Book of 2015 by Tusia Lech

Hello :)

Here is Tusia Lech with a small book, I created using Zeus & Zoe kit.

I was inspired by mood board created by DT member - Charlie: I have used burlap, beautiful flower and some glitter.

At first I cut 2 rectangles for covers - I used plain, thick chipboard. I embellished both covers with burlap and flowers. 

On the front cover you can see also gorgeous doily in a shape of heart and wonderful, reach purple crystal framed with metal. All these items come from one of Zeus & Zoe gorgeous kit.

Back cover:

My book is an accordion book. I have cut 12 inches long paper strip and folded it forming an accordion. Than I glued down small envelopes. I put tags and some ephemera into envelopes - I will write on them all the most important to me things in next year.

The edges of the inside covers are covered with small pieces of paper from old book (glued down with Gel Medium) and than inked with Archival Ink.

Thank you for visiting our blog today - I hope I inspired you a little bit :)
Tusia

Mini album by Ayeeda

 Hello, It's Aida again with my new project.

For today I have prepared a mini album, based on wonderful heart shaped canvas base from Zeus and Zoe.

 To decorate the cover of album I added some mists and modeling paste which I applied with a stencil. Then I added a chipboard and few metal embellishments, some decorative ribbon and button from Zeus and Zoe. I used all beautiful canvas hearts and then added few more cut out shapes from paper to create this album. I used some paints, gesso, washi tapes and stamps too. You will find some tissue paper and laces from Zeus and Zoe here and there too:)

Here is the cover of the album from our Croatia vacation last summer:

Please have a look at all 12 pages:) It's all a bit messy, but fun, and very quick to create.

Hugs,

Aida

Favorite Quotes Album

Thanks for stopping by today! Dana here sharing a mini album for the Zeus and Zoe June Challenge. This month's challenge is inspired by the lyrics of the Julie Andrews song "My Favorite Things." We all have those favorite little things that we just can't help gravitating to and maybe even collecting. So this month the Zeus and Zoe Team wants to see projects highlighting YOUR very favorite things. I took this opportunity to assemble some of my favorite quotes from my favorite novels. My vintage ladies are back along with words from Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Mary Shelley, Virginia Woolf, Jodi Picoult and Leo Tolstoy.

Donna Salazar is the sponsor this month and this album features her gorgeous Natural Beauty collection. I used several shades of Mix'd Media Inx to add color to these chipboard letters.

I made this small charm with a facet, some Glossy Accents and a piece of dictionary paper from the Mix'd Media Stax.

I sprayed these flowers with Clearsnap Smooch Spritz and covered them with a coat of Fairy Dust Glitter for some extra sparkle.

The inside pages of this album are variations on the same theme; gorgeous Natural Beauty patterned papers and embellishments, May Arts Ribbon, Couture Creations dies and the fabulous vintage ladies that I love so much from my Zeus and Zoe Kit. Sprinkled throughout the album is some random stamping and bits and pieces from some of Donna's other paper collections.

All the text for this album was created by running strips of label paper from the Mix'd Media Stax through my Dymo label maker. The adhesive backing of the label paper made adding text to this album fast and easy. I highlighted the embossed letters with Mix'd Media Inx.

The quotes are hard to read from the photos so here they are:

"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. I have loved none but you." - Jane Austen

"He is more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." - Emily Bronte

"I loved him very much. More than I could trust myself to say. More than words had power to express." - Charlotte Bronte

"Beware. I am fearless and therefore powerful." - Mary Shelley

"If you meet a loner. No matter what they tell you. It's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before and people continue to disappoint them." - Jodi Picoult

"No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself," - Virginia Woolf

"Not one word. Not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget." - Leo Tolstoy

We hope that you will enter the June Challenge.  There are some fabulous prizes up for grabs, one of which is autographed by Donna Salazar!  How cool is that?!

Main Prize: 

Donna Salazar

http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/

Donna Salazar is a wife, mom, grandma, artist, designer, teacher and kid at heart. Her playful nature tends to come across in her products and classes because she believes that art should be fun. Donna is known for blending contrasting elements to create what she calls her “Girlie Grunge” look. Donna's style is especially appealing to mixed media artists, however her love of flowers and all things sparkly seems to appeal to crafters of all types and styles. 

Donna is a licensed designer and has product lines with 5 different companies: Clearsnap, GCD Studios, Spellbinders, Want2Scrap and Zutter. Donna offers free video tutorials, e-classes and a LIVE webshow, called Tuesday Tutorials, where she gives away lots of prizes from her partner companies and/or original artwork created during the show!

Random Prize:

Couture Creations

http://couturecreations.com.au

An Australian owned and loved brand, Couture Creations is the culmination of 20 years experience in the scrapbooking industry. From its final inception in 2010, Couture Creations has been devoted to producing expertly designed, high quality products overseen by veteran designers and crafters for a result that is both simple and elegant.

Couture Creations is part of Artdeco Creations growing collection of quality craft brands available worldwide. Distributed through a network of the best industry representatives in scrapbooking and craft internationally, Artdeco Creations has the ability to test and meet global expectations for quality and precision beyond local trends and markets.
 

You have until the end of the month to link up your newly created project for a chance to win! Thanks for stopping by today!

Mini Album - "This is Me" for the April Challenge

Hello Everyone

I hope that you had  a super weekend and that Monday is treating you kindly! Denise here today with a mini album that I created for the April Challenge  - Life as it is Now - and I am really excited to show you what I created.

The challenge this month is to create and journal a project about "life as it is now," the subject being "you as an individual."  This challenge is open to interpretation and you can add as much detail as you wish, and share whatever you wish to share about yourself. Hidden journaling for personal information is fine. There is one additional requirement for the challenge, and that is to incorporate the use of buttons into your creation.

This mini album is about Me, as I am now, in 2013, and is called "This is Me".  So one day, I will hopefully look back at this  little album and remember exactly what my life was like in this year.

It was actually quite easy to get my thoughts together for this project, as I had a pretty good idea what I wanted to journal and the points I wanted to highlight.

So firstly I wanted to have a photo of me, as I am now. Can you imagine me in 20 years time, looking back at this moment?

I also wanted to document what my life is all about and what is important to me.

Then I went on to document the things that I really enjoy and love! These are certainly the "stuff" of life!

I certainly had to have a picture of myself and my son in the album, as he is certainly the sunshine in my days! He has added so much joy and love to my life and is certainly one of the best things I have ever done! ;-)

Here is another picture of me and is adjacent to a big 42!! So that kinda tells you exactly where I am at! LOL!

So that is my "This is Me" album and I used some wonderful goodies from the Zeus and Zoe kit.

I loved the metal trinkets and rounds, the stick pins, the beautiful buttons and the wonderful laces and trims, the Prima Say it in Pearls, and so these were what I used throughout this album. 

I was also fortunate to have some Glamour Dust from DecoArt and this was really fabulous to colour the papers and metal round with.  The Zeus and Zoe Etsy store can be found 'HERE'.. and you can obviously purchase these wonderful goodies there.

It would be so super if you could join us for this challenge and we really hope to see your entry soon!

Just a reminder as so the wonderful prizes you could win:

Our main sponsor for May is kind enough to send some extra trim for a random winner this month..

The random winner will get trims from May Arts.