Wishing you all a Blessed Easter

Hi there my Friends.
I have been lying low for a while....as you all know, I have not posted for a while...
I want to take this oportunity to wish you all a good and Blessed Easter...a bit late you may say..yes this year the Greek Orthodox Easter is a week after the Latin Easter.
Anyway I have been busy baking and dying eggs,,,,will make the last of my Easter breads tomorrow morning....
Last Sunday was my sisters 50th Birthday,and I decided to make her a canvas and an album as a gift.
today I want to share the canvas with you.

I went to town with this project...I had fun....I painted, I misted and how I loved misting....I used my new Lindy's Stamp Gang mists.... from the Starburst and the Moonshadow range...what vibrant colours !!

I must tell you that their embossing powders are fab as well...

I go into all the detail on my video...which I filmed while sitting on the floor..so it is a little strange..

I was very happy with the results of my embossed toilet paper....just love the end result, you ladies should try it...I will show you how I went about the process on USTREAM in the coming weeks.

I also made Val an album, with lots of photos ...Hopefully I will get to uploading that in the next couple of days.

Enjoy the video.

Have  a good week-end.

Zeffy

Scrapbooking with Colour Combinations..

Hi there Scrapbookers..
I have eventually decided to post the L.O. that I made on Sunday night on Zeffy Scraps on USTREAM.

Each time my friend Elina from Scrapbookers In Greece posts a colour challenge I mean to do it ,but never get to it ...so this week I am very happy to be able to use the colours from challenge #28.
This is our babies' first Spring and I thought I would surround him in lovely flowers....now that he is still a baby!! We can safely say that this is the spring-time of his life and we will have to wait and see what his future holds......

I used the sketch from Sketches In Thyme Thursday Takes #72. As you can see I substituted the 2nd photo with a die cut hand....
As I said above I made this L.O. live on USTREAM...the papers are Kaisercraft ,Sweet Nothings. I cut out the roses from the sheet of paper called "Dozen Roses" I used the roses off the die-cut sticker sheet and the yellow rose and blue flowers off the rub-on sheet.
My circle is a chipboard lazer-cut from Leaky Shed. I gessoed it and then painted it white,added crackle medium "Clear Rock Candy"...once dry I added a little "Picket Fence" Distress Stain.
Katerina thank you for the "Patetura" Vintage music paper...it is so cool!!
The white border at the bottom of the page is also of the sticker sheet I added  little  pearls
Oh yes the die-cut hand and the little Elixer label are both from Pink Paislee "Butterfly Garden"

I must tell you that I was not happy with the L.O. Mr Nino... Today I have misted the background with Mists...I am still not happy...This will be the first time I am going to pull a L.O. apart and add new papers...I will just keep the matting and the metal tag....I welcome some suggestion for improvement....
Have a good week-end...are you doing Tim's lessons?  I could not  make any of the tags today as all three had Picket Fence Distress stain on them.....and I do not have any!!
LOts o' Love.
Zeffy

Mr.Nino

Hi there Friends.
Another Sunday is almost over...it was a beautiful day here in Athens today...spring is trying to squeeze this miserable winter away!
I have spent most of the day putting together this L.O of my little Honey all dressed up...the photo was taken on the day before he was 3 months old..is he not too cute!! (excuse the ranting and raving ,this is my 1st Grand-baby...and I love him so very very much....raving again!)
There are many challenges out there, today I chose to do Case 10 from Color Stories Inspiration.

I started with a BG paper 'Cupcakes" I misted with Lemon Zest, I inked and masked with Spun Sugar ,Aged Mahogany and Wheathered wood...I used the gauze that my daughter uses to wipe the little guy clean, I misted that with Starfish G.M. At this stage of my life I am very into spirals  I would say one of the most primitive and ever  present shape in our lives, I find them very comforting to draw .....So I stitched a spiral as well as I could free-hand on a 30x30 paper...I used metal as a strong contrast to the soft gauze, I embossed my tag with the gears..that represant the little guy growing..I also used a safety pin..in my day safety-pins=BABY....we used towel diapers you see! Times change.
I also played with the concept  Man/Baby....and by the way the little bow-tie on the ribbon was a left over scrap from my hubbies 50th Birthday party....I also thought that the black and white of Nino's outfit was a classic contrast.
Mr.Nino reminds me of his Daddy, I will scrap a photo of my daughter wedding photos so you can see my S.I.L. in a tuxedo...
an older L.O photo not too good
I also need to tell you that I was inspired by the sketch on Sketches In Thyme. It is the first time that I use one of their sketches....
I have numerous projects finished and one or two on the go...hopefully I will have time to make some You Tube videos in the coming week.
Thanks for popping by, have a good week.
Zeffy

Questions I ask of me...

