More Cards

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

enjoy......
xxx Z

A Card

Hi there friends.
Yesterday I spent the afternoon making some cards.
Here is one that I made for the Get Creative card challenge.I used a scrap of Echo Park paper and a piece of my Minds Eye. I did not follow the sketch faithfully, I moved the horizontal line vertically, because I wanted to use the litle border that I  had lying around, not to mention the rose and the die cut heart, they too were made for a L.O and were never used! So we can safely say this catd was made from scraps!

It is amazing to see how far a piece of patterned paper can go!
I also made a little card gift set for my friend HBH...will post the pics later.
I wish you all a serene Sunday.
God Bless.
Zeffy

Friday frenzy!!

Hi there friends.
I have been lying low...is the least that I can say! Without wanting to winge,I will quickly tell you that an aweful week has just gone by. Firstly a close friend of ours is very ill....and,we have been in a cyber freeze as our Sony pc went into a complete black-out!!!!
Yesterday I did manage to STREAM.and make a double page L.O. I originally wanted to scrap a photo from our recent trip th Cyprus....only to discover that all those pics are gone!!!
Here is the result.

I used Websters Pages "Spring Market"and photos from a very special holiday with my sisters and our children as well as our cousins, at my Mom's village Agios Konstantinos in Samos.
They had planned two surprises for me to celebrate my 50th....one being a Champagne Sunset Party....and the other an evening cruise...My Life is good...thank the Lord!
I would go back to Samos with my siblings any time!!
I will submit this L.O. for 2 challenges one being for Bird is the Word word challenge and for the first challenge on the new Greek site Heart2Craft.
I wish you all a good week-end.....with peace of mind, which is difficult these days in this unstable country Greece,.which we call home.
Love Zeffy.

Boys Wallet.

Hi there Scrapbooking Friends.
Hope you all had a lovely week-end...
A quick post to tell you about my streaming tonight on Zeffy Scraps with Friends and about the Greek show tomorrow night on Zeffy Scraps on USTREAM
Firstly seeing that it is getting warmer and we are more out and about both shows will now begin a little later, 22H00 GMT+2.
To-night I will be making a wallet for my nephew Nicholas.....you all know that I love to scrap with scraps! So I will be using craft paper from a old shopping bag and all the decorations will be from the Tim Holtz Ideology Range.. here  is the stash for the project.

Tomorrow night I will be completing the album I stated last week on Zeffy Scraps to house my 30x30cm L.O.s. The show on Wednesday night is in Greek, but I do answer any questions asked by scrappers that do not speak Greek, in English ,so join us if you wish.
Ok gals that is it for now...off to sew some curtains for a gazebo...summer here we come!
Filia (kisses)
Zeffy

A video

Hi there here is a video of the quick mini-mini I made on Saturday.....thanks for the tags ladies!

If any of my other friends want to make a mini tag for my album, it will be very welcome.

LOVE Zeffy.

Some old photos

Hi there girls I have just finished off 2 L.O. that I started yesterday for the monthly challenges on Life on the {Scrap}Beach.
 I will start with Challenge #3 we were to use 3 colours at right angles to each other on the colour wheel..I used muted colours of green ,blue and red.,the red being almost a purple and the green an olive.
Yesterday was my eldest daughters' first wedding anniversary....I have had the photos lying in an envelope, so this L.O. will be one of the pages in the wedding album that I will make for myself, that is why it has no title!

Used Prima "Madelaine" and some lace from her wedding dress. The die cut in the top corner is their initials as they were printed on their wedding invites.
The second L.O. is for Challenge #2 ,we were to use 2 old photos as they were, this suited me just fine as my printer is out of ink...the first photo is my DH and iI in the 90's don't you just love the hair! I wish I had kept those buttons when I threw out the white jacket!!
The second photo is taken in December 2003 at The Saxon Hotel , in Johannesburg which, at the time Nelson Mandela was released from prison, was a private home owned by a millionaire of the motor indusrty. Nelson Mandela stayed there while writing his book Long Road To Freedom .

