Scrapblogging

2012-02-05T12:29:00.003+02:00

During the last few weeks, I feel that my mojo has gone on vacation. Although, I did an art journal class with Tracy Bautista and I am a member of Effy Wild's "Booke of days" (an art journal page a day), seems that I lack courage to attack a page and elaborate.

As a result, my pages are simple and quick, and are based on a simple sketch I saw somewhere, and not in my need to express a feeling. The good news are that I am not overwhelmed by a simple sketch anymore - I managed to make simple art journal faces (or to copy them from Effy's work, to be precise). For me, a person who cannot draw a straight line, even these are something.

2012-01-22T19:47:00.004+02:00

This is my second post for today- sorry about that- but I just realised that I had not uploaded my SSS&S project for this week. The theme is anything but a card, so I altered a bottle.

I made it look old and somehow rusty. When my daughter came to see what I am doing she said "Look Dad, mum destroyed a bottle - it is really dirty now!" Well, I am not dispirited, as she doesn't like anything old or vintage lately. She rather hates them passionately!

It is a beer bottle that has many many layers of different mediums : gesso, acrylics, embossing powders, crackle mediums, even sprays. The label is from an Etsy digi set with vintage labels.

Sorry about the photos, but are taken with my mobile.

2012-01-22T10:47:00.004+02:00

This month, the girls at Get Creative are having a marathon of challenges. Every few days they post a new one. There are layout challenges, as well as card challenges, digital challenges even a box challenge. Go and check it out- I am sure you will find a challenge for you!

I will play with two cards. For Natasha's challenge, a clean-n-simple card:

I will also play with Charisma Cardz.

And for Marie's challenge a card with die-cuts:

I will alos play with 2sisters that ask for embossing, craft your days away and delightful sketches that ask for distessing, and so artful challenges with their color scheme.

2012-01-17T14:16:00.004+02:00

Today I want to show you a diaper cake. In fact it is not a cake at all! It is a diaper tricycle!

It was made for a commission, and it was supposed to be something very special for a very good friend of the lady who ordered it.

I had to make something from diapers but I wanted something different than a common cake. I had seen in Amalia's blog, a bear on a motorcycle but this seemed a bit boyish, while the newborn was a girl. So I turned it into a tricycle and I believe it is rather cute.

Congratulations on your newborn! I wish you happiness and fulfillment of all desires!

2012-01-14T14:08:00.006+02:00

And a layout for a change!

I was in inspired by Swirlydoos color combo AND sketch. For me that means many Wows! They also had a tutorial in Lynne's blog which is what I used to make the swirls. I only substituted gesso with smooth modelling paste for extra dimention. The people there are so talented that I enjoyed visiting each designer's blog, starting with my favorite Heidi Kelley!

Enough of chatting - here is what I made:

I will play with Swirlydoos as I was inspired by them, in SSS&S because first they are my favorite challenge site and second I have many "red letters" in my project , and in Scrap for Help as the recycled part in work are obvious (two recycled market tags behind the photo). I will play, also, with Effie's challenge in Get Creative

My Christmas Journal

2012-01-11T19:06:00.002+02:00

Happy 2012 blogfriends.

Today I want to show you my Christmas journal.

It is the second year I participate in JYC by Shimelle Laine. But this year the prompts were not feeling quite right for me. My fellow Greeks will know why: Shimelle talks about the glamour, the glitter and the festivities of the season, while here in Greece we have a hard time - a time of "cuts". We try to cut our national debt but in the meantime we have cut our wages, our dreams, our hopes and of course the festivities!

So, I kept the manifesto from Shimelle's course and the rest of the book is a simple record keeping of our December of 2011. The papers are mostly from Simple Stories, but I also used many things from my stash.

Έλαβα κάποια emails για τον συγκεκριμένο τύπο journal. Με πολλή χαρά θα φτιάξω και για εσάς κορίτσια, με ότι θέμα αποφασίσετε ! Ευχαριστώ για τα καλά σας λόγια και το ενδιαφέρον σας!

2011-12-31T18:54:00.003+02:00

I promised to show you some more of the books I made the last days.

The one that follows is a recipe book - hard to understand huh?- and is a commission. All the inside pages were decorated with kitchen-related stamps, painted with inktense pencils, but I did not shoot them. Instead I have sampled some flourishes because I like their vivid colors - I do not have kitchen related stamps for a 30 pages book, at least not yet. But do not despair -I always have a pending order for stamps!

Now this one is my favorite journal for 2011. Believe it or not , it was supposed to be the recipe book when I cut the chipboard covers. But I was a bit tired of the all these commissions with their bright papers and flowers and such, so I stepped a bit out of the path and I came up with this. It is a book that I really like - with blank pages ready to be filled, and a "strong" , meaningfull cover.

Don't mistake me - I love making merry books with fancy paper covers, with every other page stamped and colored. I love even more that they inspire people to write to them, journal etc, but I wouldn't know what to do with them myself. Never been really good in diary keeping. I prefer art journaling and this needs empty space.

AS it is my favorite book, I will submit it to the Stampman 3rd annual awards and SSS.

2011-12-22T12:11:00.004+02:00

I think that the last fortnight I make nothing but books. And as soon as I finish the last, someone calls and needs " urgently" another book. Journals, notebooks, sketchbooks,recipe books - name it and I am sure I have one in my portfolio! I don' t complain cause I love making books, but Christmas is almost around the corner and I haven't even started Shimmelle's journal , no art journaling, nothing!

So, what am I going to show you today? Books!

These are 6 x 8 inches and are ment for everyday use. Their covers are somehow "flat" (not many 3D decorations) in order to be thrown in a woman's handbag without special handling. The inside pages are stamped and heat embossed as usual.

In the first one I embossed a metal plate with a Tim Holtz die and used alcohol inks to color it.

For the next two I had a free reign, and you know what happens when you give a free reign to the bookmaker... The covers are a mixed media project by themselves. Sprays, inks, pastes, embossing, collage and a touch of Inka-gold. Laquer and fixative to stabilise the color and that's it - two books I really enjoyed!

That's it for now, I will come back with more books in my next post (you thought you will get away-Ha!)

2011-12-19T19:48:00.003+02:00

Today I want to show you a mini that my DD made at Zeffy's children crop. She was a bit scared of the whole concept - of new aquaintances, if she could follow the tutorial without messing up etc. But she came up with something that she can be proud of.

I will seize the chance to thank Zeffy again for her patience and for her good orgnisation skills that made a crop with 4 kids a happy experience!

And a card for two twin little girls that turned 1. Since I used the sketch from SSS I will submit it there.

See you soon with some last- minute gifts!

2011-12-15T23:44:00.003+02:00

This is my table center piece. It is super easy to make and very very festive. It already sits over my sitting room table as you can see.

All you need is a florists' sponge, a bit of grenery (natural is better if you can find - smells better too!), a candle and several bits and pieces like cones, nuts, flowers and decorative balls. Stickles or any other glitter is highly appreciated.

You dig a shallow hole in the centre of the sponge and you "bury" your candle. You "nail" the grenery all around and when there is no empty space you place your embellies with bit of hot glue. Spread a lot of glitter and Voila- you are ready!

And one more 6x6 journal. It is a commission and I was informed that the recipient was very happy with it, so I can now present it . The inside pages are hand stamped and heat-embossed, but you have seen enough of my journal interiors already, to be worth posting photos.

Merry Christmas to all!

2011-12-12T12:08:00.003+02:00

And something not for Christmas. It is a mixed media project with which I am rather pleased. I like its vintage style and depth. In fact I like it so much that I hanged it above my desk! For a person that loves bare walls and empty white surfaces it means volumes!

I will submit it to SSS&S that asks for something with depth and is my favorite challenge blog!

2011-12-08T20:45:00.007+02:00

The Christmas lab is working overtime.

Today I have some altered IKEA frames and boxes. They are gessoed, stamped, painted with mists and stains and sealed with UTEE. A fun process with good results. I am not sure, however, that I will give all these empty. Perhaps I have to make their fillers also.

This frame is stamped with a favorite stamp of musical notes, so I will play at Crop-stop, for your inspiration challenge bacause I loved their picture.

This one is my favorite, so I play at SSS, Charisma Cards, Crimbo Crackers, The pixie Cottage

And this one- for my sister- wil play at SSS&S

2011-12-04T20:42:00.004+02:00

The scrapbooking world' s heart is beating with Tim' s tags these days.

No, I will not show you another version of his tags - I am sure that you are fed up with Tims-to-be by now.

However my project today is on a tag. I challenged myself instead of cleaning my desk after making my last christmas cards(phew I finished them all), to use the leftovers to make something else. I managed to make a non-christmas tag with christmas leftovers. Don't ask....

And this is a tag that my little artist made for a scrapbooking friend - Natalia- of the same age that organised a swap. Details are here. She made her background using watercolor crayons, heat-embossed the sentiment and the space around with gold embossing powder and cut the ornaments with the Big-shot. She is evolving - don't you think?

To tell you the truth I was surprised by the color combo she made, as it is totally untraditional for a Christmas tag, but she justified her choice saying that everybody else will use green, red and blue and she wants her own to stand out!

So, I will submit it in SSS , Come and get it challenges , Gingerloft challenge, 2 sisters, Sugar Creek Hollow , Incy Wincy Design and cross my fingers for her.

And some Christmas charms I made for gift decoration for a shop. They look very festive when attached to the kraft bag they have.

Have a warm and happy evening!

2011-12-02T12:14:00.002+02:00

And a little bit of art journaling. I have two pages: one bright and festive and one dark and pessimistic. Let's start with the bright one that marks the first day of Christmas festivities. I wish you everything happy and bright.