Hi there my scrapbooking friends...
I have been lying low the past couple of days....you know feeling under the weather. Last night as I was aimlessly browsing the web, my eye caught hold of this picture..... and I was caught!

This is from a very interesting Ning site called CSI Color Stories Inspiration I almost wrote investigation!
This is what I happened at my desk this morning.....with an old photo of me, taken ages ago, during a very difficult period of my life! Do you remeber the song  Do You Know Where You Are going Too?

This is the result of the inspiration of the song, the photo and the challenges...
Most of the papers are Websters pages, I have misted the one so heavily that you can almost not see the print on the  pattern...read the criteria of the challenge and you will see that we need to use certain elements.I have used print, the bird,stripes and a scrap from a dictionary...it is the definition of disgusting...I also  think that the barbed wire represents how I felt at the time!

I must also say that the sketch  and also the journalling criteria from Once Upon a Sketch fitted in exactly with the direction I had in mind for this L.O. to go. The journalling is hidded under the sign post and it is the first time I have written about this period of my life....
Here is  Diana  Ross with this amazing song.

Be good Ladies, be happy.
God Bless.
Zeffy

Something New

Hi there again.
Here is the second L.O. that I promised you. I made it using the colour challenge on the Get Creative Challenge Blog
I used a photo from my daughter's wedding collectiona and some lovely Websters Pages from  Winter Fairy Tales.

Some details.

More details on my You Tube video.....

Thanks for reading...remeber I love to read your comments....
Chat again later,keep well.
Zeffy.

Something Old.

Hello there my Friends.
Today I want to share with you a photo taken just over 30 years ago...Yes that is me and my DH!
Garden Girl Shimelle at 2 Peas in a Bucket challenged us to scrap a vintage photo.
My friends Irini and  Eleni tell me that anything over 20 years  old is vintage...scary!!!
This past Saturday we went to a crop at the darling Katerina's home..so I packed a box of papers and about 4 potential photos to scrap, I had decided to do the challenge at Get Creative.... it is a colour challenge, these were the colous we were to use .

Even though the crop was hectic, a lot of chatting and laughing and eating, I managed to plan 2 L.O.s 

Here is one of the L.O. I have made, there are another 2 to follow....in the same colour scheme!!

This paper was given to me by my friend Aliki, it is called Sweet Surrender by G.C.D.Studios. This was one sheet of paper, I just cut out the center panel and distressed both pieces. As you can see the lilac paper under the photo is Co-ordinations that has been embossed and sanded, then inked. I sewed the 2 lace pieces onto a lilac cardstock....I love the strings just hanging, I think they add to the vintage, frayed feel...
The "Voulez Vous" is from a clothing tag, the post card from a generic sheet of images, and the vintage paper under that is mounted on a piece of paper that I have coloured with coffee. The tag behind the top pansy is from Echo Park and I have journalled on it.
That is it for today, I will photograph the other L.O. tomorrow..it was so cloudy today!!
Oh yes I will be STREAMING tomorrow on Zeffy Scraps I will be making a mini album for my SIL using B.G. Curio Papers.So join me if you can.
xx Zeffy

Seeing You Grow

Hi there my Scrapbooking Friends.
I want to share the L.O. that I completed yesterday on my show Zeffy Scraps.
As you all know I love challenges and over at Simon Says Stamp and Show  they are having an Idea-ology Bonanza. So it was time to break into all of the Idea-ology products I have stashed.
This is my grandson, he was sleeping on my chest and I loved this photo....I decided to use the gears to symbolised his growth,and his excistence....Don't you just love the little sheep on his onesie.

