On ice

Hello there,

I hope you are having a great start of the week. Did you manage to find a moment to scrap during the weekend? I didn't. But at least I took a few photos of some of the projects that I already completed. As the one that I am showing you today.

Although summer adventures are always my absolute favorite to document, this year I found that winter layouts can be as much as fun! For this page, I used my favorite technique to de-stash some loose alphabet letters and numbers (that I learned from Dear Lizzy long time ago) with which I tried to mimic the skates-marks on the ice.

xoxo

Olatz

This idea was perfect to join  this month challenge by Kimidori shop. If you are from Spain, be sure to check out their shop ;)

Gossamer Blue November Reveal

Hello there!

I am back with a new Gossamer Blue Reveal today. Yaaay!! Last week was reveal day at Gossamer Blue. And, as always, I hope you have already checked their new kits because their are going fast and you don't want to miss these ones ;) 

Here you can find a layout and a little packaging I made with the November kits. You will be able to find a great variety of blue patterns through out the different embelishments, papers and cards this month. They are perfect to add a little twist to your projects. Be sure to stay tuned for my blog entry this month at Gossamer Blue to see how I combined I few of them. 

For the packaging, I tried to stick to a softer and more elegant palette. Just the perfect final-touch for a gift box. Don't you think?  Don't forget to check the projects from the rest of the Design Team at the Gossamer Blue gallery, right here. There is always so much inspiration over there!

xoxo

Olatz

Gossamer Blue October Reveal

Hello everyone!

I am back with a new layout share today. Last week was reveal day at Gossamer Blue. I am sorry for not posting this earlier but you know life happens ;) Have you already checked their October kits? I hope you did because there are a few sold out already!! Yes! This months features so many Fall/Halloween icons which work pretty well with everyday stuff too.

Here you can find 3 layouts that I prepared with their lovely kits. Don't forget to check the projects from the Design Team ladies at the Gossamer Blue gallery, right here. This month' s galley is one of my absolutely faves! ;)

xoxo

Olatz

September Gossamer Blue Blog Hop

Hello everyone!

It is time for a Gossamer Blue Blog Hop. Today, members of the Design Team are sharing some projects from the September Reveal Gallery to inspire you on different ways to use this month kits. The kits from this month were so fun to play with and I specially loved the wood veneer phrases to use as title. I am sure I am gonna used them in similar ways in the near future.

I encourage you to visit the rest of the amazing projects presented today from the talented ladies on the design team

Alex Hunter

Anabelle O'Malley

Andrea Gray 

Brenda Smith

Brenda Weaver

Caylee Grey

Chantal Philippe

Diane Payne

Emily Spahn

Eyoung Lee

Jill Cornell

Jill Keller

Joy Taylor

Kathleen Graumuller

Katie Ehmann

Kellie Winnell

Kelly Xenos

Michelle Wedertz

Michelle Wooderson

Olatz Garaiyurrebaso (you are here)

Patricia Roebuck

Rebecca Luminarias

Sandra Dietrich

Sian Fair

xoxo

Boo

Gossamer Blue September Reveal

Hello everyone!

I am back with a new layout share today. This past Tuesday was reveal day at Gossamer Blue. Yaaay! Have you already checked their September kits? If not, be sure to check them out here before you miss out(some of them are already sold out so hurry up). The September kits are full of warm patterns that reminds me of fall. Call me crazy but I can't wait for the cooler season to start. ;)

Here you can find a couple of layouts I had the pleasure to create with their kits. But you can check all the projects from the Design Team members at their gallery, right here. I hope you enjoy them ;)

xoxo

Boo

August Gossamer Blue Blog Hop

Happy weekend everyone,

It is time for a Gossamer Blue Blog Hop. Today, members of the Design Team are sharing some projects from the August Gallery to inspire you on different ways to use this month kits. I had tons of fun playing as well with this month digital cut files to create this page about my favorite ice-cream in the world. Seriously, it was THAT good. 

