A is for...April

a quick project for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge "A is for..."

recipe: first of all I used light modeling paste with Tim's Latticework stencil, after that I applied  Iced Spruce, Tattered Rose, Tea Die and Worn Lipstick distress inks, finally I had the chance to use my newly acquired Tim's stamp set Bird Feather (adore it but I was not sure if I could use it well, I hope turned out not so bad), to tone down bright colours I applied Faber-Castell white gelato and for the finishing touch lots of Perfect Pearls mist ^.^

as you can see below I used a looooooot of Perfect Pearls mist, probably I'm inspired by sunshiny days we have here lately

P.S. thank you for stopping by ^.^

Tiny adventurer's log and surprise Anna-Karin's baby shower

Hello everyone. Today we have a surprise blog hop for you and for our very special Inspiration Team member Anna-Karin Evaldson ^.^

Last year there were a lot of changes in Anna-Karin's life, including a move from one continent to another and just a few months later, a new baby! Leo arrived weeks ahead of schedule (and just 20 minutes after reaching the hospital!) but thankfully he and Anna-Karin are both doing well. 

We want to show Anna-Karin how special she is to us, so we are giving her a virtual baby shower today to celebrate Leo's birth! Even though we can't be with her, we send our love and a special crafty surprise.
We invite you to visit each team member/shower guest's blog to see what they created for this new little guy. 

If you have a message for Anna-Karin, please visit Eileen's blog to leave your well wishes in the comments- then she can read them all at once. Thanks for being part of our celebration! 

And now drum roll please...^.^ my special crafty surprise 

 I call it Tiny Adventurer's Log and it is an exploding box which works as a journal and mini album. The project was made with Vintage Kitchen Recipe box die, it holds few tags and have some room in it's pockets for more memorabilia. I hope Anna-Karin will enjoy it and fill it with precious little memories and adventures of Leo ^.^

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to visit my teammates for more wonderful surprise project and Eileen's blog to leave your well wishes

Anne Redfern
Dianna Hetherington
Donna Budzynski
Lisa Hoel
Nicole Wright
Pam Bray
Shelly Hickox
Tracy Evans

Creating with Tim.January tag

Today is the day of crafting with Tim Holtz ^.^ for his 12 tags of 2014. This is Tim's amazing tag

and here's my inspired tag 

 

I went for more warm color palette (can't help it, my thing). The clock body is the collaboration of 2 Tim's dies Mini baroque (for this one I just cut the edges for more regular shape) and Pocket watch (I used the upper- handle part of the watch). For the mini quotes I used Urban Tapestry text stamp(just hide the words you don't need with masking tape and stamp away!!! :))))

              Thank you for stopping by^.^ wish you creative weekend

ohh I almost forgot!! Just wanted to share with you a little sneak peek of the project I'm working on now

                               loooove the texture^.^
P.S. and now..The End. ^.^ see you in 2 weeks (at laaast going on vacations )

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atc

ATC card for Get Creative October 9th Anastasia's challenge

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