Flying in the Sky!

Buongiorno e Buona Domenica! / Good Morning and Happy Sunday!
Tempo di grandi rivoluzioni, mi sono ripromessa di tornare pimpante e attiva col blog, visto anche che questo "universo" mi manca un sacco... e allora, all'opera! Inizio col presentarvi un lavoro rimasto - ingiustamente - senza pubblicazione:
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Time of changes, I sweared to myself of being more active with this blog again, so I start to show you this old work:

E' una cornice riadattata a targhetta per la porta di una cameretta di una dolce bimba, quindi ho scelto colori pastello e ovviamente il simpaticissimo maialino volante della The Greeting Farm, colorato con i copic... non so voi, ma io adoro i porcellini di questo colore, sono tenerissimi!
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It's a frame adjusted to a sweet little girl's bedroom sign, so I chose pastel colours and obviusly funny flying piggy stamp by The Greeting Farm, coloured with copics... I don't kow if it's the same for you, but I love pois pigs, they're so cuuuuuuute!

Spero che vi piaccia! / Hope you like it!

With this card I enter the following challenges:
Bunny's Zoe Crafts - Hearts
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Hearts
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
The ABC Challenge - A is for Animals
The Crazy Challenge - Love

CalaMITICO!

Sì, beh, il titolo è abbastanza eloquente... oggi su Fantasia d'Inchiostro abbiamo a che fare con le CALAMITE. 
Calamite inaugurate per il mio primo Up sulla pagina facebook, tra l'altro. 
Calamite a cui sono affezionatissima e che ho spedito un po' a malincuore alle acquirenti, aggiungo. 
Calamite la cui produzione continuerà ad aumentare, quindi.
Le ho presentate stamattina sul blog Splendid Stamping with TGF (perchè ve lo ricordate che sono Guest Designer, vero?!) e dai commenti, sembra che siano piaciute! E a voi, che ve ne pare? 
Sono carine, simpatiche, divertenti,... un buon motivo per alzarsi la mattina, avvicinarsi con gli occhi assonnati al frigo, e vederle campeggiare in bella mostra sullo sportello, o sulla cappa della cucina! E allora sì, che spunta un bel sorriso... e inizia una bella giornata.. anche se è lunedì!
 

La mia (la mummia, ghghgh :p) campeggia sulla lampada del tavolo scrap, amica fedele di ore e ore scrappose! E voi, quali sono i vostri compagni intramontabili?

stamp:  
- rabbit, monkey, lion and bird from TGF "Wild Things" set 
- little red riding hood from TGF "Signature" set
- mummy from TGF "Spooktacular" set
- Mad Hatter and Alice from TGF "Wonderland" digi set
... sono contentissima di aver acquistato questi set quando c'erano ancora in versione rubber perchè sono tra i miei preferiti, versatilissimi e davvero preziosi!

Vi saluto, un abbraccio forte 
 

Christmas... in March!!

Hi guys!!
Elena here, so excited to write first post as March Guest Designer on Splendid Stamping w/TGF...
So, for days and days I thought about card to show today, something special e really amazing, for leave you with open mouth saying "wow!!"... at the end, I prefered to display a "theme" so precious at me: Christmas.
I wait Christmas Holidays during all the year, just now I'm singing "FaLaLaLaLaaaaLaLaLaLaaa..." :) My boy goes crazy @_@ There is someone else Christmas-addicted like me out there? However, here to show you my Christmas card in March: pink, blu, unconventional maybe, but so sparkling!

stamp: TGF Angel from Naughty or Nice
details: twine, button, gems, pearls,  stickles, punch star, copics for colouring
papers and cardstock: pink craft cardstock for the base, Christmas balls paper by Magnolia, scallop punched pois paper by Christmas set by ?

Remembering you to partecipate our last Splendid Stamping challenge, LUCKY YOU, every work with green (one of my favourite color, yep!) is welcome! Sooo ispiring, I'm at work just now!
See ya next Monday! 
Hugs, Elena

News....?! OH YEAH!!

Hi friends,
just a quick post for show you my thrilled news... going on Splendid Stamping with The Greeting Farm blog, you'll find this post:

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Ciao amici,
solo un post velocissimo per mostrarvi la mia elettrizzante novità... andando sul blog Splendid Stamping with The Greeting Farm, troverete questo post:

"WELCOME to our MARCH Guest Designer!

Hi, everyone!

I'm thrilled to announce ELENA FONTANELLI as our March Guest Designer!

Elena emailed one of her creations to me and I fell instantly in love with it and couldn't wait to have her guest!

Here's a little bit about Elena:

To celebrate and WELCOME Elena's arrival, we are giving away a free digi of choice to a lucky visitor of Elena's BLOG! We'll announce this on our FACEBOOK page tomorrow...stay tuned and happy visiting!  

Welcome again, Elena!"

