Getting ready for Lithuanian Scrappers meeting

This weekend there will be anual Lithuanian scrapbook  lovers meeting. It is my first time there. I feel really excited about that :)))) For this meeting every participant has to prepare handmade present for another. On Sunday we will find out to whom we have to give this handmade present. Kind of Secret Santa, but in spring. So I after I decorate my first box, I decided to decorate one for the present. Unfortunately I run out of my white texture paste so I had to use transparent with glitter. So tecture this time is not so visible. However, I finally received prima texture paste and mat gel! I was dreaming about mat gel since the end of the March, but there was only gloss gel. So despite the fact, that I was sure that my box is finished, this morning I added some mat gel and sequins. Hope that participant who will get this box will like it :)

First box

Today I want share with you with my first decorated box! Firstly I bought a really big heart shaped box :) but I understood that it is better to start with a small one and easier shape. When I was planning to decorate box, I wanted to use black gesso and then decorate it. But I was really afraid that it will be in steam punk style :)  I wanted something completely different! I wanted to make it cute, nice, gentle... Well, for last month I really fall in love with violet color, so I tried to combine it with my favorite turquoise and here is my results!

Brother's B-day

I have younger brother. I cannot say that we are really close, but sometimes it feels like we do. To be honest, while I was creating this card, I wasn't thinking about him. Terrible sister! I was just enjoying doing background, then adding different features... and finally bicycle. I sent picture of card to my parents and they were sure that this card was for my brother :D well, I watched at it and admitted it. It suits him perfect: he loves his bicycle and cannot imagine his live with it.

So now this card is used as a decoration in his room :)

Inspiration is everywhere

Some people prefer to create in silence. However, I prefer to have something on background - music, movies or just talks. Sometimes I find inspiration in music I didn't expect to!

For example this card. I cannot name myself a huge "Leningrad" fan. However, I am listening their songs. And here is my card "Ты просто космос"!

Also I like to watch different movies. To be honest, I can't remember what exactly was playing on the background, but I can guess that it was Once upon a Time :)

Sometimes it is enough to see a great picture to create an unusual card:

So for those who says "I cannot find any inspiration" - look around :)

Steampunk card

One of my favorite styles is steampunk. And once I tried mixed media, I was dreaming to try it with my favorite style. And finally I did it!

Before workshop in Latvia, I bought black gesso (couldn't find any white in Vilnius) and some pentart sprays - copper and gold colors. So these products helped me to create this card for steampunk lover. 

Card for Princess

I have really big family and thanks God, they like to get cards from me. At least they say that like :) So this card was creating specially for my niece. For a really tiny girl, who is sure that she is a Princess.

When I was creating this card, I had only basic things - gesso, structure paste and some acrylic paints (from prima  - I couldn't leave the last bottle of opal color) and watercolor paints :) Also in winter I bought some paper from Fabrika Dekoru :)

First mixed media cards

In the end of the March I have got one of the best Birthday present ever - tickets to Nadya Drozdova workshop in Latvia. It was two amazing days spent with person, whose works are just adorable. Inspired with lessons, papers, paints and of course new products bought after workshop, I was running back home to try to create on my own. 

So here are my first cards created with mixed media techniques:

Also spring is Birthday season in my family. Here's card for baby girl:

To be honest, it is really hard to imagine how I was creating cards before. Without paint and texture pastes :)