polymeric clay beads, necklaces and another daily something

Yesterday I was making some polymeric clay balls with my daughter (“high quality” as you can see) and she asked me to make her a necklace, so we decided to mix them with some felted pieces and cristal beads to make it, she wanted one “like those you wear, mummy”. I followed (more or less) her directions... her aesthetic sense is growing as she physically does (so fast, indeed!)
I took advantadge of the photos and made my “daily something” for yesterday:

Pp´s: SEI, ScenicRoute, BasicGrey; letter stickers: KI Memories.

TFL!

I though I could make it everyday but as I´ve realized is not always possible I don´t worry anymore: if I can it´s OK, if not... next day. I think that was the phylosophy of the project, don´t make it very complicated and don´t let it be another unavoidable duty. But today, here it is.

And here is the album I promised yesterday to show you:

the brand is Clairefontaine, it´s a "travel photo album", has alternate ruled and black pages (one ruled, one black) it´s more or less 7x5" and I think it´s perfect for my "daily something" project, although some day I could feel like making something bigger or try another size... Now one of my next projects will be to decorate the cover!

daily something 27/08/07

Papers: FancyPants, ScenicRoute; SEI; stamp: KI Memories; letter stickers: SEI; sticker: LoveElsie.

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Another contribution to the "daily something" project. I painted the background (striped) with turquoise acrylic paint, then punched some circles and journaled on them.

I found this travel photo album in a stationery store and I think is perfect for this project. I will show you more images of it as soon as I can.

Dare #73: none scrapbooking products

I´m back again. I really needed a breath (although I´m not sure if I have taken a breath enough big as I needed) but here I am anyway. In fact I never can stop totally, and I guess that is good because it means I´m alive!

OK. I missed the Dares but I´m glad they´re back again. And this is what I´ve made for Dare #73:

"No patterned paper, no cardstock, no chipboard, no rub-ons, nostickers,
nothing. I dare you to create a layout using absolutely nothingmade specifically
for scrapbooking. Just found objects and non-scrappingcraft or office supplies.
Or, you know, whatever else you want. Raid thehardware store. Just as long as
it’s not a scrapbooking product"

The corrugated cardboard I´ve used is a leftover piece of a package, I´ve painted it with silver and turquoise acrylics (found at an art store) and also painted in silver the bubble plastic piece. I made myself the stars with polymeric clay (turquoise and silver mixed, then varnished) and handwrite the letters for title onto a regular transparency. And finally added some ribbon and string which I usually use for making necklaces and other crafts. That is: no specific scrapbooking stuff!

And sorry, the scanning is not quite good. TFL!

daily something...great!

Cardstock: Bazzill; patterned papers: ScenicRoute; chipboard flower: BasicGrey; stamp: KI Memories; others: brown pen, ink.TFL!

In her last AEzine, Ali Edwards has set a new challenge and I´m very excited with it. It´s about creating a little something everyday, don´t spent too much time on it but make something, tell something about this day. And this is perfect for me! If you don´t have to be worried about doing something very elaborated obviously it´s easier to make it everyday. Thus I can silence the voice of my conscience, I feel happy for having done at least a little "creation" and allows me to try something different, which I love. For example I saw how Ali used this size for some of her layouts (6x12) and feel like trying it so I´ve made this one, very quickly indeed . For more information about this project check here.
Have a nice weekend and enjoy!

OLW #6# Challenge: AUTOMATIC

Cardstock: Bazzil Basics; patterned papers: SEI, Basic Grey; thickers: American Crafts; ribbons: BasicGrey; mask and blings: Heidi Swapp; ink: ColorBox; other: staples, black pen. 8.5x11 layout.
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I´ve made this for OLW Challenge: AUTOMATIC. I found this word quite difficult but finally I could make something with it, I thought about the automatic button of my photo camera. This is something that I use almost everyday, so it shouldn´t be so difficult. I dream of having more technical knowledge about photography, but as my actual knowledge is quite limited and I´m very slowly at setting parameters, “automatic” is frequently my choice. This is even more important when it´s about children (and my little daughter, an earthquake!) because they move so much and you have to shoot right in the moment you “see” the photo. Maybe this way my photos won´t be the best but at least…I have them!