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Athanasia with Winter Inspiration!

Friday, December 12, 2014

Hello FD friends! Athanasia here today to share a layout about winter and what I love about it: lanterns! I love the contrast between their cozy feeling and winter's cold. 
Here is my page:


I used a sheet from the Studio Calico PRINTSHOP paper pad (a favorite collection) and blue shades of gelatos and watercolors to create the background. To decorate my page I used some flowers, buttons, lace, thread, sequins and snowflakes stickers.
Here are some details: 




I hope you liked my page and got some ideas!
Thank you for stopping by today, I wish you a happy crafty weekend everyone!


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Project Life with Megan!

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Hi all! Megan here with you today!

I am months behind in my Project Life album...yep, months. With the pregnancy, the move and now the holidays, I can barely find the time to scrap. But, that's what I love about Project Life. It's such a quick, easy and fun way to preserve your memories. And, no matter how far behind I fall, I still can jump right back into the project easily at any point because I write a weekly journal entry on my blog to include and organize my photos each week as well! So, no matter if it's the next week or the next year before I get around to scrapping a Project Life spread, I don't forget anything and the project remains stress free. I also turn to easy-to-use products that seem to "scrap themselves," such as all the awesome Elle's Studio products found in the Frosted Designs store. Their products are not only fabulous for Project Life but traditional layouts and other paper crafting projects as well!

Here is my Week 14 2014 spread using my Project Life core kit and some fun goodies from the Frosted Designs store. I'm sure you can tell from this spread that I love wood veneers. They are the perfect relatively flat embellishment for pocket pages and I don't think I have yet to scrap a Project Life spread without them. This spread is very photo heavy, so I relied on simple embellishing as to not make things too busy; not only are the wood veneers great for this purpose, but die-cuts as well.

Here's a closer look at the left side of the page. I gotta say, I really love the mini placemats from Jillibean Soup because they make great filler cards. Love this sentiment one here that I backed with light green cardstock and accented with orange sequins.

Now here's a better look at the right side. Both the photo of Liam and my mother-in-law vacuuming and the photo of Liam with my sister-in-law in the lower left are on Elle's Studio die-cuts. I totally love how the Everyday Moments die-cuts blend seamlessly with my Jade Edition Core Kit!

Finally, here are a couple close-ups of my spread...

I hope you all enjoyed my last post as a member of the Frosted Designs Design Team. I am stepping down in the new year to focus on Baby #2 coming in the Spring of 2015. I have loved being a part of this team and am looking forward to seeing what Barb and the rest of these talented ladies have in store for us all in the new year!

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Bella Blvd Happiness with Megan!

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Hello everyone! Megan here today sharing a couple layouts I created using the Bella Blvd Daily Chevies and Snapshots collections. I have to be honest...I am just stuck in a creative rut right now! I think it's because we have so much going on with buying a new house and trying to get all moved in. I want to scrap but it seems that every time I sit down to do so, my mind goes blank and I just don't feel my mojo flowing. So, when that happens, I try to not only pick up product that helps put me in the mood to scrap, but I search out a sketch or two to help get the creative juices flowing. And that's exactly what I did for these two layouts!

My first layout is based on this sketch from Elle's Studio. This sketch allowed for a lot of creative freedom and I felt the fun design paired well with these bright, fun products. The star border really helps to separate the yellow chevron from the striped paper which is something I felt needed to be done. Also the little house pennant actually started off as a tag I found in the die-cuts package; all I did was cut off the top of it to make it a pennant!


My second layout is based on this sketch from Studio Calico. I knew I had to use the fun teal woodgrain pattern found on the backside of the Snapshots Pajama Day paper for a background. Then, because this pattern was fairly neutral, I used more busy patterns for my accent papers. I used the black and white elements (the black with white polka dot paper, the washi tape and the arrow) to help pull everything together.

And here are a few closeups for your enjoyment!

Did you know that all the products from both of these Bella Blvd lines are on super sale right now in the Frosted Designs store? Yep, they are! So you should head over there right now and stock up before it's all gone!

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Everyday Moments with Mindy!

Monday, August 11, 2014


Hi there everyone. It's Mindy here.
I have a simple layout to share with you. I don't normally use a lot of stickers but this time I went a little sticker crazy! I just love the Dear Lizzy Flair buttons.
This photo was taken a about a year and a half ago just outside Disneyland.



When I don't have a whole lot of bulky embellishments, I like to create textures so my project doesn't look so flat. I wont glue the edges, instead I'll glue more towards the center of the paper so I can lift the edges a bit. I also like to do this accordion look with strips of paper, this is also a great way to add little touches to your project.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
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A Moment in Time!

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Hello everyone, my name is Athanasia and I am hosting the blog today! I'm so excited because it is my very first post here and before I start I would like to make a small introduction of myself... I live in Greece, I'm a music teacher in elementary school and I love any kind of handicrafts, including scrapbooking of course! My style is mixed media and I like to work with inks, sprays and gesso. 
So, today I want to share with you a layout I made: it is about 'a moment in time' and how it can change everything in life... I used a picture I found on Pinterest - I love using pictures I find on the internet, it is always an inspiration for me. 
  


For this page I used a sheet from the Studio Calico PRINTSHOP paper pad and I have to say that it was a hard selection to stand out a paper from this amazing collection, the patterns are so beautiful and can coordinate with all styles and media, the possibilities are endless! As you can see at the closeups below, I used quite a few stamps and masks with inks, mists, gelatos and gesso and I always do that, to create texture and give dimension to my pages. 







Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you got some inspiration from my page!
Until next time, have a  wonderful weekend!

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