Peaceful Morning

A peaceful morning... it is, indeed, today.
After more than one year, I scrapped a layout. Some things that troubled me have passed, so I thought to get artistically creative again.  No stress, no pressure.  Just peace.

Browsing through (how much time had passed since I last did that!) various challenge blogs, the best option was to go back scrap-home: 7 Dots Studio. The July challenge is about beauty, serenity and peace.  Green meadows, purple flowers, neat white interiors and lots of my favourite colour: teal/turquoise.  How could I resist at it?

So I pulled one of my favourite 7 Dots Studio papers: Love is in the air - Just dreaming, even though I believe the Garden Party collection would suit perfectly, a wonderful handwriting 7 Dots stencil and some embellishments.

My layout is based, like I already said, on the 7 Dots July Challenge Moodboard

I hope you like my take on the challenge! I enjoyed myself very much creating it!

Have a nice day and maybe I will return here soon...

¬Melenia

Take note of the blessings

Hello!
Today I felt like scrapping a bit, after seeing the Scrapki-wyzwaniowo March Challenge.  From time to time I take a look at the current challenges and trends in the scrapbooking world, because the truth is... I have missed this world a lot.
The creations I saw from the DT poked and reminded me of how creative I felt when I scrapped.  So I thought to play along with the girls.  Thanks for the inspiration, ladies!

This is what I came up with

The challenge is to incorporate NUMBERS in our creation, in any form we like.  

What I did was use the numbers as a theme (count our blessings and be grateful to God for them) and as an element of my page.  I pulled a lovely paper, stickers and die-cuts from the 7 Dots Studio "Lost & Found" Collection, which happens to be an all-time favourite.  So I hope you like my page!

Remember to count your blessings and have in mind that there are many people in this world who lack them!

Have a nice day! Thanks for stopping by!

Perfect Moment

Γεια σας!  Πέρασε πάλι πολύς καιρός... το έχω παρατήσει το σπιτάκι αυτό, είναι αλήθεια.

Πολλά τρέχουν, πολλά γίνονται, πολλά συμβαίνουν, πολλά είναι στη στροφή, πολλά δεν προβλέπονται καν και έχω βγει εντελώς εκτός του χόμπυ.  Όμως υπάρχουν και στιγμές σύντομης επιστροφής στο χώρο, όπως μια μέρα πριν κανα-δυό βδομάδες, που έτυχε να βρω αυτή την παλιά φωτογραφία μέσα στο κουτί με τις φωτογραφίες που χρησιμοποιούσα για τις συνθέσεις που έκανα για τα Design Teams.  Αυτήν τη φωτό, την οποία θεωρώ απο τις καλύτερες που έχω συναντήσει, την είχα φυλάξει στην άκρη για ένα μεγάλο project, για μια κρίσιμη σύνθεση που ΘΑ έπρεπε κάποια στιγμή να φτιάξω. Όταν λοιπόν την ξανα-είδα, για κάποιο λόγο παρακινήθηκα να την χρησιμοποιήσω ΕΠΙΤΕΛΟΥΣ. Κι ας μην ήταν για μεγάλο project, ούτε για ένα design team.  Απλά για την πάρτη μου και την απόλαυση της στιγμής.

Οπότε έκατσα, αφήνοντας τις τρομερές απαιτήσεις που έχω από τον εαυτό μου στην άκρη, και έφτιαξα μια αγορίστικη σύνθεση, για να ευχαριστηθώ την φωτογραφία και να περάσω καλά.  Η αλήθεια είναι ότι, επειδή έχω πολυυυυυυυυυυύ καιρό βγει από όλο αυτό το πράγμα που λέγεται "scrapping layouts", δυσκολεύτηκα αρκετά να μην ενδώσω στην κυρίαρχη -ακόμα- τάση του "φορτώνω την Άρτα και τα Γιάννενα", αυτή που κάποτε κι εγώ υπηρετούσα, με μεγάλο ζήλο.  Τα βρήκα λίγο σκούρα να την κρατήσω απλή.  Τα όμορφα υλικά είναι ακόμα σε σημείο καθημερινής πρόσβασης, άρα ένας μεγάλος πειρασμός χαχαχα.

