Photo Contest

On Scrap Boutique is going on a Photo Contest № 4 Coloured pencils and crayons. It's simple, funny and you have to say that the theme is great! The other day we were decorateting the road with my son and the occassion was perfect to make a picture for the contest. So, here is my take:

You have still time.....

Have a great day!

Scrap the boys

I'm taking part of the current challenge on Scrap the boys. I love this blog as I have a boy and I find great inspo for boy LOs in this place. I'm always trying to find new stuff to make my boy dedicated pages more attractive and dimensional. This month challenge is to capture a moment in your day that you want to remember, part of your daily routine or a specific day or moment that you want to remember.You then need to use that time/date as your layout title. I picked some photos from a lovely day when Kian and dad were playing with a lollypop. It was one of the most beatiful moments. It was the 2nd of October 2010.

Have a great day and make fabulous mamories enjoying your life!

Big news and fave game!!!

There are some big news over These are a few of my favorite things. You probably know that there was a DT CALL to find other talents that will enhance the challenges. And I have to announce that now we are in 24!!!! I'm so excited to see a lot of variety, new ideas, different styles and I'm sure there'll be a waterfall of inspiration!!!!!
And we are going on with the challenges and here is the next one: FAVORITE GAME! I was thinking a lot which game to choose and than I decided for the most important one: LIFE! Life is surely the most important game we play and sometimes we are lose and sometimes we are win but the important thing is to follow our dreams and be prepared to go on. In this LO there are some things that keep reminding the rules: the two indicators for the limit of time we have, the big sign that reminds us in what way the game goes, the heart that determinates the direction and the duration and the wings and the devil's horns to accept that we are only humans.

So, play your most important game than better that you can and meanwhile don't forget to play also at the TAAFOMFT!!!!!!!

Favorite quote

This time was really a challenging work on the TAAFOMFT! In fact we had to choose our favorite quote!!!! I have to say I have an enormous ammount of quotes that I love but I wanted to make something different from a LO this time and the one I choose seemed just perfect for this heart shaped project.
I did the heart my self and covered it with gauze and lace. I've adoperated some glimmer mmist to reach the worn red color and I have to say that in RL the heart has a significant shimmer wich gives it a prescious look. The wires are placed like a sort of stitches and of course a lock, indispensable to protect our hearts.

In the heart the lace background gives the right conditions for the little seed to sprout and the soft flowers are its protection. The key is placed with a bow and it's waitting for the perfect situation to be donated to unlock the heart :-)



Have a nice day and remember to submit your favorite quote because there is a Niki Sivils goodies!!!!

Paper dreams to all!

Favorite scrapper

We have a new challenge on the TAAFOMFT for a great start of the year: Favorite scrapper!!!!!

I have to say that I have no doubts here: my very favorite scrapper is Ingvild! From the moment I came accross her blog I didn't miss a post and I was immidiattly amazed about the results of her ideas and hands: she is able to lay a romantic and genuine dream on the paper and her creations are gentle and profound pieces of art. She inspires me and drags me to explore the paper world. She is the queen of the paper world!!!!

Thank you so much Ingvild for sharing your paper journey with us!

And now you: who is your favorite scrapper? This is a perfect chance to make a special tribute to the person that inspires you and you can participate and maybe even win a prize at the same time!!!!!

There is another important thing you will not want to miss: we have a

DT CALL

happening!!! If you love this special place as much as I do and enjoy to create about your fave things go here and take a chance! We can't wait to have new and fresh scrappers that will make our TAAFOMFT house even more exciting!!! We are waiting for you!!!!!

Paper dreams to all!

Altered ornaments and more...

It was still autumn when I saw two flatted ball ornaments at IKEA just for 50 cents. They were red with just a few white spots and perfect to richly decorate them and use them as a kind of a christmas treats for unexpected guests. I grabbed many packeges and some days ago I dressed them as I wanted: white cracle paint, glittery swirls, satin bows, warm wishes and a pinch of distressing. So simple but I have to say they fully perform their mission and bring smiles on the people faces.

I wanted to share another thing: a few days ago girls from a challenge blog named CRAFTY PANTKY contacted me, asking me if I wanted to take part to their alternative Christmas tree challenge, with my Christmas trees as a inspiration for the contestants. I have to say I always have fun with cooperating and I was immidiatly in. So, if you have a different christmas tree, you can participate to the challenge or in alternative, you can visit their blog for some inspo and there's a lot in there. Thank you so much Crafty pantky girls, I'll be arround and have a merry merry Christmas!!!!!

I also have to remind you that at the TAAFOMFT we are running a chllenge with the fave LO!!!!!!! So, hurry up and look up into your files and find which one was the best in this year. Tell me if this is not easy and fun!!! Here is mine....

The prize is great and remember: the winner will be picked randomly = a lot of chances to win!!!!!

Paper dreams to all!!!

Lace Christmas tree and fave celebrity

I'm just continuing with the Christmas spirit and I love this time of the year because with the Christmas theme the ideas are just coming and coming - just so easy!
I have a lace curtain that I have to admit I would never use, just because it doesn't match my style and it also has some unremovable spots so...I cut it into some stripes and made this Chrismas tree. In the pics below it's not visible but I sprayed the whole tree with glue and put a lot of glitter on it and in RL it's very shiny and sparkly. In addition I've put on many blinks. My mom gave me a super chic chrystal star and I have to say that it gives to the tree a special touch. The tree has also some puffy pon pons that hold the dotted veil that dresses the tree and some glossy red eye-catching alphas.