Ok here goes I used Idea-ology Paper Stack Seasonal, the back of this paper is a valentine paper. The word SWEET is also taken from this paper pack.I masked using the  Tim Holtz  swirl and misted with Trunk Bay G.M. I used Craft Glassine paper that was embossed and misted for the flowers and I used the filmstrip to symbolise the babies dreams. I also used metal foilage flowers, they are gessoed a little. A safety pin as well as a Philosophy tag that says Journey add a little touch of metal and idea-ology....I decided to use the metal ball chain on my border to add extra dimension...I stapled this onto the paper
I  also stamped a little around the edges of the page with Vintage Photo.
Lastly I want to thank Melania from A Room full of Colours and Shapes for her sketch...as you know I have a problem leaving white space, so I really enjoyed doing this l.o. using this sketch...even though I flipped it a little.
I wish you all a good month.
Love Zeffy.

Still Leaping!

Hi again.
Luckily this day only comes every 4 years....My third post for today. My second L.O.
This time I used Elina's L.O. on Get Creative.
I scrapped another photo from our August holiday. One with Faye and Panagioti, they spent 5 days with us in Lesvos....please note the tummy!

The little flower arrangement was already cut out ....something I was going to use on another L.O. and did not...I used a plain blue bazzil with french dots embossing.
I used my favourite Cobalt Archival ink and my favourite stamps from Pink Paislee " Nantucket"
The floral paper and the label are from the Times and Seasons papers from Echo Park.
I also used 3 stickers from Websters Pages..
Ok now I need to go and clear the holy mess on my desk and floor, before I kill myself leaping over everything and unbury my armchair...so that I can stream on USTREAM tonight.
I will be making a L.O. using a lot of Idea-ology products.....yea man I need to use them, I have been admiring them for far too long!!
Chat tonight on ZEFFY SCRAPS at 21H30.
Love.
Zeffy.
ps. It is blowing like crazy here again and it is freezing cold!! And I am hungry again!

Leaps and Bounds...

Hi again ...
After I posted this morning I decided to do a L.O. for Once Upon A Time, Nadia's sketch is awesome, and this is a photo that I have wanted to scrap since the summer.

It was taken as I was saying bye bye to my son Michael, after he had paid us a surprise visit while we were in Lesvos for the summer. Michael works in Cypus and I have not seen him since Christmas.
Girls cherish the moments with you children,they grow up too fast and  then need to live a life of their own. And then when you can have a little bit of  a vacation with them it is such a blessing!!
Chat with you all tonight on ZEFFY SCRAPS
Love.
Zeffy
papers used are Websters, Winter Fairy Tales  and Ladies and Gents.

Idea

Hi there Girls.
Some ideas are good and others make no logic....
Scrapbooking is good and very very logical to me...
Even though hoarding all of these Idea-ology products is not logical.

So making a lay-out and using lots of these products is logical.....but using a lot (too many) not logical....You get the picture...I Love Tim Holtz......and Idea-ology.....and Alterations......!!!

These are  some of the products that I will be using on my L.O. tonight on my show Zeffy Scraps I will be scrapping a picture of my new love....

Join me at 21h30.

Have a good day.

Zeffy

Some Good News.

Hi there my Scrapbooking Friends.
As you all know I have been on a huge Spring Cleaning binge in the  heart of winter..ok us scrappy ladies are slightly crazy admit it!!
I have also been on a mission to scrap photos that have already been printed and to tell their story, quickly without too much fiddle farting!!
These L.Os may not be award winning but, oh boy the fact that the story in down on paper makes me feel wonderful.

I did this L.O. on Sunday evening on Zeffy Scraps, I used a photo that has been lying between the pages of my daughters album for almost 25 years!! I also used a piece of Kaiser Craft paper that I bought 3 years ago, the flower was an image I had stamped at a crop from someones stamp I don't remember whose it was..I coloured the flower to match the papers....the only thing that was new is the journalling spot that I cut and stamped on the show from a scrap paper!!
Oh yes and the bingo card with the word love on it is from my friend Elina at the Cherry Nest
Today is my son, Michaels' birthday that is the little poppet in the photo in his sisters arms...amazing how fast children grow!!!
I also want to brag a little and tell you all that I was chosen by the DT on Simon Says and Show as one of the Top 3 for this week...that makes me happy! I will show them this L.O. too.
I also want to tell you that my new re-cycled Art Journal is ready...including a canvas cover that I will be teaching....more about that later...
Love Zeffy.

