Party at home!

Hi my friends! I am here again and posting my new layout:

I am entering in 

BITW 's ''sparkle'' challenge 

(I used the word ''sparkle'' in my hidden journaling.)

Berry 71 bleu 's April challenge 

with the great colour combination and the inspiring photos:

and

OUAS 's April challenge .

This was the amazing sketch of OUAS, designed by Nadia  Canizzo:

 

The theme of OUAS 's challenge was home.

I decided to interpret the theme in a different way, than the usual, so I used some photos from our first party at home. 2 days before our wedding we had a party at our new home, we call it ''the making up of the wedding bed'' here in Greece. This celebration is a tradition just a few days before the wedding: The couple that is going to be married  invites close friends and relatives at the house where they are going to live! The unmarried ladies make up the bed with new and impressive quilts and then the guests put money on the bed, they also put rice and rose petals for luck! Αt the end they also put a baby on the bed for luck and fertility to the couple!

So, we had this traditional celebration and then we had a fabulus buffet dinner that my mother made. And we danced until morning. In the first photo you can see me and my husband in our bedroom, you may see the flowers and the money on the bed. In the second photo I dance  a greek traditional dance, called ''zeibekiko''. 

The papers are K & Company and Kaiser Craft.

Some close ups:

Τhe title

                                           Misting

I have hidden my journaling in a littlle ''present''. The butterfly downside is heat embossed.

It reads:

We had our first party at home 2 days before our wedding, it was a really a great party!

 First of all we kept the greek custom: The unmarried young ladies ''made up'' the bed and  the groom did a mess on it, so the ladies had to make up it again! Finally the guests put money, rice and rose petals on it! And also a baby boy and a baby girl !

We had so much fun, we eat, drought and danced until morning, it was a sparkling night! 

I hope you like it!

Hugs!

Sandy

Λαμπάδες!

Γεια σας αγαπημένες μου blogoφιλενάδες!
Xριστός Ανέστη και χρόνια πολλά! Υγεία κι ευτυχία!
Τι κάνετε; Eλπίζω να περάσατε καλά το Πάσχα! Εμείς περάσαμε πολύ όμορφα, πήγαμε κλασικά στο χωριουδάκι μου, στην Καρδίτσα, ο καιρός μας τα χάλασε, αλλά δεν το βάλαμε κάτω, περάσαμε πολύ ωραία!
Για να μείνω λιγάκι στο πασχαλινό κλίμα, θα αναρτήσω σήμερα τις λαμπάδες που έφτιαξα, δύο για τις νονές του Γιώργου και μία για μένα. Δεν τις φόρτωσα πολύ, είναι σχετικά απλές, δεν προλάβαινα να κάνω πολλά, γιατί φυσικά ξεκίνησα τελευταία στιγμή.. Ωστόσο δεν ήθελα και να τις πολυφορτώσω! Περίεργο πράγμα για μένα!

Η λαμπάδα για τη Χρύσα, την αδερφή μου:

H λαμπάδα για τη Μάγδα, την ξαδέρφη μου:

Και η δική μου:

Και εδώ όλες μαζί:

Θέλω να δηλώσω πως οι φωτογραφίες τις αδικούν! Στις παραλήπτριες πάντως άρεσαν! Τουλάχιστον έτσι έδειξαν! Αν και πριν τις δώσω στα κορίτσια, πέρασαν από το άγρυπνο μάτι του αντρούλη μου για επιβεβαίωση!

Καλό Σαββατοκύριακο!
Φιλάκια σε όλες!

Σάντυ

My calm kid

Hello everyone!
Today I am posting about my new layout for CSI 's 13th challenge .

This was the challenge:

The papers are My mind 's eye (Be amazing and Be happy collections), Bo Bunny (Et cetera collection), K & Company and a scrap of a pizza box.
I made a lo about my son, I used a photo in which he looks so quiet...
I have hidden my little journaling  in a booklet, which  I binded with twine.

It reads:
He is not what he seems...
He is very naughty and enjoyes making noise!

