My Best Friend ~ and a surprise!!!

Καλημέρα και καλό μήνα! 

Η σημερινή σελίδα είναι βασισμένη στο πανέμορφο sketch του Once Upon A Sketch με θέμα την αγάπη... 

Hello friends! 

It is time for a new sketch challenge at Once Upon A Sketch. This month's theme is all about love... 

Theme : LOVE

Love takes on many forms..relationship love, parental love etc etc. So let's think about what the above quote can mean and how you can interpret it on a layout. You are free to scrap about any kind of love you wish however you like based on the following sketch. 

Ideas for journalling: love for your partner, family , parents ,siblings , children, work, students, craft, music, extra curricular activities. Whatever it is that you do with love !

Το σκίτσο της Νάντιας

Here is this month's sketch, created by Nadia Cannizzo:

και τα κοντινά...
and the closeups...

Δεν θα γράψω περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες για τη σύνθεση γιατί σας έχω ετοιμάσει μία έκπληξη: ένα βιντεάκι με όλη τη διαδικασία από την αρχή μέχρι το τέλος!

And now here comes the surprise: a You Tube video with all the progress from start to finish!

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*all chipboard pieces are from Imaginarium Designs

Thank you for visiting!

Once Upon A Sketch - Love for Cold...

Γεια σας! Με αυτή τη σύνθεση συμμετέχω για πρώτη φορά στην σχεδιαστική ομάδα του Once Upon A Sketch για την πρόκληση Δεκεμβρίου με θέμα τον 'Χειμώνα'...
Hello Everyone! This composition is my first entry as a design team member for Once Upon A Sketch December's challenge...

Theme:  It's December...

We would like you to create a layout and interpret the theme "'It's December.. " however you like based on the following sketch. You can journal as little or as much as you like, but your layout must incorporate this theme and the sketch below. Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . Hidden journalling is perfectly fine.

Με τόσο όμορφο Sketch δεν ήταν καθόλου δύσκολο να σκεφτώ τι θα βάλω πάνω στο χαρτί μου. Και λόγω του θέματος η φωτογραφία δεν θα μπορούσε να είναι άλλη από του άντρα μου, ο οποίος έχει ιδιαίτερη συμπάθεια για αυτήν την εποχή (σε αντίθεση με εμένα που λατρεύω το καλοκαίρι:). Προσπάθησα επίσης να συμπεριλάβω σε διάφορα σημεία γραπτό λόγο, journaling στη γλώσσα του scrapbooking, κυρίως εκεί που υποδεικνύει το sketch, αλλά και σε κρυμμένα μέρη όπως το εισητήριο και η ετικέτα αριστερά.

This beautiful sketch gave me plenty of inspiration to create this mixed media composition. Because of  the 'Winter' theme, I chose my hubby's photo who has a particular fondness for this season (unlike me- I love summer :). I also tried to include various points in journaling, especially where the sketch indicates, but also in hidden spots like the ticket and the tag at the left side of the composition.  

Once Upon A Sketch DT member!!!

Γεια σας! Έχω καταπληκτικά νέα να μοιραστώ: Από σήμερα ανοίκω πλέον και επίσημα στην σχεδιαστική ομάδα του Once Upon A Sketch !!! Είμαι τόσο χαρούμενη που ξεκινάω μια καταπληκτική συνεργασία με τόσο ταλαντούχα άτομα! Νάντια σ' ευχαριστώ για ακόμα μια φορά που με επέλεξες για αυτή τη θέση! 

Να και η αυθεντική ανάρτηση: 

Hello everyone! Big news: From today on, I am officially a member of the "Once Upon A Sketch" design team !! I am so happy for joining this group of such talented designers! Nadia, thank you once again for choosing me!

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Athanasia Papantoniou (Greece) 

Hi ! My name is Athanasia. I was born in Larisa, Greece and for the past few years I live in Chalkida with my husband and my precious 3 years old daughter. I am teaching music in elementary school and in my spare time, when I am not playing the piano, I love making handicrafts, felting, altering things and scrapbooking.

My love for Arts and my cultural worries pushes me constantly into researching and producing new ways of expression and creativeness. My first steps into scrapbooking began with some videos in Youtube. I can't remember exactly what I was looking for, but out of nowhere I run into a 'how-to' video for making a mini album. And that was it! I started searching for more related tutorials (I love watching and learning new techniques) and on the very next day I found myself surrounded by papers and scissors making my first mini album. For the last 6 months I regularly get involved with creating layouts and I think I have found the best way to express myself and exploit my spare time in the best way.

I love scrapbooking because it combines such a vast deposit of media types with memories of my life and my family. Inspiration always derives from the photograph I use and the open choice of combination of mixed media techniques. My favourite style is influenced by Finnabair - she's my muse. I love to use gesso, mists and stamps and I love tearing papers!

Nadia thank you so much for the honor of choosing me to be part of OUAS design team! I' m so happy to be here!!!

 You can find more information and close-ups in my blog Me and Myself 

Here are some examples of Athanasia's work..