Ethereal

Hello there!
Today I wanted to share some art-journalling with you.
The Craft Barn has a super Alpha-Dictionary challenge going on, where they give us a letter every two weeks, and you pick a word  and alter that page in the dictionary.

I didn't make the deadline for this week's challenge, but wanted to show you what I created anyway!
Lot's of inking, lot's of layers, and drawing!

Thank you for looking!

Roula’s Notes!

Hello friends!

Just a short post tonight… something I made about a month ago for a friend. I was on the roll with the bookbinding, so decided to make  a note book  for her, something she could use to jot down her ideas.

I covered it in pink paper… lots and lots of pink… nothing but pink… butterflies,  flowers and GLITTER!

thanx for stopping by!

LiveJournal Tags: bookbinding,digital designs,printables,handmade,craft,pazzles,scrapbooking,χειροποίητο

September Challenge over on Scrapgreece!

Υπό νέα διεύθυνση (μίας και η Ελίνα Κουτσουράδη, πέρασε τη σκυτάλη στην Κατερίνα Λαιοπούλου), ο scrapbook-κόσμος των ελλήνων scrapbookers, scrapgreece.ning.com, σας παρουσιάζει προκλήσεις υπό νέα μορφή…. και με σχεδιαστική ομάδα!

… και ΝΑΙ!! είμαι και 'γω μέλος αυτού του υπέροχου και δημιουργικού Design Team!

Για τον μήνα του Σεπτέμβρη, η Κατερίνα δημιούργησε ένα υπέροχο sketch για να μας εμπνεύσει, και πολύ σωστά το έθεσε πως… το καλοκαίρι, είναι ακόμα εδώ!!

Εγώ επέλεξα  να κάνω art journalling για αυτό το challenge, μιας και ήμουν διακοπές, με λιγοστά υλικά, όπως θα δείτε στις φωτογραφίες παραπάνω. Οι αγαπημένες μου υδατοδυάλητες ξυλομπογιές, έπαιξαν κυρίαρχο ρόλο, όπως και ένα κομμάτι καμβά, που έβαλα στο κουτί μου τελευταία στιγμή και χρησιμοποίησα για να φτιάξω τα διακοσμητικά που μου έλλειπαν.

Τα challenges είναι ανοιχτά για ΟΛΛΕΣ της Ελληνίδες, οπουδήποτε στον κόσμο!!!

Ελάτε να παίξουμε μαζί!!

Ελάτε στο blog των Ελλήνων scrapbookers, για περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες!

The September challenge for the Greek Scrapbookers, is up!
It is open for ALL Greeks, where ever you might be in the world!
Come on over to our blog, get inspired by the rest of the Design Team work, create a LO, card, art journal page, or canvas, and come join in the fun. Katerina has provided us with a sketch that she would like you to follow!!!

Let the fun begin!!
Thanx for popping by!

Βιβλίο Ευχών σε παστέλ αποχρώσεις!

Καλησπέρα σας!!!

Αυτές τις μέρες είχα κάτι πολύ όμορφο  με το οποίο να ασχοληθώ!!

Την Παρασκευή παντρεύεται ο Μ., την εκλεκτή της καρδιάς του, Γ., και ένας πολύ καλός τους φίλος, μου εμπιστεύτηκε την δημιουργία του βιβλίου ευχών, το οποίο και θα τους το κάνει δώρο!

Η νύφη επέλεξε τις παστέλ αποχρώσεις του ροζ, κίτρινου, λιλά και τουρκουάζ, για την διακόσμηση του γάμου, και πολύ χάρηκα που είχα να δουλέψω με αυτόν το ξεχωριστό συνδυασμό!

Όλες οι  εσωτερικές σελίδες, είναι διακοσμημένες με τις παλ αποχρώσεις και τρισδιάστατα στοιχεία στα ίδια χρώματα. Καρδούλες, πεταλούδες, πέρλες και κορδέλες!

Στο εξώφυλλο, επέλεξα να βάλω τα μονογράμματα του ζευγαριού, και λουλούδια φτιαγμένα από οργάνζα στις ίδιες αποχρώσεις όπως το εσωτερικό!

Εύχομαι στο ζευγάρι, η ώρα η καλή!! Να ζήσουν αγαπημένοι, ευτυχισμένοι και πάντα ερωτευμένοι!

Σας ευχαριστώ που με επισκεφτήκατε!

Birthday card & Get Creative Challenge

After  a very very very long time….. in other words, never….   I decided to make a card for a challenge! This is the first time I am entering a card challenge, and I decided to make my life even more difficult, by designing a birthday card for a man!!! Well, I wanted to make the card for someone special, and thought I would combine it with the fantastic sketch that Irini Liolia designed over on the Get Creative Blog…

this is my take….

on Irini’s sketch!

Happy birthday T!!!

I hope you like your card… I know you prefer a more graphic and not so shabby card…

but I couldn’t help myself, I couldn’t not reach for my inks!!!