Life must go on....

Hi there Bloggers.
Life in Athens at the moment is very strange, this unrest and uncertainty is getting under everybodys' skin...The question is, what can we, plain citizens of this country do to change things? All we have is one vote, one vote, can that change the system? Can one vote change the way Greek politicians think?...We have far to go my friends...
All we can do is, try and remain positive through all this, I know its hard.......so scrap some of the anger and fear away!!
I have a L.O. here of me and my darling hubby...you all know he is away working and I miss him so much!
I used Nadias' sketch from Once Upon A Sketch and some Bo Bunny Paper...Welcome Home I think it was...Ironic,yes!

Nadia do forgive me,I just had to use a heart instead of a circle,,,I also changed the perspective of the papers a little...I love my misted panel at the bottom of the  heart.....I misted and then stamped and then journalled!!

Talking of journalling I am dabbling a little in art journalling...I have far to go and I am  going to risk a little and show the gals at the  Craft Barn  my page...a bit naive but anyway!!
By the way this is in my up-cycled home-made journal....the whiter page,the one on the left is  a craft shopping bag!
That is all for today ...maybe I will do some streaming tonight...
Chins up!
Zeffy

Dress Form

Hi there Friends.
This is what, was on my desk this morning...an almost completed dress-form, I worked on it last night on USTREAM .I needed to vacuum my area after the show, is was covered in gold embossing powder!!
Anyway you all now me by now I always like to sleep on a project and add the finishing touches the next day.

This morning I decided on a button, I chose a silver one with a diamante`, the feathers and the scraps of corrugated board...I had actually cut those off a L.O. and had hoarded those scraps!! I mean how bad can I get???You know I keep those shreds for packaging...and I had just posted off my Valentines box,so one or two were still lying on my desk.

                                                       The back view of her wings.

As I told you last night on Zeffy Scraps this project was inspired by the Ranger Designer Challenge for CHS 2012  and I will be entering it to the Simon Says Stamp and Show they challenged  us to show some torn edges, some inking,  a button and some wings this week...
Just Love it!
Zeffy

From This To ???

Hi there my creative  Co-Scrappers.
After seeing all of the super dress-forms that the "famous" Designers made for CHA 2012 I am very inspired and I am planning to alter this bodice I bought in the summer.

Sorry I had already undressed her, before I decided to take pictures and do the whole project tonight on
       USTREAM on my show Zeffy Scraps.

These are some of the things I am planning to use......get out your things and come and join me while I create "live"  tonight at 20H00 on Zeffy Scraps I know it is somewhat early, but I am recovering from flu and as a result I am out of action late at night.
Talk some more tonight...
Zeffy

Precious Dolly

Hi there.
I am sure that you are all well into the new year and settling down to the good old routine once again...
As you all know towards the end of last year I started scrapping old photos,photos taken long before I started scrapping.
This photo of Raphaella has been on my kitchen door for ages,,,and it was starting to perish...I have scanned it and made a copy...but I used the original for this L.O. The photo was taken at her 2nd Birthday Party. She was my baby dolly!! So cute....

I used the sketch from  My Creative Sketches, which I flipped  around as you can well see...I interpreted the diagonal paper or element as a stream of butterflies.....
I used the Websters Pages die cut it is from the Winter Fairy Tales line "Once Upon a Time"  there is also a scrap of Crate paper behind the photo...I stitched around the doilie for added detail as well as a line of stitching in the centre of the L.O. I also added some swirls with Stickels .
Tomorrow morning I will photograph my Valentines project so stay tuned!
Lots of Love.
Zeffy

My "Clip it Up"

Hi there my Friends.
I wish you all a very good month...
I have a video I want  to share today...it is my new embellishment centre...

Here it is in Greek too...especially for my darling Greek friends...

