Without you I'm nothing!

Κοριτσάκια η καινούργια πρόκληση στο Scraps N Pieces Challenge Blog ετοιμάστηκε, φόρεσε τα καλά της και έκανε την εμφάνισή της! Σας περιμένουμε όλες να παίξουμε! ΟΛΕΣ, με κοιτάτε καλά καλά κι εσείς οι πίσω που σκύβετε;;; ναι, ναι κι εσάς ;) 

Το θέμα μας αυτό το μήνα είναι 

Δημιουργήστε λοιπόν για κάτι που χωρίς αυτό δεν μπορείτε να ζήσετε ;) Ο τίτλος είναι προαιρετικός. 

Γι αυτή την πρόκληση λοιπόν, έφτιαξα μία art journal σελίδα για κάτι που όντως δεν μπορώ να ζήσω χωρίς αυτό. Χρώμα! 

Το background έχει γίνει με τα καινούργια Distress Stain Sprays 

του αγαπημένου μου Tim Holtz <3 

Κάθε φσσσστ και χαμόγελο στη μούρη μου παιδιά, μ' αρέσουν πάρα πολύ! Modelling paste με το καινούργιο μου στένσιλ της 7dots που πολύ μ' αρέσει και δεν είχα τέτοιο (ακριβώς ίδιο... καταλαβαίνετε, είχα ένα ψιλοπαρόμοιο αλλά ακριβώς ίδιο δεν είχα, οπότε δεν ΕΠΡΕΠΕ να πάρω;;;;) 

Οι κοπελιές είναι με στένσιλ του Andy Skinner (τα οποία είναι τα καλύτερα στένσιλ που έχω ποιοτικά, μακράάάν από όλα τα άλλα και έχουν και τη μάσκα μέσα! αμέ! δεν το πετάξαν το μέσα ή να το πουλήσουν ξεχωριστά! όόόχιιιι το βάλαν μαζί γιατί ξέρουν ότι υπάρχουν και φτωχές ψυχές) και βαμμένα με μαύρο γκέσο. Φυσικά δεν λείπει και το λευκό Uniball. 

Ελάτε να δείτε τι έφτιαξαν τα ταλαντούχα κορίτσια του DT αυτό το μήνα και ελπίζουμε να σας εμπνεύσουμε να παίξετε μαζί μας! 

Φιλάκιααααααα

Ahoy!

Hello :)

You know about the crop we organized as the ScrapsNPieces design team and the super fun time we had. It was October 19th and we used the new collection Thoughts Keeper, by 7dots. It was coming just off the press, so we were biting our nails if it would actually arrive on time for us to make the kits. But after a loooot of worrying it was here and it was fabulous. 

But since it was Thoughts Keeper we used and in the frenzy of organizing the crop I didn't even look at the this one. I have to tell you, now that I had time to play with it.... it's amazing!!!! I loved Thoughts Keeper but this one, Destination Unknown, I fell in love with! I actually have a lot of pictures of my hubbys love, sailing, that the Destination Unknown collection is perfect for!!! 

For this layout I used scraps of paper and book pages and lots of gesso (but you can't see most of it since its behind the photo. I used a sort of velum page from a maritime office (thanks Roula!) that had maps for harbours on or something like that, I actually have no idea what those symbols mean ;) 

Stencils, modelling paste, mists, stamps, twine... and voila: 

Of course I'm entering the 7dots textures October challenge with this layout :) They only asked for two different textures... well I must have more than 5 on there :) 

Thanks for visiting, see you soon! 

You make me happy!

I've been feeling creative lately... it comes and it goes but I hope it stays for a while this time... You know how it is, you get messy and you smile. 

I know it will sound strange but I find inspiration in my daughters smile. She laughs at the most trivial things and I look at her, amazed, how she finds happiness in everything. She's crazy and loud and never stops moving and I find myself trying to imitate her spirit. To find happiness in the little things. 

As a good (and wise) friend of mine said, stop trying to be perfect, stop worrying over every little thing. You can't be perfect and the sooner you accept your imperfections the better will be for you. I try... I need to try harder. 

But I'm so happy when I play with my daughter and she laughs out loud with a stupid face I make or a skit we make our dolls do... So for my daughter, I made this.. colourful and fun

How can you not smile when you see that face? 

I am participating in the Get Messy Challenge over at Frosted Designs and The Studio Challenges. I used a script stamp for the background so I enter at the Mixed Media Monthly challenge too. 

Thanks for visiting :) 

If I could turn back time...

It was my birthday yesterday and I kept thinking that... what if I could turn back time? And then I saw this photo of me and got really depressed. It's from a thousand years ago (well, okay not actually a thousand more like 20 years and 30 kgs!)

As always, it's night here so I have no chance of taking a good photo! It seems I do everything last minute and after dark... well, everything that I want to do for me anyway. I'm sorry about the photo but that's the best I can do :(


I came back and photographed the layout in the morning :) This is more like it, the yellow is more subtle than what the stupid camera, with the flash at night, portrays. For my background I used watercolors and stencils. Then I added modelling past through a stencil again to create more textures. I also used dylusions and gesso and distress inks. I really got messy so I am participating in the Get Messy and use Mixed Media challenge at Frosted designs  and in the Get Messy challenge by The Studio challenges

I am participating in more challenges with this one. One is from

Scrap around the world  where they have this beautiful mood board. I used the cogs on the butterfly as inspiration and the colors of the quote minus the purple.

Since I used a lot of stamping (with an irregular circles background stamp) in the lines to create a visual interest to the page and give it more textures, I am participating in the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge 

I also participate in the CSI Color, Stories, Inspiration challenge where they have this amazing Case File for us to solve

Next time with better photos! Thanks for visiting :)