about chocolate

As you´ve probably already noticed I´m a chocoholic. And I´m becoming a "scrapholic" too, although my time right now is quite limited I can´t spend more than 2 days without doing anything. So I had to do a minipage about it for my 6x6 album and here it is. Just cardstock and brown pen, a little scrap of Scenic Route paper and three accents from Love Elsie.

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Cardstocks: Bazzill Basics; paper and thickers: American Crafts; stickers: Love Elsie; chipboard accent: Fancy Pants; stamp: Cherry Arte; inks: Watermark Ink, ColorBox, Disstress Ranger; others: acrylic paint, ribbon, brown pen.
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Actually was my mom who took this photo from my little niece and when I saw it inmediatly tagged it as “scrapable” ( it´s so funny!...) and ask her for a copy, I knew I had to do something with it and suddenly thought about this paper from American Crafts that had since some time ago and never knew how to use it. And the next minute there I was, making this. As I said before summer is not a good time for scrapping but there are always a bit of time for something quick!

WOW, I´m supposed to be a rockin´girl!

Noell has tagged me at her blog Paperclipping as a Rockin´Girl Blogger. I feel really excited about it!

Now I´m supposed to tag another rockin´girls. She would be one of my favorites, but obviously has already been tagged. If you still haven´t visited her blog I higgly recommend it, full of design tips and techniques, and her layouts are really great. I´m now in a project of scraplifting her kindergarten schoolwork book , it´s amazing!

So here are my other favs:

• PJ (lifeandscrapping): I love her work and when I was thinking of giving the SB up because of the expensive fact of having a great SB supplies stash, she showed me how to make beautiful stuff with homemade foam stamps or make a minialbum with just cardstock.
• Kristina Contes: Her blog is really funny and her artsy stuff rocks! She has recently published a new book with other authors titled "We Dare You". I also love to participate in their Dares.
• Ali Edwards: She doesn´t need to be tagged, I know and everybody knows, but she has been one of my most inspiring girls since I began scrapping and I have to do it anyway. Besides her scrapbooking work her "Life Art" concept was what conviced me that it´s worth a try. She is "The Ultimate Life Artist" and her work more than rocks!

Hope you enjoy them as I do!

After weekend

Cardstock: Bazzill Bling; patterned paper: Basic Grey; stickers: Love Elsie; journaling spot: Heidi Swapp; brad: SEI; others: color staples, threads.
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Another almost-blank scrapbooking weekend, so just another small and quick layout for my 6x6 minialbum.

I´ve also been playing a bit with felt but I still don´t have anything to show. Actually what I´ve been doing is having long walks both in the country and by the sea...

Felt balls again... (sorry)

Patterned papers: Basic Grey; buttons: SEI; stickers: Love Elsie; rub-ons: American Crafts; others: ribbons, ink. (6x6 page)
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WOW, how funny is making this "minis"! It was hard at first, but when you get used to doing them it becomes easier and easier, and very fast, indeed. Felt balls is a recurrent topic for me lately, sorry, but apart from scrapping this is in what I waste my time these days, and I love the colors in this photo so I tend to use it once and again...

Another mini-page

Cardstock: Bazzill; pp´s: SEI, Scenic Route; card stickers: Love Elsie-KI Memories: paper flower: Prima; brads: SEI, Making Memories; Others: black pen, white gel pen, green thread.

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Another page for my 6x6 minialbum. Hand-stitching is faster in this small size... I like it. More than "one-picture-a-day" I´m going to try a kind of "my everyday favorites" project.

OLW#5#: SIMPLICITY

Cardstocks: Bazzill; pp: Scenic Route; letter thickers: American Crafts; minibrads: Making Memories; other: vellum, homemade felt leaves, black pen.

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I really love this word, in fact I blogged about it some days ago, so when I saw the challenge I didn´t doubt very much, I took my photo and print the journaling on vellum. I wanted something really simple that inmediatly brought to mind the word and the concept, and although at first I feel it like an unfinished LO I decided to let it as it was, just adding the felt leaves at the last minute.

Simplify is always among my main goals although I don´t always achieve it (unfortunately...) but I don´t give up!

Thanks to OLW for this great challenge.

Dare#70#: Recycled stuff...

Cardstocks: Bazzill; pp: Junkitz; chipboard letters:Basic Grey; chipboard circle: Fancy Pants; circle sticker: Love Elsie; others: inks, ribbons, eyelets, glitter for the letters.
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For this dare I have recycled a bunch of tags from my last summer sales-shopping with my little girl and I´ve put a ribbon in each one, they were so fun... matched perfectly with that fun merry-go-round, and this also remembered me the recycling cycle: everything is a big rounding circle. So I can link all this ideas this way...

Giving the minibooks a trial

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Pp´s: Scenic Route; Tag sticker: Love Elsie KI Memories; Others: Ribbon, color staples, ink.

This is my first summer as a scrapper and I´ve realized that summer weekends are not exactly the best time for scrapbooking, as we usually spend most of our time in the open air: at the beach, at the swimming pool, climbing mountains... eveywhere except from being comfortably at home. Sure it is great for "photo-harvest", that´s right. Anyway, I´ve decided to give a chance to the smaller formats this time: minibooks and so on, because I find it should be easier to carry with you (in a small bag with some paper scraps and a few embellishments) during your outings. I´ve always been really in love with all Kristina Contes´s minibooks, but I guess I must begin with something more simple and easier. Actually what have inspired me most are the "one picture a day" project by PJ. Have you seen her amazing 6x6 pages? they´re sooo coool! I was envious of them, so I´ve done some trials this weekend before beginning my own project (if I begin it some time..). The less room doesn´t mean the easier to fill it up (for me at least) although it´s a bit faster once you have chosen your elements. But it´s really funny and satisfy my need of "making something". I´ll keep on trying...

After mini-holiday...

I´ve been on unexpected mini-holidays for a few days: beach, sun... and nothing about scrapbooking. But I have finished at last this mobile charm for my friend PJ:

Nature is always inspiring for me, but this time I´m not sure if it has been just a coincidence...

Utrecht (The Netherlands)

This week I´m not having much free time, but I NEEDED to make something right now so I have rescued these photos from (already!) three years ago and have made, very quickly indeed, this LO dedicated to all those nice dutch girls who "waste" their time visiting my blog. Thank you girls, and seriously, you´re very lucky for living in that wonderful country, I hope I will return sometime to re-visit all those beautiful places I lost last time.

Cardstock: Bazzill; pp´s: Scenic Route; letters: American Crafts; buttons: SEI.

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OLW Challenge: NEW

Cardstocks: BAzzill; Pp´s: SEI, Rusty Pickle, Fancy Pants, Rouge de Garance, Scenic Route; Thickers: American Crafts; Chipboard letters: Basic Grey; Rub-ons: Fancy Pants, American Crafts; Minibrads: Making Memories; Others: Inks, transparency.
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Here is my take on the OLW challenge: NEW.