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Hello Crafters!
Today is a very special day because we celebrate the birthday of someone I really admire and appraise:  Ann Butler

Ann and I we met in person during CHA 2015 in California and meet her in person has only confirmed all my expectations I had for her. A fantastic, precise, with a great heart and a lot of patience creative! Ann is one of those - maybe a few - people who in spite of everything is always there, she is always there to help, advise and give suggestions to improve your craft works.
All her years of experience in the craft industry can be seen from a mile away. The way she moves around people, the way she talks....I was really fascinated!

Today, along with the other Design Team girl, we decided to make her a little surprise... Thanks to Larissa, who always guided us perfectly, we are doing  this Blog Hop in honor of our "boss".

I created this card with one of my favorite mix of colors. Yes Yes...I know I know... I used pink!!! People sometimes change their mind :P hehe

The products that I have used are:

• ColorBox Crafter's® by Ann Butler : Sunshine / Berry
• ColorBox® Art Screens - By Ann Butler : Stars
• Ann Butler's Stamp by Unity Stamp : 2'' Leaves All Over

 Using Dylusions Spray Ink I added some splatters using the same colors of my background..


Again, Happy Happy Happy birthday Ann, I love you!

Photo Credit : Ann Butler

I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !

Stay happy, stay creative! Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello crafters!

Today we are doing a great blog hop made by Ann Butlers Design and Deflecto.

Ann Butler Design is Ann Butler's, a talented American designer and a creative woman that works since many years with Unity Stamp, Clearsnap e Earth Safe Finishes. She is also the owner and co-publisher of Bella Crafts Quaterly.

Deflecto is another American brand founded in 1960 that has, among other interior design products,  a collection dedicated to the "craft" word, from the organization to the display... here's are more interior about it : click here

In this blog we will show you how to alter some Clear Frames :  8x10 (that you can see here) and one 12x12 (that you can see here instead)

To decorate my Clear Frame I used the following products from Ann Butler:

• ColorBox® Background Basics by Ann Butler - Basket 1

• ColorBox® Art Screens - By Ann Butler - Waves

• ColorBox Crafter's® by Ann Butler ( Tangelo , Sunshine )

I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !

Stay happy, stay creative! Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello Crafters!
Today I am over Ann Butler's Blog with a project where I used as my base a small piece of linen.
Connecting theme this month over Ann Butler's Blog, is infact to use products from ClearSnap/Ann Butler over fabrics!

I dared my self into something still quite new to me ... that is fabric of course!
I'd LOVE to re-create the wonders that I pin constantly on Pinterest... but sadly the fabric and I...we are still on two different planets ...
Anyway ... here's my tag!

You can clearly see the bottom corner cut out ... of course I could not miss the opportunity to make a mistake! (two if you count the pitiful stitching) ....
Anyway, I'm pretty happy with the result, especially because I love how the products from ClearSnap/Ann Butler work great on fabrics!

Over the blog you will find as always a quick tutorial and the list of products I have used!

I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !

Stay happy, stay creative! Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello Crafters!
For the Ann Butler Design's blog, today I want to show you another ATC I made using Ann's brand new products!

First of all I used the new ART SCREEN , those are her's new stencil, you can check out the ones that are now available by clicking here.

Over the blog you can find the tutorial on how I made this ATC! Head over the blog to see it if you want!

I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !
Stay happy, stay creative! Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello Crafter!
Today over the Scrapiniec.pl blog I will show you a small altered canvas!
Small only because the canvas is really...small!

I used chipboard from the store Scrapiniec.pl and as main stencil I used ART SCREEN by Ann Butler & ClearSnap .

A really easy way to recycle a canvas gone wrong! LOL

I covered the base with some gesso, I did that to partially cover the really bad decoration I did before! Then I added colors with LSG spray and through some stencil by TCW I added some more color.
Finally I used the ART SCREEN by Ann Butler & ClearSnap adding some modeling paste through it.




I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !
Stay happy, stay creative! Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello Crafters!

Here over Scrapsaurus blog saturday now means ATC day! So here we are with a brand new ATC show casting a brand new stamp release from Visible Image....
Other stamps from heir new release you can check them out by clicking here!

The stamps I have used for this ATC are from :

- Time is Precious

I started off by adding spray colors over my background, I didn't follow a color palette but I simply grabbed here and there colors as I go. I never follow a color palette anyway, so why bother...right? LOL!

I let the background dry very wella nd then I stamped the Clock using the ink pands from Clearsnap & Ann Butler.  I then applied some modeling paste through Art Screen also from Clearsnap & Ann Butler and meanwhile the modeling paste was drying out I stamped my sentiment over a piece of scrap paper I had around.
I used Archival Ink for the sentiment that is included in the Time is Precious set and then I simply stitched around the ATC to unite the two pieces.

I thought it was done but then I decided to add some movement to the ATC with some black and white splatters here and there. The ATC was looking too much plain to my eyes!

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Hello Crafters!
and welcome to the Clearsnap and Ann Butler Design blog hop!
This is a tag i used with Ann Butler + Clear Snap products that you can find here

The theme for this blog hop is a "last minute Valentine gift"!
Check out all the other girls blog that take part of this blog hop to see other last minute Valentine ideas!

For my tag I used these products:

- Color Box Crafter's by Ann Butler - Canyon
- Color Box Crafter's by Ann Butler - Berry
- Color Box Crafter's by Ann Butler - Desert Sand
- Color Box Art Screens by Ann Butler - Waves
- Color Box Background Basics by Ann Butler - Basket







I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !

Stay happy, stay creative! Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello Crafters!
here I am again with one of the last post for this years...it is once again a new layout for Sketchabilities.
As always, for this layout I got inspired by one song -- the song is Wishlist - Pearl Jam.
I love that song and I love the lyrics, in their own simplicity they express a lot of feelings.

The color palette, again as every layout was choose randomly. I grabbed a 12x12 patterned paper and I decided to use green as main color for this layout.
I am sure you noticed that I like to use monochromatic color palette mixed with "neutrals" (if we can call it this way) like white, black and grey.
In this layout I also used a bit of red here and there to make the heart in the middle of the black cardstock pop up a little.

The little triangle stamp you see me using in the background is from Ann Butler 1'' Doily Picnic - Unity Stamp. I love this stamp because it adds a little bit of texture without distracting too much!


Here's a video tutorial to quick see how I achieved this layout!


Ecco alcune foto per voi...





Spero il risultato vi sia piaciuto, come sempre per ogni commento, domanda , critica ecc ecc lasciate un commento!

Stay happy, stay creative...Alla prossima!
I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE ! Stay happy, stay creative! Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello Crafter!
Slowly I am back updating my blog! I have been sick for a whole week, and the week after that I was so lazy I didn't want to sit in front the computer or even sit to create anything :-(

Yes you read it right...I was a couch potato!

Today I want to show you an ATC I made for the Ann Butler's blog , head over the blog to see how I created this background without adding too much bulk or dimension to the background!
..and of course I made a mess with the sewing machine, threads got all stuck together and I made a mess...but at the end I like the result!



I wanted to use warm colors and a touch of iridescent turquoise to create contrast...a little wish that your Christmas Heart will be with you all year round!

I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !
 Stay happy, stay creative! Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello Crafters!
starting this month, my collaboration with the Sketchabilities challange blog  will slightly change! Karan,  our amazing dT Coordinaror, wanted to add a new small team that will be dedicated only to YouTube Videos!...and of course I couldn't do anything but jump into this new team!
Reveals will always go live at the same time than before, infact, the reveal for sketch #127 went live 15th November. For the videos it will work a bit different...they will go live few days after the big reveal.
Also 15th November was a "big date" for my friend ElenaB as she started her collaboration in the Sketchabilities dT aswell and I am really happy about it!

...but let's talk about my layout!
This Layout is dedicated to my friend Kiara's beautiful cat! Her name is Stella and it is such an adorable fur-ball all you have to do to make her happy is to call her name and first you will hear her adorbs purrs and then you will see her beautiful round face!
Color scheme was easy , since I used Kiara's favorite color : Fuchsia pink.

I used Gelatos della Faber-Castell Design memory Craft, Dylusions and as finish Ann Butler's Irididescents Colors by Eaarth Safe Finishes .

Here's the video Tutorial :

and here's somo photo:











I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !

Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello Crafters!
Today double post -- lol hope you will forgive me!
I made another card, this time for Ann Butler Design blog -- I used my favorite stamps set from the Faux Quilted - Unity Stamp to create the background and for the coloring I used iridescent color, alway by Ann Butler.

I absolutely love these roses, they are like a drug to me and I always try to sneak in few of them in my projects! I added some color on them using again Iridescent Colors.
I decided for this color combination because I wanted to create a fresh and colorful card with bold colors that we usually find during spring/summer time, I know this is not really the right reason but....when i made that card it was a sad day for me, so I was looking for a way to cheer me up a little, and what is better than a color therapy!?

Over the blog you will find few photo of how I made the card , click here to be redirected to the blog post!


I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !

Till next time, xoxo!

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Hello Crafters!
I am a bit late for today's blog post, but I have an intense weekend ahead of me as I am flying off to France for some awesomesauce workshops! I am always late with everything, I start with all the good intention, I write down lists, checklists, I prepare everything little detail weeks prior then....bam the last week I DO NOTHING....untill the very end when I have to leave just couple hours before my flight I start packing everything! LOL.
I am a bit crazy, but I think you learned to know me! haha

Well, then without further ado here is the card for today!
It is our 100th sketch for the team Card of Sketchalicious, so I really hope that a lot of you will take part of this sketch to thank Lara for all the sketches she provides us and to all the girls that works behind the scene to keep updated this italian sketchblog!!

For my card I used a precut base by Hero Arts and a small piece of paper that I colored with LSG spray inks. For the background I used again Ann Butler's stamp , I used 1'' Diamonds & Plaid that I find super cute -- if you want to check out the whole Ann Butler's stamp collection you can click here! . I stamped the image using gelatos and bigbrush , I decided to go for the second generation stamp as I was looking for a more pale version of my stamps.
Then I added few splashes of color here and there and some washi tape to tone down a little all this pinkish/violet color.
For the sentiment I used a stamp by CAS-ual Fridays and I used again the collection Beanstalks. I stamped the sentiment with versamark and I then embossed it with black embossing powder.
Feathers are die cuts from Kesi Arts and I added some color to them. One is covered in glitters, one with flocking and the last one is just colored with LSG sprays, Gelatos and distress ink.


and here's some details:




I hope you will like the result, as always for any comments, questions, suggestions etc etc please leave a comment HERE !

Till next time, xoxo!