Vesel kopalni dan

Tu in tam kupim revije s predlogami za okenske ali stenske slike - po njih se izrežejo posamezni deli, ki se jih potem sestavi v sliko. No, in enkrat sem imela preblisk: zakaj pa ne bi takšnih sestavljank uporabila na čestitkah. Majhne, seveda. In sem vzela predlogo, jo poskenirala in pomanjšala, natisnila tri ali štiri enake sličice in jih razrezala tako, da sem dobila vse koščke - šablonice.


Nato sem sličico natisnila še enkrat na vrhu lista, list po dolžini prerezala, prepognila in ob straneh zalepila, da sem dobila žepek za vse koščke.


In zdaj vsako šablonico dam na ustrezen papir ali karton, občrtam, izrežem, sestavim, zlepim, okrasim - voila!

Za sličico na današnji voščilnici sem uporabila še dve šablonici od druge žabice (za lepšo "kopalno kad"). Za očke pa sem uporabila male bele okrogle nalepke (Müller).

HAPPY BATHDAY

From time to time, I buy a magazine with templates for paper piecing - but the pictures are quite large, intended for decoration of walls or windows. And then an idea struck me once: who not use these pictures on my cards. Smaller, of course. So I took a template, scanned it, reduced it, printed three or four copies and cut the up so that I got all the pieces - little templates. Then I printed the picture once again, at the top of the paper, cut the paper in half vertically, folded it and glued at the sides, and I got a nice little pocket for the templates. And now I put the templates on the appropriate paper or stock, trace it, cut it, put all together, place them on the card, add some other stuff - voila!

For the picture on today's card, I used two templates of the other frog (for a nicer-looking "bath tub"). And for the eyes I used small white round stickers (Müller).

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In še enkrat rožice

Tokrat malo bolj otroška, motivi na sredini so nalepke, tortico sem še pobarvala, cel osrednji del pa je na ozadje prilepljen z blazinicami, da rožice malo bolj "plavajo" (na skenirani sliki se to na žalost ne vidi).

AND LITTLE FLOWERS ONCE AGAIN
This card is maybe a bit more for kiddies, the motives in the middle are stickers, the cake is coloured in, and the entire central part was glued to the background with dimensionals, for the flowers to "swim" a little (unfortunately one can't tell that from the scanned image).

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In rožice

Iz včerajšnje serije danes objavljam dve voščilnici. Ko so rožice različnih barv ležale druga ob drugi na mizi, so se mi kar pojavljale različne možnosti kombiniranja. In ena izmed njih je bila kombinacija rjavih tonov, za katero sem izbrala temno rdečo podlago. Vse je šlo dobro, dokler nisem hotela malo okrasiti še roba. Medtem ko sem risala črto ob robu, mi je uspelo z drugo roko zapacati ozadje - nepopravljivo! Pa sem vzela rožice dol in jih slučajno odložila na svetlo moder papir, ki je čakal na nadaljnje ideje. Pa mi je bila, kombinacija tako všeč, da sem si rekla, da bom morala narediti še takšno. No, če se vrnem na rdečo - rožice sem vzela dol, obrnila karton, jih ponovno nalepila in... ponovno pokvarila rob! Potem sem rob odrezala, poiskala ustrezen okvir in dodala okrogle žebljičke. Verjetno bom kmalu naredila še eno takšno, kot je bila ta na začetku.
Ja, pa še modro sem morala narediti.


AND LITTLE FLOWERS
I'm posting two cards from my yesterday's batch. With little flowers of different colour lying side-by-side on the table, the possibilities of combining them just kept popping up. And one of them was a combination of brown tones, for which I chose a dark red background. Everything was going just fine until I tried to decorate the border. While I was drawing a line, I somehow managed to mess up the background - irreparably! So I removed the flowers and, accidentally, I put them on a piece of very light blue paper that was lying there waiting for my next idea. And I loved the combination so much that I said to myself I'd have to make one like that. Well, back to the red one - I removed the flowers, turn the red card over, put the flowers back again and... messed up the border again! Then I cut it off, found an appropriate frame and added round brads. But I'll probably make one more soon, just the way this one was at the beginning.
Yes, and I had to make a blue one.

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Rožice

V bistvu sem se današnjega ustvarjanja lotila z namenom, da naredim nekaj rojstnodnevnih voščilnic, ampak rezultati so bili malo drugačni od pričakovanega. Namreč, "naštancala" sem si majhne rožice v najrazličnejših barvah in potem se nisem mogla ustaviti.

