Set for FREE! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(</span><a href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_75&products_id=3032"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yes! I want to support Opportunity House Today with Crop Dreams!</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Crop Dreams Charity Collaboration Kit</strong> is packed full of all the essentials you need to scrap a whole bunch of beautiful pages. There is so much in here you will love it! </span></p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><p><br /><strong>Crop Dreams includes</strong>: 18 gorgeous papers, six awesome 12x12 quick pages, 10 beautiful bracket pages, 7 unique word arts ("flourish", "flourish.thrive.grow", "hip!hip!hurray!", "mabuhay!", "proud of you", "sumisibol", "U Crack Me Up") and 53 tropical fun elements, including: 1 decorated tri-bamboo frame, 1 tied-branch frame, 1 heliconia flower, 1 plant stem, 1 glittered nipa hut, 1 rice stalk (green, yellow, tan), 1 brown vase, 1 watermelon (as a stamp + sticker), 1 watermelon slice (as a stamp + sticker), 1 multi-colored border, 1 pink flower, 3 different leaves, 1 branch with leaves, 1 nut, 1 stone, 1 knotted string, 1 twisted ribbon (in green + in olive), 1 cluster of water drops, 3 glass bead buttons (flower, leaf, wood), 1 green bullnose clip, 1 tropical clipped cluster, 1 brown leather flower, 1 ripe mango, 1 cluster of painted wooden flowers, 1 stapled olive ribbon, 1 pink sash, 1 string of shells, 1 sash with clustered elements, 1 plain wooden flower, 2 wooden "tsinelas" slipper key-chains, 1 lightwash border 12x12 overlay, 1 mango morning 12x12 overlay, 1 mango traffic jam 12x12 overlay, 1 sticker of a string of sampaguita flowers, 1 sticker of a sampaguita flower cut-out, 1 plumeria sticker, 1 plain brown hut, 4 "gumamela" hibiscus flowers, 1 brown with green striped ribbon, 1 "go mango" tropical cluster, 1 multi-colored "community" of huts, 1 cut-open coconut, 1 "coco flora" tropical cluster (2 styles), 1 fiesta "carabao" water-buffalo head, and 1 leather+wooden flower cluster.<br /></p><p>Plus, with your purchase of Crop Dreams Charity Collab, you will also recieve the <strong>Crop Dreams Alpha Set for free</strong>. Crop Dreams Alpha set includes a natural weave texture and a subtly painted version. It consists of a lowercase alphabet, numbers 0-9 and the following punction { } , ! . ? *You may also purchase just the Crop Dreams Alpha Set here > </span><a href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_75&products_id=2238"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_75&products_id=2238</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>More about Crop Dreams: </strong> This is a beautiful, fresh collaboration kit originally released October 2008 in celebration of Filipino American History Month - and will retire at the end of October 2009. Inspired by the agriculture, nature and island culture of The Philippines, Crop Dreams was lovingly made by several Filipina digital designers from around the globe under Mabuhay Project.blogspot.com, to benefit Opportunity House - a Pearl S. Buck Foundation International (</span><a href="http://www.psbl.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.psbl.org</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">) program that helps children in Asian countries, like The Philippines. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">To learn about the designers who collaborated on this charity kit and for more layout ideas please visit </span><a href="http://www.mabuhayproject.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.mabuhayproject.blogspot.com</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Crop Dreams Collaborators:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">CACTUSmango Designs - Mars Carranza, Aimee Designs - Ma.Aimee Suarez, Lorie M. Designs - Lorie Manlapaz, Bev O'Loughlin Designs, teysT - Tes P. Tirol and Dianeskie - Diane Mirabeles.</span></p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><p><br />All Proceeds of Crop Dreams and Crop Dreams Alpha set (minus PayPal fees) will be donated online to Opportunity House of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation </p><p>International in celebration of Filipino American Heritage Month. Crop Dreams and Crop Dreams Alpha set are for Personal Use Only.<br /></span><a href="http://www.psbi.org/site/PageServer?pagename=OH_WhereWeWork"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you would like to donate directly to Opportunity House, please visit </span><a href="http://www.psbl.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.psbl.org</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. </span></p>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-86038407312637449562009-09-24T11:38:00.000-07:002009-09-24T12:24:10.601-07:00New "Crop Dreams" pages<span style="font-family:verdana;">Hello all! I know it has been a long time since I've posted. First of all, I wanted to thank lbettis from the K-Joi Studios creative team for creating these new unique layouts with Crop Dreams to inspire you:<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 391px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 393px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery2/data/510/medium/olehouse_copy.jpg" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 406px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 