The Green Frog Studio

Scrapbooking : inspiration & techniques by...ME :)

Scrapbooking book by ME :), originally uploaded by thegreenfrogstudio.

Hi everyone!

Today is a very special day :) My very own Scrapbooking Book is out on September 17th 2009 :)

I'm so excited, scared, happy, proud and more than that at the same time! :)

It'll be available on Amazon and I'll be sure to have extra copies for giveaways here on my blog :)

Colors of Asia °Mon Scrapbook.Com Guest designer°

Here's my favorite page made with the July kit for MonScrapbook.com !

 

 

 

 

 

Have a wonderful day!

INSPIRATION TUESDAY #1 : NOT SO PERFECT ME mini album

So this is my very first "chapter" of my INSPIRATION TUESDAY.Welcome here and enjoy it!

For this first rendezvous, I made a little album for you guys, easy and quick to do. I'm going to explain it step-by-step, with instructions, mesurements, suppy lists and little tips to make your own mini album about YOU.

YEAH! You just read it : ABOUT YOU! But be careful : this ain't a mini album about the best in you, about your qualities, with the most pictures of you. No, I wanted to make a mini album where I could be honest, tell things to myself through this album.

As you may have read on my blog lately, I've been going through some major times in my life, where doubts, fears, worries have been going through my mind, and I wanted to face some parts of myself through this album.

Words are important, we need to write them down but we have to kno one self first.

In this mini album, that is an introduction to a serious work on one self, I wanted to show 9 faces of myself, not only qualities, but also bad sides (well, things that I consider annoying in me), so that's why I came up with that title : NOT SO PERFECT ME.

First of all, I used a Jenni Bowlin little square album.If you don't have this album, simply use several pieces of cardboard to make your own. The size of each page is 4x4".

In this album, you have : 2 4x4" pieces for the cover (thicker than the inner pages), 8 pages for the inside and 9 4x4" overlays.

Here's the supply list for this album :  

structure : a Jenni Bowlin mini album

papers : Hambly

overlays : Hambly

embellishments : American Crafts (flair, alpha stickers); Pink Paislee (rubons); Sassafras (chipboards); 7gypsies (fabric tabs); Hambly (stickers); Basic Grey (alphas); Studio Calico (camera stamp).  

Tools to make the album : crop-a-dile, glue for transparencies, double sided tape, trimmer, black pen.

Photos : 8 4x4" color photos.

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First, prepare all of your 4x4 pages and overlays.

For the cover, glue a kraft cardstock and cut out the star shape with a craft knife. Then glue a woodgrain overlay from Hambly on the cardstock, using a glue that is invisible once glued (and cut out the star one more time).

Make holes with your crop-a-dile.

I added some Pink Paislee rubons, a 7gypsies fabric tab, an AC flair, some tiny alphas stickers and chipboards letters for my title.

For the back cover, simply use kraft cardstock and overlay.   

 

First of all, before starting all the instructions, you need to know that:

each left page is scrapped, that means that I used some papers, embellishments and a title, and then , each right page only has a picture (size of the whole page by the way), and that between each page, there is an overlay (size 4x4").

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    1st double page : simply add some kraft Hambly paper on your left page, some embellishments and your title.

#1 : I'm an air head. If you tell me something that doesn't interest me, I just won't remember a thing you said, that's it, I'm just inattentive, scatterbrained.:)

 

2nd double page : a kraft Hambly paper with circles, hambly sticker, pink paislee rubon, number and my title. 

#2 : i'm an optimistic. yeah, my mojo is KEEP SMILING, everything will be fine and we can do it. :)

 

 

3rd double page : I lept the inner pages from the Jenni Bowlin mini album here, and added some left overs from a Hambly woodgrain overlay. Just add a blue ribbon for the contrast, a rubon, number and your title (it can go on the opposite page if it's too long).

#3 : i'm a melancolic. Since I was a child, I have some periods in my life where I feel sad for every single sad things happening in the world, the misery, the poverty, the sickness, like if all these were caused by me and I couldn't do anything. I feel so useless in front of all this. That's it. That's just the way I am.