I went with a repetitive and very subtle design on the background. I added different pattern papers from the kits to the back of the cut out ice-creams. I placed some small embellishments clusters here and there with the same coordinated colors. Of course, for this bright and happy page I had to use the gorgeous alphabet included in one of the kits to make my tittle. 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and do not forget to visit the rest of the amazing projects from this talented ladies:

Alex Hunter

Anabelle O'Malley

Andrea Gray 

Brenda Smith

Brenda Weaver

Diane Payne

Emily Spahn

Erin Taylor

Eyoung Lee

Felicitas Mayer

France Wisniewski

Heather Leopard

Jill Cornell

Jill Keller

Kasia Przybyt

Kathleen Graumuller

Kellie Winnell

Kelly Xenos

Laura Rahel Crosby

Michelle Wedertz

Michiko Kato

Olatz Garaiyurrebaso (you are here)

Patricia Roebuck

Rebecca Luminarias

Sian Fair

Stephanie Buice

Yana Smakula

xoxo

Boo

Gossamer Blue August Reveal

Hello everyone!

I am back with a new layout share today (sorry for the looooong time off from the blog). 

Yesterday was reveal day at Gossamer Blue. Yaaay! Have you already checked their kits? If not, be sure to check them out here. The August kits are full of bright colors and fun embellishments, perfect to document those little summer adventures!!

Here you can find a couple of layouts I had the pleasure to create with their kits. But you can check all the projects from the Design Team members at their gallery, right here. Hope you enjoy them ;)

The last page can be found also at Page Maps right here. It was super fun to create a page inspired by one of their fabulous sketches. For this page I followed the guidelines of the following sketch:

xoxo
Boo
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¡Hola a todos!

Estoy de vuelta con nuevas páginas para compartir hoy (ya siento las laaaaargas vacaciones del blog).

Ayer fue la presentación de los kits de Agosto en Gossamer Blue. ¡Siii! ¿Ya habéis echado un vistazo a sus kits? Si no es así, aseguraos de verlos aquí. Los kits de agosto están llenos de colores vibrantes y adornos divertidos, ideal para documentar esas pequeñas aventuras de verano!!

Aquí podéis encontrar un par de diseños que tuve el placer de crear con sus kits. Pero podéis ver todos los proyectos de los miembros del equipo de diseño en su galería, aquí mismo. Esperamos que disfrutéis de ellos;)

La última página la podéis encontrar también en Pages Maps aquí. Fue súper divertido crear una página inspirada en uno de sus bocetos tan dinámicos. Para esta página he seguido las directrices del siguiente esquema.

xoxo
Boo

wow

Happy Friday!

As many of you right now, I am completely obsessed with yellow. It is such a summery color and I love how fresh and bright it looks when mixed with white and wood. For today's page I played again with a grid design for adding lots of embellishments. I also used a grid wood veneer from a previous Studio Calico kit to frame the photo.

Without adding too much weight to the page, I placed around the photo a few speech bubbles with some of our thoughts when watching that sunset. I used some vellum and wood veneers speech bubbles with different phrases in white. On top of these, I adhered white rub-ons, die-cuts and thickers to bring some variety to the design.

xoxo

Boo

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¡Feliz Viernes!

Como muchas de vosotras en este momento, estoy completamente obsesionado con el amarillo. Es un color tan veraniego y me encanta la frescura que da a la página cuando se mezcla con blanco y madera. Para la página de hoy jugué de nuevo con un diseño tipo cuadrícula para añadir un montón de adornos. También usé una cuadrícula de madera de un kit anterior de Studio Calico para enmarcar la foto.

Además decidí añadir alrededor de la foto unos globos de texto con algunas frases sobre la increíble puesta de sol pero sin añadir demasiado peso a la página. Así que añadí algunas formas de madera y de vellum con diferentes frases en blanco. He mezclado letras blancas de rub-ons, troqueladas y de gomaespuma para dar un poco de variedad al diseño.

xoxo

Boo

Here

Hello,

Just cheking in before the weekend starts to show you a new page I created. As many of you have already noticed, I LOVE to document all types of moments, events or memories. Of course, scrapbooking for me is a way to be creative, to get crafty, to play with pretty stuff but also to remember moments that mattered in my life. I am a person who loves to have her photos printed. If I keep them only in my computer or phone I know I will end up forgetting about them. But don't get me wrong, I don't have to print EVERY.SINGLE.PHOTO, just enough to recall that story, detail or moment. And there is a huge variety of these.

