HAPPY NEW YEAR ....almost!!

A quick hello

I have been MIA as I decided to take a break from the pc!

It was fabulous, 

Christmas was quiet 

and now I am adding the finishing touches

to the dining table for tonights celebrations

I hope from the bottom of my heart 

2012 

is a better year for all you folk here in Greece.

I wish you all a fabulous happy healthy and wealthy 

2012

on a scrappy note

it is already 2012 in Australia and 

Once Upon A...Sketch 

has the January 1st challenge is up for all to see....

here is my take on the fabulous sketch by Nadia Cannizzo

the journalling criteria this time

 is to write about your most memorable New Year celebration 

Mine was back in 1997

when G and I didnt make any plans for New Years eve

we fell asleep in the afternoon and did not hear the phone ringing

(party invitations)

so we ended up drinking 2 bottles of champagne by the fireplace

it was a fabulous night!

products used....

Imaginarium Designs chipboard  for the title"You and Me"

Pattern paper Studio Calico Primrose

Maya Road Lemon and Salmon metallic mist

Orange muslin/fabric (I do not know what it is called fabric) 

a generous gift from Mitra Pratt 

....thanks sweetie...

btw I owe a post about the fabulous things she sent me!!

metal accents from this etsy shop

Crate Paper chipboard teapot

Glitz sticker Vintage accesories male female

Basic Grey Curio Butterfly

Jenni Bowlin chipboard button

Graphic 45 ,Curtain Call and Boardwalk borders Steampunk Debutante dies cuts

Black rose from  I am Roses

other metal accents from my ancient stash!! 

So head on over to the blog

and see the incredible layouts by the design team and 

read about the fabulous prizes for January!...

December 20th 2011......Get Creative

head on over to

Get Creative

we have a card sketch to inspire you

for maybe a last minute christmas card

Unfortunately we

say goodbye to 

Joanna Lamprou

 from the card team 

and say

hello and welcome to

Natasa Teologlou

head on over to the challenge blog and see what the design team have come up with

I thought I would join  the girls this time..

here is my take on the sketch

produsts I have used
Craft card stock
bazill teal coloured cardstock
Glitz Designs  What Nots die cuts
Border, curtain call Graphic 45
Black tag (gift from Enjoy scrapping)
blue ribbon, Jumbo

Unity stamps is sponsoring this months prize

will you play?

December 15th layout sketch challenge......

Yes

 it's the 15th

and 

there is a sketch to inspire you

over at 

Get Creative

here is my take on

the sketch....

 which I flipped on its side....

stash used:
pattern paper: sassafralass for Studio Calico
pattern paper scraps: Basic Grey and Crate Paper and K.I.Memories
heart banner: What nots from Glitz Designs
chipboard title: Imaginarium Designs and Maya Road
embellishments: Crate Paper and vintage minature playing cards mine
Mist: Studio Calico Mr Huey pickle
Distress ink peeld paint
background stamp: Designer woodgrain Hero Arts

Unity Stamps

 are sponsoring

this month

so come and play.....

A chippie here a chippie there......

What on earth am I talking about?

Chipboard of course...

I want to share with you some of my layouts and altered items using chipboard

why you ask

well why not ?? LOL

Seriously though

Imaginarium Designs 

are having a design team call

I thought I would try my hand

I am already lucky enough to be using their products as 

Imaginarium designs sponsor

Once Upon A...Sketch

so on with the show we go....

here are my 10 fave creations using 

chipboard!

starting from most recent

Here I have used Imaginarium Designs numbers, 

alphas toy train, little boy and a swirl, 

they have been painted and some have been glittered!

In this layout I have used chipboard from Sfragidomania 

I painted the chandelier in gold and white then added bling for added detail, the little table has been spritzed with glimmer mist and touches of gold added for detail then smothered in glossy accents

In this layout I have used the clock and cog parts from Imaginarium Designs

The chipboard was gessoed then misted and then I flicked blue paint all over them...

In this layout again I have used Imaginarium Designs cogs 

and two titles the cogs were colour washed blue also used as a mask 

and the titles misted in black for dramatic effect!