Τελος πάντων. Αυτό έκανα. Κλασικό στήσιμο, ένα σχετικά μεγάλο cluster αριστερά κι αυτά.

Τα χρώματα 100% κρατήθηκαν αντρικά. Ελπίζω να σας αρέσει.

7 Dots Studio Illumination Collection

Εις το επανειδείν!  Φιλιά πολλά και να περνάτε καλά!

~Μελένια

My secret story

Good morning!

I would like to share I page I made recently.  Life has been a little bit more difficult for me lately, so I haven't scrapped as much as I wanted.  I'm very happy I made the following page.

It talks about our secret stories, our secret selves.  I think that many people are not what they seem or do or say.  Either they have to align with other people's wishes/demands or conform with the daily circumstances, but in reality they are not what they appear to be. They can lead a totally different life but they just wear a mask to survive.  I don't know how many of you can identify with this, but at least I do.

So this page is about our secret stories.  

As you see I have followed the rule of "1" in almost every element of my page.  One flower, one chipboard, one die-cut, one acrylic, one paste, one stencil.  I don't think I needed more.

7 Dots Studio Cold Country die-cut and chipboard.  

Of course. 

I got to go now. I hope you have a wonderful month.

~Melenia

Explore the incredible beauty of Fall

Hello...
I know I have been away for very long. For reasons of technical nature, mostly.
Anyway, here I am today to share a page I made yesterday.
It was a cloudy day, which I had missed. It finally rained (some hail, too) and I got ecstatic.

Not much to say about this simple layout, it is a kinda "let's see where we left it at" quick warm up thing (time is not a friend of mine). I have kept the big quantities of brown, dark red, copper and mustard yellow that we find in forests in Fall, while allowing some green to pop up in small doses.

7 Dots Studio Domestic Goddess (the ultimate Fall collection)

and some bits and pieces.  

***The chipboard swirls I used are a gift from my amazing friend, Nadyunya***

Fall is one of my two favourite seasons (Winter is the other, of course). I find it incredibly beautiful and inspiring.  It can be silent and serene, although sometimes it is stormy and loud.  It always points inwards and coaxes me to look within.

I hope I have transmitted these feelings of mine in the page.

I hope we all have a wonderful Autumn (ok, the Northern Hemisphere).  I think it officially starts today, doesn't it?

¬ Melenia

Love is worth waiting for

Good morning!
Yesterday Berry71Bleu published my guest-designer's take on the lovely March Challenge.
It is an honour to be invited as a special guest in an amazing challenge blog, such as Berry71Bleu. Thank you very much, ladies! 

So today I thought to share my layout here as well.

My page

and the Berry71Bleu March moodboard

This page was inspired by a very dear friend of mine, Tusia Lech, who is also the designer of the 7 Dots Studio Verano Azul Collection.  I had her in my mind while making it - I guess that's why this page came out as a very delicate, soft, tender and elegant creation.

So as love is the biggest and most valuable emotion a human can experience, it is worthy of our patience. Believe in love and it will come to you. This is what I think.

I had mentioned in a previous post here that I intend to make less loaded pages. I'm happy that this one is not full of small details and mixed-media techniques. I'm trying to prove to myself that I can be more minimalistic lol.

I want to submit this page to the current 7 Dots Studio challenge, whose theme is EMOTIONS. I will take part in it as a contestant, not as a member of the DT - a nice first time :).

Look at the inspirational circle

So I hope this layout inspires you to talk about love and wait for love and create about love. It is much needed lately...

Have a nice weekend!

2 scoops of ice-cream

Good morning...
Here I am again to share a page I created today for the More than Words March challenge.
A really messy one. I mixed up a lot of different media (gesso, mists, a pencil, glitter) and my hands got dirty - actually they have several patches of brown, teal and green inks.

I chose to talk about little pleasures in life that can be very blissful :).
One of them is mocha ice-cream.  I just adore it. Whenever I have some, I feel like I'm in heaven! I love the flavours of coffee and chocolate together! So 2 scoops of mocha ice-cream are just a little bit of magic for me...

I pulled my elements and paper from the 7 Dots Studio Thoughtskeeper Collection which I mainly combined with a modern photo as well as with lots of 13 Arts white gesso.  I always use this one instead of modelling paste, it works better for me, as it's thick and steady.  So I put some on my title and then added gold glitter on it. I also used it with 2 stencils for extra texture.