OH YEAHHHHH!!! I'm the new Guest Designer for The Greeting Farm, my lovely love, firs brand I knew and first brand I used in my Scrapbooking travel, stamps I never have enough of, I dream them night and day, they have always a place in a special "corner" of my heart... so I LOVE THEM, UNDERSTOOD?? :)) eh eh eh... For the occasion I introduced two new works, 2 bookmarks:

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OH YEAHHHHH!!! Sono la nuova Guest Designer per la The Greeting Farm, il mio adorato amore, la prima marca che ho conosciuto e la prima marca che ho usato nel mio viaggio nello Scrapbooking, timbri di cui non ho mai abbastanza, li sogno giorno e notte, hanno sempre un posto riservato in un "angoletto" speciale del mio cuore... insomma LI ADORO, AVETE CAPITO?? :)) eh eh eh... Per l'occasione ho presentato due nuovi lavori, 2 segnalibri:

stamp: Mermaid Anya
details: turquoise ribbon, white stitched ribbon, gems, pearls, buttons, flowers, sea star cutted from , curls are Magnolia Doohickeys, sentiment by TimHoltz Idea-ology, copics for colouring
papers and cardstock: deep red cardstock for the base, sea paper by ?

stamp: Fleur Anya
details: ribbons, gems, pearls, button, letters from American Craft, copics for colouring
papers and cardstock: white cardstock for the base, purple cardstock for underline, flowered paper from "Once Upon A Time" set by DCWV, green paper from "Kioshi Paper" set by Basic Grey

SO, stay tuned!! ;)

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......!!

Happy Birthday little champion!!

Good morning,
another day, another work; this time I made a combo between a card and a bookmark. A girl asked me these two coordinated creations for her son's birthday, this little boy plays basketball and he totally loves it (I'm an ex-player too, so I can understand his passion), so why don't create something about this sport?!? The little champion is going to celebrate his 8th year in this world, I think this is an important age, so we must celebrate it with joy and happiness; I decided to use the famous colours of basket: orange, black and brown, and seen that we are in Fall period, I was so ispiring from this colours! A lot of buttons and star complete the scene... for a brilliant and shining career in this sport!

Buondì,
un altro giorno, un altro lavoro; questa volta ho fatto una combo tra una card e un segnalibro. Una ragazza mi ha chiesto queste due creazioni coordinat per il compleanno di suo figlio, il piccolo gioca a basket e ne è totalmente innamorato (sono anche io una ex-giocatrice, quindi posso comprendere la sua passione), così perchè non creare qualcosa attorno a questo sport?!? Il piccolo campione dovrà festeggiare il suo ottavo anno in questo mondo, penso che questa sia un'età importante, quindi dobbiamo festeggiarla in grande, con gioia e felicità; ho decido di usare i famosi colori del basket: arancione, nero e marrone, e visto che siamo nel periodo autunnale, sono stata molto ispirata da questi colori! Tanti bottoni e stelle completano il tutto... per una carriera brillante e splendente in questo sport!

For my english friend : the sentiment is in italian language,
traducing it's written "HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE CHAMPION!"

Materiali/Tools
stamps: The Greeting Farm "Dylan" from set "Roll Call"
details: for the card - Basic Grey buttons, Making Memories felt star, basket ball printed and cutted, Cosmo Cricket chipboard arrow from the set "Joy Ride", stars punched, "8" number from American Craft "Delight" Foam Letter Sticker, sentiment by me, copics for colouring;
for the bookmark - Basic Grey buttons, Making Memories felt star, basket ball printed and cutted, stars punched, "basket" word from American Craft "Delight" Foam Letter Sticker, copics for colouring
papers and cardstock: for the card - white cardstock behind, Making Memories black paper "Skeleton Toil and Trouble" for the base, My Mind's Eye "Spooked Orange Swirls", black and rust cardstock for stand out other colours;
for the bookmark - rust and black cardstock for the base, My Mind's Eye "Spooked Orange Swirls"

with this card I enter the following challenges:
Lia Stampz - Birthday
Pile It On - B is for... (buttons, ball, black/brown, birthday, basket)
Digistamps 4 Joy - Colours of fall
For Fun Challenges - Kids at play
Hambo Hoedown - Colours of autumn
CRAFT Challenge - Children
Craft Us Crazy - Autumn colours and/or favourite embellishments
Crafty Purple Frog - Birthday
Digi Doodles Shop - Circles
Crafting For All Season - Birthday
Creative Card Crew - Anything goes
Catch The Bug - Anything goes
Jellypark Friends - Pass it on!
Desert Islands Crafts Challenge - Using #2, #4, #8
The Emerald Faerie - Buttons
Prairie Fairy Fridays - Masculine
Fun With Shapes And More - What you want (using a punch/die cut)
Stamp Something - Anything goes (final challenge)
TotallyPaperCrafts - Cute with buttons


Have a nice day,
Hugs,
Elena