summer siesta

Hi there my Scrapbooking Friends.
I have been lying low these couple of weeks. I have been having fun with my friends and family and I have also been busy preparing for house guests....so not much scrapping, except for the 4 smash books that I made for my guests to have in order to record their stay on the island, here on Lesvos, when they visit. I should make a video of them...maybe tomorrow.
I thought I would take this opportunity...and upload a video of my 'MYKONOS' mini album I have scrapped highlights from the summer of 2010 in the mini. As you all know the paper is from 7 Gypsies.the paper line Mykonos works so well with holiday pics!! Take a look.

I hope to be able to stream on Zeffy Scraps on USTREAM on Thursday at about mid-day, join me if you can..we can have a little chat and catch up,and maybe scrap a little. I will post details on facebook and my favourite ning sites.

Before I sign off I would also like to apologise for not being so cyber active,these past weeks, Iam sure that you understand ....and as they say.... it is not the destination that matters, it is how you enjoy the journey! And that is exactly what I am doing!!

So have fun...lots and lots of love.

Zeffy

wedding album and wedding card

Hi gals a quick share....enjoy

Today and some flowers,,,

Hi there Ladies.
I hope that you are  having a good time and that you are all resting a little....I mean all of the girls in the Northern Hemisphere where we are having summer...for those down south.....wrap up and keep warm!
It is 1 am here in Athens and I thought I would share a couple of things that I have made this past week.
Fistly here is another L.O. using a photo of my daughter on her wedding day (still have many more to scrap) I will enter it ,for the Bird is the Word Challenge the word is "Today"
I used mainly Crate paper for this page as well as some Prima flowers.The embellies are a mixture of Bo Bunny and Pink Paislee

Then I have a couple of hand- made flowers to share.....As most of you know I am following lessons at

Miss Arts Papercrafting School I am having such fun!

These are 3 flowers that Lisa Valentine showed us in her lesson Fanciful Flowers, take a look at her blog A Random Purpose Life it is really worth your while!!

My acrylic rose...used Cranberry alcohol ink with Pearl mixative with blending solution.

My faux silk flowers (sorry bottom flower little out of focus!)  I should of  had more creases in my tissue paper....I used Antique Linen Distress Stain and Vintage Photo Distress Inksd for the edges,the press stud in the center give the flower a funky feel.

My metal rose, OK I had to improvise here as I had neither plumbers foil tape nor a vibrant Crackle Paint!!

This is what I did...I stuck  thin kitchen foil.....that's what I had.... heavy foil was also not available in my kitchen (it would have been better!!) Anyway I used my ATG tape to stick the foil to both sides of my cardstock, I cut out the Tattered Florals, embossed them....then painted the flowers with regular acrylic paint allowed it to dry then I added Crackle Medium....my only problem was that the acrylic paint would not peel off the metal once dried as much as Lisas' peeled off...she used Crackle Paint! So as a result a lot of metal is not visible.

I hope you like them...if you have any questions feel free to ask...

Have a good week-end.

Love.

Zeffy.

Some Hand Embossing...

Hi there ladies.
I must say that on Moday when I had a look at the challenge on Simon Says Stamp and Show I  was a little dissapointed, because as you know I am not at home. My Big Shot is at home....so I thought I will have to I would have to sit this one out, as  I could not do any embossing!
On Tuesday morning we opened a new bottle of Tahini for breakfast....I saw the foil and washed and saved it,,,,,an flashbulbs started flashing....embossing hand embossing!! Woopie!!

 

So yesterday I streamed on my channel Zeffy Scraps and I made this tag with embossing!!