The second one has to do with the current situation in Greece and in Europe in general. It shows our Big Boss depicted as the scissor-hands. It is a cartoon from my favorite cartoonist E. Ksenou, published in a newspsaper.

If you like it please vote for me at the Memory Trends forum on Sunday the 4rth. (I hope I got it right as the vote is not open yet, but I will update my link...)

Thanks for watching!

2011-11-25T14:16:00.003+02:00

I have already told you that I will make all of this year's presents by myself. The gift season is open now as we are approching December (In Greece we have some major saint-days this month)

I have made several journals and this is what I will show you today. They are not of my usual "grungy" style as they are intended for other people. The one I will show you today is for a friend that has some health "adventures" and has to stay at home all alone for three weeks. She likes writing and drawing so I embellished only the half pages and left the rest blank to accomodate her sketches.

2011-11-21T15:17:00.003+02:00

I promised Christmas projects, so here we are.

These are a few post-it pads I made, as a part of an order from a client. She decided to offer handmade gifts to her friends and I was trusted to make them. Thanks - I hope they like them!

2011-11-17T21:03:00.004+02:00

Ήταν να μην πιάσω τις κάρτες. Τα κορίτσια φταίνε που με ξεσήκωσαν και κάποιες φίλες που μου ζήτησαν να τους φτιάξω κάρτες, οπότε πάλι καρτούλες θα σας δείξω.

Δεν έχω ξανά ασχοληθεί ιδιαίτερα με κάρτες, οπότε έκανα μια βόλτα από το blog της Hero Arts, όπου βρήκα πολλές ιδέες. Έφτιαξα, λοιπόν, τις παρακάτω

I made the next one using a digital stamp by Hero Arts, following the recipe they gave:

Με την ευκαιρία θέλω να ευχαριστήσω πολύ τη Μελένια, που όχι μόνο διάλεξε την κάρτα μου ως νικήτρια στον διαγωνισμό του Get Creative, αλλά την ανάρτησε και στο blog της.

Many many thanks to Melenia, not only because she has given my card the first place at Get Creative Challenge, she presented it also in her blog.

Next time expect some christmas staff. We decided with my daughter to make this Cristmas a "Crafty Christmas". It means that we will make all the gifts and decorations by ourselves and we will try not to buy anything. We will do our best anyway! So keep in touch and wait for our projects!

2011-11-13T10:40:00.005+02:00

Two cards and a LO for equal (on second thoughts not equal!!!!) challenges.

The first is for Passion for Promarkers. The stamp is from Stampendous (last year's but I used it this year as it was an after-christmas bargain). The snowman is colored with Promarkers - my favorite markers- . I will also play at Christmas stamping

The following is a scraplift (hmm ) of one of Vicky's cards which I liked very much - I hope her child is getting better!-. She is a constant inspiration and very creative. I will also play with 2 sisters, Rogue designs, Totally Gorjuss

And finally the LO - made for a friend- I will submit it in the Scrap for Help challenge. In this LO, I challenged myself to use neglected scraps and pieces from my stash. I never make boys LOs, so I almost lacked corresponing elements. I am very happy ,however, because I recycled several pieces. The backing paper is from a 7Gypsies packaging, the flower tops are taken from an old doll of my DD, and the doily was found in a cookies' box.

2011-11-10T13:28:00.004+02:00

When I am tired and cannot think properly (usually after a bad work day and innumerous chores), I cannot create anything complicated. But I CAN create something- and this something is journals, notepads, sketchbooks etc. It is a standard process and I love making them.

Last month I had a terrible week at work, so I made a bunch of small journal books intended for christmas presents. Alas, I have not decorated them, but there is still time. You can wait for my relating post- I hope before Christmas.

Today I will show you a small journal I made, but with a different technique. I decided to make a totally recycled book and I thought - you will not believe it- to recycle bandages.

So, I made a book out of bandages using a lot of glue, my mists, craft wire and UTEE on top, to harden the cover.

I will submit it at SSS&S

2011-11-08T12:57:00.006+02:00

We are already in the middle of the second week of November, and the crop Saturday is over. I will not post any pictures of 30 scrapbookers working like crazies, but I want to tell you that it was fab!

Thanks Zeffy and Eirini for all the hard work you did before and during the crop- it showed! I hope that you will make it again soon!

Eirini's lesson was - what else? A layout page based on Nadia's sketch for the November challenge of OUAS. Although I am not good following sketches (I feel caged and the good ideas fly away from me), I will submit it. Girls, if you feel that the implementation of the sketch is far too stretched , it is OK. I will also submit to Stampman as they always have interesting challenges.

Here it is

I almost forgot to tell you that I made the black flower myself!!!!!, using a technique that Zeffi, showed us in her lesson.

The journaling says: " I started scrapbooking,
in order to remember you always as you were"

It is my first LO since I do not know when, but I could not resist using art journaling techniques even here.

2011-11-04T18:53:00.003+02:00

Hello bloggers.

A quick post to present my journey journal from my last trip to Mani. We stayed for 5 days in a "tower-house" (the unique houses of Mani).

We had a wonderful time and I wanted to record it somehow. For those who read my blog, is common knowledge that I never complete my vacation journals when I try to compile them when I get back. During summer vacations, I used an art journal, but I wanted something more descriptive of the actual trip. So, I made a "smash" style journal before I left and had it ready to fill it with details during the trip.

It worked fine, I "journalled" easily, with minimum stuff (only one bag to my hubby's relief), and I returned with a detailed journey book.

2011-10-24T12:29:00.006+03:00

Υπομονή γιατί ακολουθεί ανάρτηση -μαμούθ. Θα σας δείξω τη συνέχεια των καρτών που φτιάχνουμε με την κόρη μου αυτές τις μέρες. Φέτος θα είμαστε πανέτοιμες για τα Χριστούγεννα!

Αποφάσισα να τα βάλω όλα μαζί, γιατί θα παίξουμε στις προκλήσεις της Ειρήνης από το Get Creative και της Βούλας από το Heart 2 craft -Κοριτσάκια μόλις τις είδα-πάντα ενημερωμένη :)

Λοιπόν, η πρώτη κάρτα αριστερά είναι για την πρόκληση της Ελίνας που θέλει πολλά layers. Όταν είδα την πρόκληση είχα φτιάξει ήδη την δεξιά, αλλά είχε μόνο 3 layers, οπότε έφτιαξα και άλλη μια.

Συνεχίζοντας, η αριστερή ξεκίνησε από την πρόκληση της Ειρήνης (ίσως δεν φαίνεται αλλά η σφραγίδα με τα αστεράκια, έχει ακριβώς το σχήμα που ζητούσε η Ειρήνη). Στην πορεία, όμως, ταιριάζει και με την πρόκληση της Ελένης ( mists) και της Μελένιας (colour combo), της οποίας ο συνδυασμός μου άρεσε τρελά. Οπότε θα παίξω στη Μελένια και στη Βούλα αφού είναι γεμάτη glitter, sparkle embossing, glossy accents και τουλάχιστον 6 glimmer mists, φυλακισμένα μέσα στην UTEE που μου έστειλε.

Η δεξιά είναι για την πρόκληση της Αλεξάνδρας που ήθελε ένα layer. Δεν μου πολυαρέσει αλλά ο άντρας μου ξετρελάθηκε, οπότε αποφάσισα να την βάλω (Περί ορέξεως.......)

Από αυτές τις κάρτες η δεξιά είναι της Ήριννας και σας την παρουσιάζω με πολύ περηφάνια γιατί έχει κάνει το πιο τέλειο paper piercing που έχει καταφέρει ποτέ. Είναι φτιαγμένη με τα καινούρια της χαρτιά της eco park που πήρε από την Λένα στη Χειροτέχνικα. Θα παίξει λοιπόν στην πρόκληση της Ευδοκίας που ζητούσε 2 elelments( designer paper και χιονάνθρωπος)Επίσης είναι γεμάτο glitter γι αυτό θα παίξει και στην πρόκληση της Βούλας.

Αυτές οι δύο, είναι φτιαγμένες από το tutorial της Βίκυς στη Χειροτέχνικα που εντυπωσίασε πολύ την Ήριννα. Αριστερά είναι η δική μου και δεξιά η δική της (μήπως φαίνεται ότι είναι αριστερόχειρας!- η κάρτα είναι διπλωμένη προς τα αριστερά)

Και αυτή είναι η πιο αμφιλεγόμενη απ' όσες έφτιαξα.Είναι μια χριστουγεννιάτικη shaker card, αλλά μου φαίνεται πολύ σκληρός ο συνδυασμός στα χρώματα τελικά. Τες πα είναι για την πρόκληση της Channa.

Ελένη και Ειρήνη δεν έπαιξα στις προκλήσεις σας, αλλά όλες μου οι κάρτες έχουν mists (άλλες λιγότερο ,άλλες περισσότερο) και χρησιμοποίησα και το sketch σε μια. Άρα δεν σας άφησα παραπονεμένες - άσε που δεν τέλειωσε ο μήνας ακόμα!

Μπορείτε να ανασάνετε πάλι αφού η ανάρτηση τελείωσε! Σας ευχόμαστε καλημέρα και να είστε πάντα καλά.

Μυρτώ - Ήριννα

2011-10-20T12:20:00.004+03:00

And some cards for a change!

Two cards for two parties:

And some early Christmas inspiration. As December is always full of several Christmas projects, I decided to start early , in order to have a chance to send some cards this year!

I will play in Pollycraft Monday Challenge, Christmas Card Challenge, Christmas Inspirations, Stamptacular Sunday Challenge, Crazy 4 challenges, Squiggle Stamps

2011-10-09T22:51:00.006+03:00

Hello neighbours.