LITTLE FLOWERS

Today, I started creating with a special purpose - to make some birthday cards, but the results were a bit different from my expectations. Namely, I punched small flowers in various colours, and then I just couldn't stop myself.

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Ena zelo hitra

Moja "polovična" faza se tu in tam kar izplača - včeraj sem se deset minut pred odhodom na planinski pohod spomnila, da moramo še pred dvanajsto poslati voščilnico za rojstni dan, da jo bo naša mala slavljenka prejela v ponedeljek. No, pa sem vzela eno pripravljeno voščilnico, en malo manjši karton, pa dva mala, pa en izrezan motiv, trakec in nalepke. Kužka sem prilepila na kartonček, kartonček na malo večjega, zavezala pentljo, vse skupaj namestila na ozadje, dodala napis - voila! Napisali smo še voščilo, voščilnico sem še fotografirala, in že smo jo lahko odnesli.

A SUPER FAST ONE
My "half-way" phase pays off sometimes - yesterday I remembered (ten minutes before we set off for a hiking trip) that we should take a birthday card to the post office before noon, so that our little birthday girl would get the card on Monday. So, I took one blank folded card, a little smaller card for the background, two small pieces of card, a cut out motiv, ribbon and stickers. I glued the doggy a little card and this card it on a little bigger one, tied a bow, placed everything on the background, added the words (saying "Happy birthday!") - voila! We signed the card, I took a photo, and the card was ready for mailing.

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p.s. V teh dneh sem naredila še darilca za moji sestrični, ki bosta kmalu tudi praznovali, ampak bom slike objavila pozneje, da jima ne pokvarim presenečenja, če bosta v teh dneh slučajno tule kaj brali...

p.s. In the past few days, I also made presents for my cousins who will also be celebrating their birthdays soon, but I decided to post the photos of the presents a bit later, so I don't spoil the surprise, if they happen to read my posts in these days...

Saj ves čas nekaj delam

- samo da sem trenutno v neki "preizkuševalni" in "polovični" fazi - kar nekaj režem in štempljam in kombiniram, do končnih izdelkov pa ne pridem. No, skoraj. Tukaj je ena serija treh voščilnic - v trgovini sem zagledala tri trakce v različnih barvnih kombinacijah, kupila vsakega en meter, doma pa iz jim prilagodila papir in okraski. (Ne, kvadratki tokrat niso "palčkimalčki", ker se mi je zdelo, da bi se kačji pastirji kar nekako izgubili, če bi bili kvadratki še pol centimetra večji.)


I DO MAKE THINGS ALL THE TIME

- it's just that I'm in some kind of a "testing" and "half-way" phase - I keep cutting and stamping and combining, but don't get to any finalized projects- Well, almost. Here is a series of three cards - I saw three ribbons in different colour combinations at a shop, bought a meter of each, and found appropriate paper and embellishments at home. (No, the squares are not "inchies" this time, it seemed to me that the dragonflies would look somehow lost if the squares were half a centimeter larger.)


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To pa je prva...

... "naštempljana" voščilnica! Sicer sem se z odtisovanjem že kar precej zabavala, ampak nekako se mi rezultati še niso zdeli primerni za na voščilnico. No, zdaj pa se mi že. Komaj čakam, da bom nadaljevala!

AND THIS IS MY FIRST...

... stamped card! I've been playing with stamps and ink for quite a while, but the results somehow just didn't seem appropriate for putting them on a card. And now they do. Can't wait to continue!

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Morski pozdrav

Kaj vse je bilo v teh preteklih tednih! Delo, moj rojstni dan, izlet s kolegi, počitniške dogodivščine z družino... Vse razen mojega hobija :( Ampak za rojstni dan pa sem dobila čudovite pripomočke za ustvarjanje :) In na poti sem ves čas zbirala ideje in delala načrte, pa čisto malo sem na morju tudi ustvarjala - prstančke iz perlic, namreč. Pa nekaj takih slik na plaži - kar tako, a bodo vseeno za spomin.


SEASIDE GREETINGS
All the things that were going on in these past weeks! Work, my birthday, a trip with my colleagues, holiday adventures with my family... Everything except my hobby :( But I got wonderful crafting tools for my birthday :) And while we were travelling, I collected ideas all the time and I made plans, and at the seaside, I even manage to do some beading, namely, I made some seed bead rings. And a few such photos at the beach - just so, but they'll do as a souvenir.

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