I used my Martha Steward Score Board that was delivered here on Monday, and I scored my tag at 1/4" intervals then flipped it around and scored it again...so we have checks Voila!
I folded foil and glued it down (4layers) and pressed it over a Tim Holtz stamp using my bone folder...see video here I then inked the foil with some Smooch Spritz...glued it down carefully with  Studio Multi -medium...
I decided to give the dressform a bosom...the real ones do have a bust after all!
I used some batting, but a tiny ball of paper would have been better....then I added some foil from a chocolate for the bodice....
I have a little piece of  Basic Grey "Out of Print" that I cut with a lace border punch under my gathered lace...
The green belt is cord that I wrapped around the waist...and used an ear-ring for bling...
Please note the foil circle from the Tahini under the flower and dress form...it has been hand embossed with my stylus, inked and covered with tiny tiny tiny balls!!!
I hope you like it..if you have any questions, just ask...
Lots of love....and....keep cool!
Zeffy

Scrapping on Vacation,the video

Hi there my Scrapbooking Friends.
In my older post,  Scrapping on Vacation I had promised you a video of my vacation stash and space...here it is...eventually.....I filmed it 3 times,and it is still shaky and all over the place...I am sure you will get the picture, and an idea of the enviroment in which I am blessed to create.
At the end of the video you will see a bit of the tag I made today for  a challenge...I did it on USTREAM this morning and I will post photos and details of the project tomorrow.

Keep cool!
Zeffy....

MR.Cool

Hi there my Friends.
today I want to show you a L.O. I did for the Color Combo Galore #200 Challenge...it is their 200th "anniversary" and great things are on the go!

THESE ARE THE COOL COLOURS THAT WE WERE TO USE...
Even though I am on vacation and have a limited amount of supplies with me, I decided to take on the challenge...I had a photo of my son Michael that I thought had the correct colours...and the supplies in my vacation stash that I could use were a piece of Basic Grey distressed yellow paper.the blue bazzil....as well as a Pearl Dabber and Broken China Distress ink....I do know that the colour are not an exact match, but I think that they are near enough..I hope you think so too!!

I tried to make drips with Glimmer Glaze, over the stamped writing, but I never liked it, so the best I could so was to just smudge it over the print..(boo hoo!)

My son is a s cool as and ice-cream lolly..thats what the girls think anyway............

ok guys ...I am off for a swim in this fantastic sea!

BE COOL(always)

ZEFFY

Hope

Hi there My Scrappy Friends.
All of my scrapbooking equipment is all set up and my first L.O. is ready.
On the spur of the moment I decided to stream while making this L.O.....you can see me battling with the wind here...on Zeffy Scraps.
Due to this economic climate I called my L.O. "My Hope, always flies high"

I will enter this L.O. in 2 challenges the first will be for Bird id the Word I started the L.O. with Nadia's sketch in mind but I changed it slightly so that my elements could reflect the playing cards in the corner of the Glitz paper.."Love Games"and of course I used the word HOPE
I also used some faux stitching around my photo so I am sure the DT on Simon says Stamp and Show would love to see my work...
That is it for now....I have not forgotten about the video...
Happy scrapping..
Zeffy

Scrapping on Vacation

Hi there my Scrapbooking Friends.

As you can see I am on Holiday! Today after being here for a week I finally started un-packing my things and setting up "shop" so to say.......
Before I continue telling you about my space let me tell you about my yellow bag.....you see we arrived here{Lesvos} with the ferry...so we needed to be able to carry our luggage on board...the things in the photo are my scrap stuff...I still had a bag of clothes ,ect..ect!
 So, when I was leaving home I had yellow bag {big enough to hold 32x32 pizza box stuffed with paper} slung over my shoulder and I was carrying my beachbag plus coolerbag, plus biggish handbag.I was climbing down the marble staircase, most stairs are clad in marble in Greece,,,and my foot got caught in my baggy pants (I needed to be comfy for the 9 hour boat trip!)
As I was saying, my foot got caught and I was in a downward momento so I went flying headfirst down the stairs...No hands..my hands were full!...So I just fell and fell hard!! Thank goodness I landed on my bags ,the yellow bag saved me from breaking an arm  because somehow I landed on top of the bag with the box and so my arm did not smash against the marble ...although the box did poke me in the breast (still sore..and bruised!.) So ladies scrapbooking saved me from serious injury.

I have set out my things in an area just off the main balcony,,,if not too windy I move outside and scrap...yes the little yellow table is my worktable and the rest of the things  will be laid out around me...will show you  final set-up in the video tomorrow...