Just another book I made for a little boy that was baptized today. It was made as a gift, in order to document his first year ( photos, stories and comments, wishes and blessings etc)

The book is hard-covered. I used Winsor & Newton Smooth Cartridge paper (not so good for watercoloring of course but I like its feeling) and sprayed canvas, stitched together. The designer paper is from a candy I have won and the chipboard letters are from Sfragidomania .

The stamps are the new Bazoo and Woodland creatures and I used my Derwent Inktense pencils for the coloring - my favorite coloring medium ever.

Of course stickles and glossy accents are a must in these projects, so I used them liberally.

As a birthday gift my DH and DD bought from IKEA a set of shallow drawers perfect for a crafter with LOTS of stuff.

Yesterday I finished with one of them, and managed to have many different coloring mediums in a place where I can see them all! Amazing!

It is so convenient and easy-to-find, that I plan to use an other drawer for my sprays and one for my acrylics. I have already placed my wooden stamps in one and my punches in another - all of them were stored in boxes and I admit that there were times that I was bored to bring them out and I was forgetting about of them!

2011-10-03T19:15:00.006+03:00

Time for a winner!

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So the winner is Ελευθερία . Please send me your snail mail to get your gift.

Thank you all for your warm wishes.

Blog Candy

2011-09-27T02:21:00.003+03:00

Μόλις είδα την ανάρτηση της Έφης που είχε τη γιορτή της και σκέφτηκα πως περνάει ο καιρός και όλα όσα συμβαίνουν δεν μας αφήνουν να τον χαρούμε.

Λοιπόν γειτονάκια,έτσι για να αλλάξουμε διάθεση και μια και είχα τη γιορτή μου το προηγούμενο Σάββατο (24/9) και τα γενέθλιά μου την επόμενη Κυριακή (2/10) -όλα κοντά κοντά-, κερνάω δωράκι. Δεν ξέρω ακόμα τι, αλλά έχω πολλά scrapoκαλούδια υπόψιν.

Καλή τύχη και να έχετε καλή διάθεση!

Hello blog-friends. Since last Saturday(24/9) was my name-day and next Sunday (2/10) will be my birthday, I feel that it is time for a blog candy. I have no picture of the actual gift - it will be a surprise!

Good luck to all!

2011-09-25T19:24:00.003+03:00

This work is not a new one. It was made for a wedding and a baptism that happened together in Crete at the end of August.

I was a bit troubled, because the event was double (wedding and baptism) with more than 600 guests but the bride did not want double books. After some brainstorming with some scrap-friends, I decided to make a 30x30 book and decorate every other page for the wedding and the mid- pages for the baptism. The title gave me a headache too, as I wanted to have all the names in the cover (of the couple and their boy) somehow related, so I made a visual equation without the symbols (+,=) as my DH said it looked too mathematical.

The choice of colors was the bride's (it seems that every wedding this summer is based on light purple).

Needless to say that the baptism pages soon bacame my favorites, as I could play with funny stamps and my Inktense pencils!

And this is the small canvas that made for the presentation table:

That's all for now- as I am making a new baptism book and some other stuff - but all in due time.

2011-09-23T13:36:00.007+03:00

Sorry for the non craft- related post, but I am so angry with the Greek situation these days and with our "friends" the Germans, that after two military world wars, they have now undertook a financial war. These people have rules and rights - all the others have rules and obligations.
Please sign the petition that follows- it is about the German war reparations that our "friends" have never payed. And it is only money because noone can bring back the 13% of the Greek population that died from famine.
My country is not among the "strong" ones, we do not rule the world, but sometimes the rulers have to pay!

Read the justification here and sign the petiton here. Thank you.

2011-09-13T22:32:00.002+03:00

Καλή σχολική χρονιά σε όλους μας - γονείς και παιδιά!

Η πρώτη μας σχολική χειροτεχνία, το κουτί αποθήκευσης που μας ζήτησε η δασκάλα μας. Πήραμε ένα παλιό κουτί από παπούτσια, και για αρχή ενισχύσαμε τις γωνίες με ταινία PVC (γιατί το περσινό μας στο τέλος της χρονιάς είχε διαλυθεί). Μετά το ντύσαμε με ταινία craft για να δώσουμε την ψευδαίσθηση του ξύλου. Το περάσαμε ένα χέρι gesso και μετά το ψεκάσαμε με διάφορα mists μέχρι να ικανοποιηθεί η μικρή μου καλλιτέχνης. Η ετικέτα είναι die του Tim Holtz και μάλιστα distressed!!!! Τέλος κολλήσαμε αυτοκόλλητα και το πέρασα ένα fixative και έτοιμο. Η μικρή κατενθουσιασμένη και όλο καμάρι (τρελαίνεται να παίζει με τα mists) όλο έλεγε "Μαμά βάλτο στο internet" - οπότε σας το παρουσιάζω.

Σας εύχομαι καλή χρονιά, καλό κουράγιο και να περνάτε όσο πιο πολύ χρόνο μπορείτε μαζί με τα παιδιά σας. Αποδίδει!

2011-09-10T10:53:00.004+03:00

My old journal is almost full, so I had to make a new one. I used canvas for the binding which I painted with sprays, glams and stains, 7 gypsies fabric tape, and Tim Holtz's kraft resist paper (it is awesome with the distress stains!)

And a smaller one, from the remnants of an old leather skirt.

The edge distress has been made with distrez-it-all , but the page distress has been made with the following technique:

Plunge the paper in 1 litre of water in which you have added 2 tablespoons of esspresso color wash. Keep it well under the surface for 20 minutes. Remember to use a good quality watercolor paper to keep the paper intact. Then put the paper into your drier for 1/2 an hour. Alternatively if you live where you do not need driers (like me) use your oven (with baking surface) in 120 degrees in air function. Don't worry - it will not burst into flames or anything - it will just come out distressed like this:

Super easy, don't you think? I learned this technique from Marion, and really helps when distressing large volumes of paper.

Have fun!

2011-09-06T22:24:00.008+03:00

Hello blogers.

One of our best friends got married- at last- with all ceremony, so I had to make their wish book. The bride's choice was ivory and purple and I complemented it with green with this result:

It was the first time I used fabric for the cover, but it was rather easier than I expected. All the inside pages- odd and even- were decorated (after Katerina's advice), stamped and heat embossed.

The wedding took place in a cute little church and the feast after was superb! The decorations matched exactly with the color of the book, which was placed in a large table by the pool.

Thanks guys for the honor, and I wish you a long happy life.

2011-09-02T22:19:00.003+03:00

It is time to have a winner!

Drum roll!!

And with a little help from hubby the lucky winner is number 7.

So it is you Natasa Tsouf. Please send me your snail mail.

2011-08-29T00:35:00.002+03:00

The only piece of clothing my daughter cares for are shoes. She likes fancy, embellished shoes.

Last year she was in love with a pair of sandals that had sea shells attached. This year she decided to make her own sandals using her "scrapbooking supplies" (she is very fond of her supplies and when she is not crafting, she often rearranges her stash to accomodate her stuff in a "better" way)

So, we bought a plain leather pair of flip-flops during the summer holidays and using left-over beads and ribbon she transformed them, and wears them proudly all the time!

2011-08-28T13:45:00.006+03:00

This year my daughter asked to go to a children's camp. We had our reservations (see she is not only an only child, she is THE only child of our extended family!) Every grandparent, aunt or uncle was sure that she will come back home within a week.

But she is stronger than everybody thinks, so she stayed the full three weeks, had a fabulous time and has plans for the next year already.

The photos are from the first week's parent visit.

I have months to play in a challenge, so my layout is inspired from both Get Creative challenges (Elina's 8 embellishments & Chrysa's sketch) and Nadia's sketch ( My journaling is from the song "Καλοκαιρι" by D.Savopoulos).

I will also play at the crafty pad, creative inspirations, craft us crazy

2011-08-14T18:52:00.009+03:00

Each year I spend the month following my vacation or trip, trying to compile a "vacation album" (a photo book , a scrapbook or even a journal). But in between the process of finding the perfect photos, recollecting all the important memories etc, I loose my interest and leave the project unfinished. I have many pages from different vacations, but never a finished book!

So, this year, I changed my method. I bought a POGO printer and ordered a "smash" to take along and decided to keep a vacation journal on the spot. One that starts the first day of the vacation and ends the day before return. In this way I was hoping that I will record everything as they happened and spend some pleasant time as well.

The "smash" arrived but I was rather dissapointed (too romantic and flowery for me) so I sewed some watercolor papers and made my own vacation journal. Perhaps it is nor so perfect neither so bright as my last year's scrapbooking pages, but it is totally me, it is my story, it is finished and I love it.

PS As I am sure that I will never use the "smash" and as a bonus to my readers that read through the end, I will send the "smash" to a lucky follower that leaves a message under this post. The candy will be open until the 1st of September and all you have to do is spread the word(you may use the picture below with a link back here if you want ), be a follower and leave a message. I will post everywhere, so international followers are welcome to play. Good luck!

I would also like to mention that the image transfer of the European Leaders, is from a sketch by E. Ksenou from a Greek newspaper

2011-07-24T19:15:00.005+03:00

Hello everybody! It's been a long time since my last post but I am on vacation, far from the city and far from reliable internet connections!

I will share with you the view from my balcony, to see how lucky I am. This balcony is the perfect place. In the shadow of two big pine trees , surrounded by many flowers and vines, with only the whisper of the sea and the summer breeze to listen to. Magic.

In other words, it is the perfect place for art journaling!

