Penny Black Little Critters cards

I have shown my Penny Black Fashion Girls cards and my little Mimis cards, but I didn't show you my Little Critters cards....

So here are 2 of them.  I love those little critters... especially the hedgehogs!  I know there not for everyone, but there are so cute....

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Penny Black Winter Wonderland

Supplies:

Penny Black Winter Wonderland stamp set 30-083, mice on leaves

Snowflake Background:  Impression Obsession (CC066 C-A-C Snowflakes) stamped in Versamark, embossed with White embossing powder.

Cover background over snowflakes with Blue Distress ink

Draw and cut hills (mark the top of the hills with a black marker or the edge of a Stazon pad to match the stamp image).

Greeting:  A very Merry Christmas:  Penny Black Let it snow 30-086

Christmas tree:  Tim Holtz Sizzix die

Stickles:  all over tree and on hills (Stardust)

Card base:  5 ½ x 5 ½” Stardream blue (cut 5 ½” x 11”, score at 5 ½”)

White mat:  5 ¼” x 5 ¼

The image was coloured with Tombo markers.

The second card:  (The photo is not so great.... sorry)

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Penny Black Winter Wonderland

Edit 16/11/11 Sorry to everyone who couldn't see the image above... I think I fixed it...

Supplies:  Winter Wonderland stamp set, cat with gifts image

Greeting Be merry: The Penny Black little snowflake set (#?)

Card base:  Navy Blue cardstock, 5 ½ x 5 ½” (5 ½” x 11, scored at 5 ½”)

Striped Patterned Papers:  5 ¼ x 5 ¼”

Blue shimmer cardstock:  Cut with Lace scallop Spellbinders(4 ¼” circle)

White CS for stamping:  cut with circle Spellbinder (3 ½”), cut 4 x 4”

Satin turquoise ribbon 

Mini tag:  Martha Stewart Mini tag punch (scalloped tag M283000) - White CS scrap (stardust white)

Image coloured with Tombo markers:

Blue 452 and 373, Green 173, Pink 761, Brown 990, 992 and 977

Glossy accents: Ranger (to accent some of the gifts)

Black Stazon ink to stamp image


P.S.  I forgot to mention that I would like to enter these cards in the Penny Black and more at All Sorts Challenge here.  They have a new challenge for November and the subject is "All creatures great and small".  So I think that my little critters qualify, don't you? 

Thanks for visiting my blog!  And thanks in advance for your comments.  I always appreciate!

Merci de visiter mon blog and merci à l'avance pour vos commentaires.  Ils sont toujours appréciés!

Merry Christmas

Here is another Christmas card, made with Penny Black stamps, for the Penny Black Weekend Challenge

The challenge was to use a Penny Black stamp and to have snow on your card.

And for the November challenge at "Penny Black at Allsorts" here:

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/2010/11/november-challenge.html
The challenge there was "It's starting to look like Christmas".

Please note that my little hedgehogs don't have such a red face in real life - must be the lighting....

Thanks for visiting my blog.  Merci de votre visite!

Louise

More Bonnidée Christmas cards

A few more cards made with Bonnidée's new "knitting" stamp sets....

New Christmas cards

Hi everyone,

I'm back from Europe - I had wanted to post more photos over there, but we changed hotel and couldn't get the wifi to work on my IPad.... We had a great trip, but I'm glad to be home!

Here are a few cards that I made with Bonnidée's new stamps before I left...

Christmas Wreath- Couronne de Noël

Here is a card that I forgot to post.  I made it for National Card Making day at the beginning of the month.

Voici une carte que j'ai oublié de publier.  Je l'avais fait pour la Journée Nationale des cartes au début du mois.

Les étampes sont de Hero arts; le papier est de K& Co. et le carton et ruban sont de Stampin'Up.

The stamps are Hero Arts, the patterned paper is by K& Co and the cardstock and ribbon are by Stampin'Up.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Merci de votre visite.

Louise

SU Club December project

I know this is very late.... but it's a start....

We had a little Christmas gift exchange at our last Club meeting, so we decided to do only one project instead of the regular 2 to leave time for exchanging our gifts. I'll show you the gifts in my next message... So many beautiful things!

Here is the project that we made. It is a Tri-Shutter card. There are many places on the web with instructions on how to do those. If you need instructions, just email me.

All the supplies are from Stampin'Up. The paper I used is discontinued (last year's Christmas paper). So are the felt snowflakes.

Hee is the card closed:



Here is the card with the "shutters" open:



Here is a view from the top:



If you are interested to do this project and many others, join one of my Stampin'Up Clubs. Just email me!

Thanks for your visit. Merci de visiter mon blog.

Louise

Swap for SU Club meeting

Tonight was our Stampin'uP Club meeting. Josée S. chose our swap theme. We had to follow this ketch using SU products and use some sewing (real or fake).

Here is the sketch:



Here is my card:


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Most of the supplies are Stampin'up except for the Navy blue Shimmer CS.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Christmas cards class at another library

I gave another class last night at a local library. This time it was for Christmas Cards. Met some new wonderful ladies. I think that they enjoyed the cards. I had my friend Amy to help me. Thanks so much Amy - you were great - couldn't have done it without you!

Here are the cards that we made, all the supplies are Stampin'Up:



Red CS base (6 x 8 ½” , scored at 4 ¼”)
Red and white Flock 2 x 5 ¾”
White 2 ¼” x 5 (scallop edge with Stampin’Up Lace Scallop Border Punch)
Red ink: Stampin’Up Real Red Classic Ink
Ornaments stamps, Stampin’Up (#116517)
Red gems, Glitter, Scallop Lace Punch (Stampin’Up), Ornament punch (Stampin’Up), Red ribbon (Stampin’Up)
Foam dots (Stampin’Up Dimensionals)



White base: 5 ¼”x 5 ¼””
Navy Background (shimmer) 5 x 5”
Navy for stamping: 2 1/8” x 2 ¾”
Silver mat 3 x 2 3/8”
White scalloped mat: 2 5/8” x 3 ¼”
Scraps of white for stamping Christmas balls and Merry Christmas
Scraps of Red for tag, Navy and silver scraps for greeting
Silver embossing powder, Embossing ink: Versamark
Silver ink (Encore), Crystals for Antlers
Stamps: Stampin’Up Reindeer, snowflakes and Merry Christmas (#116921)

For this one, because the paper is reversible, they had a choice of the snowflakes or stripes.




Green (8 ½” x 5 ½”, score at 4 ¼”), Approx. 3 x 4”
Blue snowflakdes (or stripes) 4 x 5 ¼”
Blue CS, 4 ¼” x 3 3/8”
White scrap for greeting, Green scrap for greeting
White for stamping trees: 3 11/17” x 2 ¾”
Green gems, Scallop punch oval (Stampin’Up)
Oval punch (Stampin’Up)
Stamp set: Stampin’Up Hostess set Level 1 (#116525),
Happy Holidays ((#116921),
Green Ink: Stampin’Up Old Olive, Foam dots

If you would like me to teach you to do cards like this or purchase any of the products, contact me at louisecharlton@videotron.ca.

Si vous désirez apprendre à faire des cartes comme celles-ci ou si vous désirez commander des produits Stampin'Up, n'hésitez pas à communiquer avec moi par courriel à l'adresse suivante: louisecharlton@videotron.ca.

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Pop-up Tree class

I used the same layout as my Stampin'Up October Club Project (link) to do a Pop-up Tree class for my locall SS. Email me if you would like more information (louisecharlton@videotron.ca).

Sizzix made the Christmas tree die in two versions, one for Stampin'up which has an extra layers of branches at the bottom of each section and another little smaller tree sold by Sizzix.

