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I'm so behind with all my holiday photos. Here's the third batch for Crete (still Mykonos and then Finland to edit and post and that's only for this summer. Don't care to think about all the other photos still to edit, blaah!!)
Spent a day - an EXTREMELY windy day, should have checked the weather forecast before going -at Elafonisi on the south-western corner of Crete. There's breathtaking scenery on the road to get there.
Lovely homemade products from garlic to capers to olives and of course the best olive oil in the world
The thyme honey of Crete is yummy. And a glass of raki(tsikoudia)after a hefty meal is a must.
The Elafonisi Beach is gorgeous but due to the extremely windy day I could only get a couple of photos without endangering my photographic gear. (sand is even worse than water for your lenses)
In some light, the sand takes on a pink glow, said to be from corals. Elafonisi is protected by an EU environmental program.
And here we have a representative of the ever present goat population of the island
Saturday night we were invited to a street party where food and drinks were served as soon as we sat down. Franco had made friends with Dimitri (the smiling guy on the far right in the picture) a couple of days before - I always wonder how my Hubbs manages to make friends in a foreign country without speaking the language. This time when he told us that Dimitri had invited us to his party we were kind of skeptical but it turns out that the party was there right on the street and that we were shown a place at the table as soon as we turned the corner! We still aren't sure WHAT they were celebrating, there was a huge amphor from which a girl extracted slips of paper on which the participants had written something and when read aloud, it always resulted in roars of laughter.
It was lovely and definitely not your everyday tourist experience.
Loooooved this week's color palette #125 at TCR.
Rich, warm colors which made me think of family/love.
So I decided to scrap a photo from Andrea's christening back in 1998.
The background is full of mixed media techniques: decoupaging ripped patterned papers which almost get covered entirely by the following layers of gesso, acrylic paint, misting, stamping and stitching.
Here are some close ups
Thank you for looking and leaving your kind comments.
YIPPEE!!!!!! MY LAYOUT WAS FEATURED AT TCR!!!
Life's Little Moments is my title for TCR #124 challenge. It's been awhile since I played at The Color Room last time. Loved the palette and loved working especially on the background of my layout.
This is Andrea in 2009 only 3 years ago but oh boy, what a change. He's grown so much and not only in height. Love to look at some older pictures and remember how we were.
Played with mists, gesso and stamps and of course my sewing machine and achieved a mixed media look that I particularly like - messy and grungy :)
And here's a sneak of the upcoming challenge at CSI which goes live tomorrow night at midnight (in Italy)
TFL and thanks for any kind comments you may want to leave. They are always very much appreciated!
I'm not a great fan of reds and blues but I gave it a try this week at CSI and I have to say I love how the layout turned out.
Here's the color scheme
My colors are a little bit more muted.
This is how I cracked the case:
I sprayed the background with gesso and added paint (liquid medium) with stencils, stamps and through spillage (behind the photos). I attached the journaling strips with staples (metal)
My journaling says:
"What mountains you will climb, what joys you will have, I know there will be tears and struggle as well. But my prayer is that you will grow into the man you're meant to be."
MY LAYOUT WAS FEATURED AT THE IMAGINARIUM DESIGNS BLOG! COULDN'T BE HAPPIER :)))
Here's the sketch
And here's my take on it
My favorite season is summer, but I made a layout about spring. The photo is of my godson and his girlfriend. Loved working on this page using gesso, découpaged book papers, stamping, acrylicsand, stitching. I used our sponsors' Imaginarium Designs chipboard and Scrapbook Fantasies ribbon on this layout.
To get more inspiration, go see what the talented ladies of the DT have come up with. You can find them here and here.
Really beautiful bright colors for this week's case file #31 at CSI.
This is my take
For my evidence I used liquid medium (watered gesso, acrylic paint, ink), distressing (the edges of my layout) repetition of an element (stamps, circles, punched borders) and circles.
I journaled about a vacation and precisely about a crafting cruise with Tim Holtz in the Caribbean in Sept 2011. While my friend Maria Chiara and I participated in the workshops, Franco relaxed at the pool.
- probably the best cruise ever craft-wise. Loved ALL of Tim's projects
- couldn't have hoped for a better travel/craft companion than Chiara (elsewhere known as Maria)
- the weather was gorgeous - just some clouds and some showers which were actually welcome
- liked the Royal Caribbean better this time (last time our waiter sucked!)
- loved room service (for breakfast)
- I still don't like eating at Windjammer
- love shopping onboard AND onshore
- I still like Carnival better
- impeccable organization as far as Tim's classes were concerned (as always)
- met Elsa and Roxie, my new best friends from Florida and Texas
- made 117 ATCs to trade
- very little interaction between the two groups probably due to different class times and our later dining time
- beautiful ports of call; hubs and I raided the stores:) Well, I raided, hubs strolled along.
- Portofino onboard was a fabulous surprise
- the ship's "house champagne" comes nowhere near Prosecco
- our waiters and cabin attendant were excellent
- didn't spend too much at Mario's Market place - speedy shopping at Michaels and Joann's prior to embarking may have had something to do with it;)
- took less photos this time but I am quite pleased with them
- Chiara and I had 8 evening wears - one for each night and one "just in case"
- got a head cold from the darn air-conditioning on at full blast - especially in the dining room
- the staff at Royal Caribbean deserves kudos - they sorted out problems for us that hadn't been taken care of beforehand and some that occured during the cruise
- better not put the key card close to iPhone or other electrical devices - learned that first hand
- I hardly ever eat desserts but couldn't resist all the yumminess
- cool ice show - Franco didn't like the magician and his tricks...
- some ladies assaulted the Market Place as soon as the doors were opened. Geez what manners!
- bought the most beautiful carryon onboard - it pays to be nice to Hubs :)
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