Door sign

This is my take on the current challenge at Off the Rails Scrapbooking, with this gorgeous moodboard:

I've made a door sign for a good friend of mine:

Here are some close-ups:

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Happy - September Prima PPP & OUAS

Edit: featured on Prima's blog

This is my take on September's challenges at Prima PPP and Once Upon A...Sketch.

This is Prima's palette:

And this is the fab sketch by Nadia Cannizzo at OUAS:

Apart from (lots of) Prima's products, I also used 13Arts Ayeeda mists, Perfect Pearls mist and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. I also used Creative Embellishment chipboard, so it also goes for their September challenge.

Here are some close-ups on the detaisl:

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My Childhood Adventures - CSI case file no. 140

There's an awesome new case file at CSI, case file #140:

And this is my take on this case file:

I used the sketch #123 from Sketchabilities (did you know thery're having a DT call?):

My clues to solve this case file were:

Scheme - all 5 colors are here.

Evidence - polka dots, hearts, wet medium, twine.

Testimony - my journaling, on the hidden tab behind the photo, is about my childhood adventures, as told to my boys on a roots tour we had a few months ago, and it reads: "What were my childhood adventures? Climbing high on a tree and waiving to my mom, who was on the balcony of our home. she was so afraid to scream at me, in case I would just fall off the tree; Putting a string across the sidewalk, while it was already darkness, with a plastic can with water, and bursting into laughter when people just stumbtled and the got wet by the water spilled on them; It was to pick pine nuts and crash their shells with a stone against the sidewalk, dreaming we were part of some acient tribe; Or thinking the high tree we climbed up was a plane, and I wad the pilot taking us to distant countries. What will your childhood adventures be, those that you will tell your future kids, my future grandkids?"
It also goes for Sept challenge at Scrap Around The World, with this beautiful moodboard:

I was very inspired by the vintage look of the books and the steampunk heart and by the redish/greenish colors of the books photo, and I tried to follow it with my design.
Here are some close-ups on the details:

Here's a 'strat to finish video, how I made this lo:

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Dream (live full the life you have imagined) - Stuck?! Sept 15th reveal

A new sketch at Stuck?! Sketches, and I was really inspired by this sketch, though my take on it is a little different from the original sketch.

Here's the sketch:

And this is my take on it:

As you can see, I didn't use multi-photos, but instead of the rectangles in the original sketch, I used diamond  chipboards (Creative Embellishments) as an accent to the photo I used.

This lo is full of mixed media techniques and mediums - gesso, stencils, masking and misting, modeling paste, stamping, embossing, etc.

I was inspired by two challenges - the challenge at Scrapki-Wyzwaniowo for September, with the theme of 'Imagine':

I tried to give a dreamy look and feeling to my page. I strongly believe that setting one's imagination free, dreaming, is aSn essential part of a healthy soal. building castles in the sand, which is what my boy was doing when I took this photo, is one of the ways to set your imagination free.

The other challenge I was inspired by is the September moodboard at Sassy Scrappers:

Isn't this moodboard just gorgeous? I was inspired by the colors, the beach theme and the distressing look. I tried to mimic the sand look with the embossing powder, and I added some stamped shells.

I would also like to enter it to September's challenge at Creative Embellishments, which is to use a fav CE products. I just LOVE their chippies, and can't have enough of them :). and it also goes for the 'Summer Memories' challenge at Stampendous, and I used some of their gorgeous embossing powders.
Here are some close-ups on the details:

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Vintage Altered Cans - Scrap Africa Sept 15th reveal

There's a new challenge at Scrap Africa, and this time the theme is Vintage. I deciede to upcycle tin cans, with a vintage/shabby chic look:

Here are some close ups on the details:

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Door hanger

 I've made a door hanger for my office, to hang when I'm at a meeting. the background is in a mixed media style, while the flowers were cut from felt. I love the contradiction between the two parts, plus I got to use some of my hoarded felt :).

To make the flowers I used Die-namics dies, in different sizes.

I would like to enter it to the flower challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous, for their 'All pretty flowers' challenge.
For the colors I was very inspired by September moodboard at Sassy Scrapper:

I loved this moodboard so much, that I've made another project, inspired by this moodboard, to be revealed in a couple of days ;-).
Here are some close-ups on the details:

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Grapes Harvesting

Hello everyone and thank you for hoping to my blog :).

There's a new case file at CSI, case file #139, with a fantastic sketch by Em Stafrace:

And this is my take on this wonderful case file:

My clues to solve the case were:

Sketch - checked;

Scheme - all 5 colors are here;

Evidence - stripes, clouds, flowers, mini brads, two of soemthing (two photos), triangles, flourishes.

Testimony - my journaling, documenting my youngst harvesting grapes, is written on the cloud, and I used IW 'perfect' in my journaling (it was indeed a perfect day).

The background paper is Prima, and so is the circular latice stencil I used. all other pp are Echo Park, a mix&match of collections. white cs and brads are AC.
I would like to enter it to the 'anything goes' challenges, both at Paper Issues and at Clique Kits.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

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Back 2 School - case file no. 138 at CSI

A new case file at CSI, case file #138:

I used a photo of mine, taken on my 3rd year at the University, studing hard for an exam.

I used Sept. sketch from C'est Magnifique:

My clues to solve the case were:

Scheme - all colors are here.

Evidence - woodgrain (one of the pink papers), grid pattern, damask (stamped in brown on the background, so it can hardly be seen, and on the hidden tag in the envelope), envelope, tape measure, a tag, numbers, buttons, triangles, paint and loops.

Testimony - on a tag, tucked inside the brown envelope, and it reads: "At the end of October 2014, I will return to school :), I'm going to start my Master's degree study at the university, more than 20 years after I graduated my Bachelor's degree :).  I'm about to finish my degree in one calendar year. studying is a little tight - twice a week, while I'm still working full time job, and it's far from home. I'm excited and worried at the same time. September 2014".

All papers are from Fancy Pants (mostly from 'Collecting Moments' collection), and so are the envelopes, flair button, stickers, buttons, cork arrow and the clock die-cut. the flowers are Petaloo's. the flourishes chipboards are from Creative Embellishments, and they're one of my most fav chipboards from this manufacturer, so this page goes for their Sept. challenge. I coated the chipboards with gesso, and painted them with TH distress stain and distress ink, and used Stampendous embossing powder. stamps are American Crafts' and Kaisercraft's. I also used TCW stencil and I colored the modeling paste with LGS magical.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

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