As some of you already know, I had ordered the new "smash" notebook for the vacation scrapbooking. However, it was delayed by the post, and in my first week here, I decided to make a vacation journal with some spare paper I had with me. And of course it was watercolor paper. Combined with some canson it gave me the perfect vacation journal.

My Derwent pencils and some sprays are all I need this summer. Oh, and my POGO printer.

That's all for now - you won't believe the time I spent to upload these pictures. I hope that you are in an equally beautiful summer place.

Hugs,

Myrto.

2011-07-06T10:45:00.004+03:00

I am a student at Miss Art's and last month Heidi Kelley (my fav teacher) presented us with a layout that was very -very interesting. I scraplifted it and here is the result:

I love the empty space of the page, and all these details packed in a so small space. I love the idea of the torn paper. I sprayed and misted it, used my distress inks to it and of course shimmerz paints. The stamp is an old one from Hero Arts, the flowers from K company and my stash, the flourishes from Sfragidomania. All the rest from my stash sprayed in coordinate colors. (I have more than 40 mists and sometimes feel they are not enough!!!!)

I will play in SSS&S, Creative Craft Challenges, Oldie but a goodie, Shopping our stash, Creative belli, DIGI DOODLE , Just for fun, Delicious doodles, Prairie Fairy, Sentimental Sundays

2011-07-03T23:25:00.003+03:00

Eight years ago, my daughter was born premature (27 weeks only). Since then, she is treated by a team of doctors and therapists, in order to ensure that she develops all the skills and abilities of a normal child of her age.

It has been a long way for us and for her, but seems that everything turned out better than expected, and she is now a healthy and clever little girl like every other little girl of the same age!

We were lucky that we found an amazing physiotherapist that stands by her all these long 8 years. She has helped us all with her advice , concern and care and we are grateful that she happened to cross our road.

Although she is dedicated to children, she has not children of her own, but a little furball called Rouni. He is a caniche and he is very cute!

So, this is the mini paper bag album I made for him.

2011-06-21T15:14:00.005+03:00

Σας είχα υποσχεθεί να σας δείξω και το βιβλίο που ταίριαζε με τις πειρατικές προσκλήσεις.

Να το λοιπόν, το βιβλίο ευχών για τη βάπτιση του μικρού Νικόλα. Το άλμπουμ καράβι από τη Σφραγιδομανια, όπως και το όνομα και το κρεμαστό "κάνε μια ευχή". Έφτιαξα και τον πειρατή της πρόσκλησης κρεμαστό σε shrink plastic και έδειξε πολύ ωραία σαν σύνολο.

Το καράβι το έβαψα με την τεχνική faux wood (βλ. distress inks + glimmer mists) . Όλες οι σελίδες είναι διακοσμημένες με ανάλογες σφραγιδουλες, χρωματισμένες με distress inks και water pen. Επίσης τις ψέκασα με glimmer mists για λίγη γυαλάδα.

Για το τραπέζι έκοψα σημαιούλες πειρατικές και με ένα λευκό acrylic glaze ζωγράφισα το ίδιο γελαστό κρανίο που έχει και το εξώφυλλο του βιβλίου. Παρεμπιπτόντως, τρόμαξα να βρω πειρατικό κρανίο που να μην είναι τρομακτικό - αυτό τουλάχιστον γελάει και αντί για σταυρωτά κόκαλα έχει σπαθιά... Ελπίζω να μην το παρακάναμε με το πειρατικό θέμα!

Να σας ζήσει ο κούκλος!

2011-06-17T17:44:00.000+03:00

And a little of art journaling.....

Green Isles Crafts: Grid Prompt Page and Book Giveaway

2011-06-16T21:14:00.002+03:00

Green Isles Crafts: Grid Prompt Page and Book Giveaway

Check this out! She is a very talented lady and she posts an art journaling inspiration every day! Now she also has a blog candy A BOOK of art journaling techniques!

2011-06-12T21:15:00.001+03:00

One of the jobs that I consider tiresome is the construction of invitations. This happens because I can never keep it simple. And of course, using different tecniques is fun when you make the prototype but very boring when you have to repeat it x times. But it happens that sometimes the recipient is worth the effort.

The invitations I will show you were made for a baptism (christening), of a dear baby boy whose parents are close friends. I also made the wish book and the paper part of the decorations but these are an other post.

The theme was pirates, so I had to improvise into something that was of pirate origin but happy enough to fit a cute baby boy.

I used black and white canson paper to cut the invitation in two different sizes in my craft-robo.I distressed the white paper using distress inks and water and finally ironed it flat. I passed the invitation through my printer, stamped the little pirate and the compass , colored them with promarkers and added glitter and glossy accents for a shine. I added a brad to the compass and paper pierced the parrot and glued it with dimentional dots to give a 3D impression. I embossed with antique embossing powder the white poles and then put everything together using Mod Podge.

The "envellope" is made on a similar basis, except that I colored the ship with Derwent Inktense pencils, as the promarkers stain the back side of the paper as well.

2011-06-05T14:31:00.008+03:00

Hello everybody! It has been an art journaling week, although I have an other project running that I will show you in due time!

For the whole week I am playing with my paints and colors and I am very happy with the process.

My new journal seems to be exactly the right size for me and is getting fat very fast. Here are some of my pages.

And the following collage is made by my daughter, who sits along with me and learns the principles of art journaling!

2011-06-01T19:15:00.003+03:00

As most of my readers already know, my last passion are sprays and paints. I have two art journals and a technique book currently running , but as I have started to experiment with many layers, I needed a heavy journal.

As a faithful shopaholic, I tried to buy one at first. I made my research but came up with nothing. Unbelievable isn't it? Well, I found several, mostly in US, but they were similar to the ones I already own. The ones I really liked were expensive and their transport costs were a laugh( plus that I couldn't find anything else to intrigue me from these shops!!).

The night before the last,after watching some tutorials on You Tube, I decided to give it a try and make my own. I always keep a spare heavy paper pad (300gsm) at home, so I had my pages. For the cover, I recycled a used medical folder, reinforced it with chipboard and covered it with canvas.

And I used my new shimmerz to paint it - yes they arrived already! I am very happy with the result - I even managed a fair stitching! Unfortunately the shimmer does not show in the picture, but my new journal has vivid shiny colors!

And of course I had to make the first page immediately. I used my favorite stamp set from studio 2 mers, washi tape, punched clouds, coloringz and oil pastels. And believe it or not the technique that Kelley showed us (gesso only the middle of the page) is perfect with coloringz (while it does not work nor with color washes neither with glimmer mists).

2011-05-30T14:41:00.004+03:00

Last week my daughter had her annual ballet performance. The show was extravagant,a great success. The girls were very happy - they were shining-, the choreographies spirited and the music superb! All in all a very good show.

I HAD to make a layout of the performance, so here it is :

I was inspired by Nadia's sketch and I used the following:

- Glimmer mists and glimmer glam for the background

- Grunge letters painted with both glimmers and acrylic paint

- Prima flowers

- Hero Arts butterfly stamp painted with mists

- Paper from Creative Imaginations

2011-05-29T19:19:00.005+03:00

I absolutely LOVE diaper cakes!

They are cute, fun to make and a big surprise for the recipient. You see, I live in Greece, where diaper cakes are still considered an "artistic innovation".

This one is for twin girls - Να σας ζήσουν - so I had to multiply everything by two. As a consequence, I had limited space, so in order to recompensate its simplicity, I made the base a wall hanging for the babies' room. I had to keep the 3D elements at a minimal as the page should be flat to be a sturdy base.

As for blur on the tag, I used it to cover the name of the person that makes the gift.

2011-05-25T19:24:00.007+03:00

Hi bloggers! Today I want to share a mini I made the other day using some art journaling techniques. The tutorial was by Heidi Kelley, and found about it through Eleni Gratsia's blog.

I love paints and sprays and I never lose a chance to buy and of course use a new color. The tutorial was about shimmerz but I do not have any (still waiting....- yeah of course I bought some or more...). Instead I used color washes and some glimmer glam, acrylic paint and oil pastels. The cover is lacking its title as I cannot find any at the moment(if you have any ideas you are welcome) and I photographed my first page before I added the journaling as it is rather personnal.

2011-05-18T19:23:00.006+03:00

As everybody else, the last few days I had issues with blogger and could not post anything on my blog. Of course it is blogger's fault and not mine ( and has nothing to do with the fact that I was spending every single moment with my new mix media project!!!!) Ha, ha....

So, the mini book I will post today has been made a while ago. I mostly used the Once upon a Springtime paper pack that I bought from Lena, but also Fairyopolis cards, the new amazing art stamps from Studio 2 mers (I have almost all their papers and stamps- check them out they make art). What is not visible in the pictures is that most of the stamps are stamped in an intermediate acetat page and painted with a brush using Tim Holtz's alcohol inks. The result is really good!

That's all for now - off to work my art journal.

2011-05-03T19:15:00.005+03:00

As the mother's day is approaching, I want to show you the mini I made for my mum.

I wanted to give her a means to identify herself as an individual and not as a mum or wife etc. So, every page is an envellope and contains a tag that prompts her to write about herself.

The mini has a minimal decoration , as I wanted to leave space for her favorite pictures as well as for more journaling. Nevertheless, I have used tons of glimmer mists, spray paints and of course gesso everywhere, to achieve the shabby look . The papers are from Prima and all the rest from my stash.

Sorry for not showing the tags but they are rather personnal, and I forgot to get a picture before the journaling. You have to take my word that they are complementing the mini, as I used many hybrid scrapbooking techniques to create them!