351px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery2/data/510/medium/proud_copy.jpg" /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 431px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 326px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery2/data/510/medium/coloredflowers_copy.jpg" /><br />Please visit lbettis' pages in the gallery + leave her some love ;) pages </span><a href="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery2/showphoto.php/photo/8350"><span style="font-family:verdana;">1</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><a href="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery2/showphoto.php/photo/8351"><span style="font-family:verdana;">2</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><a href="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery2/showphoto.php/photo/8349"><span style="font-family:verdana;">3</span></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Since we posted up Crop Dreams last Oct '08, we have raised $36 USD for Opportunity House. Please support our fundraiser today, and purchase Crop Dreams, so that we can donate more! I'd love it if we can have an amazing push this October and raise $200 even $300 for Opportunity House. Don't forget, not only are you getting a gorgeous set of papers, elements and quickpages you will also get with your purchase of the full collab the coordinating alpha set for free! (</span><a href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=157_513&products_id=3032"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff6600;">take me to Crop Dreams</span></strong></a>)</p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">Stay tuned, as we are preparing some October fun for Crop Dreams' last fundraisng hurrah.<br /><br />***mabuhay! </span></p><p><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/?action=view&current=marsheart_sigie.png" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="mars heart sigie black" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/th_marsheart_sigie.png" /></a></p>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-31079130957156583692008-10-28T14:21:00.000-07:002008-10-28T15:28:00.486-07:00"Crop Dreams" Sightings<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lorie recently peaked my interest in Altered Aura's blog. She writes very well and I am really enjoying her travel pictures of her visit to </span><a href="http://www.clarksubicmarketing.com/clark_travel_guide.htm"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Nayong Pilipino</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-Clark - which has "a theme park environment that showcases Philippine heritage with scale-replicas of various Philippine historic and cultural locations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"The Nayong Pilipino Park has an outdoor amphitheater, indoor theater, museum, lodging cottages, meditation garden and function room, eventually Nayong Pilipino will become a full-scale cultural center for the arts, both performing and non-performing."</span><br />
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Daydreaming, Sumisibol, and Proud Momma: <br />
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Lorie's new CT members have been busy creating some fresh new pages too!<br />
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"U Crack Me Up" showing how Crop Dreams works for boys pages and a wedding themed page called "Mabuhay" by Miranda<br />
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We've got two gals "Leona+Lena" and "Jojola" over at kjoi who've made some special pages too!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">"Leona+Lena" another Crop Dreams great "boy" page, with her "<a href="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-7271">Two Brothers</a>" layout.</div><br />
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And another page by Leona+Lena called <a href="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-7297">"Smile"</a> a very cute girly page using a QP designed by Tes P. Tirol using Crop Dreams. I think this is the first one I've seen from other scrappers using the QP set. Super cute!<br />
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Also we have Jojola who was able to make Crop Dreams work for a winter looking page! It's called <a href="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-7054">Unbenannt</a>:<br />
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Her 2nd page is brown and lovely...called <a href="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-7099">"Sweet Memories"</a><br />
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I also have a new page to share. You know how convienent it is to snap photos with your cell phone, right? But, how often do you scrapbook those photos? This weekend I scrapbooked an iphone photo from my friend Kathy. It's sized 8x8 so she can print it from home. <br />
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<a href="http://kjoistudios.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-7321">Princess Slippers</a><br />
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And last but not least, here's one more, that I did a week ago or so...of my little god daughter, called <br />
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Thanks for looking and for your continued support of Opportunity House with your purchase of Crop Dreams.<br />
