CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge for September.

Ohh... I can't believe summer is almost gone... September means back to school, cooler weather and return to the usual routine.

 

Anyways... here I am with a new card for CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:

 

 

This cute school girl is a digi stamp from Digistamp Boutique and I thought she fits perfectly this month main event: back to school.

There are still a couple of weeks to go before the start but school is in the air...

I colored her with my Copics and used papers from DCWV.

 

She looks so happy and proud with her new backpack and lunch in her hands... I guess my daughter will be less happy...

 

Have a look here to see the beautiful cards our DT has made for this new challenge!

And I can't wait to see yours!



C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 326 - Back to School.

Welcome to a new C.R.A.F.T. Challenge!

 

This week the theme is "Back to School".

Although here in Italy schools start on Sept. 15, school is already in the air.

 

I chose a cute critter to celebrate the Back to School theme:

 

 

It's Toby's Tasty Treat from Wags & Whiskers.

Originally, it has a cupcake on his tail but I changed it into an apple to follow the school theme.

I colored it with Copics and mounted it on a background paper from DCWV.

The banner is from Paper Smooches, the sentiment is from There She Goes.

 

You can find winners from last week here where you can also find tons of inspiration from our amazing DT!



Teachers.

This week I'm inspired by teachers for my cards... I have a few drafts on my table next to some Christmas cards and I'm quite excited to see how they'll turn out!

School finished at the beginning of June here and will start middle September but it seems that things are different around the world: somewhere have just finished, somewhere else are about to start again. That's why I decided I needed some more teachers cards for my shop.

This is the first one I've made:

Again, I've used a card from Lasting Impressions which was hidden in my stash (it seems that since I re-discovered my embossing templates and stuff, every image I color is perfect on a Lasting Impression card blank!).

The image is Teacher Toodle from Broken Box Stock which I colored with Copics (but there is a colored version available here if you prefer) and, of course, touches of glitter here and there.

What a sassy teacher!

This card is for the following challenges:

The Cutie Pie Challenge # 49: Pretty in Pink

Brown Sugar Challenge # 51: Anything Goes

That Craft Place Challenge: It's a Girl Thing

Divas by Design Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge # 139: Anythng Goes

A Sketch Challenge

Last week, when I saw the Challenge over at Sparkle Creations I was a bit scared. It seemed a very complicated sketch to follow.

Yesterday, I decided to print the sketch and keep it in front of me while I was making my card and I managed to follow it easily!

This is the sketch:

And this is my card:

She is Bookworm Ruby from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps: I stamped her with black ink, colored with Copics and mounted on DCWV papers using foam pads.

I've finally managed to use the alphabet stamps I bought long ago but never been able to use and I love the way the sentiment has turned out!

This card is for the following challenges:

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge # 97: Sketch

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes + lemon/yellow

Moving Along with the Times Challenge: Only Girls Allowed

Crafty Caz Challenge # 168: Anything but Square



There She Goes Birthday Celebration Day 5 - Part 1

Here we go!

Day 5 of There She Goes Birthday Celebration! They'll remain in my heart forever for I've shared the creative process with my daughter.

She spurred me in these past days, she wanted to know my ideas and she was so happy when she could show me her finished cards.

This is her last card:

She loves this reading girl from the Believe in You stamp set and she has created this card around it. She is a trued reading girl so it's easy for her to receive books as presents.

The theme for Day 5 was birthday + at least 3 embellishments.

In her opinion 3 embellishments meant 3 different kinds of embellishments, that's why she used rhinestones, flower sequins and ribbon.

I'll be sad tomorrow... no cards to make and no post to write!

Brown Bags

I've noticed that Brown Bags are a favourite among crafters and that there's a variety of small and big sacks around the internet.

I've always seens brown bags here too so when I read the theme for this week's challenge at Broken Box Stock I thought it was super easy.

It's about incorporating a brown bag into your card or project so I decided to go shopping.

I bought some fresh bread from the baker's and... it came in a white paper bag. I headed to the greengrocer's and bought some fruit and veggies and... they all came in white bags! I then bought some tiny pizzas in a bar for my daughter and again, white paper bags...

I was really worried that no brown bags were still available when, one day, I stopped at the grocer's I have close to my house and bought some peaches... voilà, a brown bag!

I cut parts of it and assembled them in this card:

I then printed this cute set of girl's faces available here at Broken Box Stock (it's a freebie so you cannot miss it!), colored them with Copics, cut them and glued them with 3D dots on the brown bag panel.

A simple ivory card, some pink and white baker's twine and an apple charm add a special touch.

Please, read full instructions for this challenge here and let's start creating! I'm sure you'll have less trouble in finding a brown bag!

Back to School? No, not yet, please!

Well... no, not yet!

Our region is one of the last to start school: Sept. 17! There's still plenty of time to think about it and it's still hot and sunny... for us it's still summer!

But it seems that things are a bit different around the world and school themed projects and cards seem to be the trend at this time of the year.

One of the things I love most while papercrafting is to create little notebooks and journals.

This time I've thought about something a bit different: instead of altering an existing plain notebook, I've created tiny post-it note holders:

I've used the Believe in You set of clear stamps by There She Goes. I colored each kid with Copics, cut them and glued them on the cover made with some DCWV patterned papers.

I'll enter There She Goes Challenge # 169 where the theme is Back To School.

I think I'll hide one of these little notes holders in my daughter's school bag!

No, Not Lazy... Just Busy!

I can't believe it's the middle of August... this summer is really flying!

This time, I cannot say I'm lazy... well, yes, I'm a lazy blogger these days but I have so many things to do!

I spent some days trying to re-organize my craftroom (without too much success, but I've discovered some hidden treasures!), making little gifts for Christmas and reading inspiring blogs.

I also spent a few days with my daughter, my sister and my little niece (and I had the chance to find a shop with satin ribbons in wonderful hues!).

But...

I only made a couple of cards...

Here's my first:

I made this card for the Paper Playtime Anything Goes Challenge # 53.

The sponsor is Whimsie Doodles and I used this adorable little girl starting a new school year.

Schools will start one week later than usual this year: September 19! They say it's for tourism reasons but we feel it's really late! When I was a little girl, I used to start school on October 1! Maybe only for a couple of years but I remember when we started going to school around the middle of September and, of course, I didn't like it!

I made this card with my daughter in mind and I wanted to use bold colors: this paper from Die Cut With a View was perfect for my little girl and my black card.

Well, that's all for today. Don't forget to visit the Paper Playtime Challenge Blog and see all the wonderful DT creations!