E queste, ve le ho fatte vedere?

Good evening, or better good night (4 a.m.),
... I know, I know, it's an unconventional hour for write a post, but considering that I don't get to sleep, I said to myself "and if I write something on the blog?!"... so, here I am!
Looking photoes about my works of a year ago, I realized that some I didn't present you; seen that there is scent of news on the horizon but can't say u nothing at the moment, I decided to show you these cards, all commissioned... 

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Buonasera, o meglio buonanotte (4 a.m.),
... lo so, lo so, è un'ora anticonvenzionale per scrivere un post, ma poichè non riesco a prendere sonno, mi son detta "e se scrivessi qualcosa sul blog?!"... così eccomi qui!
Riguardavo le foto dei miei lavori di un anno fa, e mi sono accorta che alcuni non ve li ho proprio presentati; visto che c'è profumo di novità all'orizzonte ma non posso dirvi ancora niente, ho deciso di rispolverare un po' queste card tutte commissionate...

1°- Anniversario

stamp: for girl: Fleur Anya body + Flutter Anya head; for boy: Edward
details: punched stars, buttons, pearls, cord, scallop punch for sides, Penny Black sentiment "love you", scalloped tag by FancyPants, copics for coloring
papers and cardstock: rust cardstock for the base, black paper for underline, other papers from set "Beach Bum" by FancyPants
with this card I enter the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Buttons and Bling
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - #33 Buttons & Bow
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Love and Marriage 
Crafty Catz - Dies & Punches 
Crafty Ribbon Challenge - #39 Button up! 
Sincerely Yours Creations - #1 Valentine/Love
Milk Coffee Challenge - Make it Cute  
Crafting for All Season - #46 Dies and Punches
Color Throwdown - #230 Color Throwdown 

2°- Laurea

stamp: Grad Anya hat&body + Stella head
details: lace white ribbon, black ribbon for hat, cord, pearls, pins, doily, flowers, film strip by TimHoltz, bell, sentiment by TimHoltz, tag by KaiserCraft, copics for colouring, corrugated paper
papers and cardstock: white cardstock for the base, lilac cardstock, lilac paper from "Magic Happens Collection by KaiserCraft, flowered paper by ?
with this card I enter the following challenges:
Delicious Doodles - #24 Flowers for Spring
Stampavie and More - #187 Lots of Layers  
Paper Creator's Craft - #5 Flower Delight 
DigiDesignCh.Blog - Lace & Pearls 
CMC/Color Me Creative - Girly Time
Paper Crafting Journey -  Bingo! Lace, Gems, Sentiment
Fab'n'Funky Ch. - #159 Flower Power 
Splendid Stamping w/TGF - FFF Flowers 

 3°- San Valentino

 

stamp: for the boy: Dylan head + Jeremy body; for the girl: Stella head + Odette body
details: twine, felt heart, gems, stitched green ribbon, sentiment "love", Penny Black sentiment "love you", flowers, copics for colouring
papers and cardstock: dark green cardstock for the base, papers from "Springtime" collection by Echo Park Paper
with this card I enter the following challenges:
Timbroscrapmania - #65 Hearts & Glitter
Crafty Ann's - #83 Love Actually 
Avadares Ch. Blog - #8 St. Patricks or Green 
Splendid Stamping w/TGF - Retro Fresh Hearts Galore
TotallyPapercrafts Fr. Ch - #155 Hope for Spring
Guylou's Inimitability - Bingo! Bling, Flowers, Ribbon 
4 Crafty Chicks - #130 Twine 
Dutch Dare Card- #205 Tag You're It Craftysentiments (max8)

4°- Laurea

stamp: Grad Ian
details: punched stars, gems, pearls, orange ribbon, black ribbon for hat, copics for colouring, sentiment, cloud sticker 
papers and cardstock: white cardstock for the base, fantasy papers from different collections
with this card I enter the following challenges:
Totally Gorjuss - #172 Happy
Just Us Girls - #177 Photo Inspiration 
Inspire Me Fridays - #97 Anything Goes 
Little Miss Muffet - #55 Blue and Yellow 
Creative Moments - #11 Shades of Blue (turquoise is a shade of blue, too, no!? ;)
Stamp 'n' Doodle - Anything Goes 
Penny's Paper Crafty - #115 Anything Goes 
The Paper Shelter - #100 Celebrations 

Buon S.Valentino e... BENTORNATA!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY SWEET FRIENDS!! 

And I can say... WELCOME BACK! Yes, because I want say WELCOME BACK to the creative Elena (is right use "the" article in this case? English friends, please help me!), to the dreamer Elena, to the colourful Elena with crazy but brilliant ideas, to the stubborn Elena who try and re-try again, to the Elena with a thousand ideas but not the time, to the accurate and perfectionist Elena, to the Elena who needs a lot of time for create but when she does, uses the heart, so to the Elena who is always inside of me! And it's right say WELCOME BACK because she didn't go away, she was only hidden, in this long years I didn't create... oh yes, I didn't create, and I can't say how hard it was.

I started an educational "travel" for my future, that will end exactly tuesday with final exam... never 365 days were so long and tiring, but I can say I'm proud of my self.

And so I welcome back with 2 cards about Valentine's day...

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BUON S. VALENTINO DOLCISSIMI AMICI!! 