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Happy Filipino American History Month + Mabuhay!<br />
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Marissa Carranza | CACTUSmango DesignsCACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-56049514189091553542008-10-20T02:22:00.000-07:002009-06-28T10:10:38.025-07:00AlphaNaticalver Bev O'Loughlin's newest addition to the lovely <a href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_75&products_id=3032">Crop Dreams benefit collab kit</a>. Here alpha set features a natural weave pattern and neutral color - perfect for scrapping <strong>all kinds</strong> of memories. Plus, I added a second version of her alpha, with a subtle painted look, that is lovely to mix and match. Each "painted" letter, number, etc was decorated individually, so the result is that each one looks unique. <br /><br /><a href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_75&products_id=2238">Crop Dreams - Alpha Set</a> for charity collaboration by Bev O'Loughlin and CACTUSmango Designs.<br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/?action=view&current=cmd08_bevo_cdalphas.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Crop Dreams - Alpha, Number, etc." src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/cmd08_bevo_cdalphas.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I improved the word art preview, because before you could barely read them. Hope you like the new preview. ;-)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/?action=view¤t=cmd08_cropdreams_wapv.png" target="_blank"><img height="420" alt="Crop Dreams - word art" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/cmd08_cropdreams_wapv.png" width="420" border="0" /></a></div><br />Crop Dreams proceeds (minus PayPal fees) are donated online to Opportunity House, A Pearl S. Buck Foundation International program, that provides much needed health care and education to children in poverty, in asian countries like China, Malaysia, Thailand and The Philppines.<br /><br />If you would like to make a donation directly to Opportunity House, please click on the brown house on the left hand side bar.<br /><br />(Special thanks to Dana Conditt use of her bracket album template)<br /><br /><br />Lorie recently chose her new CT and this is a layout by one of her talented CT. Thanks Natalie!<br /> <a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/?action=view¤t=ct_natalie_4loriem.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="420" alt="Natalie's Girl" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/ct_natalie_4loriem.jpg" width="420" border="0" /></a><br />Here is another lovely page by Lorie herself!<br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/?action=view¤t=Singkaban-Festival-2008_01_mdm.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="420" alt="Singkaban Festival" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/Singkaban-Festival-2008_01_mdm.jpg" width="420" border="0" /></a>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-10779388693522694182008-10-11T00:53:00.000-07:002009-06-28T10:13:43.362-07:00Feel free to Brag<div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Actually, feel <strong><em>free</em></strong> to <strong>snag </strong>this <strong><em>free</em></strong> 6x4 <em><strong>brag</strong> <strong>book</strong></em> quick page and matching frame. Simply click on the preview below. </span><br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2061"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255802093666284386" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFB7YgEIomAp7bVAQbnP_BNPzrT39cswzjun0yKwxuylBHBmn3i8u6pJwaiGsJ_MotaQ4N6YOQOuNakojYMYFPVTKvbua7ZFe7y6FAZtzsvpco_Bl1R1_YBD1zNSnfEitNuiLD-FEAgQxJ/s320/cmd08_cropddreams_freebiepv.png" border="0" /></a></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's a lil' page that I made with the freebie. </span></div><br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255802432759143122" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIqzYohjqj7vnVxsC3CDG30_mQj9k1dxdFLMZLmjoLxEaz8e46LRKiArGL4NYcoP8CAfF2KA5NnUOg4MS9VaZ4hiA5MCOcNcIrU2DW-yibybjiCWNrkI0lCKJK67CGt23G9vs0gzGUG9F/s320/grow6x4.jpg" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is my dear god daughter in her first ballet class. I wanted to suggest the look of movement, that the pink frame is sliding...so, on the left, I've cut off one frame. This way, you only see a peep of the picture. Which I think is just darling. I hope you love it, too. ;) If you love it, please pick up today the coordinating kit <a href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_75&products_id=3032">Crop Dreams</a>, by clicking the <strong>brown house</strong> in the left hand column.</span></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><br /><div align="left"><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Your purchase (minus PayPal fees) will be donated online to Opportunity House which provides education and healthcare to poverty stricken children in countries, like The Philippines.</span><br /></div></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" align="center"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" align="center"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:large;"><em>Mabuhay!