Have a good month.

Kisses.

Zeffy

Remeber ....

Hi there my Scrapbooking Friends.
Remember is such an amazing word, one that is the key to scrapbooking. Photos are all about remebering.
Today  I have scrapped a photo that was taken the first time my youngest daughter held her nephew, the day after he was born...He stared at her intensly while she was chatting to him.  The day before when we first saw him she said something and he turned and looked at her...amazing.

I used Websters Pages Winter Fairy Tales "Once Upon A  Time". I misted my page using the Ideology swirl before I started using Glimmer Mists "Blue Trunk Bay" "Lemon Zest" and "Yellow Daisy"
I started this L.O. on my USTREAM channel called Zeffy Scraps.
Get Creative has a challenge using masks and mists this month and Bird Is The Word has a challenge to use the word "Remember" in our title.
I wish you all a great week ,with lots of creativity.
Zeffy.

My First Lay-out of my Grand-Son ( Edited!)

Hi there my Scrapbooking friends.
Today I want to share with you my first L.O. of my Grand-Son and the first L.O. of  2012.
This  photo was taken minutes after he was born, his daddy is holding him. This is when I first saw him, Raphaella took this pic on her cel. phone.He looked just like a little pixie with his little hat!! It was the week before Christmas.
I took up Irene's challenge on Get Creative and only used 12 items to make this L.O.

 3 Sheets of paper ( 4 actually...see end of post)

                 1.Prima Annalee "Romance"

           2.Prima Annalee 'Parlor"

                   3.Creative Imaginations I.O.D

A journaling spot

                    4. Prima Annalee Collection.

             5. A Prima Mirror Clock

  6. A white flower

 7. A blue flower.

8. A red button.

9. White Alphas

           10. A blue marking pen.

That's it for now ladies...I have many many more pictures to scrap so I will be back soon.

I hope you have a great week-end.

Love Zeffy.

 EDIT:    P.S....ha ha I was so rushed to get this posted, and I am so surprised that no one has made a comment ,but, I have left out 2 items......

my fourth paper was my photo  mat.....so

11. Prima Annalle(I think,it was a scrap)

 12. A Darling Photo

Last post of 2011

Hi there my Friends.
Tomorrow is the last day of 2011.So I thought I would  like to share with you one of my favourite photos taken this past week ...it is of my new Grand-Son in his moses basket on the kitchen table amongst some of the flowers that they received on the occasion of his birth. I loved the colors, they almost give us an indication of what the next years will bring...fun and games!!

I would like to wish you all a very very Happy New Year,may 2012 bring us joy,happiness and health...and ladies always remember life is like a mirror..it always reflects your mood....so stay happy,creative and remeber lets live life to the fullest.
Lots of Love and good wishes.
Zeffy

Merry Christmas.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas.
I hope you all have an amazing time with your Family and friends!
My son come home today and this is what he bought for me.He said "Ma as soon as I saw this I knew you would love it."

Yes it is a Christmas wreath made entirley with sweeties in wrappers.With a few gold baubles and some red berries and a Father Christmas that lights up. A lady who lives in Cyprus, by the name of Koulla made it, and I think it is so sweet.
That is it, for now, going to pop my pork into the oven, and tomorrow I will tackle that bird.
Remember, be good!
Zeffy

It is almost Christmas!

Hi there my dear Friends.
Or should I say ho ho ho?
I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy festive season, and to also show you what I made out of a tiny pine-cone the night before my daughter gave birth to my beautiful Grand-son!

I was extremely distracted, but nevertheless this is the result a tiny pine -elf....I saw the idea on facebook..I used a bit of batting wrapped in a scrap left from the baby's new swaddling blankets for the face,I embroidered the eyes and mouth (had no patience to get the eyes the same!  So he looks like he is winking!)
The hat is made of felt decorated with twine and Stickles...a little bell is on the tip. And ,the scarf is a strip of paper, (I am a paper addict after all!)decorated with spots of Stickles.
May the spirit of Christ shine in your hearts.
God Bless.
Zeffy

A Christmas Tag (12)

Hi there my Friends.
I hope that you are all well?
Last night I finished off Tag 12 ....as you all know I made some of Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas,in fact I made 10.
Here is tag 12  without further ado,the details are in the video that is at the end of this post.
Tag 12

Here is the video too. Enjoy.