I will play to the following challenges:

Craft your passion, Creative Stamp Friends, Pollycraft Monday Challenge, Creative inspiration,

2 Sisters, Stamp Scrap & Doodle, CropStop, Enjoy Scrapping

2011-04-18T23:40:00.004+03:00

Happy Easter everyone!

It is our custom in Greece to have a special white candle for the ressurection mass. The children get theirs by their godmother, along with a new pair of shoes, a special kind of Easter brioche and a chocolate.

Ιt is our family habbit the last years, to decorate the candles of our godchildren ourselves, but also make some candles for us, as we are too old to accept candles from our godmothers (My godmother almost agreed to the fact that I am too old for candles, but flatly refuses to stop bringing the chocolate and the brioche)

So here they are:

The next one, the best of all, is mine and is made by my daughter at school especially for her mom. See how lucky I am!

So, have a Happy Easter and do not eat too much!

Καλό Πάσχα!

2011-04-03T14:49:00.003+03:00

The original idea of the three painted tags came from dear Dina Wakley. The sketch is from the new challenge blog Once upon a sketch.

2011-03-22T19:59:00.006+02:00

On a whim I bought Donna's Salazar Distrezz-it-all tool. I saw a layout she had made with her corrugated paper and how easily she distressed it and I was speechless. So, without thinking twice I visited zutter.com and bought it.

As soon as I layed my hands on the tool, I tested it in common packaging carton and worked miracles.

So, here is the layout that came out.

Ingredients: - Stamps:Prima and Artemio, Paper:BG, Distressing: Claudine Helmuth's acrylics, glimmer mists, gesso and distress inks, Diecuts: Silhouette - the rest from stash.

PS. After I made it, I found out that she had made a similar one sometime ago. It seems that along with her tool she bestowed me with some of her talent and inspiration.

I will play at the following challenges: Get Creative, Scrapbooking in Greece, Let's Ink it up, SSS&S, Anything goes, Our creative corner, Gingerloft challenge, Basic Grey challenges, The secret Crafter, Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-03-20T19:44:00.003+02:00

This is a card for my godchild who had her birthday and is officially a teenager from now on.

It is based on a sketch found in the Passion For Promarkers blog, and the image is a free coloring page from the net. For the stripe I used a Martha Stewart border punch, my nestabilities, the embossing folder is the "tracks" from Craft concepts and the red flower is from my stash. The coloring is with Promarkers, but the paper is simple Canson and not so good for coloring. However, the markers are good and the result is acceptable.

By the way, the best paper to use with promarkers is the Copic paper. If anyone has an equal good european paper in mind, I would be more than happy to let me know, as I have to order the paper from the US.

2011-03-19T22:12:00.004+02:00

Usually there is no spare time between chores, to be able to just "play". My daughter (an only-child), keeps pestering us to play with her, but most of the times she is simply grounded.

However, in our recent vacation, she managed to persuade her father to let her draw with his bow, and was so happy that he consended, that she even managed to listen to the lesson before the actual game.

I have to admit that she is better than me with the bow, so I confined myself with my camera and let my two archers, play.

The layout is based on a sketch from Nichol Magouirk of Two Peas In a Bucket, which I liked. It is the first time that I follow a sketch of another as well as creating a layout so full. Mine are usually simpler but I found the experiment fascinating.

The papers are all scraps, the flower stamps are Hero Arts, the sentiment is from an unbranded set, while the hearts of the stamped strip and the girl are from Kars and of course I used Promarkers.

2011-03-09T18:51:00.006+02:00

Hello bloggers!

After a very relaxing 3-day trip at river Ladonas, I am back home, in a snow-white Athens! It's a miracle all by itself! Although, the snow honored only the Northern suburbs (as usual) , it is a celebration every time it happens!

The bad news are that both me and hubby catched a cold, so here I am with a sore throat and a terrible headache, to show you an older but still undecorated project.

This time I made a book the traditional way - by thread and needle. I think that the technique turned out OK but as I had not bookbinding thread I used common kitchen waxed thread and it is a bit thicker than necessary.

The tiles are craft foam (the one we use for children's crafts) heat stamped and sprayed. The technique is very cool and you can watch a tutorial here.

I used the Vintage Market and the Savannah collections by 7Gypsies, Glimmer Mists and Gaffer tape. Sorry I cannot remember the brand of the stamps - they were bought at a clearance!

So, here it is:

For the sheer joy of it I will play in : Cretalicious Challenges, The Secret Crafter, Anything Goes ans SSS

2011-03-05T08:45:00.003+02:00

The challenge was to use some ephemera. Τhe definition for my foreign friends is "A Class of collectible items not originally intended to last for more than a short time, such as tickets, posters, pamphlets, postcards, or labels". For us Greeks is an everyday word, so I can add that it is used for something that does not last. To explain further, it is the origin of the word εφημερίδα [ephemerida = "newspaper"]

So long with linguistics. To the point now. I used a Bingo card by Melissa Frances, which I gessoed and misted. The letters are plain chipboard painted with prismacolors, and then sprayed with glimmer mists as well. As for the ephemera -I don't know if it needs an -s in the end as in Greek this is plural- I used a map, some stamps, a newspaper piece and a piece of Pirate Ethics Code by Rusty Pickle. The metal ring is from my stash and the cutie is my daughter 3 years ago.

2011-03-02T12:32:00.004+02:00

A new member was added to our family- a little baby boy. "Ο καινούριος μου ξαδελφούλης" (my new cousin) as my daughter says.

And of course I seized the opportunity to make yet another diaper cake- who would believe that? LOL

This time I used scrapbook paper instead of ribbons, which I punched with the new Martha Stewart punches. I was worried that the paper seams would not hold (I cut stripes of 12x12 cardsrock) but Claudine Helmuth's mat medium did the trick as always. The animals on the tag are a freebie from Edward and it is coloured by distess inks and promarkers.

2011-02-19T18:02:00.004+02:00

I just love the vintage style!

Last night I was playing with a tag. I was in a dark mood as my uncle passed away, a fact that always makes people think about life, its purpose etc. I had already made my art journal entry, so I decided to play with distress reinkers and an #8 size manilla tag. I added some glimmer mists, mica pigments and clear crackle paint and the background was ready.

The embossed tree is from Craft Concepts, the lamppost is from Sfragidomania the letters are from grungeboard inked and then treated with UTEE. The birds are a Tim Holtz stamp on grungeboard pierced and embossed and the metal part from my stash.

So here it is, unfortunately in a rather dark picture, as the weather here is stormy and I did not have enough natural light. The real tag is even better, but as I wanted to submit it in Simon Says Stamp & Show, it will have to suffice.

2011-02-16T23:20:00.004+02:00

Just a short post to thank the Simon Says Stamp and Show team who chose my work to "join the elite club of vintage artists" as they say!

In short words, I made top 3! Thanks a lot girls, I will display the badge proudly.

2011-02-15T17:35:00.003+02:00

If you like this cute stamp, pop over Sylvia Zet's blog. She is starting a new venture of digi stamps . They are so cute - I think that you will like them!

2011-02-13T14:11:00.003+02:00

One of my favorite passtimes is to search e-bay and etsy for scrapbooking findings: metal charms, yarns, paraphernalia- different kind of embellishments. If you are patient you can find very nice items that stand out from the ones that large scrapbooking companies sell. The only problem is that shipping costs are high and that they are usually sold in large quantities.

As you have already understood , I am a hoarder, so I have gathered a lot of "little treasures" that not only need storage but will also have no chance to be used. So I decided to offer them to other scrapbookers at a low price, before I resell them at ebay or Etsy.

If you want any of the following sets, please email me with the set no and your prefered way of payment ( paypal, postal order or bank deposit)

Μια αγαπημένη ενασχόληση είναι οι βόλτες στο ebay και το etsy, για να ανακαλύψω διακοσμητικά για το scrapbooking: charms, νήματα, παλιά βιβλία ή παρτιτούρες κλπ. Με πολύ υπομονή βρίσκεις πολύ όμορφα πραγματάκια, τελείως διαφορετικά από τα τυποποιημένα των εταιριών scrapbooking. Το μόνο πρόβλημα είναι ότι έχουν ακριβά μεταφορικά και ότι πωλούνται σε μεγάλες ποσότητες.

Όπως θα έχετε καταλάβει, δεν μπορώ να συγκρατηθώ, οπότε έχω μαζέψει πολλά πραγματάκια, πού και πιάνουν χώρο αλλά και δεν θα προλάβω ποτέ να τα χρησιμοποιήσω όλα! Έτσι αποφάσισα να τα διαθέσω σε άλλες scrapbookers σε χαμηλή τιμή, πριν τα μεταπουλήσω στο ebay ή στο etsy.

Αν ενδιαφέρεστε για κάποιο σετ στείλτε μου email στο elfpan@yahoo.com, γράφοντας το αριθμό του σετ, την ποσότητα και τον τρόπο πληρωμής που σας βολεύει (paypal, αντικαταβολή ΕΛΤΑ ή κατάθεση σε τράπεζα)

2011-02-11T23:00:00.006+02:00

The project was to create a gift folder that would keep two family pictures. At first I planned to cut cardstock folders, layer them with patterned paper and put the photos inside. But (alas!) after choosing and cutting both cardstock and patterned paper, I changed my mind and decided to play with stamps and inks.

I believe that it was worth it, as the result is more gift-like. So, I made 3-pages booklets, with different page lenghts and decorated white cardstock to serve as photo background. I used transparent photo corners to hold the photos so that if someone wanted to remove the photo would be left with an artistic album.

Most of the stamps are from Tim Holtz, some are from Bo bunny and Crafty Individuals. The inks are of course distress inks and most of the pages are full of UTEE.