</em></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/?action=view&current=marsheart_sigie.png" target="_blank"><img alt="mars heart sigie black" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/marsheart_sigie.png" border="0" /></a></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" align="left"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" align="left"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" align="left"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div align="left"><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><strong>P.S.</strong> </em></span></div></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Hop on over </span>to </strong><a href="http://digiscrapdesigns-by-lorie.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Lorie's Blog </span></strong></a><strong>to snag <span style="font-size:medium;">another </span>free 6x4 brag book quick page!</strong></em></span></div></div></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-21253012792490718582008-10-10T00:00:00.000-07:002009-06-28T10:12:12.743-07:00Crop Dreams for Opportunity House<div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">I'm very proud to share with you news of my first digital scrapbook kit for charity. To this end I started Mabuhay Project, wherein Filipino artists from around the world collaborate to raise money for charity. As you may know, I have been blessed for a brief time with the joys of motherhood with my two babies, who are now in heaven and I am now fighting Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. </div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div>I am deeply proud to be honoring my two angels and to be putting my creativity towards raising money for children living in my homeland and other asian countries, that are in dire need of healthcare and education, and an opportunity at a better life. Please take a moment to read about <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"></a><a href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_75&products_id=3032">Crop Dreams</a> and consider supporting this worthy fundraiser with your generous purchase.<br />Salamat at Mabuhay!<br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/?action=view&current=marsheart_sigie.png" target="_blank"><img alt="mars heart sigie black" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/marsheart_sigie.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><br /><br /><br /><br />Marissa Madrazo Carranza </div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">CACTUSmango Designs</div><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_75&products_id=3032" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzMnC2x27xCTpStdg4HwW_rGo2j6s-_Y50CxBOPU-zQZy6v9Qohg6iIKvmuKpn8k88aR0cGr4ZF5BsGp0FfyirNDkd70875BaB-5SW1cNyl38_MJGNjKpnGiWMzss3xpfQEuX137lyUtM/s320-r/mabuhaysymbol.png" border="0" xd="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><a href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_75&products_id=3032"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Crop Dreams</span></strong></a> is a beautiful, fresh collaboration kit being released this October 2008 to celebrate Filipino American History Month. This kit took inspiration from the agriculture, nature and culture of the Philippines.<br /><br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Crop Dreams was made by various Pinay digital designers from around the globe under <strong>Mabuhay Project [dot] blogspot [dot] com</strong>, to benefit <a href="http://www.psbi.org/site/PageServer?pagename=OH_WhereWeWork"><strong><span style="font-size:large;">Opportunity House</span></strong></a> and <strong>Pearl S. Buck Foundation International</strong> program that helps children in Asian countries, like the Philippines. </div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><strong>*All proceeds minus PayPal fees will be donated online to Opportunity House.</strong> </div><br />If you would like to make a donation directly to Opportunity House, please visit -<a href="http://www.psbi.org/site/PageServer?pagename=OH_WhereWeWork">http://www.psbi.org/site/PageServer?pagename=OH_WhereWeWork</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/cropdreams_papel_cmd08.gif" imageanchor="1"><img height="420" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/cropdreams_papel_cmd08.gif" width="420" border="0" xd="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; 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BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Total Kit Size: roughly 325 MB </div></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Number of zips: 12 zips + 1 zip with previews and TOUs</div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><strong>K-Joi Studio Designers:</strong></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Marissa Carranza - CACTUSmango Designs (6 pprs 12x12, 2 bracket qps, 2 bracket pprs, 7 wa + 30 embellies)</div>Ma.Aimee Suarez - Aimee Designs (6 papers 12x12, 12 embellies)<br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><strong>Contributing Designers:</strong></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div>Lorie Manlapaz - Lorie M. Designs (6 papers 12x12 and 15 embellies)<br />Teys P. Tirol - A Matter of Teys.T (6 bracket quickpages)<br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Dianne - Dianeski (6 quick pages 12x12)</div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">and more contributions being added soon!</div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" align="center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://kjoistudios.