My warmest wishes for a Happy New Year!

Time goes by so fast,especially when it's holidays!!The new year's Eve is almost here so I'd like to send to all of you, my warmest wishes for you and your families!May 2010 be a year full of health,happiness, good energy and may all scrapbookers find awesome bargains for their supplies!!!

I was quite busy shopping my gifts,the last couple of days.

Now that everything is almost ready for new years Eve I feel more relaxed and I really enjoyed the beautiful day today with my family outdoors! When I got home there was a pleasant surprise for me!!Claudia's mini album is here!!Here is a small video of me opening my box!

Thank you so much Claudia! In fact I could hardly breathe!!



 The mail was quite big todaymore holiday cards and a gift I won from Wild West Scrap Divas


 who by the way have an amazing giveaway and they'll draw a winner once they reach 100 subscribers!Kim and Dawn are so wonderful ladies and scrapbooking is something that connected them into a great friendship and partnership in making the

 Wild West Scrap Divas!!

A brand new selection of gorgeous products for you today... and a chance to win some of them!

Take a look here for a great opportunity to win a brand new selection of prima products!Here is a picture of what you may win!

Sunday mornings....

I love Sunday mornings!

 The smell of coffee in the house ...

I want to have chocolate cakes for breakfast,

watch my living room in daylight,

daydream,

read another page from the book I started during my summer vacation,

play with my children and watch them grow ...

just simple adorable little things that make me happy ....

My TWS swap mini album for december!

This is the mini I made for the TWS, for my swap partner Robyn  http://injoystampin.com/ Its theme is Cristmas.  I really had fun making it! Robyn I hope you like it! It is on its way to Ireland! Have a look!

Merry Christmas!!

The winners are:

Watch the video to see who the winners are!!Thank you all so much for participating!!

I really enjoy making blog candies so stay tuned because if you haven't won in this one , the next time you may be lucky!!!

My warmest wishes for the upcoming holidays!

Don't forget to send me your address so that I can send you your candies!!

Still have some time to participate in: Christmas spirit giveaways!

Ok everyone you have until tonight to post a comment so that you can participate in the giveaways!

My son will pick the winners tommorrow (Sunday) so if you haven't left a comment yet, it's high time you did!!Have a lovely weekend!!

Christmas spirit giveaways!

Blog Candy Finished
Since I have received many supplies lately,I decided that I should make some people happy too!

So there are my giveaways!!Yes you read correctly!Instead of making one big giveaway,I decided to have 5 small giveaways which means 5 winners!Thank you all so much for reading my blog and for travelling with me in  my scrapbooking journey!I trully appreciate it!!

These are 5 photos!Each one is a giveaway for you!All you have to do is leave a comment or your wishes!You could also mention about it in your blog (sidebar would be fine) so that you double your chances.Good luck!

The Christmas spirit is already here!!

You can post your comment or wishes until Saturday 19th December.My son will pick the winners and I'll send your candies on Monday the 21st December!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

A christmas card and a haul!

I recently received some wonderful supplies and I would really like to share my excitement with you!Remember!!It's never late to go shopping!lol!My table is almost covered!!My budget also is almost extinct!LOL! Have a look!

there is also a Christmas card I made for a friend! I have to mail many many more!!Time to get busy!!!

Craftycroppers

The previous Saturday I  participated in the Craftycroppers' first crop! It  was my very first crop and I had a really great time!!All the ladies I met there were awesome!!Thank you Irini for organising it and I am looking forward to more crops in the future!Here are some photos! Enjoy!!!

November mini album swap

I am back home and can finally post a video with my mini album for November!My swap partner was Paraskevi and the theme of the mini was family.I hope she really likes it!Take a look and post a comment.

A sneak peak for Paraskevi!

Wow!Time goes by!!It's almost time for the first crop in Greece!Get more info here!

I've been quite busy making my album for the November Trade
Wind Scrappers mini album swap from Life on the scrapbeach!

My swap partner is Paraskevi for November!So in this post I'll give her a tiny sneak peak of her mini album!

Paskevi you'll have it on Saturday and I really hope you like it!!

Giveaway!

Stefany(With a Grin) decided to go shoppping but not only for her!!
She will be picking up some extra scrapping goodies and use it for a "Black Friday giveaway"!!That sounds awesome Stefany!!Visit her blog to enter it!!

November 2009 Crop Challenge #6

Here is one more layout for Crop Challenge #6.

This kitten was my cat for 5 years! I had practically saved him from starvation ,since his mum had abandoned him.He was too young to eat anything else but milk ,so I became his mommy! I called him Lucky.He was so clever and adorable! I really miss him...

November 2009 Scrapbeach Crop Challenge #1

Life in the scrapbeach holds challenges the first weekend of each month.The first challenge was to make a layout using the following sketch by Becky Fleck

This is my finished layout for Challenge #1

and a close up

This was so much fun!Thank you Kathryn for hosting all these challenges Hopefully I'll participate in one more !Unfortunately my free time is limited!

Birthday card with pockets 2

I really adore these pocket cards so here is one for a girl!

It is for Nefeli Vicky's daughter!Happy birthday Nefeli!

Beware!!

I got an email with the subject "Toyota Award Promo", with the following message:

750.000.00 GBP has been award to your email ID in this Year Toyota Promo.

It required my address and phone number to be send! I wished this was true but unfortunately this is simply a fraud!So people beware!!