Ed è lecito dire... BENTORNATA! Sì, perchè voglio dare il BENTORNATO alla Elena creatrice, alla Elena sognatrice, alla Elena dai mille colori e le idee pazze ma geniali, alla Elena testarda che prova e riprova, alla Elena che ha mille idee che vuole realizzare ma non ha il tempo per farlo, alla Elena precisa e perfezionista fino alla follia, alla Elena che impiega un sacco di tempo per creare ma quando lo fa ci mette il cuore, insomma alla Elena che è sempre dentro di me! Ed è giusto dire BENTORNATA perchè non se n'è mai andata in questo lungo anno in cui non ho creato... essì, ahimè, non ho creato, e non so dire quanto sia stato difficile. 

Ho intrapreso un "viaggio" formativo per il mio futuro, che si concluderà esattamente martedì con l'esame finale... mai 365 giorni furono così lunghi e stancanti, ma posso dire di esser fiera di me stessa.

Ed eccomi quindi tornata con due card fresche fresche in tema S. Valentino... 

And this is first, a girl commissioned me this work for anniversary with her boy...

I had complete authority about card, I was completely free, unique preference colours (red and blue) and sentence. I used sweet stamp DIGI Lovers by The Greeting Farm - perfect, no?! I like so much this stamp because it lends oneself to many styles; the card is simple, maybe a little strange for me, but I would create it so delicate, sweet and essential.

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Ed ecco la prima, una card commissionata da una ragazza per l'anniversario con il suo compagno... Mi ha dato carta bianca quindi ho avuto il piacere di lavorare liberamente, unica preferenza i colori (rosso e blu) e la frase. Ho usato il dolcissimo timbro DIGI Lovers della The Greeting Farm - ideale no?! mi piace tanto questo timbro perchè si presta a molte interpretazioni a seconda del proprio stile; il biglietto è semplice, forse è un po' strano per me, ma l'ho voluto lasciare così, delicato, dolce ed essenziale. 

stamp: 5Os Sweetheart digi by The Greeting Farm
details: pois red ribbon, pearls, gems, punched heart, copics for colouring, personal sentiment, corrugated paper, glossy accents for little hearts and glasses
papers and cardstock: white cardstock for the base, flowered papers from Maja Design collection
with this card I enter the following challenges:
Art Impression Stamps - #100 Share me the love
Charisma Cardz Challenges - #6 Anything Goes
Moving Along with the Times - Love is in the Air 
My Heart Pieces -My Heart is for You
Paper Crafting Journey - Love 
Sincerely Your Creations - #1 Valentine/Love
Southern Girls - #62 Bling It On! 
Divas By Design - Love and Romance
Timbroscrapmania - #64 Thinking of love
Inky Impressions C. - #97 Ribbon or Twine

 ... and second, this time for Valentine's Day. Girl asked me two koalas in love, so I asked to my dear friend Valeria from Libera la Fantasia (on fb e online website - you can find her banner on the rightside column) to draw them... aren't they sooooo cuuuute?!? I took so long for colouring the characters (using true koala imagines on web, really detailed!), but come on, I believe they are great!! :) 

This "stamp" is immediately become one of my favorite images to use for a love card! This card has surely an Oriental touch, thanks to green wood-paper (used for remembering bamboo, on heart too), thanks to kanji paper too (I know, I know, that in China-Japan there aren't koalas, but it gives harmony so... here it is!!).

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... e la seconda, stavolta per S. Valentino. La ragazza mi aveva chiesto come soggetto due koala innamorati, quindi me lo sono fatto disegnare dalla mia favolosa amica Valeria di Libera la Fantasia (su fb e sito online - trovate il suo banner nella colonna di lato)... non è dolcissimo? Ho impiegato un sacco di tempo per colorare i due personaggi (in base a vere immagini di koala, davvero dettagliato!), ma dai, direi che sono venuti bene!! :)
Questo "timbro" è immediatamente diventato uno delle mie immagini preferite da usare for una card d'amore! Questa card ha il sapore un po' orientale, grazie sia alla carta legno verde (usata per ricordare il bamboo) sia alla carta kanji (lo so, lo so che in Cina-Giappone non ci sono koala, però dava armonia, quindi... eccola là!).

stamp: koalas by my friend Valeria
details: white pois ribbon, pearls, gems, paper pieced heart, copics for colouring, sentiment by Little Yellow Bicycle, white doily, buttons, fence by Magnolia
papers and cardstock: white cardstock for the base, black paper for underline, green wood paper "Mr.Campy: Gojumpina Lake" by Cosmo Cricket, pink paper "LoveY - Love is in the Air" by Bella BLVD, kanji paper "Lush collection - Bamboo" by Kaisercraft
with this card I enter the following challenges:
Craft Us Crazy - #37 Use your favorites!
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - #39 Button up! 
Cute Card Thursday - #256 An Eye for Detail! 
Forever Friends Ch. - Animals/Butterflies/Birds
Hanna and Friends - #165 Pink and Brown 
In the Pink - #13 Pink Valentines
Milk Coffee Challenge - Make it cute!
Addicted to Stamps and More - Time for Bingo! (Paper piecing, pearls, love)
Crafts and Me - #120 Doily Heaven
Crafty Creations C. - #209 Love and/or Hearts

Ci vediamo presto.......!! / Sooooo, see you soon......!!