"All grown up" - Green Tara & Studio75 papers!!

"All Grown Up"

*Sketch by Nadia Cannizzo for OUAS!!

Hello my friends!

This layout is all about the friendship between my little girls and my
Godchild Andriana! They've known each other since they were
 born and they feel like sisters!

All papers used for this layout are Studio75 from Poland!!!
I love their designs and the quality of the paper! So heavy and strong!!!
Perfect for mixed media!!!

To create the background, I have used two stencils and texture paste.
 I then used orange and light blue chalk inks as well as some
glimmer mists to give colour! I have also stamped randomly around
 the page with background stamps.

My cluster is full of Green Tara goodies with the Wild rose flowers
 being the stars! I have also used a white pincushion flower,
a rose, a few lace flowers and four gorgeous orange skeleton leaves!!!

I have also used a cute little flair button with tiny hearts from Purple Pumpkin!

The light blue doily and the orange resin are from Purple Pumpkin!

Materials used:

Papers & chipboard house: Studio 75

Title: Imaginarium designs

Flowers & leaves: Green Tara

Flair button, doily, resin, washi tape: Purple Pumpkin

Stensils: Prima

Texture paste: Deco Art

Mists: Dylusions & Tattered Angels

Stamps: Glitz

inks: Ranger distress inks

Sketch & theme from OUAS/Berry71bleu and colors from TCR #150:

Thanks for visiting!!

Have a nice day!!

"Lifetime of memories" - Imaginarium Designs GDT

Hello my friends!

This is the last page I made as guest designer for Imaginarium Designs chipboard!

I really enjoyed playing with various mediums to cover them up! It is so creative and fun!!!

Their shapes, flourishes and phrases are amazing!!!!

I feel so lucky and honored to be given this opportunity!!!

Here is my layout based on "Once Upon A Sketch" challenge! My two little DDs at Marina Flisvou. It's a beautiful place to visit for those living in Athens! We had a GREAT day and really enjoyed it! I ALWAYS have my photo camera wherever we go, to capture the moments and keep the memories alive!!!
Please take the time to check this article:
http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/organising/storing-and-organising-your-digital-photos/

Here is a quote in the New York times, “Making lots of backups is good advice, and on different formats, different places; consider paper as an archival medium. Some paper we have has lasted thousands of years. If Moses had gotten the Ten Commandments on a floppy disk, it would never have made it to today.”

"Lifetime of memories"

Here is a close up of the fantastic Heirloom 6.5cm Silk and Organza Flower , Rain Forest Velvet and Organza Butterfly, White Gardenia and my favorite Flower lace by Green Tara!!!

Title & Ornament: I heat embossed them with white embossing powder, I distressed the edges with a blue dabber and went over it with some stickles.

Flourish 1: I heat embossed it with green embossing powder

Big Clock face: I heat embossed it with 2 different colors (White & green) and distressed the edges with a blue dabber.

Corner, small clock face and it's base are left raw to match the colors of the layout.

Imaginarium Designs used:

-Lifetime of Memories 

- Flourish 1

  - Small clock Faces

-Edward Relief Ornament Large (2 per board)

-Clock without face

- Swirl Corners

Green Tara used:

 Heirloom 6.5cm Silk and Organza Flower 

 Rain Forest Velvet and Organza Butterfly

 White Gardenia

 Flower lace

 Cherry Blossoms White

Materials used:
Papers, flowers, die cuts, rose ribbon: Webster's pages
Flowers, butterfly, flower lace: Green Tara
Buttons, cameo, doily, vinyl cog & tag: Purple Pumpkin
Chipboard: Imaginarium Designs
Acrylic paint, embossing powder, stickles, film strip: Ranger
Mist: Tattered Angels & Studio Calico

OUAS sketch:

I hope you found my post useful and inspiring!

Thank you for visiting!!!

Have a nice day!!!

xxxx

"Together" & a tag for GDT Imaginarium Designs!!!

Hello my friends!

Today I am sharing two more projects I made as a guest for Imaginarium Designs!LOVE, LOVE, LOVE their designs!!!!

I went mixed media crazy and I really enjoyed it!!!

This photo was taken at the birthday party of Nefeli's best friend!

Vinyl hearts, fabric buttons, denim flower, washi tape : Purple Pumpkin!!!!! (In LOVE)

Materials used for "together":

Papers: Crate, SEI, Hambly Studios.

Chipboard: Imaginarium Designs

Buttons, flower, vinyl heart, washi tape: Purple Pumpkin

Stamps: Glitz

Mist: Tattered Angels

Pearls: Prima

Masks: The Crafter's Workshop

UTEE: Ranger

Embossing folder: Provocraft

I used the sketch from Scrap friends!

For the layout I have used these Imaginarium Designs pieces:

http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/brands?brand=1020&range=1314&product=2420 (for the title)

http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/brands?brand=1020&range=22659&product=22700

http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/brands?brand=1020&range=5935&product=5997

Girl Silhouette (as a mask)

12 Buttons on Board (I used 3 buttons and the base piece for layering)

Techniques:

Title & feather: I painted them black with acrylic paint, I randomly applied some turquoise with a brush and finally heat embossed them with clear UTEE.