I believe that Simon Says Stamp Challenge and Simon Says Stamp and Show read my mind when they posted this week's challenge, so I will play along.

2011-01-29T20:58:00.009+02:00

I had bought a plain Artemio wooden tea box , a long time ago, because I wanted to try my luck with altered items. I had gessoed it and left it in the box of "unfinished projects".
Last night, right in the middle of another project, inspiration came in a flash and here is it, ready in my cupboard, full of different teas and herbs.

If you are curious why I decorated a tea box with coffee art, I want to declare here once and for all that I am a coffee lover and never ever drink teas and other herbs. They remind me of the times I was ill as a child and my granny was trying to make me sip some herb infusion. Bliah!

PS. Never spray paint inside the house. I did it last night and then spent some time at the balcony to get rid of the nausea!

Materials used:
- Gesso
- Spray paint, acrylics, paint dabbers, color wash, glimmer mists and distress inks.
- Tim Holtz's ephemera and tissue tape
- 7 Gypsies Vintage Market paper sheet

- Inkssential's memory glass and memory foil tape

I will play in :

- Allsorts Challenge

- SimonSays stamp & Show

2011-01-27T15:06:00.010+02:00

One of the most boring things in life is to wait for your child to finish an extracurricular activity, like gysmnastics, ballet or foreign languages. The time is too short to return home and very- very long for waiting in the car, especially when it is dark and you can't read!

So, twice a week when we have gymnastics, I tend to visit the near by supermarkets or general stores. Sometimes I find little treasures but most of the times I shop junk - unfortunately, I am not one of these guys that visit a shop just to "look around". I have to leave with a bag full of something -whatever!

Last week, while strolling around Max stores I discovered a little treasure: a small notebook with chipboard coverings and close to no decoration - perfect for altering! As I had promised my mum to "scrapbook" a gift for one of her friends, it looked that I had hit center.

The notebook is this:

Can you see its potential?

So, I scrapped it to this using a digi kit that I found here:

and also made a matching birthday card.

The sentiment stamp I used here is from the set I received from Elina, as part of my prize for the Scrapbooking in Greece challenge #12. Thanks, Elina.

I have to admit that next day I bought an other one and decorated it for myself, but this is another post......

2011-01-21T17:38:00.005+02:00

The inspiration came from Scrapbooking in Greece. The idea was to use acrylics in a layout.

I wanted to use a very dark blurred picture of my husky and could find no designer paper to intrigue me-my hubby says that I have so many that is practically impossible to search the whole stacks to find the right one (and the problem is that he is right). I decided to create a 30x30 backround with an anchor point to the left lower corner. But as I never clean my stencils, the mat medium which I used for the flourish, came out a bit greenish instead of pure white. So, I changed my plans midway and used a picture of my hubby I like a lot (Ha, ha got you!)

For the background I used Claudine Hellmuth's and Windsor acrylics, distress and chalk inks, glimmer mists and mica pigments for the shine (sorry you cannot see it in the picture but mica give a very lustrous shine). The stamps (handwriting and music) are both from Artemio.

The rest is made digitally from various elements that I always hunt around the net. Only the buttons are real staff.

For my second layout (which actually was the first I made), I was inspired by the vintage picture of a woman I found in a fashion magazine.

She is standing beside a lake, surrounded by very haunted trees and looks like she is leaving for a journey of no return.

As you can see, I overdid it with the gesso and I couldn't balance with the left part of the layout, so I covered all the embellies and journaling with tissue paper. I don't know about the result, but from a sad photo, it seems that came out a happy and optimistic layout, so as it is the first of the year - I am still finishing the holiday journal, but it counts in the last year's projects- I named it "hello 2011". By coincidence it is the topic that Irini has chosen for this month's challenge, so I will submit it in Crafty Croppers

I will also play to the following challenges:

- Sir Stampalot

- Die Cut dreams

- Simon Says Stamp - button, flower, glimmer

- The Stamp man

2011-01-09T16:48:00.008+02:00

HAPPY 2011 !

I start the new year with an old project. It is a birthday party for a little man that turns ONE year old!

His mother was kind enough to let me make the invitations to the party as well as the gifts for the children that attended.

I made named door signs and "Jaccob's ladders" for the gifts:

This guy is so young that does not have a name yet, so I made a big one that can accomodate his new name!

The ivitation cards :

I can't even remeber the products I used, but I want to mention sfragidomania for the chipboard names and Dustin Pike for the very cute dragon images (I think it is obvious that I am a great fan of the little dragon). The cards were inspired by this tutorial.

I enjoyed so much the procedure that I decided that I could do it for mothers and children that like the stuff that I make!

2010-12-26T11:39:00.007+02:00

Merry Christmas everyone!

It's been a crazy month- as December always is- so there was no time for blogging. My time was split between work and chores, holiday crafting and festive cooking, Shimelle's Christmas journal and my daughter and hubby, without forgetting my old dog that insists that we should not be more than 50cm away. I was so busy that although I managed to make some handcrafted presents, cards etc, I remembered to make a picture of them only after I presented them to the recipients!

The ornament I will show you today, was meant for an aunt, but I liked it a lot , so I kept it and made something more traditional for her (a gourmet chest with a matching card, which she liked a lot).

I used a screw carton found in a cheap IKEA table that I bought, which I gessoed, embossed with golden zing powder, embossed it a second time with UTEE and finally sprayed it with Glimmer Mists. The shine is lost in the picture, but believe me, it has a very nice texture and a very festive color!

For the inside, I used several Tim Holtz items, as well as pieces of different Christmas projects that I liked. For example the tree is cut from a huge piece of butcher paper that I painted, sprayed and collaged last month, in an Art Journal class. The rossette is the first one I made, as an experiment, as I do not have the corresponding die-cut. The lamp post is from sfragidomania and I embossed it with black sparkling hero arts powder, and the wooden bird and flower are from a Carrefour clearance

For the sake of the days, as I do not play cards at all, I will submit to the following challenges:

- Simon says challenge

- Simon says stamp and show

- Crafty Croppers

2010-11-28T12:04:00.000+02:00

Every Christmas I wanted to make an advent calendar, but it always felt so much work, that my daughter was getting one bought by the super market.

Last year I saw the one that Vicky Papaioannou made and I loved it so much, that I decided that next year I would have one of these for sure.

As always, I kept postponing it until I saw the Crafty Croppers challenge. I thought "it's now or never", so here I am with my new advent calendar, and a super cute story that the elves are filling every night the next day's box with something good or bad depending on my daughter's behavior.

Of course she is thrilled, so we put it over the fireplace waiting for the 1st of December when the elves will come.....

In the meawhile I will play at the following challenges:

- Crafty Croppers

- A spoon full of Sugar

- ABC Christamss challenge

- Die cut Christmas Dreams

- Winter Wonderland

2010-11-14T12:44:00.000+02:00

With Christmas just around the corner (Ho, ho, ho I wish...), and the Crafty Croppers challenge on hand, I tried the stage technique for a christmas card. Needless to say , I was dying to do it for a long time, but I always have something that I am dying to do more!!!!!

I used:

Bassil Cardstock, Martha Stewart and EK snowflake punches, Hero Arts and digi stamps, tons of Stickles, my Promarkers and Tim Holtz's embossing bricks and distress powders.

Since everybody is playing with Christmas, I will submit to the following pile of challenges:

- Crafty Croppers

- Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog

- Crazy 4 Challenges

- DCD Christmas Club

- The Secret Crafter

- One stop Craft Challenge

- The Stamp Man

- Crafty Ann's Challenge blog

- Cute Card Thursday

- The Pink Elephant

- Crafts and Me Challenges

- ABC Christmas Challenge

- The ABC Challenge

- Anything Goes

- A spoon Full of Sugar

- Wild Orchid Challenge

2010-11-07T12:06:00.000+02:00

It is 47 days to Christmas- it is the part of the year that we need to have a big supply of small gifts for all the loved ones.

Sometime ago, I made a post-it holder for my sister's desk and it went out really nice, so I decided to make a stock of them for small gifts to teachers etc.

2010-10-31T20:27:00.000+02:00

Art journaling is a topic I always wanted to explore but was intimidated. So my hubby enrolled me in an art journaling class - not exactly a beginner's one. The first lesson was about sprays but although I ordered mine last week, they have not arrived yet. Fortunatelly the next lesson was "Acrylics". As you can imagine, I have spent all weekend playing with acrylics!

2010-10-24T11:46:00.002+03:00

It was a commission on such a short notice. A wish book for a baby boy that is having his first birthday party. The idea behind it was to preserve his grandparents', godfather's and other family member sayings on their own handwriting. It is so moving!

When I talk to my daughter about my own beloved grandmother, I wish I had something like this. Something written from her own hand just for me. I only have a recipe! LOL!

I think that hubby would say that I am being overdramatic.... So, here is the mini:

I used Sliekje stamps, my promarkers and distress inks. Tons of glitter and glossy accents. And of course the binding is by Bind-it-all.

I will submit it to :

- Sweet Stamping
- The Secret crafter
- Teddy Stampers

2010-10-21T17:07:00.000+03:00

The idea came from Elina Koutsouradi. The challenge was to use only one paper, either plain or designer.

It is a real challenge, as we tend to rely heavily on the different products the scrapbooking companies offer in abundance.

So, I started with a plain white canson paper and used the baby-wipe technique with Tim Holtz's distress inks. I distressed the edges with Cat's eye chalk and used some copper embossing powder for the border. Finally I sprayed with glimmer mists.

Usually, I built a page around a photo. This time I did the opposite. This is a picture of sunset as seen by our balcony in Crete island.