Keep well, have fun, take lots of photos...
Love Zeffy.

Waves................

Hi Ladies,

I have not done any scrapping for the past 3 days, I  am on holiday on the island of Mylilini(Lesvos) Here is a video I took early this morning after my morning swim!
On Monday I will tell you how a box of paper saved me from breaking an arm!!! So stay tuned and have a good Sunday...
Love
Zeffy

Challenge #6

Hi there Scrapbookers.
Early this morning I completed this L.O. it is challenge#6  for the  Cyber Challenges on  Life on the {Scrap} Beach called "A Bakers Dozen"
Here are some pics of my daughter Raphaella and I at Easter time, when we bake like crazy!!

I used the blackboard from Roadshow "Grocery List" and a single 6x6 Websters page, plus a couple of other embelishments that were from my stash.

So now I leave you in order to complete said dress....see pic below, and hopefully by tonight I can work on that project that you can spot on the corner of my table
Have a good week.
Zeffy

Message for Kathryn

Hi again...
This lay-out is dedicated to a extremely talented lady,....Kathryn from Life on the {Scrap} beach who keeps us entertained on the Ning site Life On the {Scrap} Beach and who is celebrating her birthday....
Happy Birthday Kathryn, may you have a happy year andmay you always be well to celebrate many many more!!!
This is what I did for Challenge #3 Stars and Stripes Forever

ok,,off to tidy up my mess...I have guests this afternoon, but just maybe I can get another L.O. done tonight....after all my friend Guru Gonzales, has had a bit of an influence on me!!
Love Zeffy

Lazy Summer Days.

Here I am again,
I must ask for forgiveness...the mini is not yet done...well it is almost done..one or two things still need to be added..a work in progress....I did finish off the guest book, a mini album and an invite for Ryma's wedding!!
Last night as I watched Kathryn her monthly Virtual Crop. I decided to finish of a page in my Mykonos album that was worrying me...the paper on the page was very busy. So this morning I decided to just add a bit of plastic that looks like the sun!! and a bit if lazy journaling and viola an excellant lazy day page.ForChallenge #1

Challenge#4 Get 'Er Done was to use some papers from an old kit.....well these papers are from a Sarahs kit from 2010..in fact it must have been 2 old kits...they were all in one box...Jillibean and Upsydaisiesdesigns and kaiser Craft...ancient...the photos have also been waiting for ages to be scrapped...Thanks kathryn for the motivation!!

I have a dress that I am sewing that is almost done,,,needs about 3 hours work still...but guess what ? Iam off to scrap some more.....dress can wait.
Have a sunny Sunday
Love Zeffy

Summer

Hi there my Friends.
As you know I started a mini using 7 Gypsies "Mykonos" papers about 2 weeks ago, and summer lethargy has kicked in....I could not seem to get down to completling it!!!
So I want to thank the team on Simon Syas Stamp and Show who jump started me into getting on with it....they want us to show them a word...so my word is SUMMER the title of my mini and the way I am feeling right now!

I am glad to say the mini is almost done, hopefully I will photograph it and video it tomorrow morning....I love minis with photos inside of them, they have soul!!
I would also like to let you know that tonight at 22H00 on Zeffy Scraps with Friends on USREAM I will be making another pin cushion....Join me,for a chat.
Keep cool....
Zeffy

Pin Cushion

Hi there.
Today I want to share with you a project that I made late friday night.
A pin-cushion for my stick-pins. I used  glass box ,foam from some packaging,and a pice of velvet from some old track pants, as well as some enbroided tulle.
See video at the end of post.

That's all for now from a very windy Athens.
Zeffy.

Admired

 Hi there ladies.
The week just flies by,we had a lovely week-end in Aegina.
Now its time to quickly show you another L.O. that I made on my USTREAM channel Zeffy Scraps with Friends
I used a photo taken of me at my daughters wedding, this L.O. is for the wedding album.
Prima "Madeline " Papers feature here. The paper that forms the base of the L.O. is glimmer misted with "Starfish"and then stamped  to create more depth, for more details please refer to USTREAM recording.