Like I already said, I was inspired by the More than Words March challenge.

I hope you like my page! Thank you very much for visiting my blog and for your beautiful comments.  They are much appreciated!

Inspire

Hello hello!
A quick post before I leave for work, in order to share a page I just made (inspiration knocked my door today) :)

I played with the 7 Dots Studio Yuletide Collection, though the theme of my page is not Christmas-y. I combined red, brown and bright blue (colours that are strong and intense) and talked about the glitter that we have inside our souls and that we should let shine out from time to time. It will surely inspire people.  As you see the photo is quite modern and the feel of the collection somewhat vintage. But yes, 7 Dots Studio Collections make miracles and can combine both styles. Love you, 7 Dots Studio!

I based my layout on the following sketch from Anna's Scrap March challenge, 

that I flipped to the right

Ok that's everything for now!

I will be back in a couple of days to share another page!

Have an awesome day!

Coffee time

Good morning everyone!
It's been almost 2 months since my last post here.
I didn't mean it to happen, but life is always unpredictable.


The reality in everyday life here in Greece has been even tougher the last 3-4 months, for the Greek people as well as the refugees that are stuck/locked/stranded here.  The countries that create the mess in these people's homelands just refuse to give shelter/accept/take care of them- how responsible is this, eh?  I could say a lot more on this subject but we all KNOW what's going on.

I need to say, though, that I'm very proud that most of my fellow Greeks, despite their hard economic problems and their struggle to survive, HELP the refugees by providing food, clothes, toys and play for the kids, medicines. I expected nothing less than that from them. It's just majestic.  I know that some of the refugees are going to be sent/distributed in my island soon, so I'm looking forward to helping them alongside with the other citizens of Greece.

So yesterday, in order to distract myself a bit from all these hard situations, I scrapped.
I made a colorful and playful page, having focused on this special time of the day, when we all sit and have COFFEE (with some delicious croissants, from time to time)! For me, that time is after I wake up.  Coffee is pure bliss, don't you agree?

So this is my layout

As you probably already noticed, I avoided layering and overloading.  This is something I intend to do even more in my next layouts. So the most prominent feature here is the word stickers.  And because I am a 7 Dots Studio girl, I worked with the Verano Azul Collection again. :)

Verano Azul - Dazzle me

Verano Azul - Word Stickers

Verano Azul - Tags

Verano Azul - Stickers

Verano Azul - Die cuts

The reason I chose this collection over the others is the fact that it contains all the beautiful colours the Lindy's Stamp Gang March challenge palette requires:

So I used the following mists:

Cotton Candy Pink

Steampunk Sepia

Time Travel Teal

I also played with Crafty Life March Challenge which is actually a bingo challenge.

I used the far right vertical combination Patterned Paper/Die-cuts/Flowers.  Apart from those, it's evident that I used some mists and chipboard, too.

Chipboards	Lace/ Ribbons	Patterned Paper (s)
Rubons	Mists	Die Cuts
Stamps	Crystals	Flowers

That's all from me now! I hope you have a great week and remember to be thankful for all you are given. Nothing  in life is to be taken for granted.

Dreamer

Hello hello!
Here I am again... today it seemed like a good day to play with a challenge.
So I browsed through my challenge blogs list and I noticed that More than Words January main challenge has a very interesting one.  Its theme is Personality & Selfie.

I happened to have one selfie that I took one and a half year ago, so I thought "why not".
It's not easy at all to illustrate one's personality in just one layout, therefore I decided to focus on just one aspect of my profile.

I am a dreamer. I dream to excel at many things. I'm never satisfied with my achievements, my knowledge, myself. I dream to become more than I am everyday.  Frankly I don't know how realistic all these are, I guess I'm a bit nuts lol.

Anyway I tried to create a page wherein someone could see this trait of mine in a vintage, classic, dark, not too bold, but full of small details style. Again, I aimed at grace, harmony, balance and elegance (of course the latter is not news, I always want that in my creations).

I used the 7 Dots Studio "Lost & Found" collection.  And 13 Arts media.

I think it's time for me to experiment with a more modern style in my layout.  I hope (or shall I say dream?) I will manage to make a clean & simple, modern page soon.

