Colorchart book for ColourArte - making the cover

Happy Sunday dear friends!

Time for some inspiration with video tutorial for ColourArte!

I created this cute little book with file folders. 

You will see at my video how to add more pages using a file folder, scissors and a cropadile,

as well how I created the cover of the book.

I'm already using this book as a colorchart with all my ColourArte products.

The file folders were perfect for this project, because they have these cute labels overhanging and help me find the categories of the color products in no time!

I hope you will enjoy the video and get inspired!

 Don't forget to leave me a comment, as well give me thumbs up on my You Tube channel  :)

ColourArte supplies list for this project:

Primary Elements

Teal Zirgon
Blue Grass
Pink Azalea
Sumflower
Pear Blossom
Coral Berry
Rose Gold

Radiant Gels
 Blue Pearls
Celedon
Vavoom Red

H2Os
Siam White

Vivid Ultra Metallic
True Silver

The Solution

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some details

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Go ECO!

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm guest designing for Fashionable Hobbies.

I created a tiny project, an altered cover of sticky notes booklet. 

This small project is based on this amazing challenge, 

which I think is perfect for the Fall season!

Formula №16. Brown + Wood = Eco style

You have to use a lot brown color, natural tones and a tree in any form you like and all these in ecological style.

For my project, Ι altered the back cover so as to peel off the papers from the frond side. I used quite a few material as I had to work on such small area and made a simple wire tree to decorate it. I also made some splashes with gesso and kept myself away from inks in order to give a clean eco style.

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With this project I'm entering the No28 Herbarium challenge at Stamps with Love.
I used a lavender twig I got from my garden. I just love the smell so much :)



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I hope you enjoyed my little project and play along with us in eco style!

Have a lovely crafty day!

Mini layout...

Γειά σας! Σήμερα θα σας δείξω κάτι από το βιβλίο-ημερολόγιο μου. Ψάχνοντας σε ένα κουτί βρήκα παλιές φωτογραφίες (καλύτερα ας μην αναφέρω πόσα χρόνια πριν είναι :) και αποφάσισα να κάνω ένα μίνι layout με μία από αυτές. Η τεχνική που εφάρμοσα λέγεται mixed media και είναι από τις αγαπημένες μου. Ιδού το αποτέλεσμα...

Hello blogers! Today I will show you a snapshot of my journal book. I have discovered some old photos (I try to forget how old they are,lol)  in a box and I decided to make a mini layout with one of them. I used the mixed media technique inspired from Finnabair (I'm a big fan of her)! Here is the result...

...και μερικά κοντινά:

...here are some closeups:

journal book - cover

Σήμερα έκανα το εξώφυλλο του βιβλίου-ημερολογίου μου, αφού πρώτα "ξήλωσα" το προηγούμενο, το οποίο τελικά αποφάσισα ότι δεν μου αρέσει. Και επειδή έβαλα τα υποφαινόμενα δερμάτινα λουράκια στο πλάι, άλλαξα και την βιβλιοδεσία.... ουφ! Πολύ δουλειά! Μου πήρε περίπου 4 ώρες να τα κάνω όλα αυτά, αλλά νομίζω ότι άξιζε τον κόπο. Το αποτέλεσμα μου αρέσει πολύ!

Today I made the cover of my book, after I destroyed the precedent that I decided that I did not like. And because I  put the leather strap to the side, I changed the binding .... Whew! A lot of work! It took me about 4 hours to do all that, but I think it was worth it. Love the result, it is so vintage!

 Αυτό είναι το πίσω μέρος. Νομίζω ότι η ετικέτα έπρεπε να είναι λίγο πιο χαμηλά, αλλά δυστηχώς τώρα δεν μπορώ να την μετακινήσω. Την κόλλησα πριν βάλω τα δερμάτινα λουράκια (τα οποία έφτιαξα μόνη μου με κομμάτια δέρμα που αγόρασα) και μετά διαπίστωσα ότι θα ήταν πιο συμμετρικό το αποτέλεσμα αν ήταν κεντραρισμένη στα λουράκια. Δεν πειράζει, το βιβλίο μου εξακολουθεί να μου αρέσει πολύ!

This is the back side of the book. I think the label should be a bit low, but unfortunately now I can not change that. I glued it before placing the leather straps (which I made myself with pieces of leather that I bought from a local store) and then I realized it would be more symmetrical if it was centered to the straps. Never mind, my book is still lovely!