This colours of this L.O. were inspired by this weeks colour combination  at
 Color Combos Galore
 I used the sketch from the Get Creative blog...and my title was inspired from the blog,                           Bird is the Word
Here are some details....oh yes I must tell you that the buttons and the styled label were inspired from the lessons on Miss Arts Papercrafting School

That's all for now!
Kisses,
Zeffy.

Another L.O.

Hi Girls.
I am very happy ,because yesterday I managed to eventually scrap these photos that I had printed  last year....I knew that I wanted to make a collage with them, my crazy family having summer fun!
I used the colors from this weeks Color Combos Galore and the sketch from Sassy Lil'Sketches ok I used a little artistic license on this one!

Here is the color combo and the sketch that I used.......

Have fun....love Zeffy..

Product used :Pink  Paislee ,Creative imaginations "Cream Doily".Crate Paper chipboard accents "Potrait",Jillibean corrugated cardboard alphas.

Little Things

Hi there my Friends.
We must always remember that it is the little things in live that count,the little please and thank-you,the smile.....
In my case the little thing that gave me pleasure on Friday was finding unbleached coffee filters....perfect for flowers,I thought!!

So this week-end I made a card for the Get Creative card challenge, which was to decorate a card using 6 embellishments.
Here is my card......

It goes without saying that I made my own flowers using the Tattered Florals die and I used a napkin pasted onto cardstock for the base of my card.
Find JOY in the simple things in LIFE...
Love Zeffy

Tags and more Tags!

Hi there Girls.
Summer is here, lugage is  out, and much paking is happening ,maybe that is why tags are all the range at the moment.....
Simon Says Stamp and Show wants some tags as does the Get Creative Blog.
Here is a L.O. that I made with an old photo of Raphaella.

I used Nadias' sketch from Bird is the Word as well as the word AMAZING
The Get Creative challenge was to decorate and use more than one tag as an embellishment....my tags are decorated with beach toys, the spade is made from re-cycled  packaging. ....Please note the toilet paper butterfly that I made ages ago !
Keep cool..have a swim or two..
Love Zeffy
products: BG Sweet Threads paper and stickers.
                GCD Studio .Lovely collection,used for the sand.
                T.H. Alterations Mask.
                Ranger Distress inks.
                Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.
      

June the 1st...

Hi there my Scrapbooking Friends.
Firstly ,have a good month!! ca you believe  we are in the middle of 2011...
get yourselves a cup of coffee this is a long post.
Yesterday afternoon I was wondering what to work on ,on USTREAM on my show Zeffy Scraps with Freinds  so I did some serious blog hopping and I felt challenged by numerous things.....so I decided to challenge myself and combine the various challenges into one layout!!
Here is the L.O.

Butterfly Kisses was inspired by the beautiful Gabrielle papers from Bo Bunny and their challenge on their blog to do a L.O. inspired by fabric.....I loved this photo and my inspiration came from the girls sashes!!
You might wonder what the next photo is all about?? Read on....

Well it all started with the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog that wanted us to show our favourite stamp...the result will not be entered !!!
I have always admired the Color Combos Galore challenge,and I loved the colors this month ,here they are..

So I used the colors in my L.O. and while browsing on this site, I went onto Helena Virpi's blog, where I discovered Studio L3 and Linda is responsible for the experiments that happened last night, her Grungy Monday celebrates the great TIM HOLTZ we had to use a technique TIM used on his Christmas tag in 2007!!
The conclusion is I stamped with my favourite stamp...embossed,dabbed,rubbed,,,,,made a boo boo,,,,used gel medium and gesso ....embossed, dabbed, rubbed!!!  I came to the conclusion that my stamp had a very intricate pattern (That is why I love it!) for this technique and maybe my background should have been black! As Tim suggested....but I used the all the samples anyway ,to make background paper,flowers and leaves for my L.O.

And lastly, I want to take this opportunity to celebrate and thank, all of the Scrappers and Artists out there is" Scrappy -Cyber -World" that inspire me daily.....thank-you, I salute you!
God Bless you all.
Zeffy.

More Cards

Here are the other cards I promised you.....see previous post.

enjoy......
xxx Z