Stampin'Girls event Ottawa May 2010 - Big WIN!

At the end of May, I attended a Stampin'Up event in Ottawa with my 2 downlines and a friend.  We had lots of fun.  We met in person the one and only "Andrea Walford".  She gave a very nice presentation and did a few cards for us.

I participated in the Wow 3D swap for the event.  Had to make 26 of the same item.  I made this little bird house with a Stampin'up Sizzix die, the milk can.  All supplies are Stampin'Up.

Here is my box of 26 bird houses.

I swaped them for 26 different items.  I'll show them in a separate message.

I also made a few cards to swap.  Here is my card:

And the big SURPRISE!!!:  My card was selected as "Best swap card".
I won a $25 gift certificate.  Isn't that amazing!  I was so surprised!!!!

Thanks for your visit!

Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

SU Club March meeting Swap cards

These are the swap cards everyone made - the theme was a Birthday card for a Woman...

Voici les cartes pour le swap du mois. Le thème était "une carte de fête pour une femme"

La carte de Arlene:


The card open:


La carte de Francine P. (c'est moi que l'ai reçue! Merci Francine - je l'adore!)

I received Francine's card. Isn't it gorgeous!




La carte de Susan

She used the "bleach technique" to do her card. Very Pretty!

La carte de Lyne




La carte de Christine


La carte de Josée Ste-M


All the cards are so beautiful. Thanks Ladies. You are so creative!

Toutes les cartes sont magnifiques! Merci Mesdames, quel talent vous avez!

Voici ma carte pour le swap:
Here is the card I made for the swap:

J'ai utilisé les "Sweet Peas" en feutre.

I used the new felt "Sweet Peas" from the Mini Occasions catalog.

Thanks for visit. Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Cards for Arlene's Birthday at March Club Meeting

It was Arlene's birthday this month (March) (Happy Birthday Arlene!) and everyone made her a card. Here are some of the beautiful cards she received:

C'était la fête de Arlene ce mois-ci. (Bonne Fête Arlene).

Voici les jolies cartes qu'elle a reçues:

(Click on any of the images to view bigger. Cliquer sur l'image pour voir en plus gros)

From Josée S:

From Francine P:

From Susan:

From Christine and Claire:

From Lyne:

From Amy:


From me (Louise)

Supplies for my Card:
Stamps: Awash with Flowers 2 step stamp set (special order - preview of July 2010 Catalog.#120549 (Cling) (Email me if you are interested in ordering)
Patterned Papers: Shades of spring 117160 (from the Occasions Mini)
Ribbon: So Saffron
Cardstock:Pretty in Pink and So Saffron
Punch: SAB Scallop border punch
Inks: Stampin'Up Classic inks: Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Orchid Opulence, Lovely Lilac, Certainly Celery

Thanks for looking. Merci de visiter mon blog.

Louise

SWAP CARDS for FEBRUARY meeting

As promised yesterday, here are the swap card from our last get-together.

Thanks Amy for lending your camera and sending the photos.

Please note that these beautiful cards are made by my friends, not me.

Our theme was to make a "shaped" card, anything but square or rectangle.

Here are the very clever cards made by all the participants.

This is Susan's card:

This is Josée A's card:

This is Francine T's card (sorry it's a little blurred...)

This is Josée Ste-M's card:

This is Lyne's card:

This is the inside of Lyne's card:

This is Arlene's card:

and finally, Amy's card:

Thanks Ladies for the beautiful cards!

and thank you for visiting my blog. Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Swaps for Club night

Here are the cards that I made for our Club meeting swap and the Thank you card for my hostess, Amy.

First the swap card. We had to do a "shaped" card, anything but square or rectangle.

I was amazed at what the ladies came up with - very different and clever. I did not forget my camera this time, but the batteries were dead... So Amy lent me her camera and she will send me the photos by email later on. So this time, you'll get to see them all, but a little later.

So here is my card. It was round (not too original I know....) and I used the flowers from the new Stampin'Up set Vintage Vogue. I glittered the flowers with my favorite technique, Stampin'Up Heat and stick covered with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

Here is a side view:

Supplies: Sizzix scallop die for base of card, Covered with Sizzix SU exclusive clear circle die.

Flowers from the Vintage Vogue set 118598, Cardstock Melon Mambo and Rich Razzlebury, with the circle in Old Olive. The saying is from the Well Scripted set (#118601), also from the Occasions catalog.

Here is the card for Amy:

I used the new punch from the mini Occasions catalog: The bird on a branch.

The paper is retired, but I love those colours, so I bought a lot before it was discontinued.

The border is done with the scallop border punch that you can get for free in the Sale-a-Bration catalog (ask me if you are interested). The ribbon is also retired chocolate chip (not the colour, just the ribbon). The Thank you is from the new set (also from the Occasions catalog). The cardstock is my former favorite Baja Breeze. (so sorry that it retired...).

Thanks for your visit. Merci de votre visite.

Louise

SU Club December gifts exchange

As I mentioned in my previous message, one of our SU monthly Club project for December was to do a homemade gift for the person's whose name we picked. So many beautiful and creative projects! We should do this every month.... just kidding... I know how much work this was for everyone - especially at this busy time of the year!

I had picked Christine's name. I made her an Origami box and I put my homemade fudge in it.

The paper is the same that I used for the Club project, it is a discountinued SU Christmas paper.

The is the gift that I received from Francine T. A beautiful had stamped porcelain ornament. So delicate and pretty!
Merci Francine!




Josée Ste-Marie's gift. I think she gave to Francine P.

A beautiful matched box and card with homemade "turtles" inside. Everyone wanted to steel one!







A beautiful box made by Arlene for Francine T. Delicious chocolate balls inside. (Did you see the cute little tag?)





The box Josée A made for Josee Ste-M? containing homemade Chocolate covered pretzels and homemade fudge. Yummy ! and beautiful box too!



Susan made lots of pretty boxes for Amy (I think...) I think there were chocolates in there also!
Aren't they all pretty!





Christine made a pretty personalized box for Susan. She put some goodies inside, but I can't remember what it was....



Francine P. painted a pretty box and a silver spoon for Arlene. So original and pretty.
(We can tell Francine is an experienced "tole painter". )







And last, but not least, Amy's beautiful gift box to Josee A? silly me I should have written it down....
What a pretty Magnolia girl! I can't remember what goodies she put inside!





I hope you enjoyed looking at those as much as we did giving and receiving them!

thanks for visiting my blog. Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Swap cards for SU December meeting

Here is the sketch we used for our December swap. And the theme was Christmas:



Here is the card that I made:



Here are the cards made by the other very talented members of my group:

I'm not sure exactly who made each card, so if I'm wrong Ladies, please let me know.

Amy's card

Susan's card

Arelene's card ?

Francine P's card

Christine's card ?



Josée Ste-M's card


Francine T's card


Josée A's card

Thanks Ladies for such beautiful creations!

Merci Mesdames pour les magnifiques cartes.

Je suis très chanceuse de faire partie d'un groupe si créatif!

(and we have fun too!)

thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise