Happy Days

Hello everyone!

This is my page for our challenge at Scrap Africa:

Create a project - layout, card or altered project that depicts what Christmas Time/December Holidays/Hannukah is like in your home, town or country...

Here are some details...

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With this page I'm entering to the following challenges:

ScrapMemory - Rustic Winter

As you can see my page is made in rustic style: I tried to avoid bright colors and contrasts and use only natural and muted colors (shades of wood).  So, I chose a beautiful paper with wood pattern, I painted the chipboard pieces with 'vintage photo' distress stain and used a beige shade acrylic paint, crackle paint and white gesso with some branches stamps to create the background. I also used lace, twine, my grandma's vintage buttons, some flowers, a page from an old book and a cinnamon stick which I decorated with two small bells and a tiny pine cone.

The title and the journaling I wrote is: "Happy Days: During Christmas period I really enjoy making small gifts for my family and friends. Baking cookies and pretzels is my favorite thing to do".

I used the sketch from ScrapKopilka...

That's all for today,
have a beautiful crafty week everybody!

reading an incredible story

Hello dear friends!

It is already 15 of September and we have a brand new challenge for you at Scrap Africa:

Vintage challenge

You can interpret the photo or the vintage theme in any way you like and as always you can create any sort of project you want! Here is my page:

It is about reading books, something I really love and enjoy doing since I was a little girl... every night in bed before I go to sleep, while relaxing at noon, on the beach in summertime...

In order to give a vintage look to my page, I used a yellowed page from an old book. I torn it into pieces which I placed under the photo. I also cut a few butterflies with a paper punch and glued them on the composition. Of course I did a lot of stamping and masking as always, you know me, and some doodling with my black pen. 

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For my layout I also used the inspiration photo by 13arts - I love this wreath with the butterflies! The challenge requires two different 13arts mediums, I used gesso and gel medium.  

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Well, that's all, I hope you have an awesome crafty day!

Don't forget to play with us at Scrap Africa!!!

text me

Hello hello!

New month, new challenges running from today!

This time I created a single page for my two design team spots, as I still using my scrappy bag for vacation (thank God there are a few more supplies left in there).  

So the challenges are awesome as always: 

For Scrap Africa's challenge, Denice created an amazingly beautiful sketch, a perfect base to work with whatever your style is! I just love it!

And Frosted Designs's challenge for the next two weeks is about Stamps!

Scrapmatts is offering up a prize pack of chipboard valued at over $30.00!!!

All supplies on my page are from the Frosted Designs store: the Studio Calico Printshop paper pad and Sundrifter Cardstock die-cuts, gelatos, mists and gesso. If you want a full supply list please visit this post at the FD and you will see it below my page.

So, what are you waiting for? 

The challenges are awesome and the prizes are great too!

Maybe you will combine our challenges like I did so and I hope to see your projects there :)

'summer fun' mini album

Hello everyone! 

Today I have for you a mini album with a little tutorial!

It is that time of the month, where we launch our new challenge at Scrap Africa, a super themed challenge for the next two weeks: 

Challenge: Tell us about your travel adventures...perhaps your favourite location, or the most memorable trip...anything related to travel. Please include journalling, even if hidden and tell us where it is.

Here are some quotes that you could possibly use as inspiration.

    

I decided to create a mini this time. I'm still on vacation and my scrappy bag has only a few supplies, so I had to deal only with those: Studio Calico PRINTSHOP paper pad, Studio Calico 'Sundrifter' die cuts, a pen, scissors and glue, a Maya Road paper clip and a couple of washi tapes. That's all! 

And now some instructions how to make this super easy mini, only with one paper sheet. I hope all these photos make sense and help you to create your own mini :)

First you have to cut your paper in half horizontally, then score it in thirds (I didn't have a score board, so I scored mine approximately, but if you have one it will be a piece of cake :)

This is how they should look folded...

Now you have to glue all the white sides together, only where indicated (NOT the upper edge, because we want to create a pocket). 

 After you glue all the white sides together you will have this result...

...and this is my cover before I make the decoration...

 ...and after the decoration...

I promise I'll show you the inside finished after it's done and I'll do that when I'll get back home from vacation :)

That's all for today, I hope you liked my little tutorial and make your own minis!

Don't forget to play with us at Scrap Africa!!!

typing "Hello"

Hello everyone!

Today is the 1st of August and we have a new challenge for you at Scrap Africa!

This is Marta's sketch... 

...very beautiful and fits in every style, don't you think?

For my page I used a lot of stamps (as always:) and a single mask with my gelatos to create a mixed media background. A couple of buttons, a paperclip, a decorative pin, a few black sequins and some stickers is everything else I put on my page. 

I hope you like it and play with us!

Have fun!

...but she had wings

Hello friends!

Today we have a super challenge starting at Scrap Africa with this beautiful mood board...

Isn't it gorgeous? All these flowers, the beautiful violin, the color combination, just amazing inspiration!

So, I desided to created a journal page this time and I think I manged to include and combine all the elements given by the mood board with mixed media techniques...

I also inspired by Prima's BAP sketch which is amazing too - I love Kasia's work!!!...

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So, I used for my page a paper from an old Prima collection"Tea-Thyme' and some more Prima products I had in my stash: masks, stamps, a typo bulb and some resin frames...

...and I wrote a quote on my page which I found on Pinterest - I really love these words...

When she transformed into a butterfly

the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty 

but of her weirdness.

They wanted her to change back

into what she always had been.

BUT SHE HAD WINGS

-Dean Jackson

That's all for today!

If you want more inspiration, click here to see what the rest of Scrap Africa's DT  created

and maybe you will play with us!  :)

cherries

Hello everyone and have a nice July!

I can't believe that the first month of the summer is already gone...

Anyway, this is my page for our sketch challenge at Scrap Africa: cherries!

This is the sketch Denice created and as you can see it requires two photos...

...but I decided to use a single photo and cut it in two pieces to create the two photos effect.

I don't know who is the manufacturer of the paper I used for my page, but I really like it because it fits perfectly with the retro feel I wanted to give. I incorporated it with some 7Dots Studio (Domestic Goddess collection) stickers, alphas and chipboard pieces and a piece of green paper (Basic Grey 'Origins'). Of  course I did a lot of stamping and masking and had a great time...:) 

I think now it is your turn to create something beautiful,

click here to go straight to the challenge!

love for vintage

Hello!

Today we have a super challenge up on Scrap Africa and I am sure you will love it: scrap your stash!

Erica had this great idea to scrap the stash older than about 3 years and products that are possibly not so "in" at the moment for e.g. rub-ons and eye-lets...

I used a single paper from an old collection I had and never used (Webster's Pages 'Everyday Poetry) and my gold embossing powder, witch I found at the bottom of my drawer, to make this accordion mini. I added only a few embellishments because I wanted to keep it simple, some stamps and photos I found on pinterest.

Well, the challenge is until 30 June - I hope to see your stash scraped!