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2060" imageanchor="1"></a></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><br /><img style="FILTER: alpha(opacity=30); LEFT: 112px; VISIBILITY: hidden; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 4754px; opacity: 0.3; mozopacity: 0.3" height="96" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/twirlgirl_4web.png" width="96" />CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-32553046965096437512008-10-08T23:32:00.000-07:002009-09-25T19:20:14.504-07:00Meet the Artists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/mabuhaysymbol.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/mabuhaysymbol.png" xd="true" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hi, I'm a self-taught graphics designer. I love iced Jasmine Green Tea and Halo-Halo. I love listening to Ledisi and Adele. I can't live without the Liquify and Clone tools. These are what make me smile: My cat's two-paw-action, cool breezes that remind me of my two angels in heaven and My husband's laugh. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm Lorie, a SAHM, with one daughter (3 years old), from the Philippines. My husband is working abroad. I really love collecting pictures and making digital scrapbooks. I started digital scrapping last 2007 and also started designing last year. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Find Lorie's designs at: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So why teys? Remember when you were young and your siblings or your playmates couldn’t say your name properly? Well, that’s what happened to me. I was supposed to be called marites but somehow that got lost in the translation and I ended up being called ‘unteys’ by my brothers and sisters which I later shortened to teys.</span><br />
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I am Diane Vibar-Miraballes. 25 years old from the land of Mayon Volcano, Albay, Philippines. I am married to my ever loving husband and was blessed with an angel who is now in heaven named Huey Dhale. He died last year at 3 years old. He was my inspiration to scrap. I am a paper and digital scrapbooker. I also love photography. You can visit my blog http://dianemiraballes.com for updates on me.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Originally from Paranaque, Bev is a SAHM of two that moved to Western Australia in March 2005. She met and married her own Aussie bloke when they were working in the States and then moved back to Australia after our contract was up. Of the Philippines, she misses Family, Friends and Food.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay Tuned, because Bev is currently working on an alpha set to add to Crop Dreams. :)<br />
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He wrote, </div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="font-size:x-large;">"</span> Dear Friends,</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> I appreciate the opportunity to join the Filipino American National Historical Society and its friends in celebrating Filipino American History Month. This celebration is a wonderful opportunity to honor the values and traditions of Filipino Americans, and your role in the story of America.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> America’s greatness lies in our nation’s ability to embrace and integrate different cultures into our national character. Filipino Americans nurture and maintain important social, cultural and business ties between America and the Philippines. As you celebrate your Filipino heritage and your American identity, I hope you remain inspired to make our country as great as we know it can be. <span style="font-size:x-large;">"</span></div><br />His entire letter can be read > <a href="http://obama.3cdn.net/67f8901ffa513f7a92_6km6bh7gj.pdf">here</a>.<br /><br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">I am very proud of both my American upbringing and my Filipino culture and ancestry. Growing up in California and Virginia, I didn't experience any extreme discrimination. I can recall only twice being discriminated against. One instance, my mother, brother and I were walking to the parking lot from the mall, and a group of teenage caucasian boys drove by in a pick up truck and shouted "Go Back to China!" and drove off laughing. I was too young then, to understand that they were being racist. <br /><br />A second time, while walking to my first class, during highschool, one African American boy started making fake "asian talk", like "ching chong chee!" all the while with this cocky sneer. This made me mad. I thought, this guy doesn't even know what he's talking about. Even though he was bigger than me and standing with his friends, I walked straight up to him, looked at him - eye to eye and told him "I'm Filipino." He was stunned. He never said a bad thing to my face again.