 

 

4th double page : a white Hambly paper, fabric tab, some perforated stars, a rubon, my title. The number 4 is on the overlay this time.

#4 : i am impulsive. Yeah, ask Karine how I managed to make the tramway stop in the middle of the stree while we were in Nantes because there was this racist guy that annoyed me so much, or how I almost got into a fight with an old lady because she insulted me! :D

 

 

5th double page : I used the left over piece of paper in which I punched the stars from the previous double page and glued it on my page. I outlined some stars with a black pen, added my title, an American Crafts flair that matches my title perfectly, and there you go.

#5 : i am a dreamer...yeah, don't even get me started on that one :)

 

 

6th double page : Hambly paper, fabric tab, sticker, my title.

#6 : i'm addicted to travelling. Since I was child, I have always dreams of travelling all over the world to meet new people, new cultures, new landscapes, new religions, a different way of life... and now, I just can't believe all the countries I've been to at only 28 years old.

 

 

7th double page : kraft Hambly paper, always, in order to respect the color scheme of my album. A Studio Calico stamp, some scribbles to make my number chipboard pop, a rubon and my title.

#7 : i am stubborn. Oh really? yeah that might be from my spanish side, that is. :D

 

 

8th double page : I kept the lined paper page from the JBS mini album again. I added a Pink Paislee rubon, my title, a number and that's it.

#8 : i am blessed. I lost my only sister, Barbara, 3 years ago. She was only 20 and died of cancer. Do we really get through this someday? I don't think so. You just live with it, you keep smiling even if it hurts inside, you hide your sadness behind jokes and you just go on, you live, you eat, you laugh, you cry, you live for two. CARPE DIEM my friends.

 

 

9th double page : this double page doesn't have any photo on the right as I didn't want any photo on the side of the back cover. A simple title, just like a conclusion.

#9 : i am ME. Céline Christine Antoinette Navarro - kind of rock'n'roll name, isn't it??! LOL, born on March 17th 1981 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, South of France, at 11:21am, on a tuesday. I am everything said in this book and even more than that.

 

 

 

This is a part of ourselves that we leave in this mini album, not only with pictures, not only with the titles or the journaling, but with the way we created, the way our soul got involved in every step of the creative processe.

I'm very happy about this first "chapter" of our INSPIRATION TUESDAY, I hope that you will be happy about this project, that you'll want to make one for yourself too...

Have a NICE TUESDAY and see you next week for a new chapter of INSPIRATION TUESDAY!

INSPIRATION TUESDAY

I've been thinking a lot these days, about how to keep this blog entertaining and to keep inspiring you.

I've been wanting to share new experiences with you and that's why I really want to make this blog YOUR BLOG!

It's true that I've been travelling all over the globe like crazy for the past three years and I've loved every minute of it, and time has come when I realize that this blog is truely the best tool for me to share what I LOVE about Scrapbooking, LIFE, love, friendship and CREATING, and to stay in touch with you!

All of you visits and comments on my blog have truely made me smile and happy like never, and I've wanted to find a new way to share with you. Create for the fun of it, for the pleasure of sharing and for pleasure's sake, that is what I want!

Imagine : a weekly rendezvous (every tuesday) for the fun of creating!

Beware though : nothing too complicated, nothing too edgy or out of control here! :) Just for the fun of it! Only games, techniques, ideas, tips, where we could gather and share!

Every Tuesday, I will post a project, a layout, a little something that I made that will inspire you, guide you to a new technique, maybe lead you to a new way of creating.

No rules! You are free to participate or just come here and read.

Keep THREE simple words in mind : JUST HAVE FUN!

The possibilities are endless : a layout, a tag, a card, a little game, a tutorial or a complete step-by-step project! Anything and everything can be done!

For me, every tuesday will be like my playground! I'm REALLY looking forward to getting started on this project with YOU!

 

Come here on this blog every tuesday, from 10am EST, for your new weekly rendezvous : INSPIRATION TUESDAY!

First rendezvous : tomorrow morning at 10am EST.!

New layout!

Envie de... °Invitée Mon Scrapbook.com°, originally uploaded by thegreenfrogstudio.

Here's a new layout for Mon Scrapbook.com : I'm their guest designer this month!