Map print, twine,  pinwheels and spiral flowers, as the challenge asked:

I put some very small hearts on the right of the pinwheel, I misted and sewed:

Sewing again and masking:

A paper border:

A stamp:

I hope you like it!

Kisses!

Sandy Liappi

A paradise in Dubai!

Hello my ladies! I am here again to post my layout for

Get Creative  's March 15th layout challenge :

This was the great sketch, designed by Melenia:

I am also entering in csi 's 12th challenge

Some close ups:

As almost always,  I distressed and inked my paper. The paper is Prima ''Sun Kiss Collection Sunshine Path'' .

The title
I did masking with a clock template and I stamped the clouds and the hot air balloon.

I used a photo taken at Dubai, we went last summer, we had a great holiday! In the photo you can see the wonderful resort of Madinat! 

My journaling reads:

Summer of 2011

Amazing holiday in Dubai! 

The photo is taken in the beautiful Madinat resort. This  resort is artifficial, the land scape is not natural, but it is so beautiful that looks like real!

We had a wonderful time in Dubai, the only ''problem'' was the fact that it was too hot! The sea was so much hot, just as like we are taking a hot bath at home in a cold, winter day! We could not get in the sea!  Only a crazy can swim in the summer In Dubai! 

Fortunatelly every place was air - conditionned, not only the famous malls, but even the bus - stops! 

We resisted to the hot weather and really enjoyed our journey! 

Flowers, a butterfly and some lace.

Borders

Masking with a doily and stiching with twine.

I hope you like it!

Hugs!

Sandy

I miss the smile of the Greeks, I miss hope

Hello everyone! Today Ι am posting my layout for OUAS 's March 15th challenge :

 The journaling criteria was to  finish this line: ''I miss...'' They wanted from us to tell them about something we are missing and why. 

Here is my lo: 

I miss the smile of the Greeks, I miss hope 

And this was the sketch:

  

I used it at this way:

Τhe papers are Crafty secrets and My mind 's eye.

                           
 Some close ups:

I distressed and inked my papers, I did stiching, stamping and painting. 

The flag is hand made  from canvas and painted with acrylic paints. 

As far as regards the journaling: 

I had so many things to write in my journaling! So, I made a ''book'', which I binded with twine. 

The journaling reads:

There are so many things to tell about Greece! There are so many pictures I could put in my layout.

I just put a photo of my smiling son, the greek flag and the oil. 

The photo is taken at Thission temple, an ancient temple near Acropolis. I used it for symbolism. This smile must be continued, our children are the future. 

I go out and everyone is sad. I see destroyed lifes, I see people who lost their jobs, who don 't have to pay for their rent, who don 't have to eat, who don ' t have where to stay. And they are not lazy. They are just victims of crisis. 

The salaries and pensions are too low, almost everyone becomes poorer, almost everyone is unhappy.

The situation is tragic and this is a reality, we don 't know where we are going. 

We, the Greeks pay others' mistakes.

We lost our smile and our pride, because somebody else wanted to. We are the victims of the wrong decisions. They forgot who Greece is!

I am a Greek woman and I could write a lot. 

I am just saying that I am proud for my country, proud for the greek history, culture, language, spirit and for many more  greek achievements! There are too many reasons to be proud for Greece. 

The fact is that we lost our smile and our optimism. Our hope!

But... We survived from wars, from slavery! 

We can raise our heads!

HEY GREEKS! RESIST! 

I hope you like it.

Have a nice weekend! 

Kisses

Sandy

Kάρτα για το get creative!

Γεια σας!
Σήμερα θα σας δείξω μια κάρτα που έφτιαξα εδώ και λίγες μέρες για  την πρόκληση της 20ης Μαρτίου του Get Creative.

Αυτό ήταν το sketch που έπρεπε να ακολουθήσουμε:

Xρησιμοποίησα χαρτιά της Μy Mind 's eye, της σειράς Be happy και Howdy doody. Έβαλα δαντέλα και για πρώτη φορά χρησιμοποίησα ραπτομηχανή!
Ελπίζω να σας αρέσει!

Φιλάκια!
Σάντυ