I leave you all for now.I hope you have a lovely week.
Lots of love.
 Zeffy

Mothers Day

Hi my dear Scrapbooking Friends,
I hope that you all had a good Sunday and to the moms out there a good Mothers Day. I had an interesting day reflecting on the past...the past year seeing that today is my Daughter's 1st. wedding anniversery, I am busy with a L.O with a wedding photo, will show you that tomorrow.
I also thought a lot about the long passed today especially of my dear Mom who passed on 20 years ago, and it still hurts to think about her, so when Kathryn from On the {Scrap}Beach challenged us to make a L.O. about Mother I decided to scrap the last photo taken of my Mom.

A last word for today, love and appreciate your mothers,they love you more than anybody else on this earth, tell them that you love them!
Filia(kisses)
Zeffy

National Scrapbooking Day

Hi there scrappers..
Happy Scrapbooking day!!! I am writing this post as I sit here with all my scrapbuddies....I invited 10 of my first scrapbooking pals to my home today...10 only because more can't fit...sorry girls.

This morning I had a brain-wave and I decided to make a quick mini to record todays' crop. So at 12h00 I did a USTREAM session. I made a toilet paper mini, with lots of pockets.
I have asked my guests to decorate a tag for me and write me a little note....
It goes without saying that I have taken lots of photos...the album has space for 4 6x8cm photos.
As soon as I have printed the photos (printer out of ink!)I will do a you You Tube video,most probably on Monday.
My friend Lena has a challenge on her shop's Enjoy Scrapping blog to do a L.O. that says Enjoy Scrapping, I did a L.O. see previous posts and her second challenge is to make a mini....
That is it for now ladies....off to chat and scrap some more....
Have a fantasic week..
Love Zeffy

SCRAPZZY!!

Hi there ..
I am in a complete scrapzzy this week!!! ( Zeffy in a scrapping frenzy! )
Yes dear friends another L.O. done, on Zeffy Scraps last night.
My dear friend Irini on Get Creative  dared us to show our age!! I am showing it, here and dare I say feeling my age too these days!!(need to get myself to a gym real fast.)

I used the sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches ,which I loved....today is the last day for challenge submissions.
As I said in my previous post Saturday is National Scrapbooking Day, some of the Greek Scrappers are meeting at Metro Mall for coffee on Friday afternoon....if you are a scrapper and want to join us,please do so..if you can't .....Scrap and have FUN!!
Lots of Love.
Scrapzzy...oops Zeffy!
                    Products used
                      -Fancy Pants "Happy Together"
                      -Glimmer Mist "Lily Pad"
                      -Tim Holtz mask"Concerto"
                      -Glitz paper layers
                      -e-line bling
                      -Sizzix   .
 LIFE oooo
                                          LIFE IS GOOD>>>>>>>embrace it......

Some of my favourite things.....

Hi there Friends.
Firstly I would like to welcome my new followers... and I would also like to thank you all for your lovely comments and your good wishes for my Raphaella...
As you may all have noticed I LOVE SCRAPPING!!
It is a hobby thay I enjoy thoroughly , it gives me a good sense of "being"  I am sure you all know exactly what I am talking about....
This Saturday 7 May is National Scrapbooking Day, so many great things are on the go...
This is my L.O. for the Enjoy Scrapping blog, a Greek blog. that challenged us to make a blog with the title ENJOY SCRAPPING.
I decided to make a layout that expresses my current state, where I crop, what my favourite products are ect...in fact I could not fit more of  fav ourite goodies into the second photo!!

The L.O. is pretty busy,that is because I have so many things that I love to use when I scrap....I used the sketch from Once Upon A Sketch as my guide to making this page.
The flowers used  I made this week-end so they are fresh out the garden!! I used a strip of paper from my very first paper kit....my very first papers that I loved! They were Basic Grey "Romani" collection...I also used pretty patterns from magazines at the beginning...I wanted to use one of those as you can see  on Zeffy Scraps with Friends, but at the end I scrapped the idea(excuse the pun!)
Please ecxuse the wonky layout ...paper was painted and sprayed....
I wish you all a fun week filled with lots and lots of scrapping...enjoy all the challenges that are happening.
Love .
Zeffy
                   products used:-Upsy Daisy 'Home Sweet Home"
                                         -Pink Paislee 'Topsiders'
                                         -Prima 'Melody' and bling
                                         -Sizzix
                                         -Adirondack dabbers
                                         -Tim Holtz stamps.

