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Ria Mojica – Guest Designer in August

Posted by Bettina on August 15, 2009  |  Filed under Guest Designers, Inspiration  |  Tagged with ,

Ria lives in Manila, Philippines, with her husband and three children. She is visiting with us this month to show us some of her incredible work with myStampBOX stamps. Ria received the Birthday Balloons and Lines of Life stamp sets to create several different projects.

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Hi, I’m Ria. My style continues to evolve as I try new and different things, but I lean towards clean lines. I scrap mostly 12×12 LOs and strive for a variety of textures in each one. I also enjoy cutting up my patterned papers and adding embellishments. LOs for my daughters tend to be romantic with lots of pink and frills, while my son’s LOs are brighter and edgier.

1. How long have you been scrapbooking, what got you started?
I’ve been scrapping for the last 6 years. I started after a trip to Disney World Florida in 2003. I read about in while surfing on the net but didn’t know anybody in the Philippines who was into it. I dropped by a Michael’s and Target near my in-laws home in MN, bought a few supplies, and the rest, as they say, is history.

2. What are your favourite srcapping subjects?
My favorite subjects are my kids — they are an endless source of joy and inspiration.

3. What is your creative process for a layout?
If I’m doing work for a DT then I start with the product I’m given and then look for photos that will best highlight the product.
If I’m scrapping for myself, then I normally start with the photo and look for products to match it. My underlying style is clean and linear — I am a stickler for balance (I am a Libra) — and then try to add something extra. Since I have amassed quite a bit of stuff over the years, I try to look through my old stash before I “finalize” a LO and try to mix-in some old with the new.

4. What is your favourite time of day for your papercrafts?
I can scrap at any time of the day, the whole day, every day – but my favorite time is very early in the morning before anybody else is awake so I can do my stuff in peace.

5. Where do you spend your vacation this summer?
This summer we went to Boracay island here in the Philippines — it has a 2 mile stretch of the finest white sand you’ve ever seen in your life!

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Happy Birthday Card

When I first got the balloon stamps, my immediate thought was that I wanted to find a photo of a child with the balloon in hand. My search for a photo led me to this vintage image of a child and many other similar images. The child was originally holding a flower which I cut out and replaced with the balloon. I think these images make a very simple card like this look really elegant and fancy. To give them a more modern touch, I did make the image colors “pop” more since I’m not very much into the vintage look.

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Thought Balloon Fabric Tag

It’s obvious I fell in love with this vintage image but used it another way via image transfer on fabric. I also stamped the balloon and text directly on the fabric.

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Happy Birthday LO

My daughter just turned 7 last July 20 so this LO is literally hot off the press. I made my own fabric embellishment by stamping 7 balloons using the masking technique. I also stamped the Happy Birthday phrase to look like it’s part of the patterned papers.

These are so beautiful, Ria, what great use of the balloon set. I love the techniques you used, transfers and stamping on fabric! Thanks for sharing these amazing creations.

Tune in for more from Ria on August 25.

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  1. Marci K says:
    15/08/2009 at 11:10 am

    Beautiful projects Ria! :)

  2. TraceyT says:
    15/08/2009 at 7:17 pm

    What a wonderful use of those stamps. CONGRATS and welcome.

  3. Allison says:
    15/08/2009 at 8:12 pm

    Gorgeous cards and layout Ria! Love the distressed look of your stuff!

  4. Lynda aka arlsmom says:
    17/08/2009 at 2:29 am

    Wonderful projects!!!

  5. Cathy says:
    18/08/2009 at 10:37 pm

    Hi Ria….thanks so much for joining us! I adore your fabric tag – that is something I really want to try one of these days. And I love how you mixed “new” stamps in with vintage images….I’m inspired to dig through my stash now :)

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