If you want to see more details, click on the image, you'll arrive on my Flickr Gallery :)

hugs and thank you all for your sweet comments! :)

A new Studio Calico layout :)

I've finally started on my Studio Calico June kit! :) I've been so busy lately that I haven't had a chance to touch it yet, and now this is my first layout! :)

I just added some American Flair and Details to it...

 

 

 

Papers (My Mind's Eye, Studio Calico); Alphas (American Crafts); Stickers (American Crafts); Bingo card (October AFternoon); Flair (American Crafts); Details (American Crafts); Stickers (American Crafts, Kesi'art, 7gypsies, Collage Press); Ribbons (unknown).

 

is the mojo back? hmmm...not sure...

These days, I've been feeling all blah... can't really explain why, maybe it's because of my crazy schedule and the fact i'm exhausted, maybe it's because of all the questions I've been asking myself the last couple of months, well anyway, lots of things going on here...

So here's a new layout that I wanted to show you, with a picture that I took yesterday. Yesterday was a CRAPPY day, I tell you, and I just broke into tears, couldn't help it, and I took a photo.

I wanted to scrap it because I wanted to write the things that have been bothering me these days, to remember WHY I felt so shitty yesterday...

 

 

 

 

Papers (Onirie, Fancy Pants); Stickers (Jenni Bowlin, Kesi'art, American Crafts, Creative Imaginations, October Afternoon); Alphas (Jenni Bowlin, American Crafts); Ribbons (Fancy Pants); Flair (American Crafts); Chipboards (Sassafras); Buttons (Jenni Bowlin).

and on Monday I'll just start with my dear miss KCT and the challenges she put on her blog :)

Enjoy your weekend everyone! I was supposed to go and see Madonna in concert in Marseille (south of France) but the stage broke and 2 people were killed, so the concert has been cancelled :( crap... whatever...

Take care!

Designer Spotlight - Moi ! :D

You can see a little interview of lil' old MOI on the American Crafts blog today! :D A sweet way to say THANK YOU as my term for them is almost over. I will SOOOOO miss designing for this amazing company. It's been two years that I've been lucky to be a DT member and I can tell you one thing : these guys at AC just ROCK!

I will miss everyone so much! :)

I'm off to the restaurant with my best friend tonight :)

hugs! c

Some Hambly & My Little Shoebox love...

I recently got some goodies in the mail from Hambly, My Little Shoebox & Purple Cows, and oh dear! I've been so inspired!

Issue #5 of the magazine is almost finished and now I wanna scrap like mad!

So yesterday I couldn't resist, I made two new layouts using Hambly & My Little Shoebox, those two perfectly match each other.

 

 

 

 

 

and talking about Purple Cows! do you have one of their AMAZING trimmers???! I got myself this one a while ago

and I recently got this one :

 

Oh dear! These are sooooo GOOD! What I really love about these two is that you can easily change the blades (and there are different shapes!), it is so safe, you cannot cut your fingers with those (and let me tell you, this is ONE big deal for me!) and it's ine fact TWO trimmers in one! I can easily put my second trimmer in a little suitcase (which is sold along with the trimmer) as it can separate in two pieces!

Honestly, people, you guys have to give it a try!

Me likes my Purple Cows trimmers! :)

Alright people, on the {EA} blog, you can see the new challenge this week, which is to be inspired by the color of the FRENCH flag : you US peeps won't be disappointed, it's BLUE-WHITE-RED :D

Go check out the blog to see my layout! :)

 

Have a great Wednesday all! :)

c

New layout!

Happy Sunday all!

Today is my mom's birthday so we're going to spend the day together with my dad & family :)
Just wanted to share a layout I made yesterday with the beautiful Onirie papers and some of my favorite AC stamps & embossing powders...

Enjoy your weekend!

c

Papers (Onirie); Alphas (American Crafts); Stickers (Luxe Design); Ribbons (American Crafts); Flowers (Prima); Flair (Onirie); Stamps (American Crafts, Studio Calico, Florilèges); Ink (Versamark); Embossing Powders (American Crafts); Tags (retif); Spray (Glimmer Mist); Brads (Sassafras).