Monday 25 March 2013

What it means and up-to-now summary

"Oti na'nai" stands for "whatever",  "anything goes", "all shorts of random things" and that is exactly what this blog will be about.
 
It's a corner to post all the random things that i make (oh i love making things!).
I have to warn you though,  I don't tend to stick to the same craft for too long...there are so many crafts to try out and it seems i want to try them all (or I give up once i realise that I cannot be perfect at it x-). Oh well, it's true, I'm not perfect at anything. I do a little bit of everything (or a little bit of many different things), but nowhere near perfection. I don't really mind. I like imperfections. Imperfections make things (and people) unique... 
 
So, recently i got engaged with the craft of scrapbooking. Even though i gathered all the necessary tools to get me going, i realised all i ever made up to now is cards! It's been 6 months i am doing it and all I've made is cards. Anyway, I am pleased with what I've done so far and i will share with you in a while. Once i gather here all my creations, then i will start taking up challenges from other blogs. At least his is my plan right now. Let's see if i stick to that...lol
 
 
Let's see what I've done up to now...

This concept was totally inspired by this picture

I have to go for now, wake up my boys (the baby and the big one) and go celebrate our National Revolution for Independence day with the rest of the family. :-)

a few hours later....
one of my favourites is the one on the left, and i am proud to say it was all my idea :-) the inspiration came from the beautiful cherry background paper. In Greece we celebrate name-days as well as birthdays, and this one was made for my friend Stella on her name-day.

Same goes for the one just bellow, that i made for my brother-in-law Andreas on his name day. Being a male, i tried to hold back in bright colours but the colour is still there.










I have also made some birthday cards with candles. Really easy to make but do make an impression. Easy to suit for boys or girls, men or women. The paper-straw candles were inspired by a picture i came across on Pinterest which comes originally from this lovely blogspot .
 
And now the cards i made for my beautiful baby niece who came to the world a couple of months ago.
For the baby-girl-dress card i used a template from this site. The card on the right is just mine :-) I just wanted to use the metal baby onesie embellishment that i had ordered once i knew my sister is pregnant , which i dressed with a piece of the mushroom paper that i love but never got the chance to use. I also just wanted to place some buttons and used my little butterfly punch to create butterflies that fly around the flowers, as i used the punch, i realised that the paper strip i was left with is also perfect to use. Apparently this is a commonly used technique with pouches but i didn't know yet back then x-).
 
The rounding-corner punch is one of the first tools i got my hands on when i decided to craft paper, but i didn't use it as much in the beginning. After this card, i used it more and more...
 
I now realised i have made just as many cards that i didn't take pictures of ... i made a pretty owl card for my owl-loving friend Eubie that i am very proud of and a twin-baby card for my cousin's twins (i just gave this card yesterday), a three-fold birthdays card for my mum  and a couple of male cards (these are the ones i find most challenging as i have to hold back on my purple loving nature and all the lovely-too-girly embellishments).
 
Nevermind.... next is a flower pot card for mothers' day and after that i will start taking on the challenges!!! Let's see....
I'll back soon. Until then..Take Care :-)