For example, today I wanted to document the first time we went to a football (soccer) game together at my hometown. It was a great experience and I don't want to forget it. So, I just selected a few embellishments in black, white and red as these are the colors of the team. I also added green because of the color of the field and a grid paper for the background to mimic the net in the photo. I also added the tickets in a pocket behind the photo. I love to add memorabilia!

xoxo
Boo
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Hola,

Hoy me paso un momentillo por aquí antes del inicio de fin de semana para mostraros una nueva página que he creado. Como muchas de vosotras ya habréis notado, ME ENCANTA documentar todo tipo de momentos, acontecimientos o recuerdos. Por supuesto, el scrapbooking para mí es una manera de ser creativa, de hacer algún tipo de manualidad, pero también para recordar los momentos que importaban en mi vida. Yo soy una persona que le encanta tener sus fotos impresas. Si los tengo sólo en mi ordenador o teléfono se que terminaré olvidandome de ellas. Pero no me malinterpretéis, no imprimo CADA FOTO, sólo las suficiente para recordar esa historia, ese detalle o ese momento. Y claro, hay una gran variedad de estos.

Por ejemplo, hoy quería documentar el primero partido de fútbol que hemos ido juntos en mi ciudad natal. Fue una gran experiencia y no quiero olvidarlo. Así que, seleccione un par de adornos en negro, blanco y rojo ya que estos son los colores del equipo. También he añadido verde debido al color del césped y un papel cuadriculado para el fondo para imitar la red de las porterías en la foto. También he añadido las entradas de ese día en un bolsillo detrás de la foto. ¡Me encanta añadir este tipo de cosas!

xoxo

Boo

Hondarribi

Hello there,

I hope you are having a great start of the week. Did you manage to find a moment to scrap during the weekend? I didn't. But at least I took a few photos of some of the projects that I already completed. As the one that I am showing you today.

The photos are from Hondarribi, a little town by the sea where my family have an apartment since I was a baby for summer vacations. The good thing is that is not very far from where I live, so, once in a while I can go there for the weekend and have some quiet time to relax. It is just perfect!

For this page, I wanted to play with blue, yellow and kraft tones mainly as those colors remains of the beach, the ocean and this place. As I usually use white cardstock I wanted to try to use one of those colored cardstocks that are all in a box waiting to be use. What do you think? Do you normally use colored cardstock?

xoxo
Boo

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Hola,

Espero que estéis teniendo un gran comienzo de semana. ¿Os las arreglasteis para encontrar un momento para scrapear durante el fin de semana? Yo no pude, pero al menos conseguí sacar un par de fotos de algunos proyectos que ya he completado. Como el que os enseño hoy.

Las fotos son de Hondarribi, un pequeño pueblo a orillas del mar, donde mi familia tiene un apartamento desde que era un bebé para las vacaciones de verano. Lo bueno es que no esta muy lejos de donde vivo, por lo que, de vez en cuando puedo ir allí para el fin de semana y tener un poco de tranquilidad para relajarme. ¡Es simplemente perfecto!

Para esta página, quise usar tonos azules, amarillos y kraft principalmente, ya que esos colores me recuerdan a la playa, el océano y ese lugar. Ya que habitualmente suelo usar cartulina blanca, traté de emplear una de esas cartulinas de colores que se van amontonando en una caja a la espera de ser usada. ¿Qué os parece? ¿Soléis utilizar normalmente cartulinas de color?

xoxo

Boo

Hello Deusto

Hello!

Today I share with you a very soft page with a huge proportion of white space. I wanted to try an old sketch from Marcy Penner with a half cut or background-inserted title, a photo and almost all embellishments clustered on one side of the page.

But I couldn't leave the white space on the right completely untouched so I decided to add some stamped speech bubbles and watercoloring. I used a mix of Studio Calicos stamps for this as well as a huge variety of embellishments coming from different collections and manufacturers. Please, don't be afraid of mixing collections or even random things from past kits. Trust me, there it is exactly where the fun begins ;)

xoxo
Boo
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¡Hola!