Until then... have awesome days! And be dreaming!

Take a deep breath and....

... open the door of your soul.  You will find sparkle and shine inside.

This is what I would like to do in 2016.
And it is the theme of the layout I made in order to tell just that.

Of course I have used 7 Dots Studio products again (Soulmates).

I admit that it's a bit overloaded with bits'n'pieces, I guess that having quite some time to scrap, I needed to unleash all the scrap energy I had stored (lol).  As I'm comparing this page with my previous one, I realize that the amount of embellishments I put on a cardstock usually depends on my mood. A form of expression, too, isn't it? Very artistically talkative I was this time indeed.

Ok without further ado

Since I hadn't scrapped for some weeks, I drew inspiration from the following Berry71Bleu Moodboard (January Challenge)

The combination of black/blue/green is AWESOME.

That's everything from me for now, I guess!
Until next time.... take a deep breath, open the door of your soul and look into it!


Thanks for stopping by!

Live simply

Hello, hello!

Back with some scrapping today.
A simple, not overloaded layout I really enjoyed making it, because it was the result of a bet with myself. I thought to share my train of thought while creating my page, I hope you find it useful.

Ok this is the story:
My friend and owner of ScrapsNPieces store, Myrto sent me an awesome, big package a couple of months ago (when I still was a member of the ScrapsNPieces DT).  This nice package had been left aside for a while, so today I thought to grant it a bit of my attention, as I really felt I needed to scrap. So I opened it and my fingers went through all the beautiful stuff Myrto had sent me.  And then a question popped up.  "Can you create a layout with colours of the goodies that are in the package?".  "Oh yes, sure", I thought.

When I looked at the colours of the sprays that my friend had chosen, I found the following:

                               

Great!

INTERESTING COMBINATION, don't you think?

I don't believe Myrto had this combo in mind when putting the little bottles in the box, I guess it was randomly done.

I could use the three of them, but all of them???

Anyway, this was the challenge.  I loved loved loved loved the second colour (iced spruce), so it just HAD to dominate the layout.  The black soot was to be added in very small doses, ok with that. Now the problem was how I would combine two colours that seem like not getting along with each other with two cold colours  and not create an eye-hurting colourful circus. This troubled me a little bit.   Finally I decided to mix the rusty hinge with the festive berries and spray the chipboard Myrto sent with them.  Risky, but it looked like the only option.

And this page is the result of this

What do you think?  As you see, I used some substantial amount of water on my cardstock, in order to create the watercolor effect on the background.  Now the best white/cream cardstock that withstands so much water is this one

Χαρτι watercolor 300gsm

which you can find at the ScrapsNPieces store

I also used this stamp

along with the chipboard, Tim Holtz mask and 7 Dots Studio Lost & Found Collection that you see in my page.

Now because I had quite some time to scrap, I drew my inspiration to build the layout from the following C'est Magnifique sketch:

I think it is just lovely, do you agree?

So that's everything from me now! I hope you liked my page!

Thanks for stopping by!

On my Christmas Wishlist

Καλημέρα και Καλό Μήνα!
Επιτέλους Δεκέμβριος, αν και εδώ που είμαι δεν μοιάζει πολύ για χειμώνα... :(

Τέλος παντων, ακόμα και με συνεχείς λιακάδες, ο Δεκέμβριος (αρα η Χριστουγεννιάτικη περίοδος) είναι εδώ και έτσι σιγά-σιγά μπαίνουμε στο κλίμα των ημερών :)

Λοιπόν είμαι προσκεκλημένη στο Crafty Life αυτό το μήνα (ευχαριστώ, Μαρία!) και η πρόκληση του Δεκέμβρη δεν θα μπορούσε παρά να είναι Χριστουγεννιάτικη.

"It's the most wonderful time of the year"

***7 Dots Studio Yuletide Collection***

Ένας από τους λόγους που αυτός ο μήνας είναι ίσως ο πιο υπέροχος είναι το γεγονός ότι κάνουμε... λίστες!  Απο δώρα, φυσικά.  Πολλές φορές σκέφτομαι "α, αυτό θα το πάρω τα Χριστούγεννα" ή "πόσο θα χαιρόταν ο/η... με αυτό το αντικείμενο".  Ένα από τα πράγματα που ήταν πάντα στις Χριστουγεννιάτικες λίστες μου (και μέχρι τώρα δεν έχω αξιωθεί να πάρω) είναι ένα ζευγάρι γκλιτερένιες μπαλαρίνες.   Δεν έχω τολμήσει να τις παρω ακόμα επειδή δεν έχω καταφέρει να ταιριάξω το στυλ μου με ένα τέτοιο είδος παπουτσιών, όμως πάντα μα πάντα τις έχω στο πίσω μέρος του μυαλού μου.

On my Christmas Wishlist λοιπόν... :)

Η σύνθεση δεν είναι φορτωμένη, όπως βλέπετε, I just held my horses, επειδή τείνω να το παρα-κάνω τελευταία. 

Για ποιο λόγο είναι ο Δεκέμβρης the most wonderful time of the year για σας;  Σκραπάρετε τους λόγους σας και παίξτε με το Crafty Life!  Να σημειώσω ότι το θέμα μπορεί να ερμηνευτεί όπως θέλετε, η δική μου ερμηνεία δεν είναι δεσμευτική, εννοείται!

Φιλιά πολλά και καλή βδομάδα!

Be who you want to be - 7 Dots Studio Nov-Dec challenge

Hello again!
Here I am to share my last page as a 7 Dots Studio DT member (sigh).
It was made for the new challenge, whose theme is "VINTAGE".

Although I don't do them very often, I love doing vintage projects. They emit the greatness of a lost, old world, full of grandeur and grace.  They make me feel nostalgic and at the same time they prompt me to move forward and look to the future.  The message I want to get across with this page is that we must be who we want to be, starting with questioning everything in our lives.  We won't forget our stories, we'll have to record them, but let's not linger in the past.  Lost and Found Collection at its full glory, again.

Products used: Lost & Found - Typewriter; Lost & Found - Element Stickers 6x12; Lost & Found - Word Stickers 6x12; Lost & Found - Chipboard; Lost & Found - Die-cut Elements 6x12; Lost & Found - Clear Stamps

This is the amazing inspirational circle

I guess that's everything!  I will be back soon. Thank you very much for your warm comments on my previous post, I do appreciate them.  As for my scrapbooking ventures, actually there is none ahead, for the moment (only a couple of guest dt spots).  I would never quit a DT just to hop onto the next one. 

Anyway... see you soon!

Christmas blessings

Good morning everyone!

Today I would like to share with you one of my two last pages as a 7 Dots Studio DT member. There is only one more, that you will see in a couple of days!  I decided to step down from the DT and I already feel nostalgic. As I'm typing these lines I still don't believe it. It was not easy at all to make such decision, but given the circumstances it was a right one.

I need to thank Tusia Lech for believing in my scrapping skills 2,5 years ago. I will be forever thankful for the trust, love and kindness she has showed me all this time.  7 Dots Studio collections have been a huge inspiration and have accompanied me throughout my scrapbooking journey. They were the reason why I won challenges and my pages got known by people.  Therefore I would like to express my love and gratitude to this girl and I would like to meet her one day in person! Tusia Lech, thank you!

So in my last page for the 7 Dots Studio blog, I wanted to talk about BLESSINGS and GRATITUDE.

Christmas for me is a time to reflect on all the blessings God gave the world, when He sent His only Son to save the world. A time to be grateful for everything He has granted us.  I chose a Pinterest photo that depicts abundance, at least this is what I see in it.  So my layout had to be full and rich in texture, depth and colour. And this is what I have tried to do, I hope you can see these elements in my layout.  I used the awesome Yuletide Collection - what else could fit more?  The colour combo is the colours I usually like for Christmas decorations - I don't go traditional, this deep purple, gold and rich red convey exactly my feelings during the Christmas season.

7 Dots products used: Yuletide - Sugarplum; Yuletide - Tags 12x12; Yuletide - Word Stickers 6x12; Yuletide - Element Stickers 6x12; UWS - Lost & Found Handwriting Stencil; UWS - Yuletide Flairs

I also got inspired by the Scrap Around the World November moodboard, that is all about Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year. I kept its grey/silver colour for my background, although like I already said, I opted for richer and deeper colours.

I hope you like my page! One more is coming in soon! 

Thank you for visiting my blog!  

Soul Search

Καλημέρα και Καλό μήνα!

Φθινόπωρο επιτέλους... ααααχχχχχ!!!
Φύλλα που πέφτουν (όχι εδώ, σε άλλες περιοχές), δυνατοί αέρηδες.... ψύχρα, συννεφα, γκρίζος ουρανός.... ΤΕΛΕΙΑ!

Οπότε δεν γίνεται παρά η πρόκληση Νοεμβρίου του ScrapsNPieces να έχει φθινοπωρινό θέμα!

"Autumn Colours" λοιπον...

(δεν είναι απαραίτητο να ακολουθήσετε επακριβώς τα χρώματα, οκ; απλά θέλουμε έργο με φθινοπωρινό θέμα)

Όπως έχω πει ήδη, η 7 Dots Studio Domestic Goddess είναι η καταλληλότερη συλλογή για φθινοπωρινά projects! Αυτή και χρησιμοποίησα!  Επίσης έβαλα και αυτές τις

υπέροχες σφραγίδες, που θα βρείτε στο κατάστημα ScrapsNPieces!

Να και το πανέμορφο moodboard της Βάλιας Κατζάκη για το ScrapsNPieces 

από το οποίο εμπνεύστηκα (κάπου έχω κρυμμένο ένα φύλλο maple - όποια το βρει, κερδίζει, επίσης βασίστηκα στη μεσαία δεξιά φωτό με το μπουκέτο για το cluster μου)

Tα χρώματα τα πήρα από το χρωματικό συνδυασμό του Words & Paintery

Αυτά τα ολίγα!  Λοιπόν έχετε προθεσμία να μας δείξετε τα φθινοπωρινά εργα σας έως τις 26 Νοεμβρίου!

Φιλιά πολλά!

Travel the 7 Seas - A Canvas Tutorial for Scraps'N'Pieces

Hello!  A new week starts, I hope it will be a marvelous one for all!
For those of you who follow my blog, it is no news that I am hooked on layouts. I rarely create something different than pages, for some reason. But today I do have something different to show and that is a canvas tutorial, made for the ScrapsNPieces blog.

Although this is just the 3rd canvas I have ever made, I thought to video the process for you to see what I'm doing! A really easy project, indeed, as you will see.  7 Dots Studio Destination Unknown is used here, as well as Finnabair's Mica Powders/Glass Glitter and 2 Crafty Chipboard. The music belongs to the Piano Guys (Waterfall - The story of my life - Desert Symphony)! I hope you like it!

This is the video

Most of the products I used to make this canvas, you can easily find at the ScrapsNPieces Store!

So that's all from me!  I hope you'll get inspired by my small canvas!

Have a fabulous week!

Leaves are the butterflies of Fall

Καλημέρα!

Σήμερα είναι η μέρα του 7 Dots Studio.  Έφτιαξα μια φθινοπωρινή σελίδα με κεντρικό θέμα τα φύλλα του δάσους ή γενικότερα, το έδαφος ενός δάσους το φθινόπωρο.

Μου αρέσει πολύ το φθινόπωρο, είναι ο προάγγελος του χειμώνα... όλα ετοιμάζονται να ησυχάσουν, να ηρεμήσουν και να κλειστούν στις φωλιές τους. Από τα λίγα πράγματα που πετούν είναι τα κόκκινα, πορτοκαλί, κίτρινα φύλλα που παίρνει ο άνεμος στο διάβα του και τα εναποθέτει στο έδαφος σε στοιβάδες, μαζί με άλλα στοιχεία του δάσους.  Μου μοιάζουν σαν πεταλούδες.  Έχοντας όλα αυτά στη σκέψη μου έφτιαξα το παρακάτω layout:

Products used:

Domestic Goddess - Collage Fashionista

Domestic Goddess - Stickers 6x12

UWS - Yuletide - Words Stencil

H τέλεια σειρά του 7 Dots για φθινοπωρινά projects είναι η Domestic Goddess. Δεν έχω κάτι άλλο να προσθέσω, τα χρώματα της τα λένε όλα!

Λέω να την ανεβάσω στο Scrapki-wyzwaniowo, 

το θέμα του οποίου για τον Οκτώβριο είναι το φθινόπωρο (bingo)!

Καθώς και στο Berry71Bleu

(εδώ έχουμε φύλλα σε στοιβάδες, ακριβώς ό,τι έχω κάνει κι εγώ)

Αυτά από μένα!  Ελπίζω να σας αρέσει η σελίδα μου (εγώ τη βρίσκω κάπως υπερβολικά messy and mixed-media)!

You are so beautiful

Καλημέρα!! Μέσα στον Οκτώβρη είμαστε και κάποιοι από μας τα βλέπουν όλα ...ροζ!
Εγώ πρώτη, επειδή λατρεύω το φθινόπωρο και χαίρομαι πολύ που ήρθε (ελπίζω να φέρει και τον ανάλογο καιρό) και καποιοι άλλοι στο ScrapsNPieces, για δικούς τους λόγους!

Επειδή λοιπόν τα βλέπουμε ροζ (σε πείσμα των καιρών), είπαμε να σας δώσουμε moodboard αφιερωμένο σ' αυτό το χρώμα, για να παίξετε τον Οκτώβρη!

Δεν είναι υπέροχο; Το έφτιαξε η απίθανη Valia Katzaki και εμένα προσωπικά μου αρέσει πολύ γιατί είναι κλασάτο, αιθέριο και γκλιτεράτο!  ;)

Η δική μου σύνθεση ελπίζω να έπιασε την παραπάνω περιγραφή

(αυτός ήταν ο στόχος μου)

Επαιξα σε ασπρο χαρτι αυτή τη φορά, με πολύ λίγα διακοσμητικά, για να μη βαρύνω τη σελίδα και να κρατήσω το αιθέριο χαρακτήρα του moodboard (με τις προηγούμενες συνθέσεις μου φουλ στα διακοσμητικά και στο βάρος, είπα να το κρατήσω πιο απλό αυτή τη φορά).

7 Dots Studio Verano Azul όλα, φυσικά, καθώς το ροζ που έχει η σειρά αυτή είναι ακριβώς αυτό που έψαχνα!

Αυτά!  Ελπίζω να σας αρέσει η σελίδα μου!
Για περάστε να ρίξετε μια ματιά στις δημιουργίες της Σχεδιαστικής Ομάδας, είναι όλες υπέροχες!

Η προθεσμία για να υποβάλετε τα έργα σας λήγει στις 26/10/2015.
Τι λέτε, θα παίξετε μαζί μας στα ροζ;

Important - a layout video tutorial for 7 Dots Studio

Good morning everyone!

September is leaving us soon and we are heading well into autumn (even though the weather here doesn't look like autumnal a lot)... I always feel a bit of relief when October comes, as my favourite season - winter - is close. So being in a good mood today I want to share with you my 5th video tutorial for 7 Dots Studio!

Finnabair's Mica Powders, a bit of mists, a couple of flowers & embellishments do the work! 

I used the amazing "Lost & Found" Collection!  

The elegant, fragile, touching music belongs to the OST of the "The Theory of Everything" movie (The Cinematic Orchestra - the arrival of the birds & Transformation)!  I love it and I thought it fitted my video perfectly, stylewise.  

The theme of my page is something really important, that we women tend to forget: we don't have to be picture perfect!

Now this is the page

(closer details of my layout you can find at this 7 Dots Studio blogpost)

7 Dots Studio Products used: 

Lost & Found - Lab Notes; Lost & Found - Clear Stamps; Lost & Found - Die-Cut Elements 6x12; Lost & Found - Tags 12x12; Lost & Found - Word Stickers 6x12; 

UWS - Handwriting stencil

And my video tutorial, which I hope will help and inspire you

At this point I would like to say that, in the midst of the political turmoil that my homeland Greece has found herself into the last years and especially the last 6 months,  I have lost my mojo and inspiration many times.  And I have tried to draw inspiration from moodboards, challenge blogs, beautiful Pinterest photos, etc.  

This time my inspiration came from this lovely, vintage

Scrap Around the World moodboard by Lydie Denis

I got inspired by the vintage, delicate, elegant style, the earthy tones that are complimented by touches of pink, that I also used in my page. My choice for the background paper and handwriting stencil stemmed from the down middle photo, as well as the small roses came from the down left one.

So I hope you enjoy my video!  If there's anything you would like to ask me concerning it, please don't hesitate to!