I'll make a tutorial in the next days about how to make this banner out of a ribbon and I promise you that it's super easy and I love the sophisticated effect it gives to the project.

Another thing to share. We have a new challenge over the TAAFOMFT and this time we want to know what is your favorite celebrity. I was thinking a lot what to do and I decided for her - Marilyn. I love her because for me she is really the last diva and belongs to a world that seem unreachable and forgotten...

Have a nice day my friends and have fun!

Thank you cards

We have a special thing going on on These are a few of my favorite things and I hope you'll join us this time.
Within in this past month, Julie have found out that Stephanie's (the owner of Bella Blvd.) Brother-in-Law was killed in an accident and Dolores's (her bloggy friend) best friend is fighting breast cancer on a very limited income being a teacher....and BOTH ladies (Dolores and Stephanie) have asked for Thank You cards to be sent to them to have on hand for the many, many, many people that are assisting them in their time of need.
We decided to help them and make it a challenge to all of you to help out too.... Our challenge is: make a THANK YOU Card using FAVE FALL COLORS and send it to one or both of them.
Here is mine....

It is really important to join us this time at TAAFOMFT. And this time there's no prize because there is something more than a challenge going on!

Weightlifting

At the These are a few of my favorite things it's time for another great challenge: favorite sport!!!!! Do you have your favorite sport, passion, necessity in this sense?

My husband and I were never really sport persons as he is a drummer and spends the free time in a dusty place playing drums and I on the other hand am totally obsessed with scrapbooking and I'm really faithful to this passion but I have to say we like to make long walks in the nature almost every day after my husband comes home.
But there is a type of sport we are practicing from the moment Kian was born: weightlifting. In fact we always had to keep him in our hannds because when he was a baby he hated every other place except being in our arms..... Sometimes we were just near to get crazy :-)
...and he still loves it...

I just want to remind you that nowon the TAAFOMFT we are choosing the winner randomly so everybody has a chance to win. No stress, just having fun.

And for the prize, our very own AMY is opening her VERY OWN SCRAP STORE IN LOUISIANA {{{Create 365}}}!!! And within her store she is creating kits... and she is going to provide our winner for this challenge an AMAZING PRIZE PACK!! Make sure to check out Amy's store blog !!!!

Have a great halloween!!!!!

Sharing

Sharing is one of the needs humans have. You can see it in children when they call mom or dad to share if something is happening, you can see it when something beatiful tauches our lifes and it can't be as beatiful as it is when shared. It's another strange feature of humans. I can see how sharing is something that is innate in Kian and he always wants to be sure that we are experiencing the same thing and afterwords he enjoys to describe it.
This LO is inspired by The Color room palette. A very feminine selection of colors but it goes ok with this cute pic showing Kian sharing his lollypop with daddy.

Some close ups....

The title is made using a glitter color. I first used the indigo paper to make a sort of a transfer of the word and that I covered it with glitter and made some stitching for an extra detail. I made the white bricks using the polyclay.

The frame is made with some tarsparent pink paper that I first push below the paper frame and sewed and than rolled over itself and sewed again to form a kind of a airy effect.

Have a nice day and thanks for stopping!!!!

Featured again on The Color room

I'm glad to announce that I was featured again on The Color room or better my witch's hat!!!!! That's great: my two projects being feature for two weeks, one after another! What a blast!

Witch's hat

A new palette of The Color room and this time the colors are perfect for another halloween project, just with a small difference: yellow instead orange.
This is my take on this palette: a chipboard witch's hat.... I love the smashed chipboard for the upper part because that's what a true witch needs. I did some clear embossing on it and some white stamping before I rolled it and a lot of misting for an extra shiny look (not very visible :-( in the pics ).

Some wired shapes... The two stars are looking out of the top checking for some good spells :-)

But there's more: the hat has a surprise: a hidden treasure in it and it could be anything you want to put under it for halloween.... It's so nice to find and offer surprise, don't you think?

Clear embossed stars with blinks. I love how they seem to dance all over the hat surface...

Have a wonderful and creative weekend!

Featured!!!!!

What a great start of the day! I checked The color room and my LO "My sweetheart" was featured!!!! I'm so happy and you know how I love to add my contribute there because the quality of talent is so elevated as from the DT as from the members.

YuuuhheeeeeY!!!!!!

What is your favorite fictional character?

We have a great fave thing to scrap at the TAAFOMFT: favorite fictional character. Noooo doubts for me here: The polar expres crew: I simply adore this animation and I love the story, all the time immerged in magic but still just a pinch scary, just enough to drive children's (and I'm one of them :-)) immagination and feelings deep in this fantastic jouney!!! I think I've watched it thousands of times and that music and story still surprise me everytime I enjoy it! The pocket watch was the perfect background, always showing something to midnight....

And we are changing things up a bit around FAVE THINGS!!! We are now going to choose our winner by using Random.org so everyoneb that plays along have a chance to win and we will now be showing all the lo's/projects on a slideshow when we announce the winner! Isn't this great!
And don't forget that this time there is a 20$ gift certificate that is waiting for the winner!!!!
D E L I S C I O U S !!!!!!!!!!!!