Keep Calm,be happy.
Love.
Zeffy

Tag 9 and Tag 11 (2011)

Good Evening Scrapbooking Pals.
I spent the evening yestreday making Tag 9 and Tag 11...and I have just completed Tag 12...you will have to wait till tomorrow for that as I want to photograph it in the daylight
Anyway I  loved the technique that was used for Tag 9, as I say in the video,my whole point of doing these tags was to experience new techniques,so I improvised with what I have on hand, as a result my tags are not the same as Tims'
Tag 9

Tag 11

Tag 11 was fun to make and it was the first time that I used Glossy paper,and I loved the result,you should try it.Oh yes the little leaves are shrink plastic that was covered with UTEE and heated with the heat gun...they look like mother of pearl.
Here is the video too.

Keep well,
Love Zeffy.

Tag 5 ,6 and 7 Inspired by Tim Holtz.

Hi there...
I wonder if anybody will read this...if you are all as busy as I am  then you are all frantically rushing around getting stuff done.
Here are  3 more tags...please note Miss Snowie was Tag 4....not 5 as I said!
 For more details check video at the end of this post...My voice goes all funny again and dissapears for a while....
Tag 5...loved this one!!

Tag 6

Tag 7

Here is my video.

 It wish you all a very good week-end....
This is the 10th full moon of my daughters' pregnancy...and as my good old Gran used to say "A woman needs to see 10 full moons before she gives birth" So we are waiting....
Zeffy

Tag 4 (2011)Miss Snowie

This is my take on Tims' tag.
I drew and cut out my snowman out of grunge board,painted "her"  decided she is a she...after decorating het hat!
the only colour distress that that I had that would suit this tag was"Dusty Concord" ...remember I also do not have "Picket Fence"
So I resorted to putting some acrylic paint diluted in a little water on my mat....a swipe of Broken China Distress ink and some Dusty Concorde distress stain....I sprayed my Tag with some homemade "glimmer mist" made out of Antique linen re-inker....I was happy with the result......I also stamped my snowflake with Dusty Concord...love how they turn out...you should try it....unfortunately my swirl was inked with white chalk ink......boring!!!

As you can see I used my Scrollwork  on the edge die...and I used grunge board numbers..I will tell you what I did to my poor numbers when I do a video...lets just say they were "Processed!"
Tag No 5 is looking good...of course I do not have reflections stamps..so I made a plan....again.
Keep crafting......craftiness required for these tags!!
Love.Zeffy

12 Tags of Christamas...here we go!

Hi there Crafty People.
I hope that you are all well, and having a good December.
I have been doing Tims'12 Tags of Christmas,,,,,, Alla Zeffy! Because I have to improvise as I do not own most of the things that Tim is using.
So here is Tag 1,2 and 3
I made Tag 1 on USTREAM on Zeffy Scraps so you can see how I cut my cones and Holly
Here is TAG 1

TAG 2

TAG 3

And here is a video of all three.

I wish you all a good Sunday...whats left of it...and I am off to have lunch and then get down to making TAG 4.....
Love Zeffy

December the 1st!!!

Hi there.
 Christmas frenzy has started with a bang!!
Tims 12 tags of Christmas and I have neither the die nor the embossing folder! So I have to improvise..
Shimelles' Journal you Christmas...doing that this year...
12 days of Christmas Photography class.....doing that too....No time for links today...
And Miss Arts Papercrafting Take 2 doing that too...the following L.O. was inspired byNicole Nowosad's 10 miute L.O......me doing a L.O. in 10 minutes! Impossible!!! So I gave myself half an hour.This is the result.

Sassafras paper masked and misted then stamped...Bo Bunny"Welcome Home" paper (how appropriate!) torn and inked ,Petaloo flowers and packaging.
So Gals have a good month...hope to get back to you again today with more goodies..
Love Zeffy

hello there....