I needed some summer embellishments, but I had nothing good enough. So I used a combo of free digis and I painted with Promarkers.

Behind the photo is a tag - sorry I forgot to take a picture- with my journaling.

2010-10-19T22:35:00.000+03:00

I just realised that I have post nothing, NOTHING since September.

I am not idle- far from that- but all my creations are gifts, that cannot be uploaded at the time I make them and I forget to upload them later!

So, checking my photo archives of October, here is a door sign I made for my daughter:

The other side of the star says "Enter" and is usually the case (thanks God she is still 7)!

This is a card was made for a classmate of my daughter's who is having a party. I used this super cute little dragon from Dustin Pike. He is one of my favorites!

I have many more to show you, but I am so tired from work, that I will postpone it for some other time!

2010-09-30T16:44:00.000+03:00

It is a card I made for my mother-in-law that had her birthday last week (and we forgot) and has her name day next week (fortunately we have google to remind us).

I did not want to make a typical birthday card, so I chose a seasonal theme. What better than autumn, that is unsure whether to arrive or not? Last week we had some rain showers but this week is so hot that feels like August.

I used an old Sarah Kay stamp, Autumn Bliss backing paper from Little Yellow Bicycle, my Promarkers, stickles and Glossy accent(I don't know how I lived without it), Cat's Eye chalk inks and Tim Holtz's distressing tool for the distressing. I colored the flowers with Glimmer Mists and the sentiment is an old stamp with unknown origins.

Although it is almost invisible in the photo, the window behind Sarah is the highlight of the card as it looks like a real window (with the help of Glossy accent).

I will play to the following challenges:

-Simon says challenge

- Simon says stamp and show

- Tuesday taggers

- Papertake weekly

- A spoon full of sugar

- Passion for Promarkers

- Praktical Scrappers

- Stamtacular Sunday challenge

- Sentimental Sundays

- Crazy 4 challenges

- Our creative corner

- All sorts of challenge

- Alphabet challenge blog

- Stamp something

2010-09-21T01:36:00.000+03:00

On Sunday we have to go to a christening ceremony. It is one of my hubby's colleage's little girl, so I tried to persuade my husband to give a diaper cake as a gift. it would be fun to make an other one. He flatly refused, saying that it was too bulky and that he prefered a little bag with a traditional present - clothes etc.

So I bought clothes- blah, blah- and I made a card -yiupi!

I used a Sugar Nellie stamp that I have bought last year but never used. The background stamp is Artemio's, the papers are all scraps. I used my promarkers for the coloring, distress inks and glimmer mists as well as Stickles for the details.

As it is late at night and I just found a super blog - Challengemania - that posts about many challenges every day, I will use it and play to the following challenges:

- Passion for promarkers

- Papertake weekly Challenge

- My time to craft

- ABC challenge

- Whimsie Doodles

- Fab n' funky Challenges

- The stamp man

- Alphabet challenge blog

- Friday sketchers bolgspot

- Cute card Thursday

- Sugar bowl

- Sweet Stamping challenge

- Crazy 4 Challenges

- Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

- Sketch Saturday

- Crafty Creations

2010-09-20T15:52:00.000+03:00

I am compiling a "year book". It contains 30x30 layouts that document our year all over. From day to day events, to concerts and theaters and family gatherings and celebrations. Everything that made the 2010 worth to remember.

One of these events - a sad one- was the day that the hill over my family house in Vouliagmeni was burning. My sister and my parents live there now as I have moved more than 15 years, but it is still my home and the place I grew up. I know every little rock and tree on that hill, I have played in every inch of it, I was there in the last fire 17 years ago, I have witnessed the slow growth of the pines as the place was left on its own to heal its scars.

This time our help was not needed as the fire brigades and the helicopters were more than adequate, but the hill over our house has been burnt one more time, the villas "eat" little by little the tree space and the vegetation cannot "steal" some time to rebirth from the ashes.

This is the lo I made - more pictures and text than embellishments, but as it is the one and only lo that has no pictures of persons, I decided to upload it.

I used a Halloween paper combined with a fire overlay that I printed in a transparency, and a black Core'dinations with some Anita's acrylic paint on it, Tim Holtz's tissue paper , chipboard letters from The Girl's Paperie, a stamp of Hero Arts for the distressing as well as Cat's eye charcoal chalk ink - and that's it. The rest is pictures and feelings...

2010-09-12T13:00:00.000+03:00

I know that is a little early for Christmas projects, but I was intrigued by the Simon Says Stamp Blog hop. The theme was "Holiday Fun". As in Greece we don't celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving, I decided to make something for Christmas.

I used a small canvas (7x8 cm) I had for ages, with Tim Holtz' s Santa stamp, some tissue stripe, my new Nellie Snellen punches, a Toga brad and my ever-present distress inks.

Here is the result, but I have to confess that I have never tried to stamp on canvas so I had some problems. At first I tried a Chalk ink as I wanted Santa to be somehow fade. The result was invisible, so I turned to StazOn. I know that the stamp is already distressed, but I was hoping to a more clear image! LOL...

I made a rather unfortunate attempt to add the pictures of my project in a Digi Christmass Layout. I just saw it and it seems that my entry is a layout and not a small canvas. So, I uploaded an extra photo to avoid misunderstandings, as I have already linked to the challenges the one with the background. And I will never ever again try to put a background in the photos of my projects.

I will submit the canvas and NOT the layout to the following challenges:

- ABC Christmass Challenge

- Charisma Cardz Challenge

- Fuzzy and Fancy Friday Challenge

- The Stamp Man

- Crazy 4 Challenges

Sorry about the confusion I created!

2010-09-11T09:45:00.000+03:00

Last week I received some new wooden stamps. Since my old box was full, I made a new one yesterday. I kept it simple, as I hate 3d embellishments and overhanging objects when I have to stack boxes in my library.

So, here it is:

I will enter it in the following challenge:

- The paper player

- Stamtacular Sunday Challenge

- Pile it on

- CES Challenge Blog

- Crazy 4 Challenges

- All sorts of challenge

- Our creative corner

And here is the lo I made for our family visit to Cretaquarium

Sorry about the pictures - I used my mobile as my camera is out of batteries.

2010-09-01T18:42:00.000+03:00

The most amazing candy- a thousand papers candy. It is unbelievable!

Although I never post entries about candies in my blog, this one worths it!

You have still time. Check http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com/2010/08/1000-sheets-for-thousand-sheets.html

2010-08-29T14:10:00.001+03:00

I have been far from idle this week.

I am thrilled to say that I received my first orders for a diaper cake. Believe it or not - and was hard for me to believe - I received two orders : one for a newborn and one for a christening.

Although I was very busy at work, I made both cakes ahead of time - it was really fun!

One for a boy and one for a girl. I believe that the boy's is rather simpler but girls are so much girly, pink and fluffy!

So here they are:

2010-08-23T22:17:00.000+03:00

I had to make a last minute gift to my cousin Mary, who visited yesterday for my daughter's birthday.

So I presented her with a basket of home-made products (forgot to shoot a photo of it) and a mini-album with some great recipes. It was a fun project and less time- consuming than the jarred tomatoes I was making simultaneously!

As my kitchen and my office are practically one room divided by a kitchen bench, I managed to combine cooking with scrapbooking successfully! Sometimes I am amazed of how we manage to steal some time to spend on a favorite activity even by combining two conflicting tasks!

Here is my mini-book cut by Sfragidomania . Τhe recipes are from Οι συνταγές της παρέας all tested and very yummi! The stamps and some of the papers are from Kars. The distressing and the flowers are made by distress inks by Tim Holtz and all the rest are from my stash.

2010-08-12T22:29:00.001+03:00

Second post for the day! Wow!

Yesterday my dear friend Dionysia, gave birth to her second son, after 9 very difficult months. Today the child is already out of the NICU! Congratulations guys! You fully deserve to be parents!!

It is time for me to upload the diaper cake I made for the baby.

As the baby was expected to arrive a bit prematurely, I had made the cake last week, but did not want to celebrate before the baby's birth.

The time has come

It is my first diaper cake, but I like the procedure, so I will make them more often! As soon as I find an other baby I mean! Ha, ha...

2010-08-12T22:08:00.000+03:00

I have not post any work for ages.

I just received the alphabet mask of Tim Holtz's and I was dying to use it, so I made an experiment and I rather liked the result. Instead of making little cards, I will attach the tags to the presents I will give on Sunday.

As I have not participated in any challenge lately, I will submit the left tag to Simon Says Challenge .

I used:

- Stamps: Ship by Artemio and Swirls by Tim Holtz

- Paints: Distress Inks, Glimmer Mists and Mica Pigments

- Mask: Alphabet by Tim Holtz

2010-08-01T12:25:00.000+03:00

Hi, it is my first day back in Athens, after 3 splendid weeks in Crete. It was so amazing that Athens looks worse than usual! Lol!

I missed you all, as well as my crafting tools.

It looks like I did nothing all this time, but in reality I made several layouts plus 2 minibooks - not really stuff for the Internet as they are full of pictures of my daughter and my niece.

It is a nice month for crafting as friends and relatives are on vacation, and my daughter will be away to her grandparents, so I will be just me and my hubby.

Unfortunatelly, we are both the only ones remaining at work during August, so the amount of work we will have, will be enormous!

I hope that we will survive.....

So everybody, make some diving for me too and see you at September!

2010-07-09T19:21:00.000+03:00

I don't know a single person that doesn't like gifts and surprises. But I, everytime I receive a gift, I feel like I am child again opening birthday presents.

This morning, I started my day at the post, getting Elina's blog present. I left the package (unopened) at the car, until I returned from work. So, with full ceremony and a day's anticipation I opened the box.