If you want to check e-mails like that just copy the message and paste it in google!You'll be surprised to see how many people have received it as well!!

have a great day!

Have a nice month!Pocket cards on the way.

November is already here!

The weather is getting worse and winter is on our doorstep.We stayed at home today and enjoyed some family time.We really had fun and played with our children.Precious moments!

I have also experimented again and I love the result!

Have a nice month and enjoy!

scrapping with friends...

On the 28th of October I had the chance to meet with two fellow scrapbooking friends, Katerina and Eleftheria!

We all gathered and shared some tools,ideas and had fun.I brought my big shot,Katerina brought hers plus many many many supplies and was so kind to let us play with them!!  Hopefully we'll meet again soon

In the photo you can see me, Eleftheria, Katerina and little Dimitra, Eleftheria's daughter!She was adorable!!

A birthday card made by an envelope.

I watched a tutorial video last night about how to make envelope pockets and I wanted to try it!

I also wanted to make a birthday card for a friend ,so I decided to combine them!

Here is the result!

Some birthday cards I received for my birthday!

I would like to thank you for sending these great great cards!

Craft craving Chicas!

Check out this site http://craftcravingchicas.blogspot.com/

and you'll find lovely made kits!!The last one is "Webster's Christmas Kit" and it is adorable!

Lisa and Regina you are fantastic!

Tiffany's blog candy!

My friend Tiffany is offering a blog candy!Follow the link and get a chance to win it!!

http://stampingattiffanys.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-candy.html

Thank you Tiffany! You are so sweet!

Blog candy winners!!

Ok we have the lucky winners of the blog candy!

The numbers are 7 and 5 that means that Paraskevi (Pizizi) has won the big blog candy and that Zeffy has won the small candy!

Congratulation ladies!!!!Be always lucky in your lives! I'll include something extra in your package! I hope you enjoy your candies.

I would like to thank all of you who participated and send you my love.Next time you may win,so always keep a window open ...

I really enjoyed this giveaway and I think I'll repeat it soon!I love having and giving a chance to win!

Oh!I almost forgot! I decided to give a tiny gift to the people who wished me yesterday in "Take a bite from the cupcake!" for my birthday.So there are 11 comments and I decided to give you each a fairy charm ! Please e-mail me with your addresses!

love , Lena

Take a bite from the cupcake!

Good morning everyone!!Today is my birthday... Yay!!! A year older but who cares? A child lives inside my heart!!
I received lots of cards from scrapbooking friends and I would really like to thank them!!You ladies made wonderful cards.I will show what I have received in a couple of days!
Tommorrow afternoon I will also determine the winners of the candy so if you have participated,  stop by and check!You might be the lucky one! I will also include some extra goodies for the winners!! lol!!I am in a great mood today !!
love Lena

Blog candy!

This blog candy has finished.

I have received lots of love from fellow scrapbookers through the net.So I decided to give back some love...
My birthday is nearly here!!That's the perfect reason for a giveaway! There will be in fact 2 lucky people!There will be two candies: the 'big one' and the 'small one'

All you need to do is link my candy on your blog and leave a comment here...
I will determine the winners with help from random.org on Saturday 17th October.

The 'big one'

and the 'small one'

good luck everyone!!

My first Wishbook!

This is my first wish book !
I decided making it 2 hours before I had to deliver it and I was moving fast.It was a great experience and I finally finished it in time!The baby's mom knew nothing about it until I showed it to her!She was very excited and it was soon filled with warm wishes for Anastasia!!

I went shopping!

Hi everyone!These are some goodies I bought in order to get more supplies! Have I mentioned I love shopping?!! lol...well who doesn't?


Stay tuned because a giveaway is on its way!!!!

Scrapbooking supplies!

I won a mini album kit!!!Isn't this adorable? Thank you Sandra!!!!

A really mini album for a friend!

Instead of sending a card to my friend Kathryn I decided to make her this mini album!!

crafty croppers gr first crop!

Χαρηκα τοσο πολυ οταν εμαθα οτι επιτελους θα γινει το πρωτο scrapbooking crop στην Ελλαδα και συγκεκριμενα στην Αθηνα στις 28 Νοεμβρίου 2009 !Εκλεισα ηδη εισητηρια και ανυπομονω να γνωρισω κοπελες που τις γνωριζα μονο μεσω διαδυκτιου!!Για οποιον ενδιαφερεται θα βρειτε περισσοτερες πληροφοριες στο http://craftycroppersgr.blogspot.com/
Μπραβο στην Ειρηνη για την πρωτοβουλια !!

I was so happy to find out that the first scrapbooking crop in Greece will be held in the 28th November 2009 in Athens.I have already booked my tickets and I am looking forward to meeting my on-line scrapbooking friends!For anyone who is interested you can find more info in http://craftycroppersgr.blogspot.com/
Congratulations to Irini for taking the initiative!!

Some layouts...

I participated in the virtual crop in the scrap beach with these layouts and I really enjoyed it!!

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard in the journey of a creative life!Scrapbooking is something I really enjoy! I have always wanted to make a blog in order keep in touch with all my fellow scrapbooking friends.So there it is!
This is a place to show ways of expessing creativity,learning new things,sharing ideas and offering opportunities to win supplies!So stay tuned because the journey has already began!