Buttons: Two of them were randomly painted with acrylic paints (yellow, turquoise) and I painted the edges black to give them definition. The button in the cluster, I "dressed" it with patterned paper!

Small frame: I painted it orange and rubbed some white with my finger. Then I painted the edges black to give it definition.

Girl silhouette: I used the base as a mask, I draw the outline and then I dabbed some distress ink (broken China) with the applicator.

Button base: I painted it black, I embossed it using a cuttlebug folder and then I heat embossed it with clear UTEE.

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I have also made a tag! For the background I just applied randomly acrylic paints and Tattered Angels stamps!!!

                                                                                   

Materials used:

Chipboard: Imaginarium Designs

Stamps: Tattered Angels

Acrylic paints: Unknown

For the tag I have used:

http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/brands?brand=1020&range=5935&product=5985

Small clock face

and phrase "Everyday goddess"

Techniques:

Clock & cogs: I applied distress inks randomly (Walnut stain, fired brick) and then I heat embossed it with clearUTEE.

Everyday goddess: I painted it yellow and then splashed some red acrylic paint using my brush.

And yes...you made it to the end of that post! Congratulations! Hehe...

I hope you enjoyed it and found it helpful!!!

xxx

Princess - Imaginarium Designs GDT for October!!!

I am blogging like crazy these days but there are so much going on!!!

I am really honored and thrilled to be the Guest designer of  Imaginarium Designs chipboard company for October! Their designs are so beautiful and believe me, they are REALLY generous!!! They sponsor the whole Once Upon A Sketch team (which is big!!) and every time I got an envelope was packed full of gorgeous pieces!!! The same happened for my GDT spot! THANK you so much ID team!!! I really appreciate it!!! You guys ROCK!!!

Here is what I made for my sweet princess Nefeli using the palette #130 from TCR & challenge me happy!

 All chipboard pieces were covered with gesso, then sprayed with some pink glimmer mist, glimmer glaze randomly and finally covered with stickles!

The ID frame is the perfect size for the cute Purple Pumpkin heart Buttons!!!

Imaginarium Designs products used:

Materials used:
Cardstock: American Crafts
Paper: Scenic Route
Die cut: Pink Paislee
Flowers, pearls, gems: Prima
Chipboard: Imaginarium Designs
Buttons, Doily, tickets: Purple Pumpkin
Stencil: The Crafter's Workshop
Mist, glimmer glaze: Tattered Angels
Texture Paste: Martha Stewart
Stickles: Ranger

Thank you everyone for your kind words and support!!!

I appreciate it more than you know!

A big hug from me!!!

xxx

Enjoy the ride!

Hello my friends!

I loved the color combination over at the color room and I decided to give it a go!

Orange is one of my favorite colors and also perfect for my wedding photos as my bouquet had orange roses!!! Here is the palette:

And I used the sketch from Kaisercraft blog:

And my take on it: 

This is a lovely ID frame that can be used anywhere and the gorgeous vinyl & wooden hearts from Purple Pumpkin!!

Here is another vinyl heart and a beautiful grey/brown fabric button by PP.

These wooden PP buttons are fantastic!!!

Materials used for "Enjoy the ride"
Papers, border stickers, wooden butterfly: Kaisercraft
Flowers: Prima
Chipboard: Imaginarium Designs
Fabric & wooden buttons,doily, vinyl hearts: Purple Pumpkin
Mask: The Crafter's Workshop
Mist: Studio Calico

I hope you enjoyed my post!

Have a nice day!!!

xoxo

"Checklist" - OUAS & CSI challenges

Hello again!

I decided to combine two GREAT challenges  which happen to work really good together at the moment!

I love these two challenge blogs because they urge you to do some journaling on your pages which I think is very important to scrapbooking! It is all about preserving our memories and the story behind the photos right???

So I am using sweet Nadia's sketch from "Once Upon A Sketch" and the theme "Summer".

And I am using the colors from "CSI" 

CSI

Color: I have used all of the colors plus a little orange which does not cover more than 10% of my layout.

Evidence: 

• wood/woodgrain (wooden ice cream & heart)
• liquid medium (paint, mist, etc.)
• distressing
• Use repetition of an element.(circles,flowers, pom-pom,stamps)
• circles 
• Use a solid background 
• Include parallel lines (The pom-pom trims).

Testimony: 

• Document a vacation.
• Inspiration Words: vacation -- use these as inspiration for your journaling

And this is my take! 

It is my DD Nefeli and Lena's (my friend) DS Nicolas in Samos last year!

This Purple Pumpkin button was a perfect match for this layout!

The cutest little Purple Pumpkin pirate!!!

Here you can see a few PP tickets!

I have used the "summer papers" kit from Enjoy Scrapping!

Materials used:
Papers: Echo Park (Summer papers by Enjoy Scrapping)
Flowers, pom-pom trim, bling: Prima
Buttons, tickets: Purple Pumpkin
Stamps: Glitz & (I will edit later..sorry)
Chipboard: Imaginarium Designs
Mist: Tattered Angels
Gesso, acrylic paint: Ranger

Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

See you soon!!

xxx