Hello, First Grade

Is it September already?! this year is just flying...

Anyway, a new month means a new challenge at CSI - case file no. 330:

This is how I solved this case file:

I used all 5 colors;

From the evidence I used: text patterns, school-themed elements, clips, washi tape, gold, bows, sequins and hearts.

The photo if of my eldest, on his first day at school, but the journaling is from today's point of view, as he graduated school last July!

The title says: Hello, Frist Grade!

Here're some close-ups:

Some school-themed elements -

The clips are either chipboards or stamps:

The journaling tag:

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Open Skies - CSI case file 325 July 15th

I'm not an American, so I don't celebrate July 4th, but still the colors of the inspiration photo for Case File 325 at CSI, cought my eyes:

The photo was taken on October 2015, when me and my youngest were on a vacation in London. Yet my journaling is 'Here & Now' - how Covid-19 abolished all our vacation plans since the skies are no longer open.

All papers I used are Piatek13, except the grayish woodgrain one, from the 'Off  Shore' collection. I love their papers - so beautiful and also heavy whieght.

How I solved this case file:

I used all 5 colors of the scheme. For the evidence I used: stripes, stars, woodgrain pattern, vintage/retro style elements (the alphas, the black stamped lace border), flowers, a banner, distressing, something transparent (vellum leaves) and melt something (I heat embossed the flowers and the hidden London stamp on the blue paper).

For my journaling I used the inspiration words free/ freedom and added stars to my journaling spot.

I used PageDraft sketch from Challenge YOUrself:

Here're some close-ups on the details:

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A masculine marine birthday card

Happy Saturday to all!

I'm sharing a masculine marine birthday card I made, using P13 papers from 'Off Shore' collection.

It goes for some challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #443:

Color Dare #401, with a wonderful moodboard:

I took inspiration from the colors - red, blue and cream and the stripes.
CAS on Friday #184 - Anything but White.
Birthday card AAA challenge #15 - 3D:

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A nautical desk organizer for a men

Top Spout at A Place To Start

Remember the nautical masculine card I showed you a few days ago? so here's the matching desk organizer I've made

All papers are P13 - 'Off the shore' collection.

It goes for the following challenges:
A place to start - a masculine project
Scor-Pal More Than One Score - Anything goes
SimonSays Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything goes

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A nautical masculine card

Masculine cards are a little challenging for me, but I'm very happy with this one. It's a CAS card, yet dramatic somehow.

I made it for a male colleague for his birthday.

It goes for the following challenges:

CASology - Tall:

Coockie Challenge:

I took the colors from the inspiration photo (red, blue and cream/kraft), and used them in their mute shadows. It's also a birthday card :).

AAA Cards game 159 - one corner with the twist of old supplies:

I used Piatek13's papers which I hoard for a very long time.

Simonsays Stamp Wednesday challenge - Add a sentiment. I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it with Lindy's Gang ep Gilded Burgundy Brass.

I made another project with these beautiful papers, which I will share with you in a day or two, so stay tuned....

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My November Counterfeit Kit

I loved the inspiration kit for November at Counterfeit KIt Challenge blog, with a very beautiful color palette. 

The inspiration kit is from a Dutch club:

I used Lisa's tip to use Coolors.Co to play with the colors, and this is what I came up with:

And this is my kit, first papers side A (along with solid cardstock in coordinating colors):

Papers side B:

I love the houses and the coffee cup to go images, and especially the watercolor strocks paper, so I counterfeited them. I played with Lindy's Gang products and made my a paper with strocks of the kit colors. I stamped a house stamp, and colored it with the same colors I already made, as for the coffee cups, I found this digital stamp, and then playes on my pc with the colors:

Finally - the embellishments:

Lots of buttons, some wood veneer embellies, stickers, alphas stickers, flair buttons and chipboards.

I didn't include flowers, stamps and enemal dots, as I will use them enyway as I make my projects.

I love my kit and hope to use it as much a posiibble!

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Cherish every day

Lindy's Gang gave a beautiful color combo this month (as always...):

These colors give room to so many options, and this time I went on a soft feminine version. I love the contrast between the soft, pale colors to the bold tera cotta color of the leaves.

I started by stamping here and there on the background. Next I used embossing ink with a stencil and heat embossed it with a white ep.

I stamped two flowers with a gray ink, and one with embossing ink and heat embossed with a pale pink ep. For all the 3 flowers I outlined the petals with a black pen and adhered micro beads in the center.

I stamped and heat embossed leaves with a dark red-brown ep and cut them out.

The others leaves were cut with a die and colored with a Lindy's spray.

The edges of the paper were distressed, using a distressing tool and distress ink

I glued the lace petals with a gel medium and then gathered all the elements.

Splatters here and there, using Lindy's shaker and adding the sentiment.

Lindy's products I've used:

Spray - Bodacious Blush Shimmer

Shaker - Aged Copper

Embossing powders - Oom Pah Pah Pink, Puerly White and Gilded Burgundy Brass.

Other products:

Paper - Piatek 13 Love in Bloom 6x6 paper pad.

Inks - Ranger's Emboss It clear ink; Ranger's shadow grey archival ink; VersaFine Smokey Gray; Ranger's TH tattered rose distress ink.

Stencil - Stampersannonymous TH layering stencil mini set no. 30.

Stamp - 49 and Market Pascale's Gramer.
Medium gel - Prima Finnabair soft matte gel.

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers - anything goes with punches/dies.

SimonSays Stamp monday challenge - make your own background.

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An exploding box for a wedding, with 5 mini albums

I've made an exploding box, with 5 mini albums inside, as a gift for a friend, who's son got married.

It's a very big exploding box, 5"x5"x5", so you don't make it from one 12x12 cardstock! I used Yael's tutorial, which you can find HERE, with some small changes.

The papers are from Piatek 13, 'Love in Bloom' collection. I've used mainly the 6x6 pad, but also some 12x12 papers.

Each mini album is different in design.

All in all, this box can hold 60 photos and more, sized 4"x4".

Here are the photos of the inside content:

The lid:

Open, with the 5 mini albums:

1 st mini album:

2nd mini album, it's a mini book:

3rd mini album, an accordion mini album:

4th mini album:

5th mini album in the middle:

I would like to enter if to the following challenges:

Lemoncrafters - Just Married:

Scor-Pal more than one score - Warmer Days.

Mini album makers - June challenge:

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