Saturday, August 27, 2011

and here is the last one for now...

The last card I made for Julie... (and apparently her friend Verginia just loved it... :)

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For this one also, I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's video.  I did a multiple stamping with the image by Hero Arts (it is a Cling stamp and I don't have the wrapping to check the number... sorry).

I stamped first in Hero Arts Shadow ink in Soft green, then I stamped the main image in Hero Hues in Green.  The greeting is also by Hero Arts  and was stamped in Memento  black ink.  The ribbon is from my stash.  The gems are by Kayser Crafts.  The background paper is from a 6 x6 pad called Daydream by First Edition Paper.


I cut the corners of the image and mat with a Stampin'Up! punch.

The last step - I added Crystal Stickles to the center of the stamped flowers.

That's it for now!  Thanks for visiting my blog.  Merci de votre visite.


Friday, August 26, 2011

One more.... :)

In my last post, I said new cards (with an "s") and only showed one, well here is another one.
OK I know, nothing for 3 weeks, then 2 on the same night.... (and I might even surprise you with a 3rd one... :)

So this is another one I did for Julie (thanks Julie I appreciate the requests.. :) )... and to get my MOJO back (after cleaning my desk), I listened to a Jennifer McGuire video and it helped a lot to get me going... so Thank you Jennifer for the inspiration!!!

Here is the card - a French birthday card...


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Let's start with the flower (Hero Arts wood stamp Ruffled Flower S5482).
It was stamped with Versamark ink, then embossed with white powder.
Next, I colored the flower with Distress inks (Broken China and Chipped Sapphire) and sprayed the whole flower with a mixture of Perfect pearl and water.  Let dry thoroughly.
(Notice that I did 2 flowers - for the second one, I only used the smallest flower in the center).
When dried, I cut out the flowers and glued the small one over the larger one with Stampin'Up! dimensionals.
Then I covered the center with tiny Hero Arts pearls.

The flower itself was applied with more dimensionals on a Medium blue Stardream CS cut with a Scalloped circle Nestabilities  die.

For the card base:
White Canson watercolour paper (6 x 6")
Green CS:  American Designs
Blue and striped PP:  8 x 8 Citrus stack  from DCWV

The striped part was cut a Nestabilities Paisley  die.

The label is also Nestabilities (Labels trio)  die.  The stamp (Bonne Fête) is by Stampin'Up (Quelque chose à fêter).  The label was attached to the ribbon with a piece of plain string.

The ribbon is wired - Kate's Paperie (I got it somewhere in the US).

That's it for now!

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New cards... Yeah!

I know, I know... I'm not a very regular blogger lately... but I had lost my mojo...

But thanks to my daughter Julie, my best card customer, I got it back... a little...

She needed 3 cards and I made room on my crafting table (and that is saying a lot.... :)   )
and I got to work...

She needed a "New Home" card.  This one was mainly done quite a while ago and I just finished putting it together.

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The stamp used is Whipper Snapper, colored with Copics.


I had the papers already cut, so I can't tell you what they are.

The red trim was cut with a Stampin'Up! Scallop Border punch.

The flowers were cut with a Sizzix Lilacs blossoms punch.  The pearls are Hero Arts.
I glittered the top of the flowers with a Sakura Quickie glue pen and Stampin'Up! Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

The colored image was cut with Spellbinders dies.

I did a fake line of stitches by the red border with a white pen.

The ribbon and card base cardstock are by Stampin'Up! also.

And since I didn't have a stamp for it, I wrote "A new home" by hand with a fine black marker.

I think that's all for now, but stay tuned I have a few more....

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Happy Birthday Marissa!

Today was my daughter-in-law,  Marissa's birthday!

Happy Birthday Marissa - we are very happy to have you in our family!

Here is the beautiful Marissa at dinner tonight:



Here is the card I made for her:

In this view, you can see the sparkles, but the colours are a little off.


This version shows the colour more real life.


Card details:

Stamps:  Cat (I1154) and frame (K1185):  Outlines Rubber stamps, coloured with Copic Markers
Happy Birthday:  Stampin'Up Happiest Birthday Wishes

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Papers:  First Edition Paper Daydream 6 x 6 pad(background)
Frame:  from the same 6 x 6 pad as above
The pink border was cut with a Martha Stewart punch and the paper is from First Edition Paper, Love Song (12 x 12).

Pearls:  Stampin'Up

Stickles by Ranger:  Crystal

The Happy Birthday was cut with a Spellbinders Label die.

Gem in flower Hero Arts Hues Dots in green.

Flower was punched (can't remember with what punch - the die cut was in my stash... sorry...)

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Carte de sympathies

OK I'm back (or trying to come back)....

Just a quick post with a card I made for my SIL who unfortunately lost her Dad recently ....

Une carte pour ma belle-soeur Lise qui a perdu son papa dernièrement....


The stamp image is by Hero Arts and was colored with Copics markers.

The edges of the images were distrissed with Ranger Distress inks in Antique linen.

Douce sympathie and the ovals are by Stampin'Up.

The background patterned paper has foil leaves and I can't remember the company....

The pearls are by Hero Arts.

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