And here is the big surprise. There weren't only a bunch of fabulus papers and two bags of embellishments, but also the unexpected: a very sweet card with a touching message.

Thanks Elina!!!!

2010-06-25T19:12:00.001+03:00

Some time ago I won the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge with the step card I made for my sister's birthday.

The prize was stamps from Shirley's 2 Girls. It is a small stamp company that has fabulous stamps and sentiments. As they are going digital at the moment, they have all their acrylic stamps only 2$ each. And here is what they sent me:

They are all so cute! I can't wait to use them!

By the way I want to mention an other new small company. It is called sfragidomania which means "stamps' mania" in Greek. The owners are two very friendly girls, Efi and Katerina, that are dedicated scrapbookers themselves- so they know their staff.

They can make whatever you wish - I currently ordered a Greek alphabet, as everything I can lay my hands on, is in Latin. I also bought some mini- books and when I left I had my a bag full, as the girls gave me many presents as well. Thank you girls!

2010-06-22T21:11:00.000+03:00

I had the Africa napkins for a long time and was planning to put them in canvas for a corridor decoration. However, I decided to use them in an Ikea mirror. I want to make two of these, but I have not decided about the second one yet. Sorry for the glimpse of myself in the mirror, but I could not make a clear picture from an other angle.

I couldn't resist, so I submitted it in

Craftalicious Challenge

2010-06-13T09:38:00.000+03:00

Finally, we came to the end of the school year. My daughter is in first grade and is of mixed feelings: she would like to play all day but she doesn't want to lose her friends and her favorite teacher.

We were lucky this year to have a great teacher, so I had to make a thank you card for her. As we also have to go to a birth ceremony and a party, I spent my Saturday night making cards and I enjoyed it.

Unfortunatelly , in our busy lives there is rarely time to spend without disturbances: children, chores, telephones etc. Saturday night is the only night that I can stay up late, as I do not have to go to work next day, and is late enough for all the others to forget my existence and let me spend some time in peace.

So I made the card for our teacher using the fabulous papers that my scrap friend Melenia sent me.

Stamp: Stampendous the monkey and SeeD's the rose

Inks & markers: Tim Holtz's Distress and Promarkers

Papers: Core' dinations and Melenia's gift

I will enter to the following challenges:

- Pollycraft Monday Challenge

- A passion for promarkers

- A spoon full of Sugar

- Creative Card Crew

- Simon Says Challenge

- Cute Card Thursday

- Saturday Challenge

- Create4fun Challenge

- Crazy 4 Challenges

- All sorts of Challenge Blog

One of the procedures that get on my nerves is the measuring- cutting of small pieces. So I did it once for both cards.

I used:

- Papers: My mind's eye Bloom & Grow and Core'dinations

- Sarah Kay stamp and Papermania Fairy Prince

- Distress Inks & Promarkers

- Everybody Art Challenge

- The ABC Challenge

- Quixotic Challenges

- Creative Inspirations

- Crafty Creations Challenges

- Craftalicious Challenges

- Totally Gorjuss

- Anyone for Anya

And finally a quick card for a party for a boy:

I used:

- Plain Cardstock

- Digi stamp dragon and sentiment with Hero Arts

- Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations

- Stamp something

- Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge

The telephone daemon striked again! I have to leave straight away as they take my dad to the hospital. So goodbye for now!

2010-06-03T17:15:00.000+03:00

Yesterday, arrived my monthly packet of crafting goods.

I try to shop only once a month , with no success I should admit. Every time I shop, I promise myself that I will not buy anything else this month, but I always "need" something more.

l have seen this stamp a long time ago, but it seemed to slip away from me, in exchange of something more fancy or pressing etc.

Last week I bought it and I couldn't let it in the drawer even for a day.

I used:

- Clear Stamp & papers: Coolkids by Kars

- Cork pad and wooden star

- Tim Holtz's Distress inks and Promarkers

- Palm tree and castle are hand drawn

I will submit to the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant

Everybody Art Challenge

Cupcake Craft Challenges

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Stampavie and More

Polycraft Monday

Crafty Cardmakers

Stampacular Sunday Challenge

Passion for Promarkers

A Spoon full of Sugar

Little Red Wagon

Delightful Scetches

Creative Inspirations

Stampin' for the Weekend

2010-05-30T10:44:00.000+03:00

It all started with this picture:

It is a small cafe in Areopolis near Gythio. We were there, a week after Easter, for a two-days excursion. On the road to Diros caves, we stopped for a coffee.

Baked under the strong golden sun of Mani, the town was like a medieval dream! I made a lot of pictures but this one is a full recipe : new and old, golden and white, the dried summer plants with their still green edges... Magic!

As I could not capture the colors on paper, I printed the picture in both paper and acetat. I made several attempts - the plain acetat was almost the real image, but I left it for a week and it didn't dry. The inkjet printer acetat dried at once, but the colors lost their brilliance. I wish I had one of these professional printers, but, alas, I have a cheap HP (I don't compain-it does its job decently most of the time).

The result is the following:

I used:

- Stamp set: Tim Holtz "Travel"

- Papers: Core'dinations and I believe the patterned is Rouge de Garance Aile ou Fleurs #4

- Distress powder "Aged Mahogany"

- Sticker: Karen Foster "Adventure Awaits", letters from Upikit

- Tim Holtz's Distress inks

- Glitter Dusts

I will submit it to the following challenges:

Crafty angels

Crafts and Me

Simon says Challenge

Sweet Stamping Challenge blog

Quixotic Challenges

Practical scrappers

Delightful Sketces

2010-05-27T19:14:00.001+03:00

I had won the seagull stamp at an ebay auction last month, but as the stamp had not arrived, I thought that it was lost at the post. But yesterday, I received the parcel at last, so I had to use it asap.

I made a summer birthday card, as many of my beloved are summer-born and I am always in short supply!

I used:

- Inkadinkado Seagull Stamp, and sentiment

- Promarkers, Tim Holtz distress inks and distress embossing powders

- Marabu metallic liners and Cosmic Shimmer for the sparkling part

- The chipboards are from a summer packet - I don't remember what and when - that I have never used before, but is really nice.

I will submit it in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

SophistiCat Challenge Blog

2010-05-25T19:51:00.000+03:00

I am compiling a scrapbook album for all the special moments throughout the year. However, as we did almost nothing for the Easter celebration this year, I have left the the layout for "sometime later".

So, yesterday, I finally decided to deal with it. I thought to keep it simple - no designer papers, no new fancy stuff, just things from my stash and a breeze of fresh spring air for a day of cosy family relaxation. The important thing of the day, anyway, is the unique feeling you have when four generations of the family gather together to enjoy each other's company.

I used:

- Plain Cardstock

- Promarkers, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Marabu Liners

- Martha Stewart "Spring" punch

- Artemio background stamp, Sugar Loaf floral stamp

I will submit the layout to the following challenges :

Moving along with the times

Papertake Weekly

Passion for Promarkers

Crafty Ann's

Lexi's Creations

2010-05-12T15:29:00.000+03:00

It has been a busy week ...I was very pressed at work and so full of different obligations that every night I was totally exhausted. Yesterday, however, I made a card for the birthday party of one of my daughter's friends Lydia.

I used:

Papers: Core Color "Core'dinations", Basic Grey "Green at Heart"

Stamps: Suger Nellie "Daisy & Dolly", bird, butterfly, flowers and sentiment I think Inkadinkado

Inks, markers: Tim Holtz and Promarkers

Glitter: Stickles, Marabu and Hero arts sparkles

Charm: Shrink Plastic white

I think I mentioned everything. So I will participate to the following challenges:

http://craftyangelsonline.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-34-one-for-girls.html

http://www.theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/

http://craftyannschallengeblog.wordpress.com/

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/

Not bad for a beginner- what do you think? To tell you the truth, after I made the card, I just found a blogger that has participated in all the above challenges and many more with just one card. So I checked some of the challenges and participated in those, that my card fitted with!

2010-05-02T09:18:00.000+03:00

I am a constant follower of Vicky Papaioannou blog as I really like the stuff she creates. So, I got inspired by the picture of Santorini she posted- it could be any Greek Island but I like to dream of Santorini. Altough I have never participated in any challenge, in my first attempt I combined two challenges (Cropstop and Clips-n-Cuts) and here I am participating in both.

I used:

Papers: Core Colors Nostalgia, Basic Grey's "Green at heart"

Inks & markers: Tim Holtz Distress Inks Stormy sky, Tumbled Glass and Wild Honey and Promarkers.

Stamp: Artemio Voyage

Tag: My Minds eye "Breaking Free"

Chipboard flower: Giraffe

2010-04-29T20:33:00.000+03:00

Είναι μέρες τώρα, που κάτι θέλω να "δημιουργήσω"! 'Ομως, η γενικότερη κατήφεια που επικρατεί σε ότι έχει σχέση με την Ελληνική πραγματικότητα αυτές τις μέρες, με έχει αφήσει χωρίς έμπνευση.

Θα αναρτήσω, λοιπόν, μια κάρτα που έφτιαξα την προηγούμενη βδομάδα για την μανούλα μου, που έχει τρεις γιορτές μαζί και της αξίζουν όλες οι αγκαλιές του κόσμου και πολλά παραπάνω!

Μμμ... Μάλλον πρέπει να βγάζω τις φωτογραφίες με φυσικό φως και χωρίς φλας. Next time...

Τα μελάνια είναι Tim Holtz Distress, η σφραγίδα Sugar Nellie "Daisy & Dolly", και είναι χρωματισμένο με promarkers.

2010-04-23T21:03:00.000+03:00

Hello, out there!!