April 29th, 2010
Welcome to the first Kiki Art design team blog hop, which we like to call a BLOG HOPSCOTCH! It will run during National Scrapbook Day weekend from Thursday, April 29th until Monday, May 3rd. If you want to join us, start at any blog from the list below and start hopping. Make sure you stop by all the blogs of our talented design team members. Also please make sure to visit the Kiki Art blogs (English, Spanish and French) to be eligible to win a prize! Each design team member was asked to select a cause close to their heart. And then, created a project based on their organization featuring Kiki Art products. I chose “ALUT” an Israeli organization helping autistic people. This is a tribute to my son, who has PDD (a high functioning form of autism). Make sure to take note of each organization/good cause each DT member has selected. When you hop from blog to blog, hopefully you will get inspired by all of the beautiful …
April 28th, 2010
It’s time for a new Sizzix blog hop! This time our challenge was to design a rectangular box. Every time I design one of Eileen’s Dies I simply can’t wipe the smile of my face. They are so cute, and so much fun to play with. I love boxes, especially if they’re small and I can put cute little things in them. I knew exactly what to do with this box. It will be my HAPPY BOX, where I can put things that make me happy. First I covered the box with an amazing K&Company’s vintage patterned paper. Then I decided to try something I have never tried before. I wanted to challenge myself, so I sewed flowers from fabric and ribbon, and attached them to the box. I managed to give them a little bit of a sculpted look. I cut the leaves from Mesh and paper and gave them a little wave for a dimensional look. If you enjoyed seeing these ScoreBoard projects on the hop, …
April 24th, 2010
During the last CHA show I met Kiki, a very nice lady from Canada who owns KikiArt. Her company is based in Montreal and influenced by the many cultures, languages and stories in the city. I was so honored when Kiki asked me to join her international design team. My first design as a designer team member was this cute layout that was posted in the KikiArt blog. This layout tells the story of PURIM, a Jewish holiday celebrated on March. This is a holiday celebrating the miraculous saving of the Jewish people from annihilation, by the Persian Empire in the 4th century BCE. The story is told in the biblical book of Esther. It is the only book in the bible that does not mention the name of God and all his work is done by others. That is why one of the customs of the holiday is to wear costumes, to be someone else (like God in the …
April 17th, 2010
I am a big fan of recyceling. I love altered art and the fact that you can take something and turn it to something completly different. Every week I throw the milk carton and think to my self, if only I could do something with it… and then I thought of a great ides: A recipe box! I will turn the milk carton to a special place for my recipes. All the recipes will be written on cards and they will be organized, standing up right, in the box. After I washed it I covered it with paper. I cut the box on three sides, leaving the back intact. Keeping it closed was tricky, I wanted it to be nice but strong, so I decided to use a ribbon that can be tied and opened. The only question was how to connect the ribbon to both sides. For the bottom part I used a chipboard tag and for the upper part I used …
April 14th, 2010
I was invited to participate in a blog hop. What is a blog hop? The answer is simple! Eileen Hull, a fellow CHA designer has designed some new Dies for Sizzix, so she assembled a group of tallented designers to play with this soon-to-be-released line. It is amazing to see what can be done with the Die-cuts. Scroll down to the end of the post to find the links and start hopping from blog to blog! This blog hop is not only fun for us designers, it is fun for you too, because there are prizes! one prize will go to the designer and the other will go to one lucky reader! All you have to do is vote on Eileen’s blog for your favorite project, and leave a comment on one of the participating blog to be eligible to win a ScoreBoard Die from the first collection. Voting ends on Monday the following the Wednesday hop at 6 PM. This week we designed the Teacup Die. A cute 3D tea cup, with a littla tray. As …
