A Anna foi embora dia 15, a Selma dia 20 a noite, e dia 21 de manha chegaram meus cunhados. Na mesma semana havia mais um casal de amigos e nossa madrinha de casamento na cidade tambem, sem contar um amigo do meu filho que nem conseguimos encontrar. Acho que nunca estive tanto em New York como este mes, praticamente todos os dias! Foram dias otimos!!Mas as visitas nao acabaram... tive 10 dias para colocar a casa em ordem, ja que passei praticamente um mes so fazendo o basico do basico, e meus sogros chegaram sabado para 15 dias aqui. Entao, pode ser (nao sei ainda, vai depender da rotina) que o blog ainda nao volte ao meu antigo ritmo... mas pra compensar e agradecer a paciencia e a nao-desistencia (haha) de quem vem visita-lo, vou deixar um PAP de um cartaozinho que fiz para minha vizinha Yoko (ela cuidou dos meninos enquanto estive no Inspired). Eh beeeem simples, nada de grandes tecnicas ou materiais, mas gostei do resultado dele.
I know this blog looks abandoned... but I had lots of activities since the last post: a last minute wedding related job for a bride going to Brasil, my son's birthday and graduation, a last minute trip to Brazil for my husband, and other issues that made me feel uncomfortable to come here... thanks God most of them are resolved or in their way. On July, vacations! I had two good friends from Brazil coming to the city, and we had lots of fun. Both also know my dear friend Sandra and we had a great dinner together.
One of them left on the 15th, the other on the 20th, and on the next morning my brother and sister in law arrived at JFK for one week. At the same time, two different groups of friends were in the city... I've never been in NY so many times in just a month, almost everyday!!! I really enjoyed! And it's not over, I only had 10 days to put the house back on track, because last Saturday my in-laws arrived for 15 days here... I'm not sure yet if I'll be able to return to my usual blog routine before September, but in order to say "thank you" for those who didn;t give up :D or unfollow this blog, I leave a small and simple tutorial of a Thank You card I made for my dear neighbor Yoko (she took care of my kids when I was at Inspired). There's no great techniques or materials, but I really liked the final result. I'm missing this space so much...
Thank you Card - Tutorial

1. I started with a piece of 4.5"x6.5"patterned paper. I chose this with small dots on a "ton sur ton" effect. Other options are stamping a background on plain cardstock with Versamark ; dry embossing your cardstock; using a embossed cardstock

2. I used this stamp . You can also find something similar on the Internet and print on the cardstock or even hand draw it, it's very simple!

3. Add buttons (play with sizes and textures - mine are vintage) with Glue Dots, trying to keep a balanced composition.

4. With the ribbon coming from the back of the card, tie a bow right below the stamped image. Add Glue Dots to keep it in place.

5. After that, I decided to add one more button on top of the bigger one.

6. I stamped a "thank you" image on a piece of white cardstock. You can also print the word inside a double frame (you can do it using Word).

7. I cut out the flourishes, keeping the frame with the sentiment.

8. Using markers, I painted inside the little frame

9. Using some dimensional tape, I placed the sentiment on the card

10. I inked the edges on a plain 5"x7" card, to where I added my orange paper.

And this is my card. I hope you like it!
Beijos e boa semana!!
Carla
Have a great week!
XXX Carla
Ah, quanta visita boa hein!!!
ReplyDeleteLindo o cartão Carla, obrigada pelo PAP.
Beijos
OI, Carlinha! Que saudade!!!
ReplyDeletePelo jeito a correria é um mal que afetou muita gente ultimamente! rsrsrs!!
Acredita que não me mudei ainda? AFF! Já tô querendo cometer um crime contar a vida do pedreiro! rsrsrsrs!!
Adorei ver suas fotos!!
bjs
Uhuuu!! Blog atualizado!!! hahahah...
ReplyDeleteAdorei as fotos, que delicia de visita,não?!!
O cartão ficou clean e lindo, obrigada pelo pap.
Não demore p/ atualizar, em!!!
bjs
Ca,
ReplyDeleteAdorei o relato das férias e o PAP!!!!! Demais! Simples, lindo prático... tudo de bom!
Bjinhos
Just wanted to say your card is so elegant and beautiful. I love the clean look, but it's super cute and detailed at the same time :)
ReplyDeleteAhh!! Estava sentindo falta das novidades...
ReplyDeleteComo sempre arrasou...
Bjinhos
Thank you so much for your sweet comments on my blog! I had so much fun this week, trying out art journaling. Can't stop now!! By the way, I live in a town at about half an hour driving from Amsterdam. Looked at your friends blog. I don't know her, but she makes beautiful things!!! Thanks again! Sandra
ReplyDeleteHi, I was checking the Bokeh article on http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_create_your_own_bokeh#comments . I tried the technique and have been successful to a certain extent. However I need some help. I saw the beautiful pic of the snowman with snowflakes around him that you had posted in the comments section.
ReplyDeleteI want to ask how did you manage to take so much area in the photo (the snowman, and the background). When i try it, it am unable to achieve it with the background. I have to make the hole small enough so that only the light source is visible. I am unable to get the surroundings in the picture. It would be really helpful if you could help me with this.
I am using Canon 1000D 18-55 mm lens. Thanks
Que delicia de visitas.
ReplyDeleteAproveite.
O cartão ficou lindo.
bjs
Thank you girls for the lovely comments!!
ReplyDeleteDear Rahul,
Thank you for your comment.
The 'trick" for the bokeh is the 50mm f/1.8 lens, no matter which camera you have. With these lens you can capture more light, allowing you to have a shallow depth of field.
In your case, since the 18-55mm lens are wide angle, you should be very, very far from your background and very close to the subject, what with these lens it can sometimes distort it.
I can tell you: investing on a 50mm f/1.8 (I would love to have a f/1.2 but it's very expensive for me right now) was one of the best things I did!!
I hope it helps!!
Carla
Hi, I finally managed to take bokeh pics. Thanks
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