25. mar. 2014

Paper chase - Country View Challenges


Pozdravljene ustvarjalke! Žal mi je, da me ni naokoli zadnje čase, vendar enostavno ni dovolj ur v mojem dnevu in tudi ta objava je vnaprej pripravljena.
Country View Challenges praznuje svojo prvo obletnico in počaščena sem, da lahko zopet sodelujem kot gostja, ker je bil moj izdelek Sestre izbran za top 3 v januarju. Še vedno imate nekaj dni časa, da se pridružite izzivu »Paper chase«, le narediti morate nekaj v zvezi s papirjem...torej skoraj karkoli oziroma »Anything goes« izziv. Za ta poseben izziv ponujajo posebno nagrado – 2 bona po £20 za Country View Crafts trgovinico, ki ne ponuja samo izjemnega servisa, ampak tudi zelo prijazne cene!

Ker se rada igram s papirjem in izdelujem kolaže, je ta izziv naravnost idealen zame. Odločila sem se, da bom naredila par mini kolažev iz igralnih kart, vendar sem končala z malo knjigico, zapolnjeno z najljubšimi rekli. Karte sem »oblekla« s papirjem iz starih knjig in notnim papirjem, ter dodala stare podobe. Platnice sem naredila iz lepenke, ki sem jo embosirala in pobarvala z akrilnimi barvami. Ko se je vse posušilo sem dodala »polomljeno lutko«, katere krila sem naredila iz papirja. Uporabila sem šablono za izdelavo rožic in odrezala dva lista za zgornji par kril, ter šablono lista za spodnji par kril. Zgornji par sem premazala z Glossy accents in dodala perlice. Knjigico sem enostavno povezala z dvema bombažnima trakovoma, ker tako še vedno lahko dodajam strani po želji.
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Hey friends! I am sorry I am not around lately, but there are just not enough hours in my day and also this post is scheduled in advance.
Country View Challenges celebrate their first anniversary this month and I am very happy to be their guest designer again as my project Sisters was chosen for top 3 back in January in Monochromatic challenge. You still have few days to join Paper chase challenge, you just have to create something with paper...I think this is almost anything goes challenge. For this special challenge they offer special prices – two £20 vouchers for Country View Crafts shop, which already offer not only fantastic service (thank you Susan!), but also very friendly prices!


I love playing with paper and making collages, so this is the perfect challenge for me. I decided to alter some APCs, but I ended with a little book filled with my favourite quotes. Each card is altered with vintage images, old book pages and note paper. Covers are made with thick paper, embossed and painted with brown acrylic paint. Once the covers were dry I embellished with winged broken doll. Wings I made of paper; I used flower die and cut two petals for upper pair and leaf die for lower pair of wings. Upper pair I smeared with glossy accents and added some beads. For binding I simply used two cotton strips, so I still can add more pages when I want.








Pridruži se nam na "Paper chase" izzivu!
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Join as at Paper chase clhallenge!


9. mar. 2014

What a lucky day

Hojla! Danes bi vam rada pokazala nov izdelek za katerega navdih sem dobila pri  Pauli Cheney iz One Lucky Day...nekatere jo verjetno že poznate, veste, da je zelo talentirana in da je kreativni koordinator za Tim Holtz izdelke. In presenečenje…povabila me je kot gostjo na svoj blog…VAU, vau, sem bila presenečena, vendar zelo počaščena in še vedno sem! Zato sem se tudi odločila narediti tole "obešanko v škatli"...če Paulo že spremljate, boste našle kakšno podobnost ali tehniko na njenem blogu. Upam, da vam je všeč.
Če boste skočile na njen blog One Lucky Day, lahko tudi izveste (spet) nekaj več o meni in Paula bo pokazala nekaj mojih izdelkov, ki so ji všeč..še sama ne vem katere je izbrala, zato pojdimo pogledat k Pauli....
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Hey friends! Today I am here to share my new project which was inspired by Paula Cheney from One Lucky Day…I believe you all know who is she, that she is very talented lady  and that she is Creative Coordinator for Tim Holtz Brands. And you know what?  She invited me to be the guest on her blog....WOW, wow,wow... I was surprised, excited and honoured and I still am!!

That’s why I made this piece, some kind of hanging in the box…if you already follow Paula you will probably find some resemblance or the same technique she shown on her blog, but of course I try to do it my way! Hope you like it.
And if you pop over her blog One Lucky Day you can find (again) something more about me and she also choose to show a few of my projects she liked...even I don’t know which ones, so let’s go visit Paula...A big thank you for your kind invitation Paula, I am honoured and very happy to have been selected for this special spotlight.


Druga velika novice je, da imamo nov izziv imenovan A Vintage Journey...res fantastična ekipa vabi na prvi izziv Anything Tim. Prijavljam svoj izdelek.
Uporabljeni izdelki:
Pokrov stare škatle pobarvan z akrilnimi barvami, Gessom in Tim Holtz Distress Stain
Lepenka izrezana s Tim Holtz Arch Frame šablono in Mini Cabinet Card šablono
Spoll štampiljka, Distress crackle paint, Tissue wrap, Crinkled ribbon, Memo pin, Spool, Ball chain in mala krona,  vse Tim Holtz
Tim Holtz Book cover štampiljka in Ranger Perfect pearls na črnem papirju (se težko opazi na fotografijah)
Čipka, perlice in lesen srček
Vejica in star notni papir

Veselo nedeljo!
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Second great news is that there is new challenge blog named A Vintage Journey ... most amazing design team runs their first challenge Anything Tim.  I would like to enter into challenge with my Paula inspired project.
Product I used:
Old box lid coloured with acrylic paint, Gesso and Tim Holtz Distress Stain
Cardboard cut with Tim Holtz Arch Frame die and Mini Cabinet Card die
Spool stamp, Distress crackle paint, Tissue wrap, Crinkled ribbon, Memo pin, Spool, Ball chain and little crown all by Tim Holtz
Tim Holtz Book cover stamp and Ranger Perfect pearls on black paper (hardly to see in the photos)
Lace, beads and little wooden heart
Twig and old music sheet


Happy Sunday!