(The papers I used are from the 7 gypsies  collection “Lille”.  The base of the card was cut using the Pazzles, as was the bookplate with the “39” that I designed. The inside of the card is adorned with a paper from the same line, and I used a barcode font called “IDAutomationHC39M” to print “Happy Birthday”. And then ofcourse… I inked the edges to give the card a “finished” look )

Thanx for stopping by!

Bookbinding!!!

Hi there!
It is SCORCHING hot here in Athens… and the only way to survive is with the aircon on!
Saturday was spent with friends, and the result was this beautiful book!

LiveJournal Tags: handmade,hybrid,printables,scrapbook,vintage,bookbinding

Yes, I made it! wow!! It is my first attempt at bookbinding, but totally satisfying when a pile of papers take shape into a book that can be used for art journalling, doodling and whatever else the moment calls for.

I bound the book using 190gms bristol paper, which might be too thin for serious art journalling, I am thinking I might have to use the pages two at a time  (this is all I had on hand, so went ahead and used it). I also had some heavier textured stock on hand, in a cream but that was a little smaller than the 25X17.5cm format of my other pages. These pages, I bound in the centre of each signature, and thought this would add a little interest to the journalling later on. I used my papers for the covers, and am very very pleased with the result! This is definitely a project I will be repeating!
Let me know what you think!
Thanx for stopping by!

Sneak Peek update!

Hi there! If you would like to see the whole Layout from the previous mamma-razzi "Sneak Peek" post, head on over to scrapbooking.gr.
You can see it here.

Thanx for looking!

Quickie!

A quick card share!!

This was a simple yet elegant card I made for a wedding. A dear friend invited me to her daughter's wedding. As usual, I had forgotten to take a pic of the card (or rather, didn't have the time before the wedding), and so a friend took this shot, while we were waiting in line to greet the newly married couple! (better late than never!)

The pieces of cardstock are part of an older basic grey card kit. I didn't think that the embellishments in the kit matched however, so I made my own cardstock rose (the same roses were used on the cover of the guest book that my dear friend Z made for her daughter, you can see her beautiful handiwork here).

We had a fabulous time at the wedding, and I'm hoping that the happy coulple spends the next 100 years as blissfully happy as they were on their wedding day!!

Thanx for looking!

Sneak peek!

Bo Bunny have outdone themselves once again!

Mama – razzi… ROCKS, it’s vintage, distressed with old world goodness and is guaranteed to get your fingers itching to scrap those old photos! (… and new ones too!)

Here are a few sneak peeks from my design team LO using some of the double-sided cardstock quality papers from this new line.

You can head on over to scrapbooking.gr to see the full LO in a few days!!

Thanx for looking!

Hello... Kitty!

Posts to this blog, are sparse and few between ... my excuses are the usual, so I won't bore you with the details.

I wanted to share one of the shadow frames I made in November. It was commissioned by a friend who wanted it for a gift for gorgeous ''E's" 3rd birthday. I was told little ''E'' was MADLY in-love with anything 'hello kitty'' so I used that as inspiration for this totally pink, glittery and extremely girly frame, that she can hang in her room!

The papers I used are Crate Paper, Katlin collection
Die-cut butterflies (sizzix), talk bubble (misc), ghost butterfly & flower (heidi swapp), wooden flower (jumbo), buttons & ribbons, and most other embellishments are hand-made.
The shadow frame is IKEA.

As usual, I finished the project with only moments too spare (have I mentioned I seem to only work under pressure?) so the photos are very poor and I didn't manage to capture the 3D of the elements, but you get the picture!

Thanx for looking!

Make n Take (part 2)

Γεια σας!

Είπα να σας δείξω την μία καρτούλα που έφτιαξα για τον ανηψιό / βαπτιστήρι μου!
Έχω κολλήσει και έναν μαγνήτη ενδιάμεσα από τα δύο χαρτιά (το mount και την εικόνα) για να μπορεί η αδελφή μου, να το βάλει πάνω στο ψυγείο!

(sorry για τα χάλια χρώματα... το φωτογράφισα νύχτα!)

Quick share..

Hi there!

Hope you are all well.

Thought I'd pop in and share one of the first cards I ever made. Found the photos on my camera. I really have to discipline myself and get into the habit of downloading photos more often. It was for my cousin D. on her wedding day to G. .... October of 2008 LOL!

I Played around with a bit of embossing and a little inking, and I remember that I had alot of fun making the cute little envelope inside.

World's worst blogger!

Could I possibly be a worse blogger? I had high expectations from myself while I was away in Australia, but alas... I didn't live up to them.

This is VERY embarrassing: I was given a blog award (Sunshine Award) by my friend Eleftheria... with the hope that, and I quote:

10. Στην Νεκταρία και στο blog της Creative Garden, μήπως και αποφασίσει και μας ανεβάσει κάτι καινούριο!!!

she decides to post something new! LOL!

So, here goes!
Θέλω παραμύθι (I want a story)
This is a 3D shadow frame that I made as a present for my friend V. of her gorgeous nephew G. Unfortunately the photos are bad as I took them indoors at night with a flash, but you get the idea!

Κορνίζα τρεισδιάστατη, δώρο για την φίλη μου Β. με φωτογραφία του γλυκίτατου ανυψιού της Γ.