A Piece of Cake

Hi there Friends.
As you all know my baby turned 21 on Easter Sunday...Saturday was a busy day baking and preparing,so late on Saturday night I needed to work out a way to decorate Raphaella's cake. the quickest way for me was to use my Sizzix Tattered Florals and some alluminium...
I started this lay-out on USTREAM  on Zeffy Scraps and I have just finished it. I used Dovecraft paper called Piece of Cake and decorated my L.O with the cake decorations......I used the sketch from Once Upon A Sketch I have secret journaling in the pocket behind the photo....one pulls it out using the bracket as a tab.And I have many many reasons to scrap this photo....believe you me.

You will notice the little heart buttons, those I made....so I hope that the DT on Simon Says stamp and Show like them!
And lastly seeing that 21 is the beginning of a new phase in my babies' life I thought that the girls at Bird is the Word would like to see this LO too.
Girls love and leave you I have about 15 young adults coming for dinner so i need to go and get my food ready..
Be good.
Love Zeffy.

Guest Book

Hi there Friends,
I hope that you have all had an eggceptional Easter! I hope that you did not eat as much as I did!
Today my cousin Paris and his wife Miranda Baptised their 4th baby,  Photini, a beautiful little girl....this is my gift to her.

 I used Echo Park "be Mine" paper kit...Prima flowers and Theresa Collins chipboard pieces...the vintage pictures are from Heartwarming Vintage.The pram is from a Websters Lullaby Lane.

 

I made this Guest book on my USTREAM channel called Zeffy Scraps so if you want more details you can take a look at the videos there...

I will soon have a video posted on You Tube

Have a great week,chat again real soon.

Love Zeffy

Scrapbooking Friends

My dear Scrapbooking Friends.

A quick post to wish you all a Blessed Easter

My morning started very early today, I quickly made these two candles for myself and for my daughter Raphaella who is turning 21 tomorrow.Then we went to morning Mass for Holy Communion,

When we got back I started making our easter cakes called Tsourekia, I made 3 batches ,because I am giving at least 12 away in easter hampers.....this is what my kitchen looks like just now.....

Anyway need to fly....oh yes... candle has Sizzix bird and some SEI papers  I think??? will confirm
wishing you all Peace and  Blessings.
Love Zeffy 

Greek Orthodox Traditions,Candles for the Holy Light

Hi there my Scrapbooking Friends,
Today I want to share with you these three candles that I made for my nephews.
Let me first tell you why we have candles for Easter. At Midnight Mass the priest comes out of the alter with the Holy Light (see here ...amazing!) chanting "Christ has Risen" This Holy Light has been delivered to all Orthodox churches throughout the world....We take the light home and light our oil lamps,and try to keep it burning for as long as possible.
As in all things these days, candles  have become very commercialized and the shops are filled with fancy candles! God-Parents usually buy one for their Godchild,and as I have baptised my nephew I make a candle for him and his two brothers each year...
The boys are getting old now, Peter is almost 15 and and the little one almost 10..so I kept the candles very simple this year....ok ,I was also challenged by Simin Says Stamp and Show to show a Tim Holtz technique.

I used Tim Holtz, Lost and Found Salvage Stickers, for Peter's candle he loves movie making and has help do the lighting at the school plays so I used two vintage theatre tickets on his candle, I mounted them onto cardstock first and the distressed and inked them.
For Nicholas's candle I used the bookplate from the Tim Holtz Tag die,  I cut grunge paper, then I embossed with Broken China distressed embossing powder,then I inked with Vintage Photo. I used the Alphas from the Salvage Stickers,and then finished the whole thing off with a good slick of crackle medium...metal elements are alcohol inked..
On the last cadle for Andreas I used the soda pop stickers that I glued into old bottle tops...
That is it for now.....I also want to tell you that I will be streaming again next week on Zeffy Scraps on Tuesday and Wednesday at 21H30 GMT+2
I wnat to take to wish you all a very blessed Easter full of forgiveness,love and hope....
God bless
Love.
Zeffy,

A video and a request

Hi there Friends,
Here is a video of my Mariposa Mini and Box,I will give this to Kosta and Maria this week-end.