Hoy quería compartir esta página con toques tan suaves con una gran proporción de espacios en blanco. Quería probar un viejo boceto de Marcy Penner con un título a medio cortar o insertado en el fondo, la foto y casi todos los adornos agrupados en un solo lado de la página.

Pero no pude dejar el espacio a la derecha totalmente en blanco o intacto, así que decidí añadir algunos bocadillos de comic con frases estampadas y acuarelas. He utilizado una mezcla de sellos de Studio Calico para esto, así como una gran variedad de adornos procedentes de diferentes colecciones y fabricantes. Por favor, no tengas miedo de mezclar colecciones o cosas sueltas de anteriores kits. Creedme, es ahí precisamente donde comienza la diversión ;)

xoxo

Boo

27 on the 27th

Good morning!

I did a bit of crafting last week with all my new Dear Lizzy Fine & Dandy collection. :) :) :) For those who know me, the Dear Lizzy collections are usually my favorite ones. So, this one is no exception. I am so glad I didn't had the time to scrap all my birthday photos because Fine & Dandy is perfect to document birthdays or any kind of party themed photos. 

So, inspired by a sketch I found on Pinterest, I had some fun with the bits and pieces and the huge gold letters from Pebbles to create this cute design. I also added some extra embellishments from different collections I had on my stash to complete the page. Honestly, I have a big crush on this design.

xoxo
Boo

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¡Buenos días!

La semana pasada estuve scrapeando un poco con la nueva colección de Dear Lizzy Fine & Dandy. :) :) :) Para las que me conocéis de largo, las colecciones de Dear Lizzy suelen ser siempre mis favoritas. Y esta, por supuesto, no es una excepción. Ahora me alegro de no haber tenido tiempo de scrapear todas las fotos de mi cumpleaños, porque Fine & Dandy es perfecta para proyectos de cumpleaños o relacionados con fiestas. 

Así que, inspirada por un diseño que encontré en Pinterest, pase un buen rato colocando todos estos adornos y las grandes letras doradas de Pebbles para crear este diseño tan divertido. También he añadido algunos adornos adicionales de diferentes colecciones que tenía por ahí para completar la página. 

xoxo

Boo

Bosque de Oma

Hello!

Some of you mentioned me already how much you love to see so many different themed projects on my blog/gallery. And how all those layouts or mini albums look so different from each because they mimic somehow the photos I used for each specific project. Well, I have to admit that I do love to try to translate the feeling of the photos to the rest of the layout. Whenever I start a project, I try to choose items from my stash that work well with my photos and the theme I want to create. That, I will say, that is really my starting point for every single page or mini album I made. 

For example for this page at the painted forest called Bosque de Oma, I started by picking that woodgrain paper, the rabbit die-cut, flowers and camera. These subtle items will help to instantly see what it is going on on the photos.  I also wanted to include some paint related items or techniques but as I already had a lot of photos for one single layout, I decide instead to keep it simple by placing everything in a grid with just a few more subtle embellishments.

xoxo
Boo

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¡Hola!

Algunas de vosotras me habéis mencionado lo mucho que os gusta ver tantos proyectos de temáticas tan diferentes en mi blog / galería. Y sobre todo cómo todos esos diseños o mini álbumes son tan distintos entre sí porque mimetizan la temática de las fotos. Bueno, tengo que admitir que me encanta tratar de trasladar el tema de las fotos al resto del proyecto. Cada vez que empiezo un proyecto, trato de elegir elementos que funcionan bien con mis fotos y el tema que quiero crear. Ese es realmente mi punto de partida para cada página o mini álbum que hago.

Por ejemplo, para esta página en el bosque pintado llamado Bosque de Oma, empecé por elegir el papel de tipo madera, el conejo, las flores y la cámara. Estos elementos sutiles ayudarán a captar al instante lo que está pasando en las fotos. También quería incluir algunos elementos o técnicas de relacionados con la pintura pero como ya tenía un montón de fotos para una sola página, decidí mantenerlo simple colocando todo en una cuadrícula con unos pocos adornos más.

xoxo

Boo