Little Corner of Ania

So, I created like four minis for the Maya Road CHA-booth...mm..this one tells the story of first day at school for the youngest one.

I decided to stick w/mainly one manufacturer for the papers, and went for Crate Paper for this one. A mix of various collections – hence the gesso to whitewash the papers some & give them some kind of coherence.

I also decided to mix some canvas, chipboard & transparencies for the inner pages..

Butterfly! Loves! Notice the broad ribbon underneath the butterfly? Love that one. It’s the organza tea garden trim in chai.

Once I get the mini back I’m gonna gather the rest of the images from that day inside this envelope. I mainly focused on the journaling + the photos showing her only on the pages which were sent to CHA.

Maya Road supplies:

Binder book - 4x4 inches
Transparency – ledger (black, white)
Chipboard – butterfly set, Jonathan mini alphabet, Jonathan mini numbers, scallop frames set
Ribbons – organza tea garden (chai), small organza roses (pink), Candy stripes (beige, pink), tulle pleat (earl grey)
Flowers – Felt beaded (light pink and dark pink), velvet pleats (cream and red), vintage gauze blossoms (hot pink), vintage paper poises,
Canvas – Butterfly set, Heart coaster album
Kraft – doilies, let it snow (black), vintage edge envelopes
Trinket pins – Stars (white and yellow), Crystal Star
Maya Mist – popsicle blue,
Glitter – turquoise
Clear stamp – timless memories stamp square
Rubons – Clock (black), the cubicle (black)

Other: Glue Art adhesives, gesso, Crate Paper, Hambly Screenprints, tulle

 

pattyo Said,

12:57 AM

I love how your gift and treat bags turned out. I know what you mean by trying to capture a style, but I think you are doing a fabulous job on your own!

Thank you! :)

fatmi Said,

12:15 PM

So cute ideas,What do you mean by late love.

Just that I suppose these Valentine-stuff should have been posted before Valentines, and not way after! *cough*

 

Right!

More minis to come..enjoy the weekend..or the week off the lucky ones of you who have Winter break…:)

This Prima-layout was created using the Songbird-collection, along with..hm…well, all-new-stuff for CHA-W. You can find it on the Prima blog here. The picture is from the vacation in Paris we all had last Fall, and hmm.. I think this might be the first picture from that vacation that I’ve scrapped :p

This was also the first time I tried Ingvild Bolme’s craft knife, which I’m happy to report absolutely deserves a stamp of approval (yeah, like it counts for a lot, I know *grin*). Nevertheless..I cut part of the figurines, added another patterned paper as backing and then used small 3d foam squares to make sure the cuttings sorta stayed popup’ed.

Love these graphic tags! And the bling…and the tiny butterflies (whee) and the normal ones, which’s hairy this time. Initially I didn’t think that was a pretty addition (the earlier butterflies from Prima aren’t hairy sorta), but somehow I suddenly started to take a liking to them. Weird.

Lotsa pwetty flowers (adorned with crackle paint)! Oh, and a wooden clock, I truly love these… See the peachy piece of canvas btw? I sprayed golden glimmermist on it first then quick patches of vintage pink and it turned into a perfect blend of color that matched the papers superb. Pure luck that made me go whee! :)

 

Supplylist:

Songbird Paper: 844011, 844028, 844059
Resist Canvas: 554750, 554675
Say it in pearls: 553944
Say it in crystals: 553999
Wood clocks: 554613
Essentials Petals Songbird: 555580
Flutter bits songbird: 555627
Lady godivas raspberry ice: 557096
Laraine blue lagoon: 557652 (took the leaves)
Allegra annaise: 556501
Mariposa topaz: 556778
Paper tag set: 921873
Alphabet stickers: 555405
Quick dry fluid chalk – dry sand 891176
Tools: craft knife 890964, 5x7 cutting mat 890926
Other: Glimmer mist – vintage pink, gold, frost, patina, chalkboard mist – chalk, Glue Arts adhesives, distresss crackle paint – picket fence, sewing machine

 

Right. We’re baking Magnolia Bakerys Vanilla Cupcakes atm (or well, I printed out the recipe, made the kiddo double it and directed to the kids what to do. Worked swell!). The bare cupcakes tasted amazing - need to make the frosting now. I got a cupcake decorating set from my sister last Christmas, and the kid’s been bugging to use it ever since :)

Sooooo. I do adore making cute, little boxes.
Especially when I feel that everything goes right and there’s no fuzz or pulling of hair while pondering what to do how and where…it’s truly a nice feeling when it comes over you when you create. I savour it – because truth to be told, it isn’t always this easy (noooooo….tic :p).

Nevertheless..one of the interesting things is that combining different materials (here: ribbon, canvas, chipboard, patterned paper, kraft, mist and glitter) contribute to its interesting dimensioned look…I know it’s a pretty much used cliché – but I think you safely can say so about the way this little embellishmentclutter on the top of the box is built – layering the different materials yields such an interesting dimension. So there =)

It was created for Maya Road, as shown in this blogpost (where I also elaborate a bit on how this box was made).

And look! It contents sweets! (big, shocking surprise, I know ;p)
Maya Road supplies:
Chipboard: Coffee or Tea Mini Chipboard Set, Wavy Layerable Chipboard Banner Kraft Journaling Tags - decorative,
Butterfly Canvas Set,
Timeless Memories Stamp Square,
Small Organiza Roses Ribbon - Olive,
Maya Mist: Popsicle Blue, Eggplant purple

Now, over to something else.
You know CHA’s around the corner, no?
Well, maybe not exactly around the corner, but – it’s fast approaching!
Here’s one of my favorite lines from Prima – the Yuki collection:


…and Almanac – it’s reminiscent of Printery from the last CHA-S – just…prettier, if I dare say so!
(and LOOK! WOODEN CLOCKS! pwetty tiles!)

Songbird….so so lovely:

And finally..just need to share this lovely little trinket – genie stones:

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sigh!
I have more favorites and stuff – here’s my CHA-W 2012 pinterest board for those of you who likes that stuff. I’m not good at using pinterest I must admit, but it’s sort of a tradition (well, 2nd time, so it’s becoming one!!) to pin peeks and new stuff for CHA :)
Atm there’s mostly Prima in there, I know…it’s not because I’m on their team and thus partial or anything, I just haven’t found that many CHA peeks yet (among my favorite manuf-blogs that I have in my feeds)! :p

Right. One last CHA peek, this time from Maya Road:


Oh, and one last thing too: The newest Craft Origine challenge 2:



This time it’s a sketch!


Here’s the words from Virginia of Craft Origine:

To start this new year, Craft Origine present you the Challenge #2!
To participate, you must do a creation with the sketch above. You can use the colors, supplies and materials you want.
The page of the winner will be posted on our blog and will receive a set of stamps Craft Origine of his choice ! The pages of the other participants will also be published.
The challenge begins January 8 and ends January 21 at midnight. Participants from all countries are welcome!
Please send your creations by email to: vlemagoarou@orange.fr. Indicate in the subject line: CRAFT ORIGINE CHALLENGE #2. You will receive a confirmation email.
I hope this sketch will inspire you.
Good luck !
Bises

And here’s the link to the challengepost on their blog! Right!
Gotta jet now! Work calls!