Last week end we were at a lesson given by the sweet Natalie Kalbach and I had a list of names from a few girls, sorry girls I misplaced the list, so could you please mail me with you contact details so that I can get in touch with you.
Thank ing you ....have a great week-end.
Rushing off...lots of love
Zeffy

Mariposa Mini

Hi there my Friends.
By the grace of God and the support of my local and international friends I have another copleted project!!
Last night on Zeffy Scraps with Friends I completed the box to house the mini, it is a re-cycled box from an exclusive perfumerie...
I also bound the mini last night on USTREAM only to undo it and re-bind it this morning with beads as spacers between the pages, thanks Kathryn for the cool suggestion.
I will do a video of the project tomorrow, but if you want to take a look at how it was made pop over to my USTREAM videos at the above link. As the title suggests the papers I used are from DCWV the Mariposa range....thanks Weezie!!
Here is the box.

And here is the mini...

I am planning to enter both these project into the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge for this week...

Keep well girls take care...I will see some of you on Saturday at  the lovely Natalie's lesson.

God Bless.

Zeffy

Oh My Hat!!

Hi girls.
Time just flies by...we are at the end of march, can you believe that we are through the first quarter of the year, it feels as if Christmas was yesterday!!
Today I thought I would use the  challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show and replenish my card stash. The challenge this week was to show a hat!....So I used my favourite stamp and made a card.....this is it.

Enjoy the rest of the week,take care.
Love
Zeffy.

Mariposa=Butterfly

Hi there my friends.
I hope that you are all well and that you all had a restful week-end.
Tonight I want to share my latest project with you. A mini that I am making for a young lady that has just become engaged.
When I decided to make a mini for Maria I knew straight away that it had to be with my beloved Mariposa papers....I loved this paper as soon as I saw it and as you all know Weezie had send me a stack more than a year ago if I remember correclty.
I have been working on this mini on my USTREAM show Zeffy Scraps. here are a couple of pages from the mini.

I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that I will not be streaming this week as I will be visiting my son, I will however be back the following week and I intend  to complete the cover of this mini.
Keep well I hope you all have a fantastic week.
Keep well.
Zeffy

Zeffy a Greek Scrapbooker.

Hi there my Scrapbooking Friends..
My friend Christina invited me to play a game...
We had to write something about ourselves,some of our favourite music and a favourite quote....
Christina I took up your challenge, in my Art Journal, I wtote something about myself, but please forgive me as I will not continue this chain-(letter) ,simply because  I do not have time to search through blogs to find out who has played along and who has not..... Actually you will have noticed I am not a big fan of chain-letters.

I found the picture of an old Orthodox Church in an airport magazine, I immediately connected with it,especially since it had 2 icons of some of the Saints that influence my daily life.....
Part of this challenge was to invite 8 fellow bloggers to participate, I in turn invite all of my readersy to write something about yourselves today, something about where you are, what you like and where you are going....as I said...do not settle for MEDIOCRITY!
I am a very lucky lady because I am going to visit my son, in Cyprus, next week. So I will not be able to stream this  coming week.......
See you all on  ZEFFY SCRAPS  on the 29th March at 21H30 my time GMT+2
Thats all for now...get that journaling out its free therapy..
Filia (Kisses and friendship)
Zeffy

Blog Candy

My darling friend Katerina is very generousy giving away this fantasic blog candy.....
Go and take look.......
Until later...
Zeffy
P.S. I forgot her blog  is in Greek...anyway she was in New York recently and she is an avid EBAY shopper, so she decided to spread some love!....and she also a very, very generous and lovely smiley person....and I just love her!!