Hi there my Friends.
Just a quick post to let you know that I am alive and kicking!
I have had a hectic 2 weeks,prepping and teaching workshops, forgive me but I have done NO blog hopping! I think that things will be going at a better pace this week so I will have a look at all of your blogs...
Today I want to share a L.O.that I did at the end of October with the  remaining elements from the Prima Romantique Kit from Enjoy Scrapping



My foundation paper was white Bazzill which I masked and misted, the circle is cut out of pattern paper.And I have stuck a little corner scrap under the top corner..I used my sewing machine again...I enjoy sewing, as you may have noticed.
I made this L.O. live on USTREAM on my show Zeffy Scraps the final mounting of this L.O.was recorded HERE take a look for more details.
I wish you all a good week and a wonderful start to the final month of this year....get your journals ready!!
Lots o love.
Zeffy

A sketch in time saves nine!!

Hi Ladies.
Here I am again.... this time I want to share a L.O that I made last Sunday on my USTREAM show
Zeffy Scraps.
I used this sketch. Sketch No 1 from My Creative Sketches I am late with it, but, luckily we are allowed to catch up!!

My L.O.is greatly influenced by Shimelles' weaving post and by her online class Pretty Paper Party

I used gesso to make the circle and the dots and then cut up a selection of my beautiful Crate Paper and went crazy with my sewing machine, whilst chatting to lovely ladies from all over the world!!
What an amzing way to spend a cold Sunday afternoon.....I am truly blessed!
Have a good week-end...and look out for me on Sunday....I might steam again!
Love.
Zeffy.

Busy Days.

Hi there my Friends
I have not posted for a while as I have been extremely busy getting all sorts of things done, from prepping for my workshops, putting together kits,to sewing baby swaddling blankets....yes God willing in about 4 weeks time I will be a Grand-Mother.
I made this card this morning for my friend Chrystel who is celebrating her Birthday.....
Simon Says Stamp and Show wants us to show them some woman this week...what a perfect excuse to use my favourite stamp set from Blade Rubber Stamps. I love the stamp that says."Be Still Woman, Know who you are....."

The next photo is a sneek peek of a few things from my Christmas project.

I have been planning this Mini/Journal for my Christmas workshop...BecauseI want to journal my Christmas again this year......I have to, what with the amazing new arrival!! I decided to plan something that could be versatile.
This book has 6 chipboard pages,so the girls that do not want to journal their Christmas can use it for a min album,minus the tabs.
I will use the chipboard pages with tabs, to act as page dividers....I will then add some extra pages with plain cardstock, for my Daily Journal ,but the dividers will get decorated now (and at the workshop) at the end of the month. Then the rest of the pages will get done day by day. The book cover is 17.5 cm x16.5, the dividers are slightly smaller. I thought that this is a good in between size...
As you know I am attending Shimelles 'Pretty Paper Party....sadly to say it is almost over, I must admit that enjoyed receiving her prompts and her course was such an inspiration ,and it egged me on to think out of my little box!!
A quick note before I log off....I  have space for one or two more ladies at my flower and at my Christmas workshops, join us if you like, we have fun!
Lots of Love.
Zeffy

Why I Scrap

Hi there Scrapbookers.
It has been a hectic week since I last posted!
On Saturday we had a crop here in Athens and we had a record number of 30 ladies attending. I taught the girls how to make a couple of flowers...which we then added to our L.O.s.
Irini in turn encouraged the girls, and help those that needed her guidance to create a L.O. using the sketch from Once Upon A Sketch The journaling this time around focuses on why we scrap?

I chose this rather malancholic photo of myself and my 2 eldest children, that I found at my FIL house this summer. I know neither where nor when it was taken....I also do not know why we look so fed up!
You see I never scrapped back then ,so I do not remember...this is why I am frantically telling my family's story now.
I used things from the kit that was provided at the crop...The little yellow flower was hand-made by Irini...I just love it!! Thanks Irini...oh yes I also bummed the brad off  Irini...thanks doll!
The bird and the question mark, as well as the alphas were from my stash.
As You can see I Glimmer Misted the page...and I need tips as to how we can get rid of the warping...I have ironed L.Os in the past.
I hope that you all have a great week.
Love.
Zeffy.