This gorgeous butterfly from Imaginarium designs

 was painted black then outlined in rock candy stickles I think

...something glittery anyway!

This layout was so simple yet so effective I think.... but I'm wierd

the chipboard is from Basic Grey and all I did was spray paint over the chipboard for a dramatic effect...

I am such a drama queen!!

In this layout I have used the cloud + rainbow and sun from Maya Road 

and sun glasses  from Basic Grey

a lot of  misting and inking went on here! LOL....

This layout is full of left over chipboard Alphas from American crafts and  Basic Grey

I think its quite obvious what I did here....LOL

This is my all time favourite layout

I used Basic Grey chipboard alphas and number

the letters were inked in 3 colours then covered in a mix of glossy and crackle accents

I just love the effect

my final creation is this completely crazy looking birdcage

 using the Tim Holtz die (thank you eleni) as I do not own a die cutting

machine..I am open to donations LOL LOL!!!

Truly it does look better in real life....

the chipboard was gessoed then

 misted in white then inked in blues and Green 

and of course smothered in crackle accents

of course copious ammounts of bling was adhered!

and that concludes this walk down memory lane with my use of chipboard

later.............

Get Creative...December 1st challenge....

hey there....

have you done your Christmas chopping yet??

I havevnt done a thing

and I am starting to stress

how stupid is that???

anyway on to more fun stuff

here is my take on the 

Get Creative's

December 1st layout challenge

if you are wondering....the little boxes under the tree are the embellishments 

I am adding to my Christmas presents this year!

here are some closeups of the fabulous chipboard from

Sfragidomania

I covered the chandelier in gold

and coloured the candles with white gel pen

and then added bling

cute huh!!

and this is the cutest little table

I misted it with Glimmer Mist Tattered leather

then slightly outlined the sides, the drawer and the handle with a gold pen

then covered it with glossy accents

I would have prefered crackle accents but I didnt have any!

make sure you go and check out what the amazing design team have come up with

This months sponsor is

Unity Stamps

Once Upon A Sketch!!!....December 1st

Yes its the first of December!

Yikes that's all I am going to say about it!

Journalling Criteria/theme: The thing I look most forward to in December.

Write at least 2 sentences on what you look forward to in the next month. December is a festive month so your journalling could be about the Christmas season, the holidays, the presents or if you do not celebrate Christmas what does December bring for you that you look most forward to? Note:You layout DOES NOT have to be about Christmas! It can be about anything December brings.

Other ideas for journalling: an annual holiday or celebration, a specific event such as putting up the Christmas tree or pre Christmas traditions you might have leading up to Christmas, family time, snow covered fields or warmer weather, time off work, school holidays, change of weather, new season fruit.

Here is my take on the challenge

the sketch was designed by Nadia Cannizzo

The chipboard I have used is from

Imaginarium Designs

this months sponsor is

so head on over to 

Once Upon A...Sketch

and be inspired by the amazing design team!!

Weekend Recap...........

Friday Evening:

Watched vintage James Bond with the boyz

 accompanied with popcorn and wine!!

Saturday: all day

Flower workshop at 

Zeffy's

here is the end result

10 gorgeous handmade flowers!

Zeffy is wickedly talented

and I kept saying over and over again

what a fabulous lesson/workshop I took.

Flowers are not my go to embellishment for a layout

I enjoy the latest trend in scrapbooking with the flower laden

layouts and marvel at their beauty

Its just not my style...which is cool....

 but I wanted to learn how to make flowers

and jumped at the chance to learn

so......

If you live in Athens contact Zeffy

she is one talented lady!!

Thank You Zeffy!!.....

So after the workshop

I stayed on a little longer and made a Christmas tag

and of course the beautiful Poinsetta i had just made took

the centre stage...

what do you think?

I love it...LOL

After I stamped my image and misted the background

I applied a layer of Gel medium 

and sprinkled this gorgoeus translucent glitter

It sort of shows up on the tag.....

then started layering and embellishing!

Sunday:

We surprised our little man with a trip to the 

War museum

I was blown away by this cannon....

look at the detailed engraving....

