Text + chipboard technique with Keren Tamir!

My guest today is the lovely Keren Tamir from Expressing from my heart and soul. Keren's style is dreamy, ethereal and so gorgeous. Each layout is filled with yummy textures, fabulous layers and oh-so-stunning use of beautiful blooms. It's always a visual feast when I visit her blog! A must-see if you love the shabby chic style! Today she is sharing her fave technique in a tutorial. She is also hosting a wonderful challenge with an amazing prize for one lucky player!

But first, let's swoon at her gorgeous gallery...

My name is Keren Tamir and I'm 38 years old. I am a wife to a wonderful husband who is very supportive of my scrapbooking and a mother of two amazing kids; a 11 year old boy and a 6 years old girl. I've been scrapbooking for 10 years and I mainly scrapbook about my family. I love to create and experiment with many different mediums and techniques.

My style is mainly Shabby chic. I use lots of flowers and vines in my projects. I also love using pastes and misting on my layouts. My style is always evolving and that’s one of the things I love about this art.

One of the main reasons I started scrapbooking was to preserve memories and photos for my children. However over the couple of years, I’ve started to enjoy another aspect of scrapbooking. I love the artistic outlet that it gives me. I love to create and I’m passionate about what I do. I'm really glad to be a GD at Lessology today. I'd like to share a fun tutorial about one of many favourite techniques!! I love working with Chipboard and always find innovative ways to alter it. Although this might not be new to some of you, I thought it to be fresh and inspiring. Hope you enjoy my tutorial and it inspires you to try it!!

My Challenge is to use a paper with words on your project. This can be done in any way you want. You can use a scrapbooking paper, a page from a book or from a dictionary. You may rip it, cut it or leave it whole. The possibilities are endless. Play along for your chance at this RAK:

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Ready to play along? Please share your newly created projects using text paper via InLinkz located at the end of the post by Friday March 8.

As always, please leave a little love for my guest Keren!

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A book cover for my art journal..:)

I thought after all the effort I put into the art journal pages, it should have a fun book cover! :)

I trimmed a sheet of watercolour paper to size and did a little masking/misting and stamping. 

A fun banner and lots of stickers.... + glossy accents ...

Super fun and easy to do!

How to create a supply list tutorial.

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The one where I went a little crazy with the background stamping and stickers....

Hello friends! Today I am sharing the last page of my art journal featuring the nephews...:) 

Yes, I went a little crazy with the background stamping and stickers...*winks*

Playing along with the challenge at SODAlicious.

How to create a supply list tutorial.

P/s: I have a special guest on the blog this week...can't wait for you to meet her! :)

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The start of a girly art journal...

So last month I completed my first art journal in an altered book featuring my nephews. This month I started on a girly journal starring my niece....an excuse to play with pretty stuff like lace, floral fabric tape and blooms! :)

I love cutting windows in my book because the depth allows me to add dimension objects like the blooms and pearls without creating bulges in the book so it sits nicely in a bookshelf. :)

Visit Faber Castell Design Memory Craft for a step-by-step on how I created these mixed media journal pages.

How to create a supply list tutorial.

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The real reason why I favour clean and simple cards...

With my recent foray into mixed media madness, I've been favouring clean and simple cards. Kind of helps with the artistic sanity part...you know...to achieve a balance...[Nah...less time to make complicated cards..*LOL*]

Playing along with the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.

Create your own supply list for your creative project with this tutorial!

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Pulling out pretty things from my "save-it-for-a-rainy-day" stash to use always makes me happy...

Whenever I find myself uninspired, I decorate a box. :)

Pulling out pretty things from my "save-it-for-a-rainy-day" stash to use always makes me happy. :)

Create your own supply list for your creative project with this tutorial!

Just sharing my project for LESSology Challenge #22: So Charming! :)

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The one where I dropped an inked stamp...

One of the things I did when I reorganized my craft supplies was to put my stamps in drawers on my desk [since it's been established that I only like to use things in close proximity to me...*LOL*]....which increases their chances of being used [faint chanting of Y's stamps "please give me some love" can be heard in the background..*winks*].

The good thing is that I have been using my stamps! The bad thing is that I have a tendency to drop my inked stamps in my excitement [works better in a art journal that is cleverly covered up..haha] like on this layout. So it became part of the design with additional random stamping. *LOL* Seriously though, would you have been able to tell if I hadn't confess? 

Create your own supply list for your creative project with this tutorial!

Just a layout of the niece...:)

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Photos in my art journal.... and a giveaway winner! :)

Have you noticed that I have photos on all my journal pages this year? I realize that I'm most attracted by pictures of people so including photos has really helped sustain my interest. :)

Plus, I can leave my art journals to someone when I die...["But when will you die?" asked the nephews.] *LOL* 

Create your own supply list for your creative project with this tutorial!

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Thank you for all the feedback on the tutorials you would like to see...this year I will be working on some video tutorials...once I find a style I'm comfortable with...should I include my face? My voice? Music? Jokes? So many things to consider...*LOL*

And the winner of Do More With Less's birthday giveaway is.....

Congrats Tone-Lill! Please contact me with your mailing info so that I can send your package out to you! :)

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Their eyeballs pop out! :)

On my recent trip to Kuala Lumpur, I spotted these cute Angry birds lookalike watches....squeeze them and their eyeballs pop out! *LOL* Perfect for my nephews [why yes, I have a morbid sense of humour...*winks*].

Well, anything to keep boys entertained for a whole day = awesome win!

Create your own supply list for your creative project with this tutorial!

I used the sketch from ScrapFriends where I got to guest design at this month. :) Come play along!

P/s: Last weekend to get in on LESSology Challenge #21: You are my sweetheart! Have an awesome one my friends!

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