True Beauty - a lo for Stuck?! June 1st reveal plus GD for Color Me Scrappy

One of my April's layouts won Top 3 at Color Me Scrappy, and I was invited to be a Guest Designer over there for June. Here's June 1st palette, with the added creteria to use at least 3 different manufacturers. Here's the palette:

I combined it with my DT assignment for Stuck?! June 1st sketch:

I flipped the sketch to the side, and this is what I came up with:

 At first, the color combo, with the pink, was very challenging for me, but I'm so pleased with how my lo came out! so soft and serene. The photo was taken on March this year, on the deck at Tel Aviv port. I've had a wonderful day, great weather and meeting my BFF.
The products I used to meet the CMS creteria:

Prima - pp, flowers

K & Co. - die cuts

Crate Paper - pp, a brad

My Mind's Eye - pp

Basic Grey - a brad

Fancy Pants - flair buttons

Purple Pumpkin - crochet doily

Petaloo - flowers

Kaisercraft - flowers

Here are some close-ups on the details:

Thank you, Tammy, for inviting me to be a Guest Designer at CMS. I enjoyed making this lo very

much.

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What is CSI for me - AFSC June 1st reveal plus case #124 at CSI

We have a new challenge for you at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge:  what is you favorite pastime on your computer. For a very long time I was simply  stumped by this challenge, and didn't really know what am I going to make for this one. Once again our team leader at AFSC, Anne, came with gorgeous ideas, and bingo!, I had an idea - my all time fav challenge site - Color, Stories, Inspiration, aka CSI!! 

The color palette of case file #124 was also very challenging for me - so girly :), so it was a perfect match - a challenging theme with a challenging color combo.

Here's case file #124:

And so I've made a layout about 'what is CSI for me'. I printed CSI's banner, with a little bokeh effect (not well seen on the photo), and gathered supplies in the palette colors, and this is what I came up with:

This is how I solved the case:
Scheme - all 5 colros are here.
Evidence - butterlies, flowers, glitter, wings, stars, plaid pattern, swirls, tiny brads, bokeh photo effect.
Testimony - I wrote 7 facts (fun? sure fun!) about my topic:
1. Anticipating every Friday eve for the new case file reveal.
2. Meeting new on-line friends.
3. A great combo of colors, elemnts and journaling.
4. Makes me think out side of the box, getting out of my comfort zone.
5. Enriches my creativity.
6. A source of inspiration.
7. A warm and friendly community.
I used StudioFourteen40's flair (brights set 6)
Here are some close-ups on the details:

Now it's your turn to show us what is YOUR fav pastime on your computer.
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A card for Scrap Africa June 1st sketch reveal

At Scrap Africa, we have a new sketch for you, designed by the talented Denise:

This time I chose to make a card based on this lovely retro style sketch. I also challenged myself not to use any paterned papers, only cs, inks, stamps and mists.

Here's my card:

And here are some close-ups on the details:

u really love this color combo! so delicate and feminine. I will give this card to a very close friend of mine, on her coming birthday.
So how about giving this sketch a try? we'd love to see your take on it, so join us and share it on Scrap Africa's blog.

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Love You

A layout I made for the March challenge at Once Upon A...Sketch, with this awesome sketch:

The journaling criteria for this challenge is a wonderful quote:

The photo is of my boys, building sand castle, on a perfect day at the beach about 2 years ago. I used a Kaisercraft's rub-on for the saying, and nearby wrote about life's little pleasures. Sometimes we just need to remember to simply enjoy these little moments in life.

My inspiration for the palette was the color challenge at ScrapFriends:

I used Prima pp, stamps, flowers, chalk ink and sugar dots. the background was created using layers upon layers of gesso, mists, distress stain, stamping and masking. I really love how it turned out. I also used Creative Ebmellishments' flourish chipboard, painted roughly with gesso, and doilies cut with Cheery Lynn' die. The frame was made with Nestabilities' die.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

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יש  משהו בשילוב הצבעים של גווני כחול עם גווני חום, ונגיעות של לבן וקרם, שפשוט כובש אותי פעם אחר פעם. אולי כי הוא שילוב הצבעים הטבעי של חוף הים. אז ברור שלא יכולתי להתעלם מאתגר הצבעים הזה, ושילבתי אותו עם אתגר הסקיצה והג'ורנלינג של OUAS. אנחנו חיים רק פעם אחת, ואם נחיה את חיינו כדבעי, מספיקה גם פעם אחת. התמונה הזו, של הבנים בונים ארמון בחול, צולמה ביום קסום לפני כשנתיים. סתם יום של חופשה בחוף הים, עם הנאות קטנות של החיים.

הפעם 'התעצלתי' ולא הכנתי פרחים בעצמי, אלא השתמשתי בפרחים המוכנים של פרימה. גם הדפים המדוגמים הם של פרימה. הרקע הורכב מהרבה שכבות של ג'סו, מיסטים, distress stain, החתמות ומסיכה. הסלסולים הם למעשה צ'יפבורד אחד שנחתך לשניים, וצבעתי אותו צביעה לא אחידה בג'סו, כך שניתן עדיין לראות את הצבע החום המקורי של הצ'יפבורד.  ה'קרעים' עם השוליים המפונצ'צ'ים, מוסיפים למראה הוינטאג'י.