</div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> </div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Several times, when I first moved to the Philippines for college, there were people that told me "You're not Filipino, because you don't speak Tagalog." While I did in fact, know several phrases and words in Tagalog, but not enough to carry on a conversation. I can understand where those nay sayers were coming from. But, at the same time, what do they know about me and my family? When I grew up in Virginia, they didn't offer Filipino language classes and both my parents worked 15+ hour days, running our family owned Lola Lly's Donutery. So, I couldn't blame my parents for not teaching us. Besides, you learn the language that you talk in school, right? I've since learned enough to carry a general conversation in Tagalog. Aside from that, I do my own online study of words and phrases, in Tagalog, Ilocano and Pampagueno languages. </div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> </div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">There are things my parents did teach me, they're values of education, hard work, loyalty to your family and siblings, honoring & respecting your elders, like "mano po". We ate rice with almost every meal (my dad even ate rice with spaghetti! Now that's hard core. lol!) We take our shoes off in the house, to not track dirt on the carpet. My father would often tell me, "Never forget, that you are Filipino, OK."</div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> </div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">It's funny now, that I'm an adult, living in Arizona, one of my Fil-Am friends told me quite affirmatively, that "You're not." He said this to me, after I just recounted my story, about how a few people in the Philippines had told me that I'm not Filipino. I was rather stunned, actually, at his comment. I can't recall what I said to him in reply, or if I said anything at all. Well, he's entitled to think that of himself or me. But, I do know myself. I am very proud of my heritage, of my grandparents and parents' lives and hardwork, both here in the US and the Philippines. I am proud of the Filipino and American Veterans that walked the Bataan Death March. I am proud of my brother and sister in law who both serve in the United States Navy.<br /><br />I am a proud <strong>digiscrapping citizen</strong> of both the Philippines and America - and that's that! Don't ever stop believing in yourself, in your heritage, and in your dreams. Here's another sneak preview of Crop Dreams. Just one more reveal preview before the big reveal on Friday. ;-)</div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3kpuoqt9T8dgs_F6VX3T5VrcHrfPSB9XPvPkxXsdxhqcKf8neV7LWMleEAPy_AnNtyQQkmsKmW0UwQ6Dy193aHDtf7RymcH1NaWpWroipszYVWPXQSu_ucEJ5dn1DkuokKLEjNzMEflr/s1600-h/cropdreams_revealpv3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLW9SJFwL8ZZxOGvmPdibyFuLH5JXyUA1n1KGhrRs8JQ-N8wBrOA3bMoiC0Bm6OBBiclw0a9wJm4Lw4SFDue7bBZqMh0nFUe1SrKJsnkztSAr1FAWFzfnA9HSreoOmKWQT3fRerheIwMd/s400-r/cropdreams_revealpv3.jpg" border="0" xd="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center">I wonder have you ever felt like your culture was not recognized? Do you feel invisible? Do you like blending in? What about the Filipino culture (or the cultures you identify with) that make you proud? Today, I challenge you to scrap about the cultures the make up who you are. Please comment back with a link to your layout.</div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center">---</div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center">P.S. I have also created a group on Facebook for Mabuhay Project. Please log on today and join! Find me on Facebook as Marissa Madrazo Carranza.</div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center">---</div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">Filipino Moms has a list of events in San Francisco > <a href="http://filipinamoms.blogspot.com/2007/10/october-is-filipino-american-heritage.html">blog</a></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">SF Gate > <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=21024">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=21024</a></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">Asian Americans for Obama > <a href="http://www.asianamericansforobama.com/sen-obamas-statement-on-filipino-american-history-month">Letter from Sen. Obama</a> </div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </div>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-52355538481805295892008-10-03T06:00:00.000-07:002008-10-03T06:00:00.878-07:008 days and counting<div align="center">another sneak peak<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251722400650845250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6EGPnmXROHY3101uijY5us7r_b2bmQtyRUDvFdELYWdlpTA0J2SA7dl0P_vgZZc-nrcwGN2c697MxHH71tLJO6sR8sPAQfgW3Ig7Nz88FBfmAk5TtrpYYzi8NjO9Xwpdah6x5ILI8GXv/s400/cropdreams_revealpv2.jpg" border="0" />CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-88817902770778924502008-10-01T06:00:00.000-07:002008-10-01T14:40:28.490-07:0010 days and counting<div align="center">Happy Filipino American Heritage Month! Woohoo! </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> <a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/?action=view&current=cropdreams_revealpv1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/CACTUSmangoDesigns/cropdreams_revealpv1.jpg" border="0" alt="Crop Dreams Reveal Preview #1" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">taking a cue from one of my fav bloggers (paislee press), I decided to tantalize you all with reveal previews. In the coming days, we'll get to know the fabulous digital arists that have come out of the woodworks to participate in Mabuhay Project's fledgling collab kit. Three more pinay digi scrappers have joined in, so I'll be making a new preview, when I get in all their goodies. Stay tuned these next 10 days for Crop Dreams big reveal - Oct. 10!