Author: cristina

Snow and two LOs

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Today we got snow here!!

And unlike last week, when we just had a few minutes of wet snow, this time it was the real thing!! I woke up to see white rooftops and bushes! It didn’t cover the street though.
Throughout the day, we’ve had some more snow showers, quite violent!

It looks like winter is getting here faster this year!
I did 2 LOs with Bree’s Fairtree Fairies and I love how they turned out!

These pages go with this one I did about the Butterfly Garden, always using this kit.

Another Hybrid Card

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I’m really into hybrid now! Yesterday I did some shopping (DH was really nice about it: isn’t he just great?!?? 🙂 ) and hopefully soon I’ll start working on a new project..

But for now, I’m still working on cards.
I did another Christmas card for the hybrid card challenge at ScrapMatters. Here’s my digital version:
and here’s the actual card:
Inspired by Heather (hedderlee)
Credits:

Whimsical Wonderland – collab kit by Nicole, Flergs, Amanda, Kristi, Shawn, Franziska, MGL scraps, Jaque, TrishH, Adriane, Idzi, Amy&Lauren, Ellie Lash.


It was really a huge challenge for me to cut it out! I’m not good with scissors, and the photo paper glued with Mod Podge to the card was really quite thick. But luckily I didn’t do any damage and actually the card turned out really, really well!!

Shadow Work

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I scrapped a page about our picnic (it was only 2 weeks ago, but the weather has changed a lot since then: we had the first snowflakes! and now lots and lots of rain..) today.

I have a few more pretty pictures about it so I will do 1 or 2 more pages.
I did this one for the 10.07.08 Tuesday Template at ScrapMatters.
I worked a lot on the shadows. Up to now, I always used the preset drop shadows in Photoshop Elements, but from now on I decided to create the shadows from scratch for each elements. I think it really pays!

Credits:

Template by Scrapmuss

Peace and Quiet by Britt-ish Designs and Andilynn Designs

Fonts: FG Bonnie’s, My Own Topher

My 1st Hybrid LO

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Inspired by a challenge at Sugarplum Paperie, I just finished my first hybrid LO!
I did an 8.5×11 inches page on a recipe: I want to to a page for all our favorite recipes, and after I finished this one I must say it was easier than I feared!

So here’s what I did.
First, I planned the LO on the computer, and did this (click image to enlarge):
Credits:

Glitzy Bits, Bleached Cardboard by Sugarplum Paperie

Alpha from Chilled Wine collab by mgl Scraps and Sugarplum Paperie
Font: My Own Topher

I printed the title, ingredients, garnishes and instructions on normal paper, cut them out and brushed a thin layer of glossy-lustre Mod Podge over them.
Then I printed the picture of the dish on glossy photo paper and cut it out.
I finally glued everything on a cardstock with Mod Podge and… tadaa:

(sorry the photo is awful!)
It turned out really really well!
I simply *love* the texture given by brushing the Mod Podge, and how it contrasts with the shiny photo:

So this really was easier than I thought, and now I have the first recipe for my cookbook!

Busy weekend and even busier week ahead!

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It’s been a busy but very nice weekend: we had friends over for dinner on Friday, then spent most of the weekend around for concerts and museums.
It’s going to be a very busy week for me since I’m going at a conference (which starts at 8AM.. ugh! I’m NOT a morning person) for most of the week.

Anyway, today I managed to sneak in some time for scrap! 🙂
I did a LO for the Word Up! Challenge at ScrapMatters: we had to use an acrostic.

Ferntree Fairies – Scrap’it designs by Brianna Cox

Font: My Own Topher

Picture is from last week’s picnic at the lake (no need to worry, you’ll get more LOs about it).
I used Bree’s latest kit, Ferntree Fairies, because it has such a romantic feeling that I found it perfect for this picture.

Hybrid Fever

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OK, so this weekend DH brought me shopping and I picked up some essential supplies for card making: Mod Podge, cards, cuttter, cutting mat, photo paper.

So I did another card for Christmas:

Credits:

Template by Jaime Ward
Glam-o-rama paper pack by Britt-ish Designs

Elements from Away in a Manger by Raspberry Road Designs
And here’s the printed out+assembled version:
I also reprinted the card I did last week and I must say I love these cards!! Printing them on fancy paper does half the trick!

Inspiration Challenge

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I did another challenge at Sugarplum Paperie’s blog. We had to find an ad and use it as an inspiration.
I searched the net for an inspiring ad and I found this totally gorgeous one:


and here’s the LO I created:

Credits:

Paper from Pumpkin Patch by Sugarplum Paperie

Alpha (recolored) from Chilled Wine – collab kit by mgl Scraps and Sugarplum Paperie
Squishy Dots by Karah Fredricks
Font: My Own Topher.

I had so much fun!! 🙂

Another LO!

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I’m feeling inspired this evening! 🙂

Here’s a LO I did for the 10.04.08 Saturday Special challenge at ScrapMatters, on selective coloring. It’s a technique I use quite often, especially for pictures that did not turn out very well (here‘s an example).
I love the expression DH has in this picture, but the background of our kitchen was pretty distracting, so the selective coloring worked out just perfect.

Credits:

Background paper: The Colors of Fall – Designs by Tater 

Paper Shapers and (recolored) Glam-o-rama Paper Pack by Britt-ish Designs

Lil’ Stinker Green Alpha by Krystal Hartley

Fonts: My Own Topher, FG Bonnie’s

Busy Weekend and Lots of Plans!

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First of all, TOOOOOOOT!!! The LO I did for the challenge at Sugarplum Paperie (see previous post) earnt me a GC!!! 😀

It’s been a busy weekend, taking care of the garden (lots of leaves to pick up!) and making plans for my attempt to create hybrid cards – I did some shopping and I’ll soon start experimenting! I’m so excited! 🙂
I finally started my CT work and enjoyed using Bree’s latest kit, Ferntree Fairies. Here’s what I did:

Waaaaay Behind!

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DH came back from a 10 day trip this week so I’m way behind with my scrapping projects!!
I haven’t even started my CT work for Bree yet and this says it all! Way way behind!! 🙁
I’m really glad that with the new challenge system at ScrapMatters we have the whole month to work on the challenges, even if these are posted weekly!

I did complete one project this week though and it took a long time too! It’s for the Everyday Magic challenge hosted by Britt at SM, but I also did this for the blog challenge at Sugarplum Paperie.
Tuesday I brought my camera with me and documented my whole day. I love the pictures I took!!

Credits:
Template by Aggie Aviso
Got a Date Strip, kraft paper from I’m A Dreamer and glitter burst from Wicked Woman (new release Oct. 3 2008) by Britt-ish Designs
Sweet as Sugar, Classical Melody, Confetti and Candy, Vintage Garden, Love Actually Alpha and Chilled Wine (collab with mgl Scraps) by Sugarplum Paperie
Dymo-It-Big Alpha by Anita Stergiou