Somehow it seemed ironic something that could cause so much destruction

 could be so beautiful!!..

This part of the museum freaked me out

I cringed looking at these weapons

No comment

One very happy little man!!!!!

Later...............

Once Upon A..Sketch....giveaway!!

Time for a giveaway over at Once Upon A..Sketch, 

because we are feeling a little generous 

and just to thank you for your support.. 

You have a chance to win this gorgeous album kit featuring Melissa Frances 5th Avenue collection...

"Limited Edition Melissa Frances" Kit Contents (kit by Scrap That! - Canada's best kit club) 

Envelopes and Tags Book

5th Avenue 6 X 6 Paper Pad

5th Avenue Sticker Book

5th Avenue Diecuts

2 Mini Envelopes and Tags

Trinkets & Baubles

Diamond Chandelier Drops

“Mom” Expressive Transfer

Vintage Architectural Molding Appliques

Crepe Paper - Light Blue, Pale Pink, Cream, Pastel Green

4 ZVA Pink Transition Mini Roses

6 ZVA Cream Mini Roses

Vintage Seam Binding

All you need to do is: 

1) Be or become a follower of our blog

2) post about this give away on your blog or Facebook page or wherever you like, together with this picture and a link back to us

3) Link your blog, or Facebook Page or wherever you posted about this giveaway on the bottom of this post using the Inlinkz button. 

The details

* open worldwide

*you have 1 week from today - this giveaway will end on midnight Friday November 25th ( Australian Eastern Standard Time) 

Good luck!

Get Creative....November 15th

2nd post for the day

I seem to be chasing my tail these days

so.....no more chit chat

here is my layout for the November 15th sketch challenge over at 

Get Creative

my layout came out exactly as I was feeling that day

grungy....

truth be told I actually love the end result

the photo is a little dark...

but the photo is one of my favourites.....

the layout is based on this sketch designed by 

Chryssa

for more inspiration and information about this months prizes

head on over to the blog

HERE


I will be entering this layout in the November challenge for


Kraft It Up
here are some close ups of the journalling

Once Upon A....Sketch

November 15th challenge has gone live

the sketch is gorgeous

 and the journalling criteria is inspiring

Journalling criteria: This time the journalling criteria focuses on YOU as a woman OR ANY female in your life. What is the best thing about being a woman? Motherhood? Shopping? Make Up? Girls nights? Gossip? Your journalling can be as long as you wish and in any language, but you must journal at least 2 sentences on the best part of being a woman.

lots of wonderful prizes 

curious??

go and read all about it

on 

Once Upon A....Sketch

Once Upon A .......Sketch November 1st challenge

It's November 1st and the first challenge is up for

Once Upon A ....Sketch

Journalling Criteria for this challenge:

You need to journal at least 2 SENTENCES on WHEN you started scrapping and WHY?

here is my take

using this sketch!

Yes I flipped it on its side!!..LOL

To see what the rest of the design team created head on over to the

 blog

Our wonderful Sponsors this month are

Swirlydoos

and the 

will you come and play? 

Final challenge ........

For the month of October!

WOW what a month!

so far there have been

285 
entries!

pretty amazing!!

today's surprise challenge comes from our

own fabulous International card maker 

and owner of 

Lili Pad Cards

Vicky Papaioannou

here is a pic of her card

head on over to the

 blog 

to find out what the challenge is

the winner of Vicky's challenge

will be guest card designer at 

Get Creative 

for the month of October!!

oh nearly forgot

The entry deadline has been extended to November 5th!

plenty of time for you to play with all 

12 challenges

Info about the challenges

The prize from Enjoy Scrapping

Challenge #1- Elina

Challenge #2-Anastasia

Challenge#3-Channa

Challenge#4-Eleni

Challenge#5 - Alex

Challenge#6 - Eudokia

Challenge # 7- Chryssa

Challenge# 8- Irini

Challenge #9 - Melenia

Challenge #10 - Marie

Challenge #11 - Joanna

Challenge #12 - Olga

Get Creative.....