</div>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-60787929158445188102008-09-25T15:38:00.000-07:002008-09-25T16:25:28.504-07:00Opportunity Houseis a Pearl S. Buck International - PSBI program that has opened doors to life improving health and education programs for some of our world’s most disadvantaged children, families, and communities. Opportunity House programs in China, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam provide a hand-up, rather than a hand-out to those they serve. These children are disabled, ethnic minority, orphaned and/or refugee, stateless or displaced.<br /><br />I learned of Opportunity House after reading about the APL Benefit and Allen Pineda Lindo (of the Black Eyed Peas) himself was helped by PSBIOH. I have decided to donate all <strong>Crop Dreams</strong> proceeds (minus PayPal Fees), to PSBIOH. I will also post a copy of the donation receipt. If you would like to make a donation directly to PSBIOH, follow this <a href="https://secure2.convio.net/psbi/site/Donation?ACTION=SHOW_DONATION_OPTIONS&CAMPAIGN_ID=1281">link</a>.<br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://secure2.convio.net/psbi/images/opp/logo.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> </p><p>There is so much in the collab kit, that I am having to play around with the previews to get it all in. I hope to post my first Preview Reveal 1st week of October. </p><p>If you are a quick page artist and would like to participate, please leave a comment or email me at <a href="mailto:cactusmango@gmail.com">cactusmango@gmail.com</a> with a link to your gallery, so that I may review your work. I would like to add bracket quick pages or other hybrid quick pages to the kit. </p><p></p><p><br /></p>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-90942631454915963112008-09-09T21:52:00.000-07:002008-09-09T22:19:33.590-07:00Filipino American Heritage MonthMabuhay Project's first collaboration charity kit called "Crop Dreams", will be released for sale next month, in time to celebrate Filipino American Heritage Month. I am very happy to be collaborating with two very talented digital scrapbook product designers based in the Philippines. They are Ma.Aimee Suarez and Lorie Manlapaz. You can read more about their work on their blogs listed to the left.<br /><br />The photograph entitled "Piko" by the very talented <a href="http://flickr.com/people/colloidfarl">Farl</a> - is the color inspiration for our kit "Crop Dreams". Click on the pink tsinelas (slippers) to take you to his wonderful Flickr gallery.<br /><br /><p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/colloidfarl/113739128/in/set-625842/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244252621650740946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfs_9MgxrkfdW6B5QQzunXcKjjEnnOa-5lsdVWCckn7iGBqLYUCUguc40yQKkt_ijYd5Zn6KSX4nPsbWe130DHYicGJp2VfiNPFStX1STkiAr7ZVrMRvIUw20nE4CtzPFzg0RWjU4nC5K/s320/cropdreams.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p>Here's the color codes, in case anyone would like to contribute to "Crop Dreams":</p><p>3b3229<br />5d4334<br />918555<br />9ea48a<br />a3d26a<br />c1bdbc<br />f08dbc <br />f0607b </p>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571999843186620884.post-6435966257980244322008-09-07T00:55:00.000-07:002008-09-26T15:39:23.962-07:00Welcome to the Mabuhay Project.<span style="font-family:arial;">I envision <strong>Mabuhay Project</strong> to be a collaboration of Filipino Artists all over the world, creating works of art celebrating our diverse culture and to give back to our Kababayans in need, wherein all proceeds (minus paypal fees) will go to a different Philippine charity, organization, school, etc. Ideally, depending on public response and amount of artist contributions, we would like to be able to donate to a new charity each month. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Currently, I am working with two other Pinay digital scrapbook product designers, who are based in the Philippines: Aimee Designs and LorieM Designs. We look forward to releasing our first charity kit called "<strong>Crop Dreams</strong>" for sale at Kjoistudios.com, this October '08 - just in time to celebrate Filipino American Heritage month. We hope to donate proceeds for our collab kit to the APL Benefit. A.P.L. BENEFIT focuses exclusively on international works in the Philippines and Asia, for example, APL Benefit supports the Pearl S. Buck Foundation. It was envisioned by Apl.de.Ap (Allan Pineda Lindo), a Filipino-American founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, as a way for him to give back to his homeland. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">If you would like to participate in the collaboration, please email me at <a href="mailto:cactusmango@gmail.com">cactusmango@gmail.com</a> for details. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></p></span><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br />I also want to take time to write about Blog Action Day 2008. I have joined under my design blog cactusmango.blogspot.com Blog Action Day will unite bloggers all over the world on October 15th, to discuss the global issue of poverty. Please join the conversation here ><br /><br /><a href="http://blogactionday.org/"><img src="http://blogactionday.s3.amazonaws.com/banners/468x60.jpg" /></a>CACTUSmangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382883278182198995noreply@blogger.com0