In my Stampin'UP Club project, I used the Stampin'Up exclusive tree (link). In this project, I used the Sizzix tree. The class is coming up soon! Email me if you would like to attend! (Isn't that gold snowflake just gorgeous....!)





Thanks for your visit! Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Christmas card

Just trying to get cards done a few at the time.

Love that image from Stampavie..... email me for details.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Merci de votre visite.

Louise

New class

I know it's been a long time..... I've been busy taking care of Piper with no access to my computer... and I've been preparing lots of classes for my local stamp store Bxxxxxxée....

Here is one of my classes. If you want more info, email me privately....

They are little mini shaker cards....

Thanks for looking! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

SU Club Projects September

I apologize for not blogging sooner... lots of things happening in my life.

We had a Club meeting tonight.  Thanks again Ladies for such a pleasant evening.  You're the best.

Here are the projects that I had prepared for them:

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And the page - this is my husband in the photo. He likes to dress up for Halloween to greet the kids.


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All the supplies are Stampin'Up.

Thanks for looking!

Louise

Another Hero Arts card for HA Blog Colorit challenge

Yes Arlene, don't laugh, it's Hero Arts again....

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I just bought this cute Hero Arts Christmas bird yesterday, just love it! I colored it with my Copics markers and added a little glitter. I also bought this beautiful SEI Winter Paper (the red check is the reverse side of the blue and red dots). Just love the pale turquoise and red combination. I had bought the Christmas greeting at the end of the season last year. Used an old Fiskar Border punch for the Holly border. Thanks for looking!

Recipe:

Cardstock: Red: Unknown, Blue: Bazzill Rain

Patterned Paper: SEI Winter Song (Flurry kisses B-3409)

Stamps: HA F4864 Wishing you flourish HA F5253 Bird with holly

Misc: Pearls 3mm HA CH136

Inks: Brillance Graphite black (for image)

Stampin'Up Purely Pomegranate (retired) for greeting

Fiskar Border punch - Holly leaves (old)

Copics markers

Glitter: SU glue and Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a very happy and healthy New Year! Hope that 2009 brings you lots of stamping pleasure in good company!

Bonne Année 2009 - je vous souhaite beaucoup de beaux moments créatifs en bonne compagnie!

Voici une petite carte que j'ai faite durant le temps des fêtes.


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A card I made during the Holidays - didn't do much more - my supplies were put away!

It is one of the many new WhipperSnapper stamps I bought before Christmas. I colored it with Copic markers.  I cut the image and the dark blue border (Prism blue shimmer CS) with my square Nestabilities.  I also embossed the edges.  The patterned paper is by Magenta and the gold embellishments are Peel-offs by Magenta.

Thanks for visiting my blog!  I will try to come by more often in the New Year!

Merci de visiter mon blog - je vais essayer d'être plus présente cette année!

Louise

New card - Hero Arts Challenge

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I posted! My apologies to the people who were coming by and found the same old thing! With my computer crashing, I had to reset or redo everything on my new computer and my mind just wasn't there.... I'll spare you the details but let's just say that I'm starting to feel better with my new CPAP machine! I'll let Christmas pass, then should be able to blog a lot more often! If you are looking for new posts from me, please hang in there! and Thanks!
(By the way, if you e-mailed me, I had so much problems resetting my email that I think that I lost messages... so if you emailed me and I did not answer, please write again! Thanks!)

I have been coloring a lot of images for Christmas cards, but did not get many finished.

Today the sketch on the Hero Arts Blog got the creative juices flowing and here's a new card I made with the sketch, Hero Arts stamps and Basic Grey Figgy Pudding patterned papers. (It's the same sheet of patterned paper, it's double sided).

The cardstock is Papertrey ink (Thanks Claudia for ordering for us!) and so is the ribbon. The edges of the round image were also shaded with the matching color Papertrey Ink.

The image is colored with Copics markers and the berries are highlighted with Sakura Gelly roll pen.

The pearls are Hero Arts and the border was created with Stampin'Up slot punch.
The circles were cut with Nestabilities.

Thanks for looking. Merci de visiter mon blog!

Oh, here is the image:


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and the inside:




You can fin the sketch on the Hero Arts blog here (from Page Maps).

Bye, Louise

Another Whipper Snapper Christmas Card

Just a quick post: Another Christmas card with a Whipper Snapper Stamp I bought this weekend (like I needed new Christmas stamps.... LOL)

I just can't resist snowmen!

The image was colored with Tria/Copics markers. The CS and PP is DCWV (a big stack I had in my stash). The image was cut with the new Label nestabilities, the red CS was embossed with a Cuttlebug die. The ribbon is from Michaels and the brad (must check). Oh and the saying is a Bella stamp.

Here is the card:





A little closeup of the image:



Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Beate's sketch challenge WSC66 - Snowmen

I bought a bunch of Whipper snapper stamps this weekend. I colored them with my Tria/Copic makers. Put this card together with Beate's weekend sketch.

Here is the sketch:



Here is my card:


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I turned the image over to accommodate my 3 snowmen. The shapes were cut with Nestabilities. My biggest rectangle frame was too small for the image, so I used a trick I saw on Sharon Harnist's blog: before cutting, I put a piece of rubber on the snowmen's arms that were sticking out, so that they didn't get cut. Then I just trimmed around them.

The ribbon is, I think, American Craft. The bling is from Michaels.

Thanks for looking. Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Another Penny Black Christmas card

I have a new computer yeah! Now I can upload all my new cards.

Here is a second one just like the last one I uploaded.  It is another one of  the images I exchanged with my friends. I just love those little Penny Black. I have some old ones, but my friend Claudia has a beautiful collection. This particular stamp has now been retired. It is not available anymore! Just love this image. I colored it with my Tria/Copic markers.  The paper was a gift from my friend (last year's Christmas collection).  The greeting (Tis the season...) is from Hero Arts.  I cut the circle and the scallop with Marvy Mega punches.  The stamped image was cut with a square Nestabilities.  The red and blue cardstock are SU real red, soft sky and Blue Bayou (retired).

Thanks for visiting my blog (and for all your nice comments).  I tried to answer some of you but don't know how to get your email address....

Merci de visiter mon blog!  (et merci de tous vos gentils commentaires!)

Louise

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge WSC65

Here is my card for Beate's weekend challenge.  Jim wants his computer back, so I'll come back with the details sometimes tomorrow.

Oh, by the way, I had a fun session with my friends on Friday night - we exchanged stamps, this is one the images I got.  Couldn't wait to color it once I got home.  It is colored with Copic/Alcohol markers.

Thanks for looking!

(By the way, you can always click on the image to make it bigger!)

(OK, OK Jim I'm done.... LOL)

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge WSC63

I just love Beate's sketch challenges. Here is this week's sketch.



Here is my card:



I just realized, seeing my card under the sketch that I made a mistake.... the green band and the ribbon should have gone all the way to the edge of the pink... Ah well, let's call it artistic interpretation!

I colored the stamped image (from Great Impressions) with Prismacolor crayons and blended with solvent.
I cut the circles with Nestabilities dies on my Big Shot. It doesn't show very much in the photos, but the lines and X's in the snowlady's cape were covered with glitter pen. More details on the making of the card in the recipe below.

Recipe:
Stamps: Snowman: Great Impressions; Brr Frosty: Part of a background stamp also from Great Impressions.
Papers and Cardstock: Pink paper:
Green paper:
Maroon CS: from my stash
Green CS: SU Wild Wasabi.
Tools: Nestabilities, SU star punch.
Ribbon: from my stash
Brads: Making Memories;
Misc: White gel pen (around the green rectangle); Pink Gelly Roll pen (for cape and letters).

Thanks for visiting my blog. Merci de votre visite!

Louise