Introducing a new feature on get creative....

(Η ανάρτηση ακολουθεί στα Ελληνικά)

 On the 25th of each month

we will introduce to you a

creative blogger

to inspire you

and

to stretch your creativity

so on that note I introduce you to our first

Creative Blogger

Cathy Cafun

I have been following Cathy's blog for many months now

Her scrapbook layouts are amazing,

full of layers, sumptuous colour and beautiful details.

Cathy recently featured a flower tutorial on her blog

which I thought was inspiring and creative.....

So.....gather all your paper blossoms

that are sitting in the bottom of your drawer

you know the ones!!

the flowers we used to use on all our projects

before Prima Flowers became so popular LOL

and Cathy will show you how to revamp them!!

first a few words from Cathy

Hi, my name is Cathy Cafun. I live in sunny Brisbane, Australia with my husband Yves 
of 25 years and 2 teenage children Luke and Brittany and have been scrapping for
 about 7 years now. I have always enjoyed dabbling in many different arts & crafts
 since my teens, but once I was introduced to scrapbooking by a friend, that was it for 
me, I had found my passion and I have been seriously addicted ever since.

The last year and a half I have found my work has really evolved by participating in
 on-line Challenge Sites. I find I am becoming more adventurous and creative and am constantly trying to challenge myself to think outside the box.

I don’t think I have a particular style, but I do love the beautiful feminine pages am
 very partial to the grungy distressed look. My inspiration usually comes from photos
 of my family, and I just let my creations flow from there.

For me, scrapping is the perfect way to record all those precious family memories 
and have fun expressing my creativity at the same time.

Here is my blog if you would like to pop in and say hello:
 http://cathycafun.blogspot.com/

  

Here are a few ideas on how to give new life to paper blossoms.

 Ορίστε μερικές ιδέες για το πως μπορείτε να ανανεώσετε τα paper blossoms. 

Creating some texture on your flowers by embossing them with Embossing Folders and swiping them with Ink. 

Δημιουργούμε υφή, περνόντας τα με   Embossing Folders και μετά απαλά απλώνουμε μελάνι από πάνω.

You can stamp directly on to your flowers with your stamps.

A smaller overall pattern looks best.

Μπορείτε να σφραγίσετε απευθίας πάνω στο λουλούδι.

Ένα μικρό σχέδιο φαίνετε καλύτερα.

Use glimmer mist on your blossoms to colour them to match your LO.

You can spray the whole flower or use splats for a more concentrated effect.

Χρησιμοποιήστε  glimmer mist λουλούδι για να ταιριάξει το χρώμα στην συνθεση σας.

Μπορείτε να ψεκάσετε ολοκλήρο το λουλούδι ή να κάνετε πιτσιλιές για εφέ.  

You can also use your flowers as a mask with your misting to create a fab background.

Use a fineliner pen to outline your images to create a little more dimension.

Μπορείτε να χρησιμοποιήσετε τα λουλούδια σαν μάσκα για να κάνετε ωραίο φόντο.

Χρησιμοποιήσετε ένα λεπτό μαρκαδοράκι για να κάνετε το περίγραμα των λουλουδιών το οποίο θα δώσει περισσότερη διάσταση.

Using Bakers Twine and a needle to stitch onto your flowers.

Με τη χρήση του  Bakers Twine με μία βελόνα, να κεντήσετε πάνω στο λουλουδι.

Cutting your Blossoms in half and using them as a border.

Κόβετε τα λουλούδια στη μέση και τα χρησιμοποιείτε για μπορντούρα.

You can jazz them up by using various centres like Brads, Resin Flower, Metal Flowersand Pins.

Μπορείτε να τα ζωηρέψετε χρησιμοποιώντας διάφορα πραγματάκια στο κέντρο.

 

Various mediums can also be used like Kindyglitz, Crackle Paint, Diamond Dust andLiquid Pearls. 

Επίσης μπορείτε να χρησιμοποιήσετε διαφορα mediums όπως Kindyglitz, Crackle Paint, Diamond Dust και Liquid Pearls.

A few more ideas for centres, charms, cutting up a Felt Ribbon to use as a layer, a Mini Rose and scrunching a smaller blossom and adding Stamens for a bit of dimension. You can also roll the edges of your flowers and add some Leaves. 

Μερικές ιδέες ακόμη για το κέντρο είναι μεταλικά στοιχεια (charms), 

να κόψετε λίγη κορδέλα να χρησιμοποιήσετε,

ένα μικρό λουλούδι ή να βάλετε στημόνες για διάσταση. 

Επίσης μπορειτε να τυλίξετε τις άκρες των πετάλων, και να προσθέσετε μερικά φύλλα.

Thanks for the inspiration Cathy!!......

Ευχαριστούμε πάρα πολύ για την εμπνευση Cathy!

Στης 25η κάθε μήνα, 

θα σας δείξουμε 

έναν δημιουργικό blogger 

να σας εμπνεύση

και 

να σας προκαλεί δημιουργικά 

έτσι θέλουμε να σας γνωρίσουμε 

την πρώτη μας δημιουργική blogger

Cathy Cafun

Ακολουθώ της Cathy's blog για πολλούς μήνες τώρα.

Οι συνθέσεις της είναι καταπληκτικές, 

με πολλά επίπεδα, ζωηρά χρώματα και όμορφες λεπτομέριες.

Πρόσφατα η Cathy έδειξε ένα tutorial με λουλούδια 

που το βρήκα γεμάτη έμπνευση και δημιουργία.

Έτσι ... μαζέψετε τα χάρτινα λουλούδια 

που βρίσκονται στο κάτω συρτάρι ... ναι έκεινα, 

ξέρετε αυτά που ήταν δημοφιλής πριν τα Prima, 

και η Cathy θα σας δείξει πως μπορείτε να τα ανανεώσετε!

Μερικά λόγια από την ίδια:

Γεια σας, λέγομαι Cathy Cafun. Ζω στην ηλιόλουστο Brisbane, Australia με τον σύζηγό μου Yves, και τα δύο μας παιδιά Luke & Brittany. Ασχολούμε με το scrapbooking 7 χρόνια τώρα. Από έφηβη μου άρεσε να ασχολούμε με διάφορα καλλιτεχνικά αλλα μόλις μου το έδειξε μία φίλη, αυτό ήταν, βρήκα το πάθος μου, και είμαι εθισμένη από τότε.  

Το τελευταίο ενάμιση χρόνο ασχολούμε και συμμετέχω σε διάφορες προκλήσεις. Γίνομαι πιο δημιουργική και μου άρεσει να προκαλούμαι δημιουργικά. Δεν πιστεύω ότι με χαρακτηρίζει κάποιο συγκεκριμένο στυλ, αλλά μου αρέσουν οι θυληκες συνθέσεις, και το 'distress look'. Για εμένα το scrapping είναι ο τέλειος τρόπος να καταγράφεις όλες τις πολύτιμες οικογενειακές αναμνύσεις,  και την ίδια στιγμή διασκεδάζω δημιουργόντας.

Εδώ είναι η ιστιοσελίδα μου αν θέλετε να περάσετε και να πείτε ένα γεια:   http://cathycafun.blogspot.com/

Summer Magnolia

Good afternoon all, 

The definition of summer according to wikipedia:

Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, culture, and tradition, but when it is summer in the southern hemisphere it is winter in the northern hemisphere, and vice versa.

To me summer is flowers,sunshine, swimming, Air condition, relaxing and .............HOLIDAYS!!!

My husband has to give up his holiday days for the July and August and we are planning where to go......... we are looking for a quiet island, here in Greece. 

With this in my head i made the following card:

Tilda sitting on top of her suitcase thinking what to pack??

The inside of the card

Edwin  ready with packing waiting for tilda to make up her mind what to pack.  

Man are easy, ticket, money, passport and some shorts???

Items used for this card:

Magnolia stamps colored with ciao copic markers

Maja design paper

Square doily 

Several flowers

Chipboard sentiments

Brads

I am entering this card in to the following challenges:

1. Tomic #3 ( official magnolia blog)

2. Simon says ( For me, flowers, brads, sentiment)

3. Stamp and create.com

4. Crafters companion

5. All that scraps blog

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your holidays!!

Channa

Magnolia's for June

Good morning all,

Bright and early this morning ( 5:30am)! Lot's of things to do today, this weekend i am working as a volunteer for the Special Olympics in Athens, Greece. I went to the rehearsal for the opening ceremony and it was amazing. I am very proud and happy to be a part of this event, and my VIP will keep me busy this whole weekend so i thought this morning to finish my magnolia cards for this month. And to post it this morning but i could not load up my pictures??? so after all my jobs i am finally sat down to try it again........... and it is working. 

Little lady!

Happy Birthday!

Thinking of you.....

I used the following items for these cards:

Paper used: Websterpages and Maja design

Die cuts: Nestabilities

Stamps: Magnolia

Colored with: Ciao Copic markers

Doilies: different shapes

Several flowers and ribbon.

I have another magnolia card that i made but i will make a separate post for that one because i will enter in several different challenges. 

Thanks for stopping by, i hope you like my Magnolia cards for this month. I love all the nice comments from everybody, it is very much appreciated.

Also very nice to see that most of you have added yourselves for my blog candy giveaway!

Have a good weekend, 

Channa 

Happy father's day!

Good afternoon all, 

Hope you are all enjoying your day. Today is father's day and i am going to the inlaws today for lunch. My husband forgot completely that it was father's day today but he is lucky that i remembered. I made a scrapbook lay out in a frame for my father in law. He has not had the best of days these last few weeks as he was in a car accident. But he is recovering day by day and i thought i need to make something special. 

As the lay out had to go in a frame i could not make a lot of layers. On the lay out are his children with partners Dorita and George and Makis and moi. I picked an old picture from makis and me because we have put too much weight on the last few months. 

Here are some close ups of the details. I used a die-cut of marianne design for the bird cage and stamped a butterfly behind and colored it with copic

Because the lay out is in a frame i could not stick the "bling bling"on the page so i decided to 

put it on the glass. I don't think it can be seen very good on the picture.

I added a vintage cut stating " loving memories " and lace on each side of the page. 

I hope he likes it, obviously as a safe gift we also bought a shirt ( always safe)

I wish you all a very nice sunday. Dont forget my blog candy giveaway. I am happy to see that more people added themselves on THANK YOU!!

Channa

Wonderful women!

Hello everybody, 

It's been a few days..........busy making several lay-outs, cards etc....

Today i am posting a lay-out of my mother! It's because of her that i have the creativity. My mum is a very busy bee, she gives her own classes, goes to work shops, she goes out dancing, takes care of my grand mother and she also works every day. 

I used this picture, because i think it's the most beautiful picture i have from  my mother. I think she must have been my age?? I stamped with my lace stamps behind the picture with distress ink and i used vintage paper for the border. The two flowers are made from coffee filters, i really love making them, very easy and cheap. 

Here are some close-ups so you can see the details.

 

 Like every other daughter, i think my mother is a wonderful women, with a lot of spirit. She always makes sure that i am up to date with all the latest fashion in crafting. 

This is some of her work:

 Amazing? well i think so. She also donated a lot of items in my blog candy. 

Up until now only 3 ladies signed up??? Why??? even if you are already a follower of my blog, please sign up for the blog candy!!! It is all for free and there are a lot of nice items that can be used for scrapbooking and card making. And as mentioned, it is open for everybody in the world. 

I wish you all a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by, 

Channa