So Amazing - Stuck?! Sketches Oct 15th reveal

Another post of mine, again with a DT project. this time it's a lo for Stuck?! Sketches new sketch challenge. here's the beautiful sketch, drawn by the talented Laura:

And this is my take:

Fetured at Berry71Bleu

As you can see, I didn't use the hexagon shapes at all. instead I used leaves for my background and stamping, as you'll be able to see in the 'start to finish' video right at the bottom of my post.

For this lo I was inspired very much by the October moodboard at Berry71Bleu:

I really loved the rustic feeling and the color combo, and made my layout with this inspiration. 

Another challenge I was inspired by was the current challenge at Frosted Designs, which is fall colors, ink and bling. I have all 3 of them on my lo :).

Here are some close-ups on the details:

and here's the 'start to finish' video I made:

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Show some sparkle! - GD for 2nd challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge

This is my 2nd project as a GD at Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge blog, and this time the challenge is to show us some sparkle, glizt or glam!

Graphic 45 is our sponsor this month. They are known for their fabulous vintage    products and papers. To pay homage to their glamour and style, create a project         that shows off your hoarded sparkly items. Show some glitz! Pump up the glam!           Use the photo collection below for extra inspiration. You need not match the colors or style of the photos, just use them as inspiration - notice the glass, gems, pearls, metal, glitter! What do you hoard that is "sparkly"? and here's an inspiration photo:

Being a GD at CHAC, made me make projects I usally don't make, and that is awesome! I worked on my tag with several mediums, and for the sparkly part, I used glimmer mists, glitter and bling.

Soon you'll be able to see how I used this tag on another project, and here's a sneak peek on it:

Thank you, Gloria, for giving me such a wonderful opportunity to be a GD on your challenge blog. I enjoyed every minitue of it.

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So Lucky

 

Edit: 2nd place winner at Berry71Bleu. thank you!

This is my take on some challenges:

Prima - March PPP, with this beautiful palette:

I used many Prima's products - papers, stamps, flowers and leavs, say it in crystals blings, sugar dots, flair buttons, alphas, chipboard and even packages. Some of the flowers on this lo, were made from Prima's papers with Die-namics dies and mists.

Berry71Bleu March challenge, which asked to have green as the dominant color, the word 'lucky' or 'luck', and some lace/doily. I took the 'green' thing a little further, and recycled Prima's packages.
I would also like to enter it to the 'free for all' challenge at Off the Rails Scrapooking.

I woudl like to enter it to the contest at Paper Issues, for the summer theme.
Here are some close-ups on thd details:

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Good Enough

Edit: on the 'Watch List' at CSI

This is my take on several fab challenges - CSI, OUAS and Mixed Media place, but first let me tell you that I was very inspired and encouraged to make this page by my bloogy friend Val Thorpe, on one of our chatting, so big thank you, Val :-).

My page is about what something we rarely speak about - Postnatal Depression... Yes, I've had it after I gave birth to my 2nd child. It was a very difficult period in my life, but I go over it. And it takes some courage, I think, to admit it and talk about it. I've learned so much at that period, and the most important lesson that was learnt is that good enough mother is really enough.

Here's the sketch from Once Upon A... Sketch, drawn by the talented Nadia Cannizzo:

The journaling creteria was: Lesson Learnt... and my jouranling, in Hebrew, says: 

"This is the story of what we don't speak about - postnatal depression. Till my second labor, I considered myself as a good mother, in fact I thought I was a very good mother. After I had my 2nd labor, I thought I was the worst mother on earth. Since then, each day I learn that perhaps I'm not the best mom in the world, but I am a good enough mom, and that is the best."

Here's case file #106 at CSI:

And this is how I solved the case:

Scheme - all 5 colors are there.

Evidence - ombre effect, arrows, grid design (kind of... the background under the photo was created by placing paper pieces in sort of a grid design), stripes, circles, white background.

Testimony - I used the inspiration words 'good' and 'be' (am..) for my title and for my jouranling (see above).

For this layout I used lots of scraps, mainly MME and EP. I also used lots of Prima's goodies. The photo frame was made with Spellbinders dies and the doily was made with Cheery Lynn's die.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

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דף שהכנתי בהשראה של כמה אתגרים. הג'ורנלינג מספר על מה שבד"כ לא מדברים עליו - דכאון שלאחר לידה. סבלתי ממנו לאחר הלידה השניה, ואחד השיעורים הגדולים שלמדתי אז הוא שגם אם אני לא האמא הכי טובה בעולם, אני אמא מספיק טובה, וזה טוב מאד.

תודה שקפצתן לבקר ותודה מיוחדת למי שטורחת וגם משאירה תגובה. אני מאד מעריכה את ההשקעה.

Barely Alive

Edit: on the Most Wanted list

for case file #95 at CSI

This is my take on case file #95 at CSI, with a photo of me, at about 6 months old. I used lots of Prima Marketing products, from different collections - patterned papers, wood embellishments, light bulb, alphas, paper clips, stitches stamps, canvas resist, resin feathers , chipboard, sugar dots, say it in crystals, and of course - flowers and leaves.

I used gesso on the background paper and then colored it with white acrylic paint, so the original background is almost unseen. I added cheescloth and doily (a CheeryLynn die) I worked with distress stains (on the book pages and on the canvas resist embellies), and distress inks, and it all gave a vintage old look to my page. My mini book was tied with a baker's twine and I also tied the twine to the wood button on the bottom.

Here's case file #95:

I used the new sketch from C'est Magnifique:

I would also like to enter this page to the current challenge at Inkido, which required to use thread/ string/ yarn (I used twine).

My clues to solve the case were:

Scheme - all 5 colors used.

Evidence - paint, distressing, wood, flowers, fabric, book pages, tie something, metal, tearing.

Testimony - I wrote my journaling  on an accordion folded paper, in a shape of a small book, and tacked it under the photo and the matting: "I was 6 months old and I was very ill, with an infection in my blood. I was burning with fever, so that my Mom got a burn on her skin, while she was holding me. I needed to get and injection and Mom asked our neighbour's help. He was a doctor, a children neurologist, but he refused to give me the injection. Luckily, another neighbour of us, a nurse, just returned home from abroad, after she lost her son, and she willingly helped us. I can only imagine how my Mom felt at that time."

Here are some close-ups on the details:

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דף חדש שהכנתי, כמעט בדקה האחרונה, לאתגר ב-CSI. זה דף פרימה מובהק, עם תמונה שלי בגיל בערך חצי שנה. באותה תקופה חליתי מאד והיה לי זיהום בדם. היה צורך לתת לי זריקת אנטיביוטיקה, ואמי פנתה בבקשת עזרה לשכן שלנו, שהיה נוירולוג ילדים, אלא שהוא סירב. למזלנו, שכנה אחרת שלנו, אחות במקצועה, בדיוק חזרה מחו"ל, וברצון רב עזרה לנו. 

השתמשתי בדפים מדוגמים שונים של פרימה, מקולקציות שונות, בקישוטי קנבס רסיסט, בלינגים, sugar dots, פרחים, קליפסים, נוצות resin, וקישוטי עץ. דף הבסיס נצבע בג'סו ואח"כ בצבע אקרילי לבן, כך שההדפסה המקורית עליו נראית מאד במעורפל, מה שמוסיף למראה הוינטאג'י. בשוליים החתמתי בחותמת תיפורים של פרימה והחתמתי גם עם חותמת של TH בצורת קיר לבנים במקומות שונים בדף. הוספתי גם חיתוך של דוילי (צ'ירי לין). את מרבית החומרים בהם השתמשתי ניתן למצוא בחנות של איקס מיקס (אם נשאר עוד משהו מהחומרים הללו...).

תודה שקפצתן לבקר בבלוג שלי, ואשמח אם תשאירו עקבות לביקורכן. אני תמיד נהנית לקרוא את התגובות שלכן.

Celebrate Life

Edit: One of the Top 3

at Frosted Designs, for "The great outdoors' challenge!

And  one of the winners

at Bird Is The word

for their 'Celebrate' challenge

 The new sketch at PageMaps was a great starting point for me to create this lo, with a photo of my boys a few years ago. Here's the sketch:

I've used the color palatte from July's PPP at Prima. I used lots of Prima's goodies: flowers, vines, mistables, stamps, a brad, a wood envelope, chipboard, say it in crystals and alpha stickers. Other than the Prima's products, I also used AC & Bazzill cs, gesso, mists,embossing ink&powder, a doily, distress ink and cheesecloth.

I love this photo of my kids, they look so happy, simply celebrating life. So I would like to enter it also for the word inspiration challenge at BITW, and since the photo was taken on the outside, I enter it also for 'The great outdoors' challenge at Frosted Designs.

Here are somce close-ups on the details:

Before you leave, did you see the new challenge blog 1,2,3 Get Scrappy? They're having a dt call, so hurry up!
Thank you for taking the time and visiting my blog.

דף חדש שהכנתי לכמה אתגרים - סקיצה של PageMaps, שילוב צבעים של Prima, השראה ממילה של BITW ונושא של פעילות מחוץ לבית ב-Frosted Designs.

ברקע, שרק מבצבץ, יש עבודה עם ג'סו, השפרצות, חותמות ואמבוסינג. הרבה פרחים של פרימה, ענפים, קישוטי עץ, צ'יפבורדים, חותמות וקנבס רזיסט.

